TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 1,2007
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
Health district physician
staffing stressed
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From playing Bonanza to
becoming a Fair Princess
$86,334 for architectural
fees for the proposed re­
modeling of the hospital to
bring it up to code to ac­
commodate long-term care
p atien ts. One long-term
care patient has already
been admitted, another is
under consideration and the
district has received several
inquiries.
In other business,
the board:
-voted to cancel the
A ugust m eeting because
o f various conflicts. The
next meeting will be held
in September, unless issues
arise that must be brought to
the board.
-discussed the need
for m atching funds for a
grant that district will apply
for. The board discussed
lau n ch in g a d ire c t-m a il
fund-raising campaign.
-discussed the posi­
tive outcom e o f a recent
snake bite case. Director of
Nursing Molly Rhea said
that the staff had earlier
discussed whether or not to
stock anti-venom, because
o f the cost involved and its
relatively short shelf life.
EOU announces
dean's list
More than 500 stu­
dents enrolled at Eastern Or­
egon University for spring
term 2007 have been named
to the dean’s list. To qualify
for the dean’s list, students
must achieve and maintain a
grade point average o f 3.5 or
higher on a 4.0 scale while
completing a minimum o f
12 hours o f graded course-
work for the duration o f the
term.
EOU students from
the area w ho made the spring
2007 dean’s list include:
Heppner: Madison
Bailey, Meghan Bailey, and
Blair Keithley.
lone: Kristina Pow­
ell.
LaGrande: Jennifer
Hibbert.
Obituaries
•
Edna Hughes
Kahlman
However, she said that by
stocking the anti-venom, “I
th in k we saved his life.” She
Edna Hughes Kahl­
said she believed the district
man died July 19, 2007 in
had not had a snake bite case
Portland, OR.
in about five years.
She w as bom Febru­
-heard the following
ary 28, 1920 in Heppner to
report: Pioneer Memorial
Matt and Grace Hughes.
Hospital had three admis­
She was preceded in
sions, 22 admissions for ob­
death by her sister, Melba
servation; 478 outpatients,
Quackenbush.
56 emergency room encoun­
S he is s u r v iv e d
ters, 1603 lab tests, 111 x-
by: three daughters, Karen
ray procedures, 46 CT scans,
Goodale o f Portland, Janet
35 EKG tests, one sigmoid
Lockhart o f Tualatin, and
procedure, 127 respiratory
Lori S lick o f N ew berg;
therapy procedures; Home
one son, Brian Kahlman of
Health had 145 visits; Hos­
Portland; and two sisters,
pice had three admissions;
Betty Pettyjohn o f Heppner
pharmacy had 1259 drug
and June Bellenbrock o f Is-
doses for $72,708 in drug
saquah, WA.
revenue; Pioneer M em o­
rial Clinic had 402 patient
visits with 14 new patients Port to meet in Heppner
The Port o f Morrow will hold a meeting in Heppner
and 56 seen by a nurse; Ir-
rigon Clinic had 188 patient Wednesday, August 8 at city hall beginning at 8 p.m.
visits with 15 new patients,
35 seen by a nurse and 15
no shows; H eppner A m ­
bulance had 24 transports
for $25,555 in revenue,
Boardman Ambulance had
15 transports for $ 15,405 in
revenue, Irrigon Ambulance
had seven transports for
$6,090 in revenue.
P assin g th e b ato n
Boardman city manager announces
retirement
Jessica Hamilton packs out an newborn calf.
-Continued from page one hobbies, including playing
H am ilton plans to
one day ow n a ranch of her
own and to be a veterinarian.
She is currently studying for
her veterinary technician
exam that she will be tak­
ing next June. She is now
working at “Doc" Temple’s
in Lexington for educational
purposes. Although she is
technically finished with
high school because o f her
schooling in England, Ham­
ilton is still taking various
college preparatory classes
and w ants to take home eco­
nomics. She wants to major
in biblical languages and
youth ministry at Corban
College in Salem.
Hamilton has many
piano, teaching AWANA
as a leader in training, and
helping teach Sunday school
at church. She sang with
the Willow Creek Singers
w ith the Inland Orchestra.
Hamilton, a former baton
twirling champion in Eng­
land, won third place in the
Oregon state championship
in 2005 for twirling. She
just recently returned from
Camp Touchet with a group
from Heppner.
Hamilton says she
is thankful to her mother
for her continued support,
her uncle for getting her
involved with horses, and
God for her position as ro­
deo princess.
Blood drive to be held at
Senior Center
The American Red Cross will be holding a blood
drive on Monday, August 13, from 1 to 6 p.m. at the St.
