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HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Chamber Chatter Heppner From now through December 15, Community Bank will match 50 cents on every dollar collected (up to $5,000 bank-wide). The donations made at the Hep pner branch will support the Heppner Neighborhood Center. Plus, Community Bank will donate an extra $1,000 to charities in the region where the most do nations are collected. Make sure you stop in and make a donation to support our local community! Community Bank - “Design our Parade Float” Contest is open to anyone; the float will be featured in the December 15 “Parade of Lights” in downtown Hep pner. To enter, draw a pic ture of your float idea with a paragraph describing it, keeping in mind that there are just four people putting it together and that the cost of supplies should not ex ceed $200. Turn your entry into the Heppner branch o f Community Bank by November 30 before 5:30 p.m. The winner will be announced at their open house on December 1 at 5:30 pm. The winner will get their name on the float and $100. M e d ic a r e “ D ” Workshops will be held November 29 and Decem ber 5 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 541-676-9133 or 1-800-737-4113 to schedule an appointment. When you come for your appointment, you will need to bring your Medicare card and your list of prescription drugs with dosages and frequency, or you may bring your medi cations. Heppner Christmas “Rewards Cards” are com ing. Nov. 14 - Dec. 15, Heppner Chamber will be promoting the community to “shop locally” and cus tomers will be given the appropriate “rewards cards” ($10, $20, $50) for the value of their purchase with par ticipating merchants. The Heppner Christmas event is scheduled for Thursday, December 15 at the Morrow County Fairgrounds, imme diately following the parade of lights at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Novem ber 19: lone auxiliary fall craft fair and bazaar is be ing sponsored by the lone Chapter o f the American Legion Auxiliary at the lone Legion Hall from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Lunch will be avail able. If you are interested in being a vendor, contact Becky Rietmann at 422- 7230 or 720-2040. Saturday, Novem ber 19: Heppner Daycare and Preschool are sponsor ing the “Strain Your Brain Trivia Night” with Mr. Bill’s Traveling Trivia. The event will be held at Heppner Elks Lodge, starting at 7 p.m. Elks will be serving din ner, so come and eat before you play. Get your team m em bers (m axim um o f six players) and determine your team name or sponsor and fill out the entry form, including the entry fee of $150 per team or $25 per person. Forms need to be mailed to Heppner Daycare and Preschool. December 1: Mer chants Holiday Open House with extended hours. Plan on com ing to town and start your Christmas shop ping - the local merchants will be ready to serve you and will remain open for extended hours to accom modate that. There will be special activities going on and don’t forget to come and watch the tree by the post office come to life with lights and homemade ornaments from Heppner Day Care and Heppner El ementary School Students at 5:30 p.m.; there will be hot chocolate and cookies/ dessert to purchase to sup port HES; carolers will be W e H ave Thanksgiving Party Items & Centerpieces P umpkin C heesecake L atte $ 3.25 G ingerbread C hai $ 3.00 % W edding Tables E rik P atton & Lisa Speeler S a tu r d a y , N o v e m b e r 1 2 t b Jaci H ugkes & A d rian D riven W ed d in g - N o v e m b e r 2 3 r d B rooke R ust & Randy C am in e S a tu r d a y , J a n u a r y 7 th Luke M urray <& K atkleen Dierkes S a tu r d a y , J a n u a r y 7 th ^ MuWfljJ'i DflUJ 217 North Mam SI Heoofw • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 i singing Christmas carols. D e c e m b e r 4: “Christmas Is” Commu nity Concert at the United Methodist Church - per formances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets will be on sale shortly - $10 adults/$5 children (12 and under). D ecem ber 5-10: Heppner Garden Club will be sponsoring the “Green Workshop” from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. in the Annex at the Morrow County Fair grounds. Be watching the Gazette for more informa tion. D e c e m b e r 13: HES/HHS Christmas Pro gram - starts at 6 p.m. at HES Gymnasium. December 15: Hep- pner’s Celebrate Christmas event will be kicked off with the annual Parade of at 5:30 p.m. and will be set up at the Fairgrounds to check out after the parade. The event will be held in the Annex and Dance Hall at the fairgrounds this year. We will have a good meal served, starting at 6 p.m.; in troduction of the exchange students and