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Annual Town and Country Community Award winners recognized Bessie Wet/ell Newspaper Librarv University o f Oregon Eugene. OR 97403 The annual Town and Country Com m unity Awards were held this past Thursday, January 15. Local citizens were honored with the awards o f Business o f the Year, Lifetime Achieve m ent, M an o f the Year, Woman of the Year, Citizen- Educator o f the Year, and Marti Luther Youth Recognition. The Business of the Year award was a family af- Mary Haguewood Maggie Armato fair this year. Victorian Rose, owned by mother Marti Lu ther, and Sweet Productions Ice Cream Parlour, owned by daughter Jodi Chapa, were the joint recipients of the yearly award. L u th er m oved to H eppner from C o rv allis where she opened the Vic torian Rose, a gift shop on Main Street. Housed in the same building as her mother is C h ap a’s business. Sweet Productions is an ice cream shop that not only serves sweet desserts, but a variety o f meals. VOL. 128 NO. 3 10 Pages Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon F o rm e r H e p p n e r City Councilor Kay Robin son was the recipient o f this y e a r’s Lifetim e A chieve ment Award for Community Service. Robinson diligently serv ed for 19 years as a Hep pner City Councilor. She also served for approximate ly two years as city mayor. One o f R obinson's major accomplishments while in office was obtaining equip ment and fire trucks for the Heppner Fire Department. This y ear’s man of the year is only a phone call away. Dale Bates al ways seems to be available for help with com m unity events. If you come to an lone basketball game you might notice some young enthusiasts in the stands with From high school amazing t-shirts, lone's K-3 students were paired with a basketball player to cheer on their new dances to the Morrow Coun- buddy. The Cardinal Booster Club purchased t-shirts and the “Basketball Buddies” created an Basketball Buddies show their support original shirt for their elementary partner to wear to the games. -Contributed Photo Community Bank announces plans to open Heppner Branch C om m unity Bank has purchased a building in Heppner with the intent on opening a full service branch in the location during the second quarter o f 2009. An official grand opening date will be announced at a later time. The building is lo cated at 127 North Main Street in Heppner - the for mer home to Farm er's In surance. Renovations are already underw ay on the building. C om m unity Bank P resident and CEO Tom Moran said in a statement that “w e’re best at banking sm aller agricultural com munities just like Heppner. We feel that the residents o f Morrow County deserve choice, and that we can pro vide an alternative to cus tomers looking for superior care and service from their bank.” AJ Tamasky, Com m unity Bank E V P /C h ief C redit O fficer, who was raised in Heppner, said “It’s exciting for us to open a branch in my hom etown. Based on my knowledge of both the community and the bank, I think our local ap .Molly Rhea Jodi Chapa Cary Wight ty Fair and Rodeo, Bates makes sure all the sound systems are working prop erly. He plans his schedule around community events as to always be available if needed. Bates works locally for CenturyTel. M o lly R hea w as named H eppner’s Woman o f the Year. Raised in Heppner, Rhea returned home after graduating nursing school. She worked as a floor nurse for many years before tak ing a job with Tri-County Home Health Agency. She is currently the director of nursing for Home Health and Hospice in Heppner. Rhea can be seen cheering in the stands at most Heppner sports events. She also serves as the sec retary o f the Heppner Lions Club, the Leprechaun during St. Patrick’s Day Celebra tion, helps the firemen with their breakfast during St. Patrick’s, and serves on the Pastor Parish Committee at her church. M ary H aguew ood was named the Citizen-Ed ucator o f the Year. Her entire teaching career has been with the M orrow County School District. She began her work as a teacher in 1979 at A.C. Houghton Elementary w here she w orked for one year. She also worked for one year at Sam Boardman Elementary. The rest o f her teaching ca reer has been spent at Hep pner Elem entary School. She is currently the Title 1 teacher and the half-tim e second grade teacher. H aguew ood takes the time each year to make sure eye screenings are giv en each fall for students at HES. The Heppner Cham ber Youth