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Health district discusses ‘true north9 plan at meeting Heppner welcomes Hermiston doctors who will have clinic hours at PMC Eugene, OR 97403 By April Sykes Morrow County Health District CEO Dan Grigg told the MCHD Board Monday azette ./ / i-mes VOL. 132 N 0. 43 8 Pages Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Medal of Honor recipient to speak as part of HHS Veterans Day recognition Heppner High School will hold its 2013 Veterans Day program at 10 a.m. on Nov. 7 at the HHS gym. The program is to honor all past and present military personnel; the public is invited to the program, and a complimentary lunch for veterans and their spouses will follow the program. In conjunction with this program, the public is invited to hear Drew Dix, Congressional Medal o f Honor recipient, speak at Heppner High School on Monday, Nov. 4, at 9:30 a.m. In 1968, Dix risked his life rescuing civilians from the North Vietnamese Tet offensive. In doing so he became the first enlisted man in Special Forces to be awarded the Medal of Honor. o f two Navy SEALs, he Dix, 68, was bom in su ccessfu lly rescued a West point, NY. He joined nurse who was trapped in a the Army in 1962 house in the center and v o lu n te e re d o f Chau Phu city. for Special Forces Dix then organized a fte r m ore th an and led an o th er fo u r y e a rs w ith team, saving eight civilians from an the 82nd Airborne D ivision. He was Drew Dix office block that sent to V ietnam was under heavy as a Senior A dvisor to mortar and small-arms fire. the C ivil O perations & Rather than rest, he R u r a l D e v e lo p m e n t returned to the city center Support (CORDS) unit, to search for more civilians. which assisted the local However, as he approached government’s pacification a building he was attacked programs. by intense m achinegun Stationed in Chau Doc fire. Dix single-handedly Province on the Cambodian assaulted the building, border, Staff Sergeant Dix killing six Viet Cong (VC) was out on a routine patrol and freeing two Filipinos. when the C om m unists The next day, with launched their surprise fierce fighting still raging attacks. Reacting quickly -See VETERANS DAY SPEA KERJPA GE TWO and with the assistance Get ballots in for November election It’s time for voters to make their voices heard re g a rd in g th e BM CC bond issue. Election Day is next Tuesday, Nov. 5. n ig h t th a t A d v a n c e d O rth o p e d ic & S p o rts Medicine Institute, LLC, will begin seeing patients at Pioneer Memorial Clinic beginning Wednesday, Nov. 6 . Grigg said that Drs. Jeremy and Deryk Anderson o f AOSM1 in Hermiston will hold clinics the first and third Wednesdays of each month. He said that the scheduling procedure will be similar to that for the cardiologists who also hold clinics at PMC. Grigg and the board also briefly touched on the fall board retreat held on Oct. 17, during which they formulated their “True N orth” m ission, which consists o f “ Welcoming our patients and providing exception care.” Grigg said that the True North focus has been shared with the management team, along with their goal of having 84 percent of their patients state that they were “definitely willing” to recommend MCHD to their friends and family by the end of September 2014. He said that “over the coming weeks managers w ill re c e iv e tra in in g and guidance on setting department goals that will align and focus the entire health district on our True North direction.” Also at the meeting, Grigg and Chief Financial Officer Nicole Mahoney told the board that the district has received one bid for replacing the heating and air conditioning system for p atien t room s, the laboratory and the front office. However, Grigg said that he felt the bid, from Thew’s Sheet Metal in Pendleton, at $117,000, was too high, so the board decided to seek additional bids, perhaps from more urban areas. In other business, the board: -v o te d to a p p o in t Barbara Huwe from Irrigon to the board to fill out the rem ainder o f David Bums' term. Bums earlier resigned from the board, citing personal reasons. The board received two additional applications, one from Susan Wagner