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ke matter of city support
the Port of Othello's
lstrial waste system,
sparked considerable
just two weeks ago,
y council on a
vote here Monday
t.
tern. Ivan Whitney, LaVerne
Prieur, Jim Murphy and Clark
cast ballots for Otsen, with
Olsen, Dean Hanley and Ben
Layes voting for Whitney for
the position.
-Appointed Whitney to the
auditing committee.
a brief meeting, -Approved a petition for
the new council inclusion of the City of Othello
a bid call for a new in the Othello Conservation
contract, the city of- District.
gave their stamp of -Set bid opening for a new
to a resolution power lawn mower for Mar.
by City Attorney 11.
Shelton on the port -Were informed by Mayor
est. Lyall Menser that the new city
he three-page resolution wellis now at 930 feet. He said
prepared last week at the hopes are to reach the
lest of the council by1,000-foot mark in the next few
was absent from days.
May's meeting. The re--Approved, subject to ac-
indicates city supportceptance by Shelton, a request
le project and an inten- by the Columbia Basin Sky-
explore the possibility divers to use Lions park for a
tse of the port project skydiving exhibition here on
the city need additional Feb. 23. About 14 jumpers'are
disposal facilities, expected to be involved in the
officials reported they event.
pleased with the city
and felt it filled the
originally presented
council a month ago.
officials hope the city
will give them a
priority in seeking
and federal funding for
proposed system.
Garbage Bids
bid opening on the
~ge contract was set for
with some changes
on the present
15 cents, per copy
BIG WEEKEND FOR HUSKIES - The Othello High School gymnasium was the scene
of lots of excitement last weekend as both the Huskie basketball and wrestling teams
came through with history-maklng victories. Friday night the cagers knocked unbeaten
Omak out of its state poll lead with a stunning victory and on Saturday night the
wrestlers beat Ephrata to become the school's first team to ever go through a regular
OTHELLO, WASHINGTON
JackClark, who - IN THE HEART OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN
~pleted the contract .........
ges with Councilman V0L, XXV NO. 7
Olsen and Shelton,
that the new
makes provisions for
operation of garbage
should the contractor
mlt.
also raises the perfor-
e boy d amount to $10,000
hakes provisions for fuel
• ' increases and possible
lanical breakdowns.
ark said the contract
d also provide for either
ation of a local dump site
ontainer hauling of the
~e.
~e present contract With
b Janitorial of Ephrata
~es Qn M" ~ t: ' r
other action during the
Ling the council:
lected OIsen mayor pro-
hello-Wide
season unbeaten. At left the Huskie cagers signal they are No. 1 as they are mobbed by
happy fans immediately following their big upset. At right the wrestlers strike a contrast
as they are a study in conc:'ntration while watching Dan Edson come through with a
come-from-behind victory. Details on the big weekend are on Page 12 of today's Outlook.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1974
A special levy amount of In a prepared statement, and asked restoration of the
$545,000, which will provide Hardt expressed agreementMcFarland program.
for a cost of living increase for with the superintendent on "It is the sincere desire of
district employees and re-basic considerations in setting the OEA to continue to work
instatement of the six-hour the levy amount, urged anwith the board, superinten-
dayat McFarland Junior High, eight per cent cost-of-living
got approval of the Othello increase for district personnel Continued on Page 3
School District directors here •
Tuesday night.
l second ses
IF_ class got underway last ficially accepted the gift of the
~esday at the Othello Com-
• ~nnty Hospital with 16 Goals Study meetingUnit duringon Tuesdaytheir night.beard
~sonsenrolled. Mattson saidtjb class graduation is setlorf Ill The unit had been obtained
~. 28 to coincide with the ~eor[y ReadYls through the joint efforts of
Padgett and Guenther-Lee
~ax of the "quit smoking
iL~e~'. The district-wide gel Chevrolet.
