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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 2024)
(,*+7+HSSQHU*D]HWWH7LPHV+HSSQHU2UHJRQWednesday, February 28, 2024 Ambulance negotiation Stalemate -Continued from PAGE ONE district up to one million dollars per year to offset any cost-based reimburse- ment or other losses MCHD ZRXOG VXIIHU WKURXJK WKH loss of the Boardman area. While the health district had earlier expressed a de- VLUHWRUHDFKDQDJUHHPHQW before March 12, when they have stated they will cease ambulance services to the county, members of the MCHD board were visibly unhappy with the proposi- WLRQWKHFRXQW\R൵HUHG 7KURZLQJDQDGGLWLRQDO ZUHQFKLQWKHZRUNV%5)' apparently informed the ,UULJRQ¿UHGLVWULFWRQ0RQ- GD\WKDWLWZRXOGQRORQJHU R൵HUPXWXDODLGWR,UULJRQD move the health district said threw doubt on Boardman )LUH¶V LQWHQWLRQ WR FRRSHU- DWH UHJDUGLQJ DPEXODQFH service areas. Public comment at the PHHWLQJZDVVSOLWZLWK-RGL )HUJXVRQRI/H[LQJWRQDQG Ray Akers of Boardman XUJLQJWKHKHDOWKGLVWULFWWR reject the county’s proposal. “I trust that while delib- HUDWLQJDOOIDFWRUVRIWKHVH complex issues, you will stand by Morrow County Health District’s Promise RI([FHOOHQFHDQGZLOO¿QG a creative way outside of this contract to still be there for your community,” said )HUJXVRQ ,UULJRQ(07:LOO/H3- DJH RQ WKH RWKHU KDQG asked the board to accept the contract option. “I would like to ensure that you can see this from the community’s perspec- tive,” he said. “If you turn your back on these options, it will seem to them that you turned your back on them.” Other audience mem- EHUVH[SUHVVHGJHQHUDOXQ- happiness with the district’s direction. Janet Greenup, who has been vocal in sup- port of the health district UHWDLQLQJ DOO DPEXODQFH services, told the board that MCHD’s promise of excellence was false. “There is no respect for employees. There is no in- WHJULW\QRFRPSDVVLRQDQG no excellence,” Greenup told the board. *UHJ *UHHQXS TXHV- WLRQHGZK\TXDOL¿HGQXUVHV who have been with the health district for years DUH VXGGHQO\ ³JRLQJ DZD\ because they can’t put up ZLWKPDQDJHPHQW´ “Why would you re- place someone who is very JRRG DW WKHLU MRE DQG WKHQ have someone else come in ZKR NQRZV QRWKLQJ DERXW WKH DUHD WKH SHRSOH" ,W doesn’t make sense,” he said. $IWHUDOHQJWK\GLVFXV- sion in open session and HYHQORQJHUH[HFXWLYHVHV- VLRQUHJDUGLQJWKHFRXQW\¶V ASA proposal, the MCHD board returned to Jensen and Morrow County Board of Commissioners Chair David Sykes with a unani- PRXVUHMHFWLRQRIWKHR൵HU : K H Q U H D G L Q J W K H board’s statement, MCHD board member Trista Sea- stone said the unreliabil- Mustang boys take on state ity of mutual aid from %RDUGPDQERWKLQOLJKWRI %5)'¶V HDUOLHU DQQRXQFH- PHQWDQGLWVSURSRVHGVWD൵- LQJPRGHOZRXOGUDLVHWKH health district’s costs by UHTXLULQJ PRUH VWD൶QJ E\ MCHD. The board also stated that the county’s proposal “did not adequately address the district’s cost-based reimbursement.” Aside IURP TXHVWLRQLQJ WKH GRO- lar amount, board mem- bers had earlier expressed concerns over what would KDSSHQWR0&+'IXQGLQJ if Boardman decided to pull out of the health district DOWRJHWKHUVHYHULQJGLVWULFW DFFHVVWRODUJHWD[VRXUFHV The health district did state that, after the March 12 deadline, MCHD in- tends to provide support in the form of quick response teams and backup ambu- lances for the entire county, LQFOXGLQJ IRXU IXOOWLPH VWD൵PHPEHUV “Morrow County Health District will still be a safety net for everyone in the community,” Seastone