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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 1 ,2 00 6 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow New look to Main Street business Obituaries^ Charles E. Van Gorder, Jr. H eppner G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U.S.P.S 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3 . 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 E- mail: editorrapidserve net of da vitl d*heppner net Web site: www.hcppner.net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $25 in Morrow County; $19 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $31 elsewhere: $26 student subscriptions. David S y k e s.................................................................................................... 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Datta to leave Health District continued from page 1 Boardman m igrant clinic would provide health and ambulance services. Mills suggested that Vander Does “start a conversation” with Morrow County Judge Terry Tallman concerning issues related to the track. -learn ed that the Boardman migrant clinic, headed up by Boardm an physician Dr. Robert Boss, has not yet p rovided financial information to the d istric t. The d istric t subsidizes the clinic, but board m em bers have in d ic a ted that they are hesitant to make payment until they receive the clinic’s fihhiicials. The board'also fe/at'ftKl that tlfe city o f Boardman has already made their $20,000 contribution to the migrant clinic, which was processed through the health district and has already been forwarded on to the migrant clinic. The city of Boardman had previously made their contribution contingent on the district also making its c o n trib u tio n . B oardm an mayor is Ed Glenn, who is a fo rm er m em ber o f the MCHD Board. -learn ed th at the defibrillators have arrived to be placed at high schools district-wide and will now schedule training for high school s ta ff by d istric t paramedics. -learned from Rhea that the M.C. Home Health survey has been completed and has re c eiv e d no deficiencies. -learn ed from Vander Does that a nurse p ra c titio n e r w ho was interested in em ployment with the d istrict decided against it because Heppner is to rural. -heard the following reports for January: Pioneer M emorial Clinic had 424 patient visits in January with 20 new patients and 44 seen by a nurse; Irrigon Clinic had 205 patients with 37 new patients, 31 seen by a nurse and 27 no-shows; Heppner Ambulance had 15 runs with 15 transported for $12,579 in rev en u e; B oardm an Ambulance had 26 runs with 17 transported for $15,297 in , rev en u e; Irrig o n Ambulance had seven runs ;to?th"tttr6e tran«$ofted for $2,425 in revenue; there was one life flight; PMH had 12 admissions, five swing bed admissions, 432 outpatients, 69 em erg en cy room encounters, 1553 lab tests, 111 x-ray procedures, 28 CT scans, 34 EKG tests, four treadmill procedures, four re sp ira to ry th erap y p ro c e d u res, 130 Hom e Health visits, two Hospice admissions, and 1835 drug doses ad m in istered for $70,602 in revenue. Fair Board to meet The F air B oard meeting will be held March 7 at 6 p.m. at the fair office. The public is invited to attend. Dr. Robert Rolen, O ptom etrist 20 YEARS OF SERVICE March 1986 ~ March 2006 Heppner Family Foods will now adorn the front of Heppner’s grocery store, owned by Kim and Bert Houweling (lower corner). The sign was installed by L'R.M, the store’s new supplier, Feb. 28. M CSB to vote on adding vo-ag Heppner to hold component to HHS curriculum cleanup days At the M arch 9, 2006 regular meeting, the M orrow C ounty School District Board will vote on a proposal to add to the Heppner High Curriculum a V ocational A g ric u ltu re / C aree r E d u c a tio n a l component and teacher. The school d istric t has been reviewing, discussing and studying the possibility o f adding such curricula for o v e r a year. At the Septem ber 2005 M orrow C o u n ty School D istric t Board meeting, the Board heard a presentation from area Vocational Agricultural high school te a c h e rs regarding structuring a 21SI c en tu ry V ocational A gricultural program for high school students. These teachers told the Board that the District should develop a foCus for the program prior to its implementation. Since Vocational Education covers a wide spectrum of topics, student ages and student p articip atio n , the school district must define the needs o f the stu d en ts to be a d d re ssed b efo re implementing the program, The te ac h e rs urged the District to recruit the best p o ssib le teach er for the p ro g ram once the e d u c a tio n a l fo cu s w as refined. Since the District has a very su cc e ssfu l P ro fe ssio n a l T ech n ical Education program in place, it is the vision of the District to not interfere with other programs but enhance and build programs that benefit student involvement through v a rio u s class o ffe rin g s. A dding the A g ricu ltu ral curriculum will enable our school to offer other class offerings that benefit our stu d e n ts. T he S tate o f Oregon has placed additional c a re e r e d u c a tio n re q u ire m e n ts on school d is tric ts statew id e . The D istrict wants to address th ese a d d itio n a l requirements when adding the agricultural vocational component to the Heppner High School curriculum. The program upon which the Board will vote addresses all of the above c o n ce rn s and does not diminish the existing course offerings and curriculum at Heppner High School. The proposed program will offer a junior high introduction to agriculture and agricultural science. There will be Ag classes offered for freshman through seniors. This will probably include soils and livestock judging, tractor d riv in g , speech and parliam entary procedure, H orticulture/botany class and anim al scie n c e/a g mechanics class offerings are being considered. Future Farm ers o f A m erica will probably return to Heppner High. An additional math class will be offered to help meet the additional math c re d it g ra d u a tio n requirement