Hayden Dental set to sell business
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New owners plan to keep Heppner office open
H a y d e n F a m ily
Dentistry Group is on track
to sell all but two o f their
offices to Advantage Den
tal Services based out o f
Redmond.
According to Jerry
Slaughter o f Hayden Fam
ily D entistry G roup, the
new company would have
no plan o f selling the Hep
pner office. "The plan right
now is not to close that of
fice (Heppner) because it is
profitable. We don’t want to
wreck a good thing.”
According to The
Lund Report, legal docu
ments for the purchase o f
Hayden Family Dentistry
Group were submitted on
April 30, 2009 to state of
ficials. The current project
ed date for closing on the
sale is August 1. When the
sale goes through. Advan
tage Dental Services will
be the number two dental
healthcare provider in the
state w ith a membership of
111,990.
lone School Board votes to
uphold education reimbursement
Bv April Sykes
VOL. 128
NO. 29
10 Pages
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Time changes announced
for this year’s rodeo
This year the Or
egon Trail Pro Rodeo will
be moving to a nighttime
venue.
T h u rs d a y n ig h t
slack will begin at 7 p.m.,
the NPRA rodeo will start
at 7 p.m. on Friday night,
and Saturday night events
will also begin at 7 p.m.
On Friday and Saturday,
Mutton Bustin’ will begin
at 6:30 p.m.
A live band w ill
be performing on Saturday
night following the rodeo at
the beer garden. Joe Shinkle
and his band, 99 West, will
be performing.
VIP tickets are $12
per day in advance and
$15 at the gate. A box for
all three perform ances is
$360. To purchase advance
tickets call Camille Peck at
989-8351.
Sunday’s activities
will begin at 1 p.m. with
Mutton Bustin'. All “Mut
ton Busters” are asked to
call the rodeo office before
the deadline on Thursday,
Heppner has held
their first strategic plan
meeting. Subsequent com
m ittee m eetings w ill be
h e ld on T u e sd a y , Ju ly
28, and W ednesday, A u
gust 12. Both meetings will
begin at 6 p.m. and will be
held at City Hall.
L e x in g to n wi l l
be starting the dev elo p
ment o f their strategic plan
with a community meeting
on M onday, A ugust 17,
starting at 7 p.m. at City
Hall. Subsequent commit-
Friday and Saturday's rodeo events will take place in the eve
ning, rather than the afternoon.
August 6.
T his y e a r’s bull-
fighter is Donnie Griggs o f
Hermiston and the clown
will be Tracy Reed. The
stock contractor is B-Bar-D.
The announcer will be Curt
Robinson of Pendleton and
Wayne W hite will be in
charge of sound.
let Grill and ribbon; second
place prize is a Kershaw
Knife Set and a ribbon and
third place prize is a grill
accessory kit and a ribbon!
The deadline for
application for Foster Paint
ed H ill’s B eef Backyard
G rill-O ff is July 23. Par
ticipants can sign up for a
competition by going to the
Oregon State Fair website
at w w w .o re g o n sta te fa ir.
org for official rules and
registration form.
The first-place win
ners of Painted Hills Beef
Backyard G rill-O ff from
participating county fairs
will meet for a final com
petition at the Oregon State
Fair on Sunday, A ugust
30. Teams will compete to
win a Traeger Texas Wood
Pellet Grill or one or many
other big prizes.
Lexington Precinct and Elizabeth Slottee
Memorial Scholarship applications available
A p p lica tio n s are
available for the Lexington
Precinct and Elizabeth Slot-
tee Memorial Scholarship.
They may be picked up at
Spicer- Kuhn Law Office in
Heppner, from Barb Hayes,
or by calling Sharon Harri
son at 989-8496. The dead
line for these to be turned in
is August 31, 2009.
The Lexington vot-
ing precinct award is given
to a sophomore, junior or
senior who lives in the Lex
ington Voting Precinct.
The Slotee Memo
rial Scholarship is awarded
annually to a junior, senior
or graduate student at an ac
credited four year college or
university. The scholarship
is given annually in order
o f priority. First - student
m ajoring or m inoring in
m usic; second - student
who has been accepted into
a school o f education.
C rite ria used in
awarding this scholarship
include scholarship, leader
ship, citizenship, financial
need, and probability o f
success in the student s
chosen field.
Heppner FFA to hold basket auction during fair
The Heppner FFA
chapter will have a basket
auction during the Thurs
day evening activities at
Morrow County Fair. The
auction will begin around
7 p.m. on Thursday, Au
gust 6.
Board member Anne Mort-
er was not present. McEl
ligott was reelected board
chair and Morter, vice chair.
Jepsen and McElligott were
named to the Building and
G rounds C om m ittee and
Morter and Lisa Rietmann
to the Negotiations Com
mittee.
Also at the meeting
the board:
-approved a raft
ing trip for ASB officers to
White Salmon or Deschutes
later this summer.
-approved annual
designations, which consist
o f annual housekeeping
ch o res, such as nam ing
superintendent/clerk and
executive officer, chief fi
nancial officer and cus
todian of funds, etc., for
2009-10.
