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New equipm ent is “gam e- changer” for H eppner ER n * / " l . " / , l l l l l l lll)1 l l I l ll J l Bess.e Wetzel! Newspaper Libran d iv ersity of Oregon 0 tug en e, O R 97403 VOL. 130 NO. 43 8 Pages Wednesday, November 9, 2011 . One o f the most important procedures per formed in any emergency room is establishing an airway for a patient who isn’t breathing. Thanks to a Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Dr. Ed Berretta demonstrates the use of a new Glidescope at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Also pictured are Susan Hisler (L) and Kathy Dickenson of Heppncr's Friends Helping Friends committee. -Contributedphoto A Heppner commu nity group, Friends Helping Friends, donated $3,325 from a Memory Walk and 5K run that was held last St. Patrick’s Day weekend to jump-start the project. The Pioneer Memorial Hospital Foundation also contrib uted $4,000 toward the purchase. A $5,000 grant from the Wildhorse Foun dation and budgeted funds from the Morrow County Health District completed the project. Local co-op president elected to nat’l board Lori A. Anderson o f Condon, president o f Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative (CBEC), was recently elected to the board o f directors o f Federated Rural Electric Insurance Mustang volleyball advances in state The Heppner Mus tang volleyball team ad vanced in the first round o f the OSAA 2A state vol leyball tournament by de feating the Oakridge war riors in three sets this past weekend. The Warriors came into the state tournament riding at third in the Moun tain View league. It was the luck of the draw that placed them opposite a fierce Mus tang team, who entered at first in the BMC league. The Mustangs conquered the warriors easily, with only one close set, with set scores of 25-12, 27-25 and 25-13. The Mustangs will travel to Forest Grove next week to play in the quarter finals at Pacific University against an undetermined team. The com petition starts Friday morning at 8 a.m., with the final cham pionship game at 8:30 Sat urday night. new piece of equipment that utilizes up-to-date technol ogy, the procedure will be easier for both doctors and patients at Pioneer Memo rial Hospital. That new piece of equipment, a video laryn goscope—or Glidescope— was recently purchased and ).ut into service in the hospital’s emergency de partment. The Glidescope provides doctors with a clear picture of the patient’s trachea on a video screen, which makes establishing an airway much faster and easier. It can be used on patients o f all sizes, from newborns to adults. “Glidescope tech nology represents a break through in advanced air way management and is a game-changer in terms of ease of use and successfully accomplishing the proce dure,” says Dr. Ed Berretta, Chief of Staff. Exchange. A n d e rso n , w ho made a career in the insur- ance business, impressed voting delegates with a speech that traced her path to Condon and spoke of a family that had been in the utility industry. “I was so impressed not only with Lori's speech, but also how the Orego- .y ee CO-OP PRESIDENT/ PAGE FIVE Lady Cards go to round two in state finals By Anne Morter The lone Lady Car dinals earned a return trip to the state volleyball tour nament with a convincing win against the visiting Im- bler Panthers on Saturday, November 5 in sub-state playoff action. The victory propelled the 29-0 Cardi nals back to the OSAA state tournament final site at Pacific U niversity in Forest Grove next weekend, November 11 and 12. As the number-one seed from the Big Sky Con ference, the Lady Cards enjoyed a week at home w aiting for the number twos and threes from the other leagues to eliminate Heppner Senior Mustang Carrie Haguewood goes up to spike the weakest links. A packed the ball in the game against Oakridge Saturday in Heppner. house of partisan fans cre The Mustangs advance to play in Forest Grove this weekend. -Photo by Sandy Matthews GT Trophy Corner Top: James Copeland of Van couver, WA stopped by the Heppner mini mart last week with this nice bull. Chris Whalen snapped a photo. “It was the biggest rack I have ever seen,” she commented. -Photo by Chris Whalen ated a festive playoff atmo sphere for the win-or-go- home game. At some points in the season, the Cards have struggled with a slow start to their game but that was not the case on Saturday. Exchange student Domini- ka Senkerikova powered lone to a 7-0 lead in game one and the Cardinals never looked back, defeating Im- bler 25-15, 25-7, 25-13. Senkerikova’s serve proved to be the death blow to Imbler as she recorded an incredible 11 aces on 25 successful serves. “ T hey [Im b ler] just couldn’t pick up her serves,” said lone Coach Dawn Eynetich. The Lady Cardi Mustangs trample Knights on way to state Bottom: Lennie Hanna bagged this 4x4 buck in northern Ari zona near the Grand Canyon on October 25. Hanna said it was the 43”* buck he’d seen. -Contributed photo The Heppner Gazette- Times wants to see pictures o f your trophy animals from this hunting season. Stop by to have your picture taken, drop o ff photos, or email them to editnr^a rapidserve net nals were expecting a stiffer challenge from Imbler, a team they had defeated twice during the season, but also a team that had shown great improvement in their last meeting. “Imbler just didn’t show up to play,” said Eynetich. “It should have been a tougher match than it was.” It wasn’t just serv ing that got the job done for lone. In addition to serving 14 of 14, JoAnna Patton played strong at the net with 11 kills and five blocks. D om inika Sen- kerkova complemented her fine serving effort with 10 kills of her own. “ We ju st played an all-around good match” Eynetich said. “In every other game, there is usu ally one person or other who struggles, and we just didn’t have that. Everyone played well.” So it is off to For est Grove this weekend, where the Lady Cards are ranked as the number one team in the tournament. The team’s first opponent will be Adrian, with that game set to be played at 1:15 on Friday afternoon. Lex fire station bond passes Voters in Lexington Tuesday approved the fol lowing bond issue: Shall the Town of Lex ington issue $200,000 in general obligation bonds to provide a new fire sta tion? Yes - 49 / No- 36 Earl Propheter (26) sails past the Irrigon Knights while senior Ryan Bennet (42) watches his back during the last league game in Heppner. 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