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Free sports physicals will be conducted B e saiâ Ketsall U of O he «opa a« r* 'i Eu^ane, OR 974 0 3 lone Schools will be offering physical examinations to all middle and high school students on Thursday, Aug. 8, beginning at 6 p.m. Eileen McElligott will conduct the physicals free o f charge; there will not be another date offered for free physicals. If . o.■ District didn’t lose as much as anticipated VOL. 121_______ NO. 30 dated 1850 and records church membership and marriage o f a couple from 1833-1837. A quilt brought by Bebe Munkers had been entered and exhibited in the Chicago World’s Fair in 1933- 1934. Cora Munkers made the quilt in the early 1900’s for her son Riley. Participants are already talking about what they will exhibit next year. M ost o f the participants were from Heppner. lone and Lexington. Next year Artisan Village plans a second- annual “Quilts in the Park” show and will have two sections: one for display only and possibly a judged section. Artisan Village expressed appreciation to all o f the p a rticip a n ts. “ W ithout everyone’s help, it wouldn’t have been so grand!” said Bonnie Wenberg of Artisan Village. Drawings for prizes were held as well. Winners included: Beverly M arker o f Pendleton w ho w on a basket m ade by Bonnie Wenberg; Midge Michael o f H eppner who won a sun catcher made by Eric Wenberg; Nancy Snider of lone who won a free class fee for a class of her choice at Artisan Village and Gail Burkenbine of Heppner who won a pack of eight fat quarters. The M orrow County Health District ended its fiscal year around $244,466 in the red, according to figures released at the d istrict’s regular meeting Monday night in lone. While the MCHD board was not happy with the district’s financial picture, board members were pleased that the district did not lose as much as anticipated and that the actual financial picture was close to budget figures. “I think that’s pretty good,” commented board Chair Larry Mills. “O f course I'd like to see the bottom line a little better. We all would.” The district had budgeted fora $322,036 loss. Initial figures indicated a $306,966 loss for the year, but the district received a last minute $82,5000 Medicare settlement for fiscal year 2001. This was somewhat offset by $20,000 less in tax receivables for the year. The district is preparing for its annual audit, which will get underway next week. In other business: -the board approved a $3 per hour increase in nurses’ hourly wages and an increase of nurses’ night on-call hourly wages from $1.50 to $3 per hour. “I’m very aware o f our financial situation,” said Director o f Nurses Tammy Henderson, “and I’m sorry to bring this up at this time, but our w ages not only need to be co m petitive, but beyond.” Henderson spoke of a nursing shortage and said that the district must compete with numerous other organizations in a wide geographical area for its nursing staff. -the board learned that the district’s new clinic billing system is underw ay and processing of charges has started at both the Heppner and Irrigon medical clinics. -the board approved purchase of three vehicles, which will be funded by a combination of USDA funds and donations. The three Ford Focus vehicles, purchased at $ 11,850 each, will be used for the home health and hospice departments. -discussed the poor appearance of the grounds at the Irrigon Medical Clinic and agreed to contact someone to assess the situation and take care of the yard. -discussed initiating an exit-questionnaire at the Irrigon and Heppner clinics to determine patient satisfaction with clinic services. -heard a rep o rt from CEO Victor Vander Does that the hospital construction projects are nearing completion. Vander Does also said that he anticipates that the assisted living center construction is one to one and a half weeks from completion and said that they are “shooting for Sept. 1” as the center's opening day. The board scheduled the next board meeting to be held at the center. County receives 3% of OLCC revenue Garden Club announces August meeting lone pool to extend summer hours 6 Pages Wednesday, July 31,2002 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Outdoor quilt show draws over 300 people Crowds enjoy the quilts in the park last week in Heppner 129 quilts brought by 43 people and made by 75 quilters were displayed in the Heppner City Park from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. on Friday, July 26 as part o f the “Celebrate Historic Heppner” day. The quilt show, “Quilts in the Park”, was sponsored by Quilter’s Round-up at Artisan Village. Each quilt had it’s own story. About half the quilts were more than 40 years old with a num ber o f them dating from before 1900. The oldest quilt, (with a known date), was found in an trunk purchased at an auction in 1956 by Peggy Fishbum ’s grandmother. It is Softball tournament entry deadline is Aug. 2 The deadline for entry in the benefit softball tournament for Paul McElligott is Friday, August 2. The co-ed games have been arranged to raise funds to help the McElligott family with medical costs accrued after McElligott was injured in a car accident last spring. The tournament will take place on Saturday. August 10 at the lone softball fields. Teams can be a minimum of 10 players but no more than 15 and the cost is $125 per team. For more information, call Lynn Dee Ramos at 422-7559; Melissa Larue at 422-7060 or Shilo Svetich at 422-7355. Morrow County received a little over three percent of the total funds given to eastern Oregon counties from the Oregon Liquor Control Com m ission's June 2002 revenue allocation. Nine eastern Oregon counties and th eir 55 c ities received a combined total o f $123,813— Morrow County received $3,986.49. OLCC revenue is generated by the sale of distilled spirits to bars, restaurants and nightclubs; the sale of liquor to the public in 237 state liquor stores; privilege taxes on beer and wine; license fees and fines for liquor law violations. The next Heppner Garden C lub m eeting will be held Monday, August 5, at 7 p.m. at the home of Marj Spangler, 775 Shobe St. in Heppner. Items on the agenda include the Morrow County Fair booth and flower show preparations. Everyone is welcome to attend. Fair edition in next week's issue N ext w eek ’s issue o f the Heppner Gazette-Times will in clude the annual special Fair & Rodeo section. Look for the is sue for complete information on the upcoming Fair & Rodeo. