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Heppner Gazette- Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 3,2004 - FIVE award expands interactive Unofficial returns for Morrow County only Grant CMS training program Vote break down by city and towns unavailable at press time. Break down will be in next week’s paper. General Election Results H E P P N E R T u e s d a y , N o v e m b e r 2 ,2 0 0 4 M o rro w C o u n ty: c o n te s te d races, m e a su re s H A R 0 M A N (P relim in ary unofficial results only) L 1 B E R R 1 0 A R G D 0 N M X 1 1 0 N E N 0 T 0 N T 0 T A L S A N U .S. P resid en t/V ice President 2706 G e o rg e W B u s h /D ic k C heney (Rep.) Jo h n K e rry /Jo h n E d w a rd s (D cm ) 1348 U .S. Sen ator R o n W y d e n (D e m ) 2305 A1 K in g 1563 (R ep .) U .S. R ep resen tative, 2nd C o n g ressio n a l D istrict G re g W a ld e n (R ep ) 2999 Jo h n C . M c C o lg a n (D em ) 859 S ecretary o f S tate • . * . B ill B ra d b u ry (D em ) B etsy L. C lo s e ws ) (R ep *■*<* 1924 1929 State T reasu rer R a n d a ll E d w a rd s J e f f C a to n (D cm 1530 » 2013 ( R e p .) A tto rn ey G en eral 1576 H a rd v M y e rs (Dem .) P a u l C o n n o lly (R ep 2079 ) M orrow C ou n ty C lerk C v d e M a n e E ste s 1364 B o b b i C h ild e rs 2446 M orrow C ou n ty S h eriff V erlin D e n to n 1934 K e n n e th M a tla c k 1970 M o rro w C ou n ty J u stice o f th e P ea ce -¿.' 7* C h a rlo tte S. G ray 2003 B etty A. B u m s 1815 C ity o f H ep p n er M a y o r 300 K e ith E L e w is T im V an C le a v e y H ep p n er C ity C ou n cilor, P osition 2 ■’ _.... 453 W a rre n C . G iv e n s 166 G le n n B a k e r 4 26 C ity o f lo n e M ayor R o b in M o ra n ‘ • M a rk A. B ru n o .• 41 129 -. C ity o f Irrigon C ou n cilor (vote fo r four) A d o lp h M . D o w d y 126 V aune F le rc h in g e r 89 K e n n e th W . M a tla c k 315 C huck N eum ann 255 D ebi S tra tto n 289 Je s s e P en a 213 D o n a ld B a x te r 271 C ity o f B oard m an M ayor 234 T h o m a s D. M e y e rs 288 E d G le n n * C ity o f B oard m an C o u n cilo r (vote fo r th ree) S tev e D o h e rty 272 P a u l E. K e e fe r 151 Jim H o lla n d s w o rth 208 L u A n n H u ffm a n 242 D o n a ld V a n d e v c n te r 139 M a rk P ra tt 156 P a u l B B eag le Yes M easu re 3 1 : Law P erm itting Postponem ent o f P ublic Office Klrcttou ^ M easu re 32: Deletes Reference In M obile Homes/Taxes-Fees M easu re 3 3 : A m ends M edical M a riju a n a Act M easu re 34: R equires B alancing T im b er/R eso u ires (2 Forests) M easu re 3 5 : Limit!« N on-E conom k D a m a g rs/P a tk n t Injuries M easu re 3 6 : Only M a rria g e Between M an/W om an Valid M easure 3 7 : Paym ent L an d Use R estrictions-P roperty Value M easu re 38: A bolishes SAIF M orrow C ou n ty H ealth D istrict L e v y Yes ^ Yes ^ Yes Yej Yes ^ Yes * Y e t 129 2058 1822 1939 1942 1337 2656 1121 2737 2277 1717 2969 1095 2841 1071 1400 2494 Yet 2208 Yet 71 56 1600 561 ^ 1789 L exin gton Fire D ept. L evy N orth M orrow V ector C on trol D istrict L e v y C ity o f I rrigon W ater B ond A u th o riza tio n ^ Yes Yet 345 186 A $111,313 Federal Rural Emergency Medical S ervice T rain in g and E quipm ent (R E M S T E P ) grant means more than 5000 emergency medical service p erso n n el (E M S ) in Washington, north central Oregon- including Morrow County, northern Idaho and A laska’s Aleutian Islands will have access to training in to p ic s such as initial trauma assessment, head and spinal trau m a, traum a assessment o f children and other critical care issues. Inland N orthw est Health Services (IN H S ) was awarded the grant to expand live interactive EMS training p rogram s th ro u g h its N orthw est T eleH ealth network. The INHS T eleH ealth n etw o rk o p e ra tes a video conferencing network that consists o f 55 hospitals and clinics. N o rth w e st TeleHealth will connect to other video conferencing system s in A laska and Oregon to reach the entire region. Renee Anderson will serve as the project director for the REMSTEP program She has developed considerable knowledge and understanding about rural EMS agencies during the planning for this program and also has extensive past experience w orking