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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 2,2014 - THREE
Clock tower back on watch
By Andrea Di Salvo
Nearly a year after the
clock tower was removed
from the Morrow County
Courthouse for renovations,
area residents are happy
to have the familiar tower
again rising above Court
Street in Heppner.
“ We to re it dow n
July 23-24 (2013), right
around there. Here we are
starting July again,” said
M orrow C ounty Judge
Terry Tallman, who was
instrumental in the push to
get the tower repaired. “I’m
very, very happy. I even
sleep better at night.”
The tower finally came
home last Thursday, June
26. The entire project took
a lot of time and money,
but Tallman said he saw the
clock tower as an investment
in the community.
“I see it as something
that says, ‘This is Morrow
County.’ It was in a little bit
of disarray, and we wanted
it to get fixed. 1 think Burke
(O’Brien, Morrow County
Public Works Director) and
Rod Wilson and all those
people jumped right in and
they did that. I just think
they’ve done an excellent
job. In an unspoken way,
it says a lot about who we
are.”
Tallman said the entire
“facelift” of the tower and
clock, including the cranes
to remove and replace the
tower, will run the county
around $250,000. That may
sound like a lot—and it
is— but Tallman said it
paled in comparison with
initial project bids, which
ran around $550,000.
“When I saw that, my
heart just sank,” Tallman
said. "We didn’t have that
kind of money. As far as
I’m concerned, $250,000
is a lot. Then we put it out
for bid the second time and
didn’t get any bids and 1
thought, ‘Wow, are we in
trouble.’”
T h at’s when county
staff and locals sat down to
talk through the problem.
Local men O ’Brien and
W ilson said they could
do the bulk o f the work,
helping the county cut costs
but keep quality.
“It took a little longer
than we were hoping. When
we actually got it taken
down, we found out the
needs for repair were a little
greater than we thought,”
said Tallman, adding that no
one involved in the project
w anted to cut corners.
“Rod’s the kind of guy who
pays a lot o f attention to
detail, so he didn’t want to
put it back together in any
haphazard way; he wanted
to be reflective of the way
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music. Grace is the daughter of Jarrod and Alison Ogden.
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a lot of people
here view this.”
Ta 11m an
s a id so m e
finishing
touches remain.
Wilson wants
to do some final
painting, and
the county is
still waiting for
the finial— the
spike on top
of the tower—
w h ic h w a s
d a m a g e d in
transit and had
to be sent back
to the company
th a t w o rk ed
on i t . T h e
c lo c k w o rk s
also need to The tower dangles above the courthouse
be positioned before finally coming to rest. -Contributed
photo
in o r d e r to
k e e p tim e
and return the fam iliar trust, there’s just a huge
bell to n e to H eppner; amount of history here,”
that will be overseen by he said. “People want that
Master Clockmaker Gary history and that past, they
want to make sure that
Kopperud of Pendleton.
A ll in all, though, gets maintained and that it
Tallman said he is proud looks good. It’s a reflection
of the work that has been o f how they think about
done, work that should last them selves. I think its
decades. The dome material import for us to maintain
alone, he said, is guaranteed that.”
for 100 years.
“ I think th a t’s what
“ To w o rk in th is we’ve got up on top of the
building (the courthouse) courthouse now, something
every day, th e re ’s this we can be very proud of.”
M o u n tain C o m m u n ity
College spring term 2014
honor roll recognition went
to the following full-time
students:
President’s List (4.0
GPA): Bryan Altamirano,
A lm a A ngulo, A ndrea
Arias, Adriana Armenta,
M a rlin a A v ila , A nna
Aviles, America Ayuso,
Randall Browning, Jessica
Calvillo, Vanessa Calvillo,
Kami C om be, K andan
Evans, Jessenia Gonzalez,
M ic h e ll G o n a z le z ,
B e ts y G u a d a r r a m a ,
Erica G uzm an, B ailey
Haguewood, Gema Juarez,
M ekayla K indle, C arla
Llamas, Nancy Llamas,
Humberto Lopez, Yolanda
Lopez, Ana Madrigal, Noe
Madrigal, Jeny Mendoza,
Tania Mendoza, Jessica
Nava, Ky-Leigh Nelson,
Nildia Resendiz, Guadalupe
Rosales, Tashina Rushlow,
B ru n o S a la s, J a n e tte
Sanchez, Joseph Schmidt,
Nicholas Strong, Aileen
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President’s List (3.85
to 3.99 GPA): Stephanie
Ponce.
