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.
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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
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HEALTH CARE St. Patrick’s, St. William’s recognize altar servers
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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.
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HHS Girls’ Basketball Schedule
Feb. 4 - at Enterprise, 6 p.m.
Feb. 5 - at Union, 4 p.m.
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