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Dawkins announces write-in candidacy _ Let'R Grow in Morrow ^ County" 1996 fair theme n r o E U G £ Ú f. y / ; HEPPNER imes VOL. 115 NO. 16 6 Pages Wednesday, April 17, 1996, Morrow County Heppner, Oregon May 21 election at the polls Babe Ruth season to start Morrow County voters will tion, which will also be on the • cast their ballots for county and state candidates, a circuit court judge and state measures in an election Tuesday, May 21, at the polls. Voters have until April 30 to register to vote in the May 21 election. Three people, all from north Morrow County have thrown in their hats for the Morrow County com m is sioner's position now held by Don McEligott, lone. McElligott has not filed for another term. Republican William "Whisker Bill" Marren, Boardman, and Democrats, John Wenholz and David Burns, both Irrigon will face off for commissioner. A fourth candidate, Bill Dawkins, also Irrigon, has declared his candidacy as a write-in. Three people are also on the ballot for the Morrow County treasurer's spot, Gayle Gutier rez, Marie Key, and incumbent Margo Sherer. Morrow Coun ty Clerk Barbara Bloodsworth says that if one of the can didates gets 51 percent of the vote in the May election they will go on to the November election. If no one in that race gets 51 percent, then the top two will be on the November ballot. Bloodsworth says that the county treasurer and the clerk must be elected in November because of the state constitution. Bloodsworth's name will not be on the May ballot, because she is unoppos ed. Greg Sweek is also unoppos ed as Morrow County assessor. A non-partisan position, the assessor can be elected in May. No one has filed for the Mor row County surveyor's posi May ballot. Three candidates, attorneys Garry L. Reynolds and Daniel J. Hill, both Hermiston, and Robert Ridgway, Pendleton, are up for the circuit court judge's spot now held by Bob Abrams, Pendleton, former Heppner lawyer. Abrams will not run for the position again. Five candidates will be on the ballot for the state senate 28th District, which includes south Morrow County-Republicans Patty Wehrli, Terry Drever-Gee and Ted Ferrioli and Democrats Kevin M. Campbell and Vern Cook. No Democrats have fil ed for the 29th District, which includes north Morrow Coun ty, but one Republican can didate, David Nelson, will be on the Republican ticket. Lynn Lundquist is unoppos ed on the Republican ballot for state representative 59th District (south Morrow Coun ty) and no one has filed for the Democratic 59th District repre sentative. Two Democrats, Michael E. Breeden and Bob Jenson, are up for the 57th District repre sentative position. Don Arm strong is unopposed on the Republican side of the 57th District ballot. There are no local measures, but three state measures will be up to the voters. One measure would increase the minimum value from $200 to $700 re quired to obtain a jury trial; another would mandate that one fifth of the necessary signatures required to put an initiative on the ballot come from each congressional district; the third would require a three/fifths majority in legislature to pass revenue rais ing bills. Livestock growers plan meeting The Morrow County Live stock Growers (MCLG), Ore gon Cattlemens Association (OCA) and the Oregon Farm Bureau (OFB) will sponsor a free informational meeting in Heppner Monday, April 22, for anyone interested in the pro posed initiative to ban livestock from "water quality-limited" waters of the state. The meet ing will be held in the Heppner Elks Lodge on Main Street. It is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. and will end around 4 p.m. "The main topics of the meeting will be how the in itiative will affect livestock and landowners. Besides the in itiative, Oregon's new water quality standards and the pro posed '303d water quality- limited' waters will be discuss ed and questions answered," said Matt Clark, MCLG presi dent and organizer of the event. Greg Leo, director, and Pete Test, assistant director of gov ernmental affairs for the OFB, and Lindsay Slater, director of the OCA Legal Foundation, will present the program, an swer questions and lead the discussion related to the issues. Organizers encourage all in terested persons to attend the meeting. For more information, contact Clark, 676-5319, or Bill Broderick, Morrow County livestock agent, 676-9642. Anyone between the ages of 13-15 who is interested in play ing Babe Ruth baseball this summer should contact Rick Johnson, 676-5562, before Wed nesday, May 1. The Babe Ruth baseball season runs from June to July. Bill Dawkins Bill Dawkins, a Democrat from Irrigon, has announced his write-in candidacy for Mor row County Commissioner. Dawkins, 53, has been em ployed 22 years with the Burl ington Northern Railroad as a locomotive engineer. Dawkins received a diploma of theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at Fort Worth, Texas, in 1974. He also studied psychology and counseling. Dawkins built, owned and operated the Red Wolf Marina. He has also been a motel owner and manager in Clarkston, Washington. In management at Burlington Northern, he has been a road foreman and train master. He was involved in pastorial and Evangelistic mini stries from 1976-81. Dawkins enjoys music and lyric writing, piano, guitar, singing, song writing, folk poetry and golf. Dawkins and his wife, Nan cy, a teacher at A.C. Houghton Elementary, have two children, Travis, 15, and Ashley, 12. By Merlyn Robinson With this year's theme, "Let'R Grow in Morrow Coun ty," residents can begin mak ing plans for the 1996 Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo, August 14-18. Par ticipants are encouraged to utilize the theme in decorating plans for both fair exhibits and parade entries. Superintendents have been meeting to update all fair divi sions, and all changes on addi tions for the 1996 fair premium book are due at the fair office by Tuesday, April 30. This year's premium book is dedicated to Charles Daly, a Little Buttercreek rancher and longtime fair and rodeo sup porter. The fair committee is in charge of obtaining premium book advertising to offset