Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 22,2013
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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
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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
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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
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