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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 2,2011 - SEVEN CHAMBER/ODOT -Continuedfrom Page ONE over Willow Creek in 2012, with local highway projects to work with the city and the county and make sure they get into the local TSP (Transportation System Plan) first and from there the project will have a better chance of getting funded. Strandberg said there are different “buck ets” of money for various funding areas in the state including bridges, preserva tion, operations and safety and modernization money. The northeast five counties in Oregon include Morrow, Umatilla, Wal lowa, Union and Baker counties, and our repre sentative on the commis sion is County Judge Terry Tallman. He said represen tatives from each county get together and talk about transportation issues. Projects on tap in the NE section include a $10 million project at the Port of Morrow in Board- man that includes in part access improvements ex tending Lewis and Clark drive to Hwy. 730, and improvements to create a multimodal rail logistics center at the port. These are scheduled for 2011. In Heppner there is the reconstruction of Bar- ratt Blvd for 2013, Sperry St. Bridge replacement and drainage and slope im provements for pedestrians for 2012. These Heppner improvements will cost $3.8 million and are be ing funded through the six cent per gallon gas tax that recently was imposed. He ‘ a ls o s a id $100,000 was going to be spent on snow fence on Franklin grade in the near future. On other questions Strandberg said about Or egon is actually getting more money back from the federal gas tax than its citi zens pay in. “We got a lot of stimulus dollars also. We did a lot better than other states,” he said. Sandi Putnam of the Morrow County Public Works asked why money for highway1; was many times distributed around the state based on population. “What frustrates us is we have more miles of road that Multnomah County, but a lot less population, so we get less dollars. It’s not fair.” Putnam did acknowl edge that the $500,000 the county received from federal stimulus to do main tenance on the Heppner/ Spray mountain road was much appreciated however. “That did a lot of good for us,” she said. Mustang basketball season winding down Mustang JV player Bryce Fowler shoots against a Weston- McEwen Tigerscot. The final Mustang home games will be played on February 12. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Community Lunch Menu Christian Life Center members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, February 9, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include beef stroganoff, orange- kissed beets, fruit cocktail, hot rolls, and red velvet cake. Menu is subject to change. » ^ Household Hazardous Waste Event Morrow County will be hosting another Household Hazardous Waste event FREE of charge to County residents Saturday April 23, 2011 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Lexington Road Dept. 365 W. Hwy 74, Lexington, OR A c c e p t e d d u r in g th e e v e n t: Used oil (containers less than 25 gallons) O il filters, Spent Antifreeze, Automotive batteries, Alkaline & rechargeable batteries, Propane Tanks (smaller than 25 gal.) O il based paint, Pain* thinners and solvents, Roof and asphalt patch, Adhesives, glues and contact cement, Caulks sealers and joint compounds, Lawn and garden chemicals and fertilizers, Pool chemicals, Household cleaners (including bleach, ammonia, furniture polish, toilet bowl cleaners, carpet shampoos) Sludge (soil contami nated with oil smaller than 25 gal. containers) Mercury thermometers, Florescent lamps, All types of aerosol cans, Used cooking oil, Road flares, PCB ballasts, Organic peroxides (hardening agents) It e m s n o t a c c e p t e d : Empty containers, ammunition, explosives, biological waste, radioactive waste. Morrow County Public Works mcpublicwork@co.morrow.or.us R O . Box 4 2 8 Lexington, O R . 