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
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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.
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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;
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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
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