SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Mustangs win conference game Heppner celebrates 2019
homecoming
The Heppner Mustang
football team won their
first Blue Mountain Con-
ference game of the year
by defeating the Riverside
Pirates 54-8.
The first score of the
night came as Mason Leh-
man returned a punt 50
yards for the score. Kannon
Wilkins kicked the extra
point to give the team a
quick 7-0 lead.
The next Heppner score
came as Jayden Wilson
dropped back and passed
the ball to Mason Lehman
who packed it in from 41
yards out for the touch-
down. Wilkins added the
extra point to give the Mus-
tangs a 14-0 lead.
Brock Hisler scored
the next touchdown as he
took the handoff and raced
82 yards for another score.
Once again, Wilkins made
the PAT kick and the score
was now 21-0.
A touchdown pass from
Wilson to Evan Kollman
that covered 27 yards was
the next score for the Mus-
tangs. Wilkins made the
PAT and the score moved
to 28-0.
The Mustang defense
forced another Pirate punt
and Jackson Lehman
stepped in front of the kick-
er and blocked it. Hisler
scooped up the ball and
ran it 25 yards for another
touchdown. The Wilkins
PAT kick was good and the
score increased to 35-0.
Casey Fletcher moved
to quarterback and threw
a touchdown pass of seven
yards to Jorden Sweeney to
take the score of the game
to 41-0 at the end of the first
quarter.
Fletcher led the team on
a seven-play drive early in
the second quarter that led
to another score as Kollman
caught a 25-yard touch-
down pass from Fletcher.
The Wilkins PAT was good
and the score was now 48-0
Heppner’s Mason Lehman runs to avoid the tackle in the
homecoming game versus Riverside. -Photo by Kirsti Cason.
at halftime.
The final score of the
night for the Mustangs
came in the third quar-
ter when Fletcher threw a
touchdown pass to Hunter
Greenup that covered 11
yards. The Pirates scored
very late in the game to
make the final score 54-8.
Fletcher led the team in
passing by going 7-11 for
83 yards and three touch-
downs. Wilson finished
2-2 for 68 yards and two
touchdowns.
Kollman caught two
passes for 52 yards and two
touchdowns and Wilkins
had four catches for 40
yards. Mason Lehman had
a catch for 41 yards and
a touchdown, Greenup
one catch for 11 yards and
a score while Sweeney
caught one ball for seven
yards and a touchdown.
Hisler led the rushers
with 82 yards and a touch-
down. Blake Wolters had
18 yards and with 15 yards
each were Jace Coe and
Ty Boor. Blane Mahoney
rushed for eight yards, Bry-
an Collins seven and Koll-
man had six yards rushing.
Wolters led the team
with six tackles in the game.
With four tackles each were
Matt Orem, Hayden Hy-
att, Coe, Hisler and Saul
Lopez. Recording three
tackles each were Gavin
Hanna-Robinson, Kevin
Rea, Kegan Steagall and
Tucker Ashbeck. With two
tackles each in the game
were Kellen Grant, Nate
Maret, Mikel Jaca, Cody
Fletcher and Boor. Finish-
ing with one tackle each
were Kollman, Wilkins,
Sweeney, Jason Rea, Roy
Collins, Jackson Lehman,
Derrick Smith, Brian Lind-
say and Dillan Doyle.
Next up for the Mus-
tangs are the Irrigon Knights
this Friday night in Irrigon.
Community lunch menu
Nazarene/Christian volunteers will serve lunch on
Wednesday, October 16 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
Lunch will be parmesan crusted pork chops, apple bran
muffin, baked squash, mixed vegies, cauliflower and
tomatoes and pineapple.
Milk, coffee and tea is served at each meal. Suggested
donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Openings on Compensation Committee
Morrow County currently has three openings
on the Compensation Committee. Commit-
tee members must be County Residence who
are knowledgeable in personnel and/or com-
pensation management. The appointment is
a four-year commitment and the Committee
meets once per year to discuss Elected Officials
Compensation and make recommendations to
the Board of Commissioners during the budget
process. If you are interested in serving Mor-
row County Government and can meet the re-
quirements of the appointment, please contact
Human Resources at 5471-676-5620 or email
kcarlson@co.morrow.or.us.
