TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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Donna M. Schonbachler
A memorial serv ice
Survivors include:
for Donna M. Schonbachler her husband, Gary Schon
will be held at 1 p.m. on bachler o f Heppner; sons,
Friday, May 2, at the Hep Eric Schonbachler o f Port
pner Elem entary
land, and M ichael
School gym nasi
S c h o n b a c h le r o f
um in Heppner.
S h re v e p o rt, LA;
mother, Laura Zöll
M r s .
Schonbachler, 53,
ner o f Mt. Angel;
brothers, John Gool
o f H eppner died
ey o f Mr. A ngel,
Tuesday, April 29,
2008, at her home
Bob Gooley o f Sil
verton, Tim Gooley
with her husband Donna M
Gary and sons Eric Schonbachler
of Salem; and sister,
Janice Anderson of
and Michael at her
Salem. She was preceded in
side.
death
by her father, Arthur
She was born June
3, 1954, in Silverton, the Gooley.
daughter o f Arthur and Lau
The family ask that
ra Davidson Gooley. She in place o f flowers, memo
worked for Pioneer Memo rial contributions be sent to
rial Home Health / Hospice Pioneer Memorial Hospice,
and was a volunteer in nu PO Box 9, Heppner, OR
merous community activi 97836, to pass forward the
ties. Her first love beyond heartfelt care that was pro
her family was her job and vided her, to be passed on
the people she helped. The to others.
ocean and the sound o f its
Sweeney Mortuary
waves was her favorite place of Heppner is in charge of
to be, and laughter was al arrangements.
ways present about her.
Commissioner candidates Carro11 h . Davis
Graveside services
for
Carroll
H. Davis will
voice their opinions on
be held at 1:30 p.m . on
Saturday, May 3, 2008, at
Morrow County issues
the Lone Rock Cemetery. A
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county will not be facing
the shortages that we have
experienced the last few
years. Then when you add
the increased revenues from
the Tippage fees, 1 believe
the future budget meetings
will be a true joy. Call me
an optimist.
HG-T: If elected,
would you plan on changes
in the public works/road
department?
Wenholz: I feel that
the Public Works/Road De
partment is doing an excel
lent job with the funds avail
able to them in our current
budget situation. As more
funds are available I am all
for looking at giving them
more money so more proj
ects can be worked on.
R e a : T h e o n ly
changes I would like to see
made, is to provide the Road
Department with more fund
ing. That would allow them
to get more actual road work
done. Here again, 1 believe
lack of communication and
misinformation has created
a lot of misconception as to
the work the Road Depart
ment has been able to ac
HG-T: Would you
like to see any changes in
county law enforcem ent
and or the DA’s office in
the future?
Wenholz: I feel the
Sheriff’s Department is do
ing a good job. During our
recent budget setting process
we allocated money for the
district attorney to hire an
assistant district attorney.
Rea: Yes, I d o n ’t
mean to beleaguer the fact,
but again I think there is
a lack o f adequate com
munication between these
two departments. 1 think the
law enforcem ent officers
and the District Attorney’s
office must work together
very closely. The officers
need to know exactly what
the DA needs in the way of
information and evidence
so the DA can effectively
prosecute a case and the
DA needs to recognize the
difficult situations in which
the officers are sometimes
placed. 1 do not envy either
one, but a safe place to
raise our families must be
a very high priority for all
residents.
Garden Club news
The Heppner Garden Club will hold a plant ex
change at the Senior Center on Saturday, May 3, from 8
a.m. to noon. Those bringing plants should bring them in
containers.
The Garden Club will be meeting on Monday,
May 5, at 7 p.m. at the Willow Creek Diner and Bakery.
Hostesses will be Danny Picard and Betty Bailey and they
will provide treats.
The program will be “Growing Tomatoes” by John
Marick. Marick grows his own tomatoes which are big
and delicious.
Senior Center Menu
St. Patrick’s Parish members will be serving lunch
on Wednesday, May 7. The menu will include chicken
enchiladas, green salad with tomatoes, carrot salad with
raisins, and flan.
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I D I E S JX IG H T DIJXJKER
Health district approves nearly $9
million for 2008-09 proposed budget
Obituaries
potluck will follow the ser
vice at the new community
hall at Lone Rock.
Mr. D avis 79, o f
Lone Rock died Sunday,
April 27, 2008 at the Coun
try Spice Residential Care
Facility in John Day.