Board Chairman Ray Gross
F
study for Othello Schools is praised Padgett for providing
etiflg ~¢hedu{od virtually complete and will the initiative to get the
probably be presented to the program started.
board of directors at their Padgett reported that the
New Progrom Mar. 12 meeting, body will be taken off the
ill Security supplem:~ A§sistant Superintendent vehicle so that it can be
fformation on the newMary Adams reported Wed-utilized for class work. Hesaid
security income progrnesday that most preliminary students will disassemble and
,.be offereddurintr afigures have been completed, reassemble the vehicle during
He said student and parent class sessions. He said it will
ungscheduleday, Feb. 15. heft'this sections are complete with be extremely useful in testing
only final figures needed from on tuneup work, brake repair
~peaklng at the meeting on Lutacaga and Hiawatha to
~bledl .programin thef°rcommunityaged' blindwillOr finish the staff section, class.and other vehicle work in the
I Robert Racy, Wenatchee 'The report should have "We have needed something
gbe some interesting conclusions," like this in the class for a long
r of the council on Adams said. "Preliminary time,' Padgett reported dur-
3~ne?tinagt ~ scheduled figures show that the stu- ing the presentation made at
~:' " - • • e Columbiadents' opinions of the priority Guenther-Lee by Chevrolet
~l~Health Association of- of goals are considerably dif- officials.
ferent from those of theCompany spokesmen said
at 116 E. He lock. parents and staff." the vehicle donated to the
A
VEHICLE PRESENTED - Dean Lee of Guenther-Lee
Othello, third trom leR, presents the title to a wrecked
Blazer vehicle to Ray Gross, president of the Othello School
District Board of Directors. Pictured with the vehicle,
which lost its top in a train derailment, are from left,
Assistant Superintendent Marv Adams; Bill Schultz, zone
manager for Chevrolet; Lee; Gross; Joe Leonard, area
manager for Chevrolet; and Dwayne Padgett, auto shop
instructor at Othello High School.
.~~_~_~_~_~._
OPENS HERE TUESDA Y Next Monda,,
m~BB ~ ~
Is Holiday
The action came during the
It may not be Feb. 22, but board's regular session which
i next Monday, Feb. 18, will be was sparked by requests from
observed as Washington's staff members to consider
Birthday in Othello under the
new national holiday act The oossibility that the setting a higher levy than the
one they had under consid-
Infdrming farmers of the Other sessions will be Wed- adopted by Congress a couple Sage Hills Golf and Country eration. The addition of two more General hospitals and has
ox years ago
new, tougher restrictions they nesday, Feb. 20, at the All local "city state an-~Club eight miles north of here The levy will now go before medical personnel to the staff practiced in the Seattle area
are facing onwater useage will Warden Fire hall; and Thurs- ~ .... J, u may be re-opened under state the voters of the district on of the Othello Family Health
be the aim of three area day, Feb. 21 at the Community maeral oHices will be closed' *~"n was revealed Wed Clinic was announced heresince. He has been on several
.... ' opera~,,, - Mar. 19. hospital staffs in the Seattle
meetings scheduled for next Club house in Block 40 north of as WlH the county courthouse no,day bv Farmers Home Ad- About 30 local school staff W(dnesday by Administrator area and was in private prac-
in Ritzville. The Department "'~'~is':~ '~-(ion officials
week by the East Columbia Moses Lake. of Mffie~' i ~:mt~.t,~'i.,ink W~:n':i','bee di members were in attendance Jay Blanchard. tic(, in Burien for man)" years.
Basin lrrigati,,~, i-l~.~r; ', " ' ..... + ,~ , • -" ' "
, ,,.1.~s, ,( .~l)ca.kers ,l. ,..11 . . ,, .......... ...... at the session, ,vlth tOUr el ~l~e official reported I_)r. NewMedex
Plans for the meetings were meeti'ngs will 'be Phil PeJ;'er-' Moses Lake will also be closed :_..,^~ ^r....~m.nit., "-roo-'ams
.......... ~e ............~v s, them expressing concern Cliff0rdL. SenecalofBurienis Miller, who has been with
announced Tuesday by Gor- son, Ephrata, Department of on.tins ~aturaay, since ~na~ for the FHA in this area,about the levy amount during specializing in obstetrics and the local clinic for several
don Braekett, district engi- Ecology official, who will office m normally closed on renorted that vrelimi arv dis
.. , --~-- _ . n _ - board member deliberations gynecology three days a week months, received his medex
ricer, outline water quality regain- lvionaays, cussionsbegan last week on the figure, at the clinic, and William certification from the State
"Theaim of the meeting will tions; and Grant-Adams Ex- Othello school officials also betweenthe FHA and the First Proposal "Scotty" Miller has been of- Board of Medical Examiners
be to give waterusers infer- tension Agent Ed Forster,reported that localschools will state tomake the 18-hole The directors were pre- ficially approved for medex on Friday of this week.
