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Election Day is lone 2002 Homecoming Court Nov. 5 Bes3ie ¿'etzel 1 U of J Newipaasr Library Eugone, OR 974J3 As a reminder, ballots for the general election must be in by Nov. 5. Morrow County ballot boxes will be located at the following sites: in Heppner, at the Morrow County Court House Clerk's Office; in lone, at the Bank o f Eastern Oregon; in Lexington, at the Public Works Building; in Irrigon, at the Justice Court lobby; and in Boardman, at the Behav ioral Health Building. All box locations will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day, except for Bank of Eastern Oregon, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and M orrow County Courthouse C lerk’s Office, which will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. » 6 * ^ Photos by Jeri McHlligott (l-r)2002 Homecoming Court: Fr. prince Kelly Thompson and Fr. princess Ashly Crams; Jr. prince Paul Neifter and Jr. princess Megan McCabe; Sr. King Til Tullis and Sr. Queen Caitlin Orem; Sr. prince Karl Morgan and Sr. princess Jamie YandenBrink; Sr. prince Cody Bergstrom and Sr. princess .laysi Bennetto; So. prince Austin Arbalio and So. princess Amanda Emery ; and So. prince Nick Christman and So. princess Sara Peck. MCGG to hold annual meeting The Morrow County Grain Growers will hold its annual meeting Monday Nov. 4 at the fairgrounds pav ilion in Heppner beginning at 6:30 p.m. Music will be provided by Front Porch and dinner will be served. Free baby sitting will also be prov ided. (l-r) Princesses Megan McCabe and Amanda Emery. Queen Caitlin Orem, Princesses Jamie YandenBrink, Jaysi Bennetto, Ashly Crams and Sara Peck. Volunteers complete hospice training class VOL. 121 NO. 44 10 Pages Wednesday, October 30, 2002 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Red Ribbon Week celebrated at HES Hospice volunteers at training class (1-r) HES teacher Cara Qsmin, HES teacher Sharon Morris, Kathleen Casey, HES teacher Molly Rill, and HES teacher MaryAnn Elguezabal. (front) Dylan Kill Starting last Thursday, Oct. 24, and continuing through Thursday, Oct. 31, H eppner Elementary School is celebrating Red Ribbon Week. R ed R ibbo n W eek began fourteen years ago when a U .S. D rug E n fo rce m en t Administration Agent, Enrique “Kiki'’ Camarena, w ho had been investigating a multi-billion dollar drug scam, was abducted and killed. His body was found one month later in a shallow grave. He was only 37 years old. “Kiki” grew up in a dirt- floored house with hopes and dreams o f making a difference in the world. He worked hard in school and had a job to pay his way through college. He served in the Marines and then decided to jo in the U .S . D rug Enforcement Administration. His mother did not want him to join because she knew it could be very dangerous. He told her, “1 can't not do this. I'm only one person, but 1 want to make a difference in the world.” In honor o f Camarena's memory and his battle against ille g a l d ru g s, frie n d s and neighbors began to wear red badges o f satin ribbon and in 1988, formed a partnership with th e N a tio n a l Red R ib b o n Campaign. The stu d e n ts and teachers o f Heppner Elementary School would like all o f Heppner to try and make a difference in the world by wearing red ribbons and always remembering to say “NO” to drugs. Ribbons have been distributed to businesses downtown, and Red Ribbons have been tied to the trees o f Main Street in honor o f the campaign. Through the generosity o f Morrow County Behavioral Health, HES was able to obtain activity books, pencils and prizes that will be awarded throughout this w eek. The prizes include key chains, w ater bottles, m ini footballs and Frisbees. Tiah Sanderson-Devin, from Behavioral Health, came to HES and presented a program to all o f the s tu d e n ts, K indergarten through Sixth G rad e, on the d a n g e rs o f tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs. HES will end this year's Red Ribbon Week by wearing as much red clothing as we can on Thursday, Oct. 31. Please join with all of the students and remember to “Just Say No!” Holly Rebekah Lodge to host monthly card party Holly Rebekah Lodge will host their rrlonthly card party this Saturday evening, Nov. 2 at the IOOF Hall in Lexington. The lodge will hold a public bingo party on Sunday, Nov. 10 as a benefit for the purchase o f new card tables and chairs. Refreshments o f pie and