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Morrow County Health
District (MCHD) and Pioneer
Memorial
Hospital
(PMH)
administrator Kevin Erich has
announced that he will resign
from his position in Heppner
around Sept. 20.
Erich, who has been CEO in
Heppner for the past five and a
half years, will remain with
Adventist
Health
Systems
(AHS), who have a management
contract with MCHD.
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Heppner High School (HHS)
yearbook signing will be held
Tuesday, Sept. 2, from 6:30-8:30
p.m. in the HHS cafeteria. Hepp
ner Junior High yearbook signing
will be held Thursday, Sept. 4,
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the HHS
cafeteria.
Jessica Stefani
wins lone
scholarship
NO. 35
6 Pages
Wednesday, August 27,1997
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
M ustangs p repare fo r Friday night's o pen er
H H S football p la y e rs p re p a re for s e a so n o p e n e r on Friday
By Rick P au llu s
It will be a new look for the
Hfcppner Mustang football team
for the 1997 season. Gone from
the Mustangs are Shrine teamer
Brent Gunderson, offensive line
and linebacker; Brian Koffler,
quarterback and defensive back;
Josh Coiner, offensive line and
linebacker; Eric Schonbachler,
offensive and defensive back; Jim
Schlaich, offensive and defensive
back; Justin Matteson, offensive
line and linebacker; Jeff Watkins,
end and defensive back; Chris
Jones, defensive end; Phil
Tellechea, offensive and defen
sive line; Lonnie Rill, offensive
and defensive line, and others
who contributed to a very suc
cessful team the last several years.
You would think this year’s
team would be left with the cup
board bare. But there are some
very talented players coming
back in junior Derek Gunderson
at offensive and defensive back;
senior Travis Wilhelm, offensive
and defensive back; junior Tim
Dickenson, offensive end and
defensive back; junior Shane
Matheny, quarterback and defen
sive back; senior Jonas Healy,
offensive and defensive line; jun
ior Royal Robinson, defensive
line, and senior Tim Sumner at
defensive end
Returning head coach Greg
Grant will get his patience tested
by a “very young, inexperienced
team. We have a lot o f
athleticism, but not much size,”
said Grant. “If we can get experi
ence quick enough, we can make
up for the lack of size.”
Coach Grant says to look for
Shane Matheny to lead the of
fense at quarterback; Gunderson,
Wilhelm and sophomores Levi
Geer, Clint Bellamy and Michael
Schonbachler at running back.
The offensive ends will be a trio
of talented juniors in Dickenson,
Jared Eckman and Casey Evans.
The line will be led by Healy,
Josh Roy, Tim Sumner, Brian
Bumside, Caleb McDaniel and
K eith Scott. Junior Royal
Robinson and sophomore jake
Roy, along with ju n io r Bias
Elguezabal, a transfer from
Nyssa, round out the rest of the
line.
Coach Grant will “look to get
the ball into the best atheletes’
hands and it will be spread
around.”
The defense will look like the
offense as a lot of players will go
both ways. The defensive line will
be led by Sumner and Keith Scott,
The linebackers are Robinson,
Geer and Wilhelm, and in the
backfield will be Gunderson,
Dickenson and Matheny. Sopho-
more Matt Jepsen will see time
at both sides of the line and se
nior Tyson Palmateer will be the
punter and see time at fullback
and linebacker as soon as an in
jury heals.
The schedule is a different this
year as the Mustangs open with
Joseph here at 7:30 p.m. on Fri
day, and have another non-league
game at home on Saturday, Sept.
6 against the Grant Union Pros
pectors. After a bye, the Mustangs
begin Columbia Basin League
play at Weston-McEwen.
“It again looks to be a tough
league with a very experienced
U m atilla leading the way.
Weston-McEwen is also experi
enced and big and Stanfield will
be much improved,” said coach
Grant. But he added, “We can
play with all of them, we just need
to grow up fast.”
September pool hours announced
Willow Creek Waterpark
manager Sarah Carlson has
announced new September hours
for the pool
Starting Sunday, Sept. 1, there
will be an open swim Sundays
from 1-3 p.m. and 3:30-5:30 p.m.
