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Community Pride volunteers find pipe bomb on side of road 5 (K By Patty Nance Volunteers got a little more than they bargained for in Boardman on Satur day during the town’s Com munity Pride Day. According to Board- man Police C hief Rick Stokoe, volunteers were picking up litter and debris along Oregon Trail Drive when they discovered a suspicious device about five feet off the road. The device turned out to be a pipe bomb filled with gunpowder and nails, Stokoe said. Had it detonated, Stokoe said, it would likely have caused injury. While Oregon Train Drive is not very populated. Stokoe said there is a lot of vehicle traffic as well as foot traffic. “This device was de signed to kill someone,” he said. “It was made from powder and nails and some one had to have a little bit of experience to make it.” Stokoe said volunteers called police when the de vice was found. The Oregon State Police. Morrow Coun ty SherifFs Department and Morrow County A m bu lance service all provided assistance to the Boardman department. The Boardman Police Department will remain the lead agency in the investi gation. Currently, there are no suspects and the incident is still under investigation. Stokoe said anyone who observes suspicious articles or subjects should call 911. lone hires special education director as new principal VOL. 132 N O. 18 8 Pages The lone School District has hired Sarah Crane-Simpson of Pendleton as its new principal, beginning July 1. Crane-Simpson will replace Jerry Archer who Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon will retire June 30 after three years in lone. Crane-Simpson is currently a special education zone director for the InterMountain Education Service District, overseeing special education services in for the day. Greg G rant at H eppner the Morrow County and For questions or more High School, 541-676- Umatilla regions. She information please contact 9138. started at the IMESD in 2009 as a special education coordinator. “After a lengthy process, Sarah clearly emerged as the top candidate,” said lone Superintendent Dr. Mark Mulvihill, who is also the superintendent of the Mustang Mop Up Day scheduled for May 22 Heppner High School will hold the annual Mus tang Mop Up on May 22. Heppner High School stu dents and staff will vol unteer for service projects throughout the community. Community and civic proj ects will be the focus of this day. Mustang Mop Up first began in 2007. Some of the projects included cleaning and painting at the daycare center in Heppner, sending work crew to fairgrounds, Students from grades HHS students and staff have been volunteering to help 7-12 and the entire staff, with service projects in and around Heppner since 2007 File Photo about 175 in all, volunteer . she said. Crane-Simpson has a bachelor’s of education degree in special education and a master’s in curriculum and instruction from the University of Idaho. She is currently working on her doctorate degree in educational leadership at Lewis and Clark College. Crane-Simpson said she’s looking forward to her new role in lone. “I can’t wait to start this next adventure as an lone Cardinal.” said Crane- Simpson. “It has been a wonderful opportunity to work with the IMESD. I'm happy our relationship will continue while I’m in lone.” Crane-Simpson will move to lone with her daughter, who will be a 4th grader next year, and son. who will be a first grade student. Sarah Crane-Simpson IMESD. “It’s obvious Sarah has the passion, skills and commitment to serve as our principal. We're excited to have her start in lone.” lone School Board Chairman Anne Morter said she is thrilled with the selection. “We had two good final candidates and we were impressed with her enthusiasm and knowledge of curriculum,” Pavers will be busy in Heppner this next week Paving will begin in Heppner on Thursday and Friday. All of Water Street should be finished by Fri day afternoon. Residents on Water Street and all drivers should expect Water Street to be closed to any traf fic during this time. This should be the last inconve nience before all residents can enjoy the new sidewalks and streets. Barratt Boule vard will rem ain under construction. The contrac tor expects to begin Phase II early next week. This will close the Eastern end of Barratt Blvd. Construc tion of the Bridge known as Lover’s Lane is underway, footings are being poured. The Sperry Street bridge removal project will not begin until August but the City is working toward get ting the Sidewalk/Beautifi- cation