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