Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Rapunzel plays for packed
house in Ione
From the North End
Sam Boardman Elementary
invites public to Veterans’ Day
assembly
Invitations are in the
mail for the annual Sam
Boardman Elementary Vet-
erans’ Day Assembly.
Sam Boardman Ele-
mentary School, located
at 301 Wilson Lane, wel-
comes community atten-
dance at the assembly. Stu-
dents will be honoring local
veterans during an assem-
bly on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at
10:30 a.m. in the SBE gym.
The program will include
patriotic songs performed
by students. First, second
and third grade classes will
perform “Patriotic Med-
ley.” The third graders will
present a history of Veter-
ans’ Day and song to honor
veterans and their families.
Local veterans who are
present will be introduced
and presented with thank-
you cards made by students.
If you know of a local
veteran that has not re-
ceived an invitation, please
encourage them to come.
The public also is invited
to join this special assembly
to express our gratitude to
American’s heroes.
Irrigon branch library to hold
grand opening
Oregon Trail Library
District is holding a Grand
Opening of the Irrigon
Branch Library Friday,
Nov. 13, from 2-4 p.m. The
OTLD board, Friends of the
Irrigon Library and library
director Kathy Street have
planned an afternoon to
celebrate the new library
building. Special guests
will include State Librar-
ian MaryKay Dahlgren and
Rep. Greg Smith.
The celebration will be-
gin at 2 p.m. with a ribbon-
cutting ceremony and will
continue with speakers,
food and tours of the li-
brary. Mrs. Eastern Oregon
Lori McNeil will be reading
children’s books and having
a craft for the kids. New
patrons can sign up for an
OTLD library card while
attending.
Irrigon Branch Library
is located at 490 NE Main
St. in downtown Irrigon.
Parking is available behind
the building and in the
Local youth and Missoula Children’s Theater staff performed Rapunzel for a packed house at
the Ione Legion Hall last Friday. Pictured are MCT tour actor/director Mary Kate McLaurine
(far left) with local cast members: Madame Gothel Sydney Qualls, tower Rapunzel Hannah
Flynn, room Rapunzel Emma Rietmann, prince #1 Lewkus Burright, prince #2 Sarah Knop,
wood elves Katelyn Thompson, Megan Doherty and MaLinda Morter, unicorns Katie Spivey
and Kelly Doherty, ears of corn Carson Eynetich and Emily Ehrmantraut, potato Mason Orem,
Billy Goats Gruff Grace Smith, Aubrey Smith and Daralynn Teeman, troll Madison Orem,
ogres Kayla Rodriguez and Julie Teeman, and mushrooms Phegley Padberg (Fun Gus), Carter
Eynetich, Olivia Ogden, Hadley Wright, Hannah Smith, Sam Smith, Isabel Ogden, Moira Di
Salvo, Lizzie Doherty and Keltie Rietmann. Not pictured are MCT tour actor/director Alex
Jenkins and accompanist Yvonne Morter. –Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
BUBONIC tunately,
PLAGUE
plague remains
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Oregon Trail Library District will hold a grand opening for
the long-awaited Irrigon library on Nov. 13 from 2-4 p.m. –
Contributed photo
parking lot east of city hall. oregontrailploud.net or call
For more information, visit 541-481-3365.
Oregon pharmacy association
honors Boardman pharmacist
Raymond
Michael of
Boardman
recently was
honored by
Oregon Vet-
erans in Phar-
macy for his
50-year com-
mitment to
the practice of
pharmacy.
Michael,
a graduate of
OSU School
of Pharmacy,
was licensed Jennifer Davis, Immediate Past President of Oregon State
in 1965 and Pharmacy Association, recognizing Ray Michael for 50 years
practiced at of commitment to pharmacy. –Contributed photo
to Eastern Oregon and built
pharmacies in
the Portland area for 14 an independent pharmacy honored for
pharmacy.
years. He moved his family in Boardman in 1978.
At the
October
2015 Or-
egon State
Pharmacy
Association
Annual Con-
vention, Ray
was honored
for 50 years
in pharma-
cy. A fellow
OSU School
of Pharma-
cy gradu-
ate, Robert
Mullay of
Hermiston,
licensed in
1 980 , was
35 years in
OCTOBER WEATHER
-Continued from PAGE ONE calls for near-normal tem- end of November. Normal
which is 5.66 inches below
normal.
The outlook for No-
vember from NOAA’s Cli-
mate Prediction Center
- FIVE
peratures and near-normal lows fall from 35 degrees
precipitation. Normal highs to 28 degrees.
