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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Youth track m eet held The Heppner Day Care celebrated Heppner with a youth track meet last week. The meet was spon sored by the Heppner Day Care board members, staff and volunteers. There were running and field events for preschool through high-school stu dents. Those who participated reportedly had lots o f fun and competed well. Each participant received a prize for attending. Below are the results for the events: Javelin Maya Payne, age 4, dis tance, 12’5"; Isabel Payne, age 3, distance 4’; Kooper Miller, age 3, distance 9’7”; Caige C handler, age 4, distance 18’; Tripp Stew art, age 4, distance, 13’8”, Logan Turner, age 5, dis tance 20 ft; Zach Brown, age 6, distance 9’7”; Jace Coe, age 9, distance 56’; Connor Brosnan, age 9, distance 49’, Drew Coe, age II, distance 7 4 '3 ” , Jordan Sweeney, age II, 48’; Chris Pryor, age 14, distance 86’. Long Jump Isabel Payne (3) 3'2”; Maya Payne (4) 3’5”; Kay- nenn Brown (2) 1'3”; Lo gan Turner (5) 3' 10"; Tripp Stewart (4) 5’3”, Zaehery Brown (6) 6’2”; Jace Coe (9) 9 ’2” ; Drew Coe (II) 9'7”; Jordan Sweeney (II) 9’3”, Connor Brosnan (9) 7 ’7” ; Kooper M iller (3) 4'2”. 50 Meter Dash Connor Brosnan (9) 7.5 sec; Drew Coe (11) 7 sec; Zach (6) 9 sec; Jace Coe (9) 7.5 sec; Jordan Sweeney (11)8 sec. Logan Turner (5) II sec; Tripp Stewart (4) II sec; Isabel Payne(3) 14sec; Maya Payne (4)12 sec. 100 meter dash Jace Coe (9) 19 sec; Connor Brosnan (9) 17.5 sec; Jordan Sweeney (9) 20.5 sec; Drew Coe (II) 17 sec; Zach Brown (6) 19 sec; Logan Turner (5) 25 sec; Tripp Stewart (4) 26 sec; Maya Payne (4) 27 sec; Isabel Payne(3) 32 sec; Kooper Miller (3) 43 sec. 200 meter Drew Coe ( 11) 37 sec; Jace Coe (9 ) 39 sec; Jordan Sweeney (9 ) 43 sec; Tripp Stewart (4) 1 min; Maya Payne (4) 1.16 min; Isabel Payne (3 ) 1.22 min. 400 meters Drew Coe (11) 1.38 min; Jace Coe (9) 1.48 min; Connor Brosnan (9) 2.28 min; Jordan Sweeney (9) 1.54 min; Zach Brown (6) 2.06 min; Kopper Miller (3) 3.02 min; Isable Payne (3) 3.22 min; Tripp Stewart (4) 2.29 min; Logan Turner (5) 2.31 min. 1600 meters Tripp Stewart (4) 8.05 min; Jace Coe (9) 7.53 min; Connor Brosnan (9) 9.24 min; Drew Coe (11) 7.45 min; Jordan Sweeney (II) 8.15 min; Kane Sweeney (14) n/a. Hog H andlers 4-H club form s By Olivia Schmidt, Club Reporter Heppner Hog Handlers are led by Jennifer Wilson, and the group is made up o f Micha Hintz; Emma, Shayna and Kael Osmin; Blake and Hunter Greenup; Makenzie Correa; Brian Fowler; Baily Bennett; and Joe Schmidt. The group has had five meetings, a barbe cue to paint pig waterers, and a field trip to David Piper’s to learn about rais ing a litter of piglets. For community serv ice, the group plans to help spruce up the fairgrounds because of this year’s cen tennial celebration. With the combination of com munity service and raising pigs, 4-H is designed to A few of the members of the ne w Heppner Hog Handlers 4-H club. C 'ontributed photo teach selflessness and re sponsibility. But, ofcourse, it pays to do so; if you take good care of your animals, it’s a great opportunity to earn some money. H eppner Hog H an dlers will be putting on a donation-only car wash at the Neighborhood Center parking lot Friday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Any funds raised w ill help offset the cost o f float and fair decorations for this year’s centennial celebration. M usic in Parks to honor vets Music in the Parks is honoring our vets July 1 at 7 p.m. at the Boardman Marina Park. Rolling Hills Chorus is a group of real women, singing real harmony and having real fun today. It is affiliated with North Pacific Region 13 of Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of four-part a cappella harmony in the barbershop style through education and performance. The Rolling Hills Cho- Rolling Hills Chorus rus is community-based and centered in the Tri-Cities area of Southeastern Wash ington and Northeastern Oregon, with members hail ing from the lower Yakima Wednesday, June 26,2013 - FIVE R etiring city m anager always liked a challenge Breazeale headed both Heppner and Irrigon By David Sykes Finding out what a community wants to ac complish, and then helping them get there, was always the motivating force be hind retiring Irrigon City Manager Jerry Breazeale’s willingness to keep pushing forward. “I like to look at the big picture and to build things,” says Breazeale, who is step ping dow n after eight years at the helm of