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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 23,2014
HEALTH DISTRICT
-Continuedfrom PACE ONE
Services, and to Hermiston-
area doctors.
Grigg reported that the
installation of the electronic
financial systems and clinic
systems are now complete;
however, he added there is
still a lot of work to do in
“fine tuning the systems and
working out the bugs and
issues as they arise.”
G rigg also reported
on changes to the union
c o n t r a c t , in c lu d in g :
ex p an d ed use o f sick
leave for family member
physicals, dental visits;
a one-percent increase,
from four to five percent,
for the district’s retirement
contribution; and increased
amounts paid by the district
for employee medical and
dental insurance.
In other business, the
board:
-discussed changes to
the CEO evaluation form
and procedures and set the
CEO evaluation for the
August meeting.
-learned from Grigg
that the card lock security
system has been installed at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
and is in the process of being
installed at the two clinics.
He said that only public
entrances will be unlocked
during b u sin ess hours
and non-public entrances
are locked, accessed by
employees through a badge
swipe.
-determined that the
annual fall board retreat
will be held an afternoon
and evening in O ctober
in H e p p n e r an d th e
next m orning, possibly
at the SAGE C enter in
B oardm an. G rigg said
M ichelle Rathm an and
M ary S h e e h a n w ith
Impact Communications
will facilitate the retreat,
addressing the themes of
board evaluation, strategy
and the future direction,
provider strategy, policy,
cu ltu re tran sfo rm a tio n
and o u t- m ig r a tio n :
moving from activity to
engagement. Funding for
Impact Communications
is through a grant from the
Oregon Office o f Rural
Health.
-learned that the district
will hold an ice cream social
July 29 at 12:30 p.m. for
the signing of the MCHD
Promise of Excellence; and
an employee recognition
summer barbecue on Aug.
7 at Hager Park.
-h e a rd a re p o rt
from G rigg concerning
the Oregon A ssociation
o f Hospitals and Health
Systems annual meeting he
attended in Sunriver. Topics
o f discussion included:
community benefit policy
package, hospital quality
transparency, hospital price
transparency and hospital
sustainable growth.
-approved authorizing
Daniel Grigg, Molly Rhea.
Nicole Mahoney and John
Murray as check signers.
-learned that the district
lost $112,407 in May, with
$669,424 in gross patient
revenue, with $156,633
in contractual and other
adjustments, less $2,402
in provision for bad debts,
received $127,629 in tax
revenue, $18,645 in other
o p e ra tin g rev en u e for
$661,466 in total operating
revenue, with $780,210 in
total operating expenses,
and a $5,336 non-operating
net gain.
-received the following
report for May: Pioneer
Memorial Hospital had five
admissions, three swing bed
admissions, five admitted
for observation, one swing
nursing facility admission,
355 to ta l o u tp a tie n ts ,
83 e m e r g e n c y ro o m
encounters, 1,288 lab tests,
81 x-ray procedures, 21 CT
scans, eight EKG tests, one
treadmill procedure, seven
colonoscopy procedures,
two endoscopy procedures,
29 resp irato ry therapy
procedures; Home Health
had 118 p atien t v isits;
Hospice had one admission.
Pharmacy had 1,637 drug
d o ses fo r $26,381 in
drug revenue; H eppner
Ambulance had 33 page
outs with 25 transports
for $31,147 in revenue,
B o ard m an A m b u lan ce
had 28 page-outs with 16
transports for $20,868 in
revenue, Irrigon Ambulance
had 18 page-outs with 12
transports for $9,843 in
revenue; Pioneer Memorial
Clinic had 414 patient visits
with 11 new patients, 42
seen by a nurse and 16
no-shows; Irrigon Medical
Clinic had 226 patient visits
with 28 new patients, 59
seen by a nurse and 11 no-
shows.
Correction
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of the rocks for Heppner’s Talking Rocks in last week’s
article, “City considers public smoking ban.” Osmin
Ranch, owned by A1 and Donna Osmin, are donating
boulders from the Osmin Quarry for the Talking Rocks
project, in addition to Pam and Mark Wunderlich.
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The View from the Green
WCCC announces 2014 Ladies
Championship results
A small but hardy group
braved nearly 100-degree
temperatures last Friday
and Saturday for the Willow
Creek Country Club Ladies
Championship. The WCCC
Board hosted a light lunch
for players and families
after the event.
Nancy Propheter carded
a pair o f 73s to win the
gross score championship
with a 146, followed by
M issy Cutsforth with a
160. On the net side, Jodi
Ferguson won with a 117
after recording a personal
best on Saturday’s play.
Virginia Grant finished
second net with a 120.
W in n e rs a re now
2014 Ladies Championship participants (L-R) Ivy Zimmerman. Kristen Bowles, Lorrene
Montgomery, Missy Cutsforth, Jodi Ferguson, Nancy Propheter and Virginia Grant.
Contributed photo
eligible for the 2014 OGA Championships to be held in May 2015 in Woodbum.
