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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 28, 2016 HEALTH DISTRICT CBEC directors attain certification Columbia Basin Elec- tric Cooperative Directors Gerry Arnson and John Qualls, both of Heppner, and Dan Lindsay, Lex- ington, recently received confirmation of their quest to become Certified Co- operative Directors under a program sponsored by the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Assn. The completed course work includes classes on Director Roles and Respon- sibilities, Understanding the Electrical Distribution Business, Board Roles and Relationships, Strategic Planning, and Financial Decision Making. The Cer- tified Cooperative Director program involves up to three years of continuing education coursework. -Continued from PAGE ONE and staff. He reported he state by Sept. 26. Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative Directors Gerry Arnson and John Qualls of Heppner. Not Pictured: CBEC Director Dan Lindsay of Lexington. -Contributed photo The directors indicated the coursework was very interesting, as was meet- ing and interacting with directors from all sizes and locations of electrical dis- tribution cooperatives from across the country. Columbia Basin Elec- tric Cooperative is your local, consumer-owned electric power provider. Kathy Hyder featured quilter at Boardman Quilt Show Long-time Boardman quilter Kathy Hyder has been quilting seriously since she retired from em- ployment with Morrow County School District in 2008. She finally agreed to be the featured quilter at the 2016 Boardman Quilt Show. When asked in the past to be featured quil- ter, she always responded that she had “given all fin- ished quilts away, and had nothing to display.” Kathy makes and gives quilts to members of her extend- ed family; her children’s friends; donates her hand- made quilts to community fundraisers; and recently began to accept commis- sioned requests. A great example of Kathy’s community quilt- ing involvement was her lead in creating a raffle quilt to benefit the Gavin Roberts Scholarship Fund. Gavin Robert’s grandmother, Marge Shankle, was a long- time member of the Board- man Quilt Group. Gavin’s untimely death in 2015 devastated all members of the quilt group, and Kathy organized a project to cre- ate a Riverside high School Pirate Blue Raffle Quilt, with proceeds going to the scholarship fund. From fall 2015 to spring 2016, she was present at most every Pirate sporting event selling raffle tickets. The winning raffle ticket was drawn at the spring 2016 Riverside High School Sports Award Banquet. Kathy was inspired to begin quilting by Millie Baker, long-time elemen- tary school teacher, who does such a good job teach- ing quilt group members new techniques. She says brightly colored fabrics are her favorites, and she likes the challenge of making queen size quilts. Quilts for new babies are also one of her favorite projects. When Kathy is not cre- Boardman Senior Center, 100 Tatone St. Admission is $3. In addition to the quilt displays, the event includes fabric and quilt- ing supply vendors, hourly door prizes, raffle quilts and show awards. Lunch will be available for purchase. Boardman Quilt Show welcomes all entries, in- L-R: Boardman Quilt Group members Millie Baker, Cheryl Talman, Kathy Hyder, Lila Killingbeck, Nancy Pace, Sandy Moroney and Marsha Condie, with Carol Michael in the back. -Contributed photo ating quilts, she oil paints, gives rides to friends whenever they need to go somewhere, and spends time with her family. She loves spending time with her grandkids, especially watching them in sports. Kathy feels that quilting activities keep her mind sharp, and loves the weekly contact with her quilting “sisters” at Boardman Quilt Group. Hyder will share tips and examples of her cre- ations during the Boardman Quilt Show. In its 12 th year, the event is Friday, Oct. 7, and Saturday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the cluding keepsake heirloom quilts, contemporary quilts, wall hangings and other quilted items. There is no fee to display quilts. Registration forms must be received by Wednesday, Oct. 5. The quilts will be accepted Thursday, Oct. 6, from 3-5 p.m. at the Board- man Senior Center or up un- til 4:30 p.m. at Aunty Ida’s Quilt Shop, 435 W. Herm- iston Ave., Hermiston. For more information or for a registration form, contact 541-481-9426 or tlkranch@centurytel.net. Forms can also be picked up at Aunty Ida’s. trict received $908,496 in gross patient revenue, less a $16,217 provision for bad debts and $125,196 in contractual and other de- ductions, plus $148,713 in tax revenue and $12,839 in other operating revenue for $928,634 in total operating revenue; $938,647 in total operating expenses, plus an $8,187 non-operating gain for the loss. The financials show a $51,327 average monthly year-to-date loss. The board also heard a presentation on “mitigating governing body compliance risks” from Tim Timmons who has been hired as the compliance and privacy officer for the district. The board voted to pro- ceed with the hiring of an “RHIT,” creating a new position within the MCHD financial department, and moving $43,000 over to cover the difference in sal- ary between a current posi- tion to the newly-created position. Chief Financial Officer Nicole Mahoney said that only one person she knows of has the skill set to successfully handle this complicated job, which involves medical coding, a full knowledge of medical terminology and knowledge of privacy and other regu- lations and that person is currently employed by the district in another position. If that person is hired for the new position, the district would then hire someone to fill the position now held by this employee. Also at the meeting, MCHD CEO Robert Hous- er said he had been working with MRI Mobile to explore the possibility of providing mobile MRI services at Pio- neer Memorial Hospital. He said that the district refers over 150 MRI scans per year to neighboring hospi- tals and remarked that pro- viding MRIs at PMH would not only provide needed lo- cal services to residents, but would also generate income for the district. He also brought up the possibility of providing MRI scans at the Irrigon Clinic. He said he had been discussing power requirements for the MRI