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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - THREE MCHD adopts 2018-19 budget Chamber announcements and upcoming events By April Sykes available because of the The Morrow Coun- early meeting date, due to ty Health District Board the Memorial Day holiday. Monday night adopted a In other business, the $15,950,554 revised budget board: for the 2018-19 year. -passed a resolution General fund data authorizing two new credit includes the following: card accounts, one with a $9,892,203 for personal ser- $10,000 limit for use pri- vices, $3,686,765 for mate- marily by the central supply rials and supplies, $562,959 department and another for revenue deductions and with a $7,500 credit limit bad debt, $1,431,482 in for use primarily for educa- capital purchases, $327,145 tional expenses. The board for capital lease and loan also authorized increasing reduction and $50,000 for the credit card limit for community benefit grants. travel expenses to $7,500. Changes to the budget The change was prompted included a donation in- by problems encountered crease of $15,000 from the when a department has Pioneer Memorial Hospital had to make a purchase, Foundation; a $234,857 but the account had been increase in the cost of a maxed out due to a previous drug dispensing unit on the purchase or when several capital list (which increased district employees or rep- the ultrasound loan to in- resentatives are sent out clude that unit in the same of district for educational amount, which increased opportunities. “Whenever the annual principal loan we send a bunch of people payments by $43,297 and somewhere (as to a confer- increased the interest in ence, etc.) we run out of the nursing department by cash,” added Houser. “We $8,606); and an increase of need to have some people $50,000 to the administra- on file who can conduct tion recruitment expenses business on these cards.” to cover costs of recruit- Chief Financial Officer ment of a mid-level pro- Nicole Mahoney said the vider vacancy scheduled change was needed because for the beginning of fiscal the district is purchasing so year 2019. many items online. The fol- The changes result in a lowing credit card accounts decrease in cash of $86,903, will remain the same: gen- bringing the total budgeted eral purposes-main ac- net increase for the year to count-$10,000 limit, ad- $213,477. ministrator/CEO, informa- The board imposed a tion systems manager and tax at the rate of $.6050 per maintenance manager-all $1,000 assessed value for $5,000 each operations and $.3900 per -learned from CEO $1,000 of assessed value Bob Houser that a RN who for the local option tax is in the process of receiv- for operations for the year ing her Oregon license 2018-19. will be moving to The board selected Heppner shortly. Marie Shimer, Board- She is the spouse man, to replace retir- of the new Forest ing board member Joe Service district Perry. Two others, Matt ranger. Combe, Heppner High Marie Shimer -learned School principal, and from Houser that Sheridan Tarnasky, retired MRI scans will be done at health district physician’s Pioneer Memorial Hospital assistant, both Heppner, every other week beginning had also indicated interest May 22. in the position. The board -learned that Vicki said that they wanted to cre- Rayburn, MCHD house- ate “diversity”, by naming keeping employee, was a new board member from selected the first quarterly the north end of the county, “Safety Champion.” Others rather than having all mem- receiving certificates were bers from south Morrow. Ian Murray, RN, Mindy No financial report was Smith, RN, and Tina David- son, housekeeping director/ paramedic. -learned that an invita- tion to bid has been sent to Wellens Farwell Construc- tion, Silver Creek Con- tracting and Wesley Wise Excavation for completion of the Irrigon Medical Cen- ter parking lot. Bids will be opened on May 30 at 2 p.m. at the city of Irrigon confer- ence room. -heard that Eva Mc- Masters, Radiology, is be- ginning study to become certified in CT scans. She will be spending time at Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston so that she may complete 150 scans required for certification. -heard that the district has received a new pickup for the maintenance depart- ment ordered in September. -learned from Houser that materials testing and inspection on soil borings were taken on the proposed clinic site at the south end of Pioneer Memorial Hos- pital. Houser said that “the findings will determine whether the site is suitable for a full basement or if a second story will have to be added.” He said that Scott Combs, architect with Clark/Kjos suggested the test. -approved courtesy staff privileges for Dr. Kev- in Sargeant, pathologist. -received the following report for April: Pioneer Memorial Clinic had 391 patient visits for the month with three new patients, 35 seen by a nurse and 23 no-shows; Irrigon Medical Clinic had 289 patient visits for the month with 24 new patients, 46 seen by a nurse and 53 no-shows; Ione community Clinic had 35 patient visits for the month with one new patient, 12 seen by a nurse and one no-show. -receiving the follow- ing ambulance report: Hep- pner Ambulance had 25 page-outs for the month with 24 transports; Board- man Ambulance had 47 page-outs with 22 trans- ports; Irrigon had 23 page- outs with 16 transports; Ione had one page-out with no transports. There were two flights. will enter his eighth season at the head of the program with an overall record of 180-27 (.870) in seven sea- sons. While a head coach at the high school level, Meek earned multiple coaching awards during his time at Southridge High School in Beaverton, OR, including the 2006 MaxPrep Na- tional Girls’ Basketball Coach of the Year. He was named the Oregon Athletic Coaches Association Coach of the Year four times (‘05, ‘06, ‘07 and ’10) and State Coach of the Year by the Oregonian newspaper twice (’05 and ’10). He was league Coach of the Year six times (’00, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘09 and ’10). Nineteen of his players have gone on to play college basketball. The morning session will be from 9 to 11 a.m. for fifth through eighth grade girls, with a focus on fundamentals. The af- ternoon session is from 1 to 3 p.m. for fifth through 12 th