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I Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon HES announces students of character Wednesday, December 3,2014 Washington, DC youth tour applications available now Columbia Basin Elec is particularly proud of the tric Cooperative has an nounced that it is currently seeking applications for the annual Washington Youth Tour. “At CBEC, we take great pride in highlighting the value of cooperative membership to children. After all, they are our mem- bers-in-training,” the co-op stated in a release. “We pro vide a variety of programs that benefit young people, from safety demonstrations to sponsoring youth activi ties across our five-county Heppner Elementary honored students on Nov. 25 at its first Colt Character Assembly. October's unit was “Physical and Intel service territory.” lectual Positive Actions for a Healthy Self-Concept." The important actions were eating nutritious foods, using good personal Columbia Basin says it hygiene, exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, gaining new information, learning to solve problems, thinking creatively, improving memory and being curious. -Contributedphoto Heppner Elementary School has announced the students honored in the Nov. 25 Colt Character Assembly. Students are as follows: Mrs. Morris: Keaton Coiner, Jaysi Dompier, Avree Lathrop. Claire Lind say, Hailey M cDaniel, Brooklyn Hendricks, Healy Hisler, McKenzie Maben. Alakae Rodriguez, Ciel Walters, Patrick Wolford. Mrs. Matteson: Paige Beebe. Mariah Combe, Caleb G eorge, Owen Guerra, Faith Holsinger, Wyatt King, Lily Nichols, Rylee Palmer, Maya Payne, Sophie Rodriguez, Tripp Stewart. Mrs. Stewart: Jackson Coiner, John Lindsay, Saige Jensen. Ally Green, Trenton Delibertis, Keeley Nairns, Hallee Hisler. Lynn Wil liams, Makiyah Christian. Damien Shoeships-Ball. Mrs. Coiner: Daniel Baasch, Keegin Chitty, Dylan Christian, Morgan Cutsforth, Ethan Delibertis, Faith Futter, Caden George, Reece Gorham, Zandra Masterson. Landon Mitch- ell, Kyler Wilson. Arianna Worden. Mrs. Gibbs: Hayley Akers, Bill Alldritt, Ty Boor, David Cribbs, Per rin Furrer, Adan Guerra, Chace Jones, Jacob Lentz, Paul Lindsay, Ireland Mar tin, Trevor Nichols, Madi son Palmer, Hilary Payne, Camryn Scrivner, Hailey Wenberg, Brook Wilson, Katherine Wilson. Mrs. Piper: Zander Fisher, Conor Brosnan, Chance McCormack, Cody Fletcher, Joe Sherman. Kas- sidy Henrichs, Harley An- HEALTH DISTRICT -learned from MCHD security system with badge this grant. -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE CEO Dan Grigg that ac cording to the most re cent patient survey data, 85.9 percent of patients would recommend PMH. the emergency room or providers’ offices to their family and friends. -learned from Grigg that an armed intruder drill was held Nov. 18 in order to test PMH’s new lock-down capability and procedures. MCHD was assisted by Morrow County Undersher iff Steve Myron in the drill. Grigg said that the new sys tem worked well with only one recommendation for improvement. The hospital had recently added a new readers for employees. He said that the new system can enable staff to push one button and lock every door at PMH in the event of an armed intruder or other emergency. The locks at the clinics have also been enhanced. -learned that Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. (GOBH1) has been awarded a $436,506 tele medicine and distance learning grant from USDA to install a “telemedicine network linking patients in remote rural areas to a full range of health care expertise.’’ Grigg said that MCHD would benefit from -learned that Columbia River Community Health Services in Boardman and MCHD’s Irrigon Medical Clinic will receive a grant of $3,000 with the goal of increasing well-child visits for adolescents in the north end of the county. -heard from Grigg that the district plans to host a birthday lunch for each employee who has a birth day in a given month. The birthday lunch comes with a small gift from the district. -learned that Dr. Russ Nichols recently held an Emergency Department review for all providers and hospital RNs. The session derson, Jett Stewart, Han nah Green. Bridget Wizner, Kason Cimmiyotti, Jace Coe. Blane Mahoney, Roen Waite. Derrick Smith. Mrs. Dowdy: Madison Ashbeck, Alexis Cutsforth, Gracey DeLoach, Kend all Dowdy, Sage Fergu son, Brinley Furrer, Hunter Greenup, Hayden Hyatt. Marlee Mitchell, Madelyn Nichols, Hannah Palmer, Serenity Rodriguez, Ai- mee Turrell, Tyson Vaw- ser, Jayden Wilson. Blake Wolters. included the location of equipment and supplies as well as detailed information and guidance for proper treatment of emergency department patients. “The training was well attended and well received,” said Grigg. -learned from Grigg that the district is continu ing to prepare for any pa tient with a contagious disease, including those who may be exposed to Ebola. He said that protec tive equipment was being secured and policies and practices being reviewed and revised to ensure that patients and caregivers are “safe and protected.” Blue Mountain C_-ommunity College <507 t/ve W i n n i n jjo$te,r (\,nc[ vtZtft C 'r t i K t t g 0 ) put on your creative th in k in g caps and tell us w hy you w o u ld go to Blue M ountain C o m m u n ity C ollege. o TTUce the and have som e fun w ith a ch ance to w in som e extra cash. O n e w in n er w ill be s ele cted from each M o rro w C o u n ty high school. CONTEST RULES TO