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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 7,2014 - THREE Wheeler County 4-H to host 4-H shooting sports training Health district recognizes service of dedicated employees Most Morrow County residents believe Morrow County Health District has exceptional employees. It seems the health district would agree. T h re e o f th o s e employees, Pennie Miller, Cheryl Tallman and Trish Maben, were honored w ith the Service E xcellence Award recently at the annual MCHD Service Awards Banquet held in Heppner. The Service Excellence Award is given to employees who exemplify exceptional service and go “ above and beyond” the duties of their job, Grigg explains. Nominations come from employees and providers th ro u g h o u t the h ealth district and are selected by a special committee. Pennie Miller oversees purchasing of supplies and medical equipment. “ She starts her day in the wee hours o f the m orning and is alw ays willing to fill in wherever needed at the drop of a hat,” one district employee said. Not only is she in charge of the purchasing, she also functions as an Emergency M e d ic a l T e c h n ic ia n - Interm ediate, a Nursing Assistant and a Medical A ssistant when needed. When she recently had a medical procedure, she came in at small intervals just to keep up with things What do you get when behind 4-H shooting sports. you combine two passions, Curriculum /lesson plans working with youth and are provided to help guide shooting sports? A 4-H shooting sports clubs. shooting sports club, o f Wheeler County 4-H course. w ill host one o f these O rganizers say 4-H State 4-H Shooting Sports s h o o tin g sp o rts teach T ra in in g c la s s e s th e youth firearm and life weekend o f May 16-18 skills while participating in Fossil. This training is in a safe, positive and fun offered at various locations environment. Disciplines throughout the state but has o ffe re d in c lu d e rifle , never been held so close to pistol, shotgun, archery, home. muzzleloading and Western Local resid en ts are Action Shooting. invited to take advantage of Not just anyone can start this opportunity to become a 4-H shooting sports club, a 4-H shooting sports club though. Part of the training leader or add a discipline to to become a 4-H shooting their existing club. Contact sports volunteer includes the local OSU Extension atten d in g a m andatory Office at 541-676-9642 for State 4-H Shooting Sports more information. (L-R): Pennie Miller, Cheryl Tallman and Trish Maben were honored with the Service training, which centers T he d e a d lin e fo r Excellence Award recently at the annual MCHD Service Awards Banquet held in Heppner. on the philosophy and registering for the training -Contributed photo tra in in g m e th o d o lo g y is Tuesday, May 13. that needed to be done for closet to people in the reminding them they are her job. Coworkers say she community, often doing overdue. When outside always has a smile and an it on her own time and telephone calls come to the upbeat attitude. without pay. Her quilt group hospital between 5 p.m. Cheryl Tallman is a makes quilts o f various and 8 p.m., and the patient Home Health and Hospice sizes and delivers them to asks if someone just called The W ranglers club Kollman, 2nd-Quaid Jensen, nurse. Other health district patients and community them, the standard question held a play day April 27; 3rd-Taylor Palmateer, 4lh- employees say she always members. She is also said to is, “Could it be Trish?” And results are as follows: Mary Ashbeck goes above and beyond meet all patients where they 95 percent of the time, the Stick-horse Race 7 <ft under: P '-B la in e what is truly necessary to are in their lives without answer is “Yes.” 3 eft under: P '-K e tc h McClure. 