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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.