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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
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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
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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
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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.