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Ben Onimus, of Redmond, was the team lead on an Eagle Scout service project to create signs
informing visitors to Morrow County Parks about noxious weeds.
VOL. 125
NO. 35
12 Pages
Wednesday, August 30,2006
Ben O nim us, an
Eagle Scout from Redmond,
was the team lead on a
project to create signs for
M orrow County Parks
(OHV, Anson Wright and
Cutsforth Park) that inform
visitors on noxious weeds.
The sign identifies eight
different noxious weeds that
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon are “ invading the Blue
Mountains.”
Others included in
the project w ere- Brett
Kirtley, advisor; Roadside
Industries (owned by Josh
Hollinger), designed and
made the signs; M iller
Lumber and Parr Lumber,
donated the frame lumber;
Kevin Riding, cut the lumber
for the fram es; Devin
Cooper, helped in making
the signs and was involved
Board assures community acute problems will be treated
Health district approves contract with Dr. Wenberg; Dr. Hale five days a month
The Morrow County
Health District has had some
difficulty scheduling enough
p ro v id ers for Pioneer
Memorial Clinic in Heppner
since the resignation of Dr.
Sam Datta, who moved from
the area, but CEO Victor
Vander Does believes the
situation is in hand.
The MCHD Board,
at their regular meeting
Monday night in Heppner,
approved a contract with
Opal Butte Health Services,
re p re se n tin g Dr. Ken
W enberg, to provide
c o v erag e at PMC. Dr.
W enberg, who recently
closed his private clinic in
Heppner, will work at the
clinic for around two days
per w eek for up to six
months.
Vander Does told the
board that Dr. Zachary Hale,
who will begin working with
the district full-time in June
2007, will also be available
to work at the clinic starting
this month for around five
days per month. Dr. Hale is
still employed as a health
services provider in the Tri-
C ities.
Dr.
Hale
is
tem p o ra rily unable to
provide care to Medicare
patients at PMC because his
current employer did not
require that certification, but
Vander Does says Dr. Hale
will be able to complete the
certification process and to
provide that service by the
time he comes on full time
with MCHD. Dr. Hale is,
however, currently able to
provide care to Medicaid
patients.
Dr. Ed Berretta and
P h y s ic ia n 's
A ssistan t
Sheridan Tarnasky are also
on board at the clinic and
PMH emergency room. Dr.
Berretta says that there is no
problem in scheduling
enough physicians to cover
the emergency room for the
upcoming month.
Vander Does says
that for the time being, no
new patients will be accepted
for routine exam s or
physicals and added that
PMC has a waiting list.
However, he assures the
community that anyone with
an acute problem will be
seen, whether he or she is a
new or current patient.
Vander Does said
that he intends to contact
another physician, Dr. Russel
N ich o ls, to determ ine
whether he is still interested
in working for MCHD. He
said that he has received a
resume from an additional
physician and has also
interviewed several nurse
practitioners.
Also at the meeting
the board:
-approved a request
from Heppner Elementary
School for $750 to help fund
a parent workshop on Sept.
23 concerning preventing
drug and alcohol abuse in
their children. Vander Does
and board members said they
felt very strongly about the
issue. Board member John
Murray suggested, and the
board agreed, that they
would recommend that lone
parents also be invited to the
workshop.
- a p p r o v e d
c re d en tia lin g
for
rad io lo g ists. Dr. Jacob
C am b ier and Dr. Roger
Blair, path o lo g ist Dr.
Lawrence Adams, and heart
specialist Dr. Tim Hanlon.
-learned that the
district, after several months
o f positive financial
statements, ended July with
a $70,000 loss.
-heard the following
report:
the H eppner
Ambulance had 11 total runs
for July with eight transports
for $8,108 in revenue;
Boardman Ambulance had
28 runs with 12 transports
for $11,773 in revenue;
Irrigon Ambulance had 15
runs with nine transports for
$7,566 in revenue; there was
one flight: Pioneer Memorial
Clinic had 244 patient visits
with six new patients and 31
patients seen by a nurse;
Irrigon C linic had 140
patient visits with 17 new
patients, 22 patients seen by
a nurse and 16 no-shows;
Pioneer Memorial Clinic had
four adm issions, 375
outpatients, 78 emergency
room encounters, 415 lab
tests, 90 x-ray procedures,
18 CT scans, 11 EKG tests.
38 respiratory therapy
procedures, Home Health
had 120 visits. Hospice had
five patients, the pharmacy
had 446 drug doses for
$41,081 in revenue.
in installation; and various
scouts of Troop 99.
The signs would
have cost $600 each, but due
to donations for the service
project, they were free.
Onimus is the son of
Edward and Jeannie Onimus
of Redmond.
Gazette closed
for Labor Day
The Gazette-Times
office will be closed on
M onday, Sept. 4 in
observance of Labor .Day.
The news and advertisement
deadline for the Sept. 6
paper is rescheduled for
Friday, Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. The
office will reopen on
Tuesday, Sept. 5 at its
regular time of 9 a.m.
H eppner son works with advanced fighter aircraft
High School graduate takes
care of the world's most
sophisticated and deadly
fig h ter
aircraft
that
integrates the latest avionics,
stealth and super cruise
capabilities. "1 load and
maintain the weapons on the
F-22. It is a great job and it's
cool to be able to say you do
something like that,” said
Seitz.
Over the past several
months, Seitz and his fellow
Photo by Samuel Rogers
Raptor crewmembers have
Air Force Airman 1st Class been rewriting the history
Brandon Seitz goes through books with a variety of firsts,
a pre-flight inspection on the
F-22 Raptor, the Air Force’s
newest fighter aircraft, at Over 400 students
Langley Air Force Base, VA.
Seitz is a weapons specialist \
with the 27 th Fighter
Squadron, one of only two
operational F-22 units in the
world.
not only for the F-22, but in
many cases performing feats
unattained in the history of
aviation.
Those feats range
from dropping weapons at
supersonic speeds from
50,000 feet, to testing new
bombs that can hit 400
percent more targets than
they were previously capable
of reaching, to Hying and
fighting in joint exercises
with c ap ab ilities never
before seen by aircraft of any
kind.
“The mission of the
F-22 is to put bombs on
targets and maintain air
dominance in the skies,” he
said.
While life for Seitz as
a w eapons sp ecialist is
quick-paced and hectic, he
finds time to enjoy the
H ampton Roads area of
Virginia. “During my spare
time, I spend a lot of time
hanging out with friends,
going to the beach and
watching movies. I grew up
in a small town in Oregon,
so living on the East Coast
in a big city, is a big change.”
attend first day of school in Heppner
By Rich Lamance
Working with the
most advanced and lethal
fighter aircraft in the world
has gained the son o f a
Heppner couple quite a bit
of attention over the past
several months. It seems that
just about everything he does
lately finds him involved with
rewriting the aviation history
books.
Air Force Airman 1st
Class Brandon T. Seitz, son
of Wayne and Lori Seitz of
Heppner, is a w eapons Students at Heppner Elementary School head to the busses after their first day hack to school on
specialist with the F-22 Monday, Aug. 28. Enrollment numbers for the first day of school saw 197 students at HES and
Raptor, the Air F o rce 's 234 students at Heppner Junior/Senior High School.
newest fighter aircraft. Seitz
is a member of the 27th
Fighter Squadron, one of
only two R aptor units
Has a 30 ft. spraying swath and
currently operational within
is made o f corrosion-resistant polyethylene
the Air Force.
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