SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 21,2012
Community Bank collects
Change for Charity
MC SCHOOL DISTRICT
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE Bigham , Irrigon Junior
Change drive benefits local charities
Beginning Nov. 5 and
continuing until Dec. 14,
Community Bank is con
ducting The Change for
Charity Drive in all of their
areas.
The program is an ef
fort to collect funds from
the community, to be used
in that same community.
Community Bank matches
50 cents on every dollar up
to $5,000. In the previous
two years of the program,
more than $27,400 has
been given to area chari
ties. Each branch manager
has selected a charity for
which to raise funds to
directly benefit the citizens
in the area.
In addition, there is a
competition between two
regions of the bank to raise
the most money for their
charities. Community Bank
will donate an extra $ 1,000
to the charities in the region
where the most donations
are collected. Region 1
includes branches in Wal
lowa, Union, and Baker
counties. Region 2 is Uma
tilla, Morrow, Walla Walla
and Asotin counties. The
total funds collected will
be calculated after Dec. 14,
when the winning region
will be determined.
The Heppner branch
is collecting funds for the
Neighborhood Center. In
2011, the Heppner Com
munity Bank raised $487 to
the Neighborhood Center.
This total included part of
the $1,000 extra donation
from Community Bank, as
Region 2 was the winner by
a very close margin.
All branches will have
donation ja rs available
through Dec. 14. Coins and
bills are accepted. If you
have questions about the
Change for Charity Drive,
contact local Branch Man
ager Nikki Worden.
Heppner merchants offer
Customer Appreciation Day
Local businesses give customers the opportu
nity to ‘Shop ‘til you drop '
On Thursday, Nov. 29,
local merchants will be
having special customer
appreciation activities and
offering extended hours
to kick off the Christmas
holiday season.
The m erch an ts are
planning activities to thank
residents for shopping lo
cal. Here are some of the
specials being planned, just
for locals:
Bank o f Eastern Or
egon will be having a draw
ing for a small, decorated
Christmas tree and serving
refreshments from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Community Bank will
also put out some great
refreshments for those who
stop in to do banking or just
say hi.
Heppner Family Foods
will offer free Starbuck’s
coffee for their customers
all day.
Murray’s will be hav
ing hourly door prizes, the
wish-list treasure hunt will
start (with the winner be
ing announced during the
Dec. 20 Christmas event),
cookies and punch will be
available throughout the
day and, from 5-7 p.m.,
there will be a mini wine
tasting.
Stop by the Quilter’s
Round-Up and grab some
refreshments, participate
in the “Make and Take,”
where there will be stations
set up for shoppers to make
some fast crafts and take
them home at a minimal
cost— from $2-$5— and
check out the sale going
on all day from 9 a.m. to
7 p.m.
Sweet Productions will
be holding a gingerbread
house workshop from 5:30-
7 p.m., all ages welcome,
reservations would be ap
preciated by Wed., Nov. 28
(large kit is $15 and small
is $5).
The Victorian Rose will
be serving Christmas cook
ies all day and will have
plenty o f merchandise for
browsing.
S hoppers may also
want to make sure they are
at the tree outside the post
office right after the Parade
of Lights (about 6 p.m.) so
they can watch the Hepp
ner Day Care and Heppner
Elementary School chil
dren hang their homemade
Support sought on
coal project
The Oregon D epart
ment o f Environm ental
Quality (DEQ) will hold a
public meeting regarding
the Ambre Morrow Pacific
Coal project on Tuesday,
Dec. 4, at 6 p.m. in the Port
o f Morrow River Front
Conference Room, 2 Ma
rine Drive, Boardman.
County residents are
asked to mark this date
The lone Library District will hold their regular
monthly meeting on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 2 p.m. at the
lone Public Library, 385 W. Second Street in lone. The
public is invited to attend.
HOSPICE
ANNIVERSARY
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To give their quality
care, they use the team
approach in which nurses
work on tending a patient’s
physical needs, the chap
lain is there for spiritual
comfort, and hospice aids
work on personal care such
as bathing, housework and
other tasks around the
home. The social workers
will aid patients with fi
nancial issues and dealing
with other agencies, and the
bereavement coordinator
helps families through the
grieving process before and
up to 13 months after.
Volunteers are a big
part of the hospice organi
zation, and their duties may
include running errands,
taking a person to church
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and time on their calendars
and contact everyone they
know to attend, as planners
consider community atten
dance to be critical.
