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Bessie Wetzell Newspaper l.ibrar> University of Oregon Eugene. OR 97403 It’s a grand slam... HEPPNER imes VOL. 133 NO. 20 10 Pages Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Morrow County Sheriff’s Office responded after a driver crashed into the backstop at the Heppner Little League field last Wednesday, May 21, leaving the structure a little worse for wear. MCSO could not be reached for comment by press time. -Contributedphoto Sherry Ewing retires from Health levy tops in every home health and hospice precinct; Russell wins commissioner by 45 votes Sherry Ewing sits at her desk in the Pioneer Memorial Home Health & Hospice office in Heppner; she will hid farewell to the office and her long-time coworkers this week. Photo by Andrea Di Salvo Bv Antlrea l)i Salvo After nearly 24 years. Sherry Ewing will leave work for the last time this Thursday, May 29. E w in g , w ho tu rn e d 66 o v er M em orial Day w eekend, has served in the “Clerk IM” position at Pioneer M emorial Home H ealth & H ospice since December o f 1990. It's a position that required her to wear the hats o f office manager, clerical, billing and a little bit more. “ I was really lucky; it’s been a great job,” says Ewing. “We’re like a close- knit little family.” Ew ing was born and raised in Selah, WA, in the Yakim a Valley. She says Selah is a small town, similar to Heppner, so she felt Heppner was a great fit when she came here. She didn't come here right away, though. A fter graduating from Selah High School in 1966, she went to work as a dental assistant in Yakima, WA. She lived there with her family until 1984. They then m oved to Spokane, where she also worked as a dental assistant. It was w hile playing on a co-ed softball team in Spokane that she met husband Bill Ewing. She m oved to H ep p n e r and started at Pioneer Memorial in 1990, and the couple was married in 1991. Her other family mostly rem ains in the Yakima and Spokane areas, she says, with her son Mark and his family in Spokane and stepson Ben a teacher in Newport, OR. E w ing says she has w orked longer for home health and hospice than she has for any other employer in her life; leaving now is a bittersweet transition. “ It's sad. I’ll miss all the p eo p le h e re . T here are a lot o f great, caring p eo p le h e re ,” she says. “Home health and hospice is really important in our area, to the residents o f Morrow County; it does a great service for Morrow County.” At the same time, she says, it’s time to leave. “ My husband’s been retired for a couple o f years. We've got a new place and enjoy w orking on th a t,” says Ewing. “It’s time to move on and do some other things, do some travelling, see family a little more.” -See EWING RETIRES/ PAGE SIX County-wide turnout at 39.7percent By David Sykes V o t e r s in e v e r y community in the county passed the health district levy, and three out o f four cities voted for Don Russell over Ken Grieb for county commissioner, results of the recently-completed election show. County-wide the five- year medical levy passed 1,391 yes to 373 no, a 79 percent approval rating. M orrow C ounty H ealth D istrict Board Chairm an Larry M ills said he was a p p r e c ia tiv e o f v o te r support. “The board of directors o f the M orrow C ounty H ealth D istrict w ant to thank the voters for their o v e rw h e lm in g su p p o rt o f the levy request. The board's goal is to keep the equipm ent and facilities o f the district updated to provide the best possible health care for the citizens filed for the position. o f the area, and the passing “ T h is w as a re a lly o f the levy will certainly close race. 1 d o n 't think h e lp us a c h ie v e th a t w in n in g by those goals,” Mills 45 votes or a four told the H eppner p e r c e n t m a r g in Gazette-Times. sends any mandate D on R u s s e ll to the rest o f the and Ken Grieb had a county court. 1 think much closer contest, th at it is hard to with R u s s e l l Don R ussell beat an incumbent, winning by 45 votes wins county e s p e c ia lly w h en commissioner 510 to 465. Russell nomination in they are a genuinely won in Boardman. three out of five n i c e pers on. I Irrigon and lone, communities. need to thank the and G rieb won in people that allowed H eppner and Lexington. me to use th e ir nam es The election was for the publicly as supporters, and Republican slot for county those that w rote letters c o m m issio n e r. N o one o f endorsem ent. I think ran for the D em ocratic that was the difference in position; however, Russell the race,” Russell told the won that also by write in Gazette. ballots, so he will m ost C o u n ty - w id e to ta l likely run unopposed in the v o te r tu rn o u t w as 39.7 N ovem ber election. The percent, with 40.9 percent only way Russell could face o f Democrats voting, 53.2 an opponent in November is -See COUNTY ELECTION/ if an independent candidate PAGE SEVEN Heppner relay team places at state Getting to know your exchange students Johann “Jo h n n y ” M aier Age 17, Junior, lone How has the experience been fo r you? W here are y o u fr o m ? “ G o o d . T h e re a re N u r e m b e r g , B a v a r ia , alw ays sm all problem s, Germany but you always have small H o st P a r e n ts : problems (wherever Tom and H eather you are).” Baumgartner, What was the most Boardman difficult thing about What Jo you think this experience? • o f lo n e /M o rro w “ I had to get County? used to how people “ S m a ll. I 'm Johann act in America. They from a city with half “Johnny act really different, a m illion people. Maier e s p e c i a l l y t he T hat’s the biggest teenagers. They’re difference. We don’t have pretty disrespectful.” a lot o f ru ra l a re a s in What did you like best? G erm any. T h a t’s also a “ We go fishing from difference.” time to time. We also got to go hunting once; that was fun, even though we didn’t get an y th in g . We d o n ’t really get to go fishing and hunting in Germany.” Did you go to prom ? “No.” You stay in Boardman but attend school in lone , what was that like fo r you? “ You have to get up pretty early; that’s pretty a n n o y in g . B ut, I d o n ’t think I would have enjoyed Boardm an schools more (than lone).” Any last thoughts? “ S c h o o l is e a s ie r ; i t ’s w ay e a sie r than in Heppncr’s boys 4x100 relay team placed seventh in finals at theOSAA2AState Championships track meet in Eugene on Friday with a time of 47.41a. Pictured L-R: Jared Lemmon, Jeremiah Germany.” Petzoldt, Jacob Moses and Kavden Clark. Also representing Heppner at the state meet w as Kelly Mustang golf girls take second at state Wilson, who finished 10th in long jump finals with a distance of 14-05.50. -Contributedphoto Graduation approaches for local seniors G r a d u a tio n d a y 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. Baccalaureate services for Heppner will take place this Wednesday, May 28, at St. P atrick's Catholic Church. The se rv ice w ill be at 6 p.m ., not 7 p.m . as announced in last week's Gazette. 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. W illiam's Catholic Church. POLARIS SERVICE SPECIAL Get you ATV Summer Ready!! COMPL * INSPECTION ’ Th* Mustang girls' golf team placed second in the state tournament in Corvallis. Pictured (L- R) are: Coach Greg (.rant. Coach Barry Munkers. Paige Grieb, Macy Gibbs, Blake Greenup, Maddie Lindsay, Emily Rea, Amanda Rea and Coach Matt Schrivner. -Contributedphoto -See full story PAGE SIX 4 I 'OIL & FILTER CALL SHAWN TO SCHEDULE 541-989-8221 Morrow County Grain Growers dngton 989-8221 • 1 -800-452-7396 * r*r r a n a nquip m -n t «t*tt >« »*> i h > u m m rtt t
