John Gochnauer resigns from Health District
Board due to ill health
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VOL. 130
NO. 35
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County DA Justin Nelson appointed
to Oregon DOJ victims’ advisory committee
Morrow County
District Attorney Justin
Nelson has been appoint
ed to the Oregon Depart
ment of Justice, Victims of
Crime Act (VOCA) Advi
sory Committee.
“I am honored
to have been appointed
to this committee. Dur
ing my time as Morrow
County District Attorney I
have tried to make victim’s
rights a top priority. With
the exceptional work of my
Victim Assistance director,
Deona Siex, I believe the
Morrow County District
Attorney’s office has been
able to provide the victims
of crime all the services
and information available.
I look forward to bringing
my background as a rural
Oregon district attorney to
the VOCA Advisory Com
mittee.”
The Victims of
Crime Act was passed the Crime Victims Fund, a
by Congress and
special fund into
signed into law
which fines, pen
by President Rea
alty assessments,
gan on October
bond forfeitures
12, 1984. This
collected from
convicted feder
act serves as the
central source of
al offenders and
certain other col
federal financial
support for di
lections are de
rect services to
posited; taxpay
ers do not fund
victims of crime. Morrow
VOCA is admin County District VOCA grants.
Attorney Justin
istered at the fed Nelson
Each
eral level through
state has a desig
the U.S. Depart
nated VOCA as
ment of Justice Office for sistance agency to admin
Victims of Crime which ister VOCA grants. While
annually awards a grant minimal federal require
to each state, the District ments must be met, each
of Columbia and U.S. ter state is given great discre
ritories. Those state agen tion in awarding specific
cies, in turn, sub-grant to sub-grants. The Oregon
organizations that provide Department of Justice is the
direct services to victims designated agency for the
of crime. The money for administration of VOCA
these grants comes froih
-See NELSON page
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Morrow County
Health District Board
member John Gochnauer,
Heppner, has resigned from
the board due to ill health.
Gochnauer, who
submitted a ver
bal resignation,
has been under
going treatment
at a Spokane,
WA, facility.
T h e
board accepted
his resignation
at their regu
lar meeting on Joe Perry
August 29 and
appointed Joe Perry, Hep
pner, to complete Goch-
nauei’s term.
Perry, 60, came
to Heppner in July 2010
from Newport, WA. Perry
is employed with the Bank
of Eastern Oregon, Hep
pner branch, as a com
mercial loan officer. Perry,
who is widowed, has four
children and 17 grandchil
dren. He active in Newport
volunteer organizations,
participating in Kawanis,
rodeo boards, Chamber
of Commerce and other
community activities. He
has been in banking for
30 years. He will serve out
Gochnauer’s term for the
at-large Position 1 which
expires in 2013
Also at the meet
ing, the board completed
an evaluation of CEO Mi
chael Blauer’s job perfor
mance. “We think it was
a good year,” commented
Board Chair Larry Mills.
“We think you’re doing
well,” he said to Blauer.
The board subsequently
voted to approve a $3,500
annual raise for Blauer,
which brings his salary up
to $ 111,000 a year.
The board also
learned that the district has
received a $5,000 grant
from Wildhorse toward the
purchase of a device that
would make a tracheal in
tubation procedure much
$587,510 in gross patient
less difficult. The device revenue, with $94,291 in
costs $15,500, but with the tax revenue, $34,168 in
Wildhorse grant, $3,300 other operating revenue,
from the local Friends $9,861 in bad debts and
Helping Friends group and $98,627 in contractual
$4,000 from the and other adjustments for
Hospital Foun $607,482 in total operating
dation, the cost revenue.
to the district is
On the expense
much reduced. side, the largest part of
In oth $684,260 in operating ex
er business, the penses was comprised of
board:
$386,048 in salaries and
-heard wages and $ 101,169 in em
a presentation ployee benefits and taxes
from
Home
-received the fol
Health
and lowing report for July:
Hospice Direc Pioneer Memorial Clinic
tor Robanai Disque on the in Heppner had 402 patient
favorable Home Health an visits, 25 new patients, 43
nual review and accepted seen by a nurse and 10
the annual evaluation. She no-shows; Irrigon Medi
said that all deficiencies had cal Clinic had 147 patient
been cleared up. “Home visits, 19 new patients, 49
Health and Hospice pro seen by a nurse and six no-
vide an invaluable
shows; Pio
service to the com
neer Memo
munity,” remarked
rial Hospital
Mills, who thanked
had two ad-
Disque for her
mi s si ons,
-approved
swing bed
a draft of the dis
had four ad
trict board policy
missions, 18
revisions relating
admitted for
to the delineation of
observation,
board and CEO re Michael Blauer
531
total
sponsibilities with
outpatients,
a minor change.