ENTER • Poster contains creative art and text designed to answer why you should consider attending BMCC when you graduate • • Content must be school appropriate for all ages The contest is open to all Morrow County students currently enrolled in grades nine through 12 in Heppner, lone, Boardman, and Irrigon schools • Poster may be either horizontal or vertical not to exceed 11" x 17’ • One poster entry per student • All artwork must be original and suitable for reproduction, including mixed media and computer-generated graphics • Drop off your poster at your high school pnncipals office for initial review by December 11, 2014 • The back of the poster must contain a pnnted clearly legible copy of the student's name school name grade level, telephone number, and address • Entnes will then be judged by a faculty committee from each high school w4io will select the winners December 17, 2014 Non-wtnning submissions must be picked up from your principal s office before 5 PM December 19, 2014 after which time they will be discarded • The winning entrant from each school will receive a $250 cash award a All winning entnes become the property of Blue Mountain Community College, PO Box 100. 2411 NW Carden Ave. Pend leton. OR, 97801 Entry in the contest constitutes full permission to publish names and photos o f winners Winning posters may also be used for the purpose of future college advertisement The determination o f eligibility of entnes and any inter pretation of these rules is at the sole discretion of each high school pnncipal s office and shall be final and binding upon all entrants By participating, the entrant agrees to abide by and be bound by these rules Blue Mountain Community College is an equal opportunity educator and employer - FIVE Washington Youth Tour, during which more than 15,000 high school students from across the country de scend on Washington, D.C. to learn about government, history and the role of elec tric cooperatives. The next trip is June 11 - 18, 2015. CBEC plans on sending two high school ju niors selected from the high schools in its service terri tory. All expenses are paid (except spending money). Applications are avail able from www.cbec.cc and are due Jan. 9, 2015. Reading program showers students with fun Rainforest Reading is the Heppner Elementary Accelerated Reader theme for the 2014-2015 school year. Students will be climbing their way to the top of the rainforest w ith fun activi ties. As part of the program, the school recently gave away three gift baskets filled with books, stickers, pencils and other fun items. This month's winners were Dillan Doyle, Jayden Wilson and Carlv Bash. -Contributedphoto -received the following report: Pioneer Memorial Hospital had no admissions in October, one swing bed admission, seven admit ted for observation, 517 outpatients, 73 emergency room encounters, 1,566 lab tests, 108 x-ray procedures, 23 CT scans, 24 EKG tests, one treadmill procedure, four colonoscopy proce dures, two endoscopy pro cedures, three respiratory therapy procedures; Pioneer Memorial Clinic, with three physicians providing care a combined total of 38 days and a physician’s assistant providing care 11 days, had 426 patient visits, with 11 new patients, 103 seen by a nurse and 12 no-shows; Irrigon Medical Clinic, with one physician’s as sistant providing care 22 days of the month and three physicians providing care a combined total of nine days, had 285 patient vis its, 24 new patients, 103 seen by a nurse and 19 no- shows; Home Health had 131 patient visits; Hospice had no admissions; Phar macy had 1,175 drug doses for $86,626 in drug rev enue; Heppner Ambulance had 17 page-outs with 12 transports for $15,116 in revenue; Boardman Ambu lance had 27 page-outs with 20 transports for $28,621 in revenue; Irrigon Ambu lance had 28 page-outs with 23 transports for $28,859 in revenue; there were three flights. -held an executive ses sion concerning the risk management/quality report and the CEO evaluation. -received the 2015 board meeting calendar as follows: January 26, lone Community Church, lone, 7 p.m.; February 23, Hos pice meeting room, PMH, Heppner, 6 p.m.; March 30, Sand Hollow Room, Port of Morrow, Boardman, 7 p.m.; April 27, Lexington Town Hall, Lexington, 7 p.m.; May 18, Hospice meeting room, Heppner, 6 p.m.; June 29, Irrigon Medical Clinic, Irrigon, 7 p.m.; July 27, lone Community Church, lone, 7 p.m.; August 31, Hospice meeting room, 6 p.m.; September 28, Sand Hollow Room, 7 p.m.; Oc tober 26, Lexington Town Hall, 7 p.m.; November 30, Hospice meeting room, 6 p.m.; December 28, Irrigon Medical Clinic, 7 p.m. WEATHER REPORT the ground was five inches for Heppner fall from 44 -Continued from PAGE ONE on the 14th. The outlook for De cember from NOAA’s Cli mate Prediction Center calls for above-normal tem peratures and near-normal precipitation. Normal highs degrees at the start of De cember to 4 1 degrees at the end of December. Normal lows fall from 28 degrees to 25 degrees. The 30-year normal precipitation is 1.32 inches. Chamber lunch meeting The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be an all entities report on Thursday, Dec. 4. at noon in Heppner City Hall conference room. Cost of lunch is $ 10; Willow Creek Diner will cater. Chamber lunch attendees are asked to RSVPat 541 - 676-5536 no later than the Wednesday before to guarantee a lunch. ALL NEWS AND ADV ERTISEMENT BEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
