FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 15,2014
BALLOTS GO OUT
Local kids gear up for soccer
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dates, the candidate with
the most votes wins, says
M o rro w C o u n ty C le rk
Bobbi Childers. A majority
win (i.e., 51 percent or two-
thirds o f the votes) is not
required. The same applies
in the case of write-ins, with
the winner selected based
on the largest num ber o f
votes.
Voters will also be able
to weigh in on several hot-
button issues and races at
the state level, including
driver cards, GMO labeling
and proposed legalization
o f marijuana.
All ballots are due by 8
p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, and
must be received, not sim
Local children turned out in force this year to buckle on their shin guards and take on all comers on the soccer field. Five local
ply
postmarked, on that day.
teams were formed from local participants, with games played every Saturday in Hermiston. Teams and members pictured but
in no particular order are: U-6 Co-ed “Shockers,” sponsored by Morrow County Health District and coached by Toni Nichols For voter convenience, 24-
and Josh Coiner—Lily Nichols, Keaton Coiner, Khloe Rodriguez, Claire Lindsay, Andrew Lindsay, Hailey McDaniel, Cavlan
Proudfoot, Julian Rodriguez and Sophie Rodriguez. U-6 Co-ed “ Excavators,” sponsored by Miller & Sons and coached by
kacee Lathrop and Jennifer Wilson—Brooklyn Hendricks, Healy Ilisler, Avree Lathrop, Maya Payne, Jaysi Dompier, Dierdre
Ferguson, Kooper Miller, Quaid Jensen, Jace Wilson and Raynen Brown. U-8 Bovs, coached by Mike and Amy George— Logan
Turner, Owen Guerra, Zach Brown, Alakae Rodriguez, Aden Lathrop, Caleb George, Lane Critchlow and Finn Simpson. U-10
Girls, sponsored by Stan and Pam Cutsforth, and coached by Pam Cutsforth and Stephanie Hisler—Cori Jo Lindsay, Aubri
T h e H e p p n e r FFA
Rodriguez, Kayla Rodriguez, Haylie Peterson, Emily Ehrmantraut, Camryn Scrivner, Kylie Boor, Morgan Cutsforth, Hallee
Chapter
has announced its
Hisler, Jennie Adams, keeley Nairns and Saige Jenson. U-10 Boys, “We’ve Cot Wheels,” sponsored by Les Schwab Tire Center
2014
Fall
Chili Run. Every
and coached by Russ Nichols—Trevor Nichols, Johnny Resch, Ryan Lindsay, Landon Mitchell, Paul Lindsay, Caden George,
one is invited to participate
Jake Lentz, David Cribbs, Ty Boor, Adan Guerra, Kells Ferguson and Perrin Furrer. -Contributedphoto
hour drop boxes are located
throughout the county. Lo
cations are as follows:
Heppner: Courthouse
parking lot (24 hours) or
the Morrow County Clerk’s
Office, Room 102 inside the
courthouse. Open 8 a.m. to
noon and 1-5 p.m., M-F and
Election Day (Nov. 5) from
7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Lexington: 365 West
Hwy 74 (P ublic Works
Parking lot). Turn off Hwy.
74 onto Tom Street and left
into the public works park
ing lot. Open 24 hours.
lone: Spring St. (in
front o f the turn to 3rd
Street). Open 24 hours.
B o a r d m a n : NW
Boardman Ave. (24 hours).
Irrigon: 205 NE 3rd
St. (Irrigon Annex). Open
24 hours.
Heppner FFA
announces chili run
MED STUDENT
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attended St. Catherine Uni
versity, or St. Kate’s, in St.
Paul. MN. She graduated
from there with a degree
in biology and a minor in
chemistry in December of
2011. She then returned to
Montana, where she spent
the next eight m onths in
Billings, working in emer
gency room admitting and
co-pay collection. Then, in
the fail of2012, she moved
to Portland, OR to begin
medical school at OHSU.
A rural rotation is cur
rently required o f OHSU
med students, though Hal
verson says that will change
starting next year. The re
quirem ent was fine with
her, though; she wants to
focus her career on either
m ost likely w ith an em
phasis in family or internal
m edicine. That made the
chance to work at Pioneer
Memorial the perfect fit.
“ I w a n te d to m ove
somewhere very rural, not
near Portland or...B en d ,
and I had n 't been to the
eastern side o f the state.
Heppner was available as
a rotation, so I came here.”
She says I leppner was
pretty much what she ex
pected, certainly more like
her own hometown than the
big-city life o f Portland.
“ I was expecting the
grocery store to be open
later,” she quips. “That was
a big adjustment.”
On a more serious note,
though, “Everyone’s been
really welcoming.”
H alverson is sp e n d
ing her five-week rotation
learning from Dr. Betsy
A nderson and Dr. Russ
N ichols, whom she says
are “great teachers.” She
spends most o f her time at
the clinic, but also assists
in calls at the ER. She says
her time here, which ends
on Oct. 30, is far different
from her studies at OHSU.
