HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
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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
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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
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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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million people— nearly one
in five Americans—live in
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These communities
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“Today more than
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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
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