Email info@morrow-
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news and updates at http://
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And, o f course, there
is the office staff, Disque
says, who makes sure all
the paperwork and details
of running the hospice are
taken care of efficiently.
In addition to the in
dividual patients, hospice
also offers education and
counseling to the family
and the community by of
fering grief support groups,
open to the public.
S taff m em bers also
make visits to schools in
Morrow County, Condon
and Arlington, talking to
teachers and councilors
about what hospice does.
Hospice members have also
visited psychology classes
at Heppner High School to
discuss their work.
“We try and stay in
volved in the community,”
explains Disque, in part by
participating in the school
fair, offering a library of
books people may borrow
for education, and support
about difficult end o f life
issues.
Disque says the best
part o f her job is helping
people through a tough
time.
“ We are allow ed to
be in a ’place where few
people get to go, to be with
a family when a member is
dying, and it is a privilege
to be there.
“ P e o p le say , ‘ We
c o u ld n ’t do it w ith o u t
you,’ and we say, ‘Yes, yes
you could. We just made
it easier.’ It’s a very tough
journey,” she says.
costs for funding the Pub
lic Employees Retirement
System.
He said that he antici
pates increases in education
costs o f over $1,000 per
student, with PERS costs
amounting to around $500
o f that amount and salaries
comprising around $300.
K itz h a b e r w arn ed
school boards not to an
ticipate lower class sizes or
additional days added to the
school year.
In other business, the
board:
-approved the follow
ing em ploym ent action:
resignations/retirem ents
for Jannie Allen, retiring
from her elementary teach
ing position at Heppner
Elementary School, George
Shimer, alternative educa
tion teacher at M orrow
Education Center, Brian
High School head football
coach, Jeremy LaFramboi-
se, Riverside High School
assistant boys’ basketball
coach, Kyle N apiontek,
RHS head football coach
and Dave Boor, Riverside
Junior High School head
football coach; employ-
ment/promotions for Kim
Marlow-Homer, RHS spe
cial ed assistant, Joselyn
Piper, increase from Hepp
ner High School half time to
full time special education
teacher; transfers for Javier
Garcia, from Heppner High
School ed assistant to Ir
rigon Junior Senior High
School ed assistant, replac
ing Raylena Cimmiyotti;
extra duty contracts for Lori
Frank to replace Laetitia
Schreier as A C. Houghton
Elementary School DART
coordinator, Linda Pedro,
IJSH drama advisor, Kate-
lyn Page, Heppner Junior
High School head g irls’
basketball coach.
-viewed a school pre
sentation by Mrs. Johnson,
Sam Boardman Elemen
tary.
-approved early gradu
ation for an Irrigon Junior
Senior High School student
with the class of 2013.
-a d o p te d p ro p o sed
2013 Oregon School Board
Association legislative poli
cies and priorities.
-received administra
tors’ reports.
-received the follow
ing enrollm ent data as
o f November: ACH-277
students; SBE-346; HES-
172; Irrigon Elementary
School-203; Windy River
E lem en tary -2 10; HHS-
172; IJSH-362; RHS-392;
other-49; total-2183.
Three Irrigon residents
arrested for theft
Three Irrigon re s i
dents—Jesse A. Salisbury,
25; Jared J. Salisbury, 26;
and A ngelique L. Ket-
tlew ell, 19— have been
arrested on theft charges
following the recovery of
stolen items in their pos
session.
Last Friday, Nov. 16,
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office received a Crime
Stopper Bulletin from Ken
newick Police Department
with a picture of a suspect
who had stolen a TV and
home security video system
from Costco in Kennewick,
WA.
Morrow County Sher
iffs Office later in the day
received a tip from a citizen
regarding the theft from
Costco, telling them the
person in the Crime Stopper
Bulletin was Jesse Salisbury
from Irrigon, OR. Morrow
County deputies responded
to the Irrigon area, where
they had received another
tip that the stolen items
were being loaded into a
vehicle.
Morrow County depu
ties performed a traffic stop
on Jared Salisbury and were
able to recover a stolen
55” TV and home security
video system, both stolen
from Costco. Deputies also
recovered a ProTech box
that had been stolen form
Ranch & Home in Kenne
wick but had not yet been
reported. All property has
been recovered and turned
over to Kennewick Police
Department.
