FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Shenanigans plan Ireland concert
You can join Brent’s Team to “Walk to Cure Diabetes”
Brent's Team 2003 at the Hillsboro Stadium.
At the Cliffs of Moher on the west coast oflreland (L-R): Dave Kendrick, Sarah Carlson,
Kara Clay, Kate Kendrick, Brynna Rust, Alex Carlson, Eric Jepsen, Nancy Jepsen, Terri
Clay and Shannon Rust.
and went sig h tseein g to Irish music they learned and
The S henanigans
some o f their other latest
fiddle group is planning a other parts of the country.
Their fiddle group music. Also featured will be
free concert on Thursday
night, Oct. 28, to share in in stru cto r Peg W illis a Pow er Point picture
music and pictures about accompanied them and one presentation showing scenes
their recent trip to Ireland. parent from each family also from the various places in
The group, which went on the trip. There were Ireland that they journeyed
about 650 other musicians to.
includes fiddle students
The program is a
Alex Carlson, Kara Clay, playing a v ariety o f
instruments
at
the
school
way
of
saying thanks to the
Eric Jepsen, Kate Kendrick
and
over
tw
o
hundred
com
m
unity
for all th eir
and Brynna Rust, flew to
dancers
also
participated.
generous
support
for the
Ireland for two weeks in
At
the
co
n
cert,
group.
A
location
has
yet to
July. W hile there they
w ill
be be finalized for the program,
attended the Joe Mooney S henanig an s
performing
some
of
the
new
but will be announced soon.
Summer School o f Music
It is time once again
for the “ Walk to C ure
Diabetes.” This event will be
held Oct. 3 at the Hillsboro
Stadium . This years co-
h o n o rary ch airs are US
Senators Ron Wyden and
Gordon Smith.
B rent Eckm an, a
student
at
H eppner
E lem entary School, was
diag n o sed w ith Type l
Diabetes three years ago,
which m eans he will be
insulin-dependent for the
rest of his life and carries the
co n stan t
th reat
of
devastating complications.
Insulin is not a cure, it is
merely life support.
Brent has learned he
can do all the same activities
as his friends, however, he
must always be prepared to
treat his fluctuating blood
sugars. Brent tests his blood
by pricking his finger for
blood five times a day.
There are three ways
you can help m ake a
difference for Brent and
ev ery o n e liv in g w ith
diabetes:
You
can
jo in
“Brent’s Team” for the walk.
You can register online at
www.JDRF.org. Be sure to
use “ Brent’s Team” under
the team name.
Tarnasky continues providing quality health care for Morrow County
By Molly Rhea
Sheridan Tarnasky,
Physician Assistant with the
M orrow C ounty H ealth
District, recently completed
and passed, the extensive
te stin g req u ired by the
N ational C om m ission o f
Certification o f Physician’s
A ssista n ts
(N CCPA ).
Physician’s Assistants (PAs)
are required to complete 100
hours o f C o ntinuing
Medical Education (CME)
every two years and sit for
the NCCPA exam every 6
years.
Tarnasky has been
licensed as a PA since 1998
and began this portion of her
career at the Irrigon Medical
Clinic, serving as their main
provider from Decem ber
1998 through February 2000
when another full time PA
was hired to work at the
Irrigon Clinic. Since then
Tarnasky has w orked at
Pioneer Memorial Clinic in
H eppner, although she
spends at least one day a
month at Irrigon, as well as
providing care when their
fu ll-tim e PA is o ff for
vacation or his continuing
education.
Tarnasky has been a
P hysician A ssistan t in
Morrow County for the past
six years, but that is not the
beginning o f her service to
Morrow County.
Born
Sheridan
Wyman, she graduated from
H eppner High School in
1966 and then enrolled in
the E m anuel H ospital
School o f N ursin g in
Portland. Upon graduation,
she worked for the next two
years in the surgical unit of
Emanuel Hospital. During
th is tim e she m et and
Although Tarnasky
has dedicated much of her
life to providing quality
healthcare to the citizens of
Morrow County, when you
know her personally it is
obvious w hat is m ost
important in her life. Family.
T arnasky is never m ore
proud than when speaking of
her h usband, her two
c h ild ren and her two
grandchildren, Gracie and
Jack.
Tarnasky’s years of
■service
are
much
appreciated. She and many
others in the community are
vital to ensuring the quality
of life in rural Oregon.
DA’s Report
Morrow County
to hold Victim
Impact Panel
Sheridan Tarnasky at the clinic in Heppner
married her husband, Ed.
The young couple
moved to Heppner in June
of 1972, Ed was employed
by Kinzua and Sheridan
went to work at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital where
her mother, Ilene Laughlin,
was serving in the capacity
o f administrator.
In 1977, Tarnasky
was hired by the Tri-County
H ealth Iniative G rant to
establish the first Home
Health agency in Morrow,
G illiam and W heeler
counties. Tarnasky worked
as the director and continued
her employment at Pioneer
M em orial p art-tim e to
provide relief on weekends
and holidays for the full
time staff until 1984.