o f the Year Award was presented this year to Maggie Armato. Armato is the num ber one ranked student in her class with a 4.0 GPA. She has been named student o f the year in science, math, language arts, Spanish, and social studies. She is a nine year member and 4-H Club president as well as a Jr. 4-H leader and ambassador since 2005. She is the current HHS Civ ics Club Treasurer, two year mem ber o f N a tional Honor Society, and A ssociated Student Body Treasurer. She has been a six year volunteer o f the St. Patrick’s fundraiser car nival and a Vacation Bible School teacher's aide for four years. She has also played both volleyball and golf at Heppner High School. She has also assisted with the Junior G olf and Colt Vol leyball programs. T h is y e a r a s p e cial award was given Gary Wight for his work during the winter seasons in Hep pner. Wight works to clear the downtown sidew alks of snow. lon e coach pleads not guilty D ennis Dean S te fani, the head football and boys’ basketball coach at lone High School, plead innocent last week to three counts stemming from a do mestic dispute on Christmas day in lone. Stefani, 46, was ar rested in the early morning hours o f Dec. 25 at 415 E. Main St, lone, w hen his sister reported to police that he “was intoxicated and was being physically violent.” He was subsequently ar rested and charged with assault IV, harassment, and interfering with a 911 re port. He was lodged in the Umatilla County Jail and his bail was set at $17,000. He posted 10 percent and was released. Last Thursday, Janu ary 15, Stefani plead not guilty in Morrow County Circuit Court and his trial was set for March 5 at 8 a.m. He was not represented by an attorney but told the judge he would retain one. The judge told Stefani not to have any contact with the alleged victims, Tina or Tyler Fetterhoff. Tuesday lone School Superintendent P rin cip al Karl Ostheller told the Ga zette-Tim es there was no change in Stefani's employ ment status w ith the district as a coach. proach to financial services will be a perfect match.” C om m unity Bank will also add 4-5 new jobs to the local economy. The search for a branch manager and support staff will begin shortly. Community Bank AVP and Commercial Loan Officer John Hays, who cur rently works in Hermiston, will also have an office in Heppner. H e p p n e r w ill be Chamber Lunch Meeting scheduled for Thursday C om m unity B an k ’s 16th Allen F reuff from 7th is on the agenda. There Feb. 12 - Shelley full service branch. OSHA w ill be the guest may be opportunities for Wight, Public Health Edu sp ea k e r for th is w e e k 's businesses to get involved cator from Morrow County Adopt-a-Teacher Foundation donates Chamber Lunch Meeting on so come and find out more. H ealth D ep artm en t w ill Thursday, January 22. The O th e r u p c o m in g speak on “Smoke Free Or money to HEROES program egon.” meeting will begin at noon events include: Jan. 29 - A ilic ia Feb. 19-T h is meet at John’s Place. The lunch cost will be $9. Those plan A quilar from the Oregon ing w ill be hosted by Willow ning to attend are asked to Em ploym ent D epartm ent Creek Economic Develop Lexington to RSVP by Wednesday after w ill talk about some o f the ment G roup (W CV ED G ) noon so a final head count job openings that are avail who will be having their swear in new able and give an update on annual meeting. This meet for lunch can be made. officers ing w ill be held at the Senior An update on the Worksource Oregon. Center, beginning at 11:30 Feb. 5 - All Entities Wrestling Invitational that A special session for a.m. is taking place at Heppner Meeting the Lexington Town Council High School on February will be held on Tuesday, January 27, at 7 p.m. at AT MCGG GREEN FEED & SEED IN HEPPNER: Lexington Town Hall. The Pictured from left to right (top) are: Jean Collin«, Sherry Mat- purpose of this session will teson. Barb Moore, and Molly Rill. Pictured from left to right be to swear the new town (bottom)are: Heidi McLaren, Madison Combe, and Riley Corham. councilors into office and The Adopt-A-Teacher Foundation gave $6,000 to the HF.ROF.S program at HES. -Contributed Photo conduct town business. WJNTGR CARG LAWN FOOD • ^ ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: __ MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. 50 lb. bag Regularly $19.00 On Sale $ 1 3 .5 0 M orrow C ounty Grain G row ers G reen F eed & S eed 242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office)
