SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, December 29,2010
Heppner Chamber Award recipients through the years
With the annual
Heppner Chamber Town
and C o u n try B an q u et
ap p ro ach in g , C ham ber
Executive Director Sheryll
Bates has provided a recap
of previous winners: Man
o f the Year: 1980-Oscar
P e te rs e n , 1 9 8 1 -J e rry
P eck , 1 9 8 2 -F o re st
Burkenbine, 1983-Louis
Carlson, 1984-HaroldPeck,
1985-Bill Collins, 1986-
L arry M ills, 1987-D r.
W allace W olff, 1988-
B ill K u h n ,1 9 8 9 -D o n
Bristow, 1990-
Bill
Rawlins, 1991-Jim Farley,
1992-George Koffler, 1993-
John Edmundson, 1994-
Ken Turner, 1995-Glenn
Ward, 1996-Kevin Erich,
1997-Skip Matthew s, 1998-
B ob D e S p a in , 1999-
Sam B e lla m y , 2 0 0 0 -
Bob K ahl, 2001 -Steve
Rhea, 2002-Bob Jepsen,
2003-Dick Sargent, 2004-
Jim Sw anson, 2005-A1
Riney, 2006-Ken Bailey,
2 0 0 7 - F a t h e r G e r a ld
C ondon,
2 0 0 8 -D a le
Bates, 2009-Tom Mafera.
W om an o f th e
County Health D istrict,
Year: 1981-Theta Lowe,
1997- B arbara Peterson, 2005-Morrow County Grain
19 8 2 -F ra n c in e E v an s,
1998- Ralph Werner, 1999- Growers, 2006-Cornerstone
1083-lrene Anhom, 1984-
Walt Pilgrim, 2000-Dean G a l l e r y , 2 0 0 7 - L e s
Vera Cooley, 1985-Jean
R o b in so n , 2 0 0 1 -S tev e S c h w a b , 2 0 0 8 -S w e e t
Nelson, 1986-Jane Rawlins,
Brownfield, 2002-Cherry Pro duct io n s /V ic to ria n
1987- Justine Weatherford,
Webber, 2003-Mary Ann Rose, 2009-CenturyLink.
1 9 8 8 - D ot H a lv o rs e n ,
Elguezabal, 2004-Karen
Youth Achievement
1*989-G ladys H o b b s,
Smith-Griflfith, 2005-Duane Award: 1999-Abby Kahl,
1990- C lau d ia H ughes,
Neiffer, 2006-Dave Fowler, 2 0 0 0 - L i n d s a y Wa r d ,
1 9 9 1 - B ird in e T u llis ,
2 0 0 7 - J e a n S t r a n g e , 2 0 0 1 - J u l i e P r o c t o r ,
Am # & 9 »té
1992- Maryan McElligott,
2008- Mary Haguewood, 2002- Diana M cElligott,
1993- C orrine Lindsay,
2 0 0 9 - J o h n F la h e r ty . 2003- Bryan Haguewood,
1994- H elen C raw fo rd ,
B usiness o f the 2 0 0 4 - K yle H uddleston
1995- Jean n e B e rre tta ,
Year: 1987-The Shoe Box, and Shanna R ietm ann,
1996- Merlyn Robinson,
1 9 8 8 - M u r r a y ’s D ru g , 2005- Heather Rill, 2006-
1 9 9 7 - J a n e t G re e n u p ,
1989- Peterson’s Jewelers, R.J. Farrens, 2007-Whitney
1998- Aloha Despain, 1999-
1990- Court Street Market, M atthews, 2008-M aggie
Cyde Estes, 2000-K ay
1991 - K i n z u a C o r p . , Armato, 2009-Erin Price.