2nd-Hallie Hisler, take care of patients and to judgm ent, and provides In a d d itio n to the F e n n e r n , 2 nd- A x to n J^-Holden Sifford inspire teamwork among her them with the best possible Service Excellence winners, H e n d ric k s, 3rd-Johnny 8-11 year-olds: 15,-Blane co-workers. One example care to improve their quality another 13 employees were Ashbeck Mahoney, 2nd-Brock Hisler, o f that is a com m unity of life and help them make recognized at the banquet 4 eft 5 year-olds: l s,-Quaid 3rd-Kylee M cClure, 4,h- loan closet in Boardman; good medical decisions. for the years of service they Jensen, 2nd-Healy Hisler, Shane Sifford Cheryl frequently delivers Trish Maben is a nurse have given to the Health 3rd-Brooklyn Hendricks, 12-15 year-olds: 15t-Jacee equipment from the loan at Pioneer Memorial Clinic. District. Those include: 4th-Mary Ashbeck C urrin, 2nd-Jaiden Mahoney, She always seems to have -Sandi Hanna, 40 years 6 eft 7year-olds: la-Hallee 3rd-Ashley Price, 4lh-Alexis a smile on her face and a o f service Hisler, 2nd- Taylor Palmateer Villegas chuckle to go with it. She -C arl L auritsen, 30 Barrels Figure 8 seems to always be aware years of service L ea d -lin e: l sl-Ire ly n n L e a d - lin e : P '- T a y lo r of the need to track down -Sue Thom pson, 25 kollman, 2nd-Quaid Jensen, P a lm a te e r, 2 nd-K e tc h missing orders from outside years of service 3rd-Healy Hisler, 4,h-Mary F e n n e r n , 3 rd- A x to n providers who order tests -Kim Thompson, 20 Ashbeck H en d rick s, 4,h-lre ly n n for her patients to be done at years of service 7 eft under: P '-B lain e Kollman Pioneer Memorial Hospital. -Ed Berretta, MD, 20 McClure, 2nd-Hallie Hisler, 7 <ft under: 1“-B la in e She is like a calendar when years of service 3rd-Holden Sifford McClure, 2nd-Hallee Hisler, her patien ts m iss th eir -Teresa Flaiz, 15 years 8-11 year-olds: l s,-Blane 3rd-Holden Sifford, routine tests; she can often of service Mahoney, 2nd- Brock Hisler, 8-11 year-olds: l 5,-Brock be found on the telephone -Heather Asbridge, five 3rd-K ylee M cClure, 4,h- Hisler, 2nd-Blane Mahoney, years of service Shane Sifford 3rd-Kylee M cClure, 4,h- -Lori Jones, five years ¡2-15year-olds: l s,-Jaiden Shane Sifford o f service Mahoney, 2nd-Jacee Currin, 12-15 year-olds: l s,-Jaiden Greg Walden is fighting to put -Russ N ichols, MD, 3rd-Ashley Price, 4th-Alexis Mahoney, 2nd-Jacee Currin, five years o f service Villegas 3rd-Ashley Price, 4th-Alexis people back to work in the woods -D ian a S harp, five Poles Villegas years of service L e a d -lin e : P '-Ire ly n n and build healthy communities by breaking -Del Turner, five years of service through the gridlock and regulation to -Shawn Cutsforth, five years of service ensure the certainty of timber supply that -Warren Rosen, five years of service our mills need to stay open. That’s why I’m “ M o rro w C o u n ty By Haylie Peterson The Bakery Bunch met at the lone Community Health District believes in supporting Greg Walden.” its employees and knows Church on April 16. Eleven members were present. Club that it’s the people who leader Nancy Jepsen talked to the group about cooking m ake the d iffe re n c e ,” with eggs, as it was the Easter season. We took a quiz - Jennifer Krauss Phillippi Grigg says. “The Employee with facts about eggs and discussed the answers. The members, assisted by Mrs. Jepsen and Mrs. Lea Recognition Committee— Owner, Rough & Ready Lumber Betty H ickerson, D elia Rodriguez, made “Dutch Babies.” Members said they had Robinson, Tonia Adams, fun separating the egg yolks with pop bottles. As the treats Patty A llstott and Katie cooked, Nancy explained how they had gotten their name. When the “Dutch Babies” were done, members got Duncan— meets regularly to plan activities and events to put maple syrup and powdered sugar on them so they to show appreciation and could sample them. Most of the members thought they recognition to the many tasted a lot like French toast. They also got J^ e a t Bird peo p le w ho m ake the Nest cookies. Participants finished by cleaning up the cooking area Health District a great place before they added the recipes to their notebooks. to work.” Wranglers play-day results LIVE MUSIC .M A Y 10 BUCKNUM’S FILTHY STILL BILLY COOK >D0G BITE HARRIS ITRAVIS BELLAMY * JAKE ROYI Bakery Bunch has ‘eggcellent’ meeting SHINGLES SHOTS IF YOU ARE OVER 50 A N D YOU HAVE N O INSURANCE, THE M ORRO W COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS k FREE SHINGLES SHOTS! [A LS O THOSE W IT H M E D IC A R E , BUT I n O PARI D A R E ELIGIBLE FO R THE FREE SHINGLES SH O T Greg W alden I i H K i WAI IH N COM ('•‘ III I HR IH 'A 41 HIN m il ilNlilU SS INI t Vote Greg Walden Jfor Congress in the Republican Primary. IF YOUR PRIVATE INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER THE SHINGLES SHOT AT ALL, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A FREE SHINGLES SHOT. CALL FOR INFORM ATION MORROW COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT 120 S. Main St. • P.O. Box 799 Boardman Clinic (541) 481-4200 H eppner Clinic (541 ) 676-5421 Heppner, OR 97836
