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Bessie W e tze ll N ew paper Library U niversity of O reg o.' Eugene, OR 9 7 4 0 3 It’s 50 years of happy homecomings for Heppner HEPPNER ette imes VOL. 133 NO. 34 8 Pages Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Hager Park basketball court dedicated to Ellis McRoberts L o n g -tim e H ep p n er resident and Heppner Higli Mustang fan Ellis McRob erts was surprised last Sun day when the new basket ball court at Hager Park was named after him. The court is intended to be used by young kids in Heppner. and should bring many hours o f enjoyment to the youth in the area. It sits next to the Little League field and the new soccer Bob Kilkenny (left), who funded the basketball court's con struction, shakes hands with long-time friend Ellis McRob- erts, to whom he dedicated the court. -Contributedphoto -See MCROBERTS HONORED/PAGE FIVE Forecast calls for continued warmth, low moisture The trend o f high tem peratures and low precipi tation looks to continue into the month o f October, according to the National Weather Service in Pend leton. Temperatures in Hep pner averaged warmer than normal during the month of September, with an av erage temperature o f 63.5 degrees, two degrees above normal. High temperatures a v e ra g e d 77.6 d e g re e s, w h ich w as one d e g re e above normal. The highest was 88 degrees on the 22nd. Low temperatures averaged 49.5 degrees, which was 2.9 degrees above normal. The lowest was 35 degrees on the 11*. P recipitation totaled 0.13 inches during Septem ber, which was 0.43 inches below normal. Measurable precipitation o f at least .01 -Set OC TOBER TO STAY WARM PAGE TWO G-T Trophy Corner A star-studded Homecoming court represented Heppner High School at last Friday’s game in Heppner. Front row (kneeling L-R): Junior Prince CJ Kindle, first-grade grade pennant bearer Caleb George (standing). Senior Prince Jesse Corbin, King Cade Arbogast, first-grade pennant bearer Mariah Combe (standing). Senior Prince Ross Cutsforth and Junior Prince Weston Putman. Back row (L-R): Jeff Bailey with daughter. Junior Princess Caitlyn Bailey; Ken Grieh with daughter. Senior Princess Paige Grieb; Todd Lindsay with daughter, Queen Maddie Lindsay; Senior Princess Kelly Wilson with father, Steve Wilson, Donna Sherman with daughter. Junior Princess Jessica Kempken. Photo by Sandra Putman -See more PAGE FOUR Mayor, councilor positions up for grabs Heppner residents will contested election. them the chance to tell our see several names in the The Gazette-Times did readers a little more about running for Heppner City a little digging about the themselves. Council and Heppner City candidates, and also offered Here's what they said. M ayor during this hotly- Codv High Skip Matthews Joe Perry Candidate for Hep Candidate for Hep Candidate for Hep pner Mayor pner Mayor pner Mayor (Incumbent) Age: 29 H ig h m o v e d fro m Klamath F a l l s to Heppner in 2003 when I —* Ih I h is fa th e r ■ r * tra n sfe rre d to the Hep pner Ranger J _____ J _ Cody High District. He holds a high school diplom a and has served two years on the Heppner City Council He is m arried with a seven- year-old daughter and an other child on the way. Why are you running fo r mayor? "1 am running for mayor because 1 want to make a positive differ- Age: 58 Age: 63 M atthews was raised Perry was bom in Port- in Newberg, land and just south o f m o v e d to > Portland. He Washington ( f came to the n - w hen he was - 1 j? : “other” side ■ one mont h o f the State j] old. He was in 1979 but r a i s e d in L 1 J didn't move è Pasco. WA. ... . c Joe Perrv to H eppner M || |||(WS H is w i l e until 1986, passed away w h e n he seven years ago, and his came to work for the Mor four children and 18 grand row County Ag office. He children live in Washington. says he “married into the New York, Arkansas and a re a " in 1987 w hen he Utah. He moved to Heppner m arried local girl Sandy in J uly 2010 to work for the B ennett. T heir daughter Bank o f Eastern Oregon. Whitney lives in Boise with Perry holds a b a c h her new husband Tony, and e lo r’s degree in econom son Donald is finishing up ics and a M aster o f Arts -See more at ELECTION FORUM/PAGE EIGHT Heppner principal steps up to ice bucket challenge Those who know him say H eppner elem entary and high school principal Matt Combe is not one to shy away from a challenge, and the ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Ice Bucket Challenge was no excep tion. In September, Combe invited the H eppner E l em entary sta ff and stu dents to watch as Jeremy Rosenbalm dum ped five gallons o f ice and w ater onto his head. Boos were given when Com be jo k ingly brought out his um brella, but cheers rang out w hen the u m brella was tossed aside and the water drenched him. C om be said he was glad to accept this chal lenge because it hits close to home for one member o f the Heppner Elementary staff, Sherry Matteson. Two o f her long-time friends from r, , ^ , , • ■ Redm ond are diagnosed with ALS. and she says it makes her proud to see the students and staff helping out. Combe and M atteson took the ice for everyone and asked that $1 be do- Jeremv Rosenbalm drenches Heppner principal Matt Combe for the ALS ice bucket challenge. -Contributedphoto nated to the cause. HES was able to raise $132 for the ALS Association, which works to provide hope and enhance quality of life for those suffering from ALS while searching for new r treatments and a cure. C o m b e t hen p assed the challenge onto Dieter Waite, Heppner High sci- ence teacher and coach, and Tina Joyce, Irrigon High vice principal. FALL & HUNTING SEASON SPECIALS! P A Y B A C K ÎB% «F im cnoan Payback b ra n d m in e ra i s u p p le m e n t W E A N A D D IT IO N A L SAVE SOP/ TONI Shayna Osmin, 14 (top), and her brother Kael Osmin. 12 (bottom), killed their tin t bucks on the Osmin family farm outside of Heppner. They are the children of Jess and Staci Osmin. -Contributed photo . ;org 1#H°" H UR RY! - S A V IN G S G O O D T H R U O C T O B E R 31 Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed _ _ 2 4 2 J f tM J n d e n J 6 /^ T ! f y 3-Ener_» 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main offle«)
