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B essie W etzell N ew sp aper Library University of O regon E u gene, OR 97403 Bailey, Robinson win MOCO All-Around Lane Bailey and Devin Robinson, both of Heppner, tied for the A ll-A round Cowboy aw ard for the Mor row County Rodeo, held August 19 in Heppner. Be cause there was only one VOL. 131 N 0 . 34 8 Pages Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Heppner girl named Round-Up princess By Andrea Di Salvo One of Heppner’s own will jump the fence this year at the Pendleton Round- Up. Jessica Hughes, 20, has been named a princess to the 2012 Round-Up court. Hughes is the daughter of Kevin and Angie Hughes of Heppner. Hughes was a 201 0 graduate from Heppner High School, and now at tends Blue Mountain Com munity College (BMCC) in Pendleton. U nlike many o f the other court royalty this year, neither Hughes nor her family has a long volunteer history with the Round-Up. One only has to look at her busy high-school schedule to understand why. As a teenager, Hughes was all-league in basketball and volleyball, and made the honor roll all four years of high school. She contin ued to set the bar high in college, where her name has appeared on both the presi dent’s and dean’s lists. Pendleton Round-Up Princess Jessica Hughes with one of her two Round-Up horses. Her horses, mares Sammy and Harriet, were both raised by the Hughes family and have been with Jessica their whole lives. -Contributedphoto Her life w a sn ’t all school sports and academ ics, though. Hughes has a long history o f horses and rodeos; she began rid ing at the age of two, on a horse named Friday...a total o f nearly 18 years on horseback. She competed in high school rodeo for all four years of her high school career, placing in every rodeo and claiming fifth place for the state of Oregon in pole bending her sophomore year. Hughes says attend ing the rodeo is one of her favorite family events, and she looks forward to watch ing the queen and princess es jump the fence each year in the Round-Up’s grand entry. In fact, jumping the fence was what kindled her own dream of being Round- See ROUND-UP PRINCESS/ PAGE FOUR Health district approves raise for CEO By April Sykes The Morrow County Health District Board en thusiastically approved a $4,000 raise for CEO Mi chael Blauer, following B lauer’s annual perfor mance review during their regular meeting in Heppner on Monday night. “I think this board feels that Mike is doing an excel lent job and we feel com fortable moving forward under his leadership,” said Board Chair Larry Mills. The raise will increase Blauer’s salary to $115,000 a year. The board also ap proved the low bid o f $206,837 for the Irrigon M edical Clinic remodel from Wellens-Farwell Con struction, based in Enter prise. Knerr Construction of Hermiston was second low at $219,500. BD Abies, Inc., Buildmaster, Hermis ton, submitted a $239,100 bid and Van Belle Construc tion, Joseph, bid $220,305. The Wellens-Farwell bid contract completion time was the longest at 24 weeks. Knerr Construction and Van Belle came in at 20 weeks and BD Abies estimated 13 weeks. A ddendum s for the rem odel w ith W ellens- Farwell include alternate #1 for fencing at $1,800; alternate #2 for replacing tables and counter tops at $2,500; and alternate #3 for heating and air conditioning at $7,000. Knerr Construc tion bid $1,050 for fenc ing, $4,950 for replacing tables and counter tops and $6,750 for the heating and air conditioning system. BD Abies was $ 1,250 for fenc ing. $3,100 for tables and counter tops and $14,000 for heating and air; Van Belle was $1,250 for fenc ing, $3,100 for tables and counter tops and $6,620 for heating and air. The board agreed to authorize Blauer to sign the contract as representative of the district and negotiate the final contract. Blauer and the board anticipated that the exterior of the remodel will be com pleted before the weather turns bad. with work on the interior to get underway during the winter months. “I hope we don’t have a lot of change orders, be cause we are right at what we budgeted.” added Chief Financial Officer Nicole Mahoney. Blauer and Mahoney reported that the district’s issue with the IRS has been resolved with the help of congressmen and a national taxpayer advocacy group. The IRS had the district caught in a Catch 22 situ ation, which threatened the district's tax exempt status and. consequently, receipt of grants and other funds. In other business, the board: -learned from Blauer that a Collins Foundation grant has been approved for $25,000 toward the pur chase of three state-of-the- art defibrillators, one for each of the district’s three main ambulances in Hepp ner, Irrigon and Boardman, requested by Del Turner, a paramedic employed with the district. Turner earlier said that the defibrillators -See HEALTH DISTRICT/ PAGE SIX A ll-A