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VOL. 134
NO. 44
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Popular
trivia show
returns
Friday
This Friday, Nov. 20,
at 7 p.m. the Heppner Day
Care will again sponsor the
fun and entertaining Mr.
Bill’s traveling trivia show.
The event, held at the
Heppner Elk’s Club, is an
annual fundraiser for the
nonproit organization.
Entries are still being
accepted, and entry forms
are available at Heppner
Day Care or on the table at
the post ofice.
Though teams may
enter on the evening of
the show, early entries are
strongly encouraged.
A table will be reserved
with the team name for
every early entry, and early
entries will help with start-
ing the show on time and
help to prevent delays at
the door.
The entry fee for each
team is $150, or $25 per
person on a team six mem-
bers. A team can have from
one to six members.
Participants are re-
minded not to use phones
to look up answers; desig-
nated individuals will be
watching.
The members of the
three top-scoring teams
at Mr. Bill’s will receive
prizes, as well as bragging
rights, but every participant
will have an equal opportu-
nity to win a door prize.
The day care also will
be rafling some baskets.
“This fundraiser is
critical to the operation of
Heppner Day Care,” says
one board member. “Your
support is greatly appreci-
ated.”
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Mustangs gallop toward semiinals
Heppner’s Boys of Fall cheer after their crushing 52-14 victory over the Reddsport Braves. The Mustangs now head to Hill-
sboro Saturday to tackle Regis in the 2A state semiinals. -Photo by Sandra Putman
The Heppner Mustang
football team punched its
ticket to the OSAA 2A
Football State Semifinals
with a convincing 52-14
win over the Reedsport
Braves.
The Mustangs scored
touchdowns the irst seven
times they had the ball. The
offensive line blew open
holes in the Braves’ defense
and led Heppner rushers on
long gains all game long.
The Reedsport defense,
which had not allowed ive
of their opponents to score
at all this season, were over-
matched by the powerful
Mustang offense.
Heppner got the ball to
start the game. An eight-
play, 68-yard drive ended
with a touchdown when
Weston Putman ran the
ball in from ive yards out.
Quarterback Kaden Clark
then threw a pass to Logan
Grieb for the two-point
conversion and the score
was 8-0 just three minutes
into the game.
Then the Mustang de-
fense got to set the tone
of the game as they forced
Reedsport to punt on their
first possession. Another
long drive, this one of nine
plays, led to a Mustang
touchdown when Putman
powered his way in from
four yards out. Clark then
found Jake Lindsay open in
the back of the end zone. He
hit him with a pass to score
the two-point conversion to
make the score 16-0.
Another three-and-out
for Reedsport gave the
Mustangs back the ball.
Grieb scored the next Hep-
pner touchdown when he
ran a sweep around left
end and raced down the
-See SEMIFINALS AHEAD/
PAGE THREE
Health district commemorates
‘The power of rural’
Thursday, Nov. 19,
marks the nation’s ifth an-
nual National Rural Health
Day. In commemoration,
Morrow County Health
Parade of Lights
back this year
Heppner’s Parade of Lights has been on hiatus for a couple of
years but will return Dec. 3 at 5:30 p.m. -File Photo
Heppner’s Parade of
Lights is back this year,
planned for Thursday, Dec.
3, starting at 5:30 p.m.
The parade is still look-
ing for participants. Any-
one interested in putting
together a loat should call
or text Sheena Shank at
541-980-5881. Parade en-
Cleanup continued at the old Kinzua Mill site Monday with the burning of the piles of rubble.
-Photo by Mark Schlichtling
try forms are available at
Artisan Village in Heppner.
The parade is open to
anyone—businesses, com-
munity groups, churches,
families or individuals.
Shank says there is no entry
deadline, but she would ap-
preciate entries as soon as
possible.
