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Heppner’s wrestling
coach sees program reach
new heights
HEPPNER
pizette
imes
VOL. 133
NO. 10
10 Pages
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
By David Sykes
Mustang
Head
W re stlin g C oach M ark
Lem mon's philosophy on
coaching is pretty straight
forward.
“I tell my wrestlers that
1 will work just as hard for
success as they do,” says
Lemmon, who took over the
Heppner wrestling duties
five years ago when the
program was in its infancy.
A nd th a t a ttitu d e
-See WRESTLING COACH/ Father and son team Mark and Brian Lemmon coaching
PAGE FOUR together. -Photo by Jeremy Lanthorn Photography
Heppner to host 16th EO Walk MS Grieb files for
Heppner.
All tow ns in Eastern
Oregon are invited to walk,
roll, volunteer and even
by registering as virtual
walkers.
T h a t’s rig h t, v irtu a l
w alkers. A nyone unable
to attend the day o f the
scheduled walk can still
help the cause by registering
as a v irtu al w alk er and
walking on a lunch break,
walking to and from work,
or walking with a group o f
walkers on another day to
raise funds.
R e g is tra tio n /c h eck -
in begins at 9 a m. at All
2013 EO Heppner Walk MS participants Vicki Rayburn (left) Saint's Episcopal Church,
and Beth Dickenson share a laugh during last year’s event. 460 N Gale Street, Heppner.
-Contributed photo
The walk will start at
H e p p n e r is g e ttin g Oregon Walk MS.
10 a.m. with brunch and
ready for the 16th year o f
T he w alk w ill tak e door prizes to follow after
sp o n so rin g the E astern place April 26 at 10 a.m. in the walk. The well-marked
5k ro u te is w h e e lc h a ir
accessible.
A 5k run and a marked
1 Ok walk are also available.
There is no registration
fee for the MS Walk but
donations o f any amount
are welcome.
P a rtic ip a n ts ra is in g
$ 100 per person or more can
earn prizes for outstanding
fundraising, starting with
a T-shirt prize at the $100
level, while supplies last.
P r e - r e g is t r a ti o n is
appreciated but walk-ons
w e lc o m e . P r e - r e g is te r
on th e w e b at w w w .
walkMSoregon.com or by
phone at 1-503-445-8342.
Q u e s tio n s , c o n ta c t
H e p p n e r MS W alk c o
chairs Merilee McDowell,
5 4 1 -5 7 1 -5 8 5 3 , or B arb
Orwick, 541-256-0455.
Septic and gravel company
undergoes ownership change
By A ndrea Di Salvo
An area business has a
new owner and a new name.
L o c a l m an R o g e r
Britt has sold his business,
R oger B ritt S eptic and
Gravel, to Mike Duncan of
Heppner. Duncan bought
out the business, w hich
now o p e ra tes as S ilv er
Creek Contracting, LLC,
in January. While the name
and the owner are different.
Duncan says he plans on
offering the same services
in the same locations, with a
dedication to the same level
o f service.
Britt, a 1968 Heppner
g r a d u a t e , s ta r te d th e
business in 1994. Since
then, he and his wife, Rita,
have built it into a staple o f
the local economy. Now,
Britt says, he just wants to
focus on other things.
“I’m 64 and I thought
it was time to let somebody
else have it,” he says. “I just
decided to stay out on the
ranch on Upper Rhea Creek
and take care of the ranch.”
W hen lo oking for a
buyer, he says he picked
Duncan because he knew
the y o u n g e r m an could
handle the business.
“He has had experience
in this area and has the
knowledge to run it,” Britt
says. “ I feel it's in good
hands.”
Britt also stressed that
he's grateful for the support
he's received over the years.
“ I w ant to thank my
customers through the years
that have supported us as a
business,” says Britt.
Duncan, 32, was bom
and raised in Joplin, MT,
an area in north central
M ontana only five m iles
from the Canadian border.
commissioner
K en G rie b , c u rre n t com m issioner and would
Morrow
C o u n t y look forward to continuing
C o m m i s s i o n e r , h a s to serve the great people of
announced that he has filed Morrow County,” he added.
Grieb is in his second
for re-election.
“ I a p p r e c i a t e s o term as c o m m is s io n e r,
m uch th e s u p p o rt and serving seven years with
encouragement from people the Morrow County Court.
He has lived in Morrow
throughout the entire county
County since he was
who have asked me
eight years old. He
to run again,” said
is a member o f the
G rieb. “The other
Elks club and has
commissioners and
served as president
m y self have done
o f the Oregon Wheat
a lot o f long-range
G row ers L eague,
p la n n in g fo r the
a m em b er o f th e
county recently. 1 Ken Grieb
M o rro w C o u n ty
would like to help
Gr a i n G ro w e rs
them finish w ork
on projects already started board, a M orrow County
and follow through on the P la n n in g C o m m is s io n
goals that have been set for m em ber and a basketball
coach.
the future.”
