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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Local boy raises ‘some pigs’ lone Community 4-H Member Aaron Smythe spends some time with his pigs during his 4-H leader's project visit. Aaron is the son of Scott and Claudia Smythe and will he a seventh- grader at lone Community School. Aaron will show and sell his market pigs at the 100lh Morrow County Fair. Photo hv Erin Heideman Sew Fantastic club tours Pendleton Members o f the Sew Fantastic 4-H Club of lone recently took a field trip to Pendleton. Highlights of the excur sion on June 2$ included a tour o f the Pendleton Woolen Mills, a stop at the Pendleton Quiltworks Store, a sewing scavenger hunt at the Thimbles Fab ric ’N ' More Store, and swimming in the Pendleton Aquatic Park. A lso, w h ile at the Thimbles Fabric 'N ' More Store, members had the op- Currins among top placers at NJHFR GALLUP. NM—After a week of competition that featured more than 940 contestants from all across the United States, Canada and A ustralia, the 2013 National Junior High Finals Rodeo National Champions were crowned recently at Red Rock Park. The top 20 contestants based on their two-head average times and scores adv anced to the short round on Saturday night, where they competed in front of a packed house and cam eras from RFD-TV’s Cinch High School Rodeo Tour. National cham pions were determined by their three-head average scores and earned awards that in cluded college scholarships portunity to each try out a long-arm quilting machine on a sample quilt that owner Cindy Webb had set up for them. Chaperones for the trip w ere leaders Nancy Jepsen and Bonnie Ball. Those attending were Jill Ru dolf, Mackenzie and Hailey Heideman, Malinda Morter, Madison Orem, and Payton Miller. Members are now busy getting projects ready for the upcom ing M orrow County Fair. and custom Gist Silver smiths buckles, as well as products from Cinch Jeans and Shirts, Ariat Boots, Re- sistol Hats, Professional’s Choice, Tod Slone saddles and more. Local cowgirl Jacee Currin brought home a beautiful Gist buckle with a seventh-place finish in the pole bending short round on Saturday night, which placed her ninth overall in the final standings. She also qualified for the short round in the girls breakaway and ended up 20lh overall in those final standings, as well as sixth overall in the All-Around Rookie Cowgirl standings. Kolby Currin also had a good week, just missing the short round by finishing 21sl in the goat tying, 24"' in the tie-dow n roping and 20lh in the rifle shooting overall. Find more inform a tion on performance re sults at http://www.nhsra. com/2013-NJHFR-Perfor- mance-13. Spontaneous dancing is not uncommon. Ben Leggett directs Bram Brata and arranges or writes most of the music. The band practices twice a week and performs on the average about two times a month in the community and throughout the Pacific N orthw est. Bram Brata has performed in Hawaii, Disneyland, and at Carib bean music festivals in Or egon and British Columbia, Canada. Í1 ' ■ 1 ,i. >* h ? r 4 Jamie Nasario and Luke Basile Music in the Park is coming to Heppner this summer. On Sunday, July 28, from 5-7 p.m., the com munity is invited to a free concert at Hager Park (near the dam), sponsored by the Morrow County Unified Recreation D istrict and facilitated by the Shared Ministry of Hope Lutheran Church and All Saints Epis copal Church. Jamie N asario, with Luke Basile on guitar, will be performing old-school soul and blues in this first -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE Top: Jacee Currin with the Gist belt buckle she earned for pole bending, in which she finished ninth overall, Bottom: Kolby and Jacee Currin. Contributed photos Music in the Parks on July 15 is at the Boardman Marina Park at 7 p.m., this time featuring Bram Brata. Bram Brata is the se nior steel drum band. The name Bram Brata is derived from two Trinidadian slang words meaning “an unex pected party.” Past audi ences have said they found this a fitting name as they enjoyed the challenging and varied repertoire o f Car- ribean, Soca, jazz, popular and even classical music. <*- f v o f two Sunday-evening concerts. The community is invited to bring lawn chairs and picnic baskets, and enjoy an evening of great music. Food will also be available for purchase, to raise funds for the Shared M inistry’s well-building mission trip to Guatemala in December. The second'concert in this series will be held on Sunday, August 25, same time, same place, with La G rande’s Sharon Porter, Matt Cooper and friends on stage. TRUCK STOP DEBATE Bram Brata at Music in the Parks Brain lirata steel drum hand. Nasario, Basile to perform at Heppner Music in the Park Fowler boys take on Mt. Adams Marriage Licenses Pictured: Fred Fowler of Corvallis, OR, and Dave Fowler and Bryce Fowler of Heppner atop Mt. Adams at 12,280 feet above