the city of Irrigon, and seven years before that as the Heppner city manager. Honored at a potluck Saturday, he received a plaque of appreciation from Irrigon Mayor David Bums and also a certificate o f appreciation from the Ir rigon city crew. Music was provided at the gathering by Amercan Idol contes tant, and Irrigon hometown son, country singer Lee Pritchard. The gathering was held at the new Stokes Landing Bed & Breakfast, w hich is located by the Ma rina in Irrigon and owned and operated by former school principal Phyllis Danielson. Breazeale was born in Portland 65 years ago where his father was at tending Reed College, and then after moving with his family to Washington for a while, and then to New York, he moved back at 13 to Palo Alto, CA. He started his public career working at a water district in the 1970 at Georgetown, CA, and then went to Minnesota for a few years, where he tried homestead farming. “I found out I could not support myself; I was visit ing my sister in Eugene, I saw an ad for a utility Irrigon M ajor David Burns (left) presents a plaque of appre ciation to retiring city manager Jerry Brea/eale. Brea/eale was treated to a retirement party at the Stokes landing Bed & Breakfast on Saturday. Photo by David Sykes worker at the city of Veneta, and I applied.” He got the job and spent four years there before moving to Madras, where he worked for the city pub lic works department for the next nine years. After that he was hired in 1998 as Heppner’s city manager, and then in 2005 took the Irrigon city manager job. While at Heppner, he oversaw the complete reha bilitation of the city water system. In Irrigon he saw a new city hall, skate and children’s park built. The city is currently having a new library constructed next to city hall. “I would not take a job where there is not chal lenge,” Breazeale said of his desire to “take on big projects.” He praised his city council for backing him up and working to improve Irrigon. “ It is sometimes hard on the council when you do these things. When you do anything, you are going to take some flack for it,” he says, “but they hung in there.” One project Breazeale worked on but did not see materialize was a plan to use the former Army Depot near Irrigon to lure a big mushroom grower. “Jerry wanted to make Irrigon the mushroom capi tol of the country,” Mayor Bums said at his retirement party, “but with the powers that be it was not to hap pen.” Now that he is retired Breazeale plans on stay ing in Irrigon where his wife, Marsha, is head o f the library district, and, “ I have a boat I am working on that I will be taking out fishing,” he says. Although he is ready to take a break from the public spot light, fie is still on the Morrow County Planning Commis sion and has some other unnam ed projects he is contemplating. “I also want to spend some more time with my family,” Breazeale says. He has a son, two daughters and a step-daughter. “ I enjoyed w orking with the people o f both communities,” he says of Heppner and Irrigon. “It’s been fun.” Tracking down 100 years of royalty O ver the p ast few weeks, Rita Bergstrom has been on the hunt for contact information regarding past Morrow County Fair & Rodeo royalty. Of the 100 years of royalty, Bergstrom has narrowed down her search list to 35 names. Our hope by writing this article is that people from the Gazette-Times community can help Berg strom collect the last of the contact information for the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo’s past royalty so we may invite them to come and celebrate the I00lhyear of the Morrow County Fair. Contact Bergstrom at 541 - 676-5538 or email her at bergiesplace@centurytel. net if you know how she can connect with the fol- lowing list of royalty she has yet to find: 2002 Saili McElligott 2001 Tammy Booth 1991 Jodee Vandeven- ter 1990 Donna Flanna- gan, Stacy Henry 1989 Shawna Cash 1988 Missy Schoon over Barnhart 1987 Cindy Davis Bro snan 198I Kathy Hanson Clow 1974 Cathy Chapel Reyes I970 Vivian Phillips Parideso 1969 Rhonda B ell inger 1966 Mardee Childers 1963 Sharon Donavon Barrick 1962 Irene Potts Valiev. Tri-Cities, Ritzville and Hermiston. Member ship is open by audition to adult women. The Rolling Hills Chorus performs for community events, chari table organizations, private If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, functions, and produces annual shows. help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. 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