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.
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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.
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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.
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