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
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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.
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She grew up in Coffey, and
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graduated from Coffey High
School.
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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
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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
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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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