He was bom Febru
ary 2, 1929 in Walla Walla,
WA the son o f Emmett and
Agnes Booth Davis. He was
raised and attended school
in Lone Rock. He often
road horseback to and from
school. He then attended
high school at Condon.
Mr. D avis served
two years in the U nited
States Army. He returned
to Lone R ock, and then
took over the family ranch
which he continued to op
erate throughout the rest of
his life. Except for a short
time at the Country Spice
Residential Care Facility in
John Day, he was a life long
Gilliam County resident.
S urvivors include
his sister Blanche Burres
o f Condon and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to the
donor’s charity o f choice.
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Condon is in charge of
arrangements.
Alice May Wagner
A memorial service
for Alice May Wagner will
be held at 3 p.m. Saturday,
May 3, at St. Patrick’s Se
n io r C en ter in H eppner.
Private burial will take place
at Willamette National Cem
etery in Portland.
Mrs. Wagner, 89, of
Heppner died Sunday, April
27, 2008 at Regency Resi
dential Care in Hermiston.
She was born May
28, 1918 at Heppner, the
daughter o f Harv and Stella
May McDandel. She was
raised and attended school
in Heppner where she grad
uated from high school in
1936. She attended beauty
college and then operated
the Alice W agner Beauty
Shop in the old Heppner
Hotel Building. She later
operated a beauty shop in
Kinzua.
In D e c e m b e r o f
1950 she married Robert E.
Wagner at Heppner. In 1959
the couple moved from Kin
zua to Portland. The couple
also lived in the Willamette
Valley and Hermiston for a
time. After her husband’s
death she returned to Hep-
pner and lived at the St.
Patrick’s Senior Center for
nearly 10 years.
Survivors include:
daughters, Suzan Lytton of
Heppner, and Pam Tonies
o f Reno, NV; sons, Billy
Wagner and Fred Watkins
both o f Hermiston; brothers,
Arlo McRoberts of Rancho
Mirage, CA, Ellis McRob
erts o f Heppner, and Lee
M cR oberts o f G resham ;
sisters, Frances Wright o f
Twin Falls, ID and Caroline
Goodwin o f Portland; and
num erous grandchildren,
great g ran d ch ild ren and
great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded
in death by: her husband
Robert Wagner; sons, Chuck
Wagner and David Wagner;
daughter, Regina Wagner;
and brothers, John Me Rob
erts and Oliver Devin.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to St.
P a tric k ’s Senior C enter,
PO Box 715, Heppner, OR
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Fishing derby to be held May 10
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the district had $$4,612,900
in re s o u rc e s , in c lu d in g
$599,589 in tax monies and
had $4,579,383 in expen
ditures for only a $33,517
gain.
The district plans a
$925,000 expansion o f Pio
neer Memorial Hospital to
accommodate a swing bed
area which will enable the
hospital once again to serve
lo n g -term p atien ts. M a
honey, CEO Victor Vander
Does and Mills said Mon
day that they planned to
meet with Greater Eastern
Oregon Development Cor
p o ratio n re p re se n ta tiv e s
Tuesday to request at least
$250,000 from the Morrow
Equity Fund tow ards re
modeling costs. The district
plans to fund an additional
$540,000 with a flex-lease
loan, but that amount may
be ratcheted up if they do
not receive m onies from
the Morrow Equity Fund.
The remaining amount will
be funded as follows: other
loans-$ 100,000; cash on
hand-$565,200; and grant
funds-$32,000.
O ther capital pur
chases in the 2008-09 bud
get include an upgrade o f
the existing HVAC co n
trol system-$ 10,000; flex
lease lending costs-$20,000;
purchase of a colonoscope
and en d o sco p e w hich a
new doctor, Dr. N ichols,
is expected to use to per
fo rm e x a m s-$ 1 4 2 ,0 0 0 ;
h o s p ita l ro o f-$ 7 5 ,0 0 0 ;
M icrosoft Office software
upgrade-$ 11,700; carp et
replacem ent in the m ain
hall-$6,500; scheduled car
replacement^ 15,000; emer
gency room video confer
encing equipment-$32,000.
T otal c a p ita l p u rc h a se s
amount to $1,237,200.
Mahoney said that
a six-percent increase in
patient charges has been
built into the 08-09 budget
and Vander Does said that
the addition o f a new phy
sician is expected to add
substantially to the district’s
revenue.
