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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 6, 2004 - THREE Sandfords return and open mortgage company Rick and Sylvia Sandford “ W elcome H om e” seem s to be the m ost common words spoken to the Sandford Family. Rick, S ylvia, L illian and Ivy Sandford m oved to the N o rth E ast Bay area o f California in March 2002 and now have returned to their home in lone “Moving away was the hardest decision that we had ever m ade for our family,” stated Sylvia. “But we felt it was necessary at th e tim e fo r my fam ily m em bers in C alifo rn ia .” B oth S an d fo rd s w orked w hile they w ere in California Sylvia continued working in the real estate in d u stry as an escrow departm ent supervisor in Subdivisions and Special Projects. “I handled all the newly developed sites and the sale outs for the builders then at the sam e tim e worked on the commercial escrows for the multi-million dollar projects,” said Sylvia Rick worked for Sylvia’s sister and brother-in-law ’s truck mechanic business as a m echanic, w hile also performing sales and service for a year Then he started w orking for a c o n crete company where he was in charge o f plant maintenance and plant setup duties He oversaw three area plants on a daily basis where he did fabricating, servicing and repairs. “ We have grown so much in the two years we have been gone, but we were always calling Oregon home We b o u g h t a hom e in Fairfield, moved to the city and were ready to settle in for a five-to-10 year stay Then it happened We made several trips back to Oregon to visit friends and work on our house in lone It was harder to return to California each time There is no place like home,” stated Rick The Sandfords are not strangers to w orking hard and being versatile They own the Willow C reek Storage in lone; they had Colum bia Basin Escrow , LLC and the copy business that they closed when they moved away, and Rick was em ployed w ith the State H ighw ay D ep artm en t in H eppner fu ll-tim e w hile assisting his wife with all the other ventures Now they have started another branch o f all this vast experience High View Mortgage, LLC is th e ir new ly form ed Mortgage Broker business Sylvia is licensed in Oregon to handle Real E sta te Mortgage Brokering for all residential and commercial real estate loan needs. “1 had been working w ith an a sso c ia te in California that represented one o f the a re a ’s largest builder lenders in the North Bay area and he really got the idea rolling for me I have been working in Escrow for over six years now and have seven years in m ortgage lending prior to the present There wouldn’t be a single day pass without someone calling me at w ork and asking if I would go to work for them It is com m on practice in our market for the competition companies or affiliates to contact you. 1 wasn’t use to it at first, since that seemed to only happen in the larg er cities. My associate had offered me a position with his firm as a mortgage originator and I had seriously thought about that venture But I declined when we decided to move home,” said Sylvia. H igh View Mortgage, LLC is located at the Sandfords’ home/office for the time being. They are going to be building an office in the near future They have programs for all borrowers including p u rc h a se s, refinances, home equity, c o n stru c tio n , and Rs-etect manufactured homes for all credit status portfolios They can be reached at (541) 422- 7333 or 1 (877) 422-7330 “ 1 am available for ap p o in tm en ts at your lo catio n to obtain p re q u alificatio n for buyers looking to purchase homes, or to start their refinance today As for the real estate professionals in our area and neighboring counties, they know my work ethic and professionalism from the past I am excited to be able to work with them again and provide the ‘ State o f Oregon with service it so richly d e s e rv e s ,’” co n clu d ed Sandford Over the Tee Cup The final organized Willow Creek Country Club Ladies’ Play for 2004 was held on Tuesday, Sept 28, 2004 A scramble format was played with three special team events. First place went to V irginia G ran t, Luvilla Sonstegard, Lynnea Sargent and Pat Edmundson A tie for second place went to Sandi Hanna, K andy Boyd and C orol M itchell and