of Irrigon and another from a person in Heppner. Board Chair Larry Mills stressed the importance of having a person from the north end of the county on the board and com m ended Huwe for her extensive civic involvement. -approved an extension of Dr. Ed Berretta’s current contract, while Berretta and Grigg resolve some concerns Berretta had with his proposed new contract. -received information from Grigg concerning five prospective petitions for state ballot measures filed with the Oregon Secretary of State by the SEIU (Service Employees International U n io n ), w h ich w ould dramatically affect heath care. According to Grigg, the petitions concern quality transparency in hospitals, pricing transparency in hospitals, minimum charity care in hospitals, caps on executive com pensation and reasonable rates in hospitals. -received the following p ro fit lo ss s ta te m e n t for Septem ber: MCHD had $690,432 in gross patient revenue, $8,723 in bad d eb ts, $56,848 in contractual and other adjustments, $106,839 in tax revenue and $19,033 in other operating revenue for $750,733 in total operating revenue, $743,981 in total operating expenses and a $9,690 non-operating gain for a $ 16,441 profit for the month. -received the following rep o rt for S ep tem b er: Pioneer Memorial Hospital had four admissions, four swing bed admissions, five admitted for observation, 812 to ta l o u tp a tie n ts , 71 e m e rg e n c y ro o m encounters, 1,721 lab tests, 104 x-ray procedures, 23 CT scans, 17 EK.G tests, two colonoscopy procedures, three endoscopy procedures, 75 respiratory therapy procedures and $44,490 in revenue of h o s p ita l e n c o u n te r s ; Pioneer Memorial Clinic had 362 patient visits with 10 new patients, 40 seen by a nurse and 12 no-shows; Irrigon M edical C linic had 193 patient visits, 26 new patients, 53 seen by a nurse and eight no-shows; Heppner Ambulance had 18 p a g e -o u ts w ith 15 tran sp o rts for $18,465 in rev en u e; B oardm an Ambulance had 34 page outs with 15 transports for $21,309 in revenue; Irrigon Ambulance had 17 page outs with 13 transports for $16,806 in revenue; Home Health had 90 patient visits; Hospice had one admission; Pharmacy had 2,153 drug doses for $128,503 in drug revenue. Heppner gets ready for a ‘haunted’ Halloween H eppner dow ntow n w ill be h a u n te d th is H a llo w e e n ...h a u n te d with costum ed children th ro u g h o u t the to w n ’s businesses. M ost o f the c ity ’s businesses have committed to participate in a trick or treat social from 3:30-5 p.m. Halloween evening. These businesses will offer treats to costumed children who come by the stores, banks and offices. The participating storefronts will display an orange sign that says “Welcome to trick or treat.” At least 17 businesses will display signs. Time to ‘chill’ All ballots are due by 8 hour drop boxes are located p.m. that day. Ballots must throughout the county. be received, not simply Locations are as follows: postmarked, on that day. -See BALLOT DROP LOCA- TIONS/PAGE EIGHT For voter convenience, 24- Game time correction L a s t w e e k ’ s a d versus W eston-M cEwen play the Weston-McEwen reg ard in g the fo o tb all as 3 p.m . F riday. The TigerScots in Athena at 7 playoffs incorrectly stated H eppner M ustangs will p.m. Friday, Nov. 1. the M ustang game time The cold weather doesn’t bother these fellows G-T Trophy Corner as they relax, or “chill,” on th eir porches in Heppner, waiting for th eir big day on Halloween. -Photos by Mallorie Jones Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday Daylight Savings Time will end Sunday, Nov. 3. Remember to “fall back” and turn your clocks back one hour. O PO LRRIS : ff OOP U p to rebates plus Factory Authorized Clearance i S lf i! ( \ fin a n cin g ns SNOWMOMLIS - RANGIRJ - ATV'S - 4 WHIILIRS le w a t L H S Call Jason Hanna for details j| Danielle Hoeft and Carmen Wilson with their opening-day big bulls taken from the Heppner Unit. The women were on horseback when they made their kills, about 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23. -Contributed photo ♦ i Morrow County Grain Growers \ ____Lexinq^^ ^ J^ JjJ^ j 0 ^ 52 T 3 % * m i h u www a y net^ ^ J \ '