with Columbia Basin and “securing electrical bids from the electrician that the district uses.” Houser said the district is continuing to meet with J-U-B engineering concern- ing improvements to the Irrigon Clinic parking lot. MCHD officials say that more parking is needed at the clinic to provide suf- ficient additional parking spaces for clinic patients Neighborhood Center bag sale Booster CluB Dinner & AuCtion sAturDAy, oCtoBer 8th heppner elks CluB Dinner 6:30 AuCtion: 7:00 General admission for the dinner $15/person $65/ family. Tables $300 each, Includes 6 dinner tickets, 2 bottles of Wine, Personal Server Call Melissa Lindsay to reserve your table 541-256-0366 live AuCtion penny BoArD silent AuCtion rAffle The Neighborhood Center’s $10 Bag Sale will be held Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The bag sale includes all clothing items and shoes. All other merchandise is 50 percent off this day only. Also available will be a selection of Halloween costumes. The Neighborhood Center is located at 441 N Main Street in Heppner. Store hours are Monday - Friday 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. The food pantry closes every day at 4 p.m. ELECT Skip Matthews has met with Irrigon City Manager Aaron Palmquist, who is also a MCHD board member. Houser said that with possible help from the Port of Morrow, Morrow County and the City of Ir- rigon in doing some of the engineering and construc- tion work, grading, and other work, the total cost to the district should be under $100,000. The dis- trict has received $5,500 for the planning phase of the project which came from a community enhancement grant the city of Irrigon had received from the CREZ (Columbia River Enterprise Zone) II monies. CREZ monies are paid by busi- nesses locating within the CREZ zone in lieu of taxes for a negotiated period of time. $4,750 remains of the original $5,500, said Houser. Houser also said that he has been examining the possibility of locating an ambulance shed at the Ir- rigon Clinic in conjunction with the parking lot project. The Irrigon Ambulance is currently housed at the fire hall. In other business, the board: -learned from Houser that MCHD/Pioneer Me- morial Clinic has entered into a contract with Navex Global to provide a com- pliance hot line, which is required. Houser, Timmons and Shawn Cutsforth at- tended a webinar on Sept. 16 and are completing the set-up paperwork to allow Navex to proceed, with the go-live date being Oct. 28. Cost of the hot line report- ing is approximately $2,400 per year, said Houser. -learned from Houser that two recent hires are Heidi Scharfenberg, R.N., and Shannon Gardner, ul- trasound technician. He said that the part-time ultra- sound tech will be working an additional one half to one more days a month. -learned from Houser that Luz Martell, R.N., quality improvement co- ordinator, attended the OAHHS Partnership for Patients conference where Pioneer Memorial Hospital was awarded a plaque for recognition of achievement and participation and a check for $1,000. -learned from Houser that the district has received the results of the state sur- vey. Houser said they have been busy answering and correcting any deficiencies noted. He said the survey and plan of correction was to have been returned to the -discussed details for the strategic planning meet- ing set for the October 20 meeting, with the meeting place tentatively scheduled at the Columbia Basin Elec- tric meeting room or at the Bartholomew building. -completed and ap- proved the Oregon Ethics Law Best Practices check- list. -awarded the low bid for security risk assessment and penetration testing to Redhawk Network Secu- rity, LLC. Redhawk pre- sented a bid of $18,469. The other bid, from True Bridge, was presented in two parts, $12,500 and $16,200, for a combined $28,700. -learned from Houser that interviews were held Sept. 21 for the position of financial assistant, cur- rently held by Diana Grant who will resign effective October 20. Houser said that Grant also has duties at Willow Creek Valley Assisted Living, which will be assumed by other staff members until the position is filled. Juanita Garnicia was promoted to head cook at the assisted living center and two new hires have begun training, with one additional staff member to be hired. -received the follow- ing report: Pioneer Memo- rial Hospital had seven admissions for the month of August, one swing bed ad- mission, seven admissions for observation, 497 total outpatients, 87 emergency room encounters, 2015 lab tests, 159 x-ray procedures, 43 CT scans, 32 EKG tests, five lower endoscopy pro- cedures, two upper endos- copy procedures. Home Health had 79 patient visits; Hospice had one admission; Pharmacy had 2,303 drug doses for $64,022 in drug revenue. Heppner Ambu- lance had 21 page-outs with 19 transports for $32,599 in revenue; Boardman Ambu- lance had 31 page-outs with 13 transports for $20,960 in revenue; Irrigon Ambu- lance had 27 page-outs with 13 transports for $17,539 in revenue; Ione Ambulance had no page-outs; there was one flight. Pioneer Memorial Clinic had 465 patient visits with three new patients, 43 seen by a nurse and 24 no-shows; Irrigon Medical Clinic had 221 patient visits with 30 new patients, 48 seen by a nurse and 21 no-shows; Ione community Clinic had 54 patient visits with 15 new patients, five seen by a nurse and one no-show. Heppner FFA holds fruit sale T h e H e p p n e r F FA Chapter is again conduct- ing its annual fruit sale, including several varieties of apples and two pear varieties. The boxes of fruit are from Davis Orchards in Milton-Freewater. Each box of apples weighs 20 pounds and sells for $17. Varieties are Cameo, Fuji, Red Delicious, Golden De- licious, Granny Smith, Gala and Braeburn. Boxes of D’Anjou (green skin) and Bosc (brown skin) pears are 28 pounds and cost $29. Orders due by Oct. 13 and will be available for pick up at the Heppner High School on Friday, Oct. 21. Please make checks payable to Heppner FFA and send to Heppner High School, Attn: Beth Dicken- son or FFA Treasurer. IONE RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT MAYOR BURNING CITY OF BAN HEPPNER LIFTED Paid for by Skip Matthews EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 THOSE WHO WANT TO BURN NEED TO CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT
