TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 13,2004
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Missionary to speak at Christian Life
Center
M issionary to the
Netherlands Steve Kramer
will be speaking at Christian
Life Center in Heppner on
Sunday, Oct 17 at 6 p m
Kramer will share his
testimony of “how God can
do the impossible ” Born
tw o -a n d -a -h a lf m onths
prem ature and w eighing
about 3 pounds, he was
diagnosed with Cerebral
Palsy and given little hope of
survival However, he did
survive and at age 12 felt
called to be a missionary to
the Netherlands “It seemed
u n lik ely ...
becau se I
couldn’t walk unassisted and
daily life was enough
challenge on its own.”
Yet, after many
“miracles,” Kramer is now
able to walk and graduated
with a bachelor’s degree
from the U niversity o f
Oregon and also earned his
m a ste r’s
d eg ree
in
theological studies He is
now m inistering in the
Netherlands and sharing his
life story
C h ristian
Life
Center, located at 535 W
Morgan St., invites everyone
to attend this meeting and
hear Kramer’s story.
H/tl’l’Y IIKTHIAI! U t i l i
HlkTHlAY!
HEPPMER S NEWEST
DRIVER!
HAPPY, SAFE,
1 6 th BIRTHDAY
TONY!
Love, Dad, Mom,
Brian & Carrie
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Critical Access designation
increases PMH’s contributions
to health district
By Molly Rhea
It is a widely held assumption that Pioneer Memorial
Hospital loses money. This makes perfect sense, when the
hospital only has one or two patients on most any given
day, how could anyone expect it to make money. This line
of thought used to be correct, but the truth is, since PMH
received the Medicare designation o f a Critical Access
Hospital, in April 2002, the hospital actually makes money
and helps offset losses in other areas such as in the clinics
and ambulance service
Critical access hospitals are limited-service hospitals
located in rural areas that receive co st-b ased
reimbursement To be designated a critical access hospital,
a facility must, among other requirements: (1) be located
in a county or equivalent unit o f a local government in a
rural area, (2) be located more than a 35-mile drive from a
hospital or another health care facility; or (3) be certified
by the State as being a necessary provider o f health care
services to residents in the area These hospitals can have
up to 25 beds designated as either acute-care or swing-
bed, beds that may at times be used for acute care and at
other times for post-acute care
When a hospital receives this Critical Access
designation the Medicare reimbursement increases the
payment for both inpatient and outpatient services
(outpatient services refers to lab, x-ray and pharmacy)
rendered by critical access hospitals to 101 percent of
reasonable costs.
Since becoming Critical Access the hospital helps,
along with our tax money, to offset losses in other areas
such as clinics and ambulance service Money lost due to
insurance discounts, such as Preferred Provider discounts
mandated by insurance companies, amount to more than
$700,000 per year
Critical Access Hospital- critical to the community,
critical to the patients, critical to Morrow County Health
District.
BMCC workshop location changes
Due to a scheduling
conflict, the Debt Free and
P ro sp ero u s
Living
Workshop originally set for
H eppner on W ednesday,
Oct 20 has been moved to
the Boardm an C enter o f
BMCC. The B oardm an
Center is located at 300 NE
Front Street in Boardman
The class is designed
for people who want to live
a debt-free lifestyle How
would you like to pay off all
your consumer debt in one
to three years9 Then pay off
your 30-year mortgage in
another three to five years9
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0 VOTE YES
Morrow County
Health District Levy
A YES Vote means
continued support for
the Hospital, Clinic,
Emergency Room,
Ambulance,
1st Responders, and
Home Health & Hospice
Support your Health Care Services.
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for Conlinued
Health (are!
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Neighborhood Center takes
steps to reduce dumping and
stealing
Neighborhood Center
of South Morrow County
vv« gladly accept donations dur.ng bu.in#M hour,
A n , donation before or after ia
con»ZZ
under Ordinance 4-1 -6 (181(A) 4 »7-93, 8 9-fi
umpmg is a crime and you can be fined up to 110,1
Stealing is also a crime.
Business Hours Are;
Monday - Thursday
B OO a m. -12:00 p.m.
1 0 0 p.m -4 .0 0 p.m.