beginning with the 2010 graduating class. To help meet the new state c a re e rs re q u ire m e n ts, a freshman careers class will be offered. With the above proposal, the District hopes to have course offerings available to all students no m atter what career track they have. The above course outline is not definite and depends on the D istrict’s ability to recruit the right teacher. Board m em bers Barney Lindsay, Bill Kuhn, Nancy Vander Does, Craig M iles and Heppner High School Principal Daye Stone welcome comments on the above proposal. Interested persons are also invited to attend the M arch Board meeting, Transfer station fee to be waived for large items ¡HeCp Beginning Saturday, March 4, 2006 the Morrow County Transfer Stations will waive the fee for the disposal of large items such as furniture, home appliances and mattresses for residents of Morrow County. You will be required to show proof of residence in the county with identification. You will further be issued a receipt in the amount the disposal cost would have been. The Morrow County Court will subsidize those costs with tippage fee money. We hope the citizens of the county will take advantage of this new policy. Ceieôrate! OPEN HOUSE Tuesday, March 14th from 4 - 6 p.m. It’s time again for City of Heppner Cleanup D ays. T he c ity ’s B eautification and Parks Commission has set from now u n til M arch 12 to spruce up the community ju s t in tim e fo r the St. Patrick’s celebration. Les S chw ab Tire C en ter is h elp in g by accepting tires for disposal. T his is lim ited to four passenger or pickup tires per each household. The fo llo w in g cleanup opportunities are available also and are located at the City Yard off Riverside Street: a yard debris only pile for burning and a metal only recycling dumpster; no tires, re frig e ra to rs , w ash ers, d ry e rs or o th e r large appliances can be accepted. An appointment is needed to use the above and can be made by calling City Hall at 676-9618 or Bruce N elso n , P ublic W orks director at 980-3401. An easily accessible recycling bin for household metals, glass, newspapers (no plastic) is located close to the C ity Yard and is available year round. For fu rth e r inform ation, contact City Hall at 676-9618. Cruz-In to kick Card party and off St. Pat’s Bunko night to parades sixth annual St. be held at Odd Paddy’s The Cruz-In will take Fellows place Saturday, March 18 as Now that basketball season is over on Saturday evenings come on down to the O dd Fellow s Hall in Lexington for the monthly card party on March 4. Play will start at 7 p.m. and an evening of fun is planned. Snacks, san d w ich es and d rin k s w ill be served throughout the evening. The cost is $5 per person and is open to the public. On M arch 12, starting at 4 p.m., the Holly R ebekah Lodge w ill be hosting a Bunko party at the O dd F ello w s H all in Lexington. Whether you are an expert or a beginner, you are welcome to come and participate in an afternoon of fun. The cost is $5 per person and is open to the public. C a s e IH E Z-S teer A s s is te d S teerin g S ystem Dr. and Mrs. Hpôert fyCtn Eye Health and Vision Care 128 West Willow Heppner, OR 97836 (541 ) 676*9465 NEW OPTION: T2™ Terrain Com pensation • Hands-free steering Technology coming • Easy installation and set up soon! Im proves • Low cost alternative to auto-guidance accuracy w hen driving • Easily transferred from vehicle to vehicle straight lines across • Allows operator to focus on equipment operation sloping terrain. M o rrow C o u n ty G ra in G ro w ers Lexington 989-8221 * 1-800-452-7396 Charles E. “Chuck” Van G o rd er, Jr., 73, o f Boardman, died Feb. 23, 2006 at G ood S hepherd M edical C en ter in Hermiston. A funeral service was held Feb. 28 at Bums M o rtu ary C hapel in H erm iston. A g rav esid e service was held March 1 at Hudson Cemetery in Rainier, WA. Van G o rd er was born Nov. 3, 1932, in Yakima, WA, to Charles E. and Hazel J. Reeves Van Gorder. He was raised in Seattle. He lived in Rainier for a sh o rt tim e b efo re moving to Portland. He m arried Hazel Gore on Nov. 17, 1956 in Portland. They moved to Seattle where he worked as an electrician for Bethlehem Steel. T hey retu rn ed to Portland where he worked for Frank Chevrolet. He then worked as a truck driver. He also o p erated C h u c k ’s Appliance. He was a member of the C hurch o f G od Fellowship in Grandview, WA. He en jo y ed g o lf, g ard en in g , tru ck in g and fixing appliances. Survivors include his w ife; d au g h ters, M yrtle Conlon of Boardman and Kathy Doughty of Umatilla; sons, Charles Van Gorder III, Nathan Van Gorder and Jon Van G order, all o f Boardman; brother, Jim Van Gorder of Portland; sisters, Lynn Dunbar of Kelso, WA, Kathleen Reed of Rainier and Melissa Armbruster of A rlin g to n , WA; 18 grandchildren and six great g ra n d c h ild re n . He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter, K ayce Van G o rd er; and g ran d so n Z achary Van Gorder. M e m o r i a l contributions may be made in care of. Bums Mortuary of Hermiston, P.O. Box 289, Hermiston, OR, 97838. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. For farm equipment, vbit our web life at WWW m<KJ(net part of the 24,h annual St. P a tric k ’s c e le b ra tio n in Heppner. Vehicle enthusiasts w ill assem b le at the N o rth w est e n tran ce to H eppner (form er K inzua Mill site) on Highway 74/ 207 from 10-11:45 a.m. The Cruz-In parade into Heppner will begin at noon. After the parade, the vehicles will be displayed on both sides of Willow Street for judging and viewing. P a rtic ip a n ts w ill need to subm it th e ir registration soon. Forms can be found at www.heppnerchamber.com; by c allin g the H eppner Chamber at 676-5536; or by m ail, P.O. Box 1232, H eppner, OR. 97836. Registration received before March 13 will be $10 and after March 13 will be $ 15. C ateg o ries w ill include classic and modified cars and pickups and also vintage and foreign entries. D ash p laq u es w ill be awarded to each entry. The Leprechaun's Choice award will also be given. The St. P a tric k ’s Parade will begin at 1 p.m.
