EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 27, 2015
A View from the
Hill
By Doris Brosnan
One benefit of living
at Willow Creek Terrace is
“balance.” For instance, the
Staff encourages everyone
to exercise, stay hydrated,
and be cognizant of good
nutrition. But they also
enjoy with the Residents
the many special treats
often featured in the dining
room. On May 2, every-
one sampled homemade
truffles, and just two days
later they started focusing
on National Walking Week.
On the 27 th , they will cel-
ebrate Senior Health and
Fitness Day, but that won’t
mean they didn’t enjoy
Coconut Cream Pie, Apple
Pie, and Chocolate Chip
Cookies earlier this month
on their designated special
days. These special treats
make the Staff ’s eight-
week health-improvement
challenge a bit more chal-
lenging, but they can see
positive changes that make
the efforts worthwhile.
Other special days this
month have led to some
stimulating conversations.
On May 8, which hon-
ors the World Red Cross
organization, residents
discussed their histories
of blood donations. The
next day, they had the op-
portunity to pay tribute to
babysitters by reminiscing
about what was usually a
first job and one that paid a
few cents an hour.
The “fantastic” Mus-
tang Mop-Up volunteers
were paid with gratitude
and cupcakes when they
came to the Terrace last
week. The group of nine
young workers started their
day inside until the weather
improved a bit, joining Res-
idents who were exercising
and then having some fun
with limericks because the
12 th was Limerick Day.
After the workout and reci-
tation of some limericks,
the students went to work
on cleaning the outside of
the building, windows and
screens. They continued
their work by cleaning the
hall light fixtures and the
inside of the sun room win-
dows. They were such effi-
cient workers, they then had
time for some weeding in
the back flowerbeds before
returning to HHS for lunch.
The 15 th celebrates the
first marketing, in 1940, of
nylon stockings. Female
Residents could remember
what a “big deal” their first
stockings were, but they
also remembered that the
stockings were viewed by
many older people as being
tawdry so, for some, these
firsts had to be delayed until
Elks host mother-daughter tea for seniors
On Wednesday, May 20, the Heppner High School senior girls and their mothers were treated to a tea luncheon hosted by the
lady Elks. The guests were entertained by Doris Brosnan and Sharon Harrison with a performance of “This is Your Life.”
Pictured are (standing L-R) Doris Brosnan and Sharon Harrison with (seated L-R) Jenny Marick, Maddie Lindsay, Ella
McCormack, Jasmine Garcia, Makenzi Hughes, Paige Grieb, Erica Nelson, Macy Gibbs, Mckenzie Gumb, Kelly Wilson,
Savannah Poorman and Mariela Sanchez. –Contributed photo
Mom and Dad were not the
bosses.
International Museum
Day, on the 18 th , stimulated
conversations about many
museums visited, including
some in other countries, and
the purposes and impor-
tance of museums.
Important donations
continue to come to the
Terrace dining room, and
another important gift has
come from the Morrow
County Health District. It
is a lamp post. The perfect
spot is in the gazebo, which
will now be more inviting
in the evenings, especially
now that warmer, summer
evenings are just around the
corner. The health district is
such a great supporter of the
Terrace, the Residents hope
that many nurses and other
home-health-and-hospice
staff members will be able
to come for a thank-you
lunch at the Terrace this
week.
Another gift came last
week: Tom Bedortha. Tom
has volunteered to drive in-
terested Residents to the Se-
nior Meal Site on Wednes-
days, and he reports that he
will try to free up time for a
once-a-month pleasure trip.
Some Residents are
already looking forward to
attending the first “Music in
the Park” concert in Hep-
pner, coming in June.
Missed on that outing,
as she has been missed
daily, will be Lucile Peck.
Lucile is remembered for
her positive attitude and
her smiles, and her family
and Terrace neighbors view
her passing as a great loss
for them.
PMH Foundation announces scholarship recipients
Pioneer Memorial Hos-
pital Foundation has an-
nounced scholarship awards
for the year.
The foundation is re-
sponsible for awarding a
scholarship established in
the memory of Dr. Wal-
lace Wolff by his family.
D r. Wo l ff
was a long-
time physi-
cian in the
community
with a com-
mitment to
improving
Sean
education.
Murray
T h i s
year’s award
in the amount of $1,500
goes to Sean Murray, who
is in the school of pharmacy
at Oregon State University.
Murray is
a graduate
of Heppner
High School
and is the
son of John
and Ann
Murray.
Jordan
T h e Peterson
foundation
also awarded two $1,500
scholarships in memory of
Earl and Hazel Wilson, who
were long-time residents
of the Ione area and were
benefactors
of the foun-
dation.
These
awards went
to Jordan
Peterson,
Rebecca
who is a
Jepsen
graduate of
Ione High
School and is in nursing
school at Southwestern Or-
egon Com-
munity Col-
lege, and
Rebecca
Jepsen, an
Ione gradu-
ate who will
receive her
bachelor ’s Ryan
degree from Dougherty
Whitworth
College this spring and
will pursue a doctorate in
physical therapy at Eastern
Washington University this
fall.
The foundation award-
ed four $1,000 scholar-
ships to students who were
entering their second years
of education in the field of
health care.
