FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 19,2013
Local man named to LCDC
advisory committee
David Sykes o f Hep
pner has been named to the
Citizen Involvement Ad
visory Committee (CIAC)
o f the Oregon Department
of Land Conserv ation and
D evelopm ent C om m is
sion (LCDC), the LCDC
announced last week. The
appointment was made at
the commission’s meeting
May 23 in Salem.
The Citizen Involve
ment Advisory Commit
tee was estab lish ed to
advise LCDC and local
governments on matters
pertaining to citizen in
volvement in land-use plan
ning. It does not set policy
nor review local land-use
plans or decisions.
The D epartm ent o f
Land C onservation and
Development administers
Oregon’s statewide land-
use program.
According to the CIAC
web site, citizens
o f O regon often
ask how they can
participate in the
statewide land-use
planning program.
The system is
complex and can be
cumbersome and in David
timidating. The pur
pose of the CIAC is
to provide a regular forum
where citizens around the
state can share their experi
ences and find information
about the LCDC.
The CIAC has eight
volunteer members, one
from each of Oregon’s five
Congressional Districts and
three chosen at-large. Com
mittee members are ap
pointed to four-year terms,
and Sykes’ district covers
19 Eastern Oregon coun
ties.
He is o w n
er o f both Sykes
Publishing, LLC,
a family business
that publishes the
Heppner Gazette-
Times newspaper,
and Sykes Real Es
tate with offices in
Sykes
Heppner and Pend
leton.
In addition, Sykes is
chairman o f the Morrow
County Planning Commis
sion and a current board
member o f the O regon
Chapter of the American
Planning Association, for
which he attends regular
meetings and has written
articles for the association’s
newsletter concerning local
planning from the perspec
tive of the citizen planner.
L o c a l students q u a lify fo r w o r l d ’s
la rg e s t ju n io r h igh r o d e o
Kolby Currin, an eighth-
grade student at Heppner
Junior/Senior High School,
and Jacee Currin, a sixth-
grade student at Heppner
Elementary School, have
earned positions on the Or
egon state National Junior
High rodeo team and will
be traveling with fellow
teammates to Gallup, NM,
June 23-29, to compete at
the ninth annual National
Junior High Finals Rodeo
(NJHFR).
Kolby will compete in
the calf roping, chute dog
ging, goat tying, ribbon
roping and shooting compe
titions. Jacee will compete
in the pole bending, goat
tying, breakaway roping,
ribbon roping and shooting
competitions.
Featuring more than
1,000 contestants from 41
states, five Canadian prov
inces and Australia, the
NJHFR is the world's larg
est junior high rodeo. In
addition to competing for
more than $75,000 in priz
es, NJHFR contestants will
also be vying for more than
SI00,000 in college schol
arships and the chance to be
.named the National Junior
High Finals Rodeo National
Champion. To earn this
title, contestants must fin
ish in the top 20—based on
their combined times/scores
in the first two rounds—
to advance to Saturday
evening's final round. Na
tional champions will then
be determined based on
their three-round combined
times/scores.
Again, this year, the
Saturday championship per
formance will be televised
nationally as a part of the
CinchTown Tour telecast
series on RFD-TV. Live
broadcasts of each NJHFR
performance will also air
online at NHSRATV.com.
Performance times are 7
p.m. on June 23 and 9 a.m.
and 7 p.m. each day there
after.
Along with great rodeo
competition and the chance
to meet new friends from
around the world, NJHFR
contestants can enjoy many
family-oriented activities,
church services sponsored
by the Fellowship of Chris
tian Cowboys, and shopping
at the NJHFR tradeshow, as
well as visiting nearby his
torical attractions.
Visit NJHFR.org daily
for complete results. For
ticket information, call 800-
590-1302.
Earn While
You Learn Program
At Community Bank we recognize the importance
of education and would like to encourage our
student-customers in their academic success.
•
Pays $1 directly into an open Youth Savings Account for
every "A" (or top grade1) that our I st through 12th grade
students receive on their end-of-the-year report cards.2
• Reports cards3 must be presented at the local Community
Bank branch during the months of June or July of the
same year of the dated report card
ICommunity
BANK
Local Money Working For Local People
www.communitybanknet.com
1 Top grades include any grade of an "A” (A-. A, or A+). Bonus paid once per
main school subject per grading period Top grades should be noted on report
card and could include "S+" for above satisfactory, "E" for excellent, or any other
grade explained on report card to be the top grade for that grading system
$25 minimum balance required to open the account and obtain the Annual
Percentage Yield and the bonus The Annual Percentage Yield (APY) on a Youth
Savings account is 0 05%, effective May 29. 2013 and is subject to change at any
time Bonus will be deposited on the same business day that the report card is
reviewed
1 Up to $50 annually per student
1 Report cards must be originals, no copies please
Member fdic
Fireworks set to fly for Red,
White and Blues
The Fourth of July is
only a couple o f weeks
away, which means lone’s
Red, White and Blues cel
ebration is right around the
comer.
This year’s celebration
will bring back old favorites
like the Blues Cruise car
show. The Red, White and
Blues parade, blues bands
on stage and, o f course,
fireworks at dusk on the
Fourth. Other events will
be new or will have a new
twist.
The celebration will
start with a bang Saturday,
June 29 with the 2013 Texas
Hold ‘Em poker and crib-
bage tournament at the lone
Legion Hall. A barbecue
chicken dinner with no-host
bar by Route 74 will begin
at 5 p.m. Game sign-ups
start at 6 p.m. and play will
begin at 6:30 p.m. Poker
buy-in is $40, cribbage buy-
in is $20. No late buy-ins
allowed. Cash prizes will
be awarded.
