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The deadlmg to register
for office for the March 13
election will be Thursday,
January 11, at 5 p.m. at the
Morrow County Courthouse.
As of Tuesday, January
2, the following people had
registered for positions:
-Jerry
M.
Healy,
Heppner-Port
of
Morrow
Commission Position 3;
-Deane Seeger, Irrigon-
Port of Morrow Commission
Position 1;
Dan Creamer, Irrigon-
Port of Morrow Commission
Position 2;
-Wayne Hams, lone-lone
Rural Fire Prtoection District At-
Large Position;
-Wayne E. Rietmann,
lone-lone Rural Fire Protection
District At-Large Position;
-Billy J. Rietmann, lone-
lone Rural Fire Protection
District At-Large Position;
-Kathy Neal, Boardman-
Morrow County School District
Boardman-Irrigon
Advisory
Committee Position 3;
-Albert Partlow, Imgon-
Imgon Park Board Position 5;
-Burrel
L.
Cooley,
Irrigon-Irrigon Park District
Position 1.
Hospital commemorates new
CAT scan with open house
By Molly Rhea
The staff at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital is celebrating the
installation of their new Picker
PQS,. a Computerized Axial
Tomography (CAT scan) unit.
The public is encouraged to share
in this commemoration by
attending an open house from 3-1
p.m. on Thursday, January 11.
A CAT scan is an imaging
method in which an area of the
body is scanned in successive
layers by a narrow beam of x-
ray. It provides a cross-sectional
view of the body and
distinguishes difference in the
densities of various tissues.
This technique has a greater
sensitivity in showing the
relationship of structures than
conventional radiography and
has been used most successfully
in diagnostic studies of the brain
and abdomen. A CAT scan
provides precise anatomic and
pathological information for a
wide array of conditions such as,
brain
infarctions
(strokes),
ventricular displacement (useful
in patients with head trauma), as
well as masses or tumors.
The radiology department is
currently scheduling elective
scans with a radiologist (a
physician who specializes in
radiology) present to interpret
and oversee the studies.
PMH has the technology to
perform
CAT
scans
in
emergency situations without a
radiologist present.
Using a
digitalizer,
the
radiology
technician can produce a hard
copy, that looks much like a
standard x-ray, scan the hard
copy and transmit the image to
St. Charles Medical Center in
Bend, Oregon, where it is read by
the radiologist on-call.
St. Charles is working toward
upgrading the computer link to
enable direct image capture of
raw data. This technology would
allow an off-site radiologist and
the provider and/or technician at
PMH to view the images
simultaneously.
Physicians from other areas can
utilize the unit at PMH by calling
an order into the radiology
department of Pioneer Memorial
Hospital at 541-676-9133.
Having this state-of-the-art unit
at PMH is more than just a
convenience for area residents, it
has the potential to help us save
lives by providing emergency
personnel immediate diagnostic
information.
SWCD, Livestock
Growers to hold
joint meeting
Jack Ohman, Oregonian
VOL 120
NO. 1
8 Pages
Wednesday, January 3,2001
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
lone Youth Group announces
annual service award recipients
Left to right: Adrienne Swanson, Korey Morgan, Jeremy Rietmann, Allison Halvorsen, and Shelby Krebs,
lone Youth Group Service Award recipients, prepare to wrap Christmas gifts for a client of Outreach
Ministry of Burnside.
Allison Halvorsen, Adrienne
Swanson, Shelby Krebs, Korey
Morgan and Jeremy Rietmann
are the 2000 recipients of the
Outstanding Service Award
given by lone Ecumenical Youth
Group.
"The award is the highest
honor given by the group and
reflects four years of full
participation
and
sincere
commitment and service to
others," noted youth group leader
Jen McElligott.
Garden Club
plans program
The Heppner Garden Club will
meet Monday, Jan. 8, at the St.
Patrick's Senior Center at 7 p.m.
The program will be on the
progress that the Willow Creek
Valley
Assisted
Living
committee has made.
The club is also planning to
provide the decorations for the
annual Town and Country
banquet.
At the club's December
meeting and Christmas party, the
Sentimentalists sang several
Christmas songs. A 4-H group,
the Kool Kitchen Kids, brought
the group a plate of cookies.
The garden club welcomes all
who are interested in gardening.
The recipients, all seniors at
lone High School, have regularly
attended meetings and sold and
delivered Christmas trees to
make money for group projects.
They have helped with the
annual food drive to benefit the
Neighborhood Center outreach
programs and helped with the
Jason Halvorsen Scholarship
Bazaar. They youth have all
made trips to Burnside in
Portland to serve the poor. They
have toured agencies, served in
soup kitchens, passed out
hygiene kits in the local hotels
and have made sandwiches and
sorted clothing for the poor of
the area. Krebs, Halvorsen and
Swanson recently spoke at local
churches,
sharing their
November
service
trip
Terrace Drive
closed
intermittently
Morrow County Public Works
Director Burke O'Brien has
announced that Terrace Drive,
which is located next to the
Morrow County Courthouse in
Heppner,
will be closed
intermittently during the winter
due to safety concerns.
experiences.
Morgan, Rietmann, Halvorsen
and Krebs are members of the
lone United Church of Christ.
Swanson is a member of St.
William's Catholic Church.
S ou p
su p p e r
planned Saturday
during HHS game
A soup supper will be
held this Saturday, January 6,
from 3-7 p.m. at the Heppner
High School home ec room,
during the Heppner vs. Sherman
County basketball game.
The supper will include
homemade soup, a homemade
roll, cake and punch or coffee for
$4 each.
Everyone is invited to
attend.
The 3 p.m. starting time
has been extended from the
previously scheduled time of
4:30 p.m., so seniors and parents
bringing soup or cakes are asked
to have them at the home ec
room by 3 p.m.