There will be no evening swim.
The pool will be closed Friday,
Sept. 5, to Sunday, Sept. 7, to
allow contractors to finish work
at the pool.
Swim lessons given by Sally
Walker will be held from
Monday, Sept. 8, to Friday,
Sept. 19.
Level 2B will be held from 5-
5:30 p.m.; level 3 from 5:40-6:10
p.m.; and level 4 from 6:15-6:45
p.m.
Anyone interested in adult
swim lessons may sign up at the
pool.
HHS bus pickup changes
Heppner High School Principal
Ron Anthony has announced that
a change in the bus pick-up
location for students going to the
high school
The bus pick-up for students
going to Heppner High School
will be at Heppner Elementary
School this year instead of the
Heppner Library as in previous
years.
Ench said that the move will
allow
him
to
grow
professionally.
He said that he will assist in the
transition to a new administrator
and added that AHS has already
begun the interview process for
the
MCHD and
PMH
administrator.
Ench's wife, Sharia, was a
physical therapist at PMH. The
couple has two sons.
Fair and Rodeo tryouts, Sept. 21
yearbook signing
VOL. 116
Ench said that he will transfer
to a hospital in Willits, CA,
which is also managed by AHS.
Willits is around two and a half
to three hours north of San
Francisco.
"We have a lot of mixed
feelings," said Ench. "We really
love this town and the people
here. It was a hard decision."
"There’s a lot of potential for
Heppner," he added.
Jessica Stefani of lone was
selected as the first recipient of
the Maryan L. McElligott
Memorial Scholarship by the
Oregon
State
Scholarship
Commission in June.
A scholarship in the amount of
$500 was awarded to Jessica, a
1995 graduate of lone High
School, for the 1997-1998 school
year.
In August Jessica will start her
senior year at the University of
Oregon in Eugene where she is
majoring in English.
The Maryan L. McElligott
Memorial
Scholarship
was
established in 1993 following her
unsuccessful battle with cancer.
Maryan McElligott placed a high
value on community and
volunteered in the schools, 4-H
and throughout the community.
Education was very important to
her; she raised eight children-
seven have completed their
college degrees and the eighth is
currently a junior at Regis
University in Denver Colorado.
The scholarship was established
to provide other students the
opportunity to go to college and
for youth to carry on those values
she cared most about.
L.J. ’Jerry’ McElligott, her
husband and family spokesperson
said, "The family set up the fund
with the Oregon State Scholarship
Commission in 1994 with the
goal
of
establishing
an
endowment of $20,000 and
making an annual scholarship
award. We reached our goal at
the end of 1996 and will now be
making an annual scholarship
offering." Only the income from
the endowment fund will be used
to make annual awards, thus
leaving the principle intact and
creating a perpetual source of
scholarships for lone scholars.
"The Maryan L. McElligott
Memorial Scholarship Fund
assets are currently managed by
the
Oregon
Community
Foundation in Portland. Family
and friends continue to make gifts
to the endowment," Jerry added.
The Maryan L. McElligott
Memorial Scholarship Fund will
continue to make an annual
scholarship award to graduates of
lone High School who are
enrolled or will be enrolled as
sophomores or above in a full
time undergraduate course of
study at any eligible post
secondary institution, including
out-of-state
institutions.
Successful applicants can reapply
for
additional
assistance.
Applications are available in
January from the Oregon State
Scholarship Commission at
Valley Office Park, 1500 Valley
River Drive, Suite 100, Eugene,
Oregon 97401.
For more information about the
Maryan L. McElligott Memorial
Scholarship contact L.
J.
McElligott at 541-422-7567.
The Morrow County Fair Board
announces that try-outs for the
Morrow County Fair and O r
egon Trail Pro Rodeo Court will
be held on Sept. 21, starting at 1
p.m. at the fairgrounds.
All interested girls are asked to
contact the fair office, 676-9474,
or write to P.O. Box 464,
Heppner, Oregon 97836 for an
application. Applications must be
in the fair office by September 19
at 3 p.m.
For more information contact the
fair office.
All adults interested in becom
ing court chaperon are asked to
submit a letter to the Fair Board
by Monday, Sept. 8 stating why
they would like to be chaperon.
