TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 27,2006
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Health district
in revenue; PMC had 33
patient visits in August with
20 new patients and four
seen by a nurse; Irrigon
Clinic had 236 patient visits
with 36 new patients, 44
seen by a nurse and 34 no
shows; Pioneer Memorial
H ospital
had
three
ad m issions, 728 total
o u tp a tie n ts
w ith
61.
em ergency
room
encounters, 1271 lab tests,
81 x-ray procedures, 27 CT
scans, 28 EKG tests, 28
re sp ira to ry
therapy
procedures and one Sigmoid
procedure and $23,485 in
revenue
for h o sp ital
encounters; swing bed had
one admission; Home Health
had 184 visits; Hospice had
four patients; and pharmacy
administered 507 drug doses
for $48,805 in revenue.
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expenses were greater than
reimbursements.
-approved a $5 an
hour increase for Dr. Ken
Wenberg’s emergency room
services.
-learn ed that the
district had a $39,720 loss
for August. Chief Financial
Officer Nicole Mahoney said
that the September financial
report is expected to be
better.
-heard the following
report: Heppner Ambulance
had 11 total runs with eight
tra n sp o rts for $5854 in
rev en u e;
B oardm an
Ambulance had 28 total runs
w ith 16 tra n sp o rts for
$16,059 in revenue; Irrigon
Ambulance had 14 total runs
w ith 10 transports for $8637
Obituaries
Jane McRoberts, 68,
form ally o f Heppner and
Irrigon, died Sept. 18,2006
at her home in Flermiston.
A memorial service
was held Sept. 23, 2006 at
St. Patrick Senior Center in
Heppner.
She was bom June 2,
1938 at L aG rande, the
daughter of Les and Virginia
Peal Sannar. She was raised
and a tten d ed school at
Joseph, where she graduated
from high school in 1956.
On Oct. 28. 1955,
she m arried Jim Estes at
Joseph. The couple later
divorced.
She lived at Milton-
Freewater before moving to
Heppner in 1969. That same
y e ar she m arried D ick
McRoberts in Nevada. The
couple later divorced.
For over fifteen
y ears she o p erated the
Stitch-n-Pox Ceramic Shop
in Irrigon. She has been a
resident of Hermiston for the
past year and a half.
McRoberts had been
a member of the Eastern Star
and for many years was
active in the 4-H program.
One of her favorite hobbies
was doing leatherwork.
S urvivors include
so n s, R usty E stes o f
Heppner and Buck Estes of
Hermiston; daughters, Rita
B ergstrom o f H eppner,
Virginia “George” Naims
also of Heppner and Robyn
C urtis of West Richland,
WA; sister, Barbara Ann
Sannar of Irrigon; and six
grandchildren and two step-
grandchildren. Her parents
preceded her in death.
M e m o r i a l
contributions, for those who
wish, may be made to the
M orrow
C ounty 4-H
Program , P.O. Box 397,
Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
OSU honors lone student for academic prowess
By Stephen Swanson
An O regon State
University senior from lone
has earned a Department of
Agricultural and Resource
E conom ics
LeR oy
Breithaupt Award.
The
honor
recognizes Cameron Krebs’
o u tstan d in g
academ ic
performance and community
service. The aw ard was
established in memory of
OSU P ro fesso r LeR oy
Breithaupt.
While at OSU, Krebs
has served as noble ruler and
philanthropy chair for Alpha
G am m a Rho, a national
a g ric u ltu ra l and natural
resources fraternity. He has
also been a m em ber of
OSU’s Young Cattlemen's
Association and has been
vice-president for public
re la tio n s and ex ecu tiv e
secretary
of
O S U ’s
Interfraternity Council, as
well as served as an OSU
C ollege o f A g ricu ltu ral
Sciences senator.
Krebs, son of Clint
and Maureen Krebs of lone,
It s The Tic Tac
Man’s Birthday
Again!
HAPPY
ELLIS!
C li
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to attend a
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Over the Tee Cup
Ladies gathered Sept.
