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Bessie W e tze ll N ew spaper Library Candidates speak at Heppner Chamber of Commerce U niversity of O regon Eugene, OR 97403 EXIT imes VOL. 133 NO 36 8 Pages Ballots due Nov. 4 by 8 p.m. Ballots went out last week for the Nov. 4 gen eral election. Anyone did not receive a ballot and believes they should have is encouraged to contact the Morrow County Clerk at 541 -676-5604. Voters are also reminded that ballot envelopes must be signed in order to be counted. All ballots are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, and must be received, not sim ply postmarked, on that day. For voter convenience, 24- hour drop boxes are located throughout the county. Bal lot drop locations 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. 4) from Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Four city council candidates and the three mayoral candidates for the open city of Heppner positions spoke to the Heppner Chamber of Commerce at its luncheon last Thursday. The candidates were asked a series of questions front the audience about their ideas for the city and why they were running for office. The question and answer session was moderated by Heppner Attorney Philip Spicerkuhn. Left to right are mayoral candidates Cody High, Joe Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Perry (incumbent) and Skip Matthews, as well as city council candidates Adam Dohery, Glo- rene Lesperance, JoAnne Burleson and Kathy Marick. A large crowd attended the meeting. -Photo by David Sykes 1-84 crash near Boardman claims life New vet settling in at of Washington man Lexington clinic The collision that made scrap metal of this 2012 Ford Mustang also claimed the life of 80-year-old Melvin Mitchell of Richland, WA. Photo courtesy o f Oregon State Police Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into Monday m orning’s m ulti-vehicle collision on the westbound lanes of 1-84 near Board- man that resulted in the death o f an 80-year old male from Richland, WA. According to Lieuten ant Mike Turner, on Oct. 20, at 7:47 a.m., an oversized -See BALLOTS DUE NOV. 4/ heavy equipment load was PAGE FIVE G-T Trophy Corner being transported in the westbound lanes o f 1-84 west o f Boardman. The oversized load was escorted with support vehicles, and a rolling slow-down of traf fic was being deployed to prevent traffic from moving past the group of vehicles. A Ford Explorer pull ing a travel trailer was among a long stretch of slow-moving traffic east of -See 1-84 CRASH/PAGE THREE By Andrea Di Salvo South Morrow resi dents who own animals large or small will notice a new face around Dick and Karen Temple’s vet erinary clinic in Lexington. Dr. Kayleen McLain, 27, started work as a veterinar ian at the clinic at the end of September. McClain was bom and raised in Lom poc, CA, near Santa Barbara. Her parents still live in Lompoc, where her father is a speech therapist. Her older brother works at a nearby Air Force base as a civil servant. She was home-schooled through high school, gradu ating in 2005. She then attended Allen Hancock College, a community col lege in nearby Santa Maria, CA, before continuing on to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. While at Cal Poly, she served as student man Kay leen McLain, DVM has joined the crew at the Temples’ vet clinic in Lexington. Pictured (L-R) are Dr. McClain, holding the cat known as “Tic Tac,” with l)r. Dick Temple, Karen Temple and Dr. Stephan Gibson. Photo by Andrea Di Salvo ager in the school’s sheep unit. She graduated from there with a Bachelor of Science in animal science in 2009. McClain then moved from California to Kansas State University in Manhat tan, KS. While there, she pursued her Doctor of Vet erinary Medicine (DVM) and spent two summers working in a small animal clinic in a rural community north o f Manhattan. She graduated with her DVM in May of this year. Oregon wasn’t origi nally on McClain's list as places to seek employment. W hat she was looking for was a place that would give her experience with mixed (large and small) animals. “That’s difficult to find unless you go somewhere rural,” she says, “so 1 defi nitely was open to a rural -See NEW VET IN LEX/ PAGE TWO Haunted Heppner is back this Halloween Heppner’s downtown should be filled with costumed children this Halloween. Most of the city’s businesses have committed to par ticipate in a trick-or-treat social during the day on Friday, Oct. 31. These businesses will offer treats to costumed children who come by the stores, banks and offices. Some of the businesses will have prizes for the best costumes. The participating storefronts will display an orange sign that says “Welcome to trick or treat.” At least 17 businesses will display the signs. Sarah Smith shot the Smith family's first buck of the year recently; she shot it just outside of lone using the .25-06 that her husband bought her for her birthday last year. -Contrib uted photo Eleven-year-old Gaige Futter of Heppner shot his first buck with his first shot on opening day of rifle season. Gaige was hunting under the Mentored Youth Hunter Program. -Con tributed photo Twelve-year-old Kellen Grant bagged this young three-point on Saturday, Oct. II, on the Heppner Unit. Kellen is the son of Greg and Virginia Grant of Heppner. -Contributed photo Diana Healy, 14, of Heppner bagged this buck on opening day on the Healy Ranch in Heppner. This was Diana's fourth successful hunt. -Contributedphoto f Think with all these trophies, we do n 't have room for yours? Think again! We still want to hear from you Stop by to have your picture taken, drop off photos, or email them to editor(a)rapidserve net. Tresslvn McCurry, 12, bagged this three-point buck Friday, Oct. 10, on the Harrison family ranch. This is Tresslyn’s first buck, shot with the .25-20 her uncle Dave Cavender loaned her. -Contributedphoto ■rU5 e UENT ** Snowmob/Zesl doub/e rebate on\ a//prior mode/s REBATES L/P Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 Forhrm»jiiijnif^^ * I r
