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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 22,2013 -NINE Youth entrepreneur wins award from small business administration Eastern Oregon Univer sity Small Business Devel opment Center announced this week that Caitlynn Bai ley, a high school student from Heppner, has received the “Entrepreneurial Spirit Award” from the Small Business Administration. Bailey, a youth en trepreneur and client of Eastern Oregon University Small Business Develop ment Center, was nominat ed by EOU SBDC Director Greg Smith and was select ed for the award at the 2013 SBA Small Business Week Awards Luncheon. The event was held Monday, May 20, at the Portland Art Museum, with Governor Kitzhaber addressing all of the award recipients. “C ongratulations to Caitlynn Bailey for receiv ing the ‘Entrepreneurial Spirit Award.' Young entre- preneurs like her are at the heart of Oregon’s future. Caitlynn’s hard work and dedication are an example for anyone seeking to start their own business,” said Governor Kitzhaber. Bob Davies, President of Eastern Oregon Univer sity said, “Congratulations to Miss Bailey on receiving this fantastic award. The Small Business Develop ment Center located within Eastern Oregon University is an important resource for all entrepreneurs ,and I wish this impressive young business owner continued success with all of her fu ture endeavors.” Smith said, “I cannot tell you how impressed 1 am with Caitlynn. It's one thing to have an idea, talent or passion for something, but it takes a strong work ethic and determination to bring about success. She is very deserving of the ‘Entrepre neurial Spirit Award.’” Bailey started her busi ness, C aitlynn B ailey’s Breads, during the summer o f 2011, as an eight-grader. While many o f her peers spend their vacation time sleeping in and relaxing, Caitlynn begins a rigorous schedule— one that lasts every week throughout the entire summer. Each day of the week—yes, all seven of them—has its own task. On Sunday, she purchases her ingredients. Monday through Thursday she gets up early and bakes all day. Early Friday morning she arrives at the farmers mar ket in Heppner and is usu ally completely sold out in about an hour and a half. On Saturday she spends her time taking inventory and preparing for the next week. C a itly n n B a ile y ’s Breads is more than a profit able business for the young entrepreneur—it’s also her Supervised Agriculture Ex perience (SAE). Joining FFA as an eight-grader, Caitlynn learned the agri cultural program is made up of Classroom Experience, FFA, and a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). She has successfully competed in several SAE events. When asked about win ning the award, Bailey said, “I am just so grateful to my parents and my com munity for supporting me. It’s an amazing honor to win this award and 1 am so excited. 1 appreciate the help from Greg Smith and from so many other people. Thank you! Having my best friend, Rylee Kollman, at Greg Smith, Rylee Kollman, Chris Bailey, Caitlynn Bailey and Jeff Bailey at the SBA Small Business Week Awards Lun cheon. -Contributed photo the awards luncheon was also great.” Like all wise business owners, Caitlynn Bailey carefully balances her busi ness with her other impor tant responsibilities includ ing those to her family, as a student, an athlete, and to multiple other extra curricular activities. “1 am seeing the ben- efit o f the experience and know ledge I ’ve gained through my business ap ply to so many areas of my life. I’ve been learning so much,” said Caitlynn. “The Port o f Morrow strongly supports our youth and 1 congratulate Miss Bailey on this award,” said Gary Neal, General Manag er for the Port of Morrow. Heppner students win at wind Local grads earn OSU degrees turbine design challenge Heppner Jr./Sr. High School technology students recently participated in a wind turbine design chal lenge. Students researched, designed and built scaled wind turbines to gener ate electricity. The tur bines were required to fit in a four-foot-by-four-foot space. Wade Matthew took first place in the high school division, and Shane Miles took second place. Bryan Fowler won first place in the middle school division. Cash prizes and trophies were awarded to each. Heppner wind-turbine design winners (L-R) Bryan Fowler, Shane Miles and Wade Matthew. -Contributedphoto “This was an excellent engineering challenge. The students had to do extensive problem solving to get each turbine working properly,” says teacher and advisor Dave Fowler. Nearly 80 Heppner stu dents learned the basics of wind-turbine design. CORVALLIS, OR— Two Heppner graduates will be among an estimated 5,267 students who will receive degrees this spring from Oregon State Uni versity, which will hold its 144th annual commence ment ceremony on Sat urday, June 15, at Reser Stadium on campus. The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. Laurie L. Murray will receive her four-year Doc tor o f Pharmacy degree in pharmacy; Sherilyn M. Peck will graduate Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in crop and soil science. Other county graduates include: From Boardman, Ru ben Mendoza, Master of Science, animal science; and L eticia R odriguez, Bachelor of Science, human development and family sciences. From Irrigon: Patrick W. Barron. Bachelor of Sci ence, agricultural sciences; Julio Orozco, Bachelor of Arts, history; Isaac Rivera, Bachelor of Science, zool ogy; Tamra J. Tovey, Bach elor of Fine Arts, applied visual arts. OSU’s commencement speaker is Brigadier Gen. Julie A. Bentz, who is a 1986 graduate of OSU, where she received an ROTC com mission and a degree in radiological health. Bentz is the first female officer from the Oregon Army National Guard to achieve the rank of general. This is the largest class to graduate from OSU, which has seen record en rollments for several years. Despite the enormous class, OSU students will receive their actual diploma from OSU President Edward