He and his wife, Carri,
“ I take great pride in
the work that 1 have done have three children, Paige,
in the past as a county Logan and Claire.
n
Marquardt named
Connell educator o f
the year
A man with roots in Washington University in
S outh M orrow C o u n ty Cheney in 1994. He is in his
was recently honored by 40th year of teaching.
the Connell. WA Chamber
He was chosen for the
o f C o m m e r c e . R i c k honor in Connell because,
M arquardt, son o f Rena said award presenter Jim
and the late Bill Marquardt Jaco b s, he is an expert
o f L e x in g to n , rec e iv e d in the content he teaches,
-See DUNCAN BUYS OUT the title o f 2013 Educator patient, kind and caring
BRITT/PAGE TWO o f the Year at the
with students, and a
city’s annual awards
team player.
banquet.
“Rarely do you
find one teacher who
Marquardt. who
is the m ath/C A D
embodies all o f these
teacher at Robert
c h a r a c te r is t ic s ,”
said Jacobs.
L. Ol d s J u n i o r
Hi g h S c h o o l in
At
t he
Rick
presentation, Jacobs
Connell, was a 1970
SCOTT McEWEN . RICHARD MINITER
M a rq u a rd t
graduate o f Heppner
shared student
c o m m e n t s on
Hi gh Sc hool .
He w ent on to graduate Marquardt, which included
ON
from W ashington S tate “He is not just funny; he is
University in Pullman in helpful, too,” He interacts
1974, and later obtained well with every student,”
h is m a s te r ’s d e g re e in and “I love him fora teacher
administration from Eastern and think he is amazing.”
McEwen keeps his eyes on the target
with new book lauding Navy SEALs
By A ndrea Di Salvo
Sniper” about Navy SEAL
The hits keep rolling Chris Kyle, but it was listed
for Heppner native Scott on USA Today's Top 100
McEwen.
list, not to mention getting
McEwen,
w h o as high as number seven on
a c h ie v e d re la tiv e fam e Am azon’s ranking.
in his role as coauthor o f
M cEw en d id n ’t rest
“American Sniper:
on his fig u ra tiv e
The Autobiography
la u r e ls , th o u g h ,
o f the Most Lethal
instead, he got to
S n ip e r in U .S .
w ork on a n o th e r
n o n fic tio n piece,
M ilitary H istory,”
has b een busy
th is o n e “ E y e s
since the rele ase
on Target: Inside
o f his first novel, Scott McEwen S to rie s from the
“Sniper Elite,” last
Brotherhood o f the
year. “Sniper Elite’ didn't U.S. Navy SEALs” an ” ...
a c h ie v e th e N ew York in sid e acco u n t o f som e
Times bestseller status o f o f the m ost h a rro w in g
the nonfiction “American m is s io n s in A m e ric a n
history.”
F or this seco n d
n o n f ic t io n b o o k th a t
highlights the heroism o f
A m erica’s N avy SEALs,
McEwen teamed up with
R ichard M initer, author
o f N e w Y o rk T im e s
b e stse lle rs “ L osing Bin
Laden,” “Shadow War” and
"Leading From Behind.”
“ Rich and I teamed up
at the suggestion o f our
mutual agent, and it really
w orked out w e ll,” says
McEwen. “ I like working Eyes on Target
with Rich. He's a very good
T h e b o o k , w h ic h
writer, a very good research
guy. He has some amazing -See SEAL BOOK. MOVIES/
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contacts.”
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Council to hold public hearing on
revisions to abandoned vehicle ordinance
Citizens will need permit to keep unlicensed vehicles
By David Sykes
N e x t M o n d a y th e
Heppner City Council will
hold a public hearing on
a proposed city ordinance
change that would require
owners o f automobiles or
other vehicles with expired
license tags to obtain a
permit from the city in order
to store the vehicle on their
private property.
The city is considering
th e c h a n g e a f te r c ity
m anager Kim C utsforth
recently toured H eppner
with two Morrow County
S h e r if f ’s d e p u tie s and
I
f o u n d 27 “ n u i s a n c e ”
instances, most o f which
were abandoned vehicles.
Letters were sent out to
the property owners about
the vehicles. The letters
c a u s e d so m e n e g a tiv e
response in the community
and prompted Cutsforth to
last month ask the council
to look at ch anging the
c ity ’s abandoned vehicle
ordinance.
A t a Jan. 30 P olice
Commission meeting it was
reported that “there was a
lot o f negative response” to
the letters. Cutsforth said at
that meeting that the present sight, and has expired tags
ordinance is too strict and it can be confiscated by the
she would like to see a less police department after five Cardinal Jason Juarez steals the hall during the state first-
strict version.
days, the ordinance says.
round game against Joseph, lone continues on to quarterfi
-See ABANDONED VEHI- nals in Baker City Thursday. -Photo by Paula Emmel
“ The goal is not to
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harass people but get some
o f the trouble spots in town
cleaned up,” she told the
police commission.
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The present ordinance
allows the city to declare
a vehicle discarded, and
therefore a nuisance and
subject to impoundm ent,
sim ply if the car has an
expired license. If the car is
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