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NINE- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Health District adopts $17 million budget Michael Duane Kindle Obituaries Michael “Mick” Kin- dle, died of complications from COPD on Friday, June 14 at Providence Medical Center in Portland, OR at the age of 71. Mick was born on May 1, 1948 in Colfax, WA to Kenneth and Betty Kindle. Michael Kindle joined the United States Army in 1967, serving as a truck and auto mechanic, where he earned a National Defense Service medal and was hon- orably discharged in 1973. Kindle worked at Kinzua Pine Mill for most of his life where he was a kiln operator until the mill closed. He then worked at the Walmart DC as a truck mechanic for nine years when he semi-retired. He then went to work for the county on the weekends at the Morrow County Trans- fer station until last No- vember. Michael married LaR- ae McAninch on June 26, 1971 in Newberg, OR. Mi- chael has three sons: Jon, Jim and Joseph. He loved fishing, hunt- ing, bowling, drag racing, working on hot rods, play- ing cards, watching his grandkids play sports and Heppner sporting events. He always loved spending time with his family and friends. Survivors include his wife, LaRae Kindle at their Heppner residence; his three sons, Jon Kindle of Portland, Jim Kindle and wife Becky of Heppner and Joseph Kindle of Hep- pner and his two grandkids Kayla and CJ Kindle. He is also survived by his brother, Bob Kindle and wife Tracy of El Paso; his sister in-law, Jean Kindle of Pendleton; his half-sisters, Betsy Heath of Hermiston and Sheryl Romaine of Missouri as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mom, Betty Heath; his stepfather, Elmer Heath; grandparents and his brother Dean Kindle. A celebration of life will be held on June 28 at 3 p.m. at the Morrow County Fairgrounds with a buri- al at a later date. Friends and family are invited to attend with a small meal being served following the service. Memorial Contribu- tions can be made to Hep- pner Booster Club, PO Box 97, Heppner OR 97836. The online condolence book is available at www. sweeneymortuary.com. Audrey Lee Stanley Audrey Lee Stan- ley, 86, of Lexington, Or- egon passed away peace- fully at Pioneer Memorial Hospital on Thursday, June 19, 2019. She was born in Rainville, West Virginia on June 26, 1932 to John and Wahneta Yoakum Stanley. Audrey loved gar- dening, traveling, taking drives in the country and her cats. She enlightened everyone with her smile, and was a loving mother, sister and grandmother. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by the love of her life Robert Campbell, ex-hus- band Billy Davis Ayers, an infant son, Larry Ayers, three brothers, John Dale Stanley, Rowen Stanley and Vernon Stanley, three sisters, Donnis Stanley, Louetta Rakes and Louenna Pendleton, and two grand- children, John Bradshaw IV, and Jonathon Gowan. Survivors include Audrey’s five children, Frank Ayers, James Ayers, Tom Ayers, Denise Brad- shaw and Janette Gowan, 14 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held on Monday, June 24, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Community Bible Church of Lexington. Concluding service and burial followed at the Lexington Cemetery. Memorial contri- butions may be made to Pioneer Memorial Hospice, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, Ore- gon 97836. Those who wish may sign the online condo- lence book at www.swee- neymortuary.com. Janet K. Taylor Long time Heppner resident Janet K. Taylor, 68, died Friday June 7, 2019 at Richland, Washington. She was born January 12, 1954 at Salem, Oregon. A cele- bration of life will be held Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Heppner City Park. You may sign the online condolence book at http://www.sweeneymor- tuary.com. The Morrow County Health District, at their regular monthly meeting in Irrigon Monday night, adopted a revised $17 million budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year, up $147,044 from the pre- viously proposed 2019-20 budget. The budget includes $9,548,335 in expendi- tures for operation of the hospital; $797,329 for Home Health & Hospice; $415,254 for the Boardman Ambulance; $344,000 for the Irrigon Ambulance; $20,626 for the Ione Ambu- lance and Lexington EMS; $2,003,813 for the Heppner Clinic; $1,801,657 for the Irrigon Clinic; $225,455 for the Ione Community Clinic; $50,000 for community benefit grants; $577,918 for revenue deductions and bad debt; $900,779 for capital purchases; $47,229 for capital lease principal reduction; $341,061 for long and short term debt principal reduction; totaling $17,073,455. The 2019-20 budget is up over $1 million from the 2018-19 budget of $15,950,553. The board also imposed