Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Ione school year underway
lo n e S c h o o ls b e g a n
their school year on Monday,
Aug. 25. TJ Patton introduces
the k in d e r g a r te n students
on the first day of school
at lone Elementary School.
Along with Teacher Brandi
O r e m , s t u d e n t s p ic tu r e d
are: Rosa Aguilar, Hadassah
Bolanos, Leonardo Cabrera,
Novalee Campbell, William
Lehn, Wyatt Licence, William
McElligott, Isabelle Ogden,
O liv ia O g d e n , P hegley
Padberg, Cay Ian Proudfoot,
Julian Ramirez, Zion Kamos,
Jayden Rea, Keltic Kietmann,
Tomas R odrigue z -S he e na ,
and F e r n a n d o S e r r a n o . -
Contributed photo
St. William's First Communion,
and farewell to Father Kumar
St. William's Catholic
Church in lone celebrated a
First Communion Mass on
Friday, Aug. 22. The date
was selected to also honor
Fr. Kumar Udagandla, who
Ann Kietmann. Rachel Holland, Oskar Peterson, TJ Pat was celebrating the 20-year
ton, Morgan Orent and Daniel Holtz started the year olT right
anniversary of his ordination
with an all-student assembly. -Contributedphoto
to the priesthood. The first
c o m m u n ic a n ts had
branch.
“1 am pleased
we are able to
p ro m o te from
within the com
pany. C itlali is
familiar with the
B oardm an and
Irrigon branches
and know s our
customers,” con
cluded Bailey. Citlali and
her husband. A ugustin,
live in Boardman, and have
three sons.
County, Port receive
ConnectOregon
grant funding
A fter c o n sid erin g
input from the public
at a hearing in July and
reviewing a large volume
of written comments, the
O regon T ran sp o rtatio n
Commission last Friday
approved 36 multimodal
projects from around the
state for $40,369,189 in
funding, provided by the
ConnectOregon V program.
A m ong th e a p p ro v e d
grants were $17,926.40
to M orrow C ounty for
airport improvements and
$6,000,000 to the Port of
Morrow for a cold storage
facility.
For ConnectOregon
V, t h e r e w e r e 104
applications requesting
a total o f $124,386,927
million. Each application
was evaluated and ranked
by several stak eh o ld er
groups, including modal
committees and regional
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Left to right: Pr. Papa Rao Pasala, Fr. K umar Udagandla, Jackson Coiner, John
McElligott, Martin Medina, Ferdinando Ramirez, Alexis Ramirez. -Contributedphoto
BEO promotes
Mendoza to
Irrigon Branch
“I am pleased
to announce Cit-
lali Mendoza has
been prom oted
to Branch Man
ager in Irrigon,”
said Jeff Bailey,
president & CEO.
Bank o f Eastern
Oregon. Mendoza
has been with the
bank since 2006,
working as teller and most
recently operations super
visor in BEO’s Boardman
Wednesday, August 27,2014
committees, before going to
the final review committee.
C o n n e c tO re g o n
focuses on “ im proving
connections and supporting
local economies throughout
the state.” Dedicated to
n o n -highw ay p ro jec ts,
ConnectOregon was first
approved by the Oregon
legislature in 2005 and
has funded more than 130
m arin e/p o rts, av iatio n ,
public tran sit, and rail
projects around the state.
For C onnectO regon V,
bicycle/pedestrian projects
w ere also e lig ib le to
compete for funds.
For more about the
p ro g ram and p ro c e ss,
i n c l u d i n g l i n k s to
a p p lic a tio n s , v isit the
ConnectOregon website,
http://w w w .oregon.gov/
O D O T /T D /T P /p a g e s /
connector.aspx.
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prepared all year for this
special occasion under the
direction of teacher Eileen
McElligott.
S tu d en ts rece iv in g
the Holy Eucharist for the
first time were Ferdinando
Ramirez,
Alexis
Ramirez, John McElligott,
Jackson Coiner and Martin
M edina. Fr. Papa Rao
Pasala, St. William’s new
parish priest, co-celebrated
with Fr. Kumar.
A
p o t 1 u c k
dinner
followed
Mass to honor the first
com m unicants and say
farewell to Fr. Kumar, who
has been transferred to St.
Mary ’s Catholic Church in
Pendleton.
Free youth pheasant
Local girl contestant
hunts planned
in state spelling bee
H u n ter e d u c a tio n
youth graduates are eligible
to sign up for one of 11 free
upland bird hunts being
planned across the state
in September. Hunts are
planned in B aker City,
Central Point, Corvallis,
Eugene, Irrigon/Umatilla,
John Day, Klamath Falls, La
Grande, Madras, Portland
and The Dalles/Wamic.
P re-reg istra tio n is
required at most events.
Those enrolling must be
certified in hunter education
and age 17 or younger to
participate. Participants
need a v alid h u n tin g
lic e n s e , a v a ila b le for
purchase for $14.50, and
a free Harvest Information
Program validation. Youth
hunters age 14-17 also
need an upland game bird
validation, available for
$8.50.
Dates for the hunts are
as follows: Baker City Area
(private land) - Sept. 27,
28; Central Point (Denman
Wildlife Area) — Sept. 20,
21; Corvallis - E.E. Wilson
Wildlife Area - Sept. 20,
27,28; Eugene - Fern Ridge
Wildlife Area - Sept. 13,
14 (no advance registration
required); Irrigon Wildlife
Area (between Irrigon and
Umatilla) - Sept. 20, 21,
m orning and afternoon
h u n ts; John Day area
(private land) - Sept. 13,
14; Klamath Falls (Klamath
Wildlife Area) - Sept. 13,
14; La Grande - Ladd Marsh
Wildlife Area - Sept. 20,21
(no advance registration
required); Madras (Willow
Creek area) - Sept. 20, 21;
Portland (Sauvie Island
Wildlife Area) - Sept. 20,
21; The D alles/W am ic
(White River Wildlife Area)
- Sept. 27, 28.
