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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 9,2007 The Official New, spaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Pioneer Memorial Home Health and Hospice receive award Heppner Six of Oregon’s Medicare-certified home health care agencies are being honored as recipients of Acumentra H ealth's Quality Leader award. The awards were be presented at the Oregon Association of Home Care Annual Special Recognition Awards Luncheon held at the Salem Convention Center. Five of the Quality Leader aw ards are being given to home health care agencies that have achieved the greatest improvement in management of oral medications and reduction of acute care hospitalizations. The sixth award is being given for improvement in pain interfering with activities and reduction of acute care hospitalization. These figures are based on performance for a 12-month period ending in October 2006. The six agencies being honored are Asher Home Health Services located in Fossil. Pioneer Memorial Home Health and Hospice in Heppner, Adventist Health Home Care in Tillamook, Pioneer Memorial Home Health and Hospice in Prineville. Sacred Heart Home Health and Hospice in Eugene, and Generations Home Care Services in Portland. "We are proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of these six agencies, as well as the overall quality improvem ents accom plishm ents by agencies statewide. As a result of their strong efforts, Oregon is ranked #1 nationally in the Acute Care Hospitalization measure,” explains Lynn Kemper, Home Health Project Manager at Acumentra Health. A cu m en tra H ealth has honored sim ila r achievements and presented Quality Leader awards for the past four years. The annual Q uality Leader awards acknow ledge ag en cies that have show n the m ost improvement in key measurement areas. Agencies are divided into two groups based on the pace of their efforts and recipients are selected from these categories that represent small, mid-sized, and large agencies. GAZETTE-TIMES U S.P S 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3 , 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at 188 W W illow Street Telephone 15411676-9228 Pas 15 4 11676-9211 t - mail: editor<“ rapidserve net ordavidC“ heppner net Web site www heppner net Post master send address changes to the Heppner (ia/ette-Timev P.O. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 9783b Subscriptions $26 in Morrow C ount): $20 senior rale 1 in Morrow County only: 62 years or olden; $32 elsewhere: $26 student subscriptions David S y k e s.................................................................................................... Publisher Autumn M organ.............................................................................................. Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising; advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $4,90 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 50c per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5.50 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m Dates for publi cation must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). ' For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible tor accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. On Ihi’ HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified Ad • Submit a N ew s Story • View Real E state for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park ■ Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • SenionHousing • and more! Baigrie, Kilkenny wedding planned Scofield, Crum plan September wedding Kevin Kilkenny and kebeeka Baigrie Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Baigrie of Middleton, Idaho announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebeeka to Kevin Kilkenny, son of Ms. Mary Emert or lone and Mr. Robert Kilkenny of Heppner. Rebeeka graduated from Middleton High School in 1998 and the University of Idaho in 2(X)2 with a BS in M anagement Information Systems. She is currently employed as an information systems project director. Kevin graduated from Heppner High School in 1993 and the University of Oregon in 1998 with a BS in Business Administration emphasis in finance. Kevin is president of Arrowhead Wholesale Insurance. The couple is planning a June 8 wedding in Lake Tahoe followed by a Mediterranean Cruise. They will make their home in San Diego. CA. Loan funds available for low income homeowners USDA, Rural Development has loan funds available for very low income homeowners in Morrow County at 1% interest rate. These funds can be used for almost any needed repair or improvement related to the dwelling. M axim um loan o f up to $20,000.00 w ith a maximum term of 20 years may be used for owner occupants of single family housing units. Household income cannot exceed the limit of: 1 person $17,300 2 person $19,750 3 person $22,250 4 person $24,700 $26,700 5 person For more information contact the Pendleton office at 541-278-8049 ext. 4 or the La Grande office at 541- 963-4178 ext. 4 during nornlal business hours. Lauren Scofield and Robert ( rum Dennis and Alice Scofield announce the engagement of their daughter. Lauren Scofield, to Robert Crum of lone. Lauren is a graduate of OSU and is currently employed by Farm Credit Services of Pendleton. Robert is the son of Bev Crum and Monty and Susan Crum of lone. He is a graduate of OSU and a self-employed farmer. A September 2007 wedding is planned. Crum, Padberg to have June wedding ('amie Crum and Darrin Pad hern Bev Crum and Monty and Susan Crum of lone announce the engagement o f their daughter, Camie Crum, to Darrin Padberg. Camie is a student at Central Washington. Darrin is the son of Marvin and Tanna Padberg of lone. He is a farmer. A June 2007 wedding is planned. DA’s Report Morrow County District Attorney Elizabeth Ballard has released the following report: -David Molina was convicted of furnishing alcohol to a minor, a class A felony - 180 days in jail with 180 days suspended. 