I t’s m ore han d s-o n and
carries more responsibility,
including emergency room
encounters and dictating
notes.
“ It’s almost like being
a doctor,” she says.
Halverson’s family is
all in Montana, her parents
in Shepherd and her brother
in M issoula. As for hob
bies, she says she likes to
do many things, including
cam ping, w akeboarding,
skiing, and golf. She also
played basketball for four
years in college. Her normal
med school routine doesn’t
allow much time for any
o f that, but she has been
able to get out and have
some fun while she’s here.
She atten d ed H ep p n er’s
homecoming football game
and booster club dinner
and auction, and also has
gone day camping in the
mountains.
“Heppner reminds me
o f hom e,” she says, “es
pecially the landscape. It’s
nice to recognize people
at the grocery store or the
football games, which you
don't get in Portland.”
Health advisory issued for Willow Creek
Reservoir
The O regon H ealth
Authority issued a health
advisory Friday due to high
levels o f blue-green algae
in Willow Creek Reservoir.
Water monitoring has
confirmed the presence of
blue-green algae that can
produce toxins. These al
gae levels are likely to be
associated with dangerous
cyanotoxin concentrations
in the w ater that can be
harm ful to hum ans and
animals.
Sw allowing or inhal
ing water droplets, as well
as skin contact with water,
should be avoided. Drink
ing w ater d irectly from
Willow Creek Reservoir is
especially dangerous.
E x p o s u re to to x in s
can produce symptoms of
n u m b n ess, tin g lin g and
dizziness that can lead to
difficulty breathing or heart
problems, and require im
mediate medical attention.
Sym ptom s o f skin irrita
tion, w eakness, diarrhea,
nausea, cramps and fainting
should also receive medical
attention if they persist or
worsen. Children and pets
are at increased risk for ex
posure because o f their size
and level o f activity.
The public will be ad
vised when the concern no
longer exists.
Oregon Public Health
officials advise cam pers
and other recreational visi
tors that toxins cannot be
removed by boiling, filter
ing or treating the water
with camping-style filters.
People who draw in-
home water directly from
W illow C reek R eservoir
are advised to use an alter
nate water source because
private treatm ent systems
are not proven effective
at removing algae toxins.
However, public drinking
water systems can reduce
algae toxins through proper
filtration and disinfection. If
people on public water sys
tems have questions about
treatment and testing, they
should contact their water
supplier.
Oregon health officials
recom m end th at people
who choose to eat fish from
waters where algae blooms
are present remove all fat,
skin and org an s b efore
cooking, because toxins
are more likely to collect in
these tissues.
Public health officials
also advise that people
not eat freshw ater clam s
or mussels from affected
w ater, and th at O regon
D epartm ent o f Fish and
Wildlife regulations do not
allow the harvest o f these
shellfish from freshwater
sources. Crayfish muscle
can be eaten, but internal
organs and liquid fat should
be discarded.
Boating is safe as long
as speeds do not create ex
cessive water spray, which
could lead to inhalation
risk.
For local information
about water quality or blue-
green algae sampling, con
tact the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers at 541 -676-9009.
For health information,
to report human or pet ill
nesses due to blooms, or to
ask questions about a news
release, contact the Oregon
Health A uthority at 971 -
673-0400. For information
about advisories issued or
lifted for the season, call
the Oregon Public Health
toll-free information line at
1 -877-290-6767 or visit the
Harmful Algae Bloom web
site at www.heaithoregon.
org/hab and select “Algae
Bloom Advisories.”
Department and Boardman
Ambulance responded.
-MCSO received re
port that Umatilla County
Sheriff’s O ffice arrested
Tasha Leanne Bales, 22, on
a Morrow County warrant
for Failure to Appear/Con-
tempt o f Court. She was
lodged at Umatilla County
Jail with bail due in full.
-Heppner Ambulance
received report o f a male
subject possibly dehydrat-
ed/overheated on Sand-
hollow /H w y. 207, Hep
pner. MCSO and Heppner
Ambulance responded and
transported the subject to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
-Heppner Fire Depart
ment received report o f a
grass fire at Campbell and
Myers Lane. Heppner.
M ay 16: -M orrow
County Sheriff's O ffice
received a 911 hang-up call.
Upon call back, the phone
message advised that "This
phone does not receive calls
from blocked numbers.
Unblock your phone and try
again. Goodbye.”
-MCSO received report
from the Umatilla Army
Depot that they were doing
a demo at the depot and
there would be one large
detonation.
-MCSO cited Jeffrey
James Trunick, 30, for Vio
lation of the Speed Limit,
85 mph in a 65 mph zone.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman that
part o f her air conditioner
had been stolen. A deputy
responded.
-MCSO received report
from the Umatilla Army
Depot that they would be
doing live fire into the night.
-MCSO received report
o f patients threatening staff
at a Boardman facility.
The parties were separated.
Historical society
to meet Oct. 26 at
SAGE Center
If you have interests in
Morrow County, Columbia
Basin or Oregon history, re
member to attend the 2014
Morrow County Historical
Society annual meeting at
1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26.
