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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 12, 2020 Podiatry services return to MCHD As COVID-19 restric- tions are lifted for vital outpatient services, Board Certified Foot and Ankle Specialist, Dr. Kessa Mau- ras, of Mt. Hood Podia- try, has returned to serve Morrow County residents at Morrow County Health District’s Pioneer Memo- rial Clinic in Heppner. Dr. Mauras will continue to see patients from one to two Fridays per month, with the potential of increasing her time in Heppner based on the needs of the community and patients. While podiatric medi- cine and surgery encompass many areas, Dr. Mauras is most passionate about dia- betic foot ulcer prevention, wound healing and limb salvage. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ap- proximately 73,000 ampu- tations of lower limbs are performed on those with diabetes in the U.S. every year. Dr. Mauras is commit- ted to educating patients Grants recognized for August yard of the month Dr. Kessa Mauras about the prevention of foot related medical conditions, providing them with as many resources as possible so that in her words, “they don’t become a statistic.” She also shared that too often, a skin injury or a small wound can quickly escalate to something more serious when there is a de- lay in receiving a medical evaluation and appropriate treatment. Questions for Dr. Mau- ras regarding her services in Morrow County, or to in- quire about an appointment, contact Mt. Hood Podiatry at 541-386-1006. By Kay Proctor Taking care of three city lots that their home sits on has earned Greg and Virginia Grant the Yard of the Month recognition for August. Situated between two dead-end streets at 680 South Alfalfa Street, the Grants enjoy the quiet neighborhood that has a baseball field, a city park, Willow Creek, a hillside walking trail and good neighbors. Ed and Marylee Hiem- stra lived in the house when Willow Creek Dam was constructed behind the property about 40 years ago. Ed made sure that the Corps of Engineers built a nice wooden pole fence on the back property and Marylee, missing her back- yard view of the Willow Creek Valley, made sure lots of trees were planted. The fence and quite a few of the trees are still there. Rock terraces and mature plantings add to the charm of the 1937 bungalow. Originally from Elgin, Greg came to Heppner to teach at Heppner High School (HHS) where he is now the Head Teacher, Head Coach for football and golf, and Athletic Di- rector. Virginia moved to Heppner from La Grande, worked as a dental hygienist and somehow found time to coach the HHS cheerlead- ers. The two met through Virginia’s brother, the late Juan Elguezabal, who also taught and coached at Hep- pner schools. The Grants’ daughter, Sophie, is home for the summer from Pacific Uni- versity and son, Kellen, a 2020 HHS graduate, will attend Eastern Oregon Uni- versity. The whole family en- joys golfing and playing in tournaments. Greg also ASK US HOW TO GET THE AMAZING iPHONE ® 11 FOR $0 WHEN YOU SWITCH TO AT&T Find out how to get our most popular phones, call now! 877-589-1518 © 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. Greg and Virginia Grant. hunts and fishes and Vir- ginia likes to work in the yard. She collects large rocks found in their travels, hauling them home to find a spot to put them. With permission from a local rancher, Greg hauled home a rustic wood live- stock trough. It now holds a cactus given to her by her sister and it’s Virginia’s favorite plant, although she especially likes snap- dragons. Favorites of Greg’s are the tomatoes, tomatillos and peppers he grows in an enclosure. Virginia likes to cook and makes a green sauce from their harvest. At one time, Greg grew a very large vegetable garden with drip lines for irrigation but is on break from that for now due to losing crop after crop to deer raids. Greg has found their soil to be sandy. He has also found a network of old iron pipes and chunks of glass, probably leftover from the long-ago soda bot- tling plant which the nearby abandoned Soda Street was named for. In the past year, Kellen and Greg rototilled, shov- eled, packed sand, leveled and completed a 28’ x 35’ backyard patio patterned with different sized pavers, some weighing nearly 70 lbs. This has become both Greg’s and Virginia’s favor- ite place in their yard. The family dog, a Ger- man Drahthaar named Mi- ley, likes to help out by gathering walnuts dropped from a neighboring tree into their backyard, pack them to the front yard, and then crack them open to eat. When asked for gar- dening tips, Greg says to “ask advice from someone who has been there and done that” while Virginia laughs and says to “have the kids pull the weeds.” Yard of the Month is co-sponsored by the Hep- pner Volunteers, MCGG/ Green Feed Store and the City of Heppner. DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5PM MORE WINNERS. MORE OFTEN AND NOW... MORE FUN TO SPARE! Coming Next Month! 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