19 at Willow Creek Country
Club for ladies' play.
Corol Mitchell took
low gross of the field. Luvilla
Sonstegard took low net of the
field. Betty Carlson took least
putts of the field.
In flight A, Jan
Paustian took low gross and
long drive
and
Pat
Edmundson took low net.
Paustian also had a chip-in on
hole #18.
In flight B, Lynnea
Sargent took low net.
In flight C, Lorrene
Montgomery took low gross,
Pat Dougherty took low net
and Bcv Steagall took least
putts.
Carlson was closest
to the pin (second shot).
Marriage Licenses
8: Joel Henry Vanden Brink. 24, lone and
ARE INVITED Christan Sept.
Danyel Kennedy, 30, Heppner.
Retirement Open House
for
LINDA LARUE
She is retiring after 33 years at
Bank of Eastern Oregon
Be sure to drop by for cake and punch
Monday, Oct. 2 - lone Branch
Tuesday, O c t 3 Heppner Branch
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Mitchell E. “Mike”
Town, 59, died Sept. 21,
2006, at his hom e in
Boardman.
A graveside service
was held Sept. 25 at
R iverview C em etery in
Boardman.
Town was bom Aug.
27, 1947, in Seattle, WA to
Warren L. and Katherine
Hicks Town. He was raised
and atten d ed school in
Northern Idaho.
He
w orked
in
logging for several years
before moving to Boardman
in 1976 where he has lived
since. He w orked for
Taggras Famis, hauling hay,
then in farming for Ed Shook
and John Wenholz. He later
worked for Harold Baker at
Baker Hay.
He bought a truck
with a flat bed in 1996 and
started long-hauling. He
continued to do that until
2005, when he bought a car
hauler so he could stay closer
to home.
Town
m arried
Lynnea Kennedy on Nov. 22,
2004, in Dallas, TX.
He enjoyed hunting,
fishing, cutting firewood,
m ushroom
h u n tin g ,
m ech an ical
w ork,
fabricating, barbecues and
time with his grandchildren.
He was a mem ber of the
Eagles and the Umatilla Sage
Riders.
Survivors include his
wife; sons, Paul Town of
Irrigon, M ickey Town of
Boardman, Tom Town of
Hermiston and Steven Town
o f W h itew rig h t, TX;
daughters, Angela Wells of
La Grande, Katie Sargent of
Boardman, Sarah McClintic
o f D allas, TX, and Xina
B urnbull o f Irving, TX;
b ro th ers, D an Town of
Boardman and Dale Town of
Montana; sister, Lois Town
o f C a lifo rn ia ; and 25
grandchildren. His parents
preceded him in death.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to St. Mary's Cancer Center,
P.O. Box 1477, Walla Walla,
WA, 98362.
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston is in charge of
arrangements.
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is an OSU a g ric u ltu ra l
business management major.
His o u tstan d in g
academ ic work has also
earned Krebs recognition as
an OSU Clara H. Waldo and
E.A. Cummings Outstanding
S tu d en t. The aw ard is
presented on the basis of
academic skills and superior
ext r a c ur r i c ul a r
achievements. Clara Waldo
was the first woman regent
of the Board of Regents in
1905 and E.A. Cummings
was a local businessm an
whose widow established a
perpetual endowment in his
honor in 1948.
Krebs has also been
honored with OSU’s Rachel
and H arold H ollands
Scholarship, established by
Harold Hollands, an OSU
professor of agricultural and
reso u rce eco n o m ics, in
memory of Rachel Hollands
and university’s Walter J. and
F lo ren ce
J.
Jae g e r
Undergraduate Scholarship.
Mitchell E.
“Mike” Town
Sept. 20: Chester Allyn Bennett. Jr., 74, Hermiston
and Sheila Kay Bums, 60, Hermiston.
Sept. 24: Steven Thomas Fuller, 31, Camp LeJeune,
NC and Tonya Louise Jacobs, 33, Hermiston.
S ep t. 25: R onald Joshua M ilton R ice. 20,
Boardman and Tammy Lynn Booth. 21, Boardman.