tuition on water quality who will feature slides on be closed for the day withcourse a part of Potholes State seated a figure sheet recom- practice. A native of Scotland, he
standards being set by the en- water management and er- classes scheduled to resume Park. mending a levy figure of According to Blanchard the served as medic in the U.S.
vironmental agencies," osion problems, again on Tuesday, Feb. 19.Fink explained that the $533,750 at the opening of the additional medical staff will Navy and is a graduate of the
Brackett said. Area conservationists The holiday will provide for FHA, Which officially repos- meeting and then added the allow the clinic to better serve Utah medex program. He has
be agreeable to them.
Dr. Van Eaton had original-
ly been given temporary
privileges for the county
hospital, but they were
suspended shortly after due to
statements he made in a daily
newspaper article. Following a
ruling by the state medical
society grievance committee,
Dr. Van Eaton had been
re-instated to temporary pri-
vileges last month.
In other action, the staff
members also recommended
Dr. Clifford L. Senecal, who is
serving parttime with the local
clinic, for full active privileges.
Medex status at the hospital
was also voted for William
"Scotty" Miller, another clinic
staff member.
The recommendations will
be presented to the Adams
County Hospital Board el
Commissioners meeting sche
duled for next Tuesday, Feb
19, at the Ritzville Memoria
hospital at 7:30 p.m.
Smoking
ig S The series will open in Henry Bongiorni and Harryconsecutive four-day weeks in sessed the course on Dec. 1 increase following a plea for a patient load which has been here since August
po n et OthellonextTuesday, Feb. 19, Riehle will be in attendance at the local district. Officials from the Warden Area Rec- the restorationoftheMcFar- steadily increased since the awaiting state approval.
at 8 p.m. at the East District the meetings covering their noted that the following week reation Association, is at- land full-program, clinic opened to the public Thetwojoin Dr. RonaldGill
city-wide "quit smoking office on 8th avenue, areas and discuss water con- will be cut short with no tempting to sell the course to a Superintendent Tom Lyda early last month, and Dr. Thomas Van Eaton,
:" will be observed in trol problems, classes scheduled on Mar. 1. public agency before puting it indicated that approximately "The patient load has in-who are on a full-time basis
l ~ lie beginning next Thurs- " with the clinic.
creased to the extent that we
$30,000 additional funds would
,~, officials of the Lung Danlelson and "The meetings will be In setting up the school up for public sale. TheTownof
centered on the age-old calendar last year thedatewas Wardenl Grant county andbe needed to restore themay have to increase our
~ociation announced here problem of erosion, which is setas apossiblemake-upday. Warden Port Distriet report- McFarland program to a hours in the near future to Pi i[
I ~.jm~nesdaY'Mattson, Yakima, a 0item Named becoming more and more vital Since no make-ups have been edly are not interested in pur- six-hour day. The increase better accomodate the public, ' r V eges
• 'Association in today's environmental pic- required due to weather con- chasing the course, over the originalfigureBtanchard slid.