69 emergency room en
-learned
from counters, 1563 lab tests, 98
Blauer that he has been x-ray procedures, 18 CT
in touch with an architect scans, 28 EKG tests, one
concerning a possible re treadmill procedures, one
modeling of the Irrigon colonoscopy
procedure,
Clinic.
one endoscopy procedure;
-heard from Blau Heppner Ambulance had
er that the switch to elec 17 total page-outs and 10
tronic medical records is transports for $10,455 in
proceeding and represen revenue, Boardman Am
tatives from the company bulance had 35 total page
from which the computer outs and 19 transports for
hardware was purchased $22,436 in revenue, Ir
are expected to begin ini rigon Ambulance had 36
tial training this month.
total page-outs with 20
-discussed sched transports for $21,634 in
uling a district goal setting revenue and there were
meeting.
two flights; Home Health
-received a finan had 84 nursing visits; Hos
cial report showing that pice had one admission;
the district showed a loss pharmacy had 1156 drug
of $65,721 for the month doses for $46,762 in drug
of July.
revenue.
The report showed
CHIP ‘Biggest W inner’ program to begin
in January
An
opportunity
to win Hermiston water
melons was offered to
fair goers who stopped by
the Community Health
Improvement
Partner
ship booth at the Morrow
County Fair. The event
initiated the promotion of
community, said Booster the “Biggest Winner” pro
Club spokesperson Ron gram to begin in January.
Bowman,
C. J. Johnson, John Ed-
Everyone
is mundson, Sheryl Angeli,
welcome to attend.
Suzie Cason, Fran Green
law, Becky Cannon, Kate
Day and Ann Spicer won
the giant green summer
fruit.
“The
recipients
learned that being obese is
having too much body fat,
which is different from be
ing overweight,” according
to a CHIP news release.
“Thirty-eight of Morrow
County residents are clas
sified as obese and over
Booster Club plans free hamburger feed Friday
HePP”f r
School Booster Club is
holding a free hamburger
feed this Friday, September
9, between the HHS JV
and varsity football games,
beginning around 5:30
p m at the football field
The feed is a way
to say “thank you” to the
Heppner temperatures hotter than normal
for August, no precipitation for the month
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liminary data received by
NOAA’s National Weath
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Oregon, temperatures at
Heppner averaged slightly
warmer than normal dur
ing the month of August.
The average tem
perature was 70.5 degrees
which was 1.3 degrees
above normal. High tem
peratures averaged 86.8
degrees, which was 1.6
degrees above normal. The
highest was 94 degrees
on August 22. Low tem
peratures averaged 54.2
degrees, which was 1.1
degrees above normal. The
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lowest was 45 degrees, on
August 31.
On five days, the
temperature exceeded 90
degrees.
There was no pre
cipitation during August,
which was 0.54 inches be
low normal.
Precipitation this
year has reached 12.07
inches, which is 2.95 inches
above normal. Since Octo
ber, the water year precipi
tation at Heppner has been
17.99 inches, which is 5.08
inches above normal.
The outlook for
September from NOAA’s
Climate Prediction Cen
ter calls for above normal
temperatures and below
normal precipitation. Nor
mal highs for Heppner fall
from 78.7 degrees at the
start of September to 73.4
degrees at the end of Sep
tember. Normal lows fall
from 48.4 degrees to 44.4
degrees. The 30 year nor
mal precipitation is 0.69
inches.
The National
Weather Service is an of
fice of the National Oce
anic and Atmospheric Ad
ministration, an agency of
the U.S. Commerce De
partment.
Dr. Betsy Anderson and Casey and Cody Fletcher award
one of the winning watermelons to Fran Greenlaw.
50 percent of adults in the
county have been told by
a health care professional
that they have high blood
cholesterol,” said the re
lease. CHIP invites people
to “look for more details
coming soon about the
‘Biggest Winner’ weight
loss and healthy lifestyle
program brought to you
by your local Community
Health Improvement Part
nership.”
lone Education Foundation fund raising dinner
set Sept. 24
wine, soft drinks).
The lone Educa
tion Foundation Fundrais
ing Dinner and Auction
will be held on
Saturday, Septem
ber 24, at the lone Ameri
can Legion Hall.. Social
hour will begin at 6 p.m.,
with dinner to follow at 7
p.m.
Ticket prices are
as follows: children six
and under-free; children
seven to 12 years-$10; and
adults-$25.
The dinner menu
includes: primerib, salmon,
salad, baked potato, bread
and dessert. Two drinks are
included with meal (beer.
Tickets are avail
able at Bank of Eastern
Oregon or may be reserved
by calling 541 422-7435.
The evening will
include a live auction and
raffle items and musical
performances by the lone
Community School Music
Department.
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