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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 4, 2007 I he Official Newspaper of the Cits of Heppner and the County of Morrow lone American Legion Auxiliary members attend convention H eppner continued from page one GAZETTE-TIMES i s i* 140-420 V to rrim C o u n ty 's H o m e -O w n e d W eekly N ew spaper Published weekly and entered > penodieul mailer at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act o f March >. IX7V Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at IKX W Willow Street telephone (5411 676-922H Fa.\(54I) 676-42H E-m ail editor u rapidserse net or das id </ heppner net. Web site: www. heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO . B os 337, Heppner. Oregon 47X36 Subscriptions S26 in Morrow County, $20 senior rate tin Morrow Counts onls, 6 2 scars or older); $32 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions Das id Ss kes Publisher .............................. 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E ngagem ent Kennedy-Christman Cara Kennedy and Nicholas Christman Health District receives request from Boardman clinic for $70,000 each year for three years Left to right: back-lrene Holtz, Jean Jepsen; front-June Crow ell, Marlene Pointer lone American Le gion A uxiliary Unit #95 members, Irene Holtz, Jean Jepsen, June Crowell and Marlene Pointer, attended the 2007 Legion and Auxil iary annual convention held in Astoria, OR. Delegates learned about the m any projects being held across the state by other Legion Auxiliary Units. New of ficers were elected for the coming year. Department president was Phyllis Par ent. Ellie Buell was elected to serve as president for the coming year. M em bership is up for the year with new mem bers joining the Auxiliary Units regularly. Following the theme “Shoot for the Stars”, District 6 placed sec ond in membership and dues collection. Unit # 95 - lone - was first in the state to have 100 percent dues paid for the year. There are approxi mately 25 new members to this district this year. C om m ittee re p re sen ta tiv e s gave reports. “ With the combination o f all the committee reports, it was amazing to see what the Auxiliary Units across Oregon are capable o f do ing,” said Jepsen. In District 6, w hich covers Eastern Oregon, a total o f 448 hours was donated and $4,349.00 in donations was given in the support o f veterans at the hospital level this past year. One unit hosts monthly Bingo at the Walla Walla V eterans A dm in istratio n Medical Center. Other units supply cookies and coffee to the Walla Walla VA Hospital and Veterans Home in The Dalles. Cara Ralene Kennedy, Lexington, and Nieholas Paul Christman, lone, together v\ ith their parents, announce their engagement to be married. Cara is the daughter o f Sid and Cindy Kennedy, Lexington. She graduated from I leppner High School and attends Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, WA. She is employed at Premier Physical Therapy, Milton- Freewater, OR. Nicholas is the son of Carl and Kelly Christman, lone. He graduated from lone High School and attended Whitman College at Walla Walla, transferring to Walla Walla College, College Place. WA. He is employed with Walla Walla College. The couple plans a July 22, 2007, wedding at the Riverfront Center, Boardman. Family and friends are in vited to share the day o f their wedding. Because o f limited seating, those planning to attend are asked to please RSVP ] \/|¿ jp y B e n g e to 541-989-8356. M ary B enge, 92, formerly o f Heppner, died Former Heppner resident to celebrate Thursday, June 21,2007, at La Grande. 80th birthday A memorial service Mary McLeod, who M ethodist C hurch, 178th was held Saturday, June 30, lived in H eppner for 20 S.L. Stark in Portland at 2007, at the Heppner Ma years and still has many 11:30 a.m. Anyone wishing friends here, will celebrate to send her well wishes may sonic Cemetery, followed her 80th birthday July 15 write to her at the following by a potluek at the Heppner w ith fam ily and friends address: 816 N.E. Fleming Elks Lodge. Mrs. Benge as bom at the R ockw ood United Axe, Gresham, OR 97030. April 9, 1915, in Coffey, M issouri, to C laude and Ethel Brumfield Cartwright. Rrandvn l fvitny \ Reeky ‘four* She grew up in Coffey, and ai* fi tv intuir 'Family TrinuU graduated from Coffey High School. tv Aliare tlir day oftfieir T Veddiny She m arried Dem Saturday, die Sereniti of July, Reninger and they lived in Taw Ttioimuid Seren Denver, Colorado, where at fire o'clock in die afternoon they were in the restaurant business before divorcing. 'Episcopal i tilth ft of die ‘/Redeemer In 1943, she moved 241 SoudieaAt Second Street. 'Pendleton to Heppner where she mar Kyieptton to follow at ried Terrell Benge. They Ve tulle tvn Kyi t tul (Ip tt ospita ht t/ Kaom Many units have had projects in support o f our m ilitary troops overseas. Some held sock drives, sent care packages with cook ies and other support items needed by our m ilitary . Some units have given much needed support to families o f veterans. These loved ones are the wives and chil dren left at home to deal with everyday needs while their husbands and fathers are overseas. A big hit for veterans in the VA hospitals is being able to choose a Christmas gift for each o f their im mediate family members. Units supply gifts or money to each hospital or VA Home and each veteran is able to shop at no cost. The Legion A uxiliary m em bers wrap and mail the gifts them to each family at no cost to the veteran. “Christmas wouldn’t be much fun if we knew there were needy children in our local areas,” said Jepsen. “ So we try to find those needy families in our home towns. Behind the scenes, we obtain sizes and needs and Auxiliary members shop for