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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.
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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.”
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s ele cted from each M o rro w C o u n ty high
school.
CONTEST RULES
TO ENTER
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Poster contains creative art and text designed to answer why you
should consider attending BMCC when you graduate
•
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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
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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
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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
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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.