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I IniversitN oi Oregon I .imene. O R 0740.' Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo, Morrow County Rodeo announce 2014 results HEPPNER Í 1 imes VOL. 133 NO. 30 8 Pages Wednesday, August 27, 2014 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Three each to vie for mayor, council member positions As of Tuesday, A ugust 26, th ree people have thrown their hats in the ring to run for Heppner Mayor this fall and three have filed to run for a Heppner City Council position. M a y o r a l Joe Perry candidates include incumbent Joe Perry, Cody High and Skip Matthews; Co unc i l member candidates are incumbent Joanne B u rle s o n , A dam Doherty and Glorene Lesperance. Joanne Burleson Cody High Adam Doherty By Sue Gibbs The 92nd annual O r egon Trail Pro Rodeo took place Aug. 14 -16 this year. The Slack started on a rainy Thursday evening during the Murray’s Drug Wine and Beer tasting. The NPRA performances followed both Friday and Saturday evenings. A live Skip Matthews band followed the rodeo ac tion each night, Friday with Blue Tattoo and then Whis key Union on Saturday. Following the pro rodeo, the Morrow County Rodeo brought local contestants to compete on Sunday the 17th. Attendance was up this year with the new rule change to include alumni plus their immediate families. Glorene Lesperance Dickenson Chiroprac tic started each rodeo by sponsoring the Mutton Bus tin’. Hallee Hisler is the proud winner of the beau tiful buckle this year. The B bar D Rodeos provided stock this year. K yle B ounds won the Bareback title, spon sored by Heppner Family Foods, with a score of 81 on “Slinky.” The Saddle Bronc title, sponsored by Communi- Local man severely injured in rollover crash B ria n T a y lo r , a 2 2 -y e a r-o ld w ild la n d firefighter from Heppner, was severely injured when the pickup he was riding in rolled. Taylor was a passenger in the 1980 Toyota pickup and was riding home from work on August 19 when the Toyota hit gravel on a comer and the truck rolled twice. The driver escaped with a few scratches and bruises. Taylor’s side of the cab, however, caved in, crushing him. After being airlifted to Seattle it was discovered that Brian’s neck had been broken both in the front and in the back. It was thought at first that he would be paralyzed from the neck down permanently, but after a long surgery doctors are hopeful that he will regain feeling, said a spokesperson. “ We are p ra y in g for the best, but medical expenses are already piling Amateur Calf Roping Saddle winner Garrett Robinson with Jamie Helfrect, MCGG. ty Bank of Heppner, was claimed by Kade McLean on “Sage Hen” with an 86. Gaining in popularity is the Ranch Bronc Riding. W ilkinson Ranch spon sored this buckle. First and second was split between Cole Rawlins and Gus King with a score of 78. Les Schwab o f Hep pner sponsored the Bull Riding. Cameron Hopper had the only qualified bull ride with a score of 90. He also placed second in Bare- back and fifth in Saddle Bronc. This secured Hopper the title for the magnificent A ll-A round Saddle this year, which was donated by The Bank o f Eastern Oregon. The timed events start ed off with Tie Down Rop ing, sponsored by Graybeal Distributing of Pendleton. Seth Hopper took home the Mike Currin Memorial buckle and this year’s title with an 8.5 second tie. Morrow County Grain Growers brought us Steer Wrestling. John Green ran a four-second-flat time for this year’s buckle. Team R opers Jake Stanley and Bucky Camp- bell roped their steer in 4.9. Team Roping is sponsored by our local Morrow Coun ty Wheat Growers. The last o f the timed events came with Wild Cow Milking. Charlie Barker of Powell Butte won in 16.7 in the Saturday performance. The ladies events in cluded Breakaway Roping and Barrel Racing. Wheat- land Insurance and Tom Denchel Ford sponsored both these timed events. Hailey Hall had a large lead with a 1.8 time in the break away. Rainy Robinson of Caldwell also had a large lead with a 17.45 on the Friday night barrel racing. Robinson received the Jan ice Healy Davis memorial buckle this year, sponsored by Janice’s family in her memory. The Morrow County Jackpot rodeo brought out our local talent. The cov eted Amateur Calf Roping saddle, sponsored by Mor row County Grain Grow ers, was won by Garrett Robinson this year. The calf riding this year