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. The summer hours at lone Pool have been extended. The pool will close on Aug. 11-19 for fair and reopen Aug. 20. Friday, Aug. 30 will be the last day the pool is open. “Hopefully everyone can enjoy swimming a little longer”, said an lone Pool spokesperson. a child is unable to get a physical exam ination on Aug. 8, arrangements must be made with a physician to have a physical before the child participates in any school athletics. lone Schools has been inform ed that the O regon Department o f Education now mandates that all students who participate in interscholastic sports have a physical exam ination once every two years. The law does not prohibit the use o f a physical examination given in the 2001-2002 school year. This means that if a child received a physical last year, those exam inations will be honored for the 2002-2003 school year. H ow ever, all students participating in sports in the 2003- 2004 school year and following will have to have a physical examination documented on the form adopted by the State Board of Education. The Oregon School Activities Association strongly encourages that pre-participation physical exams are documented on this form. Students are required to fill out the medical history on the front of the page and must have a parent or guardian signature in order to receive a physical at the school. Send this form, signed by a parent or guardian, w ith the child to the examinations on Thursday . For those unable to make the free physicals on Aug. 8, take the form to a physician to sign and then return it to the high school. For more information, or for more copies of the physical form, contact the lone High School at 422-7131. New principal is ready to meet the challenges ahead Wade Smith By Sarah Coller Wade Smith, the newly hired Heppner school official, has a huge task ahead o f him. B esides having taken the combined principal position at Heppner High and Elementary schools, this will be his very first year as a school administrator. Smith is confident that he is up to the task. “I am coming into a very well-operated school district. I ’ve got a strong, supportive teaching staff w ho seem to have things very well under control. One of my unique styles is that I am a very collaborative leader. This is our school, not my school.” Smith, who grew up in and graduated from the Hillsboro area, received his administrator's license from Lewis and Clark College just last spring. Prior to that, he and his wife Marianne were both instructors at Long Creek: he in high school science and she as a third and fourth grade teacher. Marianne will remain teaching at Long Creek through the end of this coming school year to see her first group of students graduate high school . She and their one-year-old daughter, Cheyenne, will visit on the weekends. Smith has several goals for im provem ent at Heppner schools. "One thing I envision is progressive schools where we build on preparing strudents for success as adults w hether in college or the workforce. 1 would like to elaborate on AP and honors classes as well as bring back some o f the vocational classes that we lost.” Smith wants high school staff to be able to train students vocationally who are not planning on attending college. The new principal brings several unique experiences to H eppner. Sm ith spends his summers in Africa on safari and enjoys hunting, fishing, and rebuilding cars and trucks. He also has experience running gyms and working on a pit crew for a racing team. Smith wants parents to see a principal who is out and about and is involved in the classroom. He wants kids to see a principal who is supportive at th eir events. One o f the challenges Smith sees is that the combined elementary and high school position will be a big task try ing to be both places. “It is going to limit how I think the principal job should be done, but 1 will make do with what I can,” he said. One thing Smith may be looking for is a vice principal or head teacher to be at the grade school half a day to help out and handle issues that d o n 't necessarily warrant him leaving the high school. “It is important that I spend time equally between the two schools,” said Smith. Right now. Smith is busy try ing to fill four vacancies at HHS. He has offered a contract to three people and is still interview ing for the fourth position. One o f the biggest challenges he finds for this coming school year will be budget cuts. He said that state officials have not come up with a long-term fix - just patches to get through. “If the state doesn’t come up with a fix, we will have to look at difficult challenges ahead." Smith added “The community and staff need to come together to see how to fix this. I look forward to meeting the people in tow n and I applaud people who want to get in\ olved. It takes everyone's help and support for a quality school.” S m ith's jo b officially began in mid-July but the real challenge begins when students fill Heppner's two schools on the first day o f school, September 3. P R O T E C T Y O U R G R A IN W IT H R ELD AIM 4E O n e G a llo n J u g s A v a ila b le A t Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-82 21 • 1 -8 0 0 -4 5 2 -7 3 9 6 F«r hr« rpipiwm mn Mr art u* » «■ men wt
