Ione clinic open for business
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VOL. 134
NO. 38
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Dry, warm conditions
expected to continue
While it may not have
seemed like it, the national
Weather Service in Pend-
leton reports that Septem-
ber temperatures averaged
slightly colder than normal
in the Heppner area. How-
ever, the outlook for this
month still calls for above-
normal temperatures. Rain-
fall remains below normal.
The average tempera-
ture for September was
60.7 degrees which was
0.9 degrees below normal.
High temperatures aver-
aged 74.5 degrees, which
was 2.1 degrees below nor-
mal. The highest was 91
degrees on the 12 th . Low
temperatures averaged 46.9
degrees, which was 0.3
degrees above normal. The
lowest was 37 degrees, on
the 27 th .
On one day, the temper-
ature exceeded 90 degrees.
Precipitation totaled
0.16 inches during Septem-
ber, which was 0.40 inches
below normal. Measurable
precipitation of at least .01
inch was received on two
days with the heaviest, 0.15
inches, reported on the fifth.
Precipitation this year
has reached 4.89 inches,
which is 5.05 inches below
normal. Since October, the
water-year precipitation
at Heppner has been 8.93
inches, which is 5.07 inches
below normal.
The highest wind gust
in September was 35 mph,
which occurred on the 13 th .
The outlook for Octo-
ber from NOAA’s Climate
Prediction Center calls for
above-normal temperatures
and near-normal precipita-
tion. Normal highs for Hep-
pner fall from 71 degrees
at the start of October to
58 degrees at the end of
October. Normal lows fall
from 42 degrees to 35 de-
grees. The 30-year normal
precipitation is 1.14 inches.
The Ione Community
Clinic is now open for busi-
ness and recently had its
grand opening. The clinic
is a collaboration between
the Ione School District,
Morrow County Health De-
partment, Morrow County
Health District, Community
Counseling Solutions and
Advantage Dental, all of
who will be offering ser-
vices through the clinic.
The health district part
of the clinic will be open
Monday, Wednesday and
Thursday from 8 a.m. to
1 p.m. and will offer fam-
ily medicine, health as-
sessments, physicals, well-
child/well-baby checks,
urgent care, immunizations,
lab services and dental
screenings. Referrals and
other services are available
per patient need. The clinic
is now accepting new pa-
tients and people can make
The Ione Community Clinic is now open for business on 3 rd
Street across from the Ione school. The clinic will provide
services that range from psychiatric counseling to immuniza-
tions. –Contributed photo
appointments by calling
541-422-7128. Walk-ins are
welcome.
The Morrow County
Health Department will
be there every Wednesday
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and
will offer immunizations,
(Top L-R) Clinic coordinator Cydney McElligott, Community
Counseling Solutions manager Stephanie Hisler and medical
assistant Shelly Rietmann stand in one of the clinic’s exam
rooms. Above: Vicky Kent, NP, and Karma Evell, medical
assistant. –Photos by David Sykes
health screening assess-
ment, client-specific health
education, and referrals and
other resources services as
needed.
Community Counsel-
ing Solutions will offer in-
dividual, group and family
therapy, problem gambling
counseling, alcohol and
drug treatment, 24/7 cri-
sis intervention services,
psychiatric consultation,
medication management,
residential and acute psy-
chiatric services and devel-
opmental disabilities case
management. To make an
appointment, call 541-422-
7128 or 541-676-9161.
Advantage Dental will
also be offering services
through the Ione Clinic
including dental screenings,
risk assessments, fluoride
varnish treatments, oral
hygiene instructions, nu-
tritional counseling, case
management and tooth-
brush kits.
At this time these ser-
vices will be offered only
to Ione school students and
pregnant women. Advan-
tage dental will be at the
clinic on the first Wednes-
day of each month from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. and walk-ins
are welcome. Those wish-
ing to use the services may
call the clinic or Advantage
Dental at 888-468-0022.
