Corvallis Gazette-Times from Corvallis, Oregon • 11

Covit (Wt-Tim. Cwvk Wcdrwwtey. August 10. 1WI3 fl BITUARIES hooll aDudodcjuGG Ivan Tornow Decision deferred; issues of conflict of interest and place of employment raised By Ellen Saunders Pacific Nwt First Baptist trustee, died at Good Samaritan Tuesday He was 75 Mr Tornow was born January 27. 1913, in Moorhead.

Iow to Fred and Edna Surber Tornow He was raised on a farm in western Iowa On May 21. 1935. he married IVtrothy F. Morrison in Woodbine, Iowa NEWI'ORT Both candidate for the vacancy in the eastern tone of the Lincoln County School Board were nominated for the portion Tuesday night, but neither was appointed. The decision ta fill I muiimi i (in tor of the county's Mental Health programs The school district has several contracts with Lincoln County Mental Health.

Director David Duradon. who works at Oregon State University in Corvallis. voted against the motion to defer the decision. "This is a shock to me," be said "I wasn't expecting this I obviously don't work in my tone only two people expressed interest i in the position). I think it's our responsibility to appoint a board member Dunsdon moved to nominate Keogh.

but no one seconded his motion Moure later nominated the other candidate. Weston, a Newport bus driver, but no one seconded her motion, either Board chair Peter Cookson asked Palmer how she dealt with the issue of working outside the area she represents Palmer and her husband Jack own three businesses in New. port. Cape House, the Newport Fitness Center and the Deli Express. Palmer said she attends local school committee meetings but added she is not in the schools as much as local residents would like.

I'nder questioning from Cookson. she said she would be satisfied if the applicants made efforts to overcome lack of dady with residents Moore said she had no question about Keogh's integrity or abilities, but felt that if he joined the board, negotiations with his agency for contracted services could put district staff in an awkward position. Board members agreed that any conflict Keogh might have as a voting member would be a concern, but decided they tveded to find more about how contracts with his agency are drafted and negotiated before making a decision. Superintendent John Ertckson said the contracts made up a small proportion of toe district's total budget but were "significant dollars" in compartsion to other contracts the district lets The agency handles the employee assist ance contract as well as smaller contracts that provide workers to help with handt capped students and evaluate -students' for potential substance abuse problems Cookson warned board members that not chousing anyone for the position could have consequences "We can hold a special election. The taw is very clear." he said Toledo residents made a concerted ef lort to drum up interest tn the position, hut there wasn't much response "We may find ourselves in a very difficult position we may have to wait a whole year The next school board election is in May and anyone elected then could not take office until July I9B9, Cookson said, i ferred until the Lincoln County School Board's next meeting Aug.

23. Director Jean Palmer said she could not endorse either man because area residents she talked to were concerned because neither applicant works in the tone they live in The candidates. John Keogh and Mike Weston, both work in New port Director Vallace Moore added that she was concerned about potential conflicts of interest for applicant John Keogh, ho ts direc The family moved to Corvallis tn 1940 where Mr Tornow was a self employed carpenter- and cabinet maker He retired in 1975 He was a member of the First Baptist Church since past president of the Sunday school, and served on the church timrd of trust ees He was past scout master Boy Scout Troup No 3, and for his wrv ice to scouting, was awarded the Silver Heaver and Good Shep herd awards Survivors I' elude his wife Dorothy of Corvallis, a daughter. Phyllis Sec her of lUodgett, a son. James of Prineville.

two brothers. Donald of Fayetteville. NC, ami Robert of Corvallis, five grandchildren and five great grandchildicn He was prevedi-d in death by a brother, laon and sister, Eunice l-ciiz Funeral services will he lo a Friday at the First Baptist Churvh. 125 W. loth St Vault interment follows in Twin Oaks Memorial Medford hotel burns on verge of new life Gardens The Rev Clunk Kclley and the Rev Hob Matthews will of delate Memorial may made to the First Baptist Church (Christian Youth Woik in care Of tlie Mc Henry Funeral Home.

2i 5th St Corvallis, lire trvjio William Doorr William Doerr. 7H. died in Cor vallis Sunday He was Unn March in, ino. tn Stangcurod. Germany, to Wtlhelni and Marie IViH'istnn IWir He oikcd as an agiicultitial en mneer for the Sl.itt- of ll.iv.ii i.i In- school levies fail The Associated Press Voters rejected most of the 25 school levies on the ballot Tuesday, forcing another group of school districts into the so-called financial "safety net" this fall "It is discouraging," said Verne Duncan, state school superintend ent "It's the times and it the sys tern With complete results for 14 of 15 counties available Tuesday night, the only levy requests approved were in Eastern Oregon, where voters passed tax measures for Jordan Valley Union High in Malheur County.