Proctor, 2001 June Crowell,
1992-B ank o f E astern
L i f e t i m e
2 0 0 2 - S uzanne Jep sen ,
O r e g o n , 1 9 9 3 - R & W A c h i e v e m e n t : 1996-
2003- Sharon H arrison,
Drive Inn, 1994-Allstott Ron D aniels, 1997-Ray
2 0 0 4 - Ju d ie L a u g h lin ,
& Gentry, 1995-Columbia F ren ch , 1 9 9 8 -B arb ara
2 0 0 5 - D o ris B ro s n a n ,
Basin Electric, 1996-Clark S tru th e rs and E lean o r
2006- Arlynda Gates, 2007-
Ranches, 1997-Wilkinson
Jan Stroeber, 2008-Molly Ranch, 1998-S w eeney Gonty, 1999-Delpha Jones,
2000-Wilbur Jackson, 2001 -
Rhea, 2009-Peggy Fishbum.
M ortuary, 1999-C al & John Edmundson, 2002-
E ducator o f the
Bev Sherman, Devin Oil, Bill Rietmann, 2003-Cliff
Year: 1988-Cara Osmin,
2000-H eppner G azette- G reen, 2004-Ed Baker,
1989- Jim Bier, 1990-Dick
T i m e s , 2 0 0 1 - M i l l e r 2005-Gwen Healy and Don
Allen, 1991 -Betty Rietmann,
M a n u f a c t u r i n g , McElligott, 2006-JoAnne Santa Claus stopped by for a visit at the Heppner Day
1992-Linda Shaw, 1993-
2 0 0 2 - C e n t r a l R e d Burleson, 2007-Larry Mills, Care’s Christmas party
Dave Gunderson, 1994- A p p l e , 2 0 0 3 - E l k s
Barb Hayes, 1995-Jannie C l u b , 2 0 0 4 - M o r r o w 2008-Kay Robinson, 2009-
Ron and Ginger Bowman
Allen, 1996-Greg Grant,
Irrigon City Council plans
goal setting session
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow Coun
ty Clerk’s Office has issued
the following marriage li
censes in December:
December 16: Der
ek John Harrington, 36,
f
Irrigon, and Beth Claudine
Hopkins Lafferty, 40, Ir
rigon.
D e c e m b e r 23:
Genaro R. Rodriguez, 37,
Boardm an, and Veroni-
S
S C H W
A B ¡
I
QUICK FIT 'D IA M O N D
CABLE LINK TIRE CHAINS
PAS.'itNGlR
They take the work and frustration out of
u 'in q tire chai ns. They g c o n and off quickly
jftd fit right to provide erce lle n i traction
duringtoud"! w inter driving condtions.
passenger
STARTING AT
{ IIE H f ¡RUCK 6 SUV
CABLE
TIRE CHAINS
pa
STARTING AT
25SS
fur /assttpr ctt eiiiis. rtitnUto
ssmu mm H R r jw i tW tul rtiné ist Olir
tit litt H in Mi ttr títiüi Uns.
SHUSH PSUEHAM
fSses tó t& j li tk SßAts S ftjtr ¡rxtiM ttn s j
BATTERIES
MCN7H WARRANTY
MONTH WARRANTY
550-750
500 575
Cold Cranking Amps
ColdCrankmgAmps
MCN7H WARRANTY
590 900
Cold Cranking Amps
Stop ¡s loUay lor your
FREE BATTERY CHECK
a a s m
ca Sanchez Mensoza, 35,
Boardman.
D e c e m b e r 27:
Richard John Fisher, 51,
Heppner, and Samarra Dan
ielle Van Doom, 43, Hepp-
The Irrigon City Council will be holding a goal
ner; Robert John Siedman,
setting,
visioning,
and strategic planning session January
31, Hermiston, and Kan
11
at
6
p.m.
at
Irrigon
City Hall. The purpose of this plan
dis Brooke Horrocks, 28,
ning
session
is
to
set
goals
and plans for the development
Hermiston.
of the Irrigon community for the next fiscal year and into
the distant future.