Morrow County Health Department
upcoming flu vaccine clinics
All day Flu Clinic at Heppner City Hall
10/24/2019 9:00 -7:00 p.m.
Irrigon Stoke’s Landing Sr. Center
10/28/2019 10:30-1:00 p.m.
Ione Fire Hall
10/30/2019 4:00 -7:30 p.m.
Boardman Senior Center
10/31/2019 10:00-1:00 p.m.
More to be announced at a later date!
We do have flu vaccine for folks
with no insurance, so drop by our clinic
in Boardman, Heppner or Ione if you are unable to
attend any of above scheduled flu clinics
Morrow County
Health Department
110 N Court Street , Heppner
541-676-5421
541-676-5652
Justice
Court
Report
Morrow County Justice
of the Peace, Ann Spicer,
has released the following
Justice Court report:
-Cathleen Ann Halvers-
en, 65, Ione, was convicted
of violation of basic rule,
69/55 mph, fine $165.
- Philip Doran Mullins,
64, Heppner, was convicted
of violation of basic rule,
74/55 mph, fine $165.
- Derek Matthew How-
ard, 19, Heppner, was con-
victed of minor in posses-
sion of alcohol, fine $265.
- Jasen Curtis Lester,
18, Heppner, was convicted
of careless driving/acci-
dent, fine $440 and driving
uninsured, fine $265.
- Joe Lewis Halversen,
72, Ione, was convicted
of violation of basic rule,
80/55 mph, fine $265.
- Diana Jean Healy, 19,
Heppner, was convicted of
violation of speed limit,
50/30 mph, fine $265.
- Brady L. Smith, 24,
Ione, was convicted of dog
as a nuisance, fine $265.
- Levi Wade Beers, 27,
Prosser, WA, was convicted
of possession of falsely
applied for license or tag,
fine $115.
- Brian Hammill, 41,
Heppner was convicted of
Theft III, fine $463.50, one
year bench probation.
- Jon David Hanna, 42,
Heppner was convicted of
Criminal Trespass II, fine
$205, one year probation.
- Gena Marie Tortolani,
20, Heppner, was convicted
of Criminal Trespass II, 15
days in jail.
The 2019 Heppner High School Homecoming Court was crowned in a half-time ceremony
during the Heppner-Riverside game on Friday night. Pictured, left to right, are: Prince Jayden
Wilson, Princess Kennisyn Wilkins, Prince Mason Lehman, Queen Alyse Wentz, Princess Cami
Vanarsdale, King Jason Rea, Princess Nicole Propheter, Prince Kellen Grant, Princess Marlee
Mitchell, Prince Blake Wolters.; (front) junior court, Harper Coiner and Urijah Wedding.
The queen was crowned by 1979 HHS homecoming queen, Jackie Gentry Ansotegui. -Photo
by Kirsti Cason.
Cheerleaders Makaykla Silvia, Genevieve Smith, Kayla McAnnich, Alyse Wentz, Julie Teeman
and Brooke Wilson posed for a picture at the 2019 homecoming game.
Hospice coordinator to retire
The Morrow County
Health District Board vot-
ed to make the district’s
Hospice program volun-
teer coordinator position
a full-time paid position,
following the notice of the
impending retirement of
current volunteer coordina-
tor Cyde Estes.
The board praised Estes
for her many years of dedi-
cation and hard work at the
September 30 meeting, not-
ing she has volunteered for
the past “15-20” years and
acknowledging it would be
hard for someone to follow
in her footsteps.
“We probably need
to make it a paid posi-
tion. We’re not going to
find someone,” said Chief
Financial Officer Nicole
Mahoney, who noted that
finding volunteers has been
extremely difficult of late,
“We need trained volun-
teers across the county.”
She said the Hospice pro-
gram “must continue” as
it is required as part of the
Medicare certification pro-
gram and added, “We don’t
want to lose the program.”
Mahoney said Estes
wants the position to be
preserved and sent “a very
detailed letter” outlining the
duties and requirements of
the position.
The board approved
$84,735 for salary, taxes
and benefits for the Hospice
volunteer coordinator paid
position beginning 2021.