Pilot Rock School District in Umatilla County, and Pine Creek. Diamond. Drewsey and times in Harney County. The only school district that suf fered a defeat but did not fall into the safety net was Amity in Yamhill County. The school safety net was approved in 1987 to prevent schools from closing If voters repeatedly fail to approve a levy request and the school is in danger of closing, it is allowed under the safety net law to collect the same levy as the previous year.

MEDFORD AP Fire investigators looked through the wreckage of the Medford Hotel on Tuesday for the cause of the blae that destroyed the vacant downtown landmark during renova turn knee kep in alligators on it." said Fire Marshal Jerry Orndoff There's just too much stuff to track dow to have a determination at tins point He said one Hoitility being imcstig.ited was that cutting torches used by workers in the hotel basement may have left a spark that kindled the fire Monday night There was no evidence. that tle fire was intentionally started. )rndoff added A headquarters for the rich and powerful of southern Oregon in its early years, the 77 year old hotel was being renovated foe a new life as a home for the poor and eldery when it burned down "From 1911 to 1141, it seemed like all (lie activities of the town took place in the hotel," said Edna Stoehr. wlvuse father built it the year she was born "There were a lot of famous people came thrnuph 1 have an autograph book full Among the celebrities she were actor Wallace U-evry jrtd singer Jimmy Durante by architect Frank (lark with five stories that housed too rooms, 40 of them with private baths and the rest with chamber pots, the hotel added a sixth floor in 1927 Presidential candidates, including John F. Kennedy.

Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey and Thomas liewey, favored the hotel as a stopping point between San Francisco and Portland. "The Medford Hotel was the BIG said Otto Frohnmay-er. who worked at the hotel brief fore immigrating to the inted States in He iM-came a ciliett in He and his family moved to Colo rado where lie winked for the Adolph Coors Breweiy for 24 years Mr Iioerr lived tn Cotvallis from IOT until his death Survivors include his wife. Ursu la of Corvallis. a son.

Wolfgang "Joe" of Philomath, and two daughters, luge Kovdi-u of Anchor age, Alaska, and t.ieselntta Otr of Alhuqucroue. NM Hue son. lid A firefighter pour water on the remnants of the Medford Hotel after a fire of undetermined origin gutted the historic structure on Monday. 1tur i flu foap thai nufntu ly as desk clerk in 1929 and whose son is Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer He said the rich fruit growers ami other elite of the area had their Sunday supper at the hotel "Probably more political strategy was developed there and more careers advanced than anywhere else tn southern Oregon," said l.eigh Johnson, administrative aide to Rep. Bob Smith, It -Ore.

Both Democrats and Republt cans che the Medford Hotel for campaign headquarters, even after it hd declined to a low -cost residential hotel Stoeher said the advent of motels in the ItHus started the Medford Hotel's downturn and (he heirs of the original owner sold it in I'm Sold again in I9fwi forconver-sion to federally subsidized hous ing for the poor and elderly, the hotel closed following a gala New Year's tc party on Jan 1, 17 "We cried when we closed it." Helen Steele, who. managed the hotel's two bars for eight years. said as she watched (lie structure Imrn The hotel was due to reopen as an apartment building as early as next month, according to the owners, the Boston Financial Qualified Housing Limited Part nership Though tlte assessed value of the structure and land was listed by Jackson County ut Chris Keising of the Medford Building Safety liepart merit esli mated the value at $1 8 million The lire was visible five null's away in Jacksonville net may be interpreted as a guarantee that schools won't close. I think that possibility still exists," Duncan said i "Thai! the concern we've always had about the safety net Yes, the doors will remain open but what's going to start happening in side those doors when those schools-have to keep cutting programs." he added. The voting was done almost en tirely by mail ballots in the 25 school districts, with the single ex ception of the Joseph School Dts trict in Wallowa County, according to Larry Austin, a spokesman for the state Department of Education mut.

died in l7 in oIukmm. Memorial services wilt be 10 am Tliursday at DeMoss Durd.ui Garden Chapel Deacon Ihtn Triggs will officiate Memorials may le made to the Corvallis Fire Oept EMTs tn caie of DcMosh iHirdan tiai'den Chiifx-I. Hla Buchanan Ave CttrvaHis. (ire 973.10 Elsio M. Haywood Elsie Marion iH.

ditnl Monday at Good Samaritan llospt tal Mrs HavwiMHl was iKtrn July 120, in Areata, Calif to (iust.if ami Ellen Person Anderson Slie was raised an imi.m ated in Areata She graduated from Aicat.t High Shoot in I'liH anC attended HiimlMilt State niveisity for (mo years She woiked as a teller for Hank of America in Eureka and Ar 'Zero-tolerance' policy may hiJ Nortnivesf fishermen hard The following are the final re suits reported by county and school district, including the levy amount: CLACKAMAS. Sandy, $774,145 operating levy, defeated COLUMBIA, St Helens. $598,928 operating levy, defeated 2.213 1,902 CKOOK. Crook. $502,784 opcr ating levy, defeated 2.511 1.788 CI RKY.

