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City considering “digger” Indian
sculpture for placement in park
Tamastslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton guiding efforts to show
Indian history o f South Morrow County
VOL. 131
N 0. 27 8 Pages
Wednesday, July 11,2012
slikt Cultural Institute of
By David Sykes
The city of Heppner is Pendleton to come up with
working with the Tamást- a suitable Indian statue for
placement in Heritage Plaza
Park in Heppner. Heritage
is the park with the wind
mill and farm equipment
near the farm museum.
The city Beautification/
Parks and Land Commis
sion met at city hall June 14
and had a phone conference
with John Chess, Tamasts
likt Development Officer.
The Tamastslikt muse
um in Pendleton celebrates
the traditions of the Cayuse,
Umatilla and Walla Walla
tribes, and Chess guides de
velopment of new Indian-
history projects.
Chess emphasized that
the statue work needs to be
done by a Native Ameri
can, and that the tribes
would like to have input
on displays and design, and
review any grant applica
tions for funding, telling
the committee that would
ensure accuracy.
Members o f the city
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon park committee reviewed
The city council is considering a “digger" silhouette-type design
such as above for the Indian sculptures proposed at Heritage
Plaza Park in Heppner.
several different sculpture
design ideas, but decided
on the digger style since
it emphasized agriculture,
which is related to the South
Morrow area.
Parks Committee mem
ber Merle Cowett suggested
to Chess that whoever did
the statue work might con
sider visiting the local mu
seum to look at photographs
of our area that could be
used as a reference. Com
m ittee Chairm an Joann
Burleson also suggested to
Chess that the artist come
to Heppner and visit the
museum.
Chess said there is a
-See INDIAN SCULP
TURES/PAGE FIVE
Local man attends 70th
college reunion
Kim Cutsforth hired as
new city manager
By Andrea Di Salvo
For many o f us, our
10th, 20,h or 30th high-school
reunions are big events.
However, Lexington-area
farmer C. K. “Kenny” Peck
recently raised the bar on
school reunions.
Peck, 93, attended his
70,h— yes, 70th— college
class reunion for Oregon
State University last month
in Corvallis. Peck gradu
ated from OSU in 1942
with a Bachelor of Science
degree in forestry.
In a reunion that com
bined 50-, 60- and 70-year
m ilestones, the class of
1942 boasted only 11 at
tendees from a graduating
class that Peck estimated
at around 600...the class
of 1942 took up only two
tables at the event. That
was a substantial drop from
around 200 people at the
50-year reunion.
“There just aren’t too
many of them left around,”
Council hires local woman to replace DeMayo
C.K. “ Kenny” and Lucille Peck. Peck sported plenty of orange
to show his OSU pride for the photo while his wife Lucille, a
University of Oregon girl from Eugene, joked that she should
have worn green. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
said Peck.
graduates who attended,
Peck said he only knew -See 70TH REUNION/PAGE
a couple of the other 1942
SEVEN
Sandford heads to
N H SR pageant
A good luck dinner
and fundraiser was held at
the Morrow County Fair
grounds Saturday night for
hometown girl, Miss High
School Rodeo Oregon Lil
lian Sanford.
Lilly is raising money
to attend the National High
School Rodeo finals and
queen pageant in Rock
Springs, WY, this week,
July 13-21. She is the
daughter of Rick and Sylvia
Sandford of lone.
Auction items included
By David Sykes
The H e p p n e r C ity
Council voted unanimously
Monday to hire local wom
an Kim Cutsforth to replace
current city manager Dave
DeMayo, who is retiring in
August.
Cutsforth is best known
in the community as the
principal broker at Heritage
Land Company, where she
has been since 1999. Her
other business experiences
includes sales work as di
rector of marketing for Fre
mont Wood Products, Inc.,
where she helped expand
sales of the Malaysian lum
ber manufacturer’s products
in the United States market
from 1988 to 2005. She was
also West Coast sales man
ager of the flooring division
of North Pacific Lumber
Co. from 1990 to 2001.
