FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 26, 2017
The Landing Lodge institutes
‘Mustang Monday’
WALTON RETIRES
-Continued from PAGE ONE home in the basement. For the smiles, thank yous and
on the Walton Ranch, where
they raised four children.
Two of their children were
at the Lodge.
Beginning July 24, ev- born at PMH, two born in
ery Monday one dollar from John Day after the Pioneer
every burger and basket Memorial obstetrics de-
purchased at the Lodge will partment closed—Jimmy
be donated to the Heppner Walton being one of the
Jr./Sr. High School Booster last babies born in Heppner
aside from a few emergency
Club.
“This is our third year deliveries in recent years.
“Funny how I was one
of operating The Land-
ing Lodge at the OHV of first and my son was one
park,” said co-operator of the last,” Walton reflects.
Barbara Richmond-Harris. “(Our chidren) are married
“We chose to do Mustang now and we have seven
Monday to thank the com- grandchildren.”
L-R: The Landing Lodge operators John Harris and Barbara
Sue Walton commuted,
Harris with son Jake Richmond and co-worker Tina Corbin. munity for their continued
over
the next 40 years,
support.”
The Landing Lodge is thanking the community by giving a
The Harrises invite the to Heppner to work. She
portion of every Monday’s proceeds to the Mustang Booster
community to “come up, stayed with family while
Club. -Contributed photo
have some good food and working her shifts, as it was
The Landing Lodge at giving back to the commu- help support your local 174 miles round trip.
After 45 years, Walton
the Morrow County OHV nity by celebrating “Mus- Heppner Mustangs sports
Park on Hwy. 207 will be tang Monday” every week and academic programs.” has plenty of memories.
She recalls “giving a big
dog an anti-venom shot in
the ER parking lot in the
back of a pickup,” as well
as getting off work in her
all-white uniform with her
nursing cap on and getting
to the ranch just in time to
pull a calf, with neighbors
going by and honking.
“It has been a wonder-
ful journey, many miles
for benefits- To explore
traveled with lots of new
friends. PMH has become
such a major part of my
fits, Compensation
life, or
my second family,”
she says. “From laughter
and joy with the delivery of
be benefits for the
sur baby to sadness and
a new
tears with the loss of a pa-
tient or loved one. The ER
traumas of friends, family
benefits before you need
and strangers will forever
be with me.”
Her duties over the
years included labor and
delivery—her favorite—
The Ione Public Library hosted professional storyteller Christopher Leebrick on July 18 at
surgery, the emergency
the American Legion Hall as part of the Ione Summer Reading Program. The program was
sponsored by the Oregon College Savings Plan. There were 41 children signed up for the Sum- room, and tending to pa-
mer Reading Program, and 23 of them completed their reading logs. This year’s program was tients the full length of
the hall and a full nursing
coordinated by Misty Sorte. -Contributed photo
Leebrick regales Ione youth with
masterful storytelling
If you served in the
military, you may
qualify for benefits-
To explore your options
call today! 541-922-6420
Morrow County
Veterans Services
Community lunch
menu
Christian Life Center volunteers will serve lunch on
Wednesday, Aug. 2, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch
will include Salisbury steak, scalloped potatoes, wilted
spinach salad, cucumbers and onions, rolls, and cherry
parfait for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Morrow County Health District, in conjunction with
St. Alphonsus's Breast Care Center, is providing
MOBILE
MAMMOGRAPHY
SERVICES
SCHEDULE YOUR ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM TODAY
Over the Tee Cup
It was a beautiful and
sunny but hot day for the 15
ladies who teed off at Wil-
low Creek Country Club
Tuesday, July 18.
Low gross of the field
went to Nancy Prophet-
er, with low net going to
Shirley Martin, and Karen
Haguewood taking least
putts.
For Flight A, Virginia
Grant had low gross and
KP, Corol Mitchell low net
and Pat Edmundson least
putts.
For Flight B, Judy Har-
ris had low gross, Tiffany
Clement low net, Della
Heideman least putts and
Shirley Martin the long
drive.
For Flight C, Lorrene
Montgomery had low gross,
Sharon Harrison low net,
Mary Riggs least putts and
Nancy Arnson the long
drive.
Chip-ins were Karen
Haguewood on #2 and #4,
Judy Harris on #8 and Nan-
cy Propheter on #9.
Nancy Propheter had a
birdie on #9.
Giving with Love
to benefit
Saint Alphonsus Mobile Mammography Coach will be here:
AUGUST 30
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
WEDNESDAY MORNING
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Irrigon Medical Clinic
564 E. Pioneer Drive, Heppner
220 N Main Ave, Irrigon
Schedule your appointment today:
Karl and Larissa Morgan
July 30th 5-7 p.m.
Ione Legion Hall
pulled pork or chicken sand-
wiches, baked beans and a salad
Adults $10 Kids: $7.
Everyone is asked to bring a
baby shower gift for
Natassia— because of
(541) 676-9133
W elcoming our patients
and providing exceptional care.
www.morrowcountyhealthdistrict.org
The View from the Green
Fund-raiser Dinner
It’s Easy!
AUGUST 29
a time, with cutbacks, she appreciation from patients
did housekeeping, stocking and their families, and she
and laundry with her nurs- thanks Morrow County
Health District and the
community for the opportu-
nity to serve and give back.
She admits that’s she’s tried
before to retire, but a short-
age of nurses has kept her
filling in. A staff barbecue
July 19 celebrated her re-
tirement, but she refers to
herself as “officially/unof-
ficially retired.”
“Now I have to decide
if I need to keep filling in or
Sue (Greenup) Walton as a
if there’s light at the end of
young nurse.
the tunnel. I don’t want to
ing assistants. She recalls leave them without nurses,
working in the pack room, because I care about the
sterilizing instruments and community,” Walton says.
doing packs before the However, she says the tran-
switch to disposable packs. sition has been made easier
“So many changes from by the hiring of some new,
hand-written charts with young and eager nurses.
hours of charting—thus
“We’re getting a lot of
my arthritic right hand— young nurses, with a lot
to the electronic medical of new ideas, and that’s a
records,” she says, adding good thing,” she says. “I
that arthritis makes it a know I will be leaving my
real challenge to type with community, patients and
crooked fingers, “always co-workers in good hands.”
hitting two keys at once.”
Meanwhile, Walton
Walton says people ask says she does look forward
her how she could work in to having more time to do
one place for 45 years.
the things she loves to do.
“I was born and raised
“I’ve got grandkids in
in Heppner and I love the Heppner, Walla Walla and
people and the community,” Salmon, ID. Camping—I
she says. “It’s the only place love to camp. I’ve been
I wanted to work. I had no riding horses more. Getting
desire to work anywhere more involved in the ranch
else. It’s gonna be hard. I’ve again. Gardening. I’ve been
spent way over half my life doing a lot of that again.
there.”
And finding my house! I’ve
“They’re my second got some big cleaning that
family.”
needs to be done.”
Even though she says
Other interests include
retirement is one of the hunting, hiking, reading
most difficult things she’s and sewing.
ever done, she says “when
“I have unfinished proj-
it’s time, it’s time.”
ects that I would love to get
“I’ve worked at the back to. There is a lot of
hospital for 45 years. My deep cleaning and getting
family thinks it’s time— rid of years of accumulation
especially my daughters, that needs to be done. No, I
so I’d have more time to will not be bored,” Walton
spend with grandkids,” says says.
Walton.
“And who knows, I
Walton says nursing may even unpack my suit-
has been rewarding with case.”
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