Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 26. 1995 - THREE
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People for the Pool, Inc
recently met to discuss further
fund raising for. the indoor
therapy pool for the south Mor
row County pool facilities.
With the passing of the bond
and operating levy, applying
for private and public grants
will be pursued actively, said
Kay Proctor of People for the
Pool.
The laser-printed bricks will
continue to be sold and forms
will be mailed to the public this
summer. Bricks will be placed
at the pool site. Cost is $30 for
a 14 character line or $45 for
two lines of 14 characters each.
Forms are also available at
Heppner TV or the Oregon
Trail Library in Heppner. For
more information, about the
bricks, call Kay Proctor,
676-9827.
A meeting will be held May
1 at 7 p.m. at Kate's Pizza to
organize a weekly Bingo game
operated by volunteers to raise
funds toward the therapy pool
project. If possible, after the
pool is built, the Bingo pro
ceeds could go toward the
operating fund, said Proctor.
Since People for the Pool,
Inc. is an all volunteer, non
profit organization, they are in
need of more volunteers to help
with the Bingo games. Anyone
who would like to help but can
not attend the meeting should
call Joyce Breeding, 676-5305.
McCoin wins aii-around at rodeo
The Heppner-Condon High
School Rodeo Qub, consisting
of Katie McCoin, Condon, and
Tiffanie Munkers, Lexington,
won the team title at the
Yamhill County High School
Rodeo, held in McMinnville,
April 15-16.
McCoin won the all-around,
goat tying, and barrel racing,
while placing in the team rop
ing, pole bending, and
breakaway roping. Munkers
placed fourth in the cow cut
ting, and also placed in barrels
and poles. Lexi and Justin Mat-
teson, and Annie Hisler, all
Heppner, also competed and
placed well in their events.
The Milton-Freewater High
School rodeo was held April
22-23. The local high school
competitors did an outstanding
job, said a spokesperson for the
club. McCoin won the all-
around title with a third place
finish in the barrel racing and
goat tying, and a fourth in the
team roping. Munkers had a
fifth place finish in the cow cut
ting. Lexi M atteson won
reserve all-around w’ith a first
place win in the pole bending,
second place in the breakaway,
and eighth place in the goat ty
ing. Annie Hisler won fourth in
the barrel racing. Justin Mat
teson won fourth in the calf
roping and the team roping.
The Mike Currin Memorial
was held at the Umatilla Coun
ty Fairgrounds on April 22-23.
In barrel racing competition,
Kelly Currin, Heppner, won
the two-day average. Patti
Kayser, Condon, placed second
in the open jackpot; Randi
Britt, Echo, also placed. In calf
roping, Steve Currin, Heppner,
won the short go, and fourth in
the average. Toni Currin,
Heppner, placed second in the
average, and second in the
short go. The bulldogging
champion was Toni Currin;
Mark Holmquist, Lexington,
also placed.
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John Qualls, and Dani Hill,
both seniors at Heppner High
School, have each been award
ed a $1,000 college scholarship
by the Cargill Foundation.
Qualls' parents are Lyndale
'Roscoe' and Kay Qualls,
Heppner. Hill's parents are
Stephen and Tana Hill,
Lexington.
Qualls plans to study ag busi-
ness/accounting at Eastern
Oregon State College. Hill
plans to study marine biology
at the University of Oregon.
Two hundred fifty scholar
ships were awarded by the
Cargill Foundation to 1995 high
school graduates from U.S.
farm families in 45 states. This
year's scholarship program, in
its 10th year, attracted 2,761
applicants.
The $250,000 Cargill Scholar
ship Program for Rural America
is designed to recognize and
encourage the academic
achievement, accomplishments
and talents of young people
from farm families throughout
the United States, stated a
Cargill Foundation news re
lease. The National Future
Farmers of America (FFA)
Organization manages the
selection process; however, ap
plicants do not have to be FFA
members to receive a scholar
ship.
TTie Cargill Foundation, is
the private charitable founda
tion of Cargill, a diversified
agribusiness company based in
Minneapolis, MN, which spon
sors these scholarships as a
special project of the National
FFA Foundation.
Lutherans to celebrate Laity Sunday
Hope and Valby Lutheran
churches will celebrate Laity
Sunday on April 30. Congrega
tions will observe the service of
the word at worship, and
members will pick the hymns
during the service.
Dave Barnett, lone, will be
the preacher at the 9 a.m. wor
ship service at Valby Lutheran
Church, located on the Ione-
Gooseberry Road. Sarah
Carlson will play the piano and
accompany the congregation in
the singing of the hymns.
Bob and Vicki Broden, Hepp
ner, will be the preachers at the
11 a.m. worship service at
Hope Lutheran Church in
Heppner. Dr. Jeanne Berretta
will accompany the congrega
tion in the singing of hymns.
Friday School will be staffed
with adults from All Saints
Episcopal Church and Hope
Lutheran Church. The school
runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pastor Stan Hoobing will be
attending the three day confir
mation retreat of the Blue
Mountain cluster of Lutheran
Churches at Camp Elkanah,
April 28-30.
Students who are involved in
the Centennial exchange will
make up the confirmation work
on Sunday, Mayó, from9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at the Hope Lutheran
Church.
Math contest winners announced
The 1995 Morrow County
School District Elementary
Math Contest was held April
12, at lone School.
The fourth grade winner was
Nick Armstrong from A.C.
Houghton Elementary School.
The fifth grade winner was
Shelly Rietmann, Heppner and
sixth grade winner was Joshua
Reeve, A.C. Houghton Ele
mentary.
A complete list of winners is
as follows:
Fourth grade: first, Nick
Armstrong; second, David
Harris, Sam Boardman; third,
Sara Miller, ACH; fourth,
Caitlin Orem; fifth, Tracy Grif
fith, both lone; sixth, Thomas
Bauska, SB, and Daniel Jepsen,
H eppner; seventh, Sally
Calvert, Heppner; eighth,
Alysun Bums, ACH; ninth,
Diane McElligott, lone; and
10th, Brandon Dean, SB.
Fifth grade: first, Shelly Riet
mann; second, Brenda Busey,
SB, and Colin McElligott, lone;
third, Meghan Bailey; fourth,
Julie Proctor; fifth, Jessica
Gutierrez; sixth, Olivia Sagely,
all Heppner; seventh, Alicia
Myers, SB, and Molly Turrell,
Heppner;
eighth,
Salli
McElligott, lone; ninth, Ricar
do Torres, SB; and 10th,
Cameron Sanders, ACH.
Sixth grade: first, Joshua
Reeve; second, Brandon
Kanyid, Heppner; third, Craig
Scott and Lindsey Ward, both
Heppner; fourth, Mike Haney,
ACH; fifth, Amber Flaiz,
H eppner; sixth, Jeremiah
McElligott, lone; seventh,
Shane Slover; eighth, Jake
Graff, both ACH; ninth,
Katheryn Jones, lone; and 10th,
Rio Weikel-Magden, SB.
Public works office has direct line
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Morrow County Public
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director,
Guy
VanArsdale, has announced
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that he now has a direct line to
the public works office.
VanArsdale said that the new
number, 989-8317, will be
helpful for those wanting to call
the office before the county
switchboard opens at 8 a.m.
Two salmon;
24 cents
Michael Miller, Salem ,
recently came across his
mother's grocery bill from the
1930s and forwarded it to his
sister, Irene Swanson, Hepp
ner.
Their mother, Regina Miller,
bought a dozen eggs for 29
cents; two salmon for 24 cents;
milk for seven cents and three
loaves of bread for 20 cents.
Irene says that her widowed
mother raised seven children.
Another two children had
married.
By Dr. Edward S. Berretta, M.D.
An Oregon adolescent is
close to death at this time with
seemingly common flu-like
symptoms of headache, fever,
nausea and lethargy due to a
fulminant bacterial infection
whose tell-tale hemorrhagic
rash heralds its lethal presence.
Invasive meningococcal
disease strikes 2600 individuals
in the United States each year,
10 percent of whom die. Many
more develop complications.
The annual incidence of men
ingococcal disease in Oregon
has more than doubled from
1992 to 1994. The 1994 inci
dence is the highest in Oregon
since 1943, and five-fold higher
than the national rate. During
1994, 141 cases of meningococ
cal disease were reported to the
Oregon Health Division
(OHD). Many of these were
serotype B for which Oregon is
the only state to report increas
ed rates. Of the 71 serotype B
infections, seven were fatal. A
marked shift in age distribution
of cases has taken place bet
ween 1987 and 1992. Usually
the highest rates occur in
children less than five years
old; however by 1994 the in
cidence among teenagers age
15-19 increased 14-fold. In 1994,
serotype B cases were reported
in 17 of 36 Oregon counties,
with the highest incidence in
the Willamette Valley.
Endemic meningococcal
disease is caused typically by
several different strains.
However, in comparison, the
predominance in Oregon of a
single strain is characteristic of
epidemic desease as is the
disproportionate increase in
adolescence and young adults.
Between five and 20 percent
of asymptomatic persons may
harbor meningococcal bacteria
in their nasal pharynx, and
why some develop invasive
disease and others remain
healthy is not understood. Risk
• factors for developing illness in
clude crowded living quarters,
gas heat or antecedent viral
infections.
A vaccine licensed in the
United States provides protec
tion against other meningococ-
cal serotypes but not type B.
Consequently, our only weap
on to control spread of disease
is to administer prophylactic
antibiotics to persons who have
had close contact with confirm
ed ill individuals. Neisseria
meningitis is spread by respir
atory droplet; therefore, per
sons at elevated risk are those
who have been in close physi
cal contact with a case for at
least four hours during the
week before onset of the ill
ness. These would include
household contacts, day care
contacts and school contacts.
Additional individuals at risk
would be those who have been
exposed to the patient's nasal
pharyngeal secretions as in
resuscitative measures.
As part of a state-wide study
of emerging bacterial patho
gens, the OHD, in conjunction
with the Center for Disease
Control (CDC), is currently
conducting a case control study
to determine potentially modi
fiable risk factors for develop
ment of invasive meningococ
cal disease. OHD epidemiol
ogists are available to physi
cians on a 24-hour basis to pro
vide information on this, or any
other urgent public health
problem.
The community reeds a
heightened awareness and
understanding of the changing
disease patterns particularly as
it relates to our 15-19 year old
group. Timely reporting of
presumed and confirmed cases
allows local health department
staff to interview families and
assist in identifying persons at
risk who might benefit by
chemoprophylaxis.
(References: Center for
Disease Prevention and
Epidemiology, Oregon Health
Division Communicable Dis
ease Summary, April 1995,
Vol.44, No. 7.)
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