SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Artifactory this
weekend
Wednesday, October 31,2012
HEALTH DISTRICT
-Continuedfrom PACE ONE Blauer that the hospital has Irrigon Clinic remodel is and 10 no-shows; Heppner
The annual Artifactory and craft fair will be held
this Saturday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at St. Pat
rick’s Senior Center on the comer of Main and Willow
in Heppner.
Admission is free to the public. Aside from a variety
of vendors, the senior center will have cinnamon rolls, hot
dogs, Polish dogs, stew, French bread, drinks and more.
Proceeds from table rental and food sales go to St.
Patrick's Senior Center to keep the doors open and the
space available for community events.
Call 541-676-5826 for more information.
Holly Rebekah to
host card party
Holly Rebekah Lodge will host its November card
party on Saturday, Nov. 3, at the lodge hall in Lexington.
Play will start at 7 p.m. The cost is $5 per person. Snacks
will be served throughout the evening.
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem,
help is available and that help Is FREE of charge.
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increased its swing bed
and long-term-care patient
census. Blauer commended
Rhea for her work in in
creasing patient loyalty.
Blauer said that Willow
Creek Assisted Living is
also full or nearly full.
-heard from board
member David Bums con
cerning the large number
o f medical-related jobs
nationwide that will be lost
following the proposed
cut in Medicare. Hie mon
ies formerly used to fund
Medicare will soon be
used to fund Obamacare.
Burns also said that, ac
cording to information he
had received, 80 percent
of the people in Oregon
live within 20 miles of the
Willamette River, which
dramatically affects voting
trends throughout the state
and results in issues impor
tant to people in rural areas
taking a back seat.
-learned from Blauer
that the timeline for the
progressing favorably.
-learned from Ma
honey that the district lost
$2,275 for the month of
September, with $567,931
in gross patient revenue,
down from $701,064 in
August; with $14,515 in
bad debts; a $109,305 de
duction for Medicare/Med-
icaid contractual and other
adjustments: $99,405 in
tax revenue; $130,350 in
other operating revenue for
$$673,866 in total operating
revenue; $686,587 in total
operating expenses; and
$10,445 in non-operating
revenue for the $2,275 loss.
The district still maintains a
$49,546 average monthly
gain.
-received the follow ing
report: Pioneer Memorial
Clinic had 366 patient visits
in September with 35 new
patients, 23 seen by a nurse
and 12 no-shows; Irrigon
Medical Clinic had 177
patient visits with 21 new
patients, 48 seen by a nurse
Ambulance had 18 total
page-outs with 17 trans
ports for $20,743 in reve
nue; Boardman Ambulance
had 18 total page-outs with
six transports for $8,555
in revenue; Irrigon Ambu
lance had 20 total page
outs with 11 transports for
$18,466 in revenue; there
was one life flight; Pioneer
Memorial Hospital had one
admission, three swing bed
admissions, seven admitted
for observation, 399 total
outpatient visits, including
the emergency room, 71
emergency room encoun
ters, 1,344 lab tests, 82
x-ray procedures, 24 CT
scans, nine EKG tests, four
treadmill procedures, six
colonoscopy procedures,
two endoscopy procedures,
19 respiratory therapy pro
cedures; Home Health had
108 nursing visits; Hospice
had one admission; and
pharmacy had 679 drug
doses for $98,075 in drug
revenue.
lone invites area resi
dents to visit its scholastic
book fair and experience
what coordinators call “A
celebration of reading that
provides families the op
portunity to get involved
in a universal mission:
encouraging kids to read
every day so they can lead
better lives.”
The book fair will be
held Wednesday and Thurs
day, Nov. 7-8, from 3-8
p.m. in the lone Elementary
School gym.
The scholastic book fair
theme— All-Star Book Fair:
Every Reader Is a Star!— is
part of an exciting reading
event that brings to school
a selection of fun, engag
ing and affordable books
kids want to read. There are
many books and fun things
for all ages.
“It’s a great time to buy
for your friends and family
this holiday season,” says
one event coordinator. “Ev
eryone is welcome.”
Are residents are in
vited to join Mary Lennox,
Colin Craven. Archibald
Craven, the Bugs that Rock
and a host of others i> a
musical wonderland this
Friday, Nov. 2. at 3 p.m. and
Saturday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m.
when the Missoula Chil
dren’s Theatre and local
students present an original
musical adaptation of The
Secret Garden.
The Secret Garden will
be presented in the Heppner
liigh School Cafetorium.
Admission is free.
