TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, January 5,2011
HEALTH DISTRICT
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the
Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage
paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-
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Morrow County; $21 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $33
elsewhere; $27 student subscriptions.
David Sykes................................................................................................ Publisher
Autumn Morgan
........................................................................................ Editor
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Commercial Float Trophy awarded
Randall Peterson and Doris Brosnan present this year's Com­
mercial Float Trophy to Community Bank representative Amy
Kollman. -Photo by Autumn Morgan
At a late-fall com­
mittee meeting to discuss
Heppner’s Winter Holiday
Event of December 16, the
light parade became one
topic and “How to increase
the number o f entries?”
became a question.
Winning light-pa-
rddfc entries in several cat­
egories receive cash prizes
along with bragging rights,
but the commercial-float
category did not have a des­
ignated prize. A suggestion
of a traveling trophy was
approved.
A hunt of trophies
available from catalogs
and internet businesses pro­
duced nothing that seemed
appropriate. Instead, a holi­
day decoration became the
centerpiece of a trophy de­
signed by Randall Peterson,
with suggestions from his
wife, Marlene.
Whether or not the
“traveling trophy” served
as an incentive, commercial
entries in the light parade
were three times as great as
in previous years. A new­
comer to Main Street Hepp­
ner became the first winner
of the Commercial Entry
Trophy. Community Bank
now displays the trophy that
features a star etched with
its name and the year of its
winning entry.
Next winter, Pe­
terson will add another star
to the trophy, which will
travel to the next winner of
the commercial category of
the light parade.
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem,
help is available and that help Is FREE of charge.
If Y O U h a v e a fa m ily m e m b e r w h o su ffers from
g am b lin g ad d ictio n , Y O U ca n als o re c e iv e F R E E tre a t­
m e n t e v e n if th e g a m b le r is not re ce iv in g tre a tm e n t.
If you a r e a re s id e n t o f M o rro w C o u n ty a n d you w ish
to ta k e a d v a n ta g e o f th e s e rv ic e s a b o v e or d e s ire m o re
in fo rm atio n . P le a s e call a n y o f th e follo w in g n u m b e rs
to set up a L O C A L a p p o in tm e n t or ju s t to talk:
B o b b y H a rris @ 5 4 1 - 6 7 6 - 9 9 2 5 o r 5 4 1 - 2 5 6 - 0 1 7 5
Community Counseling Solutions (C C S ) @ 541-676-9161
June 30. Mills said that the
board intends to appoint
someone from Irrigon to fill
LaRue’s spot.
The district pre­
sented LaRue with an en­
graved watch.
In other business,
the board:
-learned that Blau-
er met with people from
the Condon clinic. He said
the clinic has hired a new
physician’s assistant from
Iowa, following the retire­
ment of Dr. Carlson after
30-some years of serving
the Condon area.
- le a r n e d fro m
Blauer that he met with
Oregon Health Sciences
University cardiology ser­
vices personnel concerning
the possibility of once again
providing cardiology care
at Pioneer Memorial Clinic
with Dr. Hanlon or another
physician. Dr. Hanlon, who
had previously provided
cardiology care at PMC
through a Bend hospital, is
now affiliated with OHSU.
-learned that there
are now four people in long­
term care at Pioneer Memo­
rial Hospital and four in the
swing-bed area and that the
long-term care census had
been up, but then dropped
with a patient transferring
out. “We’re appreciative of
being able to take care of
people,” said Blauer. “It’s
not just the money.”
-heard from Blauer
that he had heard “a lot of
positive feedback” about
the new PA at the Irrigon
Clinic.
- le a r n e d fro m
B lauer that the district
has purchased a full-color
newsletter which will be
mailed to people in the
Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers on Monday performed
the swearing in ceremony for Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer
The Heppner FFA Alumni will meet Tuesday, (top photo), County Commissioner Ken Grieb (middle photo),
January 11, at 7 p.m. in the AG classroom at Heppner High and County Judge Terry Tallman (bottom photo). -Photos by
School. The Alumni will be hosting a feed at the home Autumn Morgan
basketball game on January 21 so please plan to attend
and help with the planning of that and other upcoming
events. You didn’t need to wear a blue corduroy jacket
to be an alumni member.
Producers urged to signup for Conservation
Stewardship Program, application period extended
The C hief o f the
Natural Resources Conser­
vation Service has extended
the Conservation Steward­
ship Program (CSP) cutoff
date for accepting applica­
tions for the 2011 -1 ranking
period from January 7,2011
until January 21, 2011. Ag­
ricultural and forestry land-
owners are encouraged to
apply for the program.