40hours community service, complete an alcohol package, $834 if fines, fees and assessments. ~ Letters to the Editor The Heppner Gazette Timex will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks" at a cost of $10. Young people giving back to the community who supports them Letter to the editor: It seems we see the results of all the things our young people do wrong plastered all over the news these days. As a business owner in Heppner, what I saw last Thursday is something I would like to see on all the news channels, and in every newspaper! As I drove around Heppner and saw the kids and adults from the high school p erfo rm in g co m m u n ity serv ice p ro je c ts, I was overw helm ed. They were everyw here, from private residences to city parks, doing whatever needed to be done to clean up. One of the residents who was the recipient of the hard work had tears in his eyes as he was telling me about the kids and adults who cleaned up his yard. What an incredible idea— our young people giving back to the community who supports them in all they do. This is a learning experience that will last them a lifetime. Thank you Heppner High School students and staff. A special thank you to the administrators who saw the value in allow ing this to take place on a regular school day. Nancy Snider, Wheatland Insurance Heppner Cast your vote carefully To the editor: Everyone paying attention knows Oregonians do not want any more tax increases. Even so, a Road Levy is currently before Morrow County voters. A completely natural reaction would be to either vote no, or to simply not vote, knowing that 51 % of Morrow County voters must cast ballots in this off-year election, with majority of these in favor, or the Levy will not pass. Please consider the following before casting (or not casting) your ballot. Your decision will greatly important the way Morrow County roads are maintained for many years. The main reason is that the budgets of small Oregon counties have experiencing shrinkage in state and federal support for some years. Recently costs for petroleum products, equipment, etc. have increased dramatically. Now, added to budget shrinkage and increased costs, the federal government has curtailed the Aid to Rural Counties payments we received for the past 6 years. These funds were vital; a form of PILT (Payment In Lieu Of Taxes) to timber producing counties for the vast amounts of federal timberland not otherwise taxable by local governments. Much of our county road system was constructed with timber sales revenue. The question now is how can we maintain them? Your Morrow County Road Committee, along with the Morrow County Court has worked diligently for a number of years to conserve costs while continuing to provide an acceptable level of public transportation and safety. Road projects completed in the past several years have been supplemented with Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) or special, dedicated funds. O f necessity, the Road Budget has been used primarily for the m anpow er and equipm ent to perform all necessary operations and maintenance (including snow removal). Now we have reached a point at which normal maintenance will not suffice for several county road portions. That is to say, they need serious (and therefore expensive) re-working of shoulders, borrow pit. road base, and paving. This work must be done for continued public traveling safety, but no state or federal grants or funding are available in the foreseeable future. Morrow County must perform this work to preserve public safety. That means these roads MUST be brought up to travel safety standards. Also, snow removal and winter made safety must be continued. However, the magnitude of cost to repair these roads is such that it will completely drain all road maintenance, equipment, and manpower budgets for the foreseeable future. That means chip sealing, patching, routine grading, shoulder work. etc. will be performed essentially on an emergency only basis. Further, the result of such a course of action means that in four or five years, after these several projects are completed, the rest of the major roads in Morrow County will be in about the same shape as the problem ones are today, demanding further emergency finance shifting measures. That is exactly the situation we are trying to avoid with passage of this Levy. Please consider this and cast your vote carefully. Ray Grace Heppner Marriage Licenses The County Clerk's Office at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner released the following marriage license information: -Danny Besser, 24, Ec*ho and Challis Levin Buck, 23, Echo. -Larry Joe Woodall, 25, Boardman and Bethany Cortna Thompson. 24. Boardman.