The M issoula Chil
dren’s Theatre residency in
Heppner is brought to you
by the Friends of the Hep
pner Library with support
from Morrow County Uni
fied Recreational District.
Book fair in lone
Children’s theater
to perform
First
Friday
Friends
HHS to hold parent of Jesus this week
conferences
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Pioneer Memorial Hospital
has used the district’s new
telestroke machine at least
four times.
“It has worked slick,”
said Rhea.
With the machine, lo
cal care providers can im
mediately access medical
experts for assistance in
assessing stroke victims.
Rhea also said another new
piece o f equipment, the
“glidescope,” has also been
“a huge life saver.”
“We’ve already used
the glidescope many times
and it’s just amazing,” she
said.
The glidescope allows
for much easier intubation
(insertion of a tube into a
person’s trachea, into the
lungs to assist breathing)
of patients.
-learned from Rhea that
the district is ordering a
new, easier to use ventilator
with financial help from the
Hospital Foundation.
-heard from CEO Mike
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Heppner High School will be holding parent-teacher
conferences on Friday, Nov. 2, from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.,
and Tuesday, Nov. 6, from 4-8 p.m. Parents are invited
to stop by to pick up report cards and visit with teachers
in classrooms during these times.
The next session of First Friday Friends of Jesus
w ill be held this Friday, Nov. 2, at All Saints Episcopal
Church from 8 a.m. to noon. Children ages four through
12 are invited to attend a morning jam-packed with Bible
stories, songs, crafts, games and a free lunch. Newcomers
are always welcome.
(Good Luck in the Playoffs Lady
State Playoff Game -
Cardinals!)
lone v. Imbler @ Imbler High School 6 :00 PM Wednesday, October-â-L
Back row-Coach Dawn Eynetich, Jaqueline Juarez. Jessie Flynn. Lacey Thompson, Rachel Holland, Jenna Taylor. Emily Holland, Coach I Martin
Front row-F.mily Rea, Shadow Kendrick, Stacee Halvorsen, lauren Garrett, Alisha Taylor, Brianna Snyder, Ann Rietmann
BPOE #358 Elks Lodge
Bank of Eastern Oregon
Boardman Foods, Inc.
Columbia Basin Electric Coopera
tive, Inc.
Community Bank
Dances With Mules
Dean's Pendleton Athletic Company
Devin Oil Company, Inc.
Dobyns Pest Control
Family Dentistry
Gar Aviation, Inc.
Gentry Homes Construction
Heppner Family Foods
Les Schwab Tire Center
Mark Anderson Construction
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
Morrow County Grain Growers
Morrow County Recreation District
Murray's Drug and Country Rose
Peterson’s Jewelers
Pettyjohn’s Builder and Supply
Sand Hollow Ag Supply
Seitz Aviation
Sherrell Chevrolet
Stable of Youth
Wheatland Insurance Center, Inc.
Willow Creek Energy
Wright Chevrolet
Allen and Nancy Anderson
Jerry and Linda Archer
Arietta Arnspiger
John and Linda Bristow
. Loyal and Betty Burns
Louis and Betty Carlson
Grade and Cameron Crum
June M. Crowell
Darrell and Paula Emmel Family
Earl and Rhonda Garrett
Tom & Arlynda Gates
Dick and Rosie Graham
Betty Gray
Ron and Karen Haguewood
Joe and Linda Halvorsen Family
Deacon and Erin Heideman Family
Helen M. Heideman
Loren and Della Heideman
Dale and Karen Holland Family
Bob Hubbard
Bill and Nancy Jepsen Family
Jim and Gina Jepsen
J.L. Kincaid Ranch
Skye and Penny Krebs Family
Del and Linda LaRue
Joe and Jeri McElligott
Virgil and Debbie Morgan
Perry and Kathy Morter
Ralph and Anne Morter Family
Howard and Dianne Mullins
Duane and Linda Neiffer
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Eric and Brandi Orem Family
Marvin and Tanna Padberg
Joel and Lea Mathieu Peterson Family
Rick and Anita Peterson
Jason and Tara Proudfoot Family
Dave and Debbie Radie
Bink and Lynn Dee Ramos Family
Keith and Judy Rea
Betty Rietmann
Bill Rietmann
Gregg and Shelly Rietmann Family
John and Kerry Rietmann Family
Bruce and Linda Rigby
Dean and Florene Robinson
Ryan and Allison Rudolf Family
Dick and Nancy Snider
Brian and Lorie Sullivan
Jim and Monica Swanson
Steve and Vicki Wagenblast
Sherron Woodside
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