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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - FIVE Morrow County music teacher awarded Muzak Heart and Soul Grant On October 20, an informal check-signing cer emony acknowledged the check Darlene M arquardt received for her music pro gram at Irrigon Elementary School. The grant was from the "Music Matters” Grant Program. The Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation’s mission is to redefine and support m usic education. M usic Matters Grants for 2009 fo cus on educational reform in school music programs and in d e p e n d e n t m usic programs. Marquardt has been teaching both music and/or business classes for Mor row County for the last 12 years. She teaches both mu sic and technology for Irri gon Elementary School and is currently also the director o f the school’s after-school program and administrator S tr a te g ic P la n s have been developed by each o f the com m unities (Heppner, Lexington and lone) and during this pro cess there were some “com mon thread" and potential cluster development goals identified by each commu nity. With the coordination and assistance o f Karen Kendall from Greater East ern Oregon Development C o rp o ra tio n (G E O D C ) a com bined com m unity meeting has been scheduled ÔO' for M onday, N ovem ber 16. This meeting will be held at Heppner City Hall and will begin at 6 p.m. State, county, private and local agencies will be pres ______ ent to help determine next Pictured are Joel Chavez, Principal of Irrigon Elementary and steps, possible funding and Darlene Marquardt, Music Specialist. -ContributedPhoto contact information to as o f the Study Island software students prepare for state sist acco m p lish m en t o f used by the school to help OAKS exams. and 12 no-shows; Irrigon Clinic had 166 patient visits with 24 new patients, 72 seen by a nurse and 14 no shows; Heppner Ambulance had 27 total page-outs with 21 transports for $20,583 in revenue; Boardman Ambu lance had 36 total page-outs with 17 transports for $21, 493 in revenue; Irrigon Am bulance had 19 total page outs with 10 transports for $10,008 in revenue; there were two flights; Pioneer M em orial H o sp ital had five admissions, one swing bed admission, 19 admitted for observation, one swing nursing facility admission, 489 o u tpatients w ith 73 total emergency room en counters, 1603 lab tests, 113 x-ray procedures, 33 CT scans, 19 EKG tests, six colonoscopy procedures, four endoscopy procedures, 72 respiratory therapy pro cedures 127 Home Health patient visits; four H os pice admissions; and 876 pharm acy drug doses for $51,195 in drug revenue. WHY U S SCHWAB BRAKES? The Morrow Coun ty Court met on October 21 in Boardm an with Judge Tallman, Commission Grieb and Commissioner Rea in attendance. Follow ing is a summary o f the meeting provided by Leann Rea. The court reviewed and approved accounts pay able, payroll taxes for a total o f $80,477.55. R oad R e p o r t: C ontinuing w ork on the new siphon drain system at Cutsforth Park pond. All of the concrete work has been finished and are currently working on building a cy clone fence around the top o f the siphon box for safety reasons. Removed a few old stumps, and added gravel to some areas to create more parking. Relocated the slide to the area of the sw ings and put up a fence between the 4H building and the new restroom. The graders are continuing to w ork on vari ous roads. The grading has been completed on Sanford C anyon, Shobe Canyon, Basey Canyon, Balm Fork, Rietm ann Lane, Johnson Grade, Elmer Griffith, Mor gan Road, French Lane, and Hanna Arbuckle. After receiving good m oisture the B lake’s Ranch Road and Ditch Creek Road were once again g raded. The graders are currently work ing on the Sunflower Flat Road, Upper Little Butter Creek, Hardman Ridge and in the areas north o f lone. The crusher crew continues with crushing rock at the Clarks Canyon pit. Some o f the crew has been out replacing road designation signs and catching up on the rural addressing signage. The following permits were presented to the court with a recommendation o f ap proval: Permit #OGD for Colum bia Basin Electric Coop on Wheatland Road; Permit #141 for the City of Heppner about 6.5 miles up Willow Creek Road; Permit # OGP for CenturyTel on Morgan Road; and Permit # 142 for Arnold and Shiela M cClure on Peters Road north of Wilson Lane. Let ters sent to various prop erty owners regarding the placement o f locked gates on C ounty R oads w ere reviewed. money. They make their money from the blue sign program along the free ways (Food Next Exit, Gas Next Exit). On January 1, 2010, ODOT will be turn ing over the maintenance and management of seven key rest areas to OTIC and Boardman is one o f those. They are interested in ex ploring how the rest areas can help with economic de velopment benefits. OTIC believes in working with community leaders to de velop a vision for each area. They are limiting the coalition to 20 people just to keep the process flowing. Ms. McCulloch asked if the court would like to appoint lone Energy De someone to be a part o f the velopment: The follow coalition. The court decided ing representatives from 2 to work with this effort. S p ecial T ra n s Morrow Energy, LLC: Jer ry Rietmann, Brad Eaton, portation (ST): It was Sarah Pluvinski and An reported to the court that drew O ’Connell introduced there is some funding avail them selves to the county able from the State Special court. The group informed Transportation to purchase the court that they were and operate a bus for the signing leases on p ro p citizens of the county. This erty in Morrow and Gilliam bus could be used to trans Counties for a very large port individuals from com wind farm. An application munity to community for with the Energy Facility doctor appointments, legal Siting Counsel for this proj appointment, visiting, shop ect has not been filed. They ping or for special activi are in the very preliminary ties. The plan is to set up a planning stage. Mainly just regular schedule and bus introducing themselves to stops for the bus. It would run one day a week, prob various interested groups. Boardman Rest ably beginning in Heppner, Area: M s.