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Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 VOL. 133 NO. 19 10 Pages Mustang golf takes districts Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Both the Mustang boys' and girls’ golf teams took district titles last week at the tournament in Pendleton. Standing L-R: Coach Greg Grant, Shane Miles, Logan Grieb, John Propheter, Tate Gentry, Jesse Corbin, Caden Hedman, Coach Matt Scrivner and Coach Barry Munkers. Kneeling L-R: Macy Gibbs, Emily Rea, Paige Grieb, Blake Greenup, Maddie Lindsay and Amanda Rea. Contributed photo -See fu ll story PAGE FOUR Cardinals send three BMCC president says college asking to state track meet why people voted down bond issue Levy passed in Morrow County and Pendleton , but failed everywhere else f i ' ti • * •j -g ! - * jL ' 2J ' * s L Jessie Flynn sails over the final hurdle in the 300M hurdles at the district meet in Moro; she took second and advanced to state in that event. -Contributedphoto The Cardinal track team attended the 1A Special District 3 Championship S atu rd ay , M ay 17, at Sherm an C ounty High School in Moro. Out o f a field of 11 teams, lone men placed fourth and women were sixth. E le v e n C a r d i n a l athletes achieved Personal Records (PRs) as noted in the stats below. Three lone athletes qualified for the state tournament. Advancing to state will be: Cord Flynn, discus; Bailey Haguewood, high jump, long jump and triple jum p; and Jessie Flynn, 400M, long jump and 300M hurdles. O S A A 1 A S ta t e C h a m p io n s h ip s w ill take place Thursday and Friday, May 22-23, at the U niversity o f O regon’s -See fu ll story PAGE THREE By David Sykes P re s id e n t o f B lue M o u n tain C o m m u n ity College Camille Preus was in Heppner last week and said the community college planned on putting a bond issue back on the ballot, but added, “We have a lot of work to do.” The $28 million bond m easure w as d efeated in Umatilla County and passed in Morrow County. All cities in Umatilla voted against the levy except fpr Pendleton, where the college is located. P re u s p ra is e d the work of local men Louis Carlson and Chris Brown who served on the Friends o f BM CC c o m m itte e working to pass the budget in Morrow County. She also acknowledged Nancy Snider, a 17-year board member of the college. When taking questions from th e C h am b er o f Commerce members Preus was asked what w ould be cut from the proposed projects when the bond is put up for a vote again. The proposed construction of a rodeo arena at the college in Pendleton arose several times. “We have had a lot of people ask, ‘Why build an arena when there are already plenty around?’” Preus said. She explained that the Round-Up arena cannot be used for high school rodeo because of the grass arena, which is not allowed, and that the arena could also be used for other animal training at the college. She also pointed out the success of the rodeo team , with BMCC men ranked number one in the country and the women’s team ranked second Other new construction projects that would have been funded had the bond passed were the STEAM (s c ie n c e , te c h n o lo g y , engineering, arts and math) Center, to be located near the SAGE Center in Boardman; Camille Preus, President of BMCC, addressed the Heppner Chamber of Commerce last week. - Photo by David Sykes the P recision Irrigated A g ric u ltu re C en ter in Hermiston; and the Applied Animal Science Education Center in Pendleton. Preus said currently the college has a total o f just under 10,000 students with 338 of those from Morrow County. She said the majority of the students who use the college do so with online classes. Preus said she has been in conversation with the Port of Morrow to see how the college can offer more training in the food processing business, an area that is showing big expansions at the Port in Boardman. In re s p o n s e to a question from the audience she said the college had no plans to implement a wind turbine training program, saying Colum bia Gorge C om m unity C ollege in The Dalles has this type of training. “ T h is is a v e r y expensive program and we can’t afford to build it. Not as high of a demand for that skill now,” she added. Wyden to hold M oCo town hall M em orial Day weekend Getting to know your exchange students U.S. Senator Ron Wyden will be in Boardman for Antonia Tebbe My mom w as re a lly Age 15, Junior, Heppner good, but I’m not good Where are y o u fr o m ? at volleyball. Everyone else was really good which Munich, Germany Host Parents: Amy and makes it kind of hard.” Brian Kollman What do you think o f What did you like Heppner? best? “I like