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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Sheriff’s Report
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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.
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