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