Over the Tee Cup
July 15 was a hot and
sunny day when 15 ladies
showed up to play go lf
at Willow Creek Country
Club. Nancy Propheter took
low gross of the field, while
Lorrene Montgomery took
low net and Judy Harris had
least putts.
For flight A, Karen
Thompson had low gross.
Thompson also had a chip-
in on #14.
For flight B, Sarah
Rucker had low gross and
Jan Paustian had low net.
For flight C, Betty
Bums had first low gross
and Pat Dougherty second
low gross; Jackie Allstott
had first low net and Sharon
Harris had second low net;
and Bev Steagall had least
putts.
NEOJGA
announces Wine
Valley winners
The North East Oregon
Junior G olf Association
(NEOJGA) has announced
the results for the recent
tournament at Wine Valley
Golf Club on Monday, July
14. Results are as follows:
Pee Wee B oys— 1.
H unter Greenup, 59; 2.
Cody Adams, 78; 3. Kaden
Combe, 83.
Pee Wee G irls — 1.
Sasha Keown, 67; 2. Sage
F erg u so n , 75; 3. Lily
Volger, 76.
June 26 were: 1st Nancy
Intermediate Boys— 1.
P ro p h e te r, 2 nd A ndrea
Jared
Geier, 87; 2. Cruz
Mortimore.
Gallegos,
97; 3. Braden
Low net results for
Bell, 99.
July 17 were: Is' Nancy
P ro p h eter, 2 nd K risten
Bowles.
The next T hursday
evening play is July 24 with
a 5:30 p.m. tee time.
W CCC Thursday
night ladies results
The Thursday Night
Ladies play is for beginner
to expert-level players who
want to play in a relaxed
g o lf environm ent while
enjoying the company of
other lady golfers.
Several evenings o f
play have been held this
summer.
Low net results for
Columbia-Blue
tournament at
Beacon Rock
Sunday m en’s play
results for July 13
T w e n ty -n in e m en
played golf in the regular
Sunday morning men’s play
on July 13.
Results were as follows:
Gross: 1. Greg Grant
- 60, 2. Tomas Elguezabal
- 64,3. Tom Bedortha - 67.
N et: 1. (tie) K elly
Fox, Roger Mortimore and
Ralph Walker-5 5 .
L ea st P u tts: D ave
Mitchell.
Intermediate Girls— 1.
Haley Greb, 77; 2. Sophie
G ran t, 90; 3. T rin ity
McCarthy, 106.
B o y s— 1. B ray d en
P u lv er, 74; 2. R eilly
Hegarty, 79; 3. Nathan
Som. 80.
Girls— 1. Shelby Greb,
73; 2. Anna Seymour, 96; 3.
Emily Rea, 102.
Junior Boys— 1. Zac
Adams, 77; 2. Karl Wellens,
87; 3. Rylee Gassin. 93.
The NEOJGA season
w ill w rap up w ith a
tournam ent planned for
Tuesday, Aug 5, at 10 a.m.
at Wildhorse Resort.
Special Events - KPs:
Steve M arlatt and Rod
Wilson.
The activity was hosted
by Rick Britt and Roger
Mortimore.
R e g u la r S u n d ay
morning men’s play will
resume on July 27 with
Duane Disque, Barry
M unkers and G ene
Orwick in charge.
Twenty-three Willow
Creek senior golfers played
at the par-72 Beacon Rock
G o lf C ourse at N orth
Bonneville, WA on July 14.
WCCC results were as
follows:
Col umbi a Division
(Handicap 15 and below)
Net: 8. Dave Allstott
-7 2 .
Blue Division (Handicap
l ót o 23)
G ro ss : 2. Jo h n
Edmundson - 83, 5. Tom
Shear - 88, 6. Kelly Fox -
89, 8. Denis Lien - 90.
Net: 8. Rick Johnston
-7 3 .
Senior Division (Handicap
24 and above)
Gross: 2. Rod Wilson -
93,3. Larry Runyon - 94,6.
Gene Orwick - 98, 7. Mike
Doherty - 99.
Net: 5. A1 Scott - 70.
The next Columbia-
Bl ue S e n i o r Go l f
Tournament will be at the
M ilton-F reew ater G olf
Course on Aug. 11. Tee
times will be 7:30 a.m. and
1 p.m.
Lunch will be available
at the golf course restaurant
for a nominal charge.
Health and healing school planned at local
church
A health and healing
school is planned August
6 -1 0 at th e H ep p n er
Seventh-day A dventist
church.
The five-day intensive
learning event will feature
five different presenters,
including Joyce Brown,
Gary Fletcher, Roberta
Healey, Judy Kjaer and
Rick Lee. All presenters are
from the Pacific Northwest,
and several are local. Topics
include education from
the garden, hydrotherapy,
massage, herbs and how
to use them in the kitchen,
healing your body naturally,
diets versus lifestyles, and
the Bible and the laws of
health.
To register or with any
questions about the school,
or to receive a flyer with
all the classes and details,
call Roberta I lealey at 541 -
310-7783.
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