L o rren e Montgomery, Betty Carlson, Donna Crawford and Karen Thompson A tie was also had on KP on #4 between Grant, Sonstegard, Sargent and E dm undson and Loa Henderson, Dorris Graves and Pat Dougherty. A KP on #6 went to H en d erso n , G raves and Dougherty. A KP on #9 went to Suzanne Jep sen , Joyce Dinkins and Bernice Lott A hosted luncheon and fall business meeting fo llo w ed m orning play. Election o f officers for 2005 were held The new officers are: P resid en t- Pat Edmundson; Vice-President- Kandy Boyd; S ecretary / Treasurer- Virginia Grant; and B oard M em bers- Lynnea Sargent, Suzanne Jepsen and Corol Mitchell as Past-President Organized play will begin again on the first Monday in April 2005 There will not be any organized play by the ladies’ group in October, but all that would like to play are encouraged to come out for a 9 a m tee- off St. Patrick’s Senior Center news Christian Life Center volunteers are hosts for the O ct. 13 noon meal The posted menu is hamburger gravy, mashed p o tato es, green beans, peach jello salad, whole wheat rolls and brownies. J a c q u e l i n e Zim m erm an, D irecto r o f Oregon Association o f Area A gencies on A ging and Disabilities, spoke to the U m atilla-M o rro w AAA advisory co m m ittee on Tuesday, Sept 28 at the CAPECO conference room in P en d leto n The fo u r rep resen tativ es from St Patrick’s Senior Center were present There are 17 areas with advisory committees which Zimmerman keeps inform ed ab o u t funds available to support services for the aging and disabled (any age) This particular g ro u p o f citizen s is freq u en tly ignored or overlooked There are few people to be aware o f the wide scope o f needs this gro u p rep resen ts. O ften resources saved are used up b ecau se o f changing conditions over which they have no control. O regon P roject Independence (O PI) was established to enable people who need some assistance to remain in their own homes The program has proven its worth many time over in its history. The cost o f in-home assistance is much less than institutional care OPI funds are not federally matched, as a result, they are in constant jeopardy o f being completely cut Only concerted efforts to keep legislators informed and aware of short and long term benefits have saved the remaining funds to date. The p resen t g o v e rn o r and attorney general have given priority attention to senior c itiz en s and the way changing times has affected them Ukiah Senior Center is nearing completion When th e ir o p en in g meal is an n o u n ced , the AAA ad v iso ry g ro u p for this region will attend as a group to help them celebrate Later, the Heppner Senior Bus will schedule a special trip to Ukiah CUSTOM BANNERS H ep p n er G azette-T im es 676 9228 OVER $230,000 Charlotte G ray for Morrow County Justice of the Peace There’s absolutely no substitute for 26 years judicial experience. Paid for by Charlotte Gray n o r th o f Q uality M erchandise M UST GO. including new m erch an d ise arriv in g daily. C hoose from such b ra n d s a s... Wrangler Jeans and Shirts Carhartt Work Wear Jockey Panhandle Slim Shirts Pendleton Shirts Justin Boots and Belts Resistol Stetson Levi Jeans Columbia Spon swear Dockers Montana Silver Buckles Nike Sportswear Nike Shoes and Bags Arrow Dress and Sport Shirts F.nro Dress and Sport Shirts Doulbe H Work Boots I.eegin Dress Belts Pendleton Sport (ioats Code! Flannel Shirts Walls Vests and Coats Columbia (mats Woolrich Coats and Vests Lee Jeans CT scanner valuable resource to PMH By Molly Rhea Fall is in the air, leaves are changing colors and each afternoon the sound o f helmets colliding can be heard near the football field Yes, everything can feel almost magical until these young athletes, who look so big in their pads, suddenly smash together and don’t jump back up When a child is lying still on the field, unconscious or perhaps complaining o f numbness, the adults in charge suddenly have the cold realization o f how small and young this athlete is, and an ambulance is quickly summoned When the ambulance crew arrives they quickly assess the injured player, stabilize his neck in a cervical collar and “ L ogroll” him onto a backboard In the Emergency Room the child is examined by the on-call provider (a physician or Physician’s Assistant) and, if