D e a n ’s L ist (3 .4 0
to 3.84 GPA): Jasm ine
Aguilar, Mayra Barrera,
Sean Barron,Sarah Bose,
Jassiel C arm ona, Ivan
Escobedo, Brian Gonzalez,
P aig e G rieb , C ristin a
Guerra, Tory Haughton,
Karla Jimenez, Cheyanne
Matlack, Mary McElligott,
Asusena Munoz, Celina
M unoz O rozco, Isabel
O rozco, Jesus Pacheco,
L au ra P once, C arm en
Puerta, G eorgina Rios,
Veronica Rodriguez, Betty
Rowlette, Alesia Sterner,
H irania Vera, G abriela
V illa r r e a l, A le ja n d ro
Zavala.
Honor Roll (3.0 to 3.39
GPA): Jerem iah Alford,
Jesse B oyd, T hom as
Burnett, Janet Castaneda,
Adam Cole, Kaleb Dumler,
Y e se n ia E llis , J o s ie
Fernandez, Leticia Frias,
Lauren Garrett. Rita Glover,
Ryan Ib a rra , M ad d ie
Lindsay, Caren Llamas,
Stephanie Madrigal, Shane
M iles, John P ropheter,
Rene Ramos, Heidi Rippee,
Maria Rodriguez, Julissa
Sanchez, Lillian Sandford,
Alisha Sorensen Joslynn
Troxell, Yezmin Verduzco,
A ndres Z avala, K aytie
Zellner, Brittany Zuercher.
HoverM att makes these
tr a n s f e r s m uch m o re
comfortable, and safer. For
the Emergency M edical
Technicians and emergency
room staff, the HoverMatt
reduces the lifting and
straining,’’ Rhea concluded.
The hospital was able to
buy two of the mats, a total
o f $4000 for the mats and
the motors used to inflate
them. The entire cost was
covered by donations made
through Friends Helping
Friends.
“We want to thank that
group so much, because
this is just wonderful,” said
Miller. "A big, big thank-
you from the South Morrow
County EMT Association.”
PMH staff members Rusty Estes, Tina Davidson and Delia
Robinson, FHF member Peggy Fishburn, and PMH staff
member Pennie Miller pose by a HoverMatt stretched on one
of the ER gurneys. The hospital was able to purchase two of the
inflatable mats thanks to donations received through Friends
Helping Friends. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
CORVALLIS, OR—
Three Heppner graduates
are on the list of students
w ho h a v e m a d e th e
S cholastic H onor Roll
Spring at O regon State
University, the university
has announced.
On the roll w ith a
s tra ig h t-A a v e ra g e is
Emily J. Thompson, senior,
biology. On the roll with
a 3.5 or better are Maggie
K. C ollins, sophom ore,
biology, and Ian A. Murray,
junior, German.
Also making the honor
roll from Morrow County
are A lejandra M endoza
o f Boardman, a junior in
mathematics, with a 3.5 or
better, and Cassandra A.
Feyder, a senior in English
and Adriana Sanchez, a
sophomore in pre-business,
both o f Irrigon and both
with a straight-A average.
To be on the honor roll,
students must carry at least
12 graded hours of course
work.
Pappas named to
Pacific U. dean’s list
FO R E S T G R O V E ,
O R -C o n n o r Pappas o f
Heppner has been named
to the D e a n ’s L ist at
Pacific U niversity (OR)
for Spring Semester 2014.
To qualify for the Dean’s
List at Pacific, a student
must achieve a term GPA
of 3.70 and complete 12 or
more graded hours,
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pounds, and can be used
for more weight than that in
a pinch. Miller said.
“ T h ree h u n d re d
pounds, it doesn’t matter,”
added M iller after the
demonstration. "I can move
Rusty as easily as 1 can her
(Fishbum).”
T h at’s im portant in
situations where patients
are in pain and unable to
move themselves.
“ W hen we m ove
patients from our ambulance
stretchers onto our ER
stretchers, it can be very
difficult for the patient, very
painful for the patient,”
added Miller.
“For the patient, the
BMCC releases spring Heppner students
term honor roll
make OSU honor roll
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Renzi Hughes of Heppner with her grand champion 4-H steer
at the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show in Union recently.
Hughes also won the Champion Home Grown award and
Reserve Champion overall beef showman. Renzi is the
daughter of Revin and Angie Hughes. -Contributedphoto
TO W N O F
LE X IN G TO N
BURNING
BAN
Effective June 26, 2014, the Fire Chief
of the Town of Lexington is imposing a
C LO S E D SEA SO N for open burning based on
local fire safety concerns. This burning ban it for the
Town of Lexington. A reminder that open burning
also includes a “burn barrel.”
T h e closed season will rem ain in effect
until further notice this fall as per O R S 47S.960.