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
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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.
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