Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - THREE
Hauntings! Ghost hunters program Columbia River Community Health Services planning build new facility
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the new clinic. Anyone can
offered at Heppner Library
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purchase these bricks and
Eerie bumps in the
night? Unexplained noises
or moved objects in your
home or place? Just in time
for Halloween, Northwest
Paranormal Investigations
(NWPI) may have the ex
planation.
A special program
on ghost hunting through
the use of latest technologies
and historical research will
be offered at the Heppner
Branch Library on Tuesday,
October 14.
The program w ill
begin at 7 p.m. and will be
led by team members o f the
paranorm al investigation
organization.
They will share sto
ries o f experiences they’ve
had in the Northwest and in
Eastern Oregon in search
ing and allegedly in finding
ghosts.
“Our primary goal is
ghost hunting with a scien
tific edge. We take offense
to the Hollywood version of
being referred to as ghost-
busters,” said Robert Cham
berlain, founder of the Port
land-based NW PI, which
was launched in 1998.
“ In our investiga
tions we take hundreds of
photos and video footage,
analyzing each and every
one, som etim es spending
hours doing this. We have
team m em bers who also
specialize in electronic voice
phenomena. They have com
puter programs which filter
out outside noises so they
can focus in on the sound of
the spirit.
“We do not cleanse,
use Ouija boards, or perform
exorcisms. We simply enjoy
the hunt for the spirits.” The
program is free and open to
persons of all ages.
It will consist o f a
slide show, photos, record
ings o f paranormal phenom
ena through electronic voice
equipment, and a question
and answer period for any
one interested in learning
more about ghosts, spirits
or hauntings.
Four team members
from NWPI who have been
trained in paranormal in
vestigations will be on hand
to present the program and
discuss the area o f exper
tise for each o f them, to be
followed by a question and
answer period. NWPI has
been the national recipient
o f a ghost hunting award.
Primary equipment used by
NWPI members in their in
vestigations include digital
cameras, 35 mm cameras,
video cameras, tape record
ers, and laptops as well as
specialized equipment for
specific situations.
The program is part
of the regional “A Sense of
Place” series o f programs
in the arts, sciences and
hum anities sponsored by
Libraries o f Eastern Oregon
(LEO) and funded by the
Institute o f M useum and
Library Services (IMLS).
IMLS is the nation’s premier
supporter o f museums and
libraries as valued cultural
institutions in the U.S.
“This program about
haunted places is part o f
L E O ’s overall p ro g ram
ming theme o f place,” said
Marsha Richmond, director
o f the Oregon Trail Library
D istrict. “ We th o u g h t it
would be fun to offer the
program ju st in time for
Halloween.”
For further informa
tion, please contact Rich
mond at 541-481-3365, or
LEO executive director Lyn
Craig at 541-763-2355.
Kricket Nicholson to speak
at Chamber Lunch Meeting
Kricket N icholson
from United Way will be
the speaker for this w eek’s
Chamber Lunch Meeting on
Thursday, October 9. Nich
olson will give an update on
how this year’s campaign is
doing and will give those
o f who would like to make
a donation an opportunity
to do so.
Please RSVP your
attendance by this after
noon. The lunch m eeting
will begin at noon at John’s
Place and the cost is $9.
C offee H our with
Congressman Greg Walden
will be held next Wednesday,
October 15, from 8:30-10:30
a.m. at City Hall. There will
be discussion on the rais
ing o f the water level, get
a legislative update and an
opportunity will be given to
ask questions.
Bill Langley from
Reklaim will be the guest
speaker for the Cham ber
Lunch Meeting next Thurs
day, October 16, and will
share information about the
company.
IMAC to hold annual meeting
The Irrigon Multicultural Art Center annual meet
ing and potluck dinner will be held on November 16 at the
Irrigon Senior Center.
Dinner will be from 5-7 p.m. and the meeting and
election o f officers will be held at 7 p.m.
Come and learn about the efforts to preserve local
history, the old school building and develop a program of
use for the building.
m u n ity H ealth S erv ices
became the ow ner o f 4.1
acres o f land located on
201 Willow Fork Drive in
Boardman. This property is
just one block south o f the
current clinic location. The
plan for this property is to
build a new modem facility
to service the ever grow
ing population o f Morrow
County.
C o lu m b ia R iv e r
C om m u n ity H ealth Ser
vices was established as a
non-profit organization on
January 22, 2004, and first
began seeing patients in
January 2005, with seven
em ployees on staff. The
clinic now employs 22 full
tim e providers, staff and
administrative personnel.
The non-profit or
ganization is run by a board
o f directors consisting o f 10
individuals from the area.
The board m em bers are:
Lynn Prag, Ed Glenn, Jesse
Pena, Kathy Simonis, Karen
P ettigrew , D iane W olfe,
LaVem Gertler, Dagoberto
Columbia River Community Health Services employees stand
by a sign that marks the site for their new facility. -Contributed
Photo
Hernandez, Abel Lopez and
Cecilia Montoya.