read. Fiddles the Leprechaun Contest Fiddle the Leprechaun Visit select Main Street locations in Heppner, March VWWKDQGORRNIRU³)LG- dles the Leprechaun” for a chance to win $100! Each day the 4.5” tall leprechaun ZLOOEHKLGLQJLQDGL൵HUHQW business. All you need to do is take a picture of yourself ZLWKKLPLQWKHEDFNJURXQG and text it to 541-256-2300 with your first and last name. You may enter once each day until the contest ends on March 14th. The GUDZLQJZLQQHUZLOOEHDQ- QRXQFHGRQ)ULGD\0DUFK 15th! Check the Heppner Chamber of Commerce )DFHERRNSDJHIRUDVFKHG- ule of locations! Landon McMahon. - Photo by Tylynn Cimmiyotti Zachary Brown. – Photo by Tylynn Cimmiyotti 7KHWKUHH+HSSQHU+LJK 6FKRRO 0XVWDQJV %R\V¶ :UHVWOHUVZKRTXDOL¿HGIRU state, traveled to Portland this past weekend to com- pete in the OSAA 2A/1A 6WDWH:UHVWOLQJ7RXUQDPHQW at the Veteran’s Memo- rial Coliseum. Two days RI LQWHQVH ZUHVWOLQJ VDZ Landon McMahon, Jaime Cavan, and Zachary Brown DGYDQFH WR WKH VHPL¿QDOV ZLQQLQJDOOWKHLUPDWFKHVLQ WKHLUZHLJKWFODVVHVRQWKH ¿UVW GD\ (DFK ER\ VDZ D day full of pins and wins, in the end, Heppner placed 7th out of 40 teams that were FRPSHWLQJ VFRULQJ team points with only three wrestlers. The second day RI WKH WRXUQDPHQW EURXJKW WKHLU¿UVWVHWVRIORVVHVEXW DOO WKUHH ER\V PDQDJHG WR secure spots in the top two and three of their class. Landon McMahon (2A/1A 190) worked hard to secure a second-place ZLQ GXULQJ WKH VWDWH WRXU- nament and scored 22 team SRLQWV IRU WKH 0XVWDQJV In his first match of the day McMahon won by fall over Landon Risseeuw of Willamina. McMahon then pinned Kye Bilyeu of North 'RXJODVLQKLVVHFRQGDQG ¿QDOPDWFKRIWKH¿UVWGD\ 7KH IROORZLQJ PRUQLQJ McMahon opened with an- RWKHUELJZLQDJDLQVW0DUN 1XVRP RI 5HJLV ZLQQLQJ by yet another pin in the VHPL¿QDOURXQG,QKLV¿QDO time this weekend. Cavan ERXWIRU¿UVWSODFH0F0D- ZRQ E\ IDOO VHFXULQJ KLV hon unfortunately fell to WKLUGSODFH ¿QLVK DW 6WDWH Ash Blomstrom of Toledo &DYDQ ¿QLVKHG WKH VHDVRQ (37-0), his only loss of the with a 39-6 record. weekend. McMahon fin- Zachary Brown (2A/1A ished with a record of 41-7. 6WDUWHGKLV¿UVWGD\DW Jaime Cavan (2A/1A the state tournament with a 215) placed 3rd in his class bye and a win by fall over at the state tournament and Orrin Reid of Willamina scored 19.0 team points. in the quarterfinal. The )ULGD\RSHQHGZLWK&DYDQ IROORZLQJGD\%URZQDOVR ZLQQLQJERWKKLV¿UVWURXQG saw his first loss in the and quarterfinal round VHPL¿QDOURXQGDJDLQVW*HQ ZLWK SLQV DJDLQVW +RZDUG :LQWHUVWHHQRI(OJLQORVLQJ /HZHOOLQJRI*OHQGDOHDQG by decision (6-5) with just a Ben Imdicke of Colton. VLQJOHSRLQWGH¿FLW%URZQ The semifinal round was then won by decision (7-3) &DYDQ¶V¿UVWDQGRQO\ORVV over Nolan Timeus of Gold ORVLQJE\IDOOWR7KRPDV%L- Beach in the consolation VFKR൵RI5HJLV&DYDQWRRN VHPL¿QDO ,Q KLV ¿QDO UG the win by a major decision place match Brown secured 9-0 in his consolation semi- his place in the top three of ¿QDO URXQG RYHU -RQDWKDQ KLV ZHLJKW FODVV ZLQQLQJ 3DGJHWW RI 0\UWOH 3RLQW by fall over Quinn Hill of In his third-place match, 1HVWXFFD %URZQ ¿QLVKHG Cavan saw himself pitted his season with a record DJDLQVW+RZDUG/HZHOOLQJ of 32-6. of Glendale for a second Sɲɟɪɦɱ1ɢɴɰ$ɡɳɢɯɱɦɰɦɫɤ $ɫɫɬɲɫɠɢɪɢɫɱɰ /ɢɱɱɢɯɰ7ɬ7ɥɢ(ɡɦɱɬɯ6ɢɫɡ8ɰ3ɥɬɱɬɰ 6ɱɞɯɱ$1ɢɴ6ɲɟɰɠɯɦɭɱɦɬɫ Jaime Cavan. – Photo by Tylynn Cimmiyotti Get Boost Infinite 1-844-955-3417 Brought to you by DISH EXIRATION DATE 04-30-24 Sell Us Your Oil Fired Furnace INFINITELY BETTER WIRELESS! 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