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r Swansons named lone Fourth of July grand marshals Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Libran University of Oregon Eugene. ÓR 97403 By Andrea Di Salvo Jim and Monica Swan son o f lone have been named the grand marshals of the 2013 Red, White and Blues parade during the Fourth of July celebration HEPPNER in lone. •Jim, 62, is an lone na tive. He graduated from lone High School in 1969 and went on to attend Or egon State University in Corvallis. He graduated from there in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in agron omy. Monica was born and raised in Roseburg, OR, graduating from Roseburg High School in 1969. She met Jim in marching band while attending OSU in • ••• pursuit of her own bach elor’s degree in home eco nomics education. She also graduated from OSU in 1973; they were married in 1974 and returned to lone to operate the family farm. Aside from the farm ing, the Swansons opened Swanson Insurance, which later became Wheatland Insurance, and operated that company for 30 years before Jim retired in 2009. The couple has two children. Luke, 34, lives •with his wife, Tyan, and children. Carter, age four, and Chase, two, in Herm- Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon iston. Adrienne, 30, owns imes VOL. 132 N O . 26 10 Pages Wednesday, June 26,2013 Irrigon clinic remodel commemorated with ribbon cutting ceremony By April Sykes The Morrow County Health District Board cele brated the grand opening of the Irrigon Medical Clinic remodeling project with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house Monday, June 24. The remodel included the addition of a large exam room to accommodate fam ilies, two additional physi cian offices, a conference and break room, an ex panded laboratory section and nurses’ station area, two additional supply areas and two ADA bathrooms at a cost of $268,000. The board meeting that followed was the second with new MCHD admin istrator Dan Grigg at the helm. At the m eeting, the board approved a $200,000 line o f credit to purchase a chemistry analyzer for % 11 i I ! JV ' r'' s*y. • " v , _t ___ m Irrigon Mayor and MCHD Board member David Burns (left) assists Morrow County Health District Board Chair Larry Mills in a ribbon cutting ceremony commemorating completion of the Irrigon Medical Clinic remodeling project. - Contributed photo Pioneer Memorial Hospital laboratory and an ambu lance at $100,000 each. Chief Financial Officer Nicole Mahoney reported that the fixed-rate, five- RJs opens under new ownership Inside o f restaurant remodeled * Connie and Ken Jones are the new owners of RJs Restaurant in Lexington. - Photo by David Sykes New owners Connie and Ken Jones have cleaned up and remodeled RJs Res taurant in Lexington and are now serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. The couple says many hours went into cleaning and fixing up the restaurant and bar, including adding a new restroom in the dining area, redoing the ceilings, new floors, windows and “just lots of cleaning,” says Connie. The restaurant is open from 8 a.m. until “people leave” says Connie, with dinner being served un- i til around 8p.m. They are only open until 2 p.m. on Sundays, and closed on Tuesdays. “ ! decided I have to take at least one day off,” she adds. Both she and her hus band Ken say lots of people helped clean up and remod el the building, and they show a stack of photos that they took throughout the remodeling process. “We got lots of help,” they both said. The menu for the res taurant will be “good family dining.” year lease was obtained through Celtic Commercial Finance at a rate o f 3.7 percent, which beat out other financial lenders. The estimated total cost of the Celtic loan is $219,000, compared to other lend ing institutions’ offers of $221,000 from Provident Leasing and $235,000 from the Flex Lease program. said^ ° ante^ e meeting Grigg presented a report requested by the board concerning retention and projected need for hiring district providers. Grigg said that after speaking with the district’s providers. Dr. Ed Berretta indicated that he would be interested in working up to two more years; Sheridan Tamasky, P.A., indicated she would like to work her current full-time schedule one more year and