In 2005, 1,575 pa
tients considered the clinic
their medical home. This
number increased by 50%
to 2,363 in 2007. With these
types o f increases the cur
rent facility is no longer
large enough to sufficiently
serve their patients.
With the assistance
o f Public Affairs Research
Consultants (PARC), Co
Electric co-op announces
upcoming photo contest
C o lu m b ia B a sin
E lectric C o-O p is again
pleased to announce they
will be holding their an
nual Photography Contest
his fall. The Cooperative
is looking for entries from
which to select quality prints
to be enlarged and put on
permanent display.
Entries will be re
ceived at both the Condon
and Heppner offices now
th ro u g h W ednesday the
26,h o f October, closing at 5
p.m. Entries must be pho
tographs, either standard or
digital, color or black-and-
w hite, and taken w ith-in
the C.B.E.C. service terri
tory, with some indication
or reference to electricity
or electrical infrastructure.
This required element may
be very minor, however.
A panel appointed
by C.B.E.C. will perform
independent judging o f en
tries. Judge’s decisions will
be final. There will be two
entry classes: en tries o f
people / animals and entries
o f landscapes/ general inter
est. The same photo may be
entered in both classes if
desired, but a copy for each
class will be required. 8 x
10 photos are preferred, but
smaller entries are allowed.
There will be award
ed a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
finish for each class, with
prizes granted being $50
for each first place, $35
for each second place, and
$15 for each third place
award. Entrants will agree
to allow Colum bia Basin
Electric Co-Op to enlarge,
fram e, and p erm an en tly
display winning entries at
C.B.E.C.’s discretion, with
no compensation or value
paid. Appropriate recogni
tion will be noted o f en
trant. All entrants must be
m em bers / consum ers o f
C olum bia Basin Electric
Cooperative, Inc. No single
entrant may submit more
than four entries in any one
class.
Anyone wishing ad
ditional information or de
tails may call Tom Wolff of
C.B.E.C.’s Heppner office at
676-9146.
lumbia River Community
Health Serv ices has devel
oped a Capital Campaign
Plan for the new facility.
The timeline for the plan is
to complete fundraising by
September 2009, and then
begin w ith the b u ild in g
project.
As one o f its initial
fundraisers, the clinic is sell
ing personalized 8” x 8” en
graved bricks that will cover
the floor o f the entry way in
have them engraved with
their name, their entire fam
ily’s names, or in memory of
an individual or family. The
cost o f an engraved brick is
$ 100 and can be purchased
at the clinic. Columbia River
Community Health Services
appreciates the support of
the community and looks
forward to keeping everyone
up to date on their project’s
development.
C o lu m b ia R iv e r
C om m unity H ealth S er
vices is always accepting
new patients and welcomes
M edicare, M edicaid, O r
egon Health Plan and other
low income clients as well
as those w ith insurance. No
patient is turned away for
lack o f ability to pay.
I f y o u h a v e any
questions about the new
building or fundraising ef
forts, please contact Mindy
Binder, Executive Director
at C olum bia River C om
munity Health Services at
541-481-7212.
Birth Announcement
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DeLaney Michelle Stefani
DeLaney Michelle Stefani - Dennis and Misti
Stefani announce the birth o f their daughter, DeLaney
Michelle Stefani, on Monday, September 1,2008, at St.
Anthony Hospital.
At birth she weighed eight pounds, two ounc
es.
Mr. B ill’s Trivia Night
returns to Heppner
Mr. Bill's Trivia Night will return to Heppner on
Saturday, October 25, at 7 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge.
Dinner will be available prior to 7 p.m.
A no-host bar will be open and Merry is available
to serve drinks to your table.
Teams will be made up o f six people. The cost
to enter is $120 per team. Sign up sheets are available at
Heppner Daycare and Preschool, or call Cari Scrivner at
676-8001.
Treat yourself to an evening of fun and help support
the Heppner Daycare and Preschool.
Blood drive to be held for
Community Coffee Hour to be
American Red Cross
held for Congressman Greg
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at
St. Patrick's Senior Center in Heppner on Tuesday, October
Walden’s visit to Heppner
14, from 1-6 p.m.
The Heppner Cham
ber of Commerce will spon
sor a coffee hour on Wednes
day, October 15, from 8:30-
10:30 a.m. at City Hall for
Chamber members and the
Heppner community.
C o m e v is it w ith
Free community breakfast to be
held at Methodist Church
Congressman Greg Walden.
Get brought up to date on the
raising o f the water level,
Heppner United Methodist Church w ill hold a free
followed by a congressio
nal update with questions community breakfast on Sunday, October 12, from 8-10
and answers. Coffee will be a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.
provided.
M.C. Health Department schedule
Vote
Larry Sample
Morrow County Sheriff
The monthly schedule for the Morrow County
Health Department Offices is as follows:
Thursday, Oct. 9: Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-noon.
1-4:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 13: Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
12:30. 1-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 14: Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
12:30, 1-4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 16: Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-noon,
1-4:30 p.m.
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