TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, July 3,2013
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
County businesses PMH offers program
support Miss OHSR on caring for ill vets
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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Andrea Di Salvo............................................................................................. Editor
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Free Ready 2 Learn
cards now available
What if helping your
child off to a great start was
as free and easy as getting
a library card? Parents can
now register their children
for the new, free Ready 2
Learn card and start saving
for college.
Ready 2 Learn is a new
program for children ages
birth to five who live in
Umatilla, Morrow, Union,
Baker, Grant and Wallowa
counties through a part
nership with regional li
braries, the InterMountain
Education Service District,
Greater Eastern Oregon
Behavioral Health Inc.
(GOBHI), Eastern Oregon
Coordinated Care Orga
nization, and the Institute
o f Museum and Library
Services.
Once parents register
their children for the free
Ready 2 Learn card, chil
dren will have access to a
wide variety of books, mov
ies, music, fun activities
and educational programs
through their local libraries.
In addition, registration for
the Ready 2 Learn card also
opens an Oregon College
Savings Plan for the child.
Each time a child checks
out a book or participates in
one of the library programs,
a small cash amount is cred
ited to the child’s college
savings account.
Each month a child
is enrolled in the Ready 2
Learn program, parents will
receive a newsletter with
information about fun and
easy learning ideas. These
tips will help parents give
their children the building
blocks of learning needed
to make sure they get off to
the best start possible, and
could prove beneficial when
a child takes the new state
wide Kindergarten Readi
ness Assessment prior to
starting school. In addition,
the Ready 2 Learn program
will offer free quarterly
trainings for parents of reg
istered participants.
Ready 2 Learn is fund
ed by a Library Services
and Technology Act grant
managed through the Or
egon State Library. Addi
tional funds are provided by
the Oregon College Savings
Plan and GOBHI. Parents
can register their eligible
children for Ready 2 Learn
by visiting one o f these
regional libraries starting
June 17: Pendleton Public
Library, Hermiston Public
Library, Cook Memorial
Library (La Grande), Baker
County Library, Enterprise
Public Library or the Grant
County Public Library.
L earn m ore ab o u t
Ready 2 Learn on Face-
book at www .facebook.
com/readytolearnoregon.
Parents can also contact
their local library for more
details.
Chamber lunch meeting
Next week’s lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be an all entities report on Thursday,
July 11, at noon in the St. Patrick’s Senior Center dining
room.
Cost of lunch is $10; A&M's Kitchen (Nicole Gas-
pard) will cater. Chamber lunch attendees are asked to
RSVP at 541-676-5536 no later than the Wednesday
before to guarantee a lunch.
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will be closed July 4th.
H a v e a s a f e an d happy
I n d e p e n d e n c e D ay
- J o h n <& Ann A S t a f f
D R I N K S P E C IA L S
Caramel Coconut Machiatto $4.00
Strawberries-N-Creme Italian Soda $2.75
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S arah H ic h e r so n &
M ic h a e l S h ow
County residents and businesses are stepping up to support
Miss Oregon High School Rodeo Lillian Sandford. This is
Sandford's second year holding the prestigious state title. Top:
Sandford with one of her sponsors, Tricia Rollins of Rank of
Eastern Oregon. Bottom: Miss Oregon High School Rodeo
Lillian Sandford with another sponsor. Aim llaah of Rlondee
Salon. - Contributed photos
Area churches plan
VBS
Six local churches will
be sponsoring a vacation
Bible school to be held at
Hope Lutheran Church and
the adjacent parsonage lawn
beginning Monday, July 8,
and continuing through
Friday, July 12. Each ses
sion will begin with a light
supper at 5:30 p.m. and con
clude at 8 p.m. All children
in the community ages four
to 12 are invited to attend at
no cost.
A kick-off barbecue
will be held at Hager Park
on Sunday, July 7, begin
ning at 6 p.m. Families are
invited to come and pre
register their children for
VBS, meet the teachers, and
enjoy a free meal.
More information is
available from each of these
sponsoring churches: Wil
low Creek Baptist, Church
o f the Nazarene, United
Methodist, Amazing Grace,
Hope Lutheran and All
Saints Episcopal.
P io n e e r M em o rial
Home Health & Hospice
and the Hospice Founda
tion of America will pres
ent “ Improving Care for
Veterans Facing Illness
and Death,” Thursday, July
11, from 1-4 p.m. in the
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Hospice Training Room.
The presentation, part of
the Hospice Foundation
of America’s 2013 Living
With Grief program, will be
moderated by Frank Sesno,
director o f the School of
Media and Public Affairs
at The George Washington
University.