projects out for bid and started before the end of June. New discus ring in place Through generous donations from many supporters, the Heppner Track and Field Complex has a new discus ring. All the concrete was donated by Miller and Sons, Labor was done by Vince and Don Alleman, and help from Mike.Dougherty and Fowler fam ily. The track team is grateful for the service and generous donations to help better the complex. - Contributed photo New CEO will join Morrow County Health District May 15 By April Sykes The Morrow County Health District Board has selected Daniel Grigg, from the Salem area, as the new CEO for the district. Grigg, currently the director of the Center for Patient Safety and Clini cal Effectiveness at Salem Hospital, accepted the of fer on Monday, said board Chair Larry Mills. Mills said that G rigg said he plans to take over the helm o f the district on May 15 and will move his family to Heppner sometime in June after school is out in Salem. Grigg and his wife have seven children, with five still at home. Employment terms in clude a $120,000 per year salary with three weeks paid vacation and up to $3,500 in moving expenses. Accord ing to Mills, Grigg and his family plan to move into the four-bedroom house owned by the district, at least for the time being. The house is currently occupied by interim CEO Victor Vander Does, who did much to out any operating, capital, renovate the house himself long and short term loans during his stint as CEO. for that fiscal year. Vander Does was CEO Proposed resources in p rio r to M i clude: Hospital- chael Blauer. $5,730,728; Home who recently Health and Hos- re s ig n e d to p ic e-$ 5 6 2 ,3 7 3 ; take a position Boardman Ambu- in Seaside. lance-$283,022; Irrig o n A m bu- Vander Does reported lance-$224,363; on p la n n e d Pioneer Memorial repairs to the Daniel Grigg Clinic in Hepp- house, includ ner-$ 1,004,270; ing painting, Irrig o n C lin ic- insulation, plastering and $433,999; Other Revenue- sealing and re-cementing $155,900; Donations and the chimney. Vander Does G rants-$4I,000; Interest said it has been problematic Income-$47,000; Capital trying to find a plasterer. Leases-$200,000; Operat At the meeting Chief ing, Capital, Long & Short Financial Officer Nicole Term Loans-0; Commu M ahoney presented the nity Service Fees-$74,460; proposed budget for fiscal Electronic Health Record year 2013-14 which antici Reimbursements-$319,552; pates $10,358,738 in total Property Taxes (including resources and $10,475,758 a local option tax levy, if in total expenditures, leav applicable >-$1,282,071. ing a negative $117,020, Proposed total resources ex which will be made up from cepting taxes are estimated at $9,076,667. With taxes cash on hand. Mahoney said that the proposed resources are es district does not plan to take timated at $10,358,738. I P ro p o sed e x p e n d i tures include: Hospital- $5,692,217; Flome Health and H ospice-$639,020; B oardm an A m bulance- $303,542; Irrigon Ambu- lance-$183,587; Pioneer Memorial Clinic, Heppner- $1,054,528; Irrigon Clin- ic-$365,762; Emergency M edical Services (L ex ington and Ione)-$16,937; Boardman Clinic Dona tions and Community Ben efit Grants-$50,000; Rev enue Deductions and Bad Debt-$ 1,301,401; Capital Purchases-$607,340; Capi tal Lease Principal Re- duction-$80,000; Long & Short Term Debt Principal Reduction-$ 181,424; Total Expeditures-$ 10.475,758; Net D ecrease in Cash- ($117,020). Heppner Ambulance resources and expenditures are included in the hospital budget. Mahoney said that the budget includes a five per cent increase to service rates for all departments, effective July 1. She added that she left a $50,000 community benefit grant to Columbia River Community Health Services in Boardman in the budget, however it had not yet been applied for. Mahoney presented the board a draft of large capital purchases and projects that have been requested for the fiscal years 2015-19. The wish list for 2015 includes: a cardiac monitor system for PMH for $148,000; a backup colonoscope for PMH for $35,000; a car re placement for Home Health and H ospice-$25,000; a PMH HVAC system to complete remaining zones -$162,550; Pioneer Me morial C linic, Heppner, building siding, windows and paint-$29.000; hospi tal window replacement- - Continued on PAGE SIX Valvoline Premium Blue Diesel Exhau 1 Gal. VAL 728770 $4.69 55 Gal. v a l 749714 $209.00 330 Gal. v a l 728802 $1,149.00 Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 » 1-800-452-73^6 For form »quiprorm visit «or wrt utt* at www mcc( Mt \
