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Good Shepherd Health
Care System recently ap-
pointed Martha Tibbs as
manager of laboratory
services.
Tibbs, a Pacific North-
west native, returned
home in 2013 after a 26-
year stint in the Midwest.
“Good Shepherd has
a modern, well-equipped
laboratory with high-
ly-trained technical and
phlebotomy staff,” Tibbs
said. “The laboratory has
a wide range of in-house
capabilities
equal
to
many larger-sized health-
care systems.
Labora-
tories are always under-
going change because of
technological advances; possible for each and ev-
therefore, in the future, I ery individual the lab en-
have no doubt there
counters.”
will be opportuni-
Tibbs said the lab-
ties to improve or
oratory staff is car-
expand our services
ing, knowledgeable,
to better serve the
and professional.
community.”
“We, as a team,
Jim
Schlenk-
want to continue to
er, chief operating
provide
ef¿ cient,
officer for Good Martha
high
quality
labora-
Tibbs
Shepherd
Health
tory services for our
Care System, said
physicians to help
“Martha Tibbs comes to them properly diagnose and
us with many years of lab treat, and for each individ-
experience, point of care ual patient that entrusts us
supervisory experience, with their care,” she said.
master’s level course-
When not in the lab,
work in pathology, but you may find Tibbs tak-
most importantly a desire ing advantage of the
to provide the best care many area hiking trails.
“I have traveled through-
out Washington and Or-
egon to hike new trails.
This year I had an oppor-
tunity to hike in Alaska;
no words can describe its
beauty.”
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The Wildhorse Founda-
tion recently announced
its third quarter grants,
which included $18,165
to Hermiston Fire &
Emergency Services.
The money is ear-
marked for purchasing
mobile reporting hardware
to be placed in each ambu-
lance. The devices allow
staff to complete patient
care reports during trans-
port or shortly after to en-
sure accurate information
is relayed to those giving
care to patients.
The system provides
precise time documenta-
tion when medication or
procedures are done. The
devices can be linked to
cardiac monitors to down-
load relevant patient vital
signs and EKG rhythms.
They also can readily
provide medication in-
formation, medical proto-
cols and hazardous mate-
rial guides for emergency
medical technicians.
The quarterly awards
given by the Wildhorse
Foundation
totaled
$201,447.33, which was
distributed to 29 recipi-
ents. Other local entities
receiving grants include:
U M AT I L L A / M O R -
ROW
COUNTY:
SMART (Start Making
A Reader Today), $5,360
for pre-kindergarten pro-
gram; 4-H, $1,800 for
Attitudes for Success-
Multicultural Youth De-
velopment Program at 18
high schools and middle
schools.
BOARDMAN: Board-
man Park & Recreation
District, $10,000 for
Community Recreation
Center exercise stations.
The foundation man-
ages a community benefit
Bazaar creates
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By TAMMY MALGESINI
Community Editor
The Downtown Herm-
iston Christmas Bazaars
came to fruition when a
couple of women decided
to take things into their
own hands.
Two seasons after the
now-defunct Eastern Ore-
gon Festival of Lights —
which included a holiday
bazaar in Thompson Hall
— GeorgeAnne Smith was
hoping a collaborative ba-
zaar setting would again
be available in Hermiston.
In 2014, one was housed
at the Hermiston Senior
Center.
When
things
fell
through with talk of hav-
ing one in the former Ro-
eMark’s building, Smith
and downtown business
owner Sharon Harvey
started talking. The re-
sult is a two-location ba-
zaar on Hermiston’s Main
Street, which began last
weekend.
“They have come about
purely through the hard
work of a couple of gals,”
Smith said. “And faith
that we can make a differ-
ence, one caring resident
at a time.”
Bazaar locations and
times, which runs week-
ends though Dec. 19, are:
•Country Gourmet &
BBQ, 235 E. Main St.,
Thursday (Dec. 10 only)
fund established by the
Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Res-
ervation from its gaming
operation. The board con-
siders quarterly grant ap-
plications in the areas of
public health and safety,
education, the arts, his-
toric preservation, gam-
bling addiction services,
salmon restoration, envi-
ronmental protection and
cultural activities.
For more information,
visit www.wildhorsere-
sort.com or contact Tiah
DeGrofft at 541-966-
1628 or tiah.degrofft@
wildhorseresort.com.
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Average retail gasoline
prices in Oregon have fall-
en 1.9 cents per gallon in
the past week, averaging
$2.30 per gallon on Sun-
day, according to GasBud-
dy’s daily survey of 1,307
gas outlets in Oregon.
This compares with
the national average that
has not moved in the last
week to $2.03 per, accord-
ing to gasoline price web-
site GasBuddy.com.
Gas prices in the Herm-
iston area are running
lower than the state aver-
age, with the most com-
mon pump price listed as
$2.179 per gallon for reg-
ular unleaded at multiple
stations. The lowest price
listed Tuesday on Gas-
Buddy.com was $2.099 at
the Space Age and Pilot
travel centers near Inter-
state 84.
Areas nearby Oregon
and their current gas price
climate:
Including the change
in gas prices in Oregon
during the past week, pric-
es Sunday were 62.9 cents
per gallon lower than the
same day one year ago
and are 8.6 cents per gal-
lon lower than a month
ago. The national average
has decreased 18.5 cents
per gallon during the last
month and stands 63.2
cents per gallon lower
than this day one year ago.
“The U.S. average
needs to fall just sev-
en-tenths of a penny from
its current $2.032 per gal-
lon (to $2.025/gal.) to be
the lowest since March
25, 2009,” said Patrick
DeHaan, GasBuddy se-
nior petroleum analyst.
“As for the outcome of
OPEC’s meeting late last
week: OPEC is going to
wait for production to
resume from Iran before
looking at oil production
quotas again next year.
While we wait and see
what that next meeting
might bring, high oil pro-
duction will likely contin-
ue to boost already record
high oil inventories, keep-
ing gasoline prices some-
what subdued.”
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and Saturdays from noon
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•Grace & Mercy Lu-
theran Church, 164 E.
Main St., Fridays from 5-9
p.m. and Saturdays from
3-9 p.m.
“We kind of create a
little movement around
downtown for custom-
ers of the downtown dis-
trict,” Harvey said. “We
just want to help people
re-discover Hermiston’s
downtown.”
Harvey and Smith en-
courage people to enter
the Holiday Travel Pass
contest. Get a pass and
have it stamped at both
locations and then enter
it in for a chance to win
a Christmas basket full
of goodies, many donated
from the artisans and ven-
dors. The drawing will be
held after the event ends
Saturday, Dec. 19.
Between the two loca-
tions, vendors include a
mixture of baked goods,
handcrafted
jewelry,
quilts, glass creations,
decorative wreaths, cro-
cheted goods, woodwork-
ing creations and ¿ ne art.
“If people haven’t done
all their Christmas shop-
ping, they should come
down and check it out,”
Harvey said. “We will
have Christmas cookies,
too.”
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