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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
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h is fa th e r
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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
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Portland. He
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was
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Pasco. WA.
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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
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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
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