Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 28,2007 - THREE
Children and crashes
H opkins presents plaques to
Heppner Lions’ members
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Dan Van Liew (left) accepting a plaque from Governor Hopkins.
Lions Club Gover
nor Gerald Hopkins held a
presentation for the Heppner
Lions on Feb. 21.
A D istrict G C on
vention will be held at the
Desert River Inn in Umatilla
on March 9-10. Members of
the Heppner Lions will help
with the convention.
H opkins said that
due to his own background,
emphasis will be on youth
activities including Quest,
peace posters, Youth Ex
change, and LEO panels.
Past District Governor Rog
er Trueax will be conduct
ing the Young Ambassador
speech contest as a part of
the event.
Other activities, ac
cording to Hopkins, will in
clude a Friday golf scramble,
Friday evening talent show
for Lions and community
m em bers, a fam ily feud
game. Dimes of Diabetes
workshop, and leadership
panels.
Past International
D irector Robert Eichhorn
will be the guest speaker and
discuss the effects of Hurri
cane Katrina and donations
made by Lions Internation
al.
During the presenta
tion, Dr. Hopkins gave a
brief history of Lionism and
discussed the goals of Inter
national President Jimmy
Ross, including self-evalua
tions of community projects,
working with other agencies
on major projects and publi
cizing Lion events in the lo
cal media. He said the Dis
trict G goals also encourage
support of the D istrict G
Emergency Fund, being in
volved in the awards pro
grams including the nomina
tion of a business that sup
ports Lions, and encourag
ing others to join a great or
ganization.
He noted that Hep
pner has done much for their
community through the sales
of fireworks, helping with
the M orrow County Fair,
holding a rifle raffle, sup
porting the Juvenile Diabe
tes Association and Migrant
Summer School Program.
The club also voted to give
$44.50 to the D istrict G
Emergency Fund.
Hopkins concluded
the presentation with out
standing plaques given to
Dan Van Liew, Paula True
ax, and Rusty Estes.
By Molly Khea
Director of Nursing, Home Health and Hospice, Morrow County
Health District
In January I received a mailing from the Depart
ment of Transportation advocating February 11-17 as Na
tional Child Passenger Safety Week. The information in
cluded sobering statistics as well as an order form to ob
tain free educational material on child and infant car seats.
Upon reading through the material I wrote myself a note
to send for the material and submit an article about this
important topic.
Well I did send for the educational posters and bro
chures, and when they arrived fixed a bulletin board dis
play in the hospital hall, but 1 didn’t get around to writing
a news release.
Until today.
This morning I received a mailing from the Legacy
Emanuel Children’s Transport Team. This is a team of nurs
es, respiratory therapists and physicians that specializes
emergency transportation of critically ill or injured chil
dren. The transport team's motto is “Because kids need
us.” I pulled out the ODOT mailer and reread numbers of
children in Oregon that were injured in motor vehicle crash
es in 2005 - “ 1,354 child passengers under age eight were
injured and six were killed_” Of the injured, head injuries
were the most common and often resulted in lifelong dis
abilities. The flyer expounded, two out of five of these chil
dren were not using child restraints - do the math - 544
kids under the age of eight - were not in a child restraint
when the crash occurred. These are school age children -
these kids do not drive - a supposed adult is driving.
Using the right child restraint can reduce the chance
of crash injury an estimated 71 percent for infants, 54 per
cent for toddlers, and 59 percent for children in boosters.
Oregon has more than four hundred certified child seat
technicians who last year inspected 2,580 child and boost
er seats; 82 percent were incorrectly used or installed.
So how do we assure our children are appropriate
ly secured? When I called the Oregon Child Safety Seat
Resource Center they referred me to Diane Kilkenny at
the Morrow County Health Department. Diane told me
that she and Sherry Smith, Public Health Director, are Cer
tified Child Seat Technicians and they encourage anyone
with a child seat restraint to contact their office at 676-
5421 and one of them will be happy to ensure your child’s
restraint is properly installed.
Although the transport team’s motto “Because kids
need us.” is appropriate, I would like to see fewer children
require specialized transport. Those of us transporting chil
dren need to do all we can to ensure their safety. The first
step is to make sure their car seats are installed correctly.
Please call Public Health and get this small step taken.
Cruz-In parade entries due
H eppner’s seventh Kinzua Mill site) on High
annual St. Paddy’s Cruz-In way 74/207. Participants are
participants are reminded to asked to arrive by 10:30 a.m.
fill out their entry forms and so the parade announcer will
send it to P.O. Box 1232, be able to gather facts on
Heppner, OR 97836 or call each vehicle before the pa
the Heppner C ham ber of rade that begins at noon. The
Commerce at 676-5536 or entries will be on display on
visit www.heppnerchamber. Water Street in downtown
Heppner.
com.