After further investiga
tion, Jesse Salisbury, Jared
Salisbury and Kettlewell,
all from Irrigon, were ar
rested on charges of Theft I
for having possession of the
stolen property and tamper
ing with physical evidence.
Jesse Salisbury was also
charged with possession
of lost or mislaid property,
which stems from a stolen
check that was found in
his possession. The check
had been stolen from one
of the vehicles involved in
a recent rash of unlawful
entries to motor vehicles in
Irrigon. All three suspects
were lodged at Umatilla
County Jail.
Full charges are as fol
lows:
Jesse Allen Salisbury,
25, was arrested for Theft
I, Tamper with Physical
Evidence, and Theft of Lost
or Mislaid Property II with
bail of $19,500 and lodged
at UCJ with court date to be
determined.
Jared Jack Salisbury,
26, was arrested for Theft
I and Tamper with Physi
cal Evidence with bail of
$13,500 and lodged at UCJ
with court date to be deter
mined.
Angelique Kettlewell,
19, was arrested for Theft
I and Tamper with Physi
cal Evidence with bail of
$ 13,500 and lodged at UCJ
w ith court date to be deter
mined.
Anyone with informa
tion concerning any unlaw
ful entries of vehicles in the
Irrigon area or other crime
information, contact the
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office at 541-676-5317.
Christmas tree permits now
available
P e n d l e t o n , OR —
Umatilla National Forest
Christmas trees permits are
now on sale at all forest of
fices and at local businesses
around the forest, including
Heppner Shell in Heppner.
Permits are valid on Federal
Forest Service lands only
and do not authorize tree
cutting on private, state or
other federally managed
lands.
Permits can be pur
chased for $5 each and are
limited to one per house
hold. Christmas tree per
mits and forest maps are
available during regular of
fice hours, Monday through
Friday, at the Supervisor’s
Office in Pendleton, OR,
and at the four Ranger Dis
trict offices in Ukiah and
Heppner, OR; and Walla
Walla and Pomeroy, WA.
Regulations for cutting
C hristm as Trees on the
Umatilla National Forest
are as follows:
- Validate the permit
by completely removing
month, date and year; se
curely attach it to the tree
trunk between the limbs.
- Make sure the permit
is visible during transporta
tion.
- Cut your tree at least
50 feet aw ay from the
road.
- Clean up any trim
mings or limbs and leave
stumps no higher than 10
inches. It is illegal to “top”
a tree.
- Cut o ff any green
limbs left on the stump (can
be used for greens).
• Maximum height of
tree to be cut is 14 feet
tall.
- Do not cut on private
land, in wilderness areas,
designated campgrounds,
active timber sales or exist
ing tree plantations.
- Do not cut trees with
in 200 feet of Bluewood or
Spout Springs Ski Areas,
summer home sites, Toll-
gate Work Center, or Forest
Service Guard Stations.
- Christmas tree cutting
in the Tollgate Area on the
Walla Walla Ranger District
can be challenging after
Dec. 1, when most forest
roads close for the winter.
After Dec. 1, snowmobil-
ing or snowshoeing will be
your only access onto most
roads off Hwy. 204.
- Christmas tree cutting
on the Pomeroy Ranger
District is prohibited on
Park and Cook Ridges,
and in the Lick Creek area,
including Sheep Creek,
Cabin, Capehom and Mud
Springs ridges. You may
encounter road closures in
the School Fire area during
logging operations. Please
abide by these closures.
New cellular store
celebrates grand
opening
Local Chamber of Commerce members and U.S. Cellular staff
were on hand to commemorate the grand opening of the new
U.S. Cellular store, Devin Mobile, at the Devin Oil bulk plant
on Riverside Street in Heppner Nov. 16. Pictured (L-R) are:
Ed Rollins, Heppner chamber member and Bank of Eastern
Oregon Senior VP-Credit Administrator; Sheryll Bates,
Heppner chamber executive director; Shannon Denton, U.S.
Cellular regional manager based in Pendleton; Amber Fritz,
U.S. Cellular sales representative, Heppner; Chris Carter,
U.S. Cellular agent sales and development manager based in
the Tri-Cities; Lisa Patton, U.S. Cellular sales representative,
Heppner; and Jeff Bailey, Heppner chamber director and Bank
of Eastern Oregon CEO. -Photo by April Sykes