In 1990, Tarnasky
agreed to take on the duties
o f Director o f Nursing at
PMH. She m ore than
capably provided leadership
in this position until 1996
when she was convinced to
apply for acceptance in the
Oregon State U niversity
H o sp ita l’s
Physician
Assistant program. By this
time, both o f Tarnasky's
children, A.J. and Alecia,
were attending Oregon State
University.
W hen asked how
she came to the decision to
advance her career, “ I had
watched providers come and
go in this community for
several y e a rs,” replied
Tarnasky. “It was a way to
provide stability for the
m edical needs o f the
community that my nursing
2nd Annual Fund Raising Dinner
CANDIDATES’
to benefit the lone Education Foundation
Saturday, Septem ber 25
Social hour at 6 p.m. / D inner at 7 p.m.
at the lone A m erican Legion Hall
Menu: Prime Rib, Crab, Shrimp, Salad, Baked
Potato, Bread, Dessert. Two drinks included with
meal (choose from beer, wine and soft drinks).
The lone Education Foundation is a 501c(3) non-profit corporation
A Morrow County
Victim Impact Panel will be
held at the Port o f Morrow
Building in Boardman on
Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 7
p.m.
The meeting is open
to the general public at no
charge. DUII Offenders will
be charged $50 and must
attend as a condition o f
probation.
The m eeting w ill
allow listeners to learn how
driving under the influence
im pacts m em bers o f our
community. It also provides
victims of DUII crimes an
opportunity to share their
personal stories o f tragedy.
A
Spanish
interpreter will be present.
For m ore inform ation
contact Sam arra D. Van
Doom, Director of Morrow
County Victim Assistance
Program in Heppner 676-
5665, Boardman 481-2112,
ext. 5665 and Irrigon 922-
4103, ext. 5665.
Michael Dean Lynch
pled guilty to Delivery of a
C ontrolled Substance, a
Class-B felony. Lynch was
sentenced to 24 m onths
formal probation, 80 hours
com m unity
serv ice,
co m p letio n o f a drug
package and paym ent o f
$919 in fines and fees.
Donna Jean Acock
was found in violation of a
show cause order allegation
for Forgery in the Second
Degree. Acock’s probation
was revoked and reinstated
and she was sentenced to a
probation extension o f one
year from the date o f the
order.
John M. Healy pled
guilty to Attempted Assault
in the Second Degree (lesser
included offense), a Class-
C felony. H ealy was
sentenced to 36 m onths
formal probation, 80 hours
com m unity
serv ice,
completion o f a domestic
v io len ce package w ith
Batterer’s Intervention Panel
and a felony alcohol
package and paym ent o f
$1169 in fines and fees.
ORCF-101
C LEA RFIELD
Sponsored by
Heppner Chamber o f Commerce
and W illo w Valley Service Club
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
John's Other Place
Ticket Prices:
Adults - $25.00
Children 12 and under - $10.00
6 and under - free
Tickets available at Bank of Eastern Oregon, lone
Come enjoy a fun evening and help
support the lone School. There will be an
auction after the dinner, music, and raffle
tickets for various items on sale also.
license could not provide.”
W hen T a rn a sk y ’s
patients’ are asked why they
choose her for their primary
provider of health care, most
will respond, “Because she
always takes time with me,”
or “ I feel like she will field
all my questions, and if she
doesn't know the answer she
will either look it up or
consult w ith one o f the
physicians,” and perhaps the
most telling one, “ I trust
her.”
Tarnasky has also
found time to serve on the
A dvisory B oards for
Morrow County Behavioral
H ealth and the M orrow
County School District. She
also taught confirmation for
six years and has served on
the St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church Council.
You can send a tax-
d ed u ctib le co n trib u tio n ,
m ade payable to JDRF.
Please m ail to Brent
Eckm an, P.Q. Box 332,
Lexington, OR 97839.
You can purchase
raffle tickets for a beautiful
quilt made by his Grandma
Healy.
The
Ju v en ile
D iabetes
R esearch
F oundation (JD R F) was
founded in 1970 by parents
o f children with Type 1
diabetes. Almost 1.5 million
Am ericans have juvenile
(Type 1) diabetes, the most
severe form of the disease.
Out of every dollar
JDRF raises, more than an
im p ressiv e 85 cen ts is
ch an n eled d irectly into
d iab etes research and
education projects. JDRF is
the
w o rld ’s
leading
nonprofit, nongovernmental
funder o f diabetes research.
Thanks in part o f JDRF,
researchers feel that a cure
is in sight.
With your support,
JD R F w ill co n tin u e its
mission to find a cure for
d iab etes
and
its
com plication through the
support o f research. With
your help, our dream o f a
world without diabetes is
within reach.
For m ore local
inform ation contact Judy
Eckman at 989-8221.
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