The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the sea level. Dave Fowler with son Bryce and brother Fred sum- mited Mt. Adams on a weekend climbing trip recently. After follow ing report of marriage licenses: -July 3, 2013: Justin Christopher Fennem, 27, of Ir- several attempts over the past few y ears, they were successful with the 16-milc, 6,700-foot elevation gain trip. It was a beauti rigon, and Kelsey Colleen Greenup, 28, of Irrigon. ful sunny day with light winds. Bryce only complained mildly about carry ing some of his dad's gear for him. -Contributed photo WILLOW CREEK WATER PARK 541 676-5752 - Hours: Monday-Saturday: 1pm-8pm Sunday: 1pm -5pm 0 Rates: Adults 18+ yrs.: $4.00 3 Students 17yrs-5yrs: $3.00 Children 4yrs and under: $2.00o Senior Citizens: $2.00 SWIM LESSONS 2nd Session July 8-18 3rd Session July 29-August 8th $40 per session or $35 w ith pass^ THERAPY POOL Monday-Friday 12pm-7pm Summer rates for 1 hour use Without a pass: Adults $4.00 Students: $3.00 Children & Senior Citizens: $2.00 With a pass: Adults $2.00 Students: $1.00 Children 4 & under: FREE Senior Citizens: $2.00 PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT 6 PEOPLE OR MORE $25 PRIVATE PARTY $25 dural errors. Subsequently, LUBA ruled in favor o f Love’s, and Devin took that decision to the Oregon Court of Appeals. In August of 2012 the Court of Ap peals upheld the Planning Commission and LUBA’s decisions, ruling against Devin Oil. Devin attempted to take that decision to the Oregon Supreme Court but the highest body would not hear it. In this latest appeal, filed April 29 of this year, Devin says both Love's and the county made errors in the site plan review ap plication and zoning permit issued April 12, 2013, and Devin’s attorney Michael Connors, of the law firm H athaw ay, Koback and Connors of Portland, sub mitted more than 16 points laying out those errors. Love’s attorney, Carrie Richter of Garvey, Schubert and Barer, which has of fices world-wide as well as Portland, responded saying Devin was trying to “delay and derail” the project. “On behalf of the Ap plicant Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores, Inc., we ask that you deny this appeal,” they wrote to the planning commission. “This is another in a long string of appeals, pur sued by a competitor fuel ing company... seeking to delay and derail this project at every step,” Love’s at torney Richter said in the letter. “Notwithstanding this effort, LUBA and the courts have continually affirmed the County’s mul tiple decisions. Undeterred, Devin continues to perse vere—misrepresenting the applicable legal standards or overlooking evidence and analysis in the record showing that the standards are met,” she said. C onnors responded saying Love’s “grossly mis represented the history of the proceedings.” “ Instead o f sim ply responding to the issues raised in the appeal, Love’s chose to disparage Devin Oil and accuse it of filing frivolous challenges,” he told the planning commis sion. “In doing so, Love’s grossly misrepresented the history o f these applica tion proceedings to give the planning commission the false impression that Love’s has strictly complied with the legal requirements throughout the proceedings and Devin Oil is only rais ing objections to delay or thwart the project. While it is unfortunate that Love’s resorted to these tactics, it is important for Devin Oil to set the record straight,” Connors wrote. Devin’s attorney also said they were not object ing to the truck stop just because Love’s would be a competitor. “The mere fact that Devin Oil is a competitor does not give Love’s the right to falsely accuse it of improper motives. Devin Oil has a right to participate in these public processes just like any other member o f the county,” Connors said. He said Devin opposes the project because it “does not believe this is an ap propriate location for the travel center and Love’s has continually tried to evade compliance with land-use requirements.” The planning commis sion reviewed documents and listened to testimony from both attorneys before voting unanimously to deny Devin’s appeal of the site- plan review and zoning permit. Devin is expected to appeal the planning com mission decision. Harvest begins early, low yields so far H arvest has started in some areas o f Morrow County, including Sand Hollow, Butter Creek and along the Bombing Range. “We only have a hand ful o f guys going right now,” says Duane Disque of the Morrow County Grain Growers. “Probably by the end of the week we’ll have a good number going.” As far as yields, Disque said most of his information so far was hearsay, with numbers ranging from eight to 20 bushels per acre. The start is on the early side this year, which Disque says is often a sign of poor yields, but he added that it is often the worst wheat that is cut first. “Hopefully w e’ll see b etter yield s as we go along,” he says.
