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Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 Looking back at 2013... imes VOL. 133 NO. 1 8 Pages Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Heppner man killed in ATV accident Tragedy struck a local that the call regarding the family during the holiday accident came in shortly season when Robert Nelson before 9 p.m. thatevening; Nichols, 31, o f Heppner MCSO and Heppner fire was killed in an all-terrain responded to the location at vehicle (ATV) accident the Matt Clark residence on Monday, Dec. 23. Hwy. 207 out o f Heppner. M o rro w C o u n ty The s h e riff 's office S he riff's Office reports had no information on the circumstances surrounding the a c c id e n t and could not comment on whether Nichols was transported for care or deceased at the scene. -See obituary on PAGE TWO Umatilla forest welcomes two new district rangers Niesen replaces Buchholz as Heppner ranger Pendleton, OR— The see the work the district Umatilla National Forest and our partners are doing has hired two new a n d hap p y to be d i s t r ic t ra n g e r s , part of the Umatilla one o f whom will National Forest.” take over the post N ie se n w as vacated by previous born and raised in H e p p n e r D istrict northern Minnesota, R an g er Todd and attended school Buchholz this fall. at M ankato State “We are pleased Ann Niesen University, where to have these two she re c e iv e d a experienced and highly B achelor o f S cience in qualified individuals join recreation, parks and leisure the f o r e s t ’s le a d e rs h ip services. s ta f f ,” says U m a tilla N ie sen began her National Forest Supervisor career with the Minnesota Kevin Martin. “They bring D e p a rtm e n t o f N a tu ra l with them a diverse mix Resources in 1988, where o f resource management she spent 14 years working skills, fresh perspectives for the Trails and Waterways and enthusiasm that will Division managing public serve the forest and our a c ce ss a c q u is itio n and communities well,” said development, fishing piers, Martin. sum m er trail program s, Ann Niesen is the new s n o w m o b ile and c ro s s Heppner District Ranger country trail grooming and based in H eppner. She management of OHV Parks. replaces Buchholz, who In 2001, N iesen moved transferred to the Coos to Idaho to work for the Bay, OR Bureau o f Land Boise National Forest and Management. then later onto the Sawtooth “ I am thrilled to be N a tio n a l Forest, w here working on the Umatilla she served as Recreation and living in Heppner. 1 Program Manager on the have spent the majority o f Fairfield Ranger District my career living in small and then Staff Officer for towns, and Heppner has the R e c re a tio n , L ands, been very welcoming. I H e rita g e and R esource look forward to meeting Information programs at the c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s , forest supervisor’s office. helping out where I can She’s also served for seven and exploring the area,” years on an Eastern Great says Niesen, who reported Basin Type 2 Team as a to duty mid-December. “ I Resource Unit Leader. have been on the job for a Niesen says she enjoys week and I am excited to hiking, skiing, fishing, paddling and quilting as well as spending time with her two grown daughters. Ian R eid has b e e n selected as the new North Fork John Day D istrict Ranger based in Ukiah, OR. He replaces Bob Varner, w ho tra n s fe r re d to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Vancouver, WA. R e i d s a y s h e is passionate about sustainably managing natural resources of the national forests and providing a stable supply of goods and services to forest users and stakeholders. “I am super excited to be a part o f the Umatilla National Forest and live with my family in the spectacular Blue M ountains. 1 look forward to working with the outstanding resource professionals on the North Fork John Day R anger District, hard-working local communities, and tribes in the area,” says Reid. Reid earned a fisheries s c i e n c e d e g r e e fro m Oregon State University in 2003 and b a c h e lo r's and m a s te r’s degrees in b io lo g y from Southern Oregon University. Early in his career he worked in seasonal positions with the Oregon Departm ent o f Fish and Wildlife. In 1999 he began working for the Rogue River-Siskiyou N a tio n a l F o re st near Medford, OR as a district Mustang Blake Greenup fought for possession during a basketball game on the team's road to fifth place in the state tournament in 2013. -See more memories from the past year on PAGE THREE ESD superintendent speaks to Heppner Chamber of Commerce By David Sykes Intermountain E d u c a tio n a l S e rv ic e District S up e rin te n d en t mark Mulvihill was guest speaker at the H eppner C h a m b e r o f C o m m erc e recently, and he laid out his vision for the future o f education for Eastern Oregon and the State o f Oregon, which includes “The Eastern Promise.” The Eastern Promise is a program that allows students to earn college credits while still in high school, thus driving down the cost o f college and also better preparing the students for higher education. “ The least academic year for kids is their senior year,” said Mulvihill. “ It takes 24 credits to graduate from high school. If they take eight credit hours per year then they have all o f them by their junior year. Lots o f seniors take one credit their senior year.” he explained. Under Eastern Promise stu d e n ts can be taking college-level classes that are guaranteed transferable, and thus be saving time and college tuition money while still in high school, he says. So far $4 million has been a llo c a te d to fund the program, and Eastern Intermountain Education Service District Superintendent Mark Mulvihill tells Heppner Chamber of Commerce about “The Eastern Promise.” -Photo by David Sykes Oregon University, Blue M o u n ta i n C o m m u n it y C o lleg e and T reasure Valley Community College are participating with the curriculum. “ T h ro u g h E a ste rn Prom ise you can easily earn your freshman class in college,” says Mulvihill. “ T h a t ’s lik e g e tt in g a $20,000 scholarship. The idea is not to have kids have a $28,000 debt when they graduate from college. Kids should not have to go into debt for 100 level classes.” “ We are working on a c o m m o n goal w h e re colleges accept credits from high school. The old days o f wracking up a bunch o f credits in highs school and then they don’t count in college are gone,” he says. “Education is just too expensive.” Mul vi hi l l sa y s the cost o f college education is typ ic a lly d iv id e d 70 percent for the student and 30 percent provided by government grants and funding. Locally Mulvihill says the sch o o ls in M orrow County are doing pretty well. With a state-w ide high-school graduation rate -See MUL VIHILL A T HEP PNER CHAMBER/PAGE TWO Wow, that’s some stocking! -See UMATILLA NF HIRES RANGERS/PAGE TWO G-T Trophy Corner Heppner Shell continued its tradition this year of holding a drawing for a giant stocking over the holidays. They upped the ante for 2013, offering two huge prizes, both of which were won by local girls. Pictured are (L-R): beaming w inner Faith Futter, Shell employee Melissa Pierson, and overwhelmed winner Elizabeth Ginn being comforted by father David Ginn. -Photo by Megan Futter W E WILL BE CLOSED JANUARY 1ST NEW YEAR’S DAY HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Tiffany Akers, 12, of Irrigon shot her first doe on Dec. 1 during the Morrow County Youth Hunt at Green Wood Resources in Boardman. -Contributedphoto M orrow County G rain G row ers L e x in g t o n 9 8 9 -8 2 2 1 • 1 - 8 0 0 - 4 5 2 - 7 3 9 6 For farm equipment. risii our web sit« at www m e (f net