Ryan Dougherty, who
was a graduate of Hep-
pner High
School, is
enrolled
at Arizona
State Uni-
versity in
speech and Nicole
Kempken
hearing sci-
ence with
the goal of becoming a
speech therapist. Nicole
Kempken, a graduate of
Heppner High School, is
enrolled at Blue Mountain
Community College, get-
ting her pre-requisites for
the school of nursing. Me-
kayla Kindle is a graduate of
Heppner High School and
a student at
Boise State
University,
and is also
getting her
pre-req-
uisites for
the school Mekayla
of nursing Kindle
with the
goal of achieving her bach-
elor’s degree in nursing.
Lilly Sandford, a graduate
of Heppner High School, is
attending Colorado North-
western Community Col-
lege and has been accepted
in the dental hygiene pro-
gram there for the coming
year.
The foundation award-
ed eight scholarships to
graduates of the class of
2015 in the amount of $500
each. These awards are
renewable
in increas-
ing amounts
upon the
student
meeting
foundation Lilly
criteria in Sandford
future years.
Yv e t t e
Barrera will graduate from
Riverside High School and
will enroll at Oregon Insti-
tute of Technology in the
medical imaging program.
Sandra Flores will graduate
from Riverside High School
and will enroll at Oregon
State University with the
goal becoming a mental
health nurse. Gabrielle
Ganvoa will graduate from
Riverside High School and
will enroll at Western Or-
egon University in exercise
science. Isabel Orozco will
graduate from Irrigon High
School and
will enroll
at Oregon
State Uni-
versity this
fall with the
goal of at-
tending the Jasmine
s c h o o l o f Garcia
pharmacy.
Shalom Robles will grad-
uate from Irrigon High
School and will enroll at
Oregon Institute of Tech-
nology in the health care
field in the fall. Maddie
Lindsay will graduate from
Heppner High School and
will enroll at Oregon State
University to pursue a de-
gree in bio-health/pre-med-
icine. After receiving her
bachelor ’s
degree, she
plans to at-
tend North-
western
Chiroprac-
tic College
Maddie
and become
Lindsay
licensed
chiroprac-
tor. Jasmine Garcia will
graduate from Heppner
High School and will enter
Eastern Oregon University
to get her pre-requisites in
nursing with her long-term
goal of becoming a Regis-
tered Nurse. Kelly Wilson
will graduate from Heppner
High School and will attend
Columbia Basin Commu-
nity College this fall with
the goal of getting into a
physical therapy program.
“The Pioneer Memori-
al Hospital
Foundation
is pleased
to be able
to award
students
who wish
Kelly Wilson to enter the
health care
field,” said a foundation
representative. “These
awards have been made
possible from generous
contributions from com-
munity members.”
Anyone who wishes to
help support the foundation
in its work to help students
and to improve health care
in the community may con-
tact the foundation at PO
Box 515, Heppner, OR
97836.
Grange movie night next month Important crop insurance deadline
The Lexington Grange
will hold a movie night
Thursday, June 18, at 6:30
p.m. at the Grange hall.
The Grange will be screen-
ing “American Sniper,”
the film directed by Clint
Eastwood and based on the
best-selling biography of
the same name about Navy
SEAL sniper Chris Kyle.
The movie is 132 min-
utes long, so viewing is ex-
pected to end before 9 p.m.
The Grange will be
asking for donations upon
entry to benefit the Ione and
Heppner American Legion
Posts. Candy, popcorn and
drinks will be available for
purchase.
near for Oregon producers
Specialty crop growers, others must certify
compliance by June 1 to continue receiving
federal crop insurance subsidies
PORTLAND, Ore.—
The USDA Natural Re-
sources Conservation Ser-
vice (NRCS) reminds agri-
cultural producers seeking
federal crop insurance that
they must have their Highly
Erodible Land Conserva-
tion and Wetland Conser-
vation Certification form,
commonly called form AD-
1026, on file with their local
USDA service center by
June 1.
Many farmers have
their certification form on
file meeting conservation
compliance provisions
since it’s required for par-
ticipation in other USDA
programs, including NRCS
conservation programs. But
producers like specialty
crop growers, who receive
federal crop insurance pre-
mium subsidies and do not
participate in other USDA
programs, must now file a
certification form with US-
DA’s Farm Service Agency
(FSA).
“Most producers al-
ready have a certification
form on file, but we want to
ensure all producers inter-
ested in USDA benefits take
the steps to be eligible,”
said Ron Alvarado, NRCS
state conservationist in Or-
egon. “We want to make
sure producers interested
in crop insurance know of
the upcoming June 1 dead-
line. We encourage you to
contact your local USDA
service center to ensure
you’re in compliance.”
Producers should visit
their local USDA service
center before the June 1,
2015 deadline to ask ques-
tions, get additional in-
formation or learn more
about conservation compli-
ance procedures. Producers
that file their form by the
deadline will be eligible
for federal crop insurance
premium subsidies during
the 2016 reinsurance year,
which begins July, 1, 2015.
The June 1 deadline does
not apply to producers seek-
ing benefits from FSA and
NRCS programs.
Additional information
on conservation compliance
is available at nrcs.usda.
gov/compliance, including
a Five Steps to Meet Con-
servation Compliance guide
and answers to frequently
asked questions.
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