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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 18, 1998 St. Patrick's Senior Center Bulletin Board KSC. S g § § ^ t:\ i ES-ti’-x v a • ••'», ' • ; a I There were 61 people over the age of 60 present tor the senior dinner Feb. 11 and six under 60 and 17 meals were home delivered. Members of the Lutheran Church served. The tables and room were beautifully decorated for Valentine's Day. I he Senior Board met briefly afterwards, but there were not enough members present for a quorum. Bingo was played at 1 p.m. The menu for the Ash Wednesday meal will be salmon puffs, oven potatoes, peas/carrots, rolls and apple crisp. Members ot the United Methodist Church will serve. There were 22 people over 60, three under 60 and seven home- delivered meals for the breakfast Fri., Feb. 13. The menu for breakfast Feb. 20 will be wattles and bacon, fruit, hot and cold cereal, orange juice, milk and coffee. One table of pinochle was in play Friday afternoon. Several volunteers signed up for work shifts for the soup, roll, pie and coffee luncheon during the St. Patrick's celebration. More volunteers are needed. Pies are being made at the center this year instead of being made in the homes. Donations in lieu of pies are being accepted to pay for the ingredients. Anyone wishing to sign up for a work shift or make a donation tor pies may do so at the Senior Center office. At least three volunteers are needed tor the ottice statt. One doesn't have to be a senior to volunteer, although anyone over 55 can belong to the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). Eleven volunteers folded newsletters for the Extension Service Thursday morning. Legion and Auxiliary to hold meeting The American Legion and Auxiliary will meet Monday, Feb. 23 at the United M ethodist Church basement in Heppner be ginning with a potluck at 6:30 n p.m. New members will be initiated into the Auxiliary and the “Unit Member” of the year will be se lected. Everyone is invited to attend. good s h id c n ls re g o n regon s is |>rom i I '-* V j * r H » - '; ; * V- Sam Boardman and even dated Boardman's daughters. Betty's mother, Leita Barlow was bom at Gooseberry and went to high school in the current Heppner Middle School building. Her parents were originally from Ireland. Lena's brother, Charlie Barlow, was Morrow County Clerk for many years. Back then the clerk’s job also included mowing the courthouse lawn and climbing up to change the courthouse clock. Charlie was seriously injured on the job, breaking his leg. Betty says that when he broke his leg, the bone marrow got into his blood stream, went to his brain and he never walked or talked again. Sadie Parrish then became county clerk In 1954, Betty married Carl Miller Marquardt. He passed away in 1981. The family has Betty Marquardt A fixture at the Morrow County another Carl Miller, however. Health Department, a woman Betty's daughter Debbie married who has been with the a Miller and they have a 12-year- department for over 20 years and old Carl Besides watching games, Betty the first one to greet you when you bring your little one in for enjoys music and plays piano and hts shots or stop by to get your organ at the First Christian blood pressure checked, has Church in Heppner. She also loves to crochet and would like announced her retirement. Betty Marquardt, who started at to do some ceramic painting that MCHD in 1976, will say she just hasn't had time for. Betty's replacements at MCHD goodbye when new office help is joke that it will take two of them trained. You might say her career to do her job. Shelly Rietmann started when she was in grade and Marilyn Allison have both school. Betty and Pat Wright, been hired as part-time office former MCHD director, went to workers. elementary school together and became best friends. The two friends worked at Pioneer Memorial Hospital together, Pat as a nurse and Betty as an aide. So, when Pat went to the health department, so did Betty, although a little later. Betty was hired after Alma Green resigned to take a job at the courthouse. In the earlier days, Betty often accompanied Pat on trips to visit clients in the North end. When she first started, the department gave immunizations, checked blood pressures, monitored communicable diseases and tuberculosis patients. Then, they often went to homes to provide those services. Now, says Betty, the services at MCHD have expanded greatly and, consequently, so has the Shelly Rietmann Shelly started part-time office paperwork. Now the department work at MCHD the first of the not only offers those services, year. but also does family planning, She has been a dental assistant breast and cervical cancer screening, home visits for high and medical assistant for a total risk infants, maternity case of about 15 years. Most recently management and also conducts she has been at home in lone primary review to determine if taking care of her two sons. children are up to date on their Tanner, four, and Evan, three. immunizations or must be Shelly and her husband, Greg, excluded from school, in addition have a farm in lone. Shelly, the daughter of Ken and to providing information on a Jean Ann Swanson Turner, grew myriad of topics and referrals. When Betty started with the up in Heppner and graduated department, there was only one from Heppner High School. She nurse. Now there are two full attended medical college in time nurses, three part-time and Portland in a medical assisting two part-time translators, and, of •program. She lived in Pendleton course, the ubiquitous computer. and Portland before returning to "The computer that was the area around seven years ago. Shelly, 39, is active in the supposed to lessen my work Morrow County Arts Council didn't," laughs Betty. "We still and serves on the Morrow have to keep handwritten cards County Behavioral Health Board. for people." Betty said that over the years she has really enjoyed the kids who come in for their immunizations. Betty, 62, says that when she retires she plans do a little more visiting and watch all her grandkids' games. That might take up a little of her time, since she has eight children and 18 grandchildren. Betty’s children are: Carlita Bloodsworth, Hermiston, a beautician; Jim, a policeman in Athena; Lolita Grace, who works in Portland; Joyce Hughes, Heppner, an office manager for a doctor's office in Pendleton; Sheree Smith, Lexington, a MCHD nurse; Debbie Miller, a homemaker who lives in Idaho Falls; Pam Piper, Heppner, who works for the Morrow County School District; and Jana Julian, Marilyn Allison Marilyn Allison is a recent who is a homemaker in Portland. Betty's father, Truman immigrant from Paulina, which is Messenger, was bom in southeast of Pnneville. She Oklahoma and raised in Kansas. retired Jan. 3 after 21 years in the His parents, originally from U.S. Forest Service as a forestry England, came to Morrow technician, working in timber County in 1917. Betty says that sales contracts and appraisals. Marilyn, 59, who is originally Truman, who graduated from Waldport, became Roardman high school, knew from #Rx Profiles available in the U » pharmacy upon request. $ pu .