beverage will be served at a cost o f $2. Bingo cards will be 25c cents each and a percentage of the take o f each game will be given to each lucky cardholder. Winners at the October card party were Bill Rowell and Marilyn Allison, high men and woman. Lows went to Clarence Buchanan and Dot Halverson. Travelings were won by Dot Halverson and Ed Hunt. The lodge hosts a public card party the first Saturday of the month, w ith the exception of the summer months from June until October. Proceeds from these activ ities go toward paying , the utilities so that the hall is a v a ila b le for use by the community. The hospice volunteer training class at the Pioneer M em orial H ospice-H eppner entitled, “ My G ift: M yself” concluded with guest speakers Pat S w e en ey o f S w een ey Mortuary and Bill Kuhn o f Kuhn and Spicer, Attorneys, on Oct. 29. Persons completing this seven-w eek course included Mike Armato, Betty and Louis Carlson, Cyde Estes, Joy Krein, Ju d ie L a u g h lin , S h erree Mahoney, Virginia Martinez, Paul Smith, Debby and Paul Sumner, Tim Van Cleave and M ary W est. L indsey Ward com pleted the course as an independent study. A few’ o f the c la ss m em b ers to o k th is v id e o , workbook and discussion course for self-education regarding the h o sp ice w ay o f carin g for terminally ill persons, their families and their caregiv ers. Others will become volunteers in v arious ways as part o f the hospice team. Carolyn Willey, hospice v o lu n te e r c o o rd in a to r and volunteer herself, co-led these classes with Robinai Disque, RN and hospice coordinator. Future training plans include a hospice volunteer training class in Condon in the spring o f 2003 and another such class in Heppner sometime next year. Persons interested in taking this training may call the hospice office at 676-2946, from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., weekdays, and leave their name and phone number for a follow-up call. Disque and Willey are holding a similar training class that will conclude in Boardman on Oct. 31. w ith guest speakers Bill Kuhn, attorney, and Dan B urns o f B urns M ortuary. Persons completing this class included Louise Britts, Marie and Norm DeBoer, Dona Edman, Federal funding for nursing home expected to be phased out Morrow County Health District adm inistrator Victor Vander Does told the board at their Monday night meeting that the Pro Share program, which d isb u rses federal funds to P ioneer M em orial N ursing Home, is expected to be phased out over the next sev eral years, which will seriously affect the continued operation o f that facility. The Pro Share is a federal matching funds program in w hich monies, earmarked for health care, are distributed to the states. However, said Vander Does, the state of Oregon has put the monies in the ailing general fund, w hich leaves a smaller piece o f the pie for health care. The m o n ies are d is trib u te d proportionately to nursing homes in districts such as Morrow County Health District, based on MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. the number o f Medicaid patient days. On O ct. U , M CHD received $213,000 as its share o f the Pro Share program. Last year the d is tric t re c e iv e d S200.000. The amount w ill be reduced for 2003-04 and will probably be phased out the follow ing year. Vander Does said if the program is phased out, the MCHD board might have to consider w hether or not to continue operation o f Pioneer M em orial N u rsin g H om e. B ecause Pioneer M em orial Hospital and Nursing Home are so closely intertw ined, it is possible that the entire facility could be at risk. In other business, the board: -learned that the Pioneer Memorial Hospice program has received certification. continued page 3 w a r n * CLOTHING N O W IN STOCK h m u I 1 1 R I n s u l d t e f f l « l< t l i i i i u f lciini«»l W h i r l s ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: Alice Ellis, Dale and Dorothy Wise and in review, Cheryl Tallman, hospice RN. P io n ee r M em o rial Hospice began its serv ices in July 2002, in Morrow and Gilliam counties. For more information or to sc h e d u le a h o sp ice p re se n ta tio n call P io n ee r Memorial Hospice, 676-2946, during business hours, and speak w ith Molly Rhea, director. • ( t v e ic ilK Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 9 8 9 -8 2 2 1 • 1 -8 0 0 -4 5 2 -7 3 9 6 I I* * * ,* * ™ ™ ,.* wfb utr it www mcjj iwt I*