then decrease hours to part-tim e with retirem ent in three-four years; Dr. Ken Wenberg said that he is interested in continuing indefinitely, but said that circumstances could change with short notice; Dr. Russ Nichols and Dr. Betsy Anderson indicated no changes, but voiced concern about the availability o f physicians to provide emergency room coverage. “Currently we don’t have a shortage of physi cians,” said Grigg, “but if one of them retired we would find ourselves in a position.” -See HEALTH DISTRICT NEWS/PAGE TEN \ Monica and Jim Swanson out the years. She was first employed at Heppner Child Development Center, the Heppner day care, as ad- Ooh La La salon in Pend leton. As if two family busi nesses and a family were not enough, Monica also held several jobs through- -See IONE GRAND MAR SH ALS/PAGE SEVEN lone Red, White & Blues 2013 Saturday, June 29 Barbecue Chicken Dinner— Route 74, No Host B ar...5 p.m. Texas Hold ‘Em & Cribbage Tournament—-lone Legion Hall...6 p.m. Wednesday, July 3 Golf Tournament—Willow Creek Country Club...9 a.m. Topic Club Book Sale— lone Legion Hall...9 a.m.-6 p.m. Blast Zone Paintball—Stefani Lot (concessions on site)... 10 a.m.-dark Talent Show— lone City Park...6 p.m. Music by Frank Carlson— lone City Park...Following Thursday, July 4 Fireman’s Breakfast— lone Fire Hall...7 a.m.-10 a.m. 5k Walk/Run—Lady Cardinal Basketball/Wounded Warrior project, $10 fee...7 a.m. 2013 Craft Fair— lone Legion H all...9 a.m.-6 p.m. Food Vendors, Information Booths/Raffie Tickets— lone City Park Park Entertainment by Local Artists Blues Cruise Car Show— lone Cijy Park... 10:30 a.m. Fish Pond, Frog Jump, Bike Raffle— lone Fire Hall/City Park... 11 a.m. Altar Society Pie Sale— lone Fire Hall... 11 a.m. Red, White & Blues Parade—Grand Marshals Jim & Monica Swanson... 1 p.m. Park Activities Begin... 1 p.m. Ken Turner Memorial Horseshoe Tournament—Horseshoe Pits Petting Zoo— lone City Park Blast Zone Paintball—Stefani Lot (concessions on site)... 10 a.m.-dark American Legion Bingo— lone Legion Hall...2 p.m. Music by Corey Peterson—On Stage...after parade until 3 p.m. Blues Bands—A3n Stage/Ione Amphitheater...3-10 p.m. Hi Fi Mojo...3-4:15 p.m. Billy D and the Hoodoos...4:45-6 p.m Tommy Tutone...6:30-8p.m. The Sonny’ Hess & Vicki Stevens Band...8:30-10p.m. Legion Auxiliary Baskets (silent auction @1one Deli)...4:30 p.m. Boat Trip Auction—On Stage/Ione Amphitheater.. .6:15 p.m. Raffle Drawings—On Stage/Ione Amphitheater...6:30 p.m. Fireworks Display...dusk (about 10 p.m.) Friday, July 5 Whispering Pines Equestrian Patriot Trail Ride—Three miles north ofOHV Park... Sign-up begins at 10 a.m. for three-day event lone’s Fourth of July celebration is sponsored in part by Morrow County Uni fied Recreation District. Local managers, business owners attend customer service seminar By David Sykes Business owners and managers were treated to some good tips last Thurs day when the H eppner Cham ber o f Comm erce put on a customer training program at the St. Pat’s Senior Center. Susan Bower, MBA, o f Eastern Oregon Busi ness Source of Pendleton, told the group how to treat people correctly and turn them into loyal custom ers. Bower emphasized to management that “customer service starts at the top.” She said business owners and managers cannot tell their employees to act one way toward customers and then act another way. “They watch you and watch how you treat your customers,” Bower said. One point of interest, or actually 10 points, were the top things that turn custom ers off: 1. ) Being ignored or receiving rude service 2. ) Having to wait too Susan Rower of F.O Business long Source puts on a customer 3. ) Enduring poor qual service seminar for manag ity work or products ers and business owners last Thursday in Heppner. The 4. ) Trying to buy items seminar was sponsored by the that are not in stock 5. ) Finding merchan Heppner Chamber of Com merce and will be followed dise that is not priced up next month with one for 6. ) Dirty restrooms employees. Photo by David 7. ) Employees placing Sykes phone calls on hold -See CHAMBER TRAINING/ PAGE FIVE for a long time or not MpriFILTEll SiiLIji June 28th fit 29th UP TO 70% OFF LISTS’! M orrow County Orain Qrowei Lexington 989-0221 » 1-800-452-73M Por farm aqripamt. visit oar web site at wm innut am (
