Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Heppner Daycare completes projects with help of donations
Wednesday, October 27,2010 - SEVEN
MEDICAL SERVICES
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Top Left Photo: Pictured are Corey Sweeney, Bob Hubbard, Lil Boyce, Peggy Connor, Merry Chandler, Katie Wilson, Ashley
Geier, Ann Jones & Keeley Nairns. Lil Boyce contributed approximately $400 to the Heppner Daycare in memory of her son
Rick Boyce. Corey Sweeney put in time and money to make the new “Heppner Day Care” sign which replaces the old “Teddy
Bear Workshop” sign from the first opening day of the daycare in the late 1980s.
Bottom Left Photo: Pictured are C.J. Kindle, Caige Chandler, Mekayla Kindle, Merry Chandler, Keeley Nairns, Katie Wilson,
Ann Jones, Becky Kindle, Ashley Geier, and Tom Norton. The old sign was made into a bench by Bob DeSpain, a.k.a. Bob the
Builder, in memory of previous preschool teacher Sue Norton.
Top Right Photo: Pictured are Ann Jones, Merry Chandler, Ashley Geier, Keeley Nairns, Katie Wilson and Jordan Jones. The
back door cement to the “Colt Club” room were donated and placed by J&G Services owned and operated by Frank Jones.
His wife, Ann, is assistant director at the Heppner Daycare.
Bottom Right Photo: Pictured are: C.J. Kindle, Ann Jones, Keeley Nairns, Jessica Peterson, Katie Wilson, Ashley Geier, Merry
Chandler, Mekayla Kindle, and Caige Chandler. A new fence was built with materials purchased and donated by Devin Oil.
Matt Scrivner donated his time to help build the fence.
“We at Heppner Day care are a non- profit organization that depend heavily on support from state and county funds to oper
ate,” said Amy Kollman of Heppner. “With the cuts to funding at the state and county levels, which support small centers like
ours, we are feeling the pinch as are many small non-profit businesses. In light of the budget cuts and to continue with the
structured and fun learning at the center we happily accept donations, either monetary or supplies for the crafts and learning
projects our children participate in at the center. Remember your donations are tax deductable. If you would like to support
Heppner Day Care and need more information contact Merry Chandler at 541-676-5429.” -Photos by April Sykes
Public meeting set to discuss proposed fuels
reduction activities near Penland Lake
The Heppner Rang
er District of the Umatilla
National Forest will host its
fourth collaborative public
meeting on Thursday, Octo
ber 28, to discuss proposed
fuel reduction and forest
stand density projects in
the Potamus Fuels Reduc
tion Project area located
southeast of Heppner near
Penland Lake.
In 2001, the Mor
row County Community
Wildfire Protection Plan
(CWPP) identified the Pen-
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additional monetary com
pensation.
-learned from Blau
er that the previous OHSU
med student who had been
working at the hospital has
completed his month-long
rotation and a new student
is on board, again for a
month-long stint.
-approved creden-
tialing for Dr. Cambier.
-held an executive
session concerning renewal
of a physician’s contract.
-received the fol
low ing report: P ioneer
Memorial Clinic had 452
patient visits for Septem
ber with 28 new patients,
53 seen by a nurse and
eight no-shows; Irrigon
M edical Clinic had 182
patients in September with
23 new patients, 33 seen by
a nurse and 10 no-shows;
Heppner Ambulance had
20 total page-outs with 15
transports for $14,842 in
revenue; Boardman Ambu
lance had 32 page-outs with
19 transports for $21,5 53 in
revenue; Irrigon Ambulance
had 22 total page-outs with
12 transports for $12,724
in revenue; there were four
flights during the month;
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
had five admissions, two
swing bed admissions, 10
admitted for observation,
one admitted for respite
care, 496 outpatients, 68
total emergency room en
counters, 1508 lab tests,
103 x-ray procedures, 30
CT scans, 17 EKG tests,
seven colonoscopy pro
cedures, four endoscopy
procedures, 16 respiratory
therapy procedures; Home
Health had 147 patient vis
its; Hospice had 83 patient
days; and pharmacy had
849 drug doses for $70,293
in drug revenue.