The city council wants to include the general
public and members of community organizations that
may have needs and issues to bring forward. Once a
direction is established for the immediate and long range
future, goals will be formalized by the city council and
efforts
of staff will be directed to fulfilling the community
take college courses.
vision.
The goals will help to guide budget preparation
Northeast Oregon
to
ensure
that funding is addressed in the context of the
AHEC was established in
needs
of
the
city.
1990. Their mission is to
“The
city of Irrigon has come a long way and it is
attract and retain health care
time
to
take
a
collective breath and reexamine where ef
professionals by providing
forts
should
be
directed in the future,” said a news release.
regional educational op
“There
are
many
directions that the city could go and it is
portunities. Northeast Or
important
that
the
city council hears what the community
egon AHEC is a nonprofit
feels
is
important.
By creating and understanding the
organization that primar
“Community
Vision”
the city can choose the road(s) that
ily serves the 10 counties
will
help
take
the
community
there.”
(Baker, G illiam , G rant,
Although
all
are
welcome
to drop in for the meet
northern Malheur, Morrow,
ing,
organizers
say
it
would
be
helpful
to know how many
Sherman, Umatilla, Union,
people
will
be
participating.
If
many
people would like
W allowa, and W heeler)
to
attend,
the
city
will
attempt
to
locate
a larger meeting
by working in partnership
space
to
accommodate
a
larger
group.
with Oregon Health Sci
Please RSVP by January 5 so that appropriate
ences University, four other
plans
can
be made.
AHEC centers and other
Wildhorse Foundation funds
Ì MedQuest scholarships
.--------- r
] U
Santa visits Heppner Day care
a a m
s
With a set of four new Les Schwab snow wheels with
tires mounted youcan save time and mon^.
You'll save more tfen $ 50 each time you haveyoursnow
tires installed in the winter or removed in the spring by
eliminating dismotnt/mounting and balancing charges
with each change over
Les Schwab snow wheels, th e /r e a great way to save
money and gd back on the road.
Les Schwab Tire Center
124 N Main Street, Heppner
541-676-9481
V_________________________ J
The W ildhorse
Foundation in Pendleton
has donated $3,500 to
N ortheast O regon Area
Health Education Center
(AHEC) to sponsor students
for its summer MedQuest
camp. MedQuest camp is
a w eek-long residential
experience for high school
students. While at camp,
students participate ifi tours
of medical facilities, panel
presentations with medical
professionals, job shadow
rotations, and lab trainings.
Scholarship funds will be
provided to students from
Umatilla, Morrow, Union
and Wallowa counties as health training institutions
well as Walla Walla and to achieve its m ission.
Benton County, Washing
ton.
Northeast Oregon
AHEC
places emphasis on
The objectives of
“growing
its own.” Medi
M edQuest camp are to:
cal
school
surveys indicate
Provide an opportunity
health
care
professionals
for 32 high school aged
who
grew
up
in a rural
students to seriously ex
community
are
more
likely
plore health care careers
to
choose
a
rural
practice
by providing them with the
opportunity to understand than those who have no ties
the environment in which to a rural community. Over
the health care profession the years Northeast Oregon
als work (through tours of AHEC has ignited a pas
the local hospital, clinics, sion in the health careers of
specialty care facilities); Randi Gibbs of Pendleton
be placed in three different and Trisha Adams of Hep
one-on-one “shadowing” pner, to name a few local
situations with a health care students.
professional (2.5 hours per The members of the Wild
session); experience written horse Foundation under
material and speaker pre stand the benefits of creat
sentations about academic ing awareness and oppor
requirements for profes tunities for youth to choose
sions (including what to health careers and support
take in high school); and long-term bonds with their
encouraging them to de health oriented youth and
velop their self knowledge health care providers in
about personal temperament their community.