round buckle, the cowboys conducted a coin toss for the prize, which Bailey won. Robinson re ceived a donated bit as a consolation prize. In the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo, Sam McKenzie of Jordan Valley, OR won All-Around Cowboy. The A ll-A round saddle was donated by the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Paul Cope won the Mike Currin memorial Calf Rop ing Buckle. Danna Stovner won the Janice Healy Davis Memorial Buckle for Barrel Racing. C o m p le te M orrow County Rodeo winners are as follows: Willy Gentry of Hep pner won the Amateur Calf Roping event, taking home the saddle donated by Mor row County Grain Grow ers. Open Calf Roping, and the buckle donated by Daly Ranches, was taken by Gar rett Robinson of Heppner. (L-R): Aaron Pet/oldt of Les Shwab, Lane Bailey, Queen Maggie Collins and Devin Robinson during the presentation of the Les Shwab-sponsored All-Around buckle during the Morrow County Rodeo on Aug. 19. -Photo by Brett Milligan Jessica Hughes of Hep pner won the Senior Barrels and the buckle donated by GAR Aviation. Jason Stewart of lone and Devin Robinson took home the buckles for team roping, donated by Petty john’s and Turner Ranch. D evin R o b in so n also captured the Cow Riding buckle donated by Miller & Sons. Jacee Currin o f Hep pner won the Breakaway Roping buckle, donated by Styles by Stefanie. The Ju n io r B arrels buckle, donated by the Healy family in memory of William J. Healy, was won by Jaiden Mahoney of Hep pner. Dick Temple donated the Pee Wee Barrels buckle, which was won by Sierra Greenup of Heppner. -See RODEO RESULTS/ PAGE FIVE lone school receives high performance rating Board told lone enrollment figures “looking pretty’ good ” By April Sykes ceiving fours were: Desert three in the large school lo n e C o m m u n ity View Elementary, Sand category, while Irrigon El School S u p erintendent sto n e M iddle S ch o o l, ementary received a two. Mark M ulvihill, who is A rm and L ariv e Hawt hor ne also superintendent for the Middle School and Mi ddl e / High InterMountain ESD, told H erm iston High School in Pendle the lone board that the lone School, all Herm ton, Pleasant View school was one of the few iston; Central El in Milton Freewa that had an overall rating ementary, Willow ter, Stella Mayfield of four out of five in school E lem entary and Elementary in El performance for 2011-12. LaGrande Middle Bill Jepsen gin and McNary He said that lone, as a small School, LaGrande; Heights Elem en school, consistently scored F reew ater E lem entary, tary in Umatilla all received a four in all categories M cL oughlin H igh, all a one. across the board. Milton-Freewater; Lincoln At the meeting, Anne Other Morrow County Primary, McKay Creek Ele Morter was sworn in as schools receiving a four mentary, Sherwood Heights board chair and Bill Jepsen were A.C. Hough Elementary, Wash as vice-chair. ton E lem entary, ington Elementary, Principal Jerry Archer Heppner Elementa Sunridge Elemen told the board that the ry, Sam Boardman tary and Pendleton school enrollment figures Elementary, Windy High School, all for this fall are “looking River Elementary, Pendleton; Athena pretty good," with 181 stu Heppner Junior/Se- Anne Morter Elementary, Ath dents registered to start nior High School ena Weston; Elgin school August 27. He said and Riverside Junior/Senior High School, Elgin; Imbler that they did not know what High School, all in the large Charter, Imbler; Pilot Rock to expect, since they “lost a school category. Elementary and Pilot Rock huge class” this spring. “Morrow County and High School, Pilot Rock; “We have had a lot of lone should celebrate their Stanfield Elementary and new students,” said Archer, achievement,” said Mul Stanfield Secondary, Stan who added that some of the vihill. “I'm very proud of field; and Union Elemen new students were from these school districts in tary, Union. out of the county and some Eastern Oregon.” Irrigon Junior/Senior -See /ONE SCHOOL DIS- TR/CT/PAGE SIX Other area schools re High School received a Kids head back to school Teachers and staff were on hand bright and early to welcome kids back to school at the begin ning of the new school year. Classes began Monday throughout Morrow County. These boys quickly got into the swing of things on the playground, starting up an impromptu soccer game during recess. -Photo by Megan Futter G-T closed for Labor Day The Heppner Gazette-Times will be closed for the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 3. The deadline for all news and advertising for the Sept. 5 issue will be Friday, Aug. 31., at 5 p.m. The G-T wishes everyone a happy and safe Labor Day weekend. N ature’s Nuts Premium Wild Bird Food 251b bag $9.99 Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed A Seed 242 W. Lindan Way. Happnar • (76-9422 • 9(9-6221 (MC0G main offlc*) V
