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Error in Irrigator candidate ads
To the Editor
There is an error in
the O ctober issue o f the
Irrigon Irrigator, regarding
the two candidates, Cyde
M arie E stes and Bobbi
Childers, who are running
for the office o f M orrow
C o u n ty C lerk The ads,
which were e-mailed to me,
w ere fo rw ard ed to the
H erm iston Herald office,
w here o u r p ap er is
formatted Bobbi e-mailed
her initial ad and later in the
week e-mailed a supplement
that reads: “experienced in
all elections, election laws
and land records.” When I
w ent to the H erm iston
Herald office to proof-read
the paper, 1 realized that
Bobbi’s supplement had not
been included, so I e-mailed
the supplem ent a second
time and it was inadvertently
included with Cyde Marie’s
ad instead o f with Bobbi’s.
We are deeply sorry for this
error and our apologies to
both ladies
(s) LaVelle Partlow
Irrigon Irrigator
Irrigon
Meth Lab located and dismantled in
Irrigon
A to ta l o f six
On
Sept
29
m em bers o f the M orrow
C o u n ty S h e riff’s O ffice
d isco v e re d
a
methamphetamine
laboratory in the residence
located at 250 SE 3rd in
Irrigon. M orrow C ounty
Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Pratt,
acting on information from
a con cern ed
person,
responded to the residence
o f Sherill G a rre tt to
investigate a report o f a
su sp icio u s
odor
and
containers
On arrival at the
resid en ce, D eputy P ratt
observed a propane tank,
which contained a quantity
o f an h y d ro u s am m onia.
Deputy Pratt conducted a
co n sen t search o f the
resid en ce and located a
q u an tity o f p re c u rso r
c h em ica ls,
inclu d in g
anhydrous am m onia and
pseudoephedrine Deputy
P ratt also found a trace
am ount o f suspected
m e th a m p h eta m in e and
approximately one ounce of
marijuana.
subjects were arrested, one
o f which was a juvenile male,
age 16. The adults, Sherill
Garrett, 48, o f Irrigon, Maria
M ontez, 36, o f Irrig o n ,
Jacob Kinsey, 25, o f Irrigon,
R obert G ordon, 40, o f
P en d leto n and B onnie
Talbot, 49, o f Irrigon, were
all
ch arg ed
w ith
Manufacturing a Schedul^II
C o n tro lle d
S u b stan ce,
according to M orrow
C o u n ty S h e riff V erlin
D enton. All ex cep t for
G ordon
w ere
issued
citations to appear in court,
as the jail facility was over
capacity. G ordon w as
lodged at the U m atilla
County Jail facility on an
outstanding arrest warrant
The chemicals were
sampled by Morrow County
S h e riff’s D ep u ty Je ff
L am bier and U m atilla
C ounty S erg ean t D ave
Williamson, who are trained
as Lab Site Safety Officers
A clean -u p crew w as
dispatched out o f Portland to
rem ove the h azard o u s
chemicals from the residents.
Measure 35 will
not improve
patient safety,
vote no
To the Editor
Did you know it is
easier to check the
background on a contractor
rem odeling your kitchen
than it is to find out if your
surgeon has a history o f
negligence? Well, it’s true
It
is
alm ost
impossible to find out if your
d o c to r has a h isto ry o f
reck less o r n egligent
b eh av io r If we want to
improve patient safety, we
should crack dow n on
re c k less and n eg lig en t
doctors.
M easure 35 w on’t
do anything to im prove
patient safety and it will hurt
O reg o n ian s B efore we
amend the constitution we
should try something less
drastic. Voters should reject
Measure 35.
(s) Malinda Fisler
Hermiston
VanCleave
displays excellent
leadership skills
My daughter Faith
Healy m oved back to
H eppner a fte r Fighting
cancers for many years She
chose to move back to enjoy
her last years w ith th e
support o f her family and
friends And we could not
have given her the quality o f
life she desired at the end
w itho u t the carin g and
knowledgeable help o f the
Home Health and Hospice
group Faith also received
excellent care whenever she
stayed or used the services
in the hospital With the help
o f home health and our local
physicians, she was able to
stay at hom e in an
environment she cherished
There was never a time, day
or night, they were not there
when we needed them For
this, my family and I will be
forever grateful.
I again needed this
fa cility w hen my new
husband Tom becam e
suddenly ill at our home five
miles out o f town. All I could
think o f was the help that
would be waiting for us in
town The ER was quick in
getting him stable and in the
ambulance to H ermiston
There is always a crew on
call or at the hospital to
respond to o u r m edical
needs. The time it would
have taken to drive all the
way to another facility would
have been frightening.
I am not normally
political, but to not write in
support o f this important
bond
could
not
be
overlooked. I pray most o f
you will never need this type
o f support and if you do we
are lucky to have it
Please join me and
my family in expressing our
gratitude to the many people
that are always there for us
by voting in support o f those
excellent medical facilities,
(s) Faye Seitz Wilson
Heppner
To the Editor:
For the first time in
several years we have a
contested race for mayor o f
Heppner. We commend both
candidates for filing for a job
that req u ires a lot o f
volunteer time and effort
O ur choice for
mayor is Tim VanCleave.