The educational pro
gram is intended to assist
end-of-Iife care provider or
ganizations and health and
human service profession
als in enhancing their sen
sitivities and understanding
of veterans, as well as to
provide professionals with
new interventions to better
serve dying veterans and
their families.
Attention is placed on
veteran generations now
aging and most likely to
be seen in end-of-life care
(World War II, Korean War,
Vietnam). The program
also looks organization
ally at military benefits
and intersections with VA
systems, and will explore
the traditions and sensitivi
ties of grieving families and
resources that can assist
them.
Sesno will lead the pan
4-H members hog
wild for fair time
Lien wins WCCC
Men’s Invitational
Local Heppner athlete
Chris Lien shot a three
under par 117 to win the
WCCC Men's Invitational
GolfToumament last week.
Low net score for the tour
nament, 107, was shot by
Mike Haggerty of Yakima,
WA.
Nearly 100 men, play
ing in four flights deter
mined by handicap, partici
pated in the tournament.
The tournam ent, the
41s1 o f this annual event,
was headed by Ron Bow
man, chairman, with assis
tance from Matt Scrivner
and Duane Disque.
The closing activity
was a sole survivor event
won by Greg Grant and
Bowman.
The tournament opened
w ith a Friday evening.
9-hole scramble team ac
tivity.
Meal service for the
tournament was provided
by the WCCC Women’s
A ssociation and WCCC
Junior Golf.
C hairm an Bowm an
stated that the tournament
was a success, due in large
part to the excellent condi
tion of the course thanks to
the work of Greens Super
intendent Chip VonGunten
and his staff.
Regular Sunday men’s
play will resume on July
7 with Josh Coiner, John
McCabe and Ray Cecil in
charge.
Sign-ups for the second
half ofthe Wednesday night
team play is happening
now, w ith the sign-up sheet
posted in the club house.
Brother-sister duo Logan and Laryssa Burright prepare their
show pigs for the 100,h Morrow County Fair in August. They
are the children of Kcmmery Burright and are members of the
lone Community 4-H Livestock Club. The club, led by Erin
Heideman, features steers, hogs, sheep and small animals this
year. Photo by Erin Heideman
Catholic men plan
First Friday meeting
The men of St. Patrick’s and St. William’s Catholic
churches will hold their first Friday of the month meet
ing on July 5 at 6:45 a.m. The meeting will be held at the
parish office in Heppner. The meeting will be followed
by Mass at 7:30 a.m.
Nominations sought for 2013 Oregon
Rural Health Hero Award
PORTLAND, OR
The Oregon Office of Rural
Health at Oregon Health
& Science University is
seeking nominations for the
2013 Oregon Rural Health
Hero of the Year Award.
The award will honor an
outstanding individual, pro
gram or organization for
improving the quality and
availability of health care
in rural communities.
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el of noted authorities that
includes Scott T. Shreve,
DO, N ational D irector,
Hospice of Palliative Care,
Dept, of Veterans Affairs;
Deborah Grassman, ARNP,
Author, Lecturer, Consul
tant, Dept, of Veterans Af
fairs; Kenneth J. Doka,
PhD, MDiv, Professor of
Gerontology, The College
of New. Rochelle, and Se
nior Consultant, Hospice
Foundation o f America;
Paul Tschudi, MA, EdS,
LPC, A ssistant Profes-
sor/Director, The George
Washington University, and
Vietnam veteran; and Ryan
Weller, MSW, LCSW, Pal
liative Care Program Man
ager, Portland VA Medical
Center.
Continuing Education
credits (CEs) will be avail
able through the Hospice
Foundation o f A m erica
for nurses, social workers,
counselors, funeral direc
tors, clergy, nursing home
administrators and other
professions, though attend
ees are asked to verify CE
approval with their profes
sional or state boards.
This program is free of
charge, but interested at
tendees are asked to RSVP
to Pioneer Memorial Home
Health & Hospice at 541 -
676-2946 by July 9.
To learn more about
this program, visit the Hos
pice Foundation of America
website at www.hospice-
foundation.org.
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out there who have made a
major impact on health care
in rural Oregon,” says Scott
Ekblad, director of the Ore
gon Office of Rural Health.
“Think about nominating
someone whose actions
have had a notable, positive
impact on the health of the
community, or a successful
program that other com
m unities might want to
duplicate.”
The 2013 Oregon Ru
ral Health Hero will be
announced at the 30th An
nual Oregon Rural Health
Conference, Oct. 23-25, at
the Double Tree by Hilton
Hotel, Lloyd Center, Port
land. Nominations will be
accepted through July 26,
and are available on the Or
egon Office of Rural Health
website.
For more information,
contact Linda Peppier,
Oregon Office o f Rural
Health,
503-494-4450 or pep-
plerl@ohsu.edu.