SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Join the Movement - MS Walk to be held in Heppner
Come join the walk
on Saturday, April 19 for
the 10th year o f the Heppner
MS Walk. Sign-up today
to be part o f the movement
toward a cure.
There is no registra
tion fee for the MS Walk,
and participants are asked
to raise a minimum o f just
$50 per person. Walkers can
earn prizes for outstanding
fundraising, starting with a
T-shirt prize at the $50 level.
If you bring $50 the day of
the walk you w ill be eligible
for a T-shirt that day while
supplies last. Maps will be
available for the 5K route
which is wheelchair acces
sible and the I OK route. The
registration/cheek-in begins
at 8 a.m. at All Saints Epis
copal Church on Church &
Gale Street. The walk will
start at 9 a.m. at the city park
on Main Street.
Following tradition
there will be a free pancake/
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Pictured are some of the participants in the 2007 Walk.
ham breakfast served at the
church for the walkers and
volunteers after the walk.
Also, local businesses have
donated raffle items for the
event. Each w alker w ill
receive a free raffle ticket at
the registration table when
they sign in and the winning
numbers will be drawn dur
ing the breakfast.
Walk. Roll. Volun
teer. Be aw are. Join the
movement and sign up today.
Pre-register online at www,
walkMSoregon.com. or by
phone at l .800.344.4867.
Walkers may register at any
time, including the day o f
the event.
MS Walk brochures
with registration information
will be located in local busi
nesses. If you have any ques
tions you can also contact
Co-Chair Merilee McDow
ell at 5 4 1-676-5238 or Joan
Basile at 541-676-5832.
Winners announced for hold ‘em
tournament and bingo party in lone
T he lo n e A m e ri
can L egion T exas H old
‘Em Poker Tournament &
Bingo Party was held on Sat
urday, March 8, at the lone
American Legion Hall.
Poker tournam ent
winners w'ere: first place,
Shaw n Hams o f Pendleton;
second place, Duane Disque
lone Community School
holds carnival
o f Lexington; third place,
Jim Kindle o f Heppner; and
fourth place, Dana Heide
man o f lone.
Raffle winners were
Joe Baker winning a 1500
Series W inchester pump
shotgun, and Mary McEl-
ligott winning a 15” digital
photo frame.
North Morrow County: Fortunate
when it conies to health care
Many o f you proba
bly saw the story that ran on
60 Minutes recently about
Rem ote Area M edical, a
non-profit group that airlifts
doctors and supplies to third
world countries to provide
medical service. Undoubt
edly you were shocked to
learn that while the group
was originally organized to
serve foreign populations
they are now carrying out
60% o f their “expeditions”
right here in thé U nited
States. The National Associ
ation o f Community Health
Centers recently stated that
56 million Americans, many
o f whom are covered by
health insurance, don’t have
access to health care simply
because they live in com
m unities w here prim ary
care providers are in short
supply.
Currently, commu
nity health centers across
the nation provide care to
17 million people and are
recognized as a vital method
of delivering health care to
members o f the community
in which they are found.
The National Association
o f Community Health Cen
ter cited these facilities as
“meeting escalating health
needs and bringing good
health to needy com m u
nities, w ithout regard to
family income, health insur-
ance status, race, culture, or
health condition.”
“ N o rth M o rro w
County is one o f those com
munities fortunate enough
to have a community health
center,” said Mindy Binder,
CEO o f C olum bia River
C om m unity H ealth S er
vices, “ it m eans happier
children, healthier adults,
shorter travel to receive care
and com m unity residents
can live longer, healthier
lives.” With an aim to serv
ing the community at large,
input was gathered from
the community, city county
and state; and the non-profit
outlet for local health care
was established and opened
its doors in January o f 2005.
Currently the clinic employs
four health care providers,
over 15 other staff members,
and is overseen by a Board
o f Directors comprised of
10 m em bers o f the com
munity.