(Salary for funding eight
months of the coordinator
position for 2020 would
have been up to $56,490.)
Mahoney estimated the
job has been “sometimes
half-time and sometimes
full-time”, so indicated that
the job will be advertised as
“up to full-time.” She added
it will take a very competent
person to fill the position.
Chief Nursing Officer Ja-
mie Houck commented she
has found it may be more
difficult to hire a part-time
employee.
Houck also noted the
Oregon Health Authority
has reviewed and accepted
the plan of correction from
the nurse staffing survey.
“Now that our plan of cor-
rection has been accepted,
we can move forward and
start implementing the cor-
rections,” she said.
Irrigon Stokes Landing Community Center
October 3rd 11:00 am-1:00pm
541-922-3603
Cyde Estes
The board also ap-
proved a bid for $14,134.57
from Dynamic Computer
Consulting out of Pendleton
for hardware and software.
Mahoney told the board the
purchase would “handle to
immediate concerns with
our data” and recommend-
ed this be done “the quicker,
the better.”
Also at the meeting
Mahoney noted the dis-
trict had a $167,848 gain
for the month of August,
with $1,162,281 in gross
patient revenue, plus an
additional $51,023 in con-
tractual (Medicare/Medic-
aid) and other adjustments,
$165,790 in tax revenue and
$55,165 in other operating
revenue for $1,429,088 in
total operating revenue;
$1,305,791 in operating
expenses and $44,551 in a
non-operating gain. “The
first two months of the fis-
cal year look pretty good,”
commented Mahoney.
In other business, the
board:
-heard a presentation
on the district’s financial
statements for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2019
from Eric Volk, CPA, Wipfli
CPAs and Consultants.
-voted in favor of al-
lowing district employees
to borrow against their own
457(b) accounts, not the
401(a) the employer con-
tributes to. Previously the
only options for employees
for borrowing were the
403b hardship or 457b un-
foreseen emergency funds.
-learned from Houck an
all staff flu vaccine clinic
will be held at Pioneer Me-
morial Hospital on Oct. 16.
-received the following
clinic reports for August:
Pioneer Memorial Clinic
in Heppner had 438 patient
visits with five new pa-
tients, 22 seen by a nurse
and 10 no-shows; Irrigon
Medical Clinic had 309
patient visits with 16 new
patients, 137 seen by a
nurse and 39 no-shows;
Ione Community Clinic
had 89 patient visits, six
new patients, nine seen by
a nurse and four no-shows.
-received the following
reports for Pioneer Memo-
rial Hospital in Heppner: 10
admissions for observation,
one admission for hospital
respite, 581 outpatients, 92
emergency room encoun-
ters, 1,730 lab tests, 127
x-ray/ultrasound tests, 35
CT scans, one MRI scan,
26 EKG tests, five lower
endoscopy procedures, two
upper endoscopy proce-
dures, three respiratory
therapy procedures; six
acute (in-patient) admis-
sions, two skilled swing bed
admissions.
-Home Health had 171
patient visits; Hospice had
four admissions.
-Pharmacy had 3,352
drug doses for $107,611 in
drug revenue.
-received the follow-
ing CEO report from Bob
Houser:
-Physician’s Assistant
David Collins has been
hired and will receive pa-
tients around the week of
October 23 at the Irrigon
Medical Clinic. Other hires
were Annabelle Campbell,
housekeeping, Stephanie
Rill, EMT-Intermediate at
PMH, and Maggie Flynn,
CNA.
-all apartments at Wil-
low Creek Valley Assisted
Living are full.
-still needed (as of the
Sept. 30 meeting) were RNs
for PMH, a mid-level pro-
vider for Irrigon Medical
Clinic, a licensed clinical
social worker for behav-
ioral health, a part-time
dietician and a part time
medical assistant for Pio-
neer Memorial Clinic.
-MCHD is taking part
the InterMountain ESD
program of having stu-
dent interns throughout the
school year. Sydney Wilson
is the current intern.
-Dr. Emily (Thompson)
Jack, formerly of Heppner,
will be doing a rotation at
Pioneer Memorial Clin-
ic and Pioneer Memorial
Hospital in mid-December.
She is in her first year of
residency training at Boise,
Idaho.