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.
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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.
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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.