HHS drama to perform November 9 &10
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University o f Oregon
Eugene. OR 97403
Left to right: Sarah Johnson and Baillie keithley in “Help' I'm Trapi»*d In A High School'
H ep p n er
H igh
School drama department
will perform “Help! I ’m
Trapped In A High School”
on November 9 and 10 at 7
p.m. The performance will
take place at the Heppner
High School Cafeteria and
admission is $ l . Jodi Chapa
w ill direct the play with
b ack stag e
p ro d u ctio n
direction by Baillie Keithley.
Jodessa Chapa and Kolleen
Chapa will be handling the
sound, lights and curtains
Jodi Chapa, Jodessa Chapa,
K olleen C hapa, Jenna
Bowman, Kendra Rayburn,
Baillie Keithley and Katie
Kilkenny did scenery.
“Help! I’m Trapped
In A High School” is an
offbeat comedy, telling a
story about students who are
under the rules of a drill
sergeant principal. There is
an array of characters, each
making you laugh.
The cast includes
Sarah Jo h n so n , B aillie
Keithley, Jason Houweling,
K endra Rayburn. Kelsey
Wolff, Colton H elfrecht,
lenna Bowman, Sarah Price,
Je ssic a C onner, Eddie
Collins, Stephanie Smith,
Keshi Richmond, Brianne
Jones, Veronica Wilhelm,
Mahaley Huddleston. Katie
Kilkenny. Brenda Victorio,
Vicky Koch and Cyde Coil.
Skip Matthews receives Super Supervisor award
VOL. 124
NO. 45
8 Pages
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Terrace Drive wall project nears completion
Skip Matthews, Thomas Hofeller, FSA Associate Administrator for Operations and Management,
Whitney Matthews, 15, Skip’s daughter.
New wall installed near courthouse
In the recent past.
Morrow County and the City
of Heppner discovered that
Terrace Drive, south of the
C o u rth o u se w as not a
dedicated street. The portion
adjacent to the Courthouse
parking lot however, is a
dedicated city street came to
light. Concrete barricades
were placed at the top and
bottom of the hill. This street
could also be very hazardous
in the ice and snow as well
as when it was very wet.
In the last month.
Morrow County has tom out
the old asphalt and filled the
area in p re p a ra tio n for
la n d sc a p in g .
R oger
Mortimore, Randy Henrichs,
and Craig G utierrez took
down by hand the previous
wall that faced Terrace Drive
and the blue basalt stones
were saved. These stones
were then used to face the
new retaining wall that faces
Court St. The new wall looks
just like an extension of the
older wall.
M orrow C ounty
Public W orks em ployees
R andy H en rich s, C raig
G u tie rre z , M ike Verley,
Roger Mortimore and Simon
Winters built the new wall
and poured a new sidewalk.
The wall on Court St. looks
very p ro fe ssio n a l and
matches the workmanship of
the existing wall. Their skill
and d e d ica tio n w ill be
admired and noted for years
to come.
While the equipment
was available, some dead
and dy in g tre e s and
sh ru b b ery
w ere
also
rem oved. The process of
landscaping and replanting
trees, shrubs and greenery is
ongoing and will continue
into next spring.
lone plans Veteran’s Day Celebration
As American citizens
across the United States pay
tribute to all Veterans, the
lone American Legion #95
and Auxiliary Unit will be
hosting the Veterans Day
service in lone.
The observation will
begin at 10:30 a.m .,
T hursday, Nov. 10. The
celebration will begin at the
M em orial
flag p o le.
Following the ceremony at
the flagpole, everyone is
invited to the Legion Hall for
re fre sh m e n ts and the
completion of the program.
Lieutenant Colonel
Dan Hill will be the guest
speaker. He is a C ircu it
Judge for U m atilla and
M orrow County. He has
served in various capacities
for the United States Army.
He has just returned from
New Orleans where his JAG
team provided legal services
and advice. He has been
assigned to Afghanistan in
2006. LTC Hill is married.
and has one child. His wife,
Jacque, owns and operates
IJ Gems in Hermiston. LTC
Hill’s father, James Hill of
H erm iston, served in the
K orean c o n flic t.
His
grandfather served in the
Navy.
T he
p u b lic
is
welcome to attend. In case
of inclement weather, the
services will be held at the
Legion Hall in lone.
MCGG will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24th
through Sunday, Nov. 27th in observance of
Thanksgiving. Have a safe & happy holiday!
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Ronald M atthew s,
“Skip” to his family, friends
and coworkers, was honored
in
a
cerem o n y
in
Washington, D.C. on Oct. 26
when he received the “Super
Supervisor Award” from the
Association for Persons with
Disabilities in Agriculture.
T h is
annual
aw ard
recognizes supervisors who
have taken extraordinary
step s to su p p o rt USDA
employees with disabilities.
A PD A is an em ployee
organization designed to
celebrate diversity within
USDA.
C indy
D oherty
recommended Mathews for
this award. While pleased to
have been selected for this
honor, Mathews, who is the
County Executive Director
in Morrow County. Oregon,
is humbled at the same time.
In 2003 Skip hired
Adam Doherty as a program
technician in the Morrow
County Office. At age 23,
D oherty had been in a
w h e e lc h a ir
since
an
automobile accident left him
paralyzed when he was 16.
Mathews says he hired Adam
b ecau se, a fte r looking
through the applications, his
stood out at the top of the
pile.
“I can’t tell you how
thankful our whole family is
that Skip took a chance on
Adam. Had he seen only the
wheelchair, he would have
missed the hard-working,
sm art person that Adam
really is. and not just a young
kid in a wheelchair,” said
Dr. Tom Kali], Master of Ceremonies and Assistant to the Deputy
Administrator of Farm Loan Programs: Dale Moore, USDA Chief
of Staff, Skip Matthews.
Whitney Matthews, lo in k alil’s daughter with some Marines
at the Iwo Jima Memorial.
Cindy Doherty. Since he
began working full-tim e,
Adam has purchased his own
home.
* Adam says that
Mathews has been a great
boss and points out that even
though the snowy winters in
eastern Oregon can be pretty
tough for som eone in a
wheelchair to get around,
M athew s has alw ays
accommodated him.
M athew s
says,
“Adam has been great to
have as an employee. We
would be lost without him.
All our applications and
payments arc heavily geared
toward the computer, and
m ost o f our w ork here
in v o lv es co m p u ter map
work. Adam did a great job
for us as a temporary hire,
and so, when a permanent
opening came up he applied
for it and was hired on as a
full-tim e m em ber of our
staff.”
Lexington recall
unsuccessful
A recall election against
Lexington councilmember
Jean Brazell was unsuccess
ful Tuesday, 62 no to 35 yes.
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