Tim has several y ears
ex p erien ce on th e city
council and has displayed
sound ju d g m en t
and
excellent leadership skills
Tim and his w ife
Myrna have a great young
family and they can all be
seen volunteering in various
Bring a change
capacities in the community
P lease jo in us in in leadership,
voting for Tim VanCleave
vote for Matlack
for mayor
To the Editor:
(s) Larry and Betty Mills
Ken Matlack has our
Heppner
su p p o rt for S h e riff o f
Support quality Morrow County
We operate in both
of life, support
Morrow County and Gilliam
the health district County. The service and
attention from the Gilliam
levy
C o u n ty p olice so far
o u tp a ce s w hat we have
To the Editor:
witnessed and heard tell o f
I would like to take the Morrow County Police
a m inute to ex p ress my that we think it is time for a
support o f the bond measure change o f leadership
for the M orrow C ounty
We urge you to elect
Health District Many people Ken M atlack as M orrow
may not realize how County Sheriff
important and vital the care (s) Eric and M am ie
these facilities can be
Anderson lone
Join Os Por Our
oKTOBe^fe^T
admission and treatment in
the emergency room
I don’t want us to
lose our medical clinics and
the local health care they
provide. We need to vote for
the Health District levy.
Please vote yes for
the Health District Levy
(s) John Edinundson
Heppner
Levy small price
to pay for
valuable services
To the Editor
The Morrow County
Health District has a small
39-cent per thousand three-
year levy on the November
ballot.
The passage o f the
levy will mean continued
su p p o rt fo r am bulance
service, Irrigon M edical
Clinic and Home Health and
Hospice
In B oardm an, the
passage o f the levy will
provide continued support
for the Boardman Health
C are C lin ic, am bulance
service and Home Health
and Hospice
In the communities
o f lo n e, L exington and
Heppner, the passage will
provide continued support
for ambulance service, first
responders, Home Health
and H ospice and Pioneer
M em orial H o sp ital and
Clinic.
The district has not
had an in crease in tax
support in over 10 years The
district is faced with increase
malpractice insurance costs
and
re d u c tio n s
in
re im b u rse m en ts
from
in su ran ce
co m p an ies,
Medicare and Medicaid, plus
in creases in free care
demands because o f state
reductions in the Oregon
Health Plan
C u rren tly ,
the
district is in a position that it
c an n o t
rep lace
vital
eq u ip m en t
such
as
ambulances.
The levy is 39 cents
per th o u san d o f taxable
v alu atio n . If you ow n
property with an assessed
value o f $ 100,000, the levy
will cost you $39 per year or
$3.25 per month. Which is
less than a six pick o f your
favorite beverage. This is a
small am ount to pay for
readily available health care
and emergency services
It is im portant to
remember that quality health
care services are a critical
issue when businesses and
th eir em ployees look at
moving into the county As
we strive to improve our
economic opportunities, so
some o f our people can stay
in the area, we need to
maintain these services.
We invite you to join
us in supporting the passage
o f the Flealth District Levy
(s) Larry and Betty Mills
Heppner
Don't lose our
medical services,
vote yes on levy
To the Editor:
I recen tly had an
e p iso d e
of
kidney
malfunction. It hurt badly
and I was really sick
I c a n ’t im agine
driving
an
hour
to
Hermiston, plus waiting for
Maintaining
quality services
means quality
doctors
To the Editor:
I urge you to vote
yes on the upcoming Health
District tax levy We need to
keep the medical services
and professionals we now
have I have had my own
experiences with the medical
staff and have been very
satisfied This last August,
my fam ily becam e very
aware o f what wonderful,
caring, professional doctors
we have- we don’t want to
lose them
All o f the staff are
professional caring people,
but I want to tell you about
our personal experience with
Dr Datta My daughter from
Idaho was visiting with her
young son (15 months old).
When my grandson showed
signs o f an ear infection my
daughter was able to get an
appointment with Dr Datta
and while he was examining
Blake, he discovered a heart
murmur, which had not been
discovered previously.
You can im agine
how alarming this could be
for a young mother who has
just learned her baby has a
heart murmur. Dr D atta
handled my daughter and
grandson in a very calm,
p ro fessio n al
m anner,
explaining exactly what he
heard. He was reassuring to
Amy, relaying he was not a
pediatrician, but that he felt
it would be best to see one
when she returned to her
hom e for an acc u ra te
assessment.
H aving Amy feel
comfortable about the visit
was great What we learned
when she took Blake to the
pediatrician is how fortunate
we in Morrow County are to
have Dr. D atta. The
p e d ia tric ia n w as very
impressed in Amy’s ability to
relay exactly what Dr. Datta
had heard and that he had
correctly diagnosed Blake.
Thank goodness, the heart
murmur isn’t at a serious
level
My p u rp o se in
relaying this story is to urge
everyone to think about and
realize just how important it
is to maintain the level of
medical care we have We
need to keep our doctors and
facilities in order to do this
To keep our doctors and
facilities, we must vote yes
on the upcoming levy
(s) Nancy Snider
lone
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