Paintball by Blast Zone
of Hermiston will be in lone
July 3 and July 4. They w ill
set up the course on the
Stefani lot at the east end
of 2nd St. Play w ill begin
daily at 10 a.m. and will run
until dark.
The Lady Cardinal bas
ketball team will manage
People enjoy food, fun and lots of sun at the Red. White and
Blues Fourth of July celebration in lone last year.
the Dawn’s Early Light 5K
Walk Run this year. There
is a $10 fee to participate;
all proceeds will be donated
to the Wounded Warrior
Project. Contact Tobey Gar
rett at tkmgarrett@hotniail.
com for more information.
Boat auctions will be
held at 6:15 p.m. on the
Fourth. Fishing trips to the
Snake River will be auc
tioned off with proceeds go
ing to the local scholarships
for graduating seniors.
A craft fair at the lone
Legion Hall will offer a
venue for area crafters
for $10 per table. Contact
Taranna Patton at taran-
nap@gmail.com for more
information.
The City of lone also
will bring back the Ken
Turner Memorial Horse
shoe Tournament, which
has been missing from the
event lineup the last few
years.
This year’s blues bands
on stage w ill be HiFi Mojo,
3-4:15 p.m.; Billy D and
the Hoodoos, 4:45-6 p.m,;
Tommy Tutone, 6:30-8
p.m. and the Sonny Hess
and Vicki Stevens band,
8:30-10 p.m.
lone’s Fourth of July
celebration is sponsored
in part by Morrow County
Unified Recreation District.
Look for a full schedule in a
later issue of the Gazette.
WAGENBLAST RETIRES
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of fun," says Wagenblast.
She says the children were
always full of surprises; she
remembers one incident
that took place with a kin-
dergartner a year or so after
she started in lone.
“ I heard this small
voice, ‘Mrs. Wagenblast,
how old are you?” ’ she
remembers. “‘Pretty old,’ I
said. ‘Well,’ he answered,
‘are you 118?”
Her contribution to the
school received official rec
ognition in 2003, when she
received the Grant Rigby
and Crystal Apple awards.
More recently, Wagenblast
was honored at a school
assembly, with a large bou
quet of roses and booklets
of advice that the children
had assembled. She says the
guidance the children gave
her was priceless, ranging
from suggestions to wear
her pajamas all day and
eat ice cream for breakfast
to taking a trip to Hawaii
or going to Hollywood to
“Hawaii sounds good,”
she says, “but I don’t know
about Hollywood. I don’t
think they’d hire a 62-year-
old actress."
When the students at
the assembly were asked
to stand if they had worked
with Wagenblast, she says
most of the crowd stood.
It’s not surprising since,
during her tim e at the
school, Wagenblast inter
acted with an entire genera
tion of lone’s youth, until
her life has touched nearly
every student in the school
through the Read Naturally
program, lunch hours, vari
ous classroom assignments
and an estimated 10,000
recess duties over the 18-
year span.
Going into retirement,
Wagenblast is anticipating
spending time with a dif
ferent group o f children,
her six grandkids, whom
she looks forward to going
to Spokane to visit more
often.
She is also eager to
have more time to do things
around the house.
“I plan to be at home
and do a whole lot of get
ting rid of stuff,” she says,
saying cleaning the base
ment is high on her list. On
the lighter side, she also
plans to spend time garden
ing and sewing.
“ I love to sew little
girls’ dresses,” she says,
adding that she wants to
sew for her granddaugh
ters.
And, o f course, she
says she’ll be around to
help at the lone school if
needed
“I’m glad I’m going to
retire, not have to get up
(early) every morning, but
I am going to miss the kids.
I have lots of funny stories,
lots of hugs. I’m going to
miss the staff,” she says,
but “I’ll miss the kids the
most. Kids are so much fun.
Little kids have the funni
est stories. They have such
wild imaginations.”
FSA committee nomination
period now open
Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack announced last
week that the nomination
period for local Farm Ser
vice Agency (FSA) county
committees begins on Mon
day, June 17.
To be eligible to serve
on an FSA county com
mittee, a person must par
ticipate or cooperate in a
program administered by
FSA, be eligible to vote in a
county committee election
and reside in the local ad
ministrative area in which
the person is a candidate.
Farmers and ranchers
may nominate themselves
or others, and organiza
tions representing minori
ties and women also may
nominate candidates. To
become a candidate, an eli
gible individual must sign
the nomination form, FSA-
Morrow County Health District will
hold an Open House at
Irrigon Medical Clinic
220 North Main Street
Irrigon, Oregon
Monday, June 24th
From 5 to 7 p.m.
Ribbon Cutting at 5:30 p.m.
Please join us in celebrating this newly
renovated location.
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MORROW COUNTY
HEALTH DISTRICT
Excellence In Healthcare
669A. The form and other
inform ation about FSA
county com m ittee elec
tions are available online
at www.fsa.usda.gov/elec-
tions. Nomination forms
for the 2013 election must
be postmarked or received
in the local USDA Service
Center by close of business
on Aug. 1, 2013. Elections
will take place this fall.
W hile FSA county
committees do not approve
or deny farm ownership or
operating loans, they make
decisions on disaster and
conservation program s,
emergency programs, com
modity price support loan
programs and other agricul
tural issues.
Members serve three-
year terms. Nationwide,
there are about 7,800 farm
ers and ranchers serving
on FSA county commit
tees. Committees consist
o f three to 11 members
that are elected by eligible
producers.
FSA will mail ballots
to eligible voters beginning
Nov. 4. The voted ballots
are due back to the local
county office either via
mail or in person by Dec.
2. Newly elected commit
tee members and alternates
take office on Jan. 1, 2014.