Also at the meeting,
it was announced that the
district has rejected all bids
on the long-term swing bed
project and is re-letting the
bids.
In other business,
the board:
-learned that the dis
trict lost $71,146 in March.
Total operating revenue was
$419,924 with $504,590 in
operating expenses and an
additional non-operating
gain o f $ 13,519. This results
in an average monthly year-
to-date loss o f $ 1,849.
M C H D ’s c u rre n t
levy expires this year and
the district plans to put a
new levy before the voters
this fall.
-heard the following
report for March: Pioneer
M emorial Clinic had 447
patient visits with 38 new
patients, 45 patients seen
by a nurse and 20 no-shows.
(Mahoney and Vander Does
said th at the clin ic now
plans to call patients prior
to their scheduled appoint
ments. The Irrigon Clinic
had previously instituted
that practice.); the Irrigon
Clinic had 193 patient vis
its, 35 new p a tie n ts, 37
seen by a nurse and 15 no-
shows; Heppner Ambulance
had 26 page-outs and 19
transports for $19,235 in
revenue; Boardman Ambu
lance had 26 page-outs and
19 transports for $19,150
in revenue; Irrigon Ambu
lance had 14 page-outs and
12 transports for $10,593
in revenue; there was one
flight; Pioneer M em orial
Hospital had 11 admissions,
two swing-bed admissions,
eight admitted for observa
tion and one admitted for
respite care, 463 total out
patients with 70 emergency
room encounters, 1489 lab
tests, 110 x-ray procedures,
37 CT scans, 28 EKG tests,
and 80 respiratory therapy
procedures; Home Health
had 153 patient visits; Hos
pice had one adm ission;
and pharmacy had 800 drug
doses for $34,733 in drug
revenue.
DA’s Report
Morrow County District Attorney Elizabeth Bal
lard has released the following report:
-John Louis Munkers, 25, was convicted o f stran
gulation, a class A misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 180
days in jail with 180 days suspended, 24 months bench
probations, complete 40 hours o f community service,
other numerous conditions, and pay $1,413 in fines, fees
and assessments.
-Nolen Brice Brock, 48, was convicted o f fleeing
or attempting to elude a police officer, a class C felony,
and was sentenced to one year’s driver’s license suspen
sion, six months in jail, one year post-prison supervision,
other numerous conditions, and pay $528 in fines, fees
and assessments.
-Vanessa C. Cardenas Gutierrez, 20, was convicted
o f harassment, a class B misdemeanor, and was sentenced
to 90 days in jail with 90 days suspended, 18 months bench
probations, complete 20 hours o f community service, other
numerous conditions and pay $188 in fines, fees and as
sessments.
-Justin Dean Wolfe, 35, was convicted o f harass
ment, a class B misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 90 days
in jail with 90 days suspended, 18 months bench probation
and other numerous conditions. Wolfe was also convicted
o f another count o f harassment, a class B misdemeanor, and
was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 90 days suspended,
18 months bench probation and other numerous conditions.
Fines, fees and assessments are $1,046.
Oregon Department o f Fish and Wildlife, along
with Morrow County Parks, will be sponsoring a fishing Holly Rebekah Lodge to host
derby on Saturday, May 10, at Anson Wright Park fishing
pond. This free fishing derby is for children up to 14 years monthly card party
o f age and will be from 8:30-11 a.m.
Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting the May
To volunteer or donate to this event call Betty Gray
card
party
this Saturday, May 3. Play will begin at 7
at Morrow County Public Works Department at 989-9800
p.m. The cost is $5 per person.
or email to bgray@co.morrow.or.us.
Starting at 6:30 p.m.
Chefs: Sweeneys and Coes
I I ho that niff ht,.
Mother’s Day
Ceremony w
at the Lodge
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Visit oar w ell-stocked nursery! New plants arriving w eekly...
Roses, Fruit Trees, Bedding Plants, Vegetables
Plus Soil Amendments, and Rototiller & Lawn Thatcher Rentals
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242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGO main office)
Marriages
M o rro w C o u n t y
Clerk Bobbi Childers has
released the following re
port o f m arriage licenses
issued:
-April 24: Jose Gua
dalupe Sanguino, 26, Uma
tilla and Lissette Garcia, 22,
Irrigon.