the cost of printing. Businesses, as well as individuals, may adver tise to support this publication. The Heppner Gazette-Times will again publish the premium book. Grand marshal for this year's event is Gerald Swaggert, Pen dleton, a former longtime Lit tle Buttercreek rancher, a past fair board member and a par ticipant in rodeos. Fair Board chairman Sam Bellamy said a permanent cyclone fence around the east end of the grass of the rodeo, area is to be built to fence in the football area and the rodeo arena. New carpeting will be installed in the south grand stand aisles, and the dormitory building will be repainted. According to the Morrow County Extension office, pre registration indicates that the livestock barns will once again be "overflowing" with 4-H, Future Farmers of America and open class livestock. The Fair Board is organizing a steering committee to oversee a propos ed multi-purpose barn project to replace the open pole-type buildings, but construction will not be started this summer. Dates are set for the Morrow County 4-H Horse Show on August 4 and the Morrow County Open Horse Show on July 28. This year, all classes in the open horse show are open to residents outside Morrow County. The show has been revised to attract larger atten dance. Methodist children donate to Center Lowe completes practicum at PMC Kathleen Lowe By April Hilton-Sykes There's a familiar face back in the Heppner health care com munity, but this time that face is in a different capacity. Kathleen Lowe, who pre viously worked as a nurse at Pioneer Memorial Hospital, is now back at Pioneer Memorial Clinic (PMC) as a student com pleting a school practicum. When she finishes the program in June, she will become a fami ly nurse practitioner. As a nurse practitioner, she can practice independently and can write prescriptions foi her patients. Lowe said that she chose to do her practicum at PMC because of her familiarity with the town and her admiration for Drs. Ed and Jeanne Berret- ta. " I just though so much of Jeanne and Ed and their abilities," said Lowe, "that I though it would be a great lear ning experience. I'm just glad that they were willing to have me. "Heppner's a great place with great people," added Lowe. "It's also nice to see friendly faces." Lowe, 38, graduated in 1979 from Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) in Portland with a bachelor of science degree in nursing. She worked for two years in orthopedics and pediatrics at St. Charles Medical Center at Bend before coming to Heppner in 1981. She worked at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner from June of 1981 to the sum mer of 1990. She left Heppner that summer to enroll in the master's program through OHSU on the campus at Eastern Oregon State College at LaGrande. She graduated in June of 1992 with a master's degree in nursing, specializing in community health nursing. In September of 1992, Lowe was hired on as faculty in a new program through the OHSU School of Nursing im plemented at Eastern, called "Rural Frontier Delivery". That program took baccalaureate nursing education to "frontier communities", utilizing the Ed- Net satellite system. Lowe's role was in arranging clinical experience for nursing students who lived in more isolated areas. The students were able to complete their nursing de grees without leaving their homes, said Lowe. Students in her program lived in Lakeview, Burns, John Day and Baker. Lowe returned to the class room herself as a full-time stu dent last fall, while still being employed as a part-time facul ty member on the Eastern cam pus. When Lowe completes the nurse practitioner's program this spring she will have many employment options to con sider, with independent prac tice being one of those options. " I just don't know what the possibilities are," said Lowe. "I really enjoy the teaching. In an ideal job, I would still be able to have that role." Lowe and her husband, Doug, former owners of Bucknum's tavern in Heppner, now live in LaGrande with their three children, Travis, 13, Trent, 11, and Caitlin, seven. Heppner United Methodist Sunday school children present groceries to Neighborhood Center' The Heppner United Metho dist Church Sunday school do nated $108.68 in groceries to the Heppner Neighborhood Center. The Sunday school saved $163 in pennies to buy the groceries and also donated money to a Methodist Church that aids the homeless. Sunday school children in clude Brett Harrison, Chelsey Hedman, Jared Hedman, Jean nette Trachsell, Stephanie Trachsell, Courtney Nelson, Trevor Rhea, Kevin Drake and Stephanie and Lindsey Cuts- forth (not pictured). Teachers are Peggy Connor, Kirsten Harrison, Missy Cuts- forth, Molly Rhea, Carley Drake, Ellen Rollis and Peggy Fishburn. The group bought the gro ceries from Court Street Mar ket, who donated ice cream for a Sunday school party. Free immunization clinics planned The Morrow County Health Department will offer free vac cinations to infants and child ren the week of April 21-27, as part of the "Immunize '96 Campaign". Morrow County clinics will be held at the following times and locations: Heppner-Thursday, April 25, noon-6 p.m., Morrow County Health Dept., 471 N. Main; Ione-Wednesday, April 24, 4-6 p.m., city hall; Irrigon-Monday, April 22, 4-6 p.m., Morrow County Annex building; Boardman-Tuesday, April 23, noon-6 p.m., Boardman Mor row County Health Dept., 101 Boardman Ave. This year, McDonald's res taurants are part of the state wide effort to distribute infor mation on immunizations to families. Each McDonald's will carry pamphlets, posters and flyers on vaccinations as well as lists of free clinic sites in their areas. Area McDonald's will also be donating food coupons and bandaids to clinic sites for children receiving their immu nizations. The Oregon Preschool Im munization Consortium (OPIC), a statewide public and private partnership, has helped generate immunization aware ness for four years. Its efforts have helped increase the number of infants who receive vaccines each year, said a OPIC news release. Still Time to Save TIRE & BATTERY SALE through April 2 0 Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 1-800-452-7396