grade, with a focus on shooting. The evening ses- sion, from 5 to 8 p.m., will be for Heppner High School team camp. Parents may contact Robert Wilson at 541-676- 9138 ext. 2534 with any questions. Basketball camp scheduled The Heppner girls bas- ketball team will be hosting a basketball camp on June 11 and 12 at the Heppner Jr/ Sr High school for girls go- ing into fifth to 12 th grades next year. The camp is free to all Heppner students and all girls interested in play- ing basketball are encour- aged to attend. The camp is being led by highly acclaimed Mi- chael Meek of George Fox University. Meek, the 2011- 12 D3hoops.com NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year, became the fastest coach in George Fox history to reach 100 wins in just a five-year span. Meek Morrow County Cul- tural Coalition, funded by Oregon’s Cultural Trust Foundation is now accept- ing proposals for the 2019 grant period now through August 1. Categories for qualifying groups or proj- ects are literary, historical preservation, visual and performing arts, or hu- manities and cultural or- ganizations. Complete guidelines and grant appli- cation for 2019 projects can be obtained by contacting grant administrator, Gayle Gutierrez at 541-676-5630 or via email ggutierrez@ co.morrow.or.us. Proposals must meet criteria noted on the application and include a timeline with the project to be completed no later than Oct. 15, 2019. Grants can be awarded up to 50 percent of total project cost. Morrow County Cul- tural Coalition is seeing board members. The pur- pose of the board members would be to help review and approve grant requests sub- mitted throughout Morrow County. The board meets once a year, in October, to determine projects to be funded from the Oregon Cultural Coalition. Any- one interested in serving as a board member, please contact grant administrator Gayle Gutierrez at 541- 676-5630 or email ggutier- rez@co.morrow.or.us. Thursday, May 31 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Commu- nity Bank’s annual com- munity BBQ will be set up outside the bank. Stop by and grab some lunch. Thursday, May 31 from 6-8 p.m., Soccer registra- tion for the 2018 season will be held at the USDA Service Center conference room, 430 W. Linden Way- Pays $1.00 into an open Youth Savings Account for every top grade that our 1st-12th grade students receive on their end-of-the-year report cards. Up to $50.00 annually. Learn all the details online or stop by your local branch. www.communitybanknet.com Member FDIC Heppner 127 N Main St 541-676-5745 tion, please contact Carol Preston, event lead at 541- 379-6294 or relaypendle- ton@yahoo.com. Online registration is available at RelayForLife.org/umatil- lacountyor. Thursday, June 21, Rocking the Longest Day will be held at Willow Creek Terrace. This event is being held to raise awareness and support for advancing research on dementia and Alzheimer’s. The Longest Day is all about love, love for those affected by de- mentia & Alzheimer’s. Ad- ditional information will be coming soon regarding the activities to be held during this event. Friday, June 22 from 9 to 11:30 a.m., Immigration Legal Services in Collabo- ration with Domestic Vio- lence Services, Inc. pres- ents Using Immigration Laws to help survivors of domestic violence and child victimization. This meeting will be held at the Port of Morrow Riverfront Room in Boardman. RSVP to Griselda Cuevas or Manuel Gutierrez at 541-567-0424. Thursday, June 28 at 6 p.m., Drop in Teen Time glow party at the Hep- pner Library. All teens are welcome for fun, snacks, games and prizes. Spon- sored by the Oregon Trail Library District. Sunday, July 8 from 5 to 7 p.m., Music in the park at the Heppner city park, featuring Lindy Grav- elle. Additional information available soon. Sunday, Aug. 12 from 5 to 7 p.m., Music in the park at the Heppner city park, featuring Wasteland Kings. Additional informa- tion available soon. HHS to add girls wrestling Heppner High School will be adding girls wres- tling to their sports roster for the next school year. Girls wrestling is now an OSAA sanctioned sport, with girls wrestling other girls at tournaments, includ- ing a district and state meet. A wrestling camp will be held at Heppner High School June 11 through 14 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Any sixth through 12 th grade girls and boys interested in wrestling are invited to attend. The cost to attend is $25. The guest clinician will be Doug Tovey, Hermiston. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Celebrate Good Grades! Our Earn While You Learn Program Is Available in June & July Only! Heppner. Saturday, June 2 from 8:30 to 11 a.m., 13 th Annual Youth Fishing Derby spon- sored by Oregon Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife and Morrow County Parks at Cutsforth Park. This free event is for children 14 years and younger. Lunch will be provided for the youth. Saturday, June 2 at 2 p.m., Heppner High School graduation at Heppner High School gym. Sunday, June 3 from 12 to 3 p.m., In Celebra- tion of Dave Zachry’s Life at the Heppner city park. Hamburgers, hotdogs and drinks will be provided. Feel free to bring a potluck dish of your choice. Come and help to honor a man who had a smile and kind word for everyone and was a father, friend and life-long educator. Sunday, June 10 from 5 to 7 p.m., Music in the park at the Heppner city park, featuring Porter and the Pale Ales. Additional information available soon. Thursday, June 14 at 6 p.m., Drop in Teen Time game night at the Hep- pner Library. All teens are welcome for fun, snacks, games and prizes. Spon- sored by the Oregon Trail Library District. Friday, June 15 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Heppner’s Annual Sidewalk Sale. There will be some local craft vendors set up along with some local businesses. Saturday, June 16 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Relay for Hope – Relay for Life event for Umatilla and Mor- row County will be held at Roy Raley Park at 1205 SW Court Street in Pendleton. For additional informa- Junior High Mustang wrestler Faith Futter was matched with boys during the 2107 season -Photo by Damon Bros- nan Tovey has been a wrestling National Assistant Wres- coach for more than 30 tling Coach of the Year in years and was awarded the 2017.
