TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
H eppner
Rietmann, Hawman
announce engagement
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The Y lew from the Green
D e s p i t e th e h o t
weather. 15 players showed
up for the Willow Creek
Country Club ladies’ play
day last Tuesday, July 29.
Nancy Propheter walked
away with the low gross
of the field, while Virginia
Grant took low net. Sharon
Harrison had the least putts.
For flight A, Corol
Mitchell had low gross,
Loa Heideman low net.
and Virginia Grant the long
drive.
For flig h t B, Sara
Emily Rietmann and Alexander Hawman.
Rucker took low gross and
long drive.
For flig h t C, Judy
H arris took low gross,
Betty Burns held low net
and Pat D ougherty had
least putts. Long drive
was a tie between Lorrene
M o n tg o m e ry and Pat
Dougherty.
Virginia Grant had a
chip-in on #16.
In other events, Sara
Rucker had a long putt of
17% 7” on #15.
Golf benefit planned
this weekend
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Just spittin’ and
whistlin’
All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m.
Over the Tee Cup
~
Joe and Donna Rietmann of lone and Mike and
Diane Hawman of Hermiston are pleased to announce the
engagement of Emily Katherine Rietmann and Alexander
Michael Hawman.
Emily graduated from lone High School in 2008,
Washington State University in 2012 and will graduate
from Lewis and Clark Law' School in 2015.
Alex is a 2007 graduate of Hermiston High School
and a 2011 graduate of Oregon State University. He is
employed with Hawman Farms.
The couple will be married January 3, 2015.
Donations being
collected for Gould
family
With the lazy-daisy-days of summer upon us and w ith
harvest about over and school about to begin its annual
door opening, strange thoughts pass through my mind.
Our kids have graduated from the various high schools,
on to college and leaving our small community forever...
this after their families have invested life savings to pay
for mind-boggling tuition fees to four-year colleges. Just
doesn’t seem right, somehow.
In some ways, this is a good thing for those who can
afford it, but for those who cannot afford it, it rapidly
becomes a gigantic problem. I am pretty sure that sending
our kids to a college or university is a top priority in most
family want lists. So how can families solve the high cost
of college tuition?
1 got to thinking about the answer to this question.
One answer lies in our own backyard. It is called Blue
Mountain Community College, a two-year institution for
an associate degree or two years of basic instruction to
carry on to any four-year college or university.
Think o f it. Two years of college at BMCC at literally
half the cost of any four-year institution. Further, specialty
departments within BMCC are tailored to our very own
communities for job growth.
Another thought I had was how to develop jobs
for our graduating seniors and keep them in our own
communities. Take, for instance, the Port of Morrow.
This Port district has brought into our area world-class
industry and commerce second only to the Portland area.
These companies and institutions such as ConAgra and
Tillamook Cheese and Food Processing right now are
recruiting young, eager students who have good work
ethics. BMCC in our own backyard has the capability of
working closely with these companies to tailor classes
that meet the needs of these companies.
So, after thinking of this, it came to me that we can
“have our cake and eat it, too.” Simple—the combination
of Blue Mountain Community College, a “good old
country work force” and the tremendous industry job
recruitment in process at the Port of Morrow offers a
no-brainer solution to jobs, affordable education and
stabilizing our communities. What do you think about
this?
Just spittin’ and whistlin’ for something to do.
(s) Louie Carlson, Heppner
The father of local woman Ashli Gould was recently
in a head-on collision in Silverton, OR and is currently
being treated at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.
A golf tournament sponsored by the men o f St.
Family members continue to travel back and forth to
Patrick's Catholic Church in Heppner and St. William's the hospital; a jar for donations is available at Murray’s
Catholic Church in lone will be held this Saturday, Aug. Drug to help the family with expenses.
9, beginning at 9 a m. at Willow Creek Country Club in
Heppner.
Cost for the golf scramble is $30 per person,
which includes brunch prepared by the women of St.
Patrick's Altar Society. Proceeds will be used for youth
scholarships. For more information, contact Kathy
Reprinted from ISU she was thrilled.
nursing professor.
Fullmer, 541-980-2352.
Headlines, a publication
She was working in her
“ In a rural hospital,
o f Idaho State University, hometown and doing what you do it all. You’re the OB
mvw.isu.edu, July 30, 2014. she loved.
labor nurse, the ER nurse,
In last w eek’s story, “ Lightning strike ends in
W hen 2 9 -y e a r-o ld
“I like rural health care. the medical surgical nurse
friendship, not tears,” the Gazette-Times inadvertently R ach el S c h o n b a c h le r Every day is different,” said and the pediatric nurse,”
altered a local family tree. Miranda and Emily Taylor landed her first nursing Schonbachler, a registered said Hewett.
are the daughters of Joe and Cheryl Taylor, not Joe and job at Pioneer Memorial nurse. One day she might
The yearlong residency
Glenda Taylor.
H o sp ita l in H ep p n er, treat a child with a cold, was free to hospitals and
The Gazette-Times editor apologizes for the error.
Oregon last September, the next an elderly patient nurses and consisted of more
with a breathing issue or than 30 interactive classes
a gunshot victim in the delivered to the workplace
emergency room.
via video te ch n o lo g y .
But h e re ’s the rub. Instructors included ISU
Many small critical-access faculty and national nurse
h o sp itals have a
p ractice experts.
problem retaining
T o p ic s r a n g e d
nurses. Some leave
from the care of a
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Nurse Residency.
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in a controlled setting,
The goal was to help boosting their confidence
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rural hospitals—those with levels and fine-tuning the
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bridging the gap between
“Participants had the
transition and practice, opportunity to collaborate
said Dr. Beverly Hewett, w ith other rural nurse
grant project director and a p a rtic ip a n ts , to share
retired ISU clinical assistant experiences and ideas, and
ISU nurse residency program helps rural
hospitals retain nurses
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to learn from each other,”
said Dr. Kathleen Olsen,
a retired nursing clinical
instructor who taught the
simulation sessions.
The residency program,
w hich ended June 30,
enrolled 323 registered
nurses from 106 rural
hospitals in 23 states. The
initial goal was to have 85
percent of the nurses who
completed the program stay
on the job for one year.
“We exceeded that goal
with an 88 percent retention
rate—284 nurses stayed
at least one year,” said
Hewett.
As for Schonbachler,
she says the residency
was well worth her time,
especially the session on
treating gunshot wounds.
“ We live in a hunting
community,” she said.
S c h o n b a c h le r also
m a d e c o p ie s o f th e
classroom lessons to share
with her nursing colleagues.
Hewett says the success
o f the ISU N o rth w est
Rural N urse Residency
dem onstrates a need for
nurse residencies, and she's
looking for ways to sustain
the program now that the
funding has ended.
“It proves there is a need
for transition to practice for
any health care provider.
They do residencies for
physicians, so why not
nurses?” she said.
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Thank you and God bless-
Friends o f The Gould family
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