FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 17,2011
Ground breaking ceremony set for covered
picnic shelter at Morrow County Fairgrounds
The
Ford
Leadership
team
is
holding a ground breaking
ceremony for the new
covered picnic shelter on
Thursday, August 18, at
5 p.m. by the 4-H Snack
Shack Area at the Morrow
County Fairgrounds.
The
Ford
Leadership
program
required selecting a project
which would benefit all
of Morrow County and
members working together
to communicate, raise
money
and
complete
the project, which is
anticipated to incorporate
a celebration at the 2012
Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo.
The picnic shelter
will be 30’x40’ and will be
in the grassy area by the
4-H Snack Shack Area at
the fairgrounds
B E O
starts August 29.
School supplies or
financial donations may be
dropped off at the school or
people may contact Mary
Proctor to undergo second
bone marrow transplant
Heppner
native
Roy Proctor, 23, is
currently
undergoing
preparations for his second
bone marrow transplant.
Proctor was diagnosed
with Fanconi Anemia
(FA) in 2000 and followed
by Pioneer Memorial
Clinic and Doembecher
Children’s Hospital (DCH)
in Portland. In 2007, he
was referred to Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center (MSKCC) in New
York City where he had
his first bone marrow
transplant in a clinical trial
with unmatched (eight out
of 10) marrow from an
unrelated donor. This was
considered a success with
100 percent engrafment.
However, a little over
a year ago, his own FA
damaged cells began to
return and he is once again
pre-leukemic.
Wanting to stay
closer to friends and
family, he asked the
DCH team to perform his
second transplant. After
undergoing chemotherapy
and irradiation, Proctor
will receive a double cord
stem cell transplant on
August 18. Stem cells
from newborns’ donated
umbilical
cords
are
harvested, frozen and listed
on a marrow registry. After
a world wide search, two
were chosen for Roy since
there are not enough stem
cells from a single cord for
an adult sized person. The
donors are not related to
each other or to Roy and
are unmatched (four out of
six). Risks are significant
Roy Proctor
due to the presence of four
different people’s'cells for
Proctor’s immune system
to deal with.
Proctor will be
an inpatient for about a
month, but will need to
live close by the hospital
after discharge. In 2007,
he was required to be near
MSKCC for six months
and was able to do so
because of generous fund
raising and donations by
the community. Out of
pocket medical and living
expenses inPortlandwillnot
be as demanding as NYC,
but for those who wish to
help, a medical savings
account has been set up at
Bank of Eastern Oregon,
accessible at all branches.
For those who would like
to contact Roy, addresses
are DCH, Floor 10 South,
Room (lucky) 13, 700 SW
Campus Drive, Portland,
97239 or inc are of Mike
and Kay Proctor, 61238
Highway 207, Heppner.
More information about
FA can be found at www,
fanconi.org.
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Everyone is invited
to join in and help celebrate
this project. People are also
invited to check out the
table at the fair. Donation
containers will be available Left to right: Anna Conklin, Joe Perry, Gary Propheter, Teresa Bedortha, Becky Kindle,
for contributions.
Cara Bailey, Shelli Britt, Julie Baker, Janet Dezellem and Dawna Dougherty. (Missing
from the team photo: Mark Lemmon, Russell Seewald and Laurie Barrow.)
School supply drive underway at Heppner
Elementary
Heppner Elemen
tary School is accepting
donations for school sup
plies. Lists may be picked
up at the school. School
sn a ck sh a ck crew
Bank of Eastern
Oregon’s
employees
“aproned-up” to assist
Ann Elguezabal for pick the 4-H’ers during fair
up, 541-676-5774. “Kids time. This is the fourth
need school supplies all year BEO employees
year long,” said Elgueza
bal.
volunteered Thursday of
fair to work the counter and
flip pancakes or burgers
to allow 4-H parents time
to watch their 4-H’ers
during
demonstrations
and showing animals. The
bankers teamed up for a
long-day’s work, taking
shifts to keep the customers
well fed.
C o u n t y c o u r t h o ld s J u ly 2 7 m e e tin g
The following is
provided by Commissioner
Leann Rea. The Morrow
County Court met on
July 27, 2011 in Heppner
with Judge Terry Tallman
and Commissioners Ken
Grieb and Leann Rea in
attendance.
