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Pictured (L-R): Linda Riney, Claudia Hughes, Sally Walker, Jackie Allstott, Suzanne Jepsen,
Pat Edmundson, Cara Osmin, Babette Wall, Molly Rill, Sharon Harrison, Doris Brosnan and
Cherry Webber. -Photo by Bobbi Gordon.
the occasion. The group
also celebrated Suzanne
Jepsen’s 90 th birthday on
the 23 rd . Suzanne was born
VOL. 137 NO. 44 10 Pages Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
in Heppner on the same day
the Bookworms held its first
meeting, Oct. 26, 1928.
Ninety years ago a
group of 12 women in Mor-
row County gathered to
form a book club, calling it
Bookworms. The original
members were Mrs. Charles
Smith, Miss Madge Coppo-
ck, Mrs. J.T. Lumley, Mrs.
E.F. Bloom, Mrs. Spencer
Crawford, Mrs. Paul Gem-
mell, Mrs. J.O. Turner, Mrs.
A.A. McAtee, Miss Leta
Humphreys, Miss Lulu
Hager, Mrs. H.C. Case and
Mrs. Rodgers.
In 1998, while celebrat-
ing their 70 th anniversary, a
news story stated that the
city library was located
next to the Gazette-Times,
where the city police used
to be housed. During that
If you’ve got Arachnophobia you might want to avoid the Kuhn Law Offices in Heppner this week. Or maybe if you like a good time, some of the members
Halloween display, just stop by and take a look. Spiders are crawling everywhere, but just until Halloween is over. Attorney served as librarians. School
Bill Kuhn and his assistant Bobbi Winter are in the spider’s web above. -Photo by David Sykes
teachers brought their class-
es to the library for story
hour, but since there was no
furniture, the Bookworms
I o n e F FA m e m b e r Ione Community School
wove strips of newspaper
Grace Ogden took second and is the daughter of Jarrod
into mats for the children
place in the National FFA and Alison Ogden. In ad-
to sit on.
Creed Career Development dition to FFA, Grace plays
In the early years of the
event held in Indianapo- volleyball and basketball, is
club, the same book was
lis, IN on Oct. 25 and 26. a member of 4-H and serves
discussed at each meeting
Ogden became eligible to as a 4-H ambassador for the
because they could only
compete in the event after county.
obtain one or two copies
winning the Oregon State
The FFA Creed Career
at a time. The books were
FFA Creed Career event in Development event allows
passed around the members
March at the state FFA Con- students to develop leader-
vention held in Bend, OR. ship skills by participating
“It is estimated that in public speaking activities
over 144,000 first year FFA and by stimulating interest
members participate in the in leadership and citizen-
creed contest at some level ship. Participants must re-
Heppner High School
throughout the country. cite the FFA Creed from
will be hosting a program
Grace was number two, an memory and answer three
to honor local veterans for
absolutely incredible feat questions from the judges
their service to our coun-
for a young freshman,” said indicating familiarity with
try on Thursday, Nov. 8
OSU Extension agent and the subject and the ability
at 10:30 a.m. in the high
former FFA advisor, Erin to think quickly. Partici-
school gymnasium. All
Heideman. “Our school pants are judged on voice,
veterans, past and present
and our community is over- stage presence, power of
Grace Ogden with her Creed Speaking award. -Contributed
whelmingly proud of Grace expression, general effect photo.
and her efforts.”
and response to questions.
Grace is a freshman at
Spiders, Spiders everywhere!
The Bookworms Club
of Heppner celebrated their
90 th birthday on Oct. 23 at
the Morrow County Muse-
um. Each of the ladies in
the club dressed as a dif-
ferent decade to celebrate
Ione FFA member wins national contest
Suzanne Jepsen celbrated her
90th birthday.
and each had only a day
or two to read the book.
According to records, there
were some amusing stories
about the ladies ironing
and reading, bathing and
reading and cooking and
reading just to get the book
finished and passed to the
next lady.