Patrick’s Senior Center. To make an appointment call
1-800-787-9691.
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Aside from the sub­
stan tial d ev elo p m en t o f
infrastructure in Boardman,
Glenn said Mather also paid
attention to the C ity’s liv­
ability. He was instrumental
in organizing a Youth Advi­
sory Council, improvements
to three City parks including
new basketball courts and a
skateboard park.
M a th e r’s p ro fe s ­
sional influence extends
beyond the City o f Board-
man: he is just completing
a 3-year term on the League
o f Oregon Cities Board of
Directors and has served a
term on the Oregon City and
County Managers Associa­
tion Board o f Directors.
At Tuesday nights
special C ouncil M eeting
the Boardman City Council
accepted M ather’s notice
o f retirem en t and at his
recommendation promptly
engaged the League o f Or­
egon C ities program for
recru itm en t o f M a th e r’s
replacement.
“We very much ap­
preciate Rex’s long advance
notice as that will enable
us to make an orderly and
efficient transition to a new
City Manager,” Glenn said.
“With the many challenges
facing the City in the near
term, it will take an extraor­
dinary individual to fill his
shoes,” he added.
Mather and his wife,
Sharon, plan to split their
retirem ent tim e betw een
Arizona and Eastern Wash­
ington depending on the
weather. “I’ve come to hate
the cold weather,” Mather
said and he has family in
both A rizona and M oses
Lake and Spokane.
Watercolor class to be
held at Senior Center
The watercolor class with Joyce Anderson will be
held Wednesday and Thursday, August 11 and 12, at the
Senior Center beginning at 8:30 a.m. The subjects for the
class will be birds, florals, and landscape. The cost is $70
for two days and $45 for one day.
Anyone needing a supply list may call Trish
Sweeney at 676-9226.
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Chuck Bailey (right) welcomes Neva DeMayo as new vice
president o f the Heppner Carden Club.
N eva D eM ayo
was recently installed as
the new vice president
o f the Heppner G arden
Club.
DeMayo and her
husband, Dave, moved to
Heppner about two years
ago from Vale were Dave
was the city m anager.
Dave is currently the city
m an ag er for H eppner.
They bought Jim and Cam
Wisharts’ home.
DeMayo has be­
come active not only in
Garden Club but in the
Lutheran Church. She has
arranged various tours and
activities for the ladies
in both the Lutheran and
Episcopal C hurch. She
also volunteers to help
James Van Liew, son
o f S andra and Dan Van
Liew, graduated from Wyo­
tech in Laramie, WY, July
22, 2007.
He received an As­
sociate in Specialized Tech­
nology in Automotive and
M anagem ent and was an
honors graduate with perfect
attendance.
Van Liew was in­
ducted into the N ational
Technical H onor Society
and was an orientation lead­
er during the school year at
Wyotech. He has accepted a
job position with L2, a new
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Van Liew is a 2006
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DeMayo has a de­
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a Bible college degree in
religious education. She
attended college in the
Ozarks and in Alaska.
N eva and D ave
met in college and she has
been an army wife 16 of
the 20 years her husband
was in the service. This
meant a lot o f mov ing and
getting reacquainted in
new areas.
DeMayo enjoys all
forms o f gardening. She
loves living in Heppner
and is looking forward to
learning more about gar­
dening.
Van Liew graduates from Wyotech
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The City o f Board-
man has announced that
City Manager Rex Mather
has tendered his notice of re­
tirement effective January 1,
2008. In accepting M ather’s
decision, Mayor Ed Glenn
commended Mather on lead­
ing Boardman through sig­
nificant change in the more
than seven years Mather has
served in that capacity.
Glenn said in the 30
years he has lived in Board-
man, the face o f the city has
changed more dramatically
during M ather’s tenure as
city m anager that in any
other period.
“Rex managed some
huge projects, many of them
at the same tim e,” Glenn
said. High on the list were
m ajor ex p an sio n s to the
C ity ’s w ater supply sys­
tem, waste water treatment
system, redevelopment of
North Main Street and a new
City Hall.
G len n a lso g av e
Mather high marks for de­
velopm ent o f an e x p eri­
enced, professional staff that
Glenn and Mather agree is
the envy of many cities in
Eastern Oregon, both larger
and sm aller than Board-
man.
“One of Rex’s most
valuable contributions is his
ability to act promptly and
decisively in the face of cri­
sis,” Glenn said. “When our
water system back-up gen­
erator literally blew up, Rex
had a temporary generator in
place in days and a plan for
a new permanent system to
the Council without delay.”
That was only one example
of Mather’s dedication to the
City’s level o f service.
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