FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 24, 2004
lone School District installs drainage systems for $40,000 savings
lo n e C om m unity
m em bers cam e to g eth e r
once again last week to solve
a problem and also save the
new district a significant
amount o f money A design
problem w ith the new
building did not m ake
allowance for the high water
table when draining water
from the r o o f Rain and
m elting from last y e a r’s
heavy snow pack flowed
down the sidew alks and
flooded the cafeteria and
flowed into the swimming
pool. T he rep air was
estimated to cost $5000 for
engineering and architecture
w ork and the p ro je c t
construction was estimated
at $40,000 The lone School
Board decided not to spend
taxpayer’s money trying to
find
fault
with
the
construction, but to teach
problem solving skills to its
stu d ents by fixin g the
problem as a community.
C o m m u n i t y
members volunteered their
time and equipment to make
the project work Equipment
loaned for the p ro je ct
included three backhoes,
four loader tractors, three
trucks and one belly-dump
semi to haul the gravel Over
60 volunteers in two days
took out all the landscaping
in the front o f the new
Elementary Building, dug
trenches for two new drain
(L-R): Kesin Haguenoml, Dustin Haguewood, Joe Rictmann
and Jim Swanson connect drain pipes together.
fields, installed 800 foot o f
drain pipe and gravel, filled
and smoothed the trenches
and replanted the grass or
laid sod and re-landscaped
the front o f the building
Water from the front
half o f the roof was diverted
to a new drain field located
along the length o f the
landscaped area in front o f
the new building Water from
the back o f the building and
the cafeteria area o f the old
building was diverted 200
feet onto the football field
and dispersed into three
different 100 foot drain field
lines.
(L-R): Arlymla Gates, Ken Klinger, Keith IVIorter and Conrad Tworek hook up drain pipes
Students belonging from under the school building.
to the lone Christian Youth
Organization volunteered to
remove the necessary plants
from the front o f the building
the night before to get a
jump-start on the project.
T each ers pitched in and
helped with the project after
their workday on Friday and
provided snacks and coffee
C o llie r ’ s M arket made
sandwiches to feed the crew
both days.
With the momentum,
energy and extra materials,
the volunteers managed to
complete and tidy up several
other projects that needed
National Hospice Month celebrated in November
N ovem ber
is
National Hospice Month In
communities like ours across
the country, hospices are
honoring p atien ts and
families coping with life-
limiting illness. Hospices are
re co g n izin g
the
professionals and volunteers
who provide high quality
care to those who need it
m ost. N ational H osp ice
M onth also provides an
opportunity to prom ote
important discussions with
our loved on es and our
health care providers about
the care we would want at
the end o f life.
Hospice offers the
services and support that
A m ericans w ant when
coping with life-lim iting
illness. Considered to be the
m odel fo r high -qu ality,
compassionate care at the
end o f life, hospice care
involves a team -oriented
approach to care that
includes expert medical care,
pain-and-symptom
management and emotional
and spiritual support. All
care is expressly tailored to
the p a tie n t’s needs and
wishes
B ased on curren t
trends, the National Hospice
and
P a llia tiv e
C are
Organization projects that
more than one million U S.
patients will receive hospice
care in 2004 But for every
person that receives hospice,
there are several people who
don’t receive this special
care that could benefit from
the services hospice offers
W hile h o sp ice u sage is
grow in g, 36 percent o f
hospice patients will receive
care for seven days or less-
hardly enough tim e to
benefit fully from the wide-
range o f serv ices that
hospice offers
One o f the best ways
to make sure you and your
loved ones benefit fully from
hospice, should you ever
need this care, is to talk
about it before it becomes an
issue We plan for weddings,
the birth o f a child, college
and retirem ent We may
spend months planning for
vacations, but rarely, if ever,
do we plan for what we
would want in the final phase
o f our lives.
I t ’s
not
that
Americans don’t make end-
of-life decisions We write
w ills, we pu rchase life
in su ran ce and we give
consent to organ donation
M any p eop le will even
purchase a cemetery plot
years b efo re it is ever
needed, we usually just don't
prepare, or plan, for the
actual process o f dying
Giving is always
in season.
Teleflora’s Rustic
Garden Bouquet
Fall for family. Fall for friends.
Fall for the season of giving.
Just to give. Grounded in autumn
foliage and a copper-colored
container, this beautiful topiary is
the perfect gift to give when the
occasion is every' day. For
nationwide same-day
delivery, call or visit our
Thanksgiving is
Thursday, Nov. 25th
217 North Main. Heppner 676 -9158
Serving Heppner. Lexington & lone
(L-R): Joe Orem, Del LaRue, Eric Orem and Gregg Rietmann work at lining the drain pipes.
“Most people think
hospice is what you do when
there’s nothing left to do,’’
com m ented
P ion eer
Memorial Hospice Director,
Molly Rhea “That couldn’t
be farther from the truth
Hospice provides a wide
range o f services to the
patient and family with the
goal o f improving the quality
o f life through the Final
phases o f their illness. We
help people live as fully as
possible, on their terms.”
H osp ice uses an
interdisciplinary team o f
health care professionals and
trained volunteers to provide
pain-management, symptom
co n tro l,
p sy ch o so cial
support and spiritual care to
patients and their families,
coping with life-lim iting
illness Hospice is a covered
benefit under M ed icare,
Medicaid in most states and
most private insurance plans
and HMOs
Pioneer M em orial
H ospice is com mitted to
informing our communities
about the benefits o f hospice
and palliative care “National
Hospice Month provides a
wonderful opportunity to
raise aw areness o f the
options o f care available,”
states Rhea “Far too many
people wait until they are
facing a health crisis to learn
about care options The best
time to learn about end-of-
life care is before it becomes
a serious issue.”
For
additional
information about hospice
and p alliativ e care call
Pioneer Memorial Hospice
at ( 5 4 1) 676-2946 Internet
information can be found at
www hospiceinfo.org
Rural Policy
director to speak
in Boardman
David Azum ano,
Director o f the Office o f
Rural P olicy will be in
Boardm an on Saturday,
Dec 4, at 9:30 a m at the
Boardman City Hall He
will be discussing the goals
and purposes o f the Office
o f Rural Policy
finished at the same time
Volunteers laid a new section
o f sidewalk betw een the
buildings
to
provide
handicap a c c e ss to the
football field and swimming
pool. They also laid gravel
in front o f the new
greenhouse and used the
extra cement to smooth the
drainage flow down to the
creek from the parking lot,
as well as laying gravel and
sod near the new track
practice lanes behind the
tennis courts Three days had
been set aside fo r the
p ro je c ts
startin g
on
Thursday Nov. 18, but by
Friday evening tren ch es
were covered and re-seeded,
the plants had been replaced
and new bark laid, the
sidewalks had been pressure-
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washed
and
cleaned ,
equipment was returned and
everything was tidied up and
finished
Total cost to the lone
School District for materials
not donated was about
$ 4 ,0 0 0 . The $ 4 0 ,0 0 0 the
community saved the lone
School District will now be
available for instruction, not
building repair or legal costs.
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