Heppner Gazette- Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 3,2004 - FIVE
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Unofficial returns for Morrow County only Grant
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Vote break down by city and towns unavailable at press time.
Break down will be in next week’s paper.
General Election
Results
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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
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(R ep
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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
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41
129
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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
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Yes
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Yes
Yej
Yes
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Yes
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129
2058
1822
1939
1942
1337
2656
1121
2737
2277
1717
2969
1095
2841
1071
1400
2494
Yet
2208
Yet
71
56
1600
561
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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
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