Funniest, biggest and most welcoming
scarecrow winners announced
Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library
University o f Oregon
Eugene. OR 97403
Haro and Jacob Moore
HEPPNER
John & Pat Edmundson
imes
VOL. 125
NO. 44
10 Pages
Wednesday, November 1,2006
Willow Creek Terrace
S e v e n t e e n
scarecrow s were entered
into this year’s contest and
Victorian Rose
Morrow County. Heppner, Oregon
BEO celebrates ‘Viva La Banking’
U.S. Post Office
seven won prizes. T his
year's prize was $ 10 each in
“Heppner Money.”
“This year was really
tough.
Every
sin g le
scarecrow was good in it’s
own right, so it took some
d iscu ssio n and tough
decisions to come up with
the winners,” said Chamber
Director Terry Baker.
W inners in clu d e:
Commercial- Victorian Rose
as fu n n iest, W h eatlan d
In su ran ce
as m ost
welcoming and the U.S. Post
O ffice
as
b ig g est;
Heppner Day Care
Residential- Willow Creek
Terrace A ssisted Living
as biggest. Barb and Jacob
Moore as most welcoming
and John E dm undson
as funniest; and School-
Heppner Day Care.
Other Heppner scarecrows
The staff at Bank of Eastern Oregon celebrated Halloween with a theme of “Viva La Banking." Staff members
dressed up in Las Vegas fashion with groups of tourists, gamblers, cocktail waitresses, game dealers, cards and
a bus driver.
Health district discusses staffing,
phone system, cardiac monitor
M orrow C ounty
Health District CEO Victor
Vander Does told the board
at th e ir regular m eeting
Monday night in lone that a
nurse practitioner interested
in a jo b w ith M CHD is
planning to visit the district.
Vander Does said
that the nurse practitioner,
who is currently living in
Florida, has had extensive
emergency room experience,
primarily in Alaska, and is
accustomed to rural areas.
The nurse p ra c titio n e r
indicated that he would visit
between Christmas and New
Year’s.
Vander Does also
to ld the board that
information he had gleaned
from attending a meeting of
a
rural
re c ru itin g
organization indicated a
severe doctor shortage in
years to come, especially in
rural areas.
In other business, the
board:
-learn ed
from
Vander Does that the district
has received additional bids
for the telephone system that
was sch ed u led to be
replaced. He said the most
recent bids were less than the
previous bid, but were not
equal. He said he would
report back to the board with
a recommendation.
-heard a report from
Vander Does concerning
purchase of a new cardiac
monitor. Two com panies
have presented bids-Space
Labs and GE. He told that
board that Space Labs’ bid
was around $10,000 more
than GE’s because additional
equipment would have to be
purchased, while GE's bid,
at around $30,000. would
not req u ire ad d itio n al
equipment to interface with
the d is tric t’s cu rren t
equipm ent. Vander Does
said he would poll the board
if the district is required to
purchase the equipm ent
prior to the next meeting.
M olly R hea, d ire c to r o f
nursing. Home Health and
Hospice, said that replacing
the aging cardiac monitor as
soon as p o ssib le is
im perative. Vander Does
said the monitor is 15 years
old.
-received a call from
a new board member of the
C o lu m b ia R iver H ealth
Services in Boardman who
said he would be interested
in atten d in g a M CHD
meeting.
-learned from Chief
Financial O fficer Nicole
Mahoney that the district
ended September with an
$8,218 profit and an average
$34,006 monthly year-to-
date loss.
-rec eiv ed
the
fo llo w in g rep o rt: the
Heppner Ambulance had 26
total runs for Septem ber
w ith 21 tra n sp o rts for
$22,131
in
rev en u e;
Boardman Ambulance had
24 total runs w ith 14
transports for $13,614 in
revenue; Irrigon Ambulance
had 18 runs w ith nine
tran sp o rts for $7,742 in
revenue; there were five
flights; Pioneer Memorial
Clinic had 350 patient visits
with 25 new patients and 43
patients seen by a nurse;
Irrigon C linic had 177
patients visits with 27 new
patients, 36 patients seen by
a nurse and 24 no shows;
continued /nige 2
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HHS drama
department
prepares for
Grease
performances
The Heppner High
School Drama Department
is currently preparing for
th e ir
upcom ing
performances of “Grease”
(school v ersio n ), book, Hunk of Eastern ( Iregon
music and lyrics by Jim
Jacobs and Warren Casey.
The performances will be
held at the HHS cafeteria on
Nov. 2 .4 ,5 ,7 and 9. Tickets
are $3 each and can be
purchased by calling 676-
8161 or from the Victorian
Rose G ift Shoppe in
Heppner. Tickets are not
sold at the door due to
limited seating availability.
The cast consists of
23 students from Heppner
High
School.
The
production is choreographed
and directed by Jodi Chapa. llrppniT Family
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