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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
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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. The Mustangs pounded the Knights 74-20 before
heading to their first round of state playoff games. -Photo by
Sandy Matthews
lone voters elected a
board for their new library
district. Betty Gray - 130;
Nancy Anderson - 144;
Margo Sherer - 137
Anne M o rte r-141
Lisa Rietmann - 135
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