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OTPR, MOCO rodeos announce 2013 winners Bessie Wet/ell Newspaper Libran University of Oregon Eugene. OR 97403 Russel Cardosa (left) went home with the OTPR All Around saddle this year, donated by Bank of Eastern Oregon. With Cardosa are John Qualls of BEO and Morrow County Fair and OTPR Queen Krysten Powell. -Contributedphoto By Sue Gibbs local rodeo finished the 253 com petitors, Russel VOL. 132 N 0 . 35 8 Pages Wednesday, August 28, 2013 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon From p ro fe ssio n a l rodeo results to our local MOCO talents, this year's rodeos were Filled with fast times and talented ath letes. Slack started off on Thursday evening during the Murray’s Drug wine and beer tasting. The NPRA performances followed both Friday and Saturday evening and our w eekend w ith M orrow County contestants. Dickenson Chiropractic sta rte d each rodeo by sponsoring the M utton B u stin ’. Caden G eorge was the lucky winner this year, with David Cribbs and Carson Angell close behind. The highlights for the NPRA show came from the Cardosa family. Out of Cardosa went home with the All-Around saddle this year, donated by Bank of Eastern Oregon. Placing in cow milking, tie down roping and team roping secured the title for this Terrebonne cowboy. His wife Sammy Jo Cardoza placed third in barrel racing -See RODEO WINNERS AN- NOUNCED/PAGE FOUR lone School experiences growing pains Smith named to By April Sykes lone School District S u p e rin te n d e n t M ark M ulvihill told the lone school board, at th e ir regular meeting Aug. 20 that with the growth they are experiencing, they need to formulate a vision for the future. A s o f th e b o a rd meeting, the school had 29 students in the fifth and sixth grades, which was still one combined class, and 32 in the ninth grade. The ninth-grade class is split, with the whole group together only once a day. “As we grow, our class size is going to grow,” commented newly-hired Principal Sarah C rane- Sim pson. She said that the expectation o f “high rigor” is one of the greatest concerns. “I think we may need one more teacher.” But, she added, “We’re going to make it, whatever it is.” A s o f A u g . 20 Crane-Simpson reported 202 stu d e n ts en ro lle d at the school, w ith 10 kindergarteners. “We're on a trajectory fo r la rg e r n u m b e rs ,” added M u lv ih ill. The problem, he said, is that the large classrooms do not occur every year. He recom m ended sta rtin g school “as is.” “ You have to w ait until you see the whites of their eyes,” he cautioned, ad d in g , “ R e g istra tio n doesn’t necessarily mean anything.” “ My co n cern w ith waiting till you see the w hites o f th e ir e y e s ,” countered board member Lisa Rietmann, “ is that it might be hard to hire a teacher (at that late date).” Rietmann said that she -See ¡ONE GROWING PAINS/PAGE FIVE Sewing shop to continue under new management Marlene Pointer (left) will hand over the reins of Sew On Et Cetera in Heppner to Julie DeLoach next month. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo By Andrea Di Salvo under new management. Heppner’s Sew On Et Owner Marlene Pointer Cetera will close Aug. 30 is stepping down from through Sept. 10 and reopen running the sewing shop because she wants to spend more time with her family, especially her husband and grandkids. According to Pointer, though she enjoyed ru n n in g the shop, the business became a little too popular, making it difficult fo r the 6 0 -so m e th in g seamstress to keep up. “This business ju st grew and grew and grew,” says Pointer. “It was just more than 1 was bargaining for, I guess.” Pointer says she’s been thinking about making the move for some time, but she wanted to make sure she found a good replacement, someone, she says, who “wouldn’t disappoint.” She says she’s found that person in Julie DeLoach. D eL o ach , 50, was bom in Caldwell, ID and raised in Molalla, OR, in a small logging town in the Willamette Valley that she says reminds her a lot of Heppner. H er p r o f e s s io n a l work background is in construction, housing and even heavy construction such as road building. She obtained her Associate of Science degree in building construction management from Clackamas Com m unity C ollege in 2005. She spent the last 12 years working for Portland General Electric, building databases and managing construction projects for civil engineers. She spent Salem task force SALEM, OR— House buildings and reviewing S p e a k e r T in a K o te k existing statutory provisions announced recently that g o v ern in g the pro cess she had appointed o f developing the O re g o n S ta te capital construction Representative Greg portion of the state Smith (R-Heppner) budget. The task to the Task Force on force will also make Capital Construction recom m endations Process (SB 551, for statutory changes Chapter 716 2013 th a t w ill allo w Laws). the legislature to S m ith is the Rep. Greg develop budgets for Smith only House member capital construction appointed to the task projects based on force and will join Fred identified long-term goals Girod from the Senate as a for the state. part of the governor’s team. “ I am p le ase d the The task force is charged speaker has appointed me -See SMITH NAMED TO with creating a current TASK FORCE/PAGE FIVE inventory o f state-owned Back to school for Heppner students -See HEPPNER SEWING SHOP/PAGE FOUR lone welcomes new principal By April Sykes There’s a new smiling face behind the principal's desk at the lone Schools. Sarah Crane-Simpson, an Eastern Oregon native, was on the job in time for the first day of school Monday. C rane-Sim pson, 35, was born in Baker City, grew up in E nterprise, but graduated from Baker City High School. She first attended Northwest N a z a re n e C o lle g e , tran sferrin g to Eastern O regon U niversity and then graduating from the U n iv ersity o f Idaho at Moscow in 2001 with a degree in special education for kindergarten through 12lh grade. H er firs t te a c h in g position was at a residential treatment facility in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she taught math for grades five through 12. The students, who had em otional and behavioral concerns, lived at the facility. “It was very satisfying and c h a lle n g in g ,” said C r a n e - S im p s o n , w ho taught there for one year. Children at Heppner Elementary School go inside for lunch after working up an appetite during recess their first day of school. School began throughout Morrow County last Mon day, Aug. 26. -Photo by Megan Futter G-T closed for Labor Day The Heppner Gazette-Times will be closed for the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 2. The deadline for all news and advertising for the Sept. 4 issue will be Friday, Aug. 30, at 5 p.m. lone Principal Sarah Crane-Simpson The G-T wishes everyone a happy and safe Labor moving to Alabama with In Alabama she taught Day weekend. her husband, who relocated -See IONE PRINCIPAL/ quite often for his job. PAGE TWO Olga Cline: A century of giving By Andrea Di Salvo The world has changed a lot in the last 100 years, as Olga Cline of Hermiston can a tte s t. C lin e w ill celebrate her 100th birthday this Thursday, Aug. 29. Cline is still a vital, activ e m em ber o f her retirem ent com m unity; I \ h o w ev er, b ecau se her hearing isn't the best these days, the Gazette-Times instead talked with her daughter, Barb Huwe o f Irrigon, who reminisced about her mother's life. Cline was bom in 1913 in Parkers Prairie, MN. One of 12 children, life early in s the 20th century wasn’t easy for Cline, beginning with her mother's death. “She was farmed out because her mama died when she was nine,” says Huwe. Being farmed out was common in a day when -See CLINE 100 BIRTHDAY/ PAGE SIX 1 I 1
