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may be affected by the pro
ceedings may obtain additional
information from the records
of the Court, the named Per
sonal Representative, or from
the attorney for the Personal
Representative.
DATED and first published
this 22nd day o f October,
2008.
PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE
KAREN KAY THOMAS
Attorney for Personal Repre
sentative:
B.Gil Sharp, OSB #77416
205 Third Street/ PO Box 205
Hood River, OR 97031
541-386-1311
Date of last publication: No
vember 5, 2008
Published: October 22, 29 and
November 5, 2008
Affidavit (2)
Morrow county
Health Depart-
ment schedule
The monthly sched
ule for the Morrow County
Health Department Offices
is as follows:
Thursday, Oct. 30:
Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
noon, 1-4:30 p.m.
Deadline for all
news articles,
legal notices and
advertising
Mondays at 5 p.m.
Mikey Raíble claims After Dinner
Speaking title for lone
Chris Wang (Madison High School) looks on as lone's Mikey
Raible is announced as Senior After Dinner Speaking Champion.
-Contributed Photo
lone traveled to Sa
lem October 24 and 25 to
compete in the Jerry Hud
son Forensic Tournament
at Willamette University.
Six members of the team
attended the tournament,
one of the largest in Oregon,
competing in both speech
and debate events.
S enior Ronney
Wilson, trying competitive
speech for the first time,
competed in Impromptu
Speaking, finishing as high
as second in one of his
rounds. Freshman Jeremy
Coleman competed in Junior
After Dinner Speaking, a
new event for him, with a
first place ranking in one of
his rounds. Senior Brenna
Rietmann competed in both
Impromptu Speaking (plac
ing second in round three)
and Public Debate, with
partner Senior Matt Cole
man, who joined the team
this year.
Debaters competed
in six rounds over two days,
with Rietmann and Cole
man finishing with a record
of 2-4. Sophomore Mary
Gates, in only her second
year of debate, was bumped
up to Senior Division and
still ended up with a record
of 2-4.
The high point for
the team was hearing tour
nament director Rob Layne,
during the awards ceremony,
announce in front of several
hundred students and coach
es from 34 schools through
out Oregon and Washington,
“And first place in Senior
After Dinner Speaking, from
lone, Mikey Raible.”
The team travels to
Whitman College in Walla
Walla, October 30 - No
vember 1 for one of the
largest tournaments in the
Northwest. There will be
over 300 debaters and over
400 entries in speech events,
lone will be bringing almost
the same squad that at
tended the Willamette tour
nament. Rietmann will miss
this weekend, leaving Matt
Coleman to debate solo in a
different event, and Brianna
Peterson will join the team
for the trip.
If you would like to
learn more about speech and
debate or support the team,
contact lone Community
School.
Tupper
Fire
and
Fuels
Career
Camp
held
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The Tupper Fire and
Fuels Career Camp, a week-
long residential camp de
signed to spark the interest
of high school seniors in a
career with the U.S. Forest
Service, with an emphasis
on fire and fuels manage
ment, was once again held.
Objectives for the camp in
clude maintaining a diverse
workforce and encouraging
that diversity through in
formation sharing with po
tential candidates about fire
and fuels as a career choice,
and fostering mutually sup
portive partnerships with
local communities through
the school districts.
The first Tupper Fire
and Fuels Career Camp
was held in October 2007.
Students were recruited
from the three high schools
in Morrow County. Sixty
applications were handed
out, 18 applications were
received, and 14 students
‘graduated’ from the first
year’s camp. The camp
was broadly supported by
the Morrow County School
District, our primary partner.
In addition, Oregon Depart
ment of Forestry (ODF),
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS), the Blue
Mountain and Central Or
egon Community Colleges,
and five National Forests
participated in the camp’s
instruction and develop
ment.
The curriculum was
designed to provide a broad
exposure to our hiring au
thorities, educational op
portunities, financial aid
and scholarship options,
map reading and orienteer
ing, fire ecology and natural
resource management, haz
ardous fuels reduction, and
fire suppression techniques.
Participants in the first years'
camp were encouraged to
apply for seasonal jobs with
the Umatilla National Forest
and cooperating agencies for
the summer of 2008, and so
far seven of the participants
have been hired. Nearly
60% of the camp partici-
pants and new hires are from
under-represented groups
such as women, minorities,
and people with certain dis
abilities.