9 7 8 3 9 5 4 1 -9 8 9 -9 5 0 0 HEALTH CARE St. Patrick’s, St. William’s recognize altar servers -Continued from Page ONE If cuts in Medicare do come out of the reform act, it will affect the south end o f Morrow County more than the north. The Heppner, Lexington and lone areas have a higher percentage of retired people who are on the Medicare program. Blauer said more of the north end patients use Medicaid. On a possible nega tive side of the new leg islation, Blauer said the increase in regulation and paperwork from the federal government would be hard The Holy Name Society of St. Patrick’s and St. William's Parishes recently sponsored a cel on small medical facilities. ebration for the altar servers of the parishes. There were video games such as Madden NFL “We are already a highly football, Mario Sonic Olympice, and Dangerous Hunt. The youth enjoyed ice cream floats and were given complimentary soft drink cards for M urray’s Drugs. Helpers included Tomas regulated business. We have all Elguezabal, Corey Sweeney and Barney Lindsay. -Contributed Photo many strict reporting re quirements, and that is go ing to increase,” he said. On theNRHAweb site, that organization says -Continuedfrom Page ONE stations and 60 printers. He reported that the district -Continuedfrom Page ONE the two most important is elected at large. ’ Burns cautioned “recently went electronic sues facing rural health care question and answer period. the board concerning email on credit card payments,” in America are a workforce All districts in the region shortage and lower pay communication, saying that which is more convenient are invited to attend, not ments for rural providers. some communication to the for patients and will save just charter schools. “The Patient Pro entire board via email could time for the district. He -heard a presenta tection and Affordable care be considered a quorum said that he is looking at tion from Tom Holland, Act...contains many criti with public meeting notice replacing the main network student body president. server, which currently cally important building requirements. -heard an update In other business, “needs to be rebooted sev blocks that will signifi from Mulvihill on state eral times a week.” “We’re cantly improve the access to the board: school funding which indi -accepted Linda fortunate to have Shawn care faced by rural patients cated at that time that state and his expertise,” com across the nation,” the orga LaRue’s resignation. school funding will be built -learned from CEO mented Blauer. nization states. on a $5.6 billion budget. -received a De The Rural Health Michael Blauer that MCHD Mulvihill reminded the O rganization says the is sponsoring the Rolling cember profit/loss state board that the state has a health care act in part de Hills Run on Saturday, ment from Mahoney which $3.5 billion deficit and edu velops rural training pro April 23, as a part of the showed an $86,112 gain for cation funding will be com grams, recruits from rural district’s mission to support the month for a $ 19,616 av peting with human services, erage monthly year-to-date collective bargaining and communities and provides community health. -learned from Blau loss. She said that a large money from health educa prison funding, among oth tion centers to help with er that he is in the process Medicaid receivable, a ers. The edutation budget the shortage of health care of creating the district’s $40,000 Community Health not only includes elemen professionals in rural areas. second newsletter to be Improvement grant from tary and secondary' schools, The organization also says mailed in March and will be the Office of Rural Health but ESDs and colleges and the health care bill provides using a newly-created logo and a $16,000 SAIF divi universities. He estimated for extra payments to doc which has been designed dend helped contribute to that K-12 education will tors working in “health pro to “represent the people the gain. In December, the receive 38 percent of the in all comers of the health district showed $533,100 state budget next year. “It’s fessional shortage” areas. district.” He said that plans in gross patient revenue, a pretty sobering,” said Mul In general state are to use the logo to make $19,902 provision for bad ments on health care re vihill. He said that lone’s magnets and other advertis debts and a $4,761 contrac 2010-11 budget was built form and not specifics on the national health bill, ing purposes and eventually tual adjustment for a total of on a $5.6 billion budget. $24,663 in revenue deduc the organization says rural for district signage. -received gifts ,jtpd tions for $508,437 in net recognition from the stu -heard from Blauer areas need health care re-i*n form because a greater pro- that a presentation from a patient revenue; $94,733 in dent body president and the portion of self-employed representative of the Or tax revenue and $52,603 in ESD in commemoration of workers live in rural areas egon Hospital Association other operating revenue for school board appreciation (40 percent to 32 percent is being planned in lieu of $655,774 in total operating