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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
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District didn’t
lose as much as
anticipated
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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
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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.
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