CSP offers pay­
ments to producers who
maintain a level o f con­
servation on their land and
agree to adopt higher levels
Member FDIC
Bank o f
o f stewardship. Eligible
lands include cropland,
pastureland, rangeland and
non-industrial forestland.
For this signup, applicants
will compete for funding
within state-identified rank­
ing pools.
“CSP allows pro­
ducers to meet their con­
servation objectives, while
enhancing the sustainability
o f their operation,” said
Kacee Lathrop, district con­
servationist. “We encourage
interested agricultural and
forestry participants to visit
with us as soon as possible
to begin the application
process.”
For a full list o f
requirements review the
self-screening checklist at
the county US DA Natural
Resources Conservation
Service office or on the
Oregon NRCS Web site at:
http://w w w .or.nrcs.usda.
gov.
CSP is a continu­
ous sign-up and applica­
tions submitted by eligible
producers after the January
21st cutoff will be consid­
ered during the next fund­
ing cycle.
For more informa­
tion about the Conservation
Stewardship Program in
Oregon, visit their website
at: http://www.or.nrcs.usda.
gov.
Community Lunch Menu
There’s never been a
better time to refinance!
Take advantage of
today’s favorable low
interest rates!
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New Home Loans
Heppner Christian Church members will be
serving lunch on Wednesday, January 12, at St. Patrick’s
Senior Center. The meal will include baked ham with
raisin sauce, au gratin potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower,
applesauce, hot rolls, and apple crisp. Menu is subject to
change.
Refinance
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H a p p y N e w Y e a r !
Melissa Lindsay
Mortgage Manager
Mortgage Division
676-9884
1 877 472-6217
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mailboxes shortly.
-discussed holding
a goal setting session some
time later this year.
-learned that the
Com m unity H ealth Im ­
provem ent P artn ersh ip
packets have been com­
pleted and people have
been sent out to complete
interviews concerning com­
ments on the district’s cur­
rent health care system,
and com m unities’ needs
and wants, with the results
expected by February 28.
-received the follow ing
report: Pioneer Memorial
Hospital had seven admis­
sions for November, one
swing bed admission, 10
admissions for observation,
one swing nursing facility
admission, 445 total outpa­
tients, 72 total emergency
room encounters, 1406
lab tests, 103 x-ray proce­
dures, eight CT scans, 27
EKG tests, one treadmill
procedure, six colonoscopy
procedures, 40 respiratory
therapy procedures; Pioneer
Memorial Clinic had 417
patient visits with 21 new
patients, 52 patients seen
by a nurse and 12 no-shows;
Irrigon Medical Clinic had
149 patient visits, 28 new
patients, 66 seen by a nurse
and five no-shows; Heppner
Ambulance had 15 total
page-outs with 12 trans­
ports for $16,413 in reve­
nue, Boardman Ambulance
had 35 total page-outs with
15 transports for $17,315
in revenue; Irrigon Ambu­
lance had 23 total page-outs
with 16 transports for $15,
976 in revenue, there were
two flights; Home Health
had 110 patient visits; phar­
macy had 673 drug doses
for $46,604 in revenue.
Heppner FFA Alumni to meet
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FOR LOCAL MORTGAGE
SERVICES, WE’RE THE
ONES TO CALL!
Morrow County elected
officials sworn into office
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DA’s
Report
The Morrow Coun­
ty District Attorney’s Office
has released the following
report:
-Travis Levin Rich­
ards, 19, was convicted of
Violation of Wildlife Laws
w/Culpable Mental State, a
Class A misdemeanor, and
was sentenced to one year
hunting license suspen­
sion, 180 days incarceration
with 180 days suspended,
12 months bench proba­
tion, complete 40 hours of
community service, other
conditions, and pay $1,348
in fines, fees, and assess­
ments.
.
-D arw in D av id
Smith, 23, was convicted
o f Contempt o f Court +
and was sentenced to 90
days incarceration with 90
days suspended, 12 month
bench probation, complete
20 hours o f com munity
service, and other con­
ditions. Smith was also
convicted of another count
o f Contempt o f Court +
and was sentenced to 90
days incarceration with 90
days suspended, 12 months
bench probation, complete
20 hours o f com munity
service, and other condi­
tions. Total fines, fees, and
assessments are $ 1,316.
"A wise man's heart
directs him toward
the right, but the
foolish man's heart
directs him toward
the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2
or Ed. 10:2
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