# S haryl M c then traveling to Lexington, Culloch with the Oregon lone, Boardm an, Irrigon Travel Information Council and then on to Hermiston ( OTI C) in tro d u ced h er or Pendleton. 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(Free Replacement 25,000 Miles - Parts A Labor) Les Schwab Tire Center 124 North Main S t Heppner , OR 676-948/ I and providers-Promote and support the local medical services and providers in developing healthier com munities. -Tourism/M arket- ing-Work together to pro mote local events and rec reational opportunities to promote increased tourism by developing com bined marketing strategies; e.g., OHV Park, motorcycle and bicycle groups, outdoor and seasonal recreation. Plan now to a t tend th is very in fo rm a tional meeting on Monday, N ovem ber 16. Pizza and beverages w ill be provided. RS VP to Heppner Chamber at 676-5536 or email to hep- pnerchamber@ centurytel. net so an accurate count can be made. tation program will not be limited to senior citizens all county residents would be allowed to use this service. The court learned that the Good Shepherd Care Van currently serves several Boardman and Irrigon resi dents who need to go to the hospital or doctor appoint ments at Good Shepherd. The Special Transportation Committee recommended the county use some o f the ST funds to com pensate Care Van for this service. The court concurred with the recommendation. Solid Waste Ad visory Committee: On the rec o m m e n d a tio n o f this com m ittee the court appointed Dean Large for Position 1 and Larry Lind sey for Position 2 for an addition term. Board of Property Tax Appeals: The court appointed Dwayne Carroll and John Qualls as Board m em bers and Ed Rollins’ as governing body repre sentative and chairperson for the board through June 30, 2010. Tippage Awards: The court reviewed and ap proved a $ 1,000 request for the Inland Northwest Musi cians. The Court reviewed and approved a request from the Knights Booster Club and the Irrigon Junior/ Senior High School for an extension o f th eir 2008 award through December 31,2010. Reviewed various correspondences and meet ing notices. HEALTH DISTRICT [MJäMuMh X identified community and com bined “shared" goals and strategies. South Willow C reek Valley “C om m on T h re a d s ” and P o te n tial C u sto m er D evelopm ent identified are: -Housing-Provide adequate and affordable housing to meet existing needs and future demand in each community. -U tiliz e M odern Technology to promote area - improve or create w ebsites for each com m unity and promote the “community niche”. -Green Energy De velopment - be proactive to develop green energy development in the South Willow Creek Valley, e.g. wind farms, bio fuels. -M edical services Morrow County Court weekly meeting held GOV. CANDIDATE goal o f keeping in touch and ultimately offering the new facility needed health services. -approved surplus- ing outdated equipm ent, including old exam tables and CPR dummies. -approved creden tials for Dr. Content “Bet sy” Anderson, a provider with the district, and Dr. Rudy Stefancik, a pathol ogy consultant. -received the fol lowing financial report: the d istrict had $543,246 in gross patient revenue for Septem ber, with $93,454 in revenue deductions and $449,791 in net p atien t revenue for $547,103 in total o perating revenue, $ 5 9 7,466 in to tal o p e r a t i ng e x p e n se s and an $8,524 non-operating gain for a $41,839 loss for the month. -received the fol lo w in g re p o rt: P io n e e r Memorial Clinic had 446 patient visits with 39 new patients, 79 seen by a nurse South Willow Creek Valley strategic combined communities planning meeting scheduled The Family o f Irene Swanson would like to thank everyone who sent a card, made a plate o f food, sent a consoling email, sent flowers, made a dona tion in Irene's name to Pioneer Memorial H os pital or Willow Creek Assisted Living, or « called personally to offer sympathy and ^ support. Mom had a wonderful life and we are grateful for all the thoughts and pravers that she received. C o d bless vou. < 5 ^ à t police right after North Korean soldiers were pushed back to the North. In his high school years, he suffered from tu berculosis for more than five years. Fellow town people mistook him for a person w ith mental illness. During his years of suffering from tuberculosis, Lim memorized 7,500 English words and also v olunteered at the Yeoju home town orphan age. He was able to finish his high school, but he was not awarded a diploma because o f non-payment of tuition. Lim went to Pochun near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to work as a houseboy for U.S. soldiers for one year in order to pay the tuition. He received his diploma Lim then entered Seoul Theological College. He w as able to finish four years of college in eight years working part-time as a U.S. military mis sile base student chaplain. In 1963, when he was 28 years old, he married Grace Park who was a local high school teacher. It will be their forty-sixth anniversary this year. In 1966. Lim came to the U.S. to study his Master in Div inity degree and later was aw arded a doctorate in humane letters from the same seminary . He founded American Royal Jelly Health Products, which is an international health and beauty supply company . When he turned 50, he began to serv e as the local president of Korean Society, president of the National Ko rean American Federation and president of Asian American Voters Coalition. In 1990, Lim began to serve in public office. He ran for the nomination of the Republican candidate for the gubernatorial race. In 1992, after having run for governor, he ran for state senator for Dis trict 11 and garnered 60 percent of the vote. He became the first Korean-American as a first generation Korean immigrant to serve in any state senate in the U.S. During his first ten ure. he worked on the public welfare system, tort reform, minority rights, international trade plus many other issues. Lim and his wife have three children and four grandchildren. They have lived in the Portland area for the last 43 years.