German students get taste
of America in Heppner
German exchange students Tim Hauer and Julia Ronnacker.
Tim Hauer, 17, of
R o sto ck ,
G erm any
(ap p ro x im ately 200,000
people) and Julia Ronnacker,
16, o f W itten, G erm any
(ap p ro x im ately 100,000
p eo p le) are th is y e a r ’s
ex ch an g e stu d en ts at
H ep p n er H igh School.
Hauer is staying with the
C h ris and K athy R auch
fam ily of Lexington and
Ronnacker is staying with
the Jerry and Terri Gentry
family of Heppner.
This is Hauer's first
time in the United States. He
said he had heard it was
“very cool” and wanted to
see what the “ A m erican
Dream” was all about. Hauer
has four friends that are
studying abroad in the U.S.
this year, and one is on the
coast here in Oregon.
R o n n ack er spent
three weeks in Florida with
her father when she was five
years old and said she told
her dad she "had to come
back to the United States.”
Ronnacker has eight friends
studying aboard, in New
Zealand, Australia, France
and one here in the U.S. in
Arizona.
Both students are the
oldest of three children in
their families. Hauer, whose
father, Chris, is a farmer and
mother, Catherine, works in
gas works, has a 16-year-old
brother, Andre, and 12-year-
old
sister,
N atalie.
Ronnacker, whose father,
U li, is a law y er and
stepmother, Inke, is an artist,
has two sisters, Elena, 12
and Leonie, 8.
H auer, w ho has
played soccer for 10 years,
is taking advantage of the
o p p o rtu n ity o f sch o o l-
sanctioned sports and is
participating in football,
basketball and track.
Ronnacker said she
was not much into sports,
but enjoys music. She will be
participating in the school
performance of “Grease” as
a singer and dancer.
Both
stu d en ts
agreed that school here was
“ way e a s ie r” than in
Germany. They liked the fact
that at HHS, school in only
four days a week. Also, in
G erm any th ere are 13
grades. Ronnacker was also
surprised with the actual size
of the school building. She
said that at home her school
is 20 or more stories high,
while here there are only two
stories.
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The
c lo se -k n it
community of Heppner has
also been a change for the
stu d en ts.
Both
w ere
su rp rised how everyone
seems to know each other
and Ronnacker thought it
was neat that you “ see
people you've seen before,”
w hile w alking dow n the
street from day to day.
“ E v ery o n e
is
in terested in y o u ,” said
Ronnacker. She also said she
was glad that there have not
been any prejudices here.
“They d o n 't say, y o u 're
G erm an, like H itler, or
something.”
Even
th ough
America is known as the land
of freedom, both Hauer and
Ronnacker commented on
how th ere is a lot less
freedom here for young
people than in Germany.
Ronnacker said she noticed
here stu d en ts spend the
“whole” day in school and
then have sports practices,
homework, etc., to take up
their time during the week
and then w eekends are
fam ily tim e. B ack in
Germany, Ronnacker said
that kids party a lot and that
she is only home about one
day a week or so and is
allowed to come and go as
she pleases. Hauer agreed
that that was pretty typical
behavior for young people in
Germany.
They are also having
to adjust to the fact that
while you can drive here at
16, you c a n 't sm oke or
drink. In Germany, young
people are n 't allow ed to
drive until 18, however, they
can smoke and drink at age
16.
“ I think kids in
Germany grow up earlier,”
said Ronnacker. “Parents
don't take that much care of
their children [in Germany];
they aren't watching your
every step.”
Food here has also
been an a d ju stm en t for
Hauer and Ronnacker. They
both said they miss fresh
fruit. Their impressions were
that in America when you
shop at the grocery store you
have to search for food that
is good for you, while in
Germany, you have to search
for candy bars, and foods
that aren't so good for you.
R o n n ack er said that in
Germany she lives on Red
Bull and Nutella.
Overall, both Hauer
and Ronnacker seem to be
enjoying their A m erican
experience and are enjoying
Heppner.
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