Valby Cemetery handed over to cemetery Ballots go out next week
for Nov. 3 election
district
Valby Lu-
complicated
theran Church
process to
members have
divide the
turned over
cemetery
management
from the
of the rural
church—
Valby Cem-
complicated
etery to the
enough that
Ione Lexing-
they had to
ton Cemetery
consult with
District, dis-
an attorney.
trict members
Carlson said
announced this
they first
week.
had to hire
Accord-
the Mor-
ing to Valby
row County
member Bet-
Surveyor to
ty Carlson,
survey the
who has been
five acres
spearheading
and divide
the transfer
it so part re-
with husband (L-R) Valby Lutheran Church members Louis and Betty Carlson with Ione Lexington Cem- mained with
Louis Carlson, etery District representatives Maureen McElligott, Marilyn Childers and Ed Baker. The the cemetery
the decision church turned over the cemetery’s deed to the district at the district’s September meeting. and part with
came because –Contributed photo
the church.
of a declining
would deal with the per- when Andrew Petterson
They also
population in the Valby petual care and keeping offered to donate five acres had to go to the road depart-
area, which led to concerns the cemetery up,” added of land for a church and the ment to discuss easements,
over perpetual care of the ILCD Chairperson Mau- planning of an adjoining as well as going before the
historical cemetery.
reen McElligott.
cemetery. A vote was taken county planning commis-
“There are not the peo-
Carlson said that all to accept the land dona- sion to see if the five acres
ple in the area that there the farms in the Valby area tion and to incorporate as could be separated. And, of
used to be, so the people already pay into the district “Swedish Lutheran Valby course, there was the pro-
who took care of the cem- but, until now, church mem- Congregation.” Church cess of getting permission
etery are few and far be- bers had chosen to maintain members had been main- from all the families who
tween,” Carlson said. “So the cemetery themselves.
taining the cemetery ever have relatives buried in the
it was the decision of the
The Valby cemetery since. Valby members even cemetery.
church to turn the cemetery has a close connection with built an information kiosk
“That in itself was a
over to the district.”
Valby Lutheran Church. for the cemetery more than project,” Carlson said.
“They knew that the The church and cemetery a decade ago and have
The process was com-
Ione Lexington district had date back to a gathering of worked to keep it updated. pleted in September, when
cemeteries out in that area, Lutheran immigrants on
With roots running that
-See VALBY CEMETERY/
PAGE TWO
near Valby, and knew we April 19, 1886. That was deep, it turned out to be a
The Heppner Gazette-Times wants to see pic-
tures of your trophy animals from this hunting
season. Stop by to have your picture taken,
drop off photos, mail them to PO Box 337 in
Heppner, email them to editor@rapidserve.
net or text cell phone photos to 541-980-6674.
Ballots go out Wednes-
day, Oct. 14, for the Nov. 3
general election. The last
day for voters to register
for the election is Oct. 13.
All ballots are due by
8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3,
and must be received, not
simply postmarked, on that
day. For voter convenience,
24-hour drop boxes will be
available in Heppner and
Lexington. Locations are
as follows:
Heppner: Courthouse
parking lot (24 hours) or
the Morrow County Clerk’s
Office, Room 102 inside the
courthouse. Open 8 a.m. to
noon and 1-5 p.m., M-F and
Election Day (Nov. 3) from
7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Lexington: 365 West
Hwy 74 (Public Works
Parking lot). Turn off Hwy.
74 onto Tom Street and left
into the public works park-
ing lot. Open 24 hours.
Sen. Hansell files for
reelection
Salem, OR – Last
week, Sen. Bill Hansell
(R-Athena) filed papers
with the Oregon Secretary
of State for his reelection
campaign.
“It has been my honor
and privilege to serve the
great people of our area, I
am very excited at the pros-
pect of continuing to repre-
sent the citizens of District
29,” Hansell said. “We
were able to get a lot ac-
complished during my first
term as senator and I am
anxious to continue fighting
for rural Oregonians, small
businesses, and the farmers
and ranchers that make our
region of the state great.”
Among Hansell’s first-
term accomplishments are a
water funding package for
the Umatilla Basin, protec-
tion of Milton-Freewater
from a forced annexation,
a land transfer to the city of
Pendleton, new incentives
to bring medical personnel
to rural Oregon, the right
to rodeo, and a wolf plan,
to name a few.
Senate District 29 be-
gins at the Hells Canyon
and stretches to Highway
197 in Wasco County.
The district includes
six full counties (Wallowa,
Union, Umatilla, Morrow,
Gilliam, and Sherman) and
half of a seventh (Wasco).
Sen. Hansell was first
elected as senator in 2012
and served as a Umatilla
County Commissioner for
30 years prior to that.
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