drawing the “reward card” raffle items and penny board winners will begin at 7:30 p.m. Plan now to attend and start col lecting the rewards cards from Nov. 14 - Dec. 15. M orrow C ounty Fair Board has a board member vacancy. If you are interested in learning more about the board, contact Shirlee Sweigart at 541- 676-5554; or if you would like to apply, mail a request for appointment letter to Morrow County Court, c/o Karen Wolff, PO Box 788, Heppner. Boardman The Simmons of fice in Boardman is pleased to announce that they have a new agent. Connie McElrath has relocated to Boardman from Walla Walla where she has been with the Simmons Group for several years. Please stop by and welcome Connie to Boardman. The United Way Campaign is in full swing and the pledge forms are beginning to come back in. We are currently at 14% of our goal o f $400,000. United Way o f Umatilla and Morrow Counties is currently recruiting busi nesses that are not currently participating in the United Way Campaign. Contact Kricket at 541-276-2661 for more information. The Business Af ter Hours at Banner Bank was a great success and we would like to keep it going at least quarterly. Is your business interested in hosting an event this fall? The Ambassadors would love to help you out. Please contact the chamber or talk to Anna Browne, Ambassa dor Chair, to find out more information. Mango Languages Program-Cascade Special ties is working on a pro gram to give employees the opportunity to enhance their Spanish skills and English as a second lan guage employees to en hance their English from home or the public library. Or learn any one o f the many other languages of fered. All you have to do is be a member of your local library. Cascade Specialties is coordinating the effort to raise funds to offer this program to Morrow and U m atilla C ounties. For more information contact John Boufford at john@ cascadespec.com The Com m unity Health Improvement Part nership (CHIP) of Morrow County has concluded an assessment o f the health needs o f Morrow County and three areas o f focus have been established based on the results. The CHIP will be proposing strategies to address the needs identi fied locally. The first pro gram will be CHIP’S “Big gest Winner.” Details will be coming soon about the 12-week weight loss com petition, including healthy lifestyle support. The pro gram will run from January 9 - April 2,2012. For more information please contact Andrea Fletcher, (541) 989- 8232. The 3rd A nnual Free" Community Thanks giving Dinner will be held Thursday, November 24 at the Boardman Senior Center. Praise service is at 1:30 p.m. and dinner is served from 2 - 4 p.m. This event is sponsored by area churches. If you are interested in volunteering for the event or making a donation, contact the cham ber. The City of Boardman is sponsoring a community wide clean-up the month of November. The city has garbage vouchers available, with a fifty dollar limit, to residents of the City of Boardman. For more infor mation call Boardman City Hall at 541-481-9252. It’s a Very Poplar R un...G reenW ood Tree Farm Fund presents “A Very Poplar Run on the Board- man Tree Farm!” A benefit for the Hermiston Agape House, November 19 at 9 a.m. Online registration at: http://eosportstraining.com/ boardmantreefarm.html or register at the event from 7:00 - 8:45 am. Oregon Cultural Trust Funds Morrow Coun ty Cultural Coalition an nounces the distribution of Oregon Cultural Trust Funds for 2011-2012. The total amount available for Morrow County Projects was $7,845. For a complete listing of winners see the chamber November news letter or call the chamber for a complete list. The annual Board- man Christmas Tree Light ing will be held on Wednes day, Decem ber 7 at the Boardman Senior Center. The tree lighting begins at 6 p.m. and then we will have a program and entertain ment and, of course, a visit from Santa Claus. Call the chamber at 541-481-3014. Wednesday, November 16,2011 -F IV E Christmas tree permits available Malheur National Forest O ffices are now selling permits to harvest Christmas trees from the National Forest. The perm its can be purchased for $5 at the federal building, located at 431 Patterson Bridge Road in John Day, as well as the Em igrant Creek Ranger District office, located in Hines at 265 Hwy. 20 South. Offices are open Monday through Friday, except for federal holidays. Permits may also be purchased at A Parts Store, located in Bums at 402 W. Monroe, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A validated permit must be attached to each tree that is transported, with a maximum of five trees per household. Permit holders can harvest any tree species shorter than twelve feet in National Forests. They