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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 27,2010 Brain Awareness Workshop to be held Annual Time ° ut For Reading program held at h e s Northeast Oregon A rea H ealth Education Center (NEOAHEC) and O regon H ealth & S ci ence U niversity’s SOAR committee are hosting the annual Brain Awareness Workshop for K.-12 teach ers, health professionals, and community members. Dr. Joel Nigg, Di rector of the Division of Psychology at OHSU, will be presenting his research project, “ What is going on with Attention D efi cit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? A Science Up date” via a V-Tel broadcast. In addition, the workshop offers practical classroom teaching strategies and free science teaching tools for brain education. Attendees will earn two-three Profes sional Development Units. The workshop will be broadcast on February 20 at the Umatilla-Morrow ESD in Pendleton, Rooms: Juniper and Aspen, 9:30 a.m. - noon. There is a $15 fee to attend this workshop, and advanced registration is required. The deadline for registrations is February 5. To register, please contact Brenna Dunlap, Education Coordinator at 541-962-3801 or bhines@ eou.edu. Wagner to speak at Chamber Lunch Meeting The speaker at this w eek’s Cham ber Lunch Meeting will be Karen Wag ner, community resource developer from CAPECO. She will talk about perform ing a regional food assess ment in Heppner. Bucknum’s Cater ing will be serving a Mexi can meal. The lunch starts at noon and the lunch cost is $9. The lunch meeting this week will be held at lone Community School announces first semester honor roll lone Community School recently announced their first semester honor roll recipients. Those stu dents are: 4.0 GPA Rachel Holland, Ann Rietmann, Lucas Bab cock, Oskar Peterson, Em ily Holland, Gus Peterson, Julianne Carlson, Stacee Halvorsen, Evan Rietmann, R ebecca Jep sen , Zach Orem, Jordan Peterson, Christine Raible, Makenna Ramos, Mary Rietmann, Thomas Holland, Marco Juarez, Beth Morter, Alex Carlson, Matt Hams, Eric Jepsen, RJ Ramos, Sarah Stillman, Tyree Svetich, and Vanessa Ziliani. 3.99-3.5 GPA Paige Esterbloom, Joshua Stillm an, Jessie Flynn, Joe Doherty, Lauren Garrett, Daniel Holtz, Joel entire program will receive Reading party will be held on Thursday, January 28, and pizza and pop lunch. The Time Out For beginning at 3:15 p.m. Mustangs take wins over Rockets and Tiger-scots Heppner Mustang Brent Eckman shoots the ball under the heavy guard of Rocket Shane Lazinka in the fast paced game in Pilot Rock. The Mustangs outplayed the Rockets taking home the win 60-49. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Proceeds from the purchased Birthday Bash packages will benefit the 5th and 6th grade classes. The classes also plan to donate $100 to help earthquake victims in Haiti. For more informa tion contact HES at 541 - 676-9128. HEALTH DISTRICT -Continuedfrom Page ONE gain. -learned from Ma honey that the days in ac counts receivable has in creased to 84 for the month of December, from 68.1 in November, prim arily Community Bank We’re 55 & Thriving Help Us Celebrate Our 55th Birthday! Local Money Working For Local People... Ju st like Jane & M argaret Margaret McClain will be celebrating her I OOth birthday In March! Pictured with her Grand daughter lane, Margaret has banked with us for 51 of our 55 years In business. "We have an excellent relationship with Community Bank I feel very safe and would never dream o f changing banks - lane Harshman Ruby Peak Naturals, enterprise. OR due to financial personnel redirected to assist district patrons with Medicare Part D applications and slow payments most likely due to the holidays. -received the fol lowing report: Pioneer Me morial Hospital had eight admissions for December, two swing bed admissions, 11 admitted for observation, two swing nursing facility admissions, 504 total out patients, 61 total emergency room encounters, 1588 lab tests, 132 x-ray procedures, 15 CT scans, 20 EKG tests, three colonoscopy pro cedures, one endoscopy procedure and 45 respira tory therapy procedures; Pioneer Memorial Clinic had 468 patient visits with 35 new patients, 50 patients seen by a nurse and eight no-shows; Irrigon Medi cal Clinic had 193 patient km kciflL' H Get Gold Checking FREE For One Year* Receive the benefits of a Money Market account without the restrictions • Tiered interest rates (higher balances mean higher returns) • Write unlimited checks • FREE telephone, online banking and bill pay services • Unlimited personal attention from our bankers • Must open account by February 28th, 2010 L arge - I ced {10am-4 pm) v azeln H ot 5 u n 6 a Y> February 14tb 2009 PRESCRIPTION PROf HE PLEASE CALL PHARMACY Stop By Your Local Branch Today To Help Us Celebrate cWe.ddtnQ labile. (Community Brett Barber & Shannon Milligan B A N K Local Money Working For Local People Wedding-December 5, 2009 Reception to be held in February ^ Mmuj'i B m Heppner 127 N Main St 541 -676-5745 I visits with 33 new patients,, 42 seen by a nurse and 12 no-shows; Heppner Ambu- lance had 15 page-outs with 12 transports for $ 12,508 in revenue, Boardman Ambu lance had 36 page-outs with 17 transports for $19,976 in revenue, Irrigon Ambu lance had 26 page-outs with 15 transports for $14,422 in revenue; for the year, Heppner Ambulance had 239 page-outs with 192 transports, Boardman Am bulance had 332 page-outs with 183 transports and Irrigon had 260 page-outs with 141 transports; there were 25 flights for the year; Home Health had 166 pa tient visits; Hospice had two admissions; Pharmacy had 789 drug doses for $42,019 in revenue. -held an executive session to discuss person nel. Candies, Cards S’ Flower Arrangements fo r your sweetie! Process a new direct deposit to any Community Bank checking account by March 31,2010 (offer good for existing customers) 1 After the first year the $10 fee can be avoided if an average Tiorthly balance of $1.000 or combined balano Minimum opening deposit is $100 Limit ore gift card per household or Jared Huddleston went over the top of the Weston-McEwen defense adding to the back and forth overtime game. The Mustangs easily pulled out ahead in overtime, beating the Tiger-scots 63-51. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Open Valentine's Day Get A $25 VISA Gift Card For Adding Direct Deposit* • Students at HES catch up on their reading for the Time Out For Reading program held annually at Heppner Elementary School. -Photo by Megan Futter Stillman, Bailey Hague- wood, Jaqueline Juarez, Tanner Bass, Steven Hol land, Shannon Metcalfe, Alex Rietmann, M ariah Bradfield, Jacob Trahan, and Tanner Rietmann. Honorable Mention Jason Juarez, Shel by Williams, Rita McEl- ligott, Dustin Lutz, Larissa Jones, Kirk Haguewood, Lacey Thompson, Tyrell B arnett, Shadow K end rick, Tim Emmel, Kaleb Dumler, Jeremy Coleman, Adam Collin, Micah Still man, Collette Cason, Mary McElligott, Mary Gates, Bruce M cM inn, Robbi Johnston, Kevin LaRue, Stephanie Medina, Kylie McElligott, Mike Raible, Stefanie Archer, Brianna Peterson, Gunner Jessen, and Alex Fetterhoff. Birthday Bash packages for sale at HES Heppner Elemen tary School 5th and 6lh stu dents are selling Birthday Bash packages for HES students. For $15 the Birth day Bash will include a birthday crown, balloon bouquet, special songs, and treats for the whole class. the Senior Center dining room. Those planning to attend the weekly Chamber Lunch Meetings are asked to RSVP by Wednesday of each week. F ifth and sixth grade students at Hepp- ner Elementary School are participating in the 13,h an nual Time Out For Reading incentive program. D uring the pro gram, students read through out the week, on their own time, striving for a c o m m utes a week goal. Incentives for the program include w eekly treats, weekly team prizes, individual and team final prizes, bookmarks, books awarded weekly to top readers, and an after school reading party. Main prizes are awarded on an individual basis while the team with the highest aver age of reading time for the f $5 000 is mainta ned 7 North Main • Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • F lorallm Member FDIC _________ Srwog hbpptw, Lexington A lone ______ i INC. ---------- ;---------------------- Sheriff’s Report —— —— The M orrow County S heriff’s Office reports handling the fol lowing business: October l:-MCSO received report of a truck and trailer driving at a high rate of speed and passing motorists at the Kinzua Mill Site in Heppner. MCSO cited Robert John Steven son , 66, for Failure to Drive Within the Lane. He was also given a verbal warning for failure to carry proof of insurance. -MCSO received report from a city worker that he found two archery arrows in the Heppner City Park. -MCSO received report of two large white dogs running up Hwy. 730. MCSO responded and the hole was patched and the dogs were put back in the fence. -M C SO deput y advised he had a crew of search and rescue people attempting to respond to a report of a plane crash in Wheeler County. Oregon State Police advised the crew to return home as their services were no longer needed. -MCSO arrested Robert Gene Morley, 41, in Heppner for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $40,000 bail. -MCSO deputy re ported he was out with a disabled vehicle on Hwy. 730 in Irrigon. The subjects advised it was overheating and they were going to wait until the car cooled down to try to get it home. -MCSO deputy ad vised he was out with three juveniles in Irrigon. They were waiting for traffic to go by so they could cross the street. -Continued on Page SIX