-approved a per
sonal services contract for
Harvey Carruth for invest-
ment management for the
2009-10 school year.
-accepted the resig
nation of Terri Schaber as a
teacher’s aide.
- a p p ro v e d s ta f f
contract recommendations,
including special educa
tion teacher Gail Pratt and
custodian.
-discussed the pos
sibility of having the Mis
soula C h ild ren ’s Theater
come to the lone School
during the upcoming year.
-announced the fol
low ing upcom ing m eet
ings: August board meeting,
Monday, August 17, with
a work session at 6 p.m.
and the meeting at 7 p.m.;
the Oregon School Boards
Association annual confer
ence, N ovem ber 13-15,
Portland.
-held an executive
session to hear a complaint
against a public employee.
Strategic plan schedules announced
for Heppner, Lexington and lone
Fair grill-off deadline July 23
Painted Hills Beef
is providing amateur back
yard grillers an opportunity
to w off their skills during
the 2nd annual Painted Hills
B eef Backyard G rill-O ff
scheduled for August 6, at
Morrow County Fair.
Grilling teams will
be provided with Painted
Hills Natural Beef for grill
ing, team gifts, and great
prizes. 1st place prize is a
* Traeger Lil Tex Wood Pel-
The lone School
Board voted Monday night
to reimburse teacher Erin
H eidem an $769 tow ard
reim bursem ent o f educa
tion expenses incurred by
Heideman in pursuing an
administrator’s certificate.
Heideman already holds a
m aster’s degree.
The board agreed
to uphold a verbal agree
ment betw een Heidem an
and past su p erin ten d en t
Bryn Brow ning that was
made last year. The board
hopes to include the amount
in last year’s budget if pos
sible.
The district allows
up to $2,500 per year per
teacher in reimbursement
for those pursuing an “ap
proved” m aster’s program.
B oard C h air Joe
McElligott swore in newly-
elected board members. Bill
Jepsen and Lisa Rietmann.
The baskets vary in
themes but include “ Pend
leton,” “A Day at the Spa,”
and “Back to School.”
This auction will
be a fundraiser for the FFA
chapter. Thirteen chapter
m em bers will be travel-
ing back to Indianapolis,
IN this O ctober for The
National FFA Convention.
The trip includes travel
to Nashville, TN; stops in
Lexington and Louisville,
KY and Indiana.
T
tee meetings will be held,
starting at 6 p.m. at City
Hall, on Wednesday, Sep
tember 2, and Wednesday,
September 16.
lone will be hold
ing their community meet
ing for development of their
strategic plan on Tuesday,
August 18, starting at 7 p.m.
at City Hall. Subsequent
committee meetings will be
held at 6 p.m. at City Hall
on Tuesday, September 15,
and Tuesday, Septem ber
29.
T here is no b e t
ter tim e than now to get
involved in your specif
ic com m unity in helping
to develop the strategic
plan. Community members
are always welcome to at
tend.
For additional in
formation, please contact
K aren K endall/G EO D C .
project facilitator at 541 -
276-6745 or Sheryll Bates/
WCVEDG project coordi
nator at 541-676-5536.
Fair exhibit setup to begin August 3
Once again the Fair
S u p erin ten d en ts will be
anxiously awaiting exhibi
tors on Monday afternoon
August 3 from 1 to 8 p.m.
to receive all the entries in
the fair.
Open Class fruits,
vegetables and flowers will
also be accepted on Monday
from 4-8 p.m. and Tuesday
morning from 8 a.m. until
10 a.m. This year all Open
Class exhibits will be re
leased on Sunday morning
from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. at
the same time 4-H exhibits
are released.
If for som e rea
son you cannot m ake it
on Sunday m orning, the
Fair O ffice will be open
Monday through Friday the
week following fair from
8-12 and 1 -5 for pick-up of
items. After 30 days those
Joanne Burleson arranges flowers at a display booth during
last year's fair.
exhibits that are left will Morrow County Fair and
become the property o f the may be discarded.
Ployhar awarded Bronze Star
Staff Sergeant Kent Ployhar of the United States Army was recently aw arded
The Bronze Star Award for exceptionally meritorious service during Operation Iraqi
Freedom.
“ His outstanding dedication to duty during combat operations in Iraq contrib
uted to the overw helming success o f the command's mission,” said Michael J. Lally,
Brigadier General. Ployhar completed over 70 tactical missions, logging over 10,00
miles across several Iraqi provences, through some o f the most dangerous cities and
along the most hazardous routes throughout Iraq. His actions in identify ing an IED that
was targeting fule convoys directly contributed to preventing a potentially catastrophic
event, according to Army reports.
Ployhar is the son of Alice Ployhar o f Heppner. He lives in Kennewick, WA.
He has a 15 year-old son. Kent Ployhar II who lives in Idaho.
Entry forms available for fair and rodeo parade
The Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo w ill be held August 5-9.
This year, the parade will be held on Saturday, August 8, beginning at 10 a.m. Entry
forms can be picked up at the chamber office or give the chamber office a call and one
can be mailed or emailed to you. All entries must be received by Friday. July 31,
For more information contact the chamber at 676-5536.
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