G-T closed Labor
Day, Sept. 1
The G azette-T im es w ill be
closed on Monday, Sept. 1 for
Labor Day. The deadline for
news articles is Friday, Aug 29
at 5 p.m. Deadline for all adver
tising and public notices is
Tuesday, Sept. 2 at noon.
Palmer guilty of nine counts
Former Boardman city
manager Jack Palmer was found
guilty of nine criminal counts
Monday, August. 25, at the
Morrow County Courthouse in
Heppner.
The jury deliberated nine and a
half hours.
The jury, consisting of eight
women and four men, found
Palmer guilty of three counts of
second-degree theft, one count of
third-degree theft and five counts
of
first-degree
official
misconduct. They decided that
Palmer was not guilty of nine
other charges.
The charges stemmed from
Palmer's stint as Boardman City
administrator from 1993-96.
The jurors unanimously agreed
that Palmer was guilty of taking
plywood, railroad ties and
lumber owned by the city of
Boardman, to improve his
property in Boardman.
The jury, however, split 11-1 on
the charge that Palmer ordered a
city employee to use a city
backhoe to excavate for an air
conditioning unit at Palmer's
home. He was found guilty of
two other counts associated with
using the city's backhoe.
The jury, by a vote of 10-2,
convicted Palmer of ordering the
use of a Morrow County School
Di s t r i c t
tractor-augur
combination on his property and
of official misconduct associated
with a violation of the city of
Boardman's zoning ordinances.
The maximum penalty for
second-degree theft is one year in
jail and/or a $5,000 fine. Other
sentencing guidelines were not
available at presstime. Palmer
will appear for sentencing before
District Court Judge Jeffrey
Wallace on Sept. 17.
Chamber Main St. News
Week of August 25,1997, brought to you by
The Heppner Chamber of Commerce
(541) 676-5536
Main Street weekly report
Main Street businesses will be without water Wednesday, August
17, while service is switched to the new lines. Businesses will be
notified by the city a short time before this occurs.
Antique water lines: Main Street progress come to a standstill as
80-year-old-and-beyond water lines began disintegrating at a rapid
rate. A1 Frye, Weaver Construction, said, "I feel like we re going
backwards." The condition of these lines has brought all activity to
a halt until the new lines can be hooked up. A little vibration and
the brittle, rotten lines blow. The old system is too shallow to
continue work until the new line is hooked up. Have patience.
Everyone is working together. As soon as the lab report comes
back, water service will be switched over (hopefully Wednesday)
and the project will be off and rolling again, beginning with
mainline sub-grade.
Curbing: Once the water line is in, the curbs and comer bubbles
should move right along, requiring about seven to 10 working days.
When the curb is poured, the mini park will be completed. Asphalt
will follow.
Don Fine, ODOT, reports that they are about 45 percent through
the job. When the water service is transferred to the new lines, he
plans a mid-term inspection involving all entities: Jim King, ODOT,
Weaver Construction, the City, etc. The group will walk the town
as part of the project review.
A1 Frye, Weaver Construction, stated, "The city folks work their
hearts out to accommodate our needs. This is a wonderful
community. Ninety-nine and nine-tenths of the time we have been
treated really great. Likewise, Weaver was complimented for their
assistance in opening up areas for access to moving, etc.
Cracked Entrances: Weaver is aware of the problems and will deal
with them, possibly when the curbing is poured.
City Park Trees: The fir trees will remain at the city park.
Main and May Street Trees: Currently the capacity for trees has
been reached unless the bump-outs become an option. If you
ordered a tree, please pay now, so locations can be firmed up, letters
can be sent out for wording, and pavers ordered.
Chloride: Remember not to use anything containing this product
on the new sidewalks. Coast-to-Coast is researching safe products.
Christmas Lighting: Wanted, interested persons to serve on the
Christmas lighting committee. Call Bill Kuhn or the Chamber of
Commerce.
Hard Hat Great Escape is off and running. Pick up your punch
cards at participating Chamber members and use your coupons.
Dave Sykes contacted businesses.
Remember all Heppner
customers are eligible to enter. It’s a thank you for shopping locally.
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