C o n s id e r in g th e
large p e rc en ta g e o f the
population living below the
state average it is not hard
to understand the need for
the support that Columbia
River Com m unity Health
S ervices lends the co m
munity and individuals it
services. Columbia River
C om m unity H ealth S er
vices provides preventative,
and acute primary care, as
well as urgent care, family
planning, women’s health,
w ell-child exam inations,
mental health counseling,
and substance abuse treat
ment to all patients. In the
past calendar year, the cal
endar year the clinic has
provided services to over
10,500 patients, regardless
o f their ability to pay.
Despite all that the
clinic currently provides it
has only just begun to meet
the needs of the community.
“There is much more out
reach and work to be done
to fully be of assistance to
those in need,” said Binder.
Part o f that work includes
the construction of a new fa
cility that will nearly double
the number o f community
members the clinic will be
able to service.
While there may be
an immediate need for Re
mote Area Medical across
the country, with the help of
facilities such as Columbia
River Com m unity Health
Services that need is greatly
reduced.
For more informa
tion on the new Columbia
River Com m unity Health
Services building and what
you can do to help, contact
Binder at the clinic during
regular business hours at
541-481-7212.
Still running for fun
Editor’s Note: The
follow ing article can be
found in the February 26
edition o f The Columbian
newspaper and was writ
ten by Paul Danzer. The
subject o f the article, Dave
Harrison, was at ¿>ne tithe
the manager at Columbia
Basin Electric Coop. He was
also co-chair o f the project
that renovated the track at
Heppner High School with
John Edmundson and Jim
Wishart.
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Senior, Alan Kietmann, and sophomore. Matt Hams, man
the Cookie Monster booth at the lone Community School
Carnival.
Buddies Paul Taylor, Hunter Pad berg and Jake Heideman
hang out together at the lone Community School Carnival
last week. The carnival helps the elementary raise money
for field trips for the coming year.
lone Community School
celebrates classified week
ASB officers K.milv Kietmann and kylee Svetich wash the cars
of classified staff members at lone Community School last week
during classified week. The ASB officers planned something
each das for staff members who served our schooLso diligently.
HHS Golf Schedule
March 20 - HHS w ill host at 2 p.m.
March 21 - at John Day, 12 p.m.
April 4 - Pendleton JV Invite (PCC), 12 p.m.
April 8 Girls Varsity at LaGrande, 12 p.m.
April 1 0 - at Condon. 3 p.m.
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Like m any o f his
fellow retirees in the Fair
way Village neighborhood,
Dave Harrison enjoys reg
ular rounds o f golf. The
78-year-old also keeps busy
traveling and maintaining a
9,400-square foot yard.
“ I’ve got something
o f just about everything,” he
said, describing the variety
o f plants he tends.
The same could be
said for Harrison’s garage,
which is home to an impres
sive collection o f ribbons,
plaques, trophies that are
the result o f another kind of
cultivation.
For the past 22 years,
Harrison has made a habit of
running.
In recent years, Har
rison has entered around
50 races a year. In 2007 he
completed 51 races, and ran
some 1,500 miles. He ran
five events while spending
30 days this w inter A ri
zona. Among those was the
Rock ’n ’ Roll Arizona Half
Marathon. He finished that
race in 2 hours, and won the
13-man 75-79 age group by
a 36-minute margin.
Surrounded by his coolection of medals, mementos and run
ning shoes, Dave Harrison, 78, warms up on a treadmill in his
garage. -Photo by Steven Lane/The Columbian
A regular participant
in Clark County Running
Club events and in benefit
races around the region,
Harrison said he plans to
enter at least one run on each
o f the next five weekends.
Sometime this spring, his
training and racing will pass
the 25,000-mile mark since
he began consistently run
ning at the age o f 56.
“I just like to run,”
Harrison explained.