Pre-registration of
P laq u es w ill be
$10 received by Tuesday, awarded for Leprechaun’s
March 13 will include a dash Choice, Judges Choice, and
plaque. On-site registration the M ustang Award (for
will be $15.
Mustang vehicles), which is
P a rtic ip a n ts
are sponsored by the Heppner
asked to assemble their ve High School student body.
The Great Green Pa
hicles from 10 a.m. until
rade
will
be at 1 p.m., fol
11:30
a.m.
on
Saturday,
The Oregon Trail Library in Boardman will host an
evening of storytelling and discussion with Oregon author March 17, at the northwest lowing the St. Paddy Cruz-
entrance to Heppner (former In Parade.
Rick Steber on Thursday, March 8, at 7 p.m.
Steber is an award-winning author of both fiction
and nonfiction. He has done extensive research on Oregon
and Northwest history. “He is passionate about preserving
oral history and traditions and brings this alive with his
storytelling,” said a library spokesperson.
Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting their monthly
Everyone is invited to attend.
card party this Saturday, March 3, at the Lodge hall in
Boardman library to host author
Oregon East Symphony Chamber
Music Series to hold recital
T he O regon E ast
Symphony Chamber Music
S e rie s
p re sen ts
L isa
R obertson, v io lin ist and
Matt Cooper, pianist in a
recital on Friday, March 9,
at 7:30 pm at the Arts Center
of Pendleton, 214 N. Main.
Both are on the faculty of
Eastern Oregon University.
R o b ertso n
and
Cooper will perform Sonata
No. 1 in A minor by Robert
Schumann; Sonata No. 1 in
A Major by Gabriel Faure;
and Night M usic by Ned
Rorem, an unusual piece
w hose m ov em en ts each
portray a different feature of
a summer evening.
Lisa R obertson is
concertmaster of the Grande
Ronde Symphony Orchestra
in La Grande and the Oregon
E ast
Sym phony
in
Pendleton. She earned a
B.M . and M .A . at the
University o f Iowa and a
doctoral degree in violin
performance at Florida State
University. She taught and
played professionally for
fifteen years in Germany and
Korea, and presently teaches
violin, viola, string chamber
music and is co-director of
the Fiddle Ensemble at EOU.
She has soloed in the Brahms
Double Concerto with both
the OES and Grande Ronde
Symphonies.
M att C o o p er has
been at EOU since 1991
w here he teaches piano,
m usic th eo ry and ja z z
studies. M att has earned
degrees from the University
o f C in c in n a ti and the
U n iv e rsity o f O reg o n ,
in clu d in g his D o cto r o f
M u sical A rts from the
Conservatory of Music at the
U. of Cincinnati.
He has e arn ed
aw ard s at m ajo r ja z z
competitions (third place in
the T h e lo n io u s M onk
In te rn a tio n a l
P ian o
Competition in 1988) and
performed extensively as a
classical and jazz pianist as
well as with orchestras and
in recitals in Oregon and
Washington.
Tickets are available
at the door for $12 adults
and $5 stu d en ts 18 and
under.
Christian Life Center to host
family serving in Fiji
The Slater family will be at Christian Life Center,
535 W. Morgan St., Heppner, on Sunday, March 4, at 6
p.m.
The Slater family is serving the country of Fiji with
a specific focus on the youth and children, according to a
news release.
They are involved in village ministry and pastoral
care throughout the islands. The Slaters hold weekly
evangelistic outreaches for the youth in the city of Labasa,
the largest on the island of Vanua Levu. They are also
disciplining a group of “Young Believers” with the purpose
of building up spiritual leaders.
The Slaters are also excited to promote Kids Quest
crusades throughout the Fiji islands, as well as targeting
the other Pacific Oceania islands for this specific ministry.
They have an open door into the national schools for
assemblies and they host visiting ministry teams for kids
camps and church building.
The Slaters served in the Oregon district for 12
years prior to their first term in Fiji. They were senior pastors
in Halsey, Oregon for three years. Before that, they were
involved in youth ministry in Prineville.
Heppner Garden Club to meet
Barb O rw ick and
Margaret Flaherty will be
sharing gardening helps that
are available at our local li
brary. Barb and Margaret are
employed by the library and
want to encourage all citi
zens to take advantage of all
the helps that the library of
fers. They have a story time
for the children during li-
brary hours.
The G arden C lub
will meet on Monday, March
5, at 7 p.m. at St. Patrick’s
Senior Center. H ostesses
will be Ida Farra and Bebe
Munkers. Heppner Garden
Club does many activities in
the community to help beau
tify Heppner and the public
is always welcome.
Senior Center
Lexington Holly Rebekah Lodge Marriage
lunch menu
Licenses
to hold card party
The Hope/Valby/All
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V elazquez R iv era, 21,
Boardman.
Saints Church members will
be serv in g d in n e r on
Wednesday. March 7. The
menu will consist of lasagna
with meat, mixed veggies,
hot rolls, assorted pies, and
juice.
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