-received a profit
loss statement from Chief
Financial Officer Nicole
Mahoney showing revenue
up slightly over last month
with $563,666 in gross
patient revenue, $59,046
in revenue deductions,
$94,733 in tax revenue and
$1,311 in other operating
revenue for $600,665 in
total operating revenue. The
district showed $613,014 in
operating expenses for Sep
tember including $333,060
in salaries and w ages,
$84,188 in employee ben
efits and taxes, $52,413 in
supplies and minor equip
ment, $38,198 in purchased
services, $32,287 in depre
ciation and $26,392 in pro
fessional fees for the top six
expenditures. The district
had a $10,930 non-operat
ing gain for a* $1,418 loss
for the month and a $27,417
average monthly year-to-
date loss. The district lost
$47,950 in August.
land Lake Wildland-Urban the past year to help identify
Interface (WUI) area as a public interest and proj
priority for fuels reduction ect ideas. “We felt it was
projects to lessen the impact important to discuss and
of wildfire on lives, prop-1 coordinate w ildfire risk
erty, and the landscape.
reduction strategies across
Two meetings and land ownerships, so prior
a field trip were held over to developing the proposed
action, we visited with the
public and partner agencies
in a collaborative process,”
said Todd Buchholz, Dis
trict Ranger.
This next meeting
is scheduled for 6 p.m. on
Thursday, October 28, at
the Heppner Ranger Dis
trict Office, 117 South Main
Street, Heppner. Discussion
topics will include: meet
the new ranger; update on
past collaborative efforts;
review of proposed fuels
reduction activities; needs
for access and egress routes
into the Penland Lake rec
reation area; Healthy Forest
Restoration Act (HFRA)
of 2003; and timelines to
complete the planning pro
cess and proposed project
implementation.
For more informa
tion about the public meet
ing or the fuels reduction
assessment, contact Brian
Spradlin (Environmental
Tumbling classes for children ages 3-11 are being
Coordinator) at the Hep
pner Ranger District 541- held at the Morrow County Fair Grounds on Fridays. For
more information call 541-989-8514.
676-2127.
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with the Navy could pos
sibly include their purchase
of a new ambulance for the
health district.
Also in his report,
Estes said that MCHD EMS
is in the process of switch
ing over to computerized
ambulance run sheets.
In other business,
the board:
-learned from CEO
Michael Blauer that new
physician’s assistant, John
Adair, is in the final process
of receiving authorization
to practice in Oregon. He
will be based in the Irrigon
Medical Clinic.
- le a r n e d fro m
Blauer that the district is
still working on transferring
paper records to electronic.
He said that he anticipates
making a decision on pur
chasing a system within
the next couple months. He
said that he expects that the
district will be reimbursed
for around 95 percent of
reimbursable costs, in the
neighborhood of “a couple
hundred thousand.” “I hope
to be making good progress
by this time next year,”
he said, adding that the
timeline is still well within
federal requirements.
-heard from Blauer
that the USDA paperwork
required for funding of
purchase of a CT scanner
has been completed and he
and board Chair Larry Mills
have signed off on that. The
process has been completed
through Columbia Basin
Electric in Heppner. Blauer
also said that the district has
applied for a $90,000 grant
towards purchase o f the
scanner and should find out
by November 18 whether
the district will receive the
monies.
-learned from Mol
ly Rhea, director of nursing
services, that there are cur
rently four people in long
term care at Pioneer Memo
rial Hospital. She said that
another two patients are in
the swing bed program and
one of those may transfer
into long-term care. Blauer
said that some changes to
exit doors are being ex
plored in order to make
the facility more secure for
ambulatory long-term care
patients.
-approved policy
revisions presented by
Rhea, concerning patient
emergency care and medi
cal screening and disclosure
of intoxicant information.
-approved a three-
year contract with Content
Betsy Anderson, a physi
cian employed with the
district. Anderson did not
ask for a pay increase, but
instead requested more
vacation days. The board
agreed to add four days
to Anderson’s current 20
Tumbling classes being held
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The party is for children ages 2-11. Admission is
two cans of canned food.
For more information contact Misti Stefani at
541-422-7142 or any high school cheerleader.
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