District says it continues its
efforts to demonstrate “The
power of rural” by provid-
ing visits to local schools
and hosting small celebra-
tions at Pioneer Memorial
Clinic and Pioneer Memo-
rial Hospital in Heppner,
at the Ione Community
Clinic and at Irrigon Medi-
cal Clinic.
“First and foremost,
National Rural Health Day
is an opportunity to ‘Cel-
ebrate the Power of Rural’
by honoring the selfless,
community-minded, “can-
do” spirit that prevails in
rural America,” says the
National Organization of
State Ofices of Rural. “Six-
ty-two million, or nearly
one in ive Americans live
in a rural community. These
small towns, farming com-
munities and frontier areas
are places where neighbors
know each other, listen to
each other, respect each
other and work together to
benefit the greater good.
These rural communities
also have unique health-
care needs. It also gives us
a chance to bring to light
the unique healthcare chal-
lenges that rural citizens
face – and showcase the
efforts of rural healthcare
providers, State Ofices of
Rural Health and other ru-
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ral stakeholders to address
those challenges.”
Some rural healthcare
facts, according to the Na-
tional Organization of State
Offices of Rural Health,
include:
-Hospitals are the
economic foundation of
many rural communities.
The 1,330 Critical Access
Hospitals (CAHs) provide
essential health care to
rural communities across
45 states and, on aver-
age, bring jobs to the local
economy.
-The total time rural
patients spend in the emer-
gency room is 56 minutes
less in rural hospitals than
in urban hospitals.
-Rural workforce edu-
cation and training pro-
grams are needed to help
recruit, retain and increase
the number of well-quali-
ied medical providers for
rural veterans.
As part of the day’s
commemoration, Dr. Russ
Nichols and Sheridan Tar-
nasky, PA-C will visit Hep-
pner Elementary School to
speak with ifth and sixth
grade students about rural
healthcare.
“In today’s changing
world, rural healthcare
is becoming rare. We are
lucky to have a facility in a
small town that has so many
capabilities and services.
This allows us to take care
of people close to home
and to not have to travel for
healthcare,” says Nichols.
“I have had the op-
portunity of watching rural
health care mature over the
past 60 years. As a child in
this community (Heppner)
our rural health clinic con-
sisted of the ‘family doctor’
and, fortunately for us, our
hospital,” Tarnasky adds.
“Yes, we still have those
capabilities, but due to
national and state acknowl-
edgement of the importance
of rural health care, we have
many programs available
to meet the overall medical
needs of our communities.”
-See POWER OF RURAL/
PAGE TWO
Wildhorse
grants to
beneit
county
Pendleton, OR—The
Wildhorse Foundation, a
community benefit fund
established by the Confed-
erated Tribes of the Uma-
tilla Indian Reservation
(CTUIR) to support orga-
nizations in northeastern
Oregon and southeastern
Washington, has announced
grant awards for the third
quarter of 2015. A total of
$201,447.33 was awarded
to 29 recipients, bringing
the total for 2015 to al-
most $625,000. Four of the
projects will impact Mor-
row County in some way,
including:
-$10,000 to the Board-
man Park & Recreation
District for exercise stations
in the Community Recre-
ation Center;
-$3,425 to the Librar-
ies of Eastern Oregon to
purchase KEVA planks
12 libraries in Umatilla,
Morrow, Union and Wal-
lowa counties for the Full
STEAM Ahead program;
-$5,360 to SMART
(Start Making A Reader
Today) for a Umatilla and
Morrow County SMART
Pre-K Program; and
-$1,800 to Umatilla
County 4-H for Attitudes
-See WILDHORSE GRANTS/
PAGE TWO
Elderly
Irrigon
man still
missing
John W. Getman
Police continue to
search for any elderly man
who went missing from Ir-
rigon early Monday morn-
ing. According to Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office,
John W. Getman, 78, is of
particular concern because
he suffers from Alzheimer’s
and does not know the local
-See IRRIGON MAN
MISSING/PAGE FIVE
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