a neck injury is the concern, the patient is taken into another room for x-rays o f the cervical spine (neck) If the patient was knocked unconscious, then the provider is concerned about the possibility o f a traumatic head injury and the patient is taken into a different room for a CT scan Luckily the CT scan revealed that the athlete did not sustain a cranial (head) fracture, nor was there any blood leakage into the brain He was sent home with his parents with instructions and precautions to follow for the next few days. Computed tomography (CT), sometimes called CAT scan, uses special x-ray equipment to obtain many images from different angles and then join them together to show a cross-section o f body tissues and organs CT scanning provides more detailed information on head injuries, stroke, brain tumors and other brain diseases than do regular radiographs (plain x-rays films) It also can show bone, soft tissues and blood vessels in the same images CT o f the head and brain is a patient-friendly exam that involves radiation exposure. Unlike conventional x-rays, which produce pictures of the shadows cast by body structures o f different density, CT scanning uses x-ray beams in a much different way In CT o f the head, numerous x-ray beams are passed through the skull and brain at different angles and special sensors measure the amount o f radiation absorbed by different tissues (and lesions such as a bleeding tumor) As you lie still, the scanner parts revolve around you (although you cannot see this happen), emitting and recording x-ray beams from as many as a thousand points on the circle A special computer program then uses the differences in x-ray absorption to form cross-sectional images, or “slices” of the head and brain These slices are called tomograms, hence the name “computed tomography.” Since CTs readily detect bleeding, they are used to detect a blood clot or bleeding within the brain shortly after a patient exhibits symptoms o f a stroke, detection of bleeding in a patient with a sudden sever headache who may have a ruptured or leading aneurysm, detection of most brain tumors, as well as brain damage and skull fractures in patients with head injuries Pioneer Memorial Hospital has had a CT scanner since December o f 2000. Prior to that any patient arriving at Pioneer M em orial’s Em ergency Room with the'" symptoms o f a head injury or a stroke would have been immediately sent to another facility and since time is of the essence in these situations, many would have been flown out via helicopter or fixed wing airplane “O ur reco rd s show in A ugust o f 2004, we performed 24 CT scans,” stated Gaylin Fickel, R T (Radiologic Technologist) for Pioneer Memorial Hospital. “If we did not have a scanner, eight o f those people would have probably been sent out emergently. As it.turned out none of them required treatment at a larger facility.” Eddi Skow Match Play winners announced The Willow Creek Country Club Ladies’ Match Play Tournament Champion for 2004 is Sandi Hanna The matches took place over a two-month period (*ar€liicr\ M en’s W ear in H e p p n e r, O reg o n is closing its d o o rs forever! Complete Liquidation! Wall to Wall Close-out! Elect Bobbi Childers Morrow County Clerk “ Yes! After 40 years and two generations. Roe and' Marilyn Gardner are closing their store in Heppner. "It’s been a hard decision.” said Roe. " But we feel it's time for us to slow down. We will miss our friends and cus tomers that we’ve met over the years in Heppner Everything will be ON SALE from Fixtures to Furniture... from Famous Brand Footwear to Famous Brand Clothing ALL AT CLOSE-OUT PRICES! B e here when th e doors open! This huge liquidation sale liegins W ednesday, O ct. Oth - All Sale* F in a l - C a sh o r M a jo r C r e d it C a rd * - N o L ay aw ay , P le a * e Cwardner’s M en ’s W e a r Current Chief Deputy for Barbara Bloodsworth. Morrow County Clerk / have over fo u r years o f experience and training in the Clerk's office. I can do all the duties of Clerk. It's my job. 1 9 3 N. Main, Downtown H eppner S tore hour«) 9 a .n i.-6 p.m . Monday th ro u g h Saturday I Other winners were ' 2nd- Karen Thompson, 3rd- Luvilia S o n steg ard ; 4 lh- ; Jackie Allstott; Consolation-' Pat Edmundson; and 6,h- Loa' Henderson Paid for bv Bobtn Childers »