taxes of $.6050 per $1,000 of assessed value for op- erations and $.3900 per $1,000 of assessed value for the local option tax for operations. The district, having recently completed the Irrigon clinic and awaiting construction closeout on that project, is gearing up for construction of a new clinic in Heppner. CEO Bob Houser told the board that he has spoken to the architect and indicated that he would like to break ground before the end of the year, to which the architect replied, “That’s aggres- sive.” The board had earlier learned of the shortcom- ings and lack of space in the current Pioneer Memorial Clinic, which needs upgrad- ing, additional offices for doctors and specialists that are called in, more exam rooms and more space to be able to provide services such as CT scans, MRIs and other needed procedures. “What we’ve done over the years is create a multi-fac- eted facility,” said Houser. “We’re going to see growth in the clinics. I think we’re going down the right path.” In other business at the meeting the board: -received the profit and loss statement through May from Chief Financial Officer Nicole Mahoney which showed $920,028 in gross patient revenue, a $9,670 provision for bad debts, $165,185 in contrac- tual and other adjustments, $160,914 in tax revenue and $31,431 in other oper- ating revenue for $956,859 in total operating revenue; $1,102,443 in total operat- ing expenses, and a $28,116 non-operating gain for a $117,468 loss for the month and a $308,880 year to date loss. Mahoney said that she anticipated that the con- tractuals (payments from Medicare and Medicaid) to turn around “significantly” to improve the district’s bottom line. -learned from Houser that the utility elevator at Pi- oneer Memorial Hospital has broken down, with repair estimates from Otis at $24,800 and an estimate on a new elevator with new construction to accommo- date it in the $200,000 range. Houser said he opted for repair. -approved a new contract for pharmacy services be- tween the district and Mur- ray’s Drug with board Chair John Murray opting out of the discussion and vote: the pharmacist may work up to 24 hours a week at $90 per hour; the pharmacy tech may work up to 24 hours a week at $24 per hour. -learned from Houser that candidates to fill a position as a licensed clinical social worker and a behavioral case manager have accept- ed the jobs. -heard from Houser that parts for the x-ray machine have been found and the machine is operating ac- cording to factory specifi- cations. He said that “If all goes well, we will continue to plan for replacement of this room in the next fiscal year’s budget.” -learned from Houser that Dr. Arnold Cha will be covering the emergency department on July 20 for a shift. He said that the dis- trict will be employing Dr. Cha until Dr. Hejmanowski, who is in the process of being credentialed, arrives and as needed subsequently. -learned that Houser is in discussion with Kadlec Medical Center about using one of their dieticians to help MCHD via telemedi- cine and spoke with David Ayala, executive director of Columbia River Com- munity Health about the possibility of sharing the cost of a dietician. -learned that MCHD will be taking part in First Friday events on Main Street start- ing July 5 from 6-8 p.m. -learned that the MCHD lab passed their recent state sur- vey with zero deficiencies. -learned that MCHD re- ceived a $10,000 grant from the City of Irrigon Enhancement Funds to go toward the Irrigon Ambu- lance garage once land is purchased. -received a report from Ja- mie Houck, Chief Nursing Officer. -received the following report for May for Pio- neer Memorial Hospital: three admissions, one swing bed skilled admission, two admissions for observa- tion, two non-skilled swing bed admissions, 617 total out-patients, 70 emergency room encounters, 1,837 lab tests, 102 x-ray/ultrasound tests, 27 CT scans, one MRI scan, 16 EKG tests, two lower endoscopy proce- dures, one upper endoscopy procedures, 44 respiratory therapy procedures. -received the following reports: Heppner Ambu- lance-10 transports for $17,450 in revenue; Board- man Ambulance-25 trans- ports for $45,500; Irrigon Ambulance-21 for $33,290; Ione-0; there were two flights. -received the following Home Health report-124 patient visits; Hospice-one admission; Pharmacy-2,537 drug doses for $67,932 in revenue. -received the following May clinic reports: Pio- neer Memorial Clinic-418 patient visits with two new patients, 26 seen by a nurse and 17 no-shows; Irrigon Medical Clinic-296 patient visits with 11 new patients, 161 seen by a nurse and 39 no-shows; Ione Community Clinic-27 patient visits, two new patients, five seen by a nurse and two no-shows. 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