Wi l dhor s e
styles and abilities through
Foundation
was established
temperament identification
January
1,
2001 for the
and use of the local ROPES
purpose
o
f
form alizing
course.
charitable
giving
on behalf
The project addi
of
the
Wildhorse
Resort &
tionally assists youth in then
Casino
and
the
Confederated
choosing health careers by:
providing them with posi Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
tive adult role models and Reservation. Funds from
contacts during their shad the Wildhorse Foundation
owing experience; link are to be used for education,
ing them with people who pu b l i c heal t h, publ i c
are “home grown” health safety, gambling addiction
care professionals; giving pr event i on, educ a t i on
them inform ation about and treatm ent, the arts,
how to continue their career environmental protection,
preparation; affirming their education or preservation,
identification of personal cultural activities, salmon
tem peram ent styles and restoration, and historic
characteristics which will preservation.
be needed in a health career; For more i nf or mat i on
providing EOU credit to about M edQ uest camp
students who are interested and Wildhorse Foundation
thus helping them to build scholarships, visit Northeast
confidence that they can Oregon AHEC’s website at
www.cou.edu/neoahcc
Sheriffs Report
The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office reports han
dling the following busi
ness:
Nov. 19 cont.:
-MCSO was advised that
Stanfield PD had arrested
James Rodney Clements,
60, on an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for Failure
to Pay Fine on a Failure to
Appear charge.
-MCSO was ad
vised that Umatilla Coun
ty arrested Kevin Joseph
Wilson, 27, on an Irrigon
Justice Court warrant for
Fraudulant Use of a Credit
Card.
Nov e mbe r 20:
-BPD issued a citation to
Thomas William Baxter,
19, Minor in Possession.
Nove mbe r 21:
-BPD arrested Heriberto
Afanador-Olguin, 23, on
an Irrigon Justice Court
warrant for Criminal Tres
pass I. The subject was
also issued a citation for
Driving Uninsured, Driving
While Suspended Viola
tion, and Failure to Stop
When Emerging.
-BPD issued a cita-
tion to Smokey Lee Hibbitts
for Unlawful Parking in a
Disabled Parking Area.
Nov e mbe r 22:
-MCSO received multiple
reports of Motor Vehicle
Accidents throughout the
day.
-BPD issued a cita
tion to Irma Calvillo, 20, for
Driving While Suspended
Violation.
Nov e mbe r 23:
-MCSO issued a citation to
Singh Mukhtiar, 38, for Un
safe Passing on the Left.
-MCSO issued a
citation to Victor Manuel
Lemus Hernandez, 45, for
No Operator’s License.
-MCSO received a
report of a juvenile female
out o f control. The call
er stated that the juvenile
threw a hot tea pot at her
father. MCSO arrested the
juvenile female for Assault
IV. The juvenile was trans
ferred to NORCOR.
-MCSO received
multiple reports of Motor
Vehicle Accidents through
out the day.
Nove mbe r 24:
-MCSO issued a citation to
Andrew Cody O’Neil, 27,
for Driving While Suspend
ed and Unlawful Operation
of an Off Road Vehicle.
-Continued on page 8
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem,
help is available and that help Is FREE of charge.
If Y O U h a v e a fa m ily m e m b e r w h o su ffers from
g a m b lin g a d d ic tio n . Y O U c a n als o re c e iv e F R E E tre a t
m e n t e v e n if th e g a m b le r is not re ce iv in g tre a tm e n t.
If yo u a re a re s id e n t o f M o rro w C o u n ty a n d you w ish
to ta k e a d v a n ta g e o f th e s e rv ic e s a b o v e or d e s ire m o re
in fo rm atio n , P le a s e call a n y o f th e fo llo w in g n u m b e rs
to s e t up a L O C A L a p p o in tm e n t o r ju s t to talk:
B o b b y H a rris @ 5 4 1 - 6 7 6 - 9 9 2 5 o r 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5
Community Counseling Solutions (C C S ) @ 541-676-9161
O R 1 - 8 7 7 - 6 9 5 - 4 6 4 8 ( 1 - 8 8 8 - M Y L IM IT )