Cutsforth, 53, was bom
in Heppner and graduat
ed from Pendleton High
School in 1977. She then
went on to receive a degree
in business management,
with a focus on human
resources, finance and eco
nomics, from the University
of Oregon in 1981. She cur
rently lives near Heppner in
a home overlooking Willow
Creek Lake on the Willow
Creek Highway. She has
two children.
Other community ex
perience includes acting
as president of the board
o f directors o f the non
profit Heppner Day Care,
Inc. where, according to
her resume, she did work
as bookkeeper and grant
writer, and helped to over
see the growth of the facil
ity from four children and
one employee, to serving
more than 75 families and
six employees. Her resume
also says that "through suc
cessful grant writing and
management plans, Hepp
ner Day Care purchased the
building and made many
Kim Cutsforth
physical improvements.”
C u tsfo rth has also
served as a board member
of the Willow Creek Park
District from 1998 to the
present, and has “helped
draft and publish the an
nual budget, manage the
books and write grants and
business proposals for nec
essary improvements and
management programs.”
-See CUTSFORTH HIRED/
PAGE FOUR
City to get new rescue vehicle
The city o f Heppner
a framed print, sweatshirt
is set to receive a new res
and bumper sticker, do
cue vehicle, which Fire
nated by the Sisters Rodeo
C h ie f Rusty Estes says
Board; a framed pencil
will improve the Fire De
print of horses, donated by
partment’s rescue abilities
Jennifer Jaca; a package of
during emergencies.
a poster and two tickets to
“This truck will put all
the National Pro Rodeo As
our rescue equipment in one
sociation. donated by Jean
place when we go out on a
McPherson; two Pendleton
call. Our jaws of life and
Wool blankets, donated
other equipment will all be The city of Heppner's new rescue vehicle sits ready for de
livery following modifications at Coil Fahricating. Photo by
by Willow Creek Storage,
together,” he explained.
David Sykes
LLC; a wine and chocolate
The truck was a surplus
basket, donated by Shyla OHSR Queen Lillian Sand vehicle from the Chemi
“Jay Coil was low bid ment recently received an
ford speaks to the crowd
-See OHSR QUEEN/PAGE at her fundraiser Saturday cal Stockpile Emergency der on converting the truck anonymous $5,000 dona
EIGHT night.
P re p are d n e ss Program to our needs,” Estes said, tion toward the $13,000
(CSEPP), which recently “and he did lots of extras for conversion o f the rescue
finished the chemical weap us and made it a very nice vehicle.
ons destruction at the Army addition to our emergency
“I don’t know who gave
Depot in north Morrow vehicles.”
it, but we really appreciate
Estes said the depart it,” said Estes.
County.
to http://morrowcountyore- as listed in the last edition,
gon.com/county-clerk/.
the city of Ione has several
The deadline for all positions opening this year.
candidates to be filed with The position of mayor, cur
The Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo are coming up. That means
the Morrow County Clerk’s rently held by Mark Bruno, the yearly fair edition of the Gazette-Times is also upon us.
office is August 28. How is up for grabs November 6;
The G-T would like to remind everyone that the article and advertising deadline
ever, individuals interested it carries a two-year term. for the annual fair edition is July 31 at 5 p.m.
in running for city offices Council positions #1, held
need to think ahead and by Linda LaRue; #2, held
consider their city’s filing by Mark Anderson; and #3,
requirements, which may held by Deacon Heideman,
include gathering supporter are also up for reelection.
signatures. City due dates All council positions carry
for filings also vary, so four-year terms. Anyone in
onday riday
interested candidates need terested in running for those
to check with their local positions should contact
aturday
city hall.
Ione City Hall at 541-422-
Aside from positions 7414 for filing paperwork
M o rro w C o u n ty G rain G ro w e rs
in Heppner and Lexington and requirements.
Plan ahead to run for city office
Four Ione positions up for réélection
Anyone interested in
running for office in the
November general election
needs to begin the process
soon.
L ast w e e k ’s in fo r
mation regarding county
positions was only partly
correct. Morrow County
Clerk Bobbi Childers has
clarified that filing is closed
for major-party affiliated
(Democrat and Republican)
candidates. However, there
still are county positions for
which minor-party or non-
affiliated candidates may
file. Contact the Morrow
County clerk’s office for
for more information, or go
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