Brookings Harbor. $141,044 operating levy, incomplete rata for seveial years She married Kenneth I. Hay wood on Ju'ie 24, tn Areata She was a homemaker aitd cominu nity volunteiT The couple moved to Corvallis in t77 to te twar tlM-ir son and grandchildren S1m was a member of the Areata lltapter No Order of the East ern Star and Areata Fust Presbyterian Church Survivors include her husband. Iutrnn lilk uifa. lit.llt Red Cross workers no longer need cloves Surgical gloves won't lie re quired any longer for Red Cross workers who take or ha lie donated blood, unless the w'urker ha1 cut, scratches or other breaks in the skin The reason for the change is because the national for Disease Control con-stders volunteer blood donors as "very low risk" for the transmission of AIDS or hepatitis Stringent health history screening of donors, coupled with exacting requirements for a sterile blood draw ing procedure, have nuule the process of giving blood safer than ever, said a Red Cross spokeswoman Tlie next Corvallis blood mobile will lie at the Church of the Good Samaritan.

333 35th St from 10 30 a to 2 in Tuesday. NEWPORT AP Tlie tederal government's new "lero-tolerance" drug policy has serious implications for commercial fishermen in the Pacific Northwest, who stand to lone their livelihood if any sign of drug use is found aboard their boats For years commercial fisherman have complained they were the only small businessmen in America who could have their places of business searched without warning by armed federal agents. Their cry is far louder over the government lero-tolerance policy, which says a fishing vessel can be seued if searches by Customs or Coast Guard agents uncover drug paraphernalia or a measurable amount of a controlled substance on board "It is a tightening up." said Larry LaDage of the Customs Service in Seattle. "Where there used to be a fine, we now seize. We're now seizing for drug para phemalia, whether it has been used or not.

We're creating a much tighter and stronger profile agaist ille gal drugs, in any amount Without users, there would not be a demand for drugs, and we have ft used our strategy on users An Oregon vessel am a second from Washington have been seized under the policy, but tallage refused to say where or when the seizures occurred, who owned the vessels or what controlled substances were found Most arrests in the fishing industry have occurred in Alaskan waters, where 11 vessels have been seized. LaDage said "(Boat owners) are scared to death because thev don't know what a crewman has in his duffle bag," said Dan Heasley, an llwaco. Wash fisherman whose 91 foot fishing trawler, the Ambition, was seized in Dutch Hartor, Alaska, on April 29 Federal agents hoarded the vessel when it was in port for repairs and (mind a common bra is elbow pipe containing an oily substance they determined to tie from a controlled substance The Ambition was kept in port for three days, which Heasley estimated cost him $25,000 in fishing time Though lie was 1.2O0 miles away in llwaco at the time, Heasley was fined $1.0110 and his crew members were fim-d each Heasley ts in the process of filing an apeal for the return of the $1 I million vessel, the loss of which he said would bankrupt him Zero tolerance shifts the burden of proof from the government to the (mat owners, who must show they had no knowledge of drug use atxiard their vessels, said Ken of the North Pacific Fishing Vessel Owners Association in Seattle In Seattle, an entrepreneurial ex policeman with a drug stuffing dog will take the animal through a fishing vessel and produce a certificate stating there were no drugs aboard when the board left port, said The service offers some protection for vessel owners or captains, whom (arson said aren qualified to search for drugs It-n, of Corvallis. and three grand children Funeral services will be Friday at 1 at the Eureka First Presbyterian Church in Eureka, Calif" Entombment follows at iiceanvii-w Sunset Memorial Mausnleum in The Rev Brown uill Visitation is from 2 to 5 in nd 7 to 8 30 pm Thursday at Pierce Brothers Mortuary in Eureka Contriltiittotis may. N- mad- to Shriners Jlospit.il for Crippled Out dren in care of the McHcnry I tttier at Home.

2i. N.W St Corvallis. Ore. 97330 it-auiis airuwt-vi uir lutraaui lining $44 45? DESCHUTES, Redmond. $145 million operating levy, defeated 3.12(2.542 DOIGI.AS, Roseburg, $309,282.

operating levy, defeated 5.913.9, Elkton, $43,282. operating levy, defeated 285 246, Glendalc. $230,000 operating levy, defeated 507 352 HAKNEY, Burns. $9,020 oper-ating levy, defeated 648 508. Pine Creek.

$10,050 operating levy, passed 21 2. Diamond, $14,313, passed 43 3, Suntex affiliation change, passed 21 Drewsey, $4,858 operating levy, passed 5frl4, Hines. $327,705 operating levy, passed 312 254. Burns Union High, $312,936 operating levy, defeated 972 771 MALHEUR. Jordan Valley Union High.

$8,728 operating levy, passed 83 54. Vale Union High, $119,351 operating levy, defeated 501-462. special levy for asbestos removal, passed 35161 MARION. Cascade Union High, operating levies of $151,674 defeated 1,712 I.GB9. $61,721 defeated 1.806 941, $34,753 defeated 1.518 1.266 MORROW.

operating levy, defeated 1.209-1.038 MULTNOMAH. Reynolds. $2.9 million per year three-year serial operating levy, defeated 5.292-4.153; Gresham Union High $1 2 million operating levy, defeated 5.980-5.572 POLK. Dallas. $657,426 operating levy, defeated 2.394-1.400.

UMATILLA. Pilot Rork. $1 I million operating levy, passed 289-261; Umatilla, $1.31 million operating levy, defeated 395-267. WALLOWA. Joseph.

$108,878 operating levy, defeated 267-204 YAMHILL. Amity. $114,169 operating levy, defeated 549-370. the futtrol said All four were dead the scene The head on collision happero-d around 10 a on Minnesota High way 15 a Unit a mile south of Kingston, a patrol dispatcher said Tlie cause of the accident was not trn mediately determined of Bend on 20 He was paroled from the Oregon State Penitentiary Feb 18. where he had served four months after violating terms of profMition on a theft conviction He had once worked for Mellin at the Millican Store Oregon woman dies Education considered In Minnesota wreck on gay lifestyles Ix-en found around Seattle and Port land, and eight missing women are thought to have been slain by the killer, who has preyed on.

women linked to prostitution or other street life. f.tniiecn suspect changes pica BEND Sentencing has been scheduled Aug. 24 for a man who pleaded guilty to murdering the longtime owner and operator of the Mtlltcan Store in central Oregon David Ray Warcham. 44. changed his plea to guilty last week tn Deschutes County Circuit Court He faces a mandatory life sentence with a 10- to 25 year minimum term before parole can tie considered.

Wareham, a drifter and exon-vict. shot William Mellin. 70. in the head with a .22 -caliber pistol March 8 during a robbery of the Millican Store, a desert outpost 25 miles east Ccpcrt: Sen Diego crcmctod SEATTLE The remains of at least four of eight unidentified victims in a series of San Diego slay-ings have been cremated, a Seattle television station reported Tuesday The remains of one of victims was found in July l'JWl in area where 10 or more bodies have been found, KIRO TV reported. The San Diego County coroner's office tried for five months to identify that woman, then cremated her remains, the station said Homicide investigators in both San Diego and King County.

Wash this week disputed a San Diego Union report that the Seattle-area Green River killer is suspected in at least 10 slayings in San Diego. The Green River case has been described as the nation's wtirst unsolved serial murder case The remains of 40 young women have able to serious social and health it said Oregon senators urge bill's defeat WASHINGTON Oregon Sena tors Mark Hatfield and lloti Pack winkI have sent a letter to their col Icigiies Utgilig defeat of the Textile and Apparel Act. culling the lull "unnecessary." patently protection ist. harmful to the economy and anti-consumer." In the letter, the two Republt cans said the legislation would fur titer limit mi port quotas on textiles and apparel and would establish import quutas for lion rubber loot-wear They said two of the country's leading athletic shor companies, Nike and Avia, nave their Itcad-quarters tn Oregon The two companies' shoes are made in foreign countries and imported to the I'ntted States KINGSTON, Minn An Oregon woman was among four people wtto died Tuesday when two cars collid ed near this Meeker County town in central Minnesota, the Slate Patrol said SEATTLE The Seattle Commission on Youth and Children is considering whether to recommend iat public schoils begin education programs on g.ty lifestyles The commission's promised ree ommendattons also would ask the puMic schools to attempt to improve the school atmosphere gay students and teachers Tlie problems of gay teen agers have been largely ignored' by schools and social service agencies, the commission said in a recent report Gay youths. also are vulner Killed were a Dassel couple, Chester McCord, 79.

and his wife. Anna, 72. who was driving one car; Lillian Kegler. 70. of St Cloud, who was driving the second car, and her sister, Josephine Peters of Oregon, the patrol said Peters' age and hometown were.