H eppner G azette-T im es, Heppner, O regon
lone class attends
Hermiston Farm Fair
MCHD to mail donation flyer
The Morrow' County Health District will soon be
mailing out a flyer to all residents o f south Morrow County
seeking donations for its Long-Term Swing Bed Renova
tion Project. “We’ve applied for grant monies from several
organizations, and most o f them require fund raising at the
local level to qualify for their grants,” explained District
Administrator Victor Vander Does. “All donations are tax
deductible,” he added. The program will allow' up to 12
area residents to receive long-term (nursing home) care
at the hospital. The estimated cost to renovate the south
wing of the hospital to implement the program is $767,000.
Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring and be
completed this summer.
The area has been without any long-term care
since the District was forced to close its nursing home
in 2003 due to very low reimbursement rates. Following
that closure Vander Does began seeking a way to replace
the service and was instrumental in obtaining an Oregon
Administrative Rule change which allows small hospitals
in remote areas to offer long-term care and receive more
favorable reimbursement rates. Pioneer Memorial Hospital
is one o f only three hospitals in the state to qualify to offer
this long-term care serv ice.
Currently the project has received $20,000 from
Pioneer Memorial Hospital Foundation and $20,000 in
Tippage Fees from Morrow County. Pioneer Memorial
Hospital/Nursing Home Auxiliary was recently awarded a
$20,000 grant from the Wildhorse Foundation o f Pendleton
for the project.
Kaylee Svetich, Brenna Rietmann and Kaylee Palmateer
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W ednesday, D ecem ber 12, 2007 - FIVE
Girl Scout Troop goes
bowling for hats
Madison Jewett and other members of Girl Scout Troop
#3402 went bowling for hats on Tuesday, December 4. K-4"1
graders participated in the bowling fundraiser. Funds raised
were donated to the Neighborhood Center. Photo by Autumn
Morgan
Title Movie
Night to be held
at HES
The H e p p n er E l
ementary School Title pro
gram presents “Olive, the
Other Reindeer” on Thurs
day, D ecem ber 13, from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the HES
Library. Get comfy, have
refreshments, and enjoy a
great, family movie.
There will be a short
Title m eeting before the
movie to let families know
about all the programs of
fered by Title funding and
how we can help.
R efreshm ents will
be served after the movie.
Children need to be accom
panied by an adult. “Olive”
us at HES hope you can
come.
Heppner Dance performs Winter Recital
The dancers of Heppner Dance performed their Winter Recital
Wednesday, December 5, at Heppner High School. The danc
ers are coached by Elyshia Rennison of Echo. Elyshia comes to
Cory Peterson, Kip Krebs, JJ Dixson, RJ Ramos, Richard
Heppner to teach tap, jazz and pre-ballet to children ages 2 and
up.
Bohna and Clay Morter.
The dancers are front row (L-R): Nichole Propheter, Ava
The crop science class at lone Community School Hegler, Annabelle McDaniel, Cheyenne Shaw, Grade Orem.
attended the Hermiston Farm Fair on November 29. Each Harley Anderson, Marlee Mitchell, and Genevieve Smith.
Middle row: Breawna Teeman, Claire Grieb, Susie Teeman,
student was responsible for investigating a product to Nichole Shaw, Cheyenne Smith, Jaden Mahoney, Jacee Currin,
report back to class with in addition to a particular job or and Madison Combe. Back row: Mich Hintz, Kodie Arnold,
Makayla Kindle, Maddie Lindsay, Elyshia Rennison, Paige
occupation.
Grieb,
Ella McCormack, and Jasmine Garcia.
“The objective o f this field trip was to introduce
students to the broad array o f agricultural products and to lone Community Church to have Christmas program
encourage entry into an agriculturally related occupation,”
said crops teacher Erin Heideman.
The lone Community Church Christmas program will be held Sunday, December
Ronnie Wilson, a junior, said "1 really liked getting 16, at the 11 a.m. church service.
to get out of school and see something beyond our little
The Sunday School classes, along with the youth group and worship team, will
town of lone. I didn’t realize there were so many different present “Modem Baby Jesus” written by Yvonne Morter.
ag products.”
Everyone is invited attend. A coffee hour will be held after the Christmas pro
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Pendleton Church
to perform annual
Living Nativity
One of the can't miss
Christmas events o f Eastern
Oregon is the Living Nativi
ty performed annually at the
Roy Raley Park on Sunday,
D ecem ber 16, beginning
at 6 p.m. with a one hour
walk through and finishing
with a drive through from
7-9 p.m.
In 1990 the Pendle
ton Faith Center Foursquare
Church produced their first
living nativity, a still acting
production o f the story o f
Christmas, the birth o f Je
sus Christ. In the beginning
the people o f Faith Center
desired to present a gift to
the citizens o f Pendleton to
illustrate the true meaning
o f Christmas. Initially the
production focused on the
events leading up to the birth
of Jesus Christ, the Savior of
the world. The production
has grown from 9 scenes to
13 scenes with live actors,
animals, props, music, and
scripture verses illuminated
with strobe lights.
Starting in 2003 the
new scenes illustrate the
crucifixion, resurrection and
return o f Jesus Christ. The
final scene represents the
only event yet to happen in
scripture, the victorious re
turn of Jesus Christ to gather
his very own from every
tribe, tongue and nation of
the world.
The total production
requires about 150 people
w ith ap p ro x im ately 100
actors and 12 animals. Indi
viduals from many different
churches help Faith Center
stage this production. The
event could not continue
w ithout the full support
o f the C ity o f Pendleton
which provides the use of
Roy Raley Park and police
traffic control. In addition
the Round-Up association
provides use o f the Helper's
Room under the stadium
and Gordon's Electric gen
erously donates electrical
services for hooking up all
lighting for the scenes.
The living nativity
presently draws an audience
from m any su rro u n d in g
communities o f over 3,000
people o f all ages w ho walk
or drive through the park. A
walk though only opportu
nity is offered from 6-7 p.m.
and a walk or drive through
from 7-9 p.m. on Sunday
evening close to Christmas.
This year the event will
be p ro duced on Sunday
December 16, starting at 6
p.m. The price is free to the
public, just like the price of
eternal life that Jesus Christ
continues to offer to all man
kind. Faith Center Church
projects a hearty invitation
to the citizens o f Eastern
Oregon and Eastern Wash
ington to experience the gift
o f Christmas first hand this
year as a love offering from
the citizens o f Pendleton.
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