it here; “ Basket bal l it’s way different. I and track. I like my like how everyone friends and family knows each other Antonia Tebbe here.” since they were little Did you go to Prom ? kids and are sticking What did you think together.” o f that experience? How has the experience “Really cool. We don’t been for you? have it, so it was really “ Really g o o d . nice. I like the dresses. Everyone is really nice. My It’s cool that you can wear host family is cool. I like dresses like that. I like the Oregon and I like Heppner. corsages even though they It’s really cool here.” are really uncomfortable. What was the most difficult Some people asked each thing about this experience? other to Prom, and that’s “Learning volleyball. really funny.” Tobias Mueller “Really good.” a town hall meeting Sunday, May 25, at 3:30 p.m. The Age 16, Junior, Heppner What was the most difficult meeting will be held at the SAGE Center, 101 Olson Where are y o u f r o m ? thing about this experience? Road, Boardman. Vienna, Austria “The food. It is kind of Host P a re n ts: weird.” A shley and John What did you like Gould best? What do you think “The school and o f Heppner ? the school activities. “It’s awesome. I really like the Heppner is great. It community.” is a great little town. Tobias Mueller Did you go to Prom? P E N D L E T O N — Education Service District I like the people, What did you think Three local women were 2014 Crystal Apple Awards everyone is super o f that experience? honored for their role in May 21 in Pendleton. nice.” “Great. It was a great educating area children -See CRYSTAL APPLE/PAGE How has the experience n ig h t; I m ade lots o f FOUR been fo r you? at th e In te rM o u n ta in memories.” , Local teachers sta ff honored at Crystal Apple Awards Ci- High-tech jobs offer unexpected opportunities in rural areas By Andrea Di Salvo The job landscape in Morrow County has long been nearly as predictable as the land itself. It’s a landscape grounded in agricultural, built through timber and then expanded into the food processing plants along the Columbia River. As the county enters the 21 * century with the rest of the world, though, that landscape is changing. Now, some seeking employment in Morrow County may swap out their tractors or potato chips to work on another kind o f farm. New, high-tech server farms, or data centers, are popping up throughout Eastern Oregon, attracted to the state by tax breaks, relatively cheap power and ‘ a mild climate that helps keep their computers cool. B uildings like the new Vadata, Inc. structure at the Port of Morrow house some of the web’s most advanced technologies, and they’re hiring for jobs to match. Take, for instance, some of Vadata’s current postings on internet jo b s ite s... c a b lin g in fra s tru c tu re engineer, senior manager of data center operations, data center technician, and lead cabling support technician. If the name Vadata doesn’t sound familiar, you might be more familiar with its parent company, the web mammoth Amazon.com. It’s through server farms like those at the Port that the internet giant powers its international commerce Graduation approaches for local seniors )ata centers like this one are popping up throughout Eastern Oregon and changing the face of jobs in the region. -Contributed photo empire. Amazon isn’t alone in its interest in Eastern Oregon, either. Facebook based its first-ever data center in Prineville, OR, while Google now has a state-of-the-art complex near The Dalles. While the complicated softw are p rocesses are usually handled from a company’s home base, it still needs people on the ground locally to make sure the hardware keeps running smoothly. For that, they’re willing to hire locally, as long as the right candidates can be found. -See DATA CENTERS/PAGE FIVE for H eppner wi l l tak e place Wednesday, May 28, at 7 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. lone’s commencement will be held Friday, June 6, beginning at 7 p.m . Baccalaureate services will be held Monday, June 2, at 6 p.m. at St. William’s Catholic Church. P O L A R IS S E R V IC E S P E C IA L Get your ATV Summer Ready!! *COMPLETE INSPECTION 'OIL & FILTER G-T closed Memorial Day The Heppner Gazette-Times office will be closed Memorial Day, May 26, for the holiday. All news and ad deadlines will be Friday, May 23, by 5 p.m. The newspaper office will reopen on Tuesday, May 27. G ra d u a tio n day is quickly approaching for seniors at Heppner and lone high schools. H e p p n e r ’ s commencement ceremony will take place Saturday, May 31, beginning at 2 p.m. in the Heppner Jr./Sr. High School gymnasium. 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