The club now meets
twice a month Septem-
ber through May and each
member chooses their own
book to review. Over the
years the Bookworms have
donated books to the cur-
rent library as well as to
other groups, such as, Hill-
crest School for Girls, the
Veterans’ Hospital in Walla
Walla, Pioneer Memori-
al Hospital, the Salvation
Army and the Neighbor-
hood Center. When the
current library opened in
Heppner in 1960, the ladies
sponsored a silver tea to cel-
ebrate the opening and have
held other events to benefit
the library throughout the
years.
Local veterans to be
honored
military personnel are in-
vited to attend.
A complimentary lunch
will be provided for all
veterans and their spouses
following the program.
The program is open to the
public.
‘Fall back’ this Sunday
Morrow County Health District selects
surveyor
Morrow County Health
District Board selected
Primm Land Surveying,
Hermiston, to survey Pi-
oneer Memorial Hospital
campus to determine if the
site is amenable to expan-
sion for renovation or re-
building. Primm’s bid was
not the low bid at $8,850,
but another bid, from JUB
at $6,850, did not include
the specificity required.
“We need expertise,” said
a board member. Primm
had indicated a start date
of November 12. The board
directed CEO Bob Houser
to make arrangements with
Primm.
Now that the Irrigon
Clinic remodel is nearing
completion, MCHD is seek-
ing to determine the feasi-
bility of “modernization”
of the hospital and clinic
facilities.
Houser also reported
the district has completed a
telephone interview with a
physician from Polson, MT,
and is working on an onsite
visit with her sometime in
November. He said the dis-
trict has also conducted a
skype interview with a phy-
sician from Cheyenne, WY,
who was to have visited the
district on Oct. 30, with an
interview on Oct. 31.
He also said he has
interviewed several phy-
sician’s assistants for the
Irrigon position and the
district has made an offer to
a candidate for the Pioneer
Memorial Clinic position.
That candidate was to have
responded Tuesday.
Also at the meeting, the
board approved a request
for $3,498 for the purchase
of 25 football helmets for
the Irrigon Grid Kids Foot-
ball program and for $3,000
to $3,400 from Greg Grant,
Heppner High School ath-
letic director, to purchase
portable Automated Arti-
ficial Defibrillators for the
school and for travel. The
purchases will come from
the health district’s com-
munity benefit grant funds.
Newly-hired com-
munications/community
relations manager Katie
Siri was introduced at the
meeting.
In other business, the
board received the fol-
lowing information from
Houser:
-the annual Critical Ac-
cess Hospital report was
presented on October 16
with public/patient input
given by David Sykes and
Robin Bredfield.
-annual Rural Health
Clinic reports were sched-
uled for October 18 for the
Ione Community Clinic,
October 22 for the Irrigon
Medical Clinic and October
30 for Pioneer Memorial
Clinic.
-Pioneer Memorial
Hospital has held its annual
Chicken Soup and Flu Shot
Clinic for employees.
-Toni Young was named
third quarter safety champi-
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New communications/com-
munity relations manager
Katie Siri
on for her role in steriliz-
ing the scopes following
procedures. Co-champions
were Danny Sharp, Nate
Kennedy and Mike Skow,
Maintenance Department,
for the “outstanding job of
remodeling the Emergency
Department and main RN
station to accommodate the
Omnicell units in a safe and
timely manner while staff
worked around them.”
-Scott Coombs, archi-
tect with Clark/Kjos will
be on site November 8 to
review proposed renova-
tions to the hospital clinic
with department managers
and providers.
-the new Irrigon Medi-
cal Clinic addition is com-
pleted and staff moved in
October 23-25, with the
first patient seen on Oc-
tober 26. “Phase II now
begins,” said Houser. The
new schedule was moved
The days are getting
shorter, and it’s time to “fall
back.” The Gazette-Times
would like to remind ev-
eryone to set their clocks
back for the end of Daylight
Savings Time this Sunday,
Nov. 4.
from the end of January to
the first part of February.
The board also declared
numerous no longer used
items as surplus.
Chief Financial Offi-
cer Nicole Mahoney pre-
sented the following profit
and loss statement through
September to the board:
MCHD received $919,727
in gross patient revenue for
September, less $18,332
in provision for bad debts,
plus $5,169 in contractual
and other adjustments for
$13,163 in revenue de-
-See HEALTH DISTRICT/
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