stepped - C o n tin u ed on PAGE EIGHT Port Manager gives update to Chamber of Commerce Car totaled in rollover up,” said the spokesperson. “ L if e f l i g h t is v e r y expensive, surgeons, and soon there will be after-care and physical therapy. The Toyota was old and only had liability insurance, so there will be very little compensation from that. Please consider donating a few dollars to help Brian’s family,” they said. A donation ja r has been set up at M urray’s Drug in Heppner or people may donate via credit or debit online at http://www. gofundme.com/ddbvfk. A benefit bake sale will be held Aug. 29 and 30 at M urray’s Drug in Heppner A B in g o n i g h t fundraiser has also been set up for him to be held on Tuesday, September 9, from 6-8 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Senior Center in Heppner. Cost to play will be $5 a card, with all proceeds going to benefit him. For more information about the Bingo night, call Shelli Britt, 541-676-5478. Lots o f economic development occurring By David Sykes The announcement of construction on a new cold storage rail facility, and the completion of the new T illam ook C heese and ConAgra food expansions were just two o f the ac complishments Port Man ager Gary Neal reported last week when he visited the Heppner Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting. Neal said the $14 million cold storage rail transload facility, planned for com pletion next spring, will be a big asset for the Port and Port of Morrow General Manager Gary Neal told the for growers and processors HeppnerChamberofCommerce last week of new businesses in the area. “If we didn’t and project coming into the Port of Morrow photo by Da\ia step up and do it, it would Sykes be talkie out of the area,” mercial loan officer with school year. A site will Neal said. See additional money, the facility will and 25,000 sq. ft. of refrig the Bank of Eastern Oregon still have to be established. story in this week s paper. include a 2,500-ft rail spur erated space. The facility with switches, and 100,000 will be owned and operated in Boardman. She has been He said that the building Financed through square feet of warehouse by the Port, requiring an ad with BEO for 11 years and would be owned by the a $6 million grant from has lived in Boardman for lone School District and the Oregon Transporta space. The cold storage ditional 25 port employees, 10. Parker is married and could possibly be sited tion Commission and $8 facility will have 75,000 Neal said. has three step across the street million in matching Port square feet of frozen space - C o n tin u ed on PAGE children. from the school FOUR The board where the buses also heard from are now parked. Grigg concern He said that the The Heppner Gazette-Times will be closed for the Labor Day holiday on Monday, in g a g r a n t district’s applica Sept. 1. The deadline for all news and advertising for the Sept. 3 issue will be Friday, proposal to es tion for a grant for Aug. 29, at 5 p.m. tablish a school funding to estab The G-T wishes everyone a happy and safe Labor Day weekend. b ased h ealth lish the clinic will c lin ic at the be submitted by lone School. He New MCHD the deadline which Board member said that lone is at the end of the Jill Parker was selected for week. the pro p o sed A c c o rd in g school-based clinic because to Grigg, the clinic opera it is the furthest community tion would tentatively be a from health care in Morrow partnership among Morrow County. County Health D istrict, Grigg said that a tar M orrow County Health get date for establishing the clinic is the end of the - Continued on PAGE FIVE Health district CEO earns good review Following a very pos itive performance evalua tion, the Morrow County Health District Board ap proved a five-percent raise for MCHD CEO Dan Grigg at their regular meeting Monday night in Heppner. Board C h air John M urray ex p ressed the board’s satisfaction with Grigg and told him that the board also approved a bonus for him contingent on the district receiving a positive year-end audit. The five-percent raise, retroac tive to July 1, will bring his salary up to $ 126,000. The CEO also has the use of a district-owned house. N ew ly a p p o in te d board member Jill Parker, Boardm an, was present for her first meeting on the board. Parker, 40, is a vice president and com- I i G-T closed for Labor Day t I I