J. Ray and other officials. M ore in fo rm a tio n is available at: http://or- egonstate.edu/events/com- mencementA vehicle. In other business dur ing the meeting, the board: -held a public hearing on the proposed 2013-14 budget and received no comment from the public. -heard a report from Grigg on several wrap-up projects to complete the newly remodeled Irrigon Medical Clinic. Grigg said he anticipates scheduling an open house for the com munity in June. -learned from Grigg that he had met with most of the district’s management, staff, physicians and board members. He said that his next priority is to meet with community members and commented on the impor tance of representing the district and getting to know people in the area. -discussed putting a supplemental levy before the voters and decided, upon recommendation by board Chair Larry Mills, to wait until next spring to put it on the ballot. The board has previously dis cussed the importance of passing the additional levy Office at 541-989-9500. Putman is also the person to contact if with other ques tions or concerns about the project. “Morrow County apol ogizes for the inconve nience to individuals and the community, however, time is of the essence and the project needs to be com pleted before our celebra- tion of the 100lh anniversary of the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo, ‘Harvesting 100 Years of Memories at the Morrow County Fair,”’ continued the county press release. “The understand ing and cooperation of the event organizers that have changed their plans on such short notice is truly appreci ated.” for the district’s continued financial success, especially with looming uncertainties, such as the consequences of ObamaCare and the future of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. -briefly discussed phy sician recruitment. -received a prelim i nary draft profit/loss state ment for April from Chief Financial Officer Nicole Mahoney, which showed $677,935 in gross patient revenue, minus $15,238 in bad debts and $4,452 in contractual and other ad justments; plus $ 116,118 in tax revenue and $34,455 in other operating revenue for $808,817 in total operating revenue; $720,277 in total operating expenses and a $ 10,5 78 non-operating gain for a $99,119 profit for the month. -received the following report: Pioneer Memorial Hospital had three admis sions for the month, four swing bed admissions, eight admitted for observation, two swing nursing facility admissions, 537 total outpa tients, 55 emergency room encounters, 1,820 lab tests, 86 X-ray procedures, 36 CT scans, 32 EKG tests, one treadmill procedure, eight colonoscopy procedures, 11 respiratory therapy pro cedures; Home Health had 122 patient visits; Hos pice had one admission; Pharmacy had 1,065 drug doses for $88,727 in drug revenue; Pioneer Memorial Clinic had 418 patient visits with 25 new patients, 28 seen by a nurse and seven no-shows; Irrigon Medi cal Clinic had 201 patient visits, 22 new patients, 35 seen by a nurse and six no-shows; Heppner Ambu lance had 25 page-outs with 24 transports for $28,332 in revenue; Boardman Ambu lance had 28 page-outs with 20 transports for $27,247 in revenue; Irrigon Ambu lance had 18 page-outs with 12 transports for $14,428 in revenue; there were six flights. Health district welcomes new CEO By April Sykes (See re la te d story, “Health district under new leadership, " PAGE ONE.) Newly-hired Morrow County Health District ad ministrator Daniel Grigg attended his first board meeting as CEO Monday night. “ Thank you for the warm welcome,” said Grigg, who added that the district administrator’s house “is beautiful.” Grigg said his family was planning to come to Heppner this week end to visit him and get to know the community. The family is planning to move to Heppner after school is out in Salem, where Grigg’s children attend school. Also during the meet ing, the board approved the purchase of a recondi tioned Chevy ambulance for $119,891 from Arrow, Rock Rapids, Iow a, as presented by Rusty Estes, MCHD Emergency Medi cal Services coordinator. Estes, who is also the Hep pner Fire Chief, said he was “happily shocked” with the price of the ambulance, as he anticipated it would be in the neighborhood of $140,000-$ 144,000. Completion of the am bulance will be 90-120 days after the receipt of the chassis and the deposit, according to Arrow’s pro posal. Estes said that he and another will drive the ambulance back from Rock Rapids. The new ambulance will go to Irrigon, with lone getting top priority to receive a replacement FAIRGROUNDS WATER -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE The water system in the fairgrounds area (see accompanying map) will be reconstructed over the next few months. In order to expedite the project, the water has been turned off to the fairgrounds area and portable restrooms will be placed for employee use. The rodeo area is not to be part o f the water system reconstruction project. “The Morrow County Court, Morrow County Fair and Morrow County Public Works are asking for the co operation and understand ing o f the public during this process,” said a county statement. “For the safety of all involved, the public is requested to please avoid this construction area.” Morrow County Public Works is the project man ager for the work. If anyone has an event scheduled at the Morrow County Fair grounds between May 15 and August 1,2013, and has not already been contacted, they are asked to contact Sandi Putman at the Mor row County Public Works 8 t h A n n u a l Y o u tl1 fish in g Derby Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Morrow County Parks OREGON are sponsoring a F R E E YOUTH FISHING DERB Yl Fish «.W ildlife W h e re : C utsforth P ark W h e n : Saturday, June 1,2013 Start T im e : 8:30 am E nd T im e : 11:00 am For c h ild r e n 14 y e a r s o ld a n d y o u n g e r Address: 58430 Willow Creek Rd., Heppner, Oregon For more information contact Betty Gray at the Morrow County Public Works Office (541) 989-8214 1 N
