Dawkins announces
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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