them so they can enjoy Christmas along with every one else. Many businesses and organizations pitch in to help. Our Christmases are a little brighter knowing we made a difference in the life o f a child.” G irls State is one o f the activities aimed at educating young men and wom en who are in their Continued on page 9 Obituaries At th e MCGG GREEN FEED STORE in H eppner: SALE EXTENDED OAE At OHE WEEK! SAVE HOW! ALL NURSERY STOCK 30% OFF ranched on Social Ridge and Rhea Creek until retiring in 1972. Mrs. Benge was ac tive in the Elks Auxiliary and Eastern Star. She was known for her cooking, especially her sourdough bread. She also enjoyed playing cards and gardening, and was an avid reader. She is survived by son, Michael (Butch) Benge o f Falls Church, Virginia; step-daughter, Lynn Marie McDonald o f Omaha, Ne braska; six grandchildren; six g rea t-g ra n d ch ild re n ; and two great-great-grand- children. She was preceded in death by her husband, Terrell; daughters, Maryann and Joan; step-son, Ralph; a brother; three sisters; and a great-grandchild. Memorial contribu tions may be made to the Lions Sight and H earing Foundation, Elks Sight and Hearing Foundation, or the charity o f choice. Sweeney Mortuary o f Heppner was in charge o f arrangements. $20,000 pledge for $20,000 each year for the next three years contingent on MCHD ap p ro v in g the $21 0 ,0 0 0 three-year donation. Glenn said that the MCHD contri bution was included in the CRCHS budget sent to the federal government. MCHD Board Chair Larry Mills told Glenn that the board would consider the request and would also be considering whether to go before voters to ask for additional tax m onies in consideration of the impend ing expiration o f the three- year local tax option. M ills a lso a sk ed Glenn for public recognition of MCHD’s contributions to the Boardman community, both financially as well as service provided, and asked for the Boardman commu nity’s support for a health district levy, if the board decides to go out for one. G lenn also noted that C RC H S recru ited a physician who was expected to be on board by June 20. He said that the hiring o f another physician will pave the way for long-time Boardm an physician. Dr. Robert Boss, “to ease into retirement.” Dr. Boss also ow ns the building where CRCHS is housed and had previously operated his pri vate clinic there. G le n n s p o k e o f b u ild in g a la rg e r c lin ic sometime “down the road”, but also said CRCHS may enter into another lease with Dr. Boss. CRCHS is in the third year o f a five-year lease with Dr. Boss. MCHD CEO Victor Vander Does suggested that MCHD may be interested in building a larger clinic in Boardman which CRCHS could rent or lease from the district. He said he believed the district could build a clinic much cheaper than CRCHS would be able to. Vander Does also su g g ested to G lenn that MCHD is capable o f pro viding lab tests for CRCHS and e x p re ssed the hope that CRCHS w ould con sider sending its lab work to MCHD. A lso at the m eet ing, MCHD C hief Finan cial O fficer N icole M a honey reported another good month for the district with a $158,763 gain for the m onth, a $389,133 year- to-date gain and a $35,375 average monthly year-to- date gain. In other business, the board: -adopted a $6,516,384 budget for fiscal year 2007-08, appropriated the funds, imposed a tax of .6050 cents per thousand as sessed value for operations and a .39 cent per thousand local option tax for opera tions. -appointed Vander Does as an agent to appoint an architect o f record. -heard from Vander Does that he has recruited a new physician for the dis trict, Dr. Betsy Anderson. He said he had two other physicians “in the pipeline”, one from Iowa and one from Goldendale, WA. -learned from Vander Does that one patient is cur rently in the hospital’s swing bed program. -learned that an em ployee wrote a thank-you note to the district in ap preciation o f new equip ment that district purchased, which, said the employee, will make her job easier. The board was very appreciative o f the note. -heard the announce ment of an employee barbe cue planned for Sunday, July I, at the M orrow County Fairgrounds. - a p p r o v e d the low bid for a fire system from Moon Security Ser v ic es, Inc., Pasco, WA. For $53,743. General Fire Equipment Co. o f Eastern Oregon had also submitted a bid for $54,766. -approved the low bid for professional audit ing services for three years from current auditor M i chael R. Bell & Company, PLLC, for $47,250. The cost break-down was $ 15,000 for 2007, $15,750 for 2008 and $ 16,500 for 2009. Barnett & Moro, P.C. also submitted a bid for $19,725 for 2007, $19,725 plus CPI adjust ment for 2008 and the 2008 fee plus an additional CPI adjustment for 2009. -approved an appli cation for education reim bursement for an EMT as per MCHD policy. -heard the following report: Irrigon Clinic had 197 patients for the month of May with 31 new patients, 45 patients seen by a nurse and 14 no shows; Pioneer M emorial Clinic had 396 patients for May with 17 new patients and 38 patients seen by a nurse; Heppner A m bulance had 26 page outs with 21 transports for $21,366 in revenue; Board- man A m b u lan ce had 25 page-outs with 15 transports for $15,893 in revenue; Ir rigon A m bulance had 11 page-outs with nine trans ports for $8,027 in revenue; Pioneer Memorial had three admissions, two swing bed admissions, 18 admitted for observation, 412 total out patients, 77 total emergency room encounters, 1,363 lab tests, 134 x-ray procedures, 35 CT scans, 24 EKG tests, 104 respiratory therapy pro cedures; Home Health had 167 visits; Hospice had six patients; and the pharmacy had 1,201 drug doses for $78,187 in drug revenue. 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