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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 14,2012 CBEC announces photo contest winners Columbia Basin Elec tric Co-Op is pleased to announce the winners in its eighth annual Photography Contest. The competition was open to all consumers o f Columbia Basin Electric Co-Op. The winners were announced at the CBEC an nual luncheon meeting held in lone on Thursday, Nov. 1, with the winning photos on display. The contest consisted of two categories, photos with people/animals, and photos of landscapes/ other. Each entry had to have some element of elec trical infrastructure in it and have been taken within the CBEC service territory. Three places were awarded in each category, with $50, $35 and $15 prizes accord ingly. William Huff of Con don won first place in the people/animals category with photos of the CBEC crew working near the Lone Rock Community Church. Karen Wolff o f Heppner won second place, with a photo of a CBEC lineman repairing a street light fix ture in Heppner. There was no third place award. First place in the sec ond category went to Stacey Sappington of Condon, with a Winter Wonderland photo near Condon. Second place went to Becky Doherty of lone with a photo of Full Moon over lone. Frosty Power Lines took third place, and was submitted by Karen Wolff of Heppner. The contest received 10 entries this year from five applicants. “CBEC thanks all the participating consumers w ho su b m itted p hotos for consideration,” said a CBED spokesperson. “Be sure to think about this an nual contest throughout the year, and take photos as the opportunities arise.” - FIVE Local woman nominated March of Dimes nurse of the year By Andrea Di Salvo Local woman Rachel Ehrsam was recently nomi nated Nurse o f the Year for the March o f Dimes. Ehrsam, 25, is a registered nurse at Pioneer M emo rial Hospital in Heppner. Though she did not win, Ehrsam said it was a great experience. “1 was definitely hon ored even to be nominated. I work with a lot of great nurses, and there are a lot of great nurses in Oregon,” Ehrsam said. According the March of Dimes information. Nurse of the Year was created to honor the outstanding work of Oregon nurses. In its sec ond year, the program hon ors nurses in 16 categories for “ ...their constant care and com passion tow ard patients.” Ehrsam was nominated for the honor by Molly Rhea, PMH D irector o f N ursing. Rhea said she nom inated Ehrsam both for her work with patients and her work with the new' electronic records system the government mandated for all hospitals. “Starting last August, we started being trained for our electronic medi cal record system and she agreed to be the super user for our hospital,” said Rhea. “She has taken on the lion’s share of that responsibility. All o f our staff was trained, mainly by Rachel. I don’t know how we would have done this without her. A lot of people would have gotten frustrated and not followed through. It was a huge job.” O f course, the electron ic records side of the job was only part of Ehrsam’s role; the RN works half time on the records and half-time on the floor, tak ing care of patients. “Anybody who is ever taken care o f by Rachel feels like she has their best interest at heart. She’s a very sharp RN,” Rhea said. The judges must have agreed; out of 400 nurses nominated in 16 categories from throughout Oregon, she was picked as one of 190 finalists. She was one of only three finalists from Eastern Oregon. her when she first started at “ T h a t w as n e a t , ” PMH, but she soon discov Ehrsam said, referring to ered she had plenty of help being one a few from the on hand. east side. “There’s a lot “I work with awesome of big hospitals in s ta f f m e m b ers. Portland and a lot When I first started more nurses in the working here, I was terrified. I thought west side o f the state, and they were ‘How can 1 handle prim arily nurses this?’ But 1 never from that part o f felt alone.” the state.” As a finalist, Rachel Rhea nominat Ehrsam Ehrsam attended ed Ehrsam in the an awards breakfast Small Hospital category, Nov. 2 at the Hilton Port a category reserved for land & Executive Towers nurses from hospitals with in Portland. In attendance 100 beds or less. with her were Rhea and “When we read that, Ehrsam ’s mother, Karen we thought, ‘We’re beyond Owens. small,”’ said Ehrsam. PMH “It was really neat to get is a 12-bed acute care facil to go to the program; it was ity with a cardiac care unit neat hearing different sto and swing bed unit, bring ries about what nurses were ing the total number of beds doing for their patients, in use to well less than 100. what programs they might With such a small hospital, have developed to help their Ehrsam said there is usually patients,” Ehrsam said. “It only one RN on the floor was definitely inspiring. at a time, with that nurse Even though I