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
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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
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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
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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.
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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. Other destina
self and explained that the tions may be added as needs
OTIC is an independent determines. This transpor
council. They take no tax
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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.
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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.
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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.