Any seniors who have
not been contacted, but who
would like to bring a crockpot of
soup or a cake should call April
Sykes, 676-9939 home or 676-
9228 work.
Proceeds will benefit the
Class of 2001 trip to Couer d’
Alene
The Morrow County Soil and
Water Conservation District
(SWCD) and Morrow County
Livestock Growers will host a
joint meeting on Thursday, Jan.
11, at the Heppner Elks Lodge
beginning at 1 p.m. The public is
invited to attend.
The
agenda
includes
presentations by:
- Karen Wagner, noxious
weeds outreach assistant with the
Resource Conservation and
Development Area, at 1:30 p.m.
She will speak about her
outreach efforts to show that the
noxious weed problem has
connections greater than can
really be seen;
- Dennis Miller, Oregon Dept,
of
Agriculture
Pesticide
Division, at 2 p.m. He will
explain House Bill 3602
Pesticide Use Reporting and
activities of the Division;
- Don Butcher, Dept, of
Environmental Quality, will
follow at 2:30 p.m. with an
explanation of Total Maximum
Daily Loads, what they are and
how they will affect those in the
Willow Creek Watershed;
- Randy Mills and Bill
Broderick from OSU Extension
Service will present information
on the Clean Water Act at 3 p.m.
and discuss how Morrow County
residents are being affected and
what they can expect in the
future.
There will be time for
questions
during
the
presentations.
"Hopefully, by providing this
information, Morrow County
residents can take a proactive
approach to laws, regulations and
legislation that is affecting our
daily lives," said a Morrow
SWCD spokesperson.
The Morrow SWCD will hold
a brief annual meeting and
presentation of awards at 4 p.m.,
followed by a regular meeting to
elect officers and appoint
committee members for the
coming year, hear the treasurer’s
report and brief partnership
reports.
After a short break, the
Morrow
County
Livestock
Growers will hold their annual
meeting at 4:30 p.m., with
election of officers and a report
from the Oregon Cattlemen's
Association.
The evening will conclude with
a social hour sponsored by the
Morrow County Grain Growers
at 6 p.m., followed by the Town
and Country Banquet at 7 p.m.
The banquet will feature a prime
rib dinner, music, Chamber of
Commerce awards and speaker
Jack Ohman, political cartoonist.
political cartoonist to be
Town & Country speaker
Jack Ohman
Jack
Ohman,
syndicated
cartoonist, will be the speaker at
the annual Heppner Chamber of
Commerce Town and Country
Banquet on Thursday, Jan. 11,
beginning at 7 p.m. at the
Heppner Elks Club.
While still in college, Ohman
became the youngest cartoonist
ever to be nationally syndicated.
He has two features now in
syndication--his
political
cartoons for The Oregonian and
the "Mixed Media" comic strip.
According to People magazine,
Ohman's political cartoons are
"probably the most uncom
promising, the most wicked and
the most pointedly funny" on
today's op-ed pages.
Ohman's
work
appears
regularly in Time, Newsweek,
U.S. News and World Report,
Business Week and The
Economist.
He
had
also
contributed drawings to ABC
News Nightline in the mid-80s.
Ohman has won the national
Mark of Excellence Award from
the Society of Professional
Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi and
the Exceptional Merit Media
Award from the National
Women's Political Caucus.
Ohman began his cartooning
career while attending the
University
of
Minnesota,
drawing for the Minnesota Daily.
After signing a syndication
agreement with TMS, Ohman
moved on to the Columbus
Dispatch. From there, he joined
the Detroit Free Press and finally
The Oregonian, where he has
been since 1983.
In addition to his cartoon work,
Ohman is the author of five
books, "Back to the 80s",
"Drawing Conclusions", "Fear of
Fly Fishing", "Fishing Bass-
Ackwards" and "Why Johnny
Can't Putt", all published by
Simon and Schuster.
Bom, September 1, 1960, in St.
Paul, Ohman entered the political
fray early as an aide to a
M innesota
congressional
candidate and bus driver for
former presidential candidate,
Walter Mondale.
Ohman and his wife, Janice
Dunham Ohman, a public
relations executive, have a son,
Eric, bom in 1988, and a
daughter, Julie, bom in 1991
Town & Country Banquet
Jack
Ohman,
Portland
Oregonian political cartoonist,
will be the featured speaker at
the annual Heppner Chamber of
Commerce Town and Country
Banquet on Thursday, Jan. 11 at
the Heppner Elks Lodge.
Ohman's appearance is co
sponsored by CenturyTel.
Morrow County Grain Growers
will host the social hour at 6
p.m., prior to the prime rib dinner
at 7 p.m.
A blend of classical and
contemporary music will be
provided during dinner by Amy
Jepsen, a young Morrow County
musician. Jepsen has won honors
for both piano and harp
performances and performs in
the Willow Creek Symphony and
the East Oregon Symphony and
Chorale.
Man,
Woman,
Educator,
Business
and
Lifetime
Achievement recipients for 2000
will be announced.
Peterson's Jewelers will donate
a necklace to some lucky person
Tickets are available at the
Heppner Chamber of Commerce,
1 0 %
Klamath First Federal, Murray
Drugs and Bank of Eastern
Oregon in Heppner and lone.
For several years, tickets have
sold out prior to the event, so
people are encouraged to get
them early, said Chamber
executive
director
Claudia
Hughes.
Lexington Town
C ouncil
plans
special meeting
A special meeting of the
Lexington Town Council will be
held this Thursday, January 4, at
6 p.m. at town hall.
New city council members
will be sworn in and a new
recorder will be selected.
The regular town council
meeting will be held Monday,
January 8, at 7:30 p.m. at town
hall.
The agenda for the January 8
meeting has not yet been
determined.
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