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.
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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
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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.
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