The Umatilla Na
tional Forest is an excellent
training ground for new em
ployees. The National For
est frequently has complex
wildland and prescribed
fires, and so has ample need
for temporary positions
(approximately 60) and nu
merous permanent seasonal
vacancies each year. The
Forest has long standing
positive connections with
local communities and stu
dents. These relationships
help provide for a solid
foundation for success. Lo
cal demographics and popu
lation trends make Mor
row County and Hermiston
School Districts an excellent
recruiting ground. The Hep
pner Ranger District’s work
center, Tupper, provides an
ideal setting for the camp.
The long-term vi
sion for the project is to
create a self-sustaining ca
reer orientation camp that is
strongly supported through
partnerships with our local
communities. The camp
wants to maintain a high
level of participation from
women, minorities, and
persons with disabilities,
and to provide a portal from
which camp graduates may
obtain permanent positions
in fire and fuels throughout
the region.
For more informa-
tion on the project, contact
Kristen Marshall: kmar-
shall@fs.fed.us 541-676-
2130.
The Oregon East
Symphony will present its
second concert of the sea
son, Stars of Tomorrow, on
Sunday, November 16, at
3:15 p.m. at the Vert Audito
rium (400 SW Dorion). This
family-friendly concert will
feature a joint performance
with the organization’s pre
paratory orchestra, the A-
Sharp Players, who will play
along with they symphony
for Brahms' Variations on
a Theme by Hadyn and the
overture to Rossini’s be
loved opera, The Italian Girl
in Algiers.
The concert will also
feature two winners from
the symphony’s Young Art
ist Competition which was
held last February. Isaac
Chua of Richland, WA will
perform the first movement
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto
No. 1 in E Minor. Chua is
a student at Richland High
School and has garnered
many awards for his play
ing. Recently, he placed
second at the Bradshaw &
Buono International Piano
Competition in New York
City.
The second soloist is
19 year-old Andrea Johnson,
who is studying piano per
formance under the direc
tion of Leonard Richter’s in
College Place, WA and has
also won numerous regional
and state awards and com
petitions. Johnson will be
performing the first move
ment of Schumann’s Piano
Concerto in A Minor.
The evening also
features guest conductor,
Bruce Walker. Walker is
a conductor and educator
who is currently serving as
orchestra and choir direc
tor for the Sunnyside, WA
school district. Bruce has
a bachelor degree in cello
performance and a mas
ters degree in orchestral
conducting from Central
Washington University. He
also studied conducting at
the Rose City International
Conductor’s Workshop un
der the direction of OES
Music Director, Kenneth
Woods. Walker recently
took on the position of as
sistant conductor for the Or
egon East Symphony.
Tickets for this con
cert are S3-S20 and are
available at the Oregon Hast
Symphony office (345 SW
4th Street) or by calling (541 )
276-0320. They arc also
available at Armchair Books
(39 SW Dorion) and at the
door. More information can
be found at the symphony's
website: www.oregoneast-
symphony.org.
The performance
will also be repeated twice
on Monday morning. No
vember 17, to almost 1000
local and regional students
as part of the Symphony's
music education outreach
programs. Young people
from as far away as Day-
ville, OR will travel to the
Vert Auditorium to listen to
the orchestra and soloists,
and have a chance to ask
questions of the conductor
and musicians and even try
their hand at conducting.
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Students from schools throughout the county participated in the
Tupper Fire and Fuels Career Camp held last weekend. -Con
tributed Photos
Oregon East Symphony presents Stars of Tomorrow Concert
le-Load and Re-Elect KEN M A T L A C K
Morrow County Sheriff
✓
✓
Renegotiated Jail Contract with more bed space.
More fines collected by the Court than at any time in recent
years.
✓ Sheriff and Undersheriff in uniform, assisting officers in field
(600-1000 calls per year!).
s Created animal control budget for abandoned, neglected and
abused animals for first time.
✓ Developed Graffiti Ordinance resulting in reduction of cases
from 99 in 2005 to 9 in 2008.
For more information:
Support creation of Morrow County Drug Court
w w w .a w o p k jn g s h e r iff.c o m
Supports shelter care placement for at-risk youth
Supports School Resource Officer for grades 7- 12
Supports Mandatory iail terms for property crimes, serious thefts and drug crimes
Supports Ballot Measure 61
Supports
Ballot Measure 57 Paid for by Committee to Re-Elect Ken Matlock Morrow County Sheriff, 1.16 f V i Main, Irrigon. OR 971144
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