Ol i v i a Schmi dt
o f H ep p n er and Mary
Hammond o f Boardman
w ill rep resen t Morrow
County this year at the
Oregon Statewide Spelling
Championship.
The
spelling
cham pionship will take
place at the Oregon State
Fair in Salem on Saturday,
Aug. 30 from 10 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. at the Hart of
the Garden, Oregon State
Fairgrounds, Salem.
T h is is the six th
year Oregon Spellers has
sp o n so red the O regon
Statewide Spelling
C ham pionship. O regon
Spellers is all-volunteer
group that formed in 2009
in response to the Oregon
Department of Education’s
budget-driven decision
to elim inate their state-
level spelling contest that
they had run for 33 years.
Oregon Spellers is funded
solely by donations. Debra
Gil, from KPTV’s “Good
Day Oregon,” will emcee
the Division II and III of the
Spelling Championship for
her third year.
Oregon Spellers is
also hosting “ The Bee
at the Fair,” which is be
a verbal bee open to all
Oregon State Fair patrons
on Saturday, Aug. 30. The
Junior Division Verbal Bee
(12 and under) will start at
2 p.m. and the Teen/Adult
Division Bee will begin at
3 p.m. on the stage in the
Jackson-Long Building.
For more information,
contact oregonspellers@
kaynor.net.
County prepares to break ground on
new administration building
The Morrow County
government is preparing
to break ground on a new
adm inistrative building
in Heppner. The project
team, consisting of Morrow
County Government
officials, project manager
W enaha G ro u p , LKV
A r c h ite c ts , and W.C.
C o n s tr uc t io n , have
com pleted the planning
and design phase, and
is p re p a rin g to b egin
construction in October.
The building, which
will be two stories and just
over 11,200 square feet,
will accommodate several
existing county departments
that are currently in multiple
lo c a tio n s t h r o u g h o u t
H eppner. H aving the
various depart ment s
in a single location will
in c re ase d e p artm en tal
efficiencies and improve
communication, as well as
make a single location for
citizens needing to meet
with county em ployees,
said a county spokesperson.
M orrow County Public
Health Director, Sheree
Smith, says she is excited
for the im proved ADA
access to her department.
Mor r ow Count y
officials working with LKV
A rchitects o f Boise, ID
and the Wenaha Group met
with department managers
during the programming
phase of design, identifying
the department’s respective
needs, upgrading technology
infrastructure, and aligning
the department's locations
wi t hi n the bui l di ng to
better serve the residents of
Morrow County and allow
for a more stream lined
county workflow.
Mo r r o w C o u n t y
officials were also very
c o n s c i e n t i o u s o f t he
exterior design of the new
adm inistrative building,
given it will be located
immediately north
o f the historic Morrow
County Courthouse; the
Courthouse, constructed
in 1903, is one o f the
oldest continuously used
courthouses in the State
o f Oregon, and recently
r e c e i v e d a c o mp l e t e
renovation of the historic
clock tower. The new
administrative building’s
d esig n is in ten d ed to
complement the courthouse,
and incorporates design
elements to appeal to the
design aesthetic o f the
courthouse, said the release.
Funding for the project
is provided through wind
energy income, and not
from county taxpayers; this
investment in Heppner is an
exciting example of how
Morrow County is returning
the benefits of wind energy
i n s t a l l a t i o n s l oc a t e d
th roughout the county.
“The commissioners have
decided that these short
lived monies will be used for
capital projects, such as this
new building. General fund
monies continue to fund
the normal operation of the
county, but not fund these
special projects,” according
to Morrow County Judge
Terry Tallman.
The c o u n t y has
selected W.C. Construction
o f Elgin, Oregon, as the
c o n stru ctio n m anager/
general contractor (CM/GC)
for the project, and W.C.
Construction is currently
in the bidding phase of the
project, with plans available
at plan centers throughout
the P acific N orthw est,
including Hermiston, Tri-
Cities, Central Oregon, and
Clackamas.
An official ribbon
cutting ceremony for the
project, as well as an official
dedication of the renovated
Courthouse clock tower,
will be held on September
29, with work beginning in
October. The administrative
building is scheduled for
completion by Fall, 2015.
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Medicare class coining
W heat commission t0 Ione Sept 4
to meet
The Oregon Wheat Commission will hold a regular
board meeting on Monday, September 8, at the SAGE
Center. 101 Olson Road, Boardman, in the boardroom at
10 a.m. Lunch will be provided to all attendees.
The meeting location is accessible to persons with
disabilities. The ADA prohibits discrimination against
persons with disabilities. Those attending may request
an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other
accommodations for persons with disabilities.
For more information, contact the Oregon Wheat
Commission office at 503-467-2161.
A Me d i c a r e 101 c l a s s is c o m i n g to 1
one next month. The class will be held on Thursday, Sept.
4. at 6 p.m. at the Ione Library.
Medicare 101 will be offered to anyone in the
Morrow County community who wants to understand
about Medicare health insurance benefits and choices.
This is an opportunity to become informed prior to the
annual fall Medicare enrollment period coming up Oct. 15
to Dec. 7. For the more than 1,700 Medicare beneficiaries
and all individuals turning 65 in 2014 or 2015 residing in
Morrow County, this is a once-a-year event for people to
get their questions answered by unbiased, objective OID
Medicare trainers.