The
court
reviewed and approved the
account payables and the
2nd quarter Hour & SUTA
taxes in the net amount of
$193,149.13.
Health
Dept.
Report: Director Sheree
Smith provided the court
with information and
statistics regarding services
that had been provided
the last few months. The
Court reviewed and signed
contract #136242 between
the county and the State
of Oregon on behalf of the
Dept, of Human Services
and
Oregon
Health
Authority.
Community Health
Improvement Partnership:
Morrow Co. Health District
CEO Michael Blauer,
Morrow Co. Health Dept.
Director Sheree Smith,
Community
Solutions
Director
Kimberly
Lindsay,
Columbia
River Community Health
Services CEO Mindy
Binder and Commission
on Children and Families
Director Kim Camine meet
with the Court to explain
how they were all working
together to improve the
health of Morrow County
residents.
Contracts:
The
court
reviewed
and
approved the following
contracts
related
to
activities at the Morrow
County Fair: Entertainment
contracts: Even Plane in
the amount of $400 and
Old Time Fiddlers in the
amount of $200. Personal
and Professional Service
Agreements:
Judges:
Peggy Zierlein for 4-H/
FFA Small Animals, Joyce
Hughes for 4-H Expressive
Arts
&
Photography,
Karen Zacharias for Open
Class Arts & Crafts,
Shirley Cheney for Open
Class Flowers and Open
Class Fruits & Vegetables.
Exhibit Space: Display
for the Ford Leadership
Project, Blue Mountain
Community
College
exhibit, Morrow
Soil
& Water Conservation
District, Morrow County
Health Dept., Jewels by
Jilly Powell, Community
Health
Improvement
Partnership, and the Port
of Morrow. A concession
agreement with the United
Methodist Church/Sweet
Productions also was
approved.
The
court
conducted the following
business: Approved the
expenditures to network
the computers in the
courthouse to the copier.
Reviewed and approved an
IGA extension until June
30, 2012, to house juvenile
detainees at the Northern
Oregon
Corrections
(NORCOR) at the rate of
$ 115 per day. Irrigon City
Manager Gerald Breazeale
presented a request for the
city of Irrigon to assume
work on the Heritage
Trail.
It was decided
that a memorandum of
understanding would need
to be developed to outline
the projects that the county
would consider. The court
reviewed and approved a
personal services contract
between
the
county
and Elmer M. Dickens,
Attorney at Law to provide
legal
assistance
for
foreclosure proceedings.
Reviewed and approved
permit #OIW between
the county and Qwest
for the installation of an
underground
telephone
line in the area of Pleasant
View Road and Hwy. 730
in the Irrigon area. The
court discussed information
received
regarding
a
reduction in the Strategic
Investment Program (SIP)
payments from the Willow
Creek Energy, LLC. The
reduction in payments
was created when the
Oregon Dept, of Revenue
reduced the valuation of
the project.
R e v i e w e d
miscellaneous,
correspondences
and
discussed
upcoming
meetings.
Anyone
who
would like to be placed on
the list to receive county
minutes may contact Karen
Wolff at (541)676-5620.
Over the Tee Cup
15th ANNUAL
BEER & WINE TASTING
Eight ladies turned out on August 9 for a day
of beautiful playing weather at Willow Creek Country
Club.
Low gross of the field was a tie between Eva
Kilkenny and Pat Dougherty; low net was Jackie Allston,
and least putts went to Lorrene Montgomery.
For flight A, Karen Thompson had low gross. Eva
Kilkenny had long drive and KP.
On flight B, Pat Dougherty had long drive and
KP.
In flight C, Laura Rogers had low gross, Luvilla
Sonstegard had low net and Jackie Allston had the long
drive.
Karen Thompson had the longest putt of the
day.
T h u r s d a y , A u g u s t 18 th
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Morrow County Fairgrounds
4th Annual Community
Health Fair
Saturday, August 20, 2011
IO a.m. - 2 p.m.
McKenzie Park in Hermiston
BRING THIS AD TO THE FAIR FOR A PRIZE.
School-required shots will be available at no cost
for children who are uninsured or on the Oregon
Health Plan (Two months to IS years of age).
Please bring your child’s immunization records.
Join us for healthy living tips, food, refreshments,
games, music, prizes and fun for all!
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