month. revenue; $599,988 in total urban). NRHA says rural the April board meeting. -heard from Archer -approved delay operating expenses and concerning the small stu Americans are sicker, with higher rates of chronic dis ing the February 28 board a $30,326 non operating dent kindergarten popula ease such as hypertension, meeting until 7:30 p.m. to gain. tion anticipated this fall. -received the fol Archer said that he could high cholesterol, diabetes, accommodate a meeting chronic bronchitis, stroke of the Community Health lowing report for Decem identify only three prospec and arthritis than people in Improvement Partnership ber: Pioneer Memorial tive kindergarteners. meeting set for 5:30 to 7:30 Clinic had 444 patient visits urban areas. -received a finan R ural A m erica p.m. at the Port of Morrow with 45 new patients, 50 cial update as of December seen by a nurse and seven 31 as follows: during the is already experiencing a in Boardman. -learned that the no-shows; Irrigon Medi past month, the district “health care workforce cri sis”, NRHA says, with less Columbia River Commu cal Clinic had 159 patient collected $112,368 in ba than 10 percent of physi nity Health Services new visits with 14 new patients, sic school support, $5,184 cians s.erving 25 percent of clinic groundbreaking has 45 seen by a nurse and 10 in taxes, $ 13,989 in fed been planned in April. The no-shows; Heppner Am eral REAP (Title) funds, the country’s population. H ow ever, w ith clinic, located in Board- bulance had 16 transports $35,600 from the Morrow more people having health man, has received federal for $23,754 in revenue; County Unified Recreation Boardman Ambulance had District, and $4,954 in Tier insurance, the association funds for construction. 19 transports for $21,696 in II grants from the lone Edu -heard a report said it could have another revenue; and Irrigon Am cation Foundation. from Shawn Cutsforth who effect. “When more indi bulance had 13 transports oversees the information viduals have health insur -learned that the for $ 12,818 in revenue; for district received a clean technology for the district, ance and are able to afford health care, the strain on which includes computer the year end, Heppner Am audit and the district's au the existing providers will infrastructure and equip bulance had 226 total page ditor, Chris Cockbum, w ill ment-10 servers, 48 work outs with 191 transports, present the 2010 audit at the be even greater.” Boardman had 364 total February board meeting set page outs with 195 trans for Tuesday, February 22. ports and Irrigon had 265 -learned that Mor page outs with 147 trans row County forwarded a ports, there were 23 flights; $40,000 energy grant to Pioneer Memorial Hospital the lone School District on had six admissions, three January 6. swing bed admissions, 13 admitted for observation, HHS Girls’ 436 total outpatients, 43 JV Basketball total emergency room en counters, 1637 lab tests, 81 Schedule x-ray procedures, 17 CT Feb. 4 - at Enterprise, 3 scans, 23 EKG tests, one p.m. treadmill procedure, two Feb. 5 - at Union, 1 p.m. colonoscopy procedures, HHS Boys’ Pictured are a some of the foreign exchange students w ho are two endoscopy procedures attending Heppner High School this year. Jessica Arellano, 16, is from Mexico and is hosted by Linda Corbin. Marie Broeck- and 11 respiratory therapy JV Basketball ling. 15. is from Germany and is hosted by John and Kathy procedures; Home Health Schedule Marick. Bente Christen, 17, is from Germany and is hosted by had 100 patient visits; Hos Feb. 4 - at Enterprise, Kathi Dickenson. Luiza Borhorema. 16, is from Brazil and is pice had three admissions 4:30 p.m. hosted by Teresa Vandoorn. Anne Gnkesch. 17, is from tier- and 123 patient days; and Feb. 5 - at Union, 2:30 many and is hosted by Ginger O'Brien. Contributed Photo pharmacy had 829 drug p.m. doses for $42,980 in drug Cardinal Basketball Schedule revenue. Feb. 4 - at Echo, 3 p.m. (C.JV, BJV, GV, BV) HHS Boys’ Basketball Schedule Feb. 5 - at Central Christian, 1 p.m. (GV, BV) Feb. 4 - at Enterprise, 7:30 p.m. Heppner Wrestling Schedule Feb. 5 - at Union, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 5 - BEO Invitational. 9 a.m. Feb. 11 - at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11 -12 - at Halfway Tournament, 2 p.m. IONE SCHOOLS HEALTH DISTRICT Meet Heppner’s foreign exchange students HJH Girls’ Basketball Schedule Feb. 4 - at Mount Vernon, 9 a.m. Feb. 5 - at Riverside, 8 a.m. \ HHS Girls’ Basketball Schedule Feb. 4 - at Enterprise, 6 p.m. Feb. 5 - at Union, 4 p.m. \