Heppner Neighborhood Center Coordinator Jan Skaggs with
a newly installed sign stating the Center's policy on donations.
Due to continued
problem s w ith dum ping
(donations that are left after
hours) and stealing (after-
hours donations that a rifled
th ro u g h ) the H eppner
Neighborhood Center has
installed a sign outside the
building d etailin g the
Center’s donation policy.
Donations should be
delivered during the Center’s
business hours, M onday
through Thursday, 8 a m. to
4 p.m , closed 12-1 p.m. for
lunch Donations should not
be left after hours.
A lso,
many
donations that are being left
after-hours are “garbage”
that must be thrown away,
sometimes causing a need
for a second garbage pick
up in the week This
unnecessary expenditure
cuts into the Center’s tight
budget.
“If you wouldn’t use
it, don’t leave it,” a Center
v o lu n teer offered as a
guideline on donations
A nother problem
facing the C enter is the
stealing o f items left after
hours The bags or other
You can do this with your
current income. No second
job or living like a hermit
Learn specific powerful and
proven strategies that work
every single tim e This
w orkshop utilizes linear
m ath,
critical
path
technology to eliminate all
your debts. You are also
being taught how to operate
100 percent on cash, never
needing credit again Bring
a list o f your debts with
current balances, monthly
payments and interest rates
During the workshop, you
will develop you own debt
elimination plan that can be
implemented immediately in
your lifesty le B ring a
calculator to the workshop
The comprehensive “Debt
Free and Prosperous Living”
educational materials will be
available at the class
Cost o f the class is
$35 per person and pre
reg istratio n is required Nazarene Church
C o n tact the B oardm an Breakfast
Center o f BMCC at 481-
All men in the
2099 or the South Morrow
Heppner,
lone, Lexington,
County Center at 422-7040
Hardman
and surrounding
for more information
areas are invited and
Marriage Licenses encouraged to bring their
Oct. 8: Shayne Allen sons and/or daughters to the
Myers, 27, Hermiston and M en’s Breakfast to be held
Kimberly Inez Claflin, 33, Sunday, Oct 17 at 8 a m
The breakfast will be held at
Hermiston
the Heppner Church o f the
Nazarene, 335 N. Gilmore
Elect
The purpose o f the
Bobbi Childers
meeting is to encourage men
Morrow County
to be better husbands, fathers
items left are being picked
through before the Center
even has a chance to sort
through them Besides the
mess that is generally left
from this, the Center is also
not being compensated for
the items taken
In a co ntinued
attem pt to curb these
problems, the Center will be
installing a security camera
The camera will allow the
C en ter to enforce the
dum ping
o rd in an ce
(Ordinance 4-1-6 (18)(A) 4
97-93, 8 9-93). Violation of
this ordinance can carry up
to $10,000 in fines.
The Center is hoping
to remedy this problem so
that they will have more time
to work with the many good
donations they receive, as
well as help those in need in
South Morrow County.
“ We appreciate all
the good donations given
and still need them,” said
N eig h b o rh o o d
C en ter
C oordinator Jan Skaggs.
The monies received from
the sell o f donations helps
support the Center and its
programs
to host Men’s
and role models with-in their
co m m unities. They use
Biblical principles for their
foundation o f guidelines
The Men’s Breakfast
is sponsored monthly by
F irst C h ristian C hurch,
Assemblies o f God Church
and the C hurch o f the
Nazarene
The breakfast is free
o f charge,
how ever,
donations are accepted
Clerk
Gardner's Men’s Wear
iii Heppner, Oregon is closing its doors forever!
Complete Liquidation!
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Morrow County Clerk
/ have over fo u r years
o f experience and
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Everything is ON SALE
from Fixtures to Furniture...
from Famous Brand Footwear
to Famous Brand Clothing
ALL AT CLOSE-OUT PRICES!
- A ll S a le s F in a l - C a sh o r M a jo r C r e d it C a rd s - N o L ay aw ay , P le a s e -
Gardner’s
Men’s Wear
193 N. Main, Downtown Heppner
Pud for by Bobbi Childers
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Store hours: 9 a .111.-6 p.m . Monday through Saturday