with rural hospitals and EMS agencies. Anderson was the INHS lead in preparing the R egional H o sp ital Preparedness Plan for the W ashington State Department o f Health. “Rather than facing the expense o f flying EMS crews to larger cities for advanced training, rural fire fighters, param edics and EMT’s will now be able to drive to a local school or hospital to take advantage of the latest em ergency response, injury prevention and safety aw areness inform ation,” said INHS C h ief O perating O fficer Nancy Vorhees Over the next few months, Anderson will work closely with EMS training co n ten t p ro v id ers, four TeleHealth netw orks, 52 educational sites, four state EMS offices and multiple E d u catio n al Service D istricts and schools to implement the REMSTEP program Major tasks will include d e term in in g enhancements needed to the current EMS Live at Night format, assessing training needs for coming years and securing a p p ro p ria te speakers as well as assuring CME certification Anderson will also be working with Doug Weeks o f INHS to design and implement an evaluation process for the REM STEP program and with Dr Jim Nania to assure that program co n ten t supports CME certification As part o f the implementation process, a coalition will be created, consisting of two key EMS representatives from each region, to discuss specialized education needs for the regions, current program co n ten t and p articip an t satisfaction This coalition will be fa c ilita te d by Anderson and Ray Tansey of Spokane County EMS and Trauma Council Seventy five percent of funding for the program comes from federal dollars, while twenty-five percent will be pro v id ed by participating agencies. In addition to in te ra ctiv e m eetings, TeleHealth also affords rural communities with access to m edical sp ec ia lists and education on subjects such as diabetes management and o th e r ch ro n ic illnesses. Nurses, physicians and other p ro v id ers in rem ote communities are also able to take part in refresher courses hosted by universities and community colleges while they remain in their host communities. INHS is a non-profit corporation sponsored by Deaconess Medical Center, H oly Fam ily H o sp ital, Sacred H eart M edical Center and Valley Hospital and M edical C en ter in Spokane, WA, to provide collaborative health care services for Spokane and the surrounding region. INHS com panies include St. L u k e ’s R eh ab ilitatio n Institute, Community Health Education and Resources (CHER), Children’s Miracle N etw ork, N orthw est T eleH ealth, Inform ation Resource Management and N orthw est M edStar. For more inform ation, go to www.inhs.org. Community-wide Correction A letter submitted to the Thanksgiving to G azette-T im es and published in the October 27 be held edition o f the newspaper, H eppner Christian M issionary Fellowship is once again h o stin g a community-wide Thanksgiving Dinner. The dinner will be held Thursday, Nov. 25, at its new location at the Heppner High School cafeteria Dinner will be served at 1 p.m Those w ishing to volunteer for serving or to donate items, please contact Joan McDaniel for more information at 676-5830. Those w ishing to share their talents and be a part o f the entertainment may contact Alvin Liu at (541) 980-2014 by Nov. 15. E veryone in the com m unity is invited to attend this event CUSTOM BANNERS Heppner Gazette 6769228 signed “John L. Rietmann”, has been determined to be a hoax The letter, w hich criticized incumbent M.C S heriff Verlin D enton in favor o f sheriff’s candidate Ken M atlack , w as not written by John Rietmann of Olden Lane in lone The real John R ietm ann told the Gazette-Times that he did not write the letter, opposed the message of the letter and said that he had contacted the M.C SherifTs Office He also stated that his middle name does not start with the letter ‘L*. The letter included John Rietm ann’s correct phone number, but, according to M C Sheriff s deputy Randy Rayburn, the address on the letter was bogus It listed an address on Gooseberry Rd The in cid en t is u n d er investigation by the Morrow C ounty S h eriff's O ffice. Rayburn said that so far ch arg es could include identity theft {
