Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 30, 2018
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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.
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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.