I
represents-
Positionsm He noted that the problem is so that students may attend agreement is reached with the was less than $12,000, but from9a.m. ~o5p.m. App d
~e, reported that M TO " tore," Brackett said. ditions, no classes will be held The official said that if no approved by the directors, The clinic is presently open
~ ~=~"qtlaireMl~,lnser-has agree~Ytr Two new board me
I r~:~:~, zviar: 21to 28 as ,,Quit bers being brought more into focus the state wrestling tourna- state, Sage Hills will be Lyda indicated that efforts From Seattle rove
~:~)*'Tx--"~'uKmg Wee~ in~-r~rted that the special week~-~t(" :'~ ~vities feature health aimed unit all attypes Othello". fieldman helping of were elected during a poorly Othello Conservation District attended joint meeting of the and District Adams here Tuesday. County Weed and deserves the attention ofareaV "~ " affm--e~ waterusers. ~ meat.~81 le -I-' f| ~-------~-------------~---- • B-Ig • advertised for bid sale by the the end to maintain the course through A caretaker has been hired winter, of March. Fink said. McFarland program with the will be made to restore the levy passage, some "Weareas may slightly, have tObut shave will who commended, comes practice Blanchard said Dr. Senecal, has to lathe the many clinic Seattle years well area, re- of FAdams or Th County Fee Hospital
~,.~ ~/ residents quit smoking. Lloyd Ottemwasnameda 4id tO SfbK 01 C1ff$$ Members of the WARA work toward restoring the The specialist, who last year staff privileges for three
|~1 v |~aattson, who introduced a new commissioner on the voted during October to turn McFarland program with that closed his private practice in medical employees of the
~:tI Kick The Cigarette weed district board and will ' the course back to the FHA. amount," Lyda said. "Itwould the Seattle area, willcommute Columbia Basin Health Asso-
~,t cross here last month, replace Thomas Booker, Jr., The FHA originally backed be money well spent and the on a weekly basis from the elation were recommended
:~rtedthat the specialweek who was not a candidate for A valuable new training aid local school district was the course construction for parents would receive a high Seattle area. His office hours duringameetingofthecounty
~ing tried for the first timere-election. Holdover mere- is being put in use in the damaged when it was jolted off $23,000, with interest over the dollar return from this kind of here will be on Tuesdays,medical staff held in Lind
~thello. bers of the board are Stewart Othello High School autoa railcar during a derailment last eight years making the use of the tax money. Many of Wednesdays and Thursdays.Tuesday evening.
Pomeroy and Robert Burton. mechanics program this week and rolled down a hill. Several current dept $340,000. the junior highs have seven Blanchard said he officially The action by the staff
~We had such good success Walt Danielson was re- followinga presentation made other vehicles were also
~h the KICH classes hereelected as a supervisor on the last Thursday. damaged in the derailment FHA Closed Todoy claSSrunningperiodsfive.,,and we're only joinedA nativethe cliniCof Elliston,°n Feb.Mont.,5. appeared to have cleared awaYcontroversy which erupted
!~t we felt a full-week of five-member Conservation A new 1974 Blazer panel which occurred near Sand-
wagon was donated to the point, Ida. The Othello Farmers Home OEAStatement Dr. Senecal graduated fromhere ~ast month over hospital
~phasison smoking through_ District board. Pomeroy cur- Othello School District last
the city might be Under the donation agree- Administration office will be The addition of the McFar- Walla Walla College in 1924 priviiugcsfor Dr. ThomasVan
~eetive," Mattson said. "If it rently holds one of the other
elective posts and th~done is week by Guenther-Lee Chev- meat, school officials will not closed today, Feb. 14, officials land program came following and received his medical de- Eaton, new doctor with the
announced. Staff members pleas issued by Ron Hardt, gree from Loma Rinda Uni- Othello Family Health Clinic,
in Othello, open due to a 276 resignation, rolet andChevroletMotor he able to operate the vehicle, will be attending a training president of the Othello Edu- versity in California in 1931. which is operated by the
Members appointed by the Company. CBHA.
we'll be
~git in other communities but will have full ownership of cation Association, and Jim He interned at the Child-
entral Washington." State Conservation Commis-~ The exterior of the vehicleit for a shop training aid. meeting in Yakima. Davis, principalofMcFarland, ren's Orthopedic and Senti[~.!le.!i During the Tuesday night
lttson said he hopes to sion are Erhart Meyer andhad been badly damaged in a meeting the staff members
train derailment, but accord- recommended that Dr. Van
'e local schools in the Howard Cook. ing to OHS auto mechanics Eaton be given full privileges
am. He said additional Discussions during the instructor Dwayne Padgett, as an associate with Dr.
s will be announced next meeting centered on irrigation the unit will be just as valuable i Ronald Gill serving as his
with the opening kick.off practices and water control a class aid as an entirely new i supervisor.
campaign, with Chan Bailey, East vehicle, i ~ ! CBHA officials indicated
session of the IrrigatiOnand Ed Forster.District manager, Othello School directors of ..... : that they felt this action would