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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 26, 2017 The View from the Green Over the Tee Cup The rain stopped to pro- duce a beautiful, sunny day for the 10 ladies of Willow Creek Country Club who met for play on Tuesday, April 18. Low gross of the field went to Nancy Proph- eter with 34 and low net of the field went to Corol Mitchell with 28. Least putts of the field went to Betty Burns with 13. For flight A low gross was Virginia Grant, low net, Pat Edmundson, KP, Virginia Grant on #13 and Nancy Propheter, #16. For flight B, Pat Dough- erty had low gross, while KP went to Betty Burns, #13, and Corol Mitchell, #16. For Flight C, Josie Kindsfather had low gross, Lorrene Montgomery, sec- ond low gross, Kris Lind- ner, low net, and Bev Stea- gall, second low net, and KP Josie Kindsfather, #13, and Lorrene Montgomery, #16. Nancy Propheter also had a birdie and a chip-in on #16. WCCC Sunday men’s play results Twenty-four participated in men’s play at Willow Creek Country Club on Sunday, April 23. Results are as follows: Gross—1 st (tie) Charlie Ferguson/Ron Bowman, 67; rd 3 , Barry Munkers, 68. Net—1 st , Dave Creswick, 56; 2 nd , Dave Mitchell, 57; and 3 rd , Kelly Fox/John McCabe, 58. Special Events—KP second shot 8/17, Ron Bowman, 2’10”; KP #4, Kelly Fox, 8’10”. The annual Mustang Scramble will be held on Sun- day, April 30. Contact Greg Grant if interested in this event. The next regular Sunday event is on Sunday, May 7. The par-three challenge will be hosted by Matt Scrivner, Greg Grant and Bill Morris. Neighborhood Center bag sale next week The Neighborhood Center’s monthly $15 Bag Sale fundraiser will be held Wednesday, May 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Bag sale includes all clothing items and shoes. All other merchandise is 50 percent off this day only. 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. Donations of brown bags and plastic bags always needed and appreciated. Looslie, Hoeft sentenced in health care fraud case Danny Andrew Looslie and Justin Carl Hoeft re- ceived sentencing on charg- es of health care fraud this month. The two were co- defendants with Robert McEwen and Lynn Uitto in a case dating back to 2015. Looslie, 61, was con- victed of one count of Making a False Claim for Health Care Payment and three counts of Theft I, both Class C felonies. The defendant was sentenced to three months in Umatilla County Jail and two years’ post-prison supervision, to include a letter of apology to the citizens of Oregon and $110,195.83 in restitu- tion to the Department of Human Services, joint and several liability with Robert John McEwen. Thirty-four additional counts of Theft I and Making a False Claim were dismissed. Hoeft, 22, was convict- ed of Making a False Claim for Health Care Payment, reduced to a Class A Mis- demeanor. Of the sentence of 180 days in jail, 175 days jail time were suspended and Hoeft sentenced to five days jail time with credit for time served and serving remaining days on weekends. He also received two years’ bench proba- tion with numerous special conditions, $7,624.64 in restitution, joint and several liability with Robert John McEwen, and a $100 bench probation feel. Thirteen ad- ditional counts of Theft I and Making a False Claim were dismissed. - THREE Local teams sweep Mustang Invitational golf tournament The Mustang golf team hosted the Mustang Invi- tational at Willow Creek Country Club last week. The weather for the tour- nament was great and the course was in perfect shape as the Mustangs hosted teams from Enterprise, Wal- lowa, La Grande and John Day. Heppner took home both team championship trophies as the girls shot a team score of 318 to defeat La Grande (383) and Grant Union (412). The boys’ team won with a team score of 292 to beat Enterprise (331). The top individual medalist for the girls’ tour- nament was Trinity McCar- thy from La Grande who shot a 71. Heppner’s Sophie Grant and Tori Suto from Wallowa tied for second with a 72. Amanda Rea was next with a 77 and Nicole Propheter was the fifth- place medalist with an 84. Other Mustang golfers for the girls’ team were Cait- lyn Scrivner (85), Madison Combe (95), Claire Grieb (99) and Suzy Cason (125). First-place medalist for the boys was Heppner’s Logan Grieb, who fired a 68 on the day. Heppner’s Kel- len Grant finished in second place with 70. Mustang Dan Bretsch shot a 72 to finish tied for third with Duane Stokes from Grant Union. Kai Oliver from Wallowa finished fifth with a 74. Oth- er scores for the Mustangs were Reno Ferguson (76), Cason Mitchell (76), Jake Lindsay (82), Logan Bur- right (83), Charles Cason (87), Casey Fletcher (96) and Wyatt McNary (100). Several Mustang golf- ers also won hole prizes that were donated to the tournament. Sophie Grant won the KP for all play- ers on holes 3/12 as she hit it 10’9” from the hole. Amanda Rea hit it to within 3’2” to take the girls’ only KP on holes 4/13. Sophie Grant also won the girls’ Suzy Cason at the Mustang Invitational home event. -Photo by Kirsti Cason only long putt on holes 5/14 when she sank one from 18’5”. Kellen Grant won the prize for the boys’ only KP on holes 7/16 when he hit it 6’6” from the cup. Boys’ long drive on holes 8/17 were won by Logan Grieb for flight A and Jake Lindsay for flight B. The Mustang golf pro- gram really stepped up to make this tournament the best one that high school teams can attend. The ex- tra hole