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A10 Hood River News, Wednesday, May 27, 2015 H ONOR Continued from Page A1 won the Oregon Music Edu- cators Association award for Oregon’s Outstanding Music Educator of the Year. Huskey hinted that Steigh- ner could still be involved in directing music in the com- munity in the future. “We’re still going to call on you,” said Huskey. The music selected for Monday’s ceremony ranged from stoic and proper to live- ly and uplifting. In a ringing tenor, Andy Streich sang the hymn “T he Old Rug g ed Cross” and Leonard Cohen’s “Halleluah,” giving atten- dants a dose of contempo- rary gospel music. After the ceremony, guests got a chance to see 18 new flags dotted across the south side of the cemetery. Leonard explained that the star spangled display was an Eagle Scout project by Lucas Gilbert of Boy Scout Troop 282. Gilbert, 16, said he came up with the idea last April. The project took 11 months of planning, and the efforts of 11 scouts and four adults. This spring, his team dug holes eight inches wide in di- ameter and 30 inches deep, then poured concrete to house the flags. “The goal was to honor veterans on Memorial Day (with) a new spot for flags in the cemetery,” said Gilbert. C RASH Continued from Page A1 ving, and was lodged in Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility. The cause of the fall is “undeter mined” and is under investigation, said the Hood River County Sheriff ’s Office. “As the vehicle was mov- ing, Ram had fallen out of the car in some manner,” said Hood River County Sheriff Matt English in a written release. Sherif f ’s de puties re- sponded calls from witnesses and found Ram lying face down in a ditch off Highway 281 near Airport Road. Ram had suffered major injuries to his head. He was trans- ported by ambulance to Providence Hood River Hos- pital, and then to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Port- land, where he remained in critical condition as of Sun- day night. Aside from the vehicle-on- house crash in Cascade Locks Saturday and the seri- ous fall from a vehicle south of Hood River Sunday, police reported an ordinary Memo- rial Day Weekend. Hood River Police Sergeant Don Cheli charac- terized the weekend as “ex- tremely busy traffic-wise” but not as busy as last year. “It was a little quieter, (but) it was still a little busy,” said Cheli. City police reported 88 traffic stops this year as op- posed to 136 last Memorial Day weekend and one DUII arrest as opposed to three CUB SCOUTS and Boy Scouts from local troops process at the grand entrance of the Memorial Day ceremony Monday at Idlewild Cemetery. At left, a wreath by Peggy Ross. Photos by Patrick Mulvihill. SUNLIGHT GLEAMS off the slide of Alden Gendreau’s trombone, as the Hood River Valley High School band marches in the Memorial Day ceremony. last year. The Hood River County Sheriff ’s Office reported three DUII arrests, including the two respective incidents in Cascade Locks and Hood River. The Sheriff ’s Office in- creased its patrols over the weekend. Cheli said the city police department didn’t raise pa- trols for the weekend, except to include some overtime hours for one patrol officer. However, he said the depart- ment received grant funding from Oregon Department of Transportation to focus on seatbelt and cell phone viola- tions. “We’re taking a stronger enforcement stance,” said Cheli, regarding cell phones. He said the minimum fine for failing to wear a seatbelt is $110 and the fine for using a cell phone while driving is $160. Health group launches ‘Hospital Guide’ The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Sys- tems (OAHHS) announced Tuesday that it launched Ore gon Hospital Guide (www.OrHospitalGuide.org), according to a press release. The new website displays hospital data on a user- friendly platform. This is the first phase of a larger hospi- tal transparency ef for t, OAHHS officials said OrHospitalGuide.org is the new home of data that tracks the quality of care in Oregon’s hospitals — which patients can use to learn about their local community hospital. The site is designed to make complex informa- tion understandable and ac- cessible to all Oregonians. The current quality of care information on OrHos- pitalGuide.org is gathered from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Ser- vices (CMS) and will be up- dated quarterly. Notably, in the category of Patient Expe- rience, OrHospitalGuide.org will display a rating of “poor” to “superior” for hos- pitals across the state. Based on a new star ratings system by CMS for quality measures on its Hospital Compare web- site, this is the first of many ratings coming in future months that will further sim- plify information for Orego- nians. “We strongly believe that patients should be able to ac- cess hospital data and under- stand what it means,” said Diane Waldo, associate vice president of quality and clin- ical programs for OAHHS. “To that end, we have spent the last few months design- ing this site to focus on ease- of-use, understandability, and value to the visitor. We are pleased to unveil OrHos- pitalGuide.org because of the value it brings to Orego- nians.” Site features include: ■ Presenting existing quality of care information in an accessible, understand- able way using simple navi- gation ■ Enabling users to com- pare hospitals’ on several quality of care measures ■ Explaining the meaning and importance of the differ- ent quality of care measures in plain language ■ Providing searchable ge- ographic and contact infor- mation with links to all hos- pitals The website will grow over time. Future plans for the site include posting patient utilization and hospital fi- nancial data, such as inpa- tient visits, emergency room visits, operating margins and gross patient revenue. This expanded data is ex- pected to come online in the first quarter of 2016. To lear n more, visit www.OrHospitalGuide.org. WKO-High Cascade Mills Buying Logs & Timber Douglas Fir White Fir Pine ! K O O L This size ad in the HRN 9 times for only $175 50 ! 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