can not cut trees within Forest Service nurseries and plan- tations, or within 150 feet of highways or 300 feet of streams. Christmas tree har vesters can find pine trees at lower elevations, and firs and cedars in higher country. Instructions printed on permits give additional information about Christ mas tree harvesting. Forest Service officials also rec ommend the following: -C heck w eather and road conditions before departing. -D ress w arm ly; pack wafer, food, tools and a first-aid kit. -Let friends know your travel plans and ex pected return time -Equip party mem bers with a signal whistle and be aware of each oth er’s location. -D riv e a w e ll- maintained vehicle that is fully equipped for winter driving. For more informa tion on Christmas tree per mits, call 541-575-3000. USDA sign-up date for crop losses O re g o n U SD A Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Lynn Voigt announced that the Supplemental Revenue As sistance Payments (SUJLE) program enrollm ent for 2010 crop year losses began November 14. “The SURE pro gram provides a safety net of assistance to producers when disaster strikes, so I encourage Oregon farmers and ranchers with 2010 crop losses to contact their county FSA office to learn more about the program,” said Voigt. There are two basic qualification methods Tor a SURE payment. In the first method, the producer’s op eration must be located in a county that was declared a 2010 disaster county by the USDA Secretary or in a contiguous county, and the natural disaster must have caused at least a 10-percent production loss on a crop of economic significance in the operation. In the second method, all producers in all counties are eligible for SURE benefits if they had a production loss equal to or greater than 50 percent of the normal production on the farm due to any qualify ing natural disaster. M orrow C ounty is one of the counties in Oregon listed as either a pri mary or contiguous disaster designation during 2010. Further eligibility requirements include the stipulation that producers must have obtained a policy or plan of insurance for all insurable crops through the Federal Crop Insurance Cor poration. For crops without insurance programs, Non insured Crop Disaster As sistance Program (NAP) coverage must have been obtained from FSA. Eli gible farmers and ranchers who meet the definition of a socially disadvantaged, limited resource or begin ning farmer or rancher do not have to meet this risk- management requirement. Forage crops intended for grazing are not eligible for SURE benefits. For more informa tion on SURE program eligibility requirem ents contact your nearest county FSA office or visit www. fsa.usda.gov/sure. Rural health day G o v e rn o r John K itzhaber has declared November 17, 2011 Ru ral Health Day, part o f a national movement to celebrate the role of health care services in rural areas. The National Organization o f State Offices o f Rural Health created National Rural Health Day as a way to showcase rural America, increase awareness of ru ral health-related issues and promote the efforts of NOSORH, State Offices of Rural Health and others in addressing those issues. Plans call for National Ru ral Health Day to become an annual celebration on the third Thursday of each November. 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Linden Way Heppner, OR 97836 NOSORH Director Teryl Eisinger. “The hospitals rita@bluemountaininvest.com and providers serving these Securities and Inveslm ent Advisory Services offered through Multi-Financial rural communities not only Securities Corp Member FINRA/SIPC Blue Mountain Investment Managem ent LLC is not affiliated with M ulti-Finanoal Securities Corp provide quality patient care. but they also help keep good jobs in rural America.” These communities also face unique healthcare needs. “Today more than ever, rural communities must tackle accessibility issues, a lack of healthcare providers, the needs of an aging population suffering from a greater number of chronic conditions, and larger percentages of un- and underinsured citizens,” Eisinger says. “Meanwhile, rural hospitals are threat ened with declining reim bursement rates and dispro portionate funding levels that makes it challenging to serve their residents.” The Morrow Coun ty Health District works directly with the Oregon State Office of Rural Health to address the challenges Morrow County faces and to receive support in its mission of providing excel lence in healthcare. “We’re proud to provide a wide variety of services and we sincere ly appreciate the support we receive from the resi dents of Morrow County,” says MCHD administrator and CEO Michael Blauer. “Please join us in celebrat ing Rural Health Day.”