didn’t win, it responsible for “ ...w hat was great to hear what other ever happens during the nurses have done.” day—hospital, long-term, “It was just an honor ER.” Ehrsam said being the being a part of it.” only one on the floor scared Pendleton, OR— Per sonal-use firewood cutting in Umatilla National Forest will be extended through Friday, Nov. 30, to allow perm it holders two ad ditional weeks to gather firewood for their homes. Firewood season, which typically ends Nov. 15, was suspended for several weeks this summer due to dry fuel conditions and extreme fire danger. The public is asked to take additional precautions when cutting firewdad late into the fall when road and soil conditions become sog gy and saturated. Mountain travel will require extreme care to avoid getting stuck or causing extensive and illegal resource damage to the land and vegetation. Another concern for late season firewood cutting is the misidentification of live or dead western larch, also known as tamarack. Larch is the only cone bearing tree in the western United States that sheds its needles in the fall and can appear to be dead. Tips on identifying live larch are located in the firewood guide that accom panies each firewood permit. Firewood permits can be purchased at any Umatil la National Forest office or at several local businesses in the community. Permits cost $5 per cord with a minimum purchase of four cords for $20. A maximum purchase of 12 cords total per household is allowed from National Forest lands during the calendar year. The 2013 firew ood season will begin again in May. For more information on the firewood program, contact any Umatilla Na tional Forest office or call the Supervisor’s Office in Pendleton at 541 -278-3716. Additional information is available at www.fs.usda. gov/umatilla/. lo n e C o m m u n ity School has announced stu dents on the honor roll for the first quarter of 2012- 13. The following students received a 4.0 GPA for lone Community School for the first quarter for the 2012-2013 school year: Maggie Flynn, Kaitlin Gar rett, Morgan Orem, Roman Sheena Rodriguez, Tristan Estabrook, Ann Rietmann, Joe Doherty, Lauren Gar rett, Oskar Peterson, Bailey Haguewood, Emily Hol land, Gus Peterson, Ju- lianne Carlson and Evan Reitmann. The following students earned Honor Roll Status (3.5-3.99 GPA) at lone Community School: Day- shawn Neal, Ally Hague- wood, Babali Peterson, K atelyn B ass, K arsen Dumler, Tatum Clark, Han nah Padberg, Jason Juarez, Electrical safety poster contest Firewood season lone school lists winners announced extended to Nov. 30 honor roll Columbia Basin Elec tric Co-Op announces the winners of its annual Elec trical Safety Poster Contest. The competition was open to all fourth graders in their service territory. The year 2012 w in ners were announced at the CBEC annual meeting held in lone on Thursday, Nov. 1. First place win ners were awarded $20 and second place winners were awarded $10. Two of the elementary schools in the territory re sponded with winners as follows: Heppner Elemen tary School: 1*'-Serenity R odriquez, 2"d-H an n ah Palmer; Condon Elementary School: l 5*-Alyssa Green wood, 2nd-Cash Helms. “Electricity is like most tools: it can make our lives much easier and more pleas ant, but if used carelessly, can be dangerous.” Free Facebook workshop planned The lone Public Library will host a free workshop on “Facebook Basics—Getting Started” on Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the library. Heidi Nelson, an lone native representing her company, Media Ventures, will lead the class. Class members should bring a laptop, iPad or tablet device if they have one. (This class will not cover using Face- book on cell phones.) The class is intended for begin ning, reluctant or non-users of Facebook with the aim of increasing their comfort level with this runaway trend in social media. This class may be help ful for those who are not sure if Facebook is worth their time or maybe don’t understand why they would want to be on Facebook. W hether a new user or someone who hasn’t even gotten started, many people probably have questions, and this class is designed to help, starting at the be ginning. Topics covered in the session include: signing up, logging in, finding friends, how to post and share, commenting and sharing photos, messaging, control ling what appears in your news feed and terminology. There will also be time for questions and answers. Space is lim ited for this class. Interested pa trons must RSVP by either contacting Anne M orter at amorter@hughes.net or 541-422-7429, or getting their name on the list at the lone Library. MORROW COUNTY VOTES ROMNEY -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE race for secretary of state, all taxes on intra-family property transfers. Mor row County voted 65 yes to 35 no, while Oregon as a whole voted 46 percent yes to 54 no. Morrow County fol lowed the rest of the state in voting yes on Measure 79, prohibiting real estate trans fer taxes, and voting down privately-owned casinos. On a heavily-contended the county went against the state-wide trend and voted 58 percent for Knute Bue- hler, who visited the county, to 38 percent Kate Brown. Brown was reelected with a state-wide vote percent o f 51 percent to Buehler’s 43. For complete election results, visit the county website at morrowcounty- oregon.com. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help 1» FREE of charge. If Y O U have a family member who suffers from gam bling addiction. Y O U can also receive F R E E treat ment even if the gam bler is not receiving treatment If you are a resident of Morrow County and you wish to take advantage of the services above or desire more information. Please call any of the following numbers to set up a LO C A L appointment or just to talk: Bobby Harris Q 541-676-9925 or 541-256-0175 Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) Q 541-676-9161 O R 1-677-695-4648 (1-886-M YLIM IT) Garden club halts green workshop The Heppner Garden Club has decided to no longer have the green work shop, at which com m u nity members in years past have had the opportunity to buy or create Christmas wreaths. The club members say the decision had to do with health issues, age and mem bers working during the day. This left them with a small number to man the event. They add that they do have equipm ent and supplies available for any organization that wishes to take up the project as a fundraiser. “We are sorry that we can no longer continue with this very worthy project,” says a club representative. “(We) hope someone can pick this up and continue.” Anyone interested in taking over the green work- shop, call Chuck Baily, president, or Jo Anne Bur- leson, secretary. Marriage Licenses The Morrow Coun ty Clerk has issued the fol lowing marriage licenses: O c t o b e r 26: -Gustavo Francisco Cruz, Jr., 21, of Boardman and Kaitlyn Brianne Quesnelle, 21, of Boardman. -Levi Alan Tobin, 22, o f Bo a r d ma n and Amanda Maria Frazier, 21, of Boardman. N o v e m b e r 8: -Miguel Carrillo, 21, o f Umatilla and Monica Lee Longoria, 18, of Umatilla. -Artemio Montes, 27, of Boardman and Clau dia Lizeth Galvan-Garcia, 24, of Boardman. CommunityThanksgiVing Pinner Thanksgiving Day- Thursday, November 2 2 , 1 p.m. All Saints Episcopal Church, 460 N. Gale Street, Heppner » Driver’s safety class planned for lone AARPand Blue Moun tain Community College w ill present the AARP D river’s Safety Class in lone on Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the lone American Legion Hall. In celebration of those who have given so much and continue to do so, AARP is offering this class for free to any current or past military personnel and their spouses during the month of November. Proof of status will be required on the day of the class. The class is also open to every one else. The cost is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members, payable on the day o f the class. Registrants should bring a lunch or make arrange ments for a quick lunch to accommodate an abbrevi ated lunch period. # Boardman to raise garbage rate At its Nov. 6 meeting, the Boardman City Council passed Resolution 11 -2012, a resolution increasing the city garbage rate beginning Jan. 1,2013. The increase is in re sponse to a rate increase by the city’s garbage provider, Sanitary Disposal of Herm- iston. They told the council they were increasing the fee to the city due to an increase in fuel expenses, a decrease in cardboard sales, and the two-percent cost of inflation. This is the first increase in garbage rates in Board- man since 2008. The cost of a 90-gallon residential cart will go from $10.05 per month to $ 11 per month. O ther types o f garbage services will increase any where from 10 to 14 per cent. The next meeting o f the Boardman City Council will be Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. Deadline for new, legal & classified advertising: Mondays at 5:00 pm Everyone is invited to attend \ r For more info or to have a meal delivered Call Shell! 6ritt, 541-676-5476 No charge to a tte n d Rachel Holland, Daniel Holtz, Jaqueline Juarez, Joel Stillman, Luke Jobes, Larissa Jones, Stacee Hal- vorsen, Tim Emmel, Lacey Thompson, Alisha Taylor. The following students have earned H onorable Mention Status (3.0-3.49 GPA) at lone Community School: Austin Morter, Wy att McNary, Emily Tay lor, Colton Hollis, Dan iel Doherty, Cord Flynn, Breawna Teeman, Sadie H asbell, M arisol Avila- Ramirez, A ustin Carter, Hannah Flynn, Yaniva Gar cia, Henry Padberg, Joshua Stillman, Jessie Flynn, Rita McElligott, McKenzie Es tabrook, Cassidy Braun, Karina Rios, Dustin Lutz, Zane King, Jason Thomp son, Tyrell Barnett, Stewert Syverson, Justin Estabrook, Kirk Haguewood, Tanner Bass and Jordan Braun. \