The 30-year normal
for Heppner fall from 57
degrees at the start of No- precipitation is 1.60 inches.
vember to 45 degrees at the
cording to the Morrow
County Health Department.
The teen reportedly
fell ill on Oct. 21, cutting
short the hunting trip. The
teenager was hospitalized
Oct. 24 at St. Charles Bend
but is expected to recover
completely after treatment
with common antibiotics,
said Emilio DeBess, DVM,
state public health veteri-
narian in the Public Health
Division’s Acute and Com-
municable Disease Preven-
tion Section. At last report,
she was recovering in the
hospital’s intensive care
unit, though no updated
information was available
as of early this week.
Oregon Public Health
and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
epidemiologists are work-
ing with health officials
in Crook, Deschutes and
Morrow counties to inves-
tigate the illness. No other
persons are believed to have
been infected.
Plague is an infectious
bacterial disease that is
carried by squirrels, chip-
munks, and other wild ro-
dents and their leas. When
an infected rodent becomes
sick and dies, its leas can
carry the infection to other
warm-blooded animals or
humans through bites.
“Many people think of
the plague as a disease of the
past, but it’s still very much
present in our environment,
particularly among wild-
life,” said DeBess. “For-
a rare disease, but people
need to take appropriate
precautions with wildlife
and their pets to keep it
that way.”
Plague is rare in Or-
egon and is treatable with
antibiotics if caught early.
DeBess recommends peo-
ple avoid any contact with
wild rodents. They should
never feed squirrels, chip-
munks or other rodents
in picnic or campground
areas, and never touch sick
or dead rodents. Pets also
should be protected from
leas and kept away from
wild animals.
The girl interacted in
some way with a dead chip-
munk or other rodent while
on the hunt, DeBess said,
though he didn’t know ex-
actly whether she’d handled
it.
“She did report an in-
sect bite on her lower ab-
domen, and that was about
three or four days before
she started getting sick,”
DeBess said.
Plague symptoms typi-
cally develop in one to
four days after exposure
and include fever, chills,
headache, weakness, and
a bloody or watery cough.
There are three types of
plague: bubonic, a lymph
node infection; septicemic,
a blood infection; and pneu-
monic, a lung infection.
Bubonic plague is the
most common form and is
characterized by high fever,
lethargy and swollen lymph
Holly Rebekah plans
card party, Bunco
Holly Rebekah Lodge will hold a pinochle card party
this Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Lodge
in Lexington. Cost is $5 for an evening of snacks, fun
and visiting.
On Thursday, Nov. 12, the lodge will host a Bunco
party at the lodge hall. Play starts at 7 p.m.; cost is $5.
nodes, most commonly in
the neck and under the jaw.
Infected lymph nodes may
spontaneously abscess and
drain.
People should contact
their health care provider
if plague is suspected and a
veterinarian if pets or other
animals exhibit symptoms
consistent with the disease.
Untreated plague can be fa-
tal for animals and people.
Julia Burco, DVM, of
the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife, reminds
people who ind or observe
sick or dead rodents to
contact the agency’s veteri-
narians at 1-866-968-2600.
Health authorities offer
these recommendations
to prevent plague:
-Avoid sick or dead
rodents, rabbits and squir-
rels, and their nests and
burrows.
-Keep your pets from
roaming and hunting.
-Talk to your veteri-
narian about using an
appropriate flea control
product on your pets.
-Clean up areas near
the house where rodents
could live, such as wood-
piles, brush piles, junk and
abandoned vehicles.
-Sick pets should be
examined promptly by a
veterinarian.
-See your doctor
about any unexplained
illness involving a sudden
and severe fever.
-Put hay, wood, and
compost piles as far as
possible from your home.
-Don’t leave your
pet’s food and water
where mice can get to it.
-Veterinarians and
their staff are at higher risk
and should take precau-
tions when seeing suspect
animal plague cases.
For more information
about plague, visit: www.
cdc.gov/plague/.
LES SCHWAB CONGRATULATES THE
IONE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM
THE IONE MIDDLE SCHOOL
FOOTBALL TEAM FINISHED ITS
2015 SEASON UNDEFEATED
WITH A RECORD OF 5-0.
The 2015 undefeated Ione middle school football team. Back row: Coach Jim Raible, Cameron
Jewett, Junior Roque, Jake Heideman, Matt Orem, Hunter Padberg, Paul Taylor and Coach
Dale Holland. Front row: Morgan Alldritt, Colt Parker, Gary Walls, Taylor Rollins, Blake
Carter and Tony Villegas. –Photo by Erin Heideman
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