Harrison often is one
o f the few — or the only —
runners his age in the races
he enters. He noted that the
knees o f his peers often
prevent them from follow
ing his path. He considers
him self fortunate, but he
also listens to his body.
“ P art o f ru n n in g
(success) is mental. Part of
it is being in shape. And part
o f it is resting before a tough
run,” Harrison said.
H a r r i s o n ’s lo v e
for running started sim
ply enough. Though he ran
regularly for a few years
in his 30s, his dedication
to running started almost a
quarter century ago when at
the suggestion of a friend he
entered the Happy Hoofer
Fun Run, a 5-kilometer race
affiliated with the Cheney
Rodeo.
An insurance agent
in Cheney before retiring
to Vancouver 13 years ago,
Harrison said he started out
running one mile to work
each day. At first, he though
a mile was plenty.
But once the running
bug bit, Harrison found time
for daily 3-mile runs. For
several years, before he re
tired, those runs would usu
ally happen at 10 p.m. along
well-lit Cheney streets.
Running is a passion
he has indulged around the
world. On travels abroad,
H arrison said he tries to
never miss a day o f running.
From the canals o f Amster
dam, to Norwegian fjords,
Swiss lakes, and rural roads
Heppner Varsity
Baseball Schedule
Heppner JV
Baseball Schedule
HHS Track Schedule
March 21 - Dufur at home,
2 p.m.
March 25 - Santiam at
home, 1 p.m.
March 29-30 - at Colfax
Tourney.
April 1 - Mac Hi at home,
2 p.m.
April 5 - Irrigon at home,
11 a.m.
April 8 - at Pilot Rock,
4:30 p.m.
March 20 - at Weston, 4
p.m.
March 24 - at Nixyaawii,
3 p.m.
March 31 - Pilot Rock at
home, 4:30 p.m.
April 2 - at Stanfield, 2
p.m.
April 7 - Hermiston Frosh
at home, 4 p.m.
April 11 - Stanfield, 2 p.m.
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March 21 - Dick Horyna,
Stanfield, 12 p.m.
April 1 - Stanfield, 4 p.m.
April 5 - Umatilla, 11 a.m.
April 11 - Union Invita
tional, 1 p.m.
April 15 - Mustang Invita
tional, Boardman, 4 p.m.
April 19 - Sherman Invita
tional, Moro, 10:30 a.m.
April 26 - Columbia River
Invitational, Riverside, 12
p.m.
in Germany and Italy, Har
rison said his jogs gave him
a view o f the country that
he might have missed from
a tour bus.
When at home, Har
rison hits the road m ost
àftèrrtoons. Sometimes he
runs a loop along McGilvray
Boulevard. Sometimes it’s
the Wy’East Middle School
track . O ccasio n ally , the
Lacamas Lake Trail.
While he is consis
tent with his daily runs,
covering 30-35 miles each
week, Harrison said he does
not consider his routines
serious training.
“ I don’t train as a
runner — no weight lifting,
no speed work, no training
schedules, no hill work and
no special diets,” Harrison
said.
W hile he p u sh es
h im se lf m ore than m ost
folks his age — he was
the only runner older than
70 to com plete the Run
Like Hell Half Marathon in
Portland in October, a race
that included a run up and
down the Terwilliger Road
hill —
Harrison has never
run a marathon.
“At my age, it takes
a long time to recover f from
a marathon), but your re
covery is fine after a half
marathon,” he explained.
Besides, marathons
and ultra-marathons would
defeat the purpose, Harrison
said.
“My motto is: ‘En
joy every run — as long as
you can.’ ”
HJH Track
Schedule
April 4 - UMMSAA all
league opening meet in
Stanfield, 12 p.m.
April 11 - Sherman Coun
ty Invitational, 12 p.m.
April 18 - Heppner/Ione
Invitational at Stanfield, 2
p.m.
April 25 - Sunridge Invita
tional in Pendleton, 2 p.m.
May 2 - lone Invitational
in Pendleton, 2 p.m.