The m eeting begins at 2
p.m. but everyone is invited
to come early and tour the
interactive SAGE Center.
For anyone who has not
yet experienced the SAGE
Center “hands on” educa
tion on sustainable agricul
ture and energy generation,
this is a great opportunity to
do it for free.
Speakers include Larry
Lindsay, longest-serving
Port commissioner, sharing
a history o f the first years of
the Port o f Morrow. Gary
Neal, dynamic Port o f Mor
row manager, will give an
update on current and future
Port activities.
P articipants are also
invited to stay for the usual
annual meeting activities—
suggest topics for the 2015
M C H S C h ro n ic le s and
learn about the two suc
cessful 2014 tours to the
Hanford B Reactor. Meet
ing adjournm ent w ill be
followed by an ice cream
social.
H is to r ic a l S o c ie ty
membership and meetings
are open to all interested
people. Annual m em ber
ship can be purchased at the
meeting. The SAGE Center
is located at 101 O lson
Road, Boardman, OR.
Marriage Licenses
The M orrow County
Clerk's office has released
the following report of mar
riage licenses:
October 7, 2014: -Jef
frey Ray Knudsen, 42, o f
Heppner and Amber Liani
Devine, 40, o f Heppner.
October 9, 2014: -Jer
emiah Jacob Brooks, 28,
o f Hermiston and Britney
Leann Quintana, 23, of
Hermiston.
O ctob er 10, 2 014:
-Yaneli Hernandez Neri,
26, o f Boardman and Victor
Hugo Honesto Jimenez, 28,
o f Boardman.
Do You Know the
Symptoms?
Oct 5-11 was Mental Illness Awareness
Week; NAMI Calls for Public Education
Sheriff's Report
M a y 15 ( c o n t . ) :
-MCSO received report o f
a dispute at the Irrigon Ma
rina. The caller requested
deputy contact. Deputies
and Community Counsel
ing responded.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman
that there were people at a
mobile home park that she
didn’t want there and they
were working on vehicles.
Deputies responded and de
termined it was a civil issue.
-MCSO received report
from a Heppner subject
who had found an unknown
type o f snack in his yard.
-MCSO received report
from a subject who said a
vehicle flipped over and a
male subject got out and
ran up the hill toward the
motel near Main St. and
the 1-84 on-ramp in Board-
man. Boardman Police De
partment, Boardman Fire
in a 5k (3.1 mile) wallc/run
on Saturday, Nov. 1.
The run/walk will start
and end at the St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church parish hall.
Pre-registration forms
are available at the Heppner
High School, Dickenson
C h iro p ractic C linic and
Murray’s Drug and are due
by Oct. 24. R egistration
will open at 4:30 p.m. on
Nov. 1 and w ill include
the run/walk, t-shirt and a
chili dinner after the event.
Q uestions? C ontact Tim
Gould or Patrick Collins at
541-676-9138.
T he FFA m e m b e rs
would also like to remind
community members who
ordered apples for the Oct.
17 delivery date that those
will be available Friday at
the home football game.
They requested a deputy to
respond. MCSO and Board-
man Police Department
responded.
M ay 23: -M orrow
County Sheriff s Office re
ceived report that a subject
was threatened at the Nuts
and Bolts Tavern on Hwy.
730, Irrigon. The caller said
that man was in a white van
with five other males inside
that took off headed toward
the shell station.
-MCSO received report
o f graffiti on a pumphouse
near Division and Hoop and
Holler Lane in Irrigon. It
was the first pumphouse on
the left. MCSO responded
and took a report for Crimi
nal Mischief.
-MCSO received report
from a subject in Irrigon
that someone was living
in an RV at a location she
believed was against code.
She requested contact.
Mental Illness Aware
ness Week (MIAW) is a
time for education about
mental illness such as de
pression, bipolar disorder,
schizophrenia and other
m edical conditions that
affect a person’s thinking,
feelings, moods, ability to
relate to others and daily
functioning. MIAW in
cluded National Depression
Screening Day (Oct. 9) and
World Mental Health Day
(Oct. 10).
Even in the wake o f
MIAW, everyone should
learn the symptoms of men
tal illness and where to find
help in case it is needed. It
is also a time when com
munity leaders should learn
the facts about mental ill
ness for public dialogue
about mental health care,
especially in an election
year. When an individual or
family has a mental health
concern, they should dis
cuss it with their doctor,
who may refer them to a
mental health professional.
It is also important to real
ize that, in many cases,
these conditions have co
occurring substance abuse
problems.
Information about the
symptoms of possible men
tal illness is available from
the National Alliance on
Mental Illness (N A M I)
at w w w .nam i.org or its
HelpLine at 1-800-950-
6264. NAMI also provides
free educational classes
and support groups, and
local representatives are
currently in the process
o f making these resources
available in Heppner.
For further interest or
information please contact
Sandra Johnson at 541 -676-
5589. NAMI’s website also
provides detailed informa
tion about the full range of
mental illness diagnoses.