prizes are some- thing you don’t see at every event. The players, coaches and fans were treated to a breakfast bar to start their day. Many golf team par- ents provided salads, beans and desserts for the lunch. Gary Propheter worked the barbeque and helped provide a meal that was un- equalled on the high school golf circuit. Several of the visiting coaches said that they really appreciated the effort and would certainly be back next year. Overall, it was a proud day for the Mustang golf program. -received the following profit/loss statement for March: gross patient rev- enue-$863,459; less provi- sion for bad debts-$42,325 and $140,188 for con- tractual and other adjust- ments, plus $168,350 in tax revenue and $37,515 in other operating revenue for $886,809 in total op- erating revenue, $955,087 in total operating expenses and $12,852 for a non- operating gain for a loss of $55,426 for the month and a $154,857 loss for the year. -received the following report for March: five acute admissions to Pioneer Me- morial Hospital, two swing bed admissions, 11 admitted for observation, one swing bed admission, 511 total out patients, 65 emergency room encounters, 1,941 lab tests, 110 x-ray procedures, 24 CT scans, six MRI scans, 28 EKG tests, 71 respira- tory therapy procedures, 60 Home Health visits, 2,966 drug doses for $62,081 in revenue; 25 Heppner Ambulance page-outs with 20 transports for $28,865 in revenue; 32 Boardman Ambulance page-outs with 19 transports for $31,496 in revenue; 30 Irrigon Am- bulance page-outs with 22 transports for $28,834 in revenue; Pioneer Memo- rial Clinic in Heppner had 501 patient visits with five new patients, 30 seen by a nurse and 19 no-shows; Irrigon Medical Clinic had 327 patient visits with 39 new patients, 86 seen by a nurse and 27 no-shows; Ione Community Clinic had 36 patient visits with three new patients, 15 seen by a nurse and one no-show. HEALTH DISTRICT -Continued from PAGE ONE by loan; administration I o n e C l i n i c : $119,914/$133,984; Di- etary:/$216,195; Laun- dry:/$32,587; Housekeep- ing: /$119,336; Plant: /$359,143; Business Of- fice:/$416,933; Medical Records: /$92,758; Admin- istration: /$1,795,314. The district also esti- mates $269,960 in other revenue, including $10,000 in dietary and cafeteria revenue, $24,660 in rental income-physical therapy and specialists, $105,000 in miscellaneous income and reimbursements and $130,300 in contract rev- enue (Willow Creek Ter- race/Columbia River Ranch and Ione Community Clin- ic); $367,000 in donations and grants; $16,000 in in- terest income on invest- ments and bank accounts; $154,440 in community service fees; $90,238 in electronic health record reimbursements; $674,742 in operating, capital, long and short term loans (new borrowings): $475,000-Ir- rigon Clinic Remodel Loan; $149,742-equipment loan; $50,000 Pioneer Memorial Clinic remodel planning loan); $1,015,687 in esti- mated collectible taxes; and $480,704 in local option level estimated collectible taxes. Mahoney also outlined the proposed capital pur- chases for 2017-18: Irrigon Clinic remodel-$800,000 paid by loan/grants and cash: Pioneer Memorial Clin- ic planning fees-$50,000 car-$22,000, loan; pickup for maintenance-$20,000, loan; Microsoft Office software-$27,300, com- puter server replacement and backup-$16,600, Centriq Meaningful Use Stage 3 software-$65,000, deck for administration house-$8,000, electrical upgrade on administration house-$14,000, generator fuel tank-$5,400, two vital signs monitors-$10,230, ex- terior wayfinding and facil- ity signs-$20,000, all with cash on hand; SonoSite Ultrasound for emergency department and acute use- $25,032, lab microbiology system-$52,000, refrigera- tor for lab-$5,200, Epi-Cen- ter Microbiology data man- agement software-$9,000, Centriq interfaces for new analyzers-$16,510, all with loans; and three Autopulse machines for emergency services-$45,000, grant, totaling $1,211,272, with $674,742 financed with loans, $241,530 by cash on hand and $295,000 by grant or donated funds. In other business the board: -learned from Houser that the district is await- ing approval for the re- opening of the procedure room following a remodel. Endoscopes (which include colonoscopies), which are performed by Dr. Russ Nichols, are conducted in the procedure room, which had been closed for “inad- equate ventilation” by the state. HHS Ag dept. plans plant sale The Heppner High School Ag Department is doing a Preview Sale this Saturday, April 29, from 1-4 p.m. Ag advisor Beth Dickenson reports that the greenhouse is bursting at the seams with hanging baskets, patio pots, bedding plants and veggies. The sale will also take place May 5-6. Chamber lunch meeting The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be an all entities report on Thursday, May 4, at noon in Heppner City Hall conference room. Cost of lunch is $10; Gateway Café will cater. Cham- ber lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at 541-676-5536 no later than the Tuesday before to guarantee a lunch. The Heppner chamber also welcomes a new member, South Morrow County Neighborhood Center. CONGRATULATIONS MUSTANG GOLF! (L-R) Back row: Casey Fletcher, Kellen Grant, Jake Lindsay, Logan Burright, Reno Ferguson, Wyatt McNary, Logan Grieb, Dan Bretsch, Cason Mitchell, Charles Cason. Front Row: Nicole Propheter, Amanda Rea; Madison Combe, Sophie Grant, Clair Grieb, Caitlyn Scrivner; Suzy Cason 124 N. MAIN STREET HEPPNER OR 541-676-9481