* & 0 v k ~ V * ’ !# *,»►*».*. 7 /.> fVV ■* i> -; •.‘v r* | > ’.» J’v»'', ? v* > a • ^ L v**V ’i V - ¿A ir - - s • .• > * *>. Betty Marquardt to retire from health dept., new staff hired ftPharmacy hours: 9-6 M-F, 9-1 Sat.2 It Does Good Things MuMuj'i ttaig 2 I 7 M om x M aim . - .. * -r- • >>; v . kfm m km 0 7 6 -0 158 acquainted with Heppner when she worked at the Forest Service office here from 1983-84. She liked the area, made good friends here and decided that she’d eventually move back. Marilyn's son, Cash, who works at a service station in the Portland area, recently bought a house in Heppner; son, Tim, who lives in Walnut Creek, CA, recently returned to school to get his master's degree in counseling. Another son, John, died in a car accident. In addition to the two new part- time office employees, MCHD also has hired two new nurses, Jamie Bailey and Carolyn Wood. branches, specializing in agricultural loans. The Woods have six children: Bret, 31, is a physician's assistant in pathology in Salt Lake City; Jamie Jones, 30, who has a degree in marketing, is now a homemaker in Forest Grove; Lance, 27, works for a computer company in Salt Lake City; Shana Jensen, 25, is a homemaker in Gardnerville, Nevada; Tucker, 21, attends Rick's College in Rexburg, Idaho; and Justin, 14, is a freshman at Heppner High School. They also have two grandchildren. Carolyn enjoys painting, exercising and reading. Carolyn, who works three days a week at MCHD, is a home visit nurse with the Babies First Program, which provides checkups on babies' health and helps promote good parenting. The program is funded through a Children's Trust Grant. Morrow County skills center open Jamie Bailey Jamie Bailey, 40, was bom in Hermiston and grew up in Umatilla, graduating from Umatilla High School in 1975. She has lived in Umatilla for most of her life, except from 1981-86, when she lived in Seattle, raising her children. Jamie graduated from Blue Mountain Community College with an associate degree in nursing in 1990. She then worked for six years at Good Shepherd Community Hospital. The past year she has worked at an urgent care center in the Tri-Cities. Jamie says that she is looking forward to her job with MCHD, but adds, "It will be a learning experience because everything has changed since my kids were little." Jamie has two sons, Scott and Joseph Nordquist. Scott 22, who is disabled, lives in a group home in Hermiston. Joseph, 21, attends Blue Mountain Community College. Jamie's parents, James and Imogene Bailey, live in Hermiston, as do her two brothers and two sisters. Jamie enjoys fishing, reading and going to the mountains. Morrow County Skill Centers, located in Irrigon and Boardman, are open. The centers combine skill center workplace basics with GED preparation and adult basic skill development. The mission is to provide services to the unemployed, underemployed and injured workers. Workplace Basics include workshops on communication in the work force, resume writing, interview tips and stress management. Basic Skills offers the opportunity to work toward a GED or high school diploma, and English as a second language classes. All services are offered free of charge. In Irrigon classes are held at the Irrigon Learning Center at 240 West South Main. Workplace Basics and Basic Skills will be offered Tuesday and Thursday, from 9 a.m. to noon. ESL classes will be offered Tuesday and Thursday, from 6 to 8 p.m. A grand opening and open house will be held at the Irrigon Center on Friday, February 27, from 10 a.m. to noon. The public is invited to visit the new facility. Class registration can also be done at that time. Boardman classes will be held in the Learning Center at 114 Boardman Avenue, NW. Workplace Basics and Basic Skills will be offered on Friday, from 9 a.m. to noon. ESL classes will be offered Monday and Wednesday, from 7 to 9 p.m. The centers are provided as a collaborative effort between Blue Mountain Community College, Morrow Umatilla (Region 12) Work force Committee, Adult and Family Services, CAPECO, the Employment Department, Senior and Disabled Services Division and Vocational Rehabilitation Division. For more information contact Anne Morter, BMCC South Morrow County coordinator at 422-7040. 4-H News Kool Kitchen Kids By Blair Keithley Carolyn Wood Carolyn Wood, also relatively new to the department, started work for MCHD in September. Originally from Preston, Idaho, Carolyn was raised in Castro Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area. Carolyn attended Brigham Young University at Provo, Utah, from 1962-65, where she met her husband Richard. She returned to Brigham Young after raising her children and obtained her associate degree in nursing in 1983. The Woods came to Heppner four years ago when Richard was hired by the Bank of Eastern Oregon. He is now a vice- president and divides his time between the Heppner and lone The Kool Kitchen Kids had their second meeting of the year at the home o f leader Tami Rietmann, on Jan. 22. The meeting was called to or der by Madison Bailey. Kyle Carlson was welcomed as a new member at the beginner level. The members learned about quick breads and made baking powder biscuits. The next meeting will be in February. Scratch Pads 50c lb . Gazette-Times All Saints Episcopal Church will hold its annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper on Feb. 24 from 5-7 p.m. in the parish hall. The supper includes pancakes, ham, fruit and a drink. Cost is $4 for adults, $2 for students and $12 for a family. Everyone is invited to attend the supper.
