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Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo,
Morrow County Rodeo
announce 2014 results
HEPPNER
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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
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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-
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