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Bessie W etzell Newspaper L ib r a r y Local veterans among those honored in trip to D.C. U niversity of Oregon Eugene, O R 9 7 4 0 3 ette imes VOL. 133 NO. 36 10 Pages Wednesday, October 29, 2014 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Gibbs selected as 2015 Morrow County Fair & OTPR Queen M acy G ib b s, 17, o f Heppner has been selected as the 2015 Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen, the fair and rodeo board has announced. Macy, the daughter of Jay and Susan G ibbs, is a senior at Heppner High School. She has been riding for 13 years. Her quarter horse, Kanga, will serve as her royal mount, with Rookie as an alternate. A sid e from rid in g , Macy is active in FFA in state Ag sales, state de grees, a Supervised Agri cultural Experience proj ect, leadership and first place in district ritual; 4-H, both in leadership and as champion sheep showman and high point earner in livestock judging; sports, with a second-year letter in basketball, first-year letter in cheerleading, and third- year letter in golf, as well as second in state for 1A-4A girls g o lf and a tri-sport award; and scholastically, earning an academic letter and being nam ed to the HHS honor roll. She is currently em p lo y e d by M a d e r-R u st Farm, as well as working as a babysitter. M acy also has high future ambitions for herself, desiring to graduate high in her class and then go on to attend Oregon State Uni versity and obtain a degree in a g ric u ltu ra l business management. In her rare downtime, M acy’s a c tiv itie s sound a lot like the rest o f her tim e...sh e enjoys sports, riding, being involved with ag riculture and younger youth. FFA and 4-H. “I enjoy spending time w ith frie n d s and loved Ballot drop boxes available for voters Election Day is Tues day, Nov. 4. All ballots are due by 8 p.m. that day, 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 Macy Gibbs o n e s,” she adds. “ 1 like having conversations with all people and learning about the world and area around me.” M a cy ’s o fficial co r o n atio n w ill take place at the H eppner Cham ber o f C om m erce’s Town & Country Awards, Jan. 15, 2015. M ore inform ation will be available closer to the event. By Andrea Di Salvo Several local veterans w ere am ong a group o f 25 World War II veterans from E astern O regon to participate in a World War II Honor Flight to Wash ington, D.C. last month. Henry Krebs, 88, o f lone, and A1 Riney, 89, o f Hep p n er, a lo n g w ith w ives R obin K rebs and L inda Riney, spent four days be ing honored for their ser vice to their country nearly 70 years ago. Also making the trip was Robert Reid o f Irrigon, formerly o f lone and Heppner. K rebs served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater from 1944 to 1946, taking part in the South Philippines Liberation; he received several m edals for his service, including a P h ilip p in e L ib eratio n M edal w ith one B ronze Service Star and a Purple Heart. Riney also fought in the South Pacific, serving there with the U.S. Marines from 1941 to 1945. He fought at both G uadalcanal and Okinawa. The Gazette-Times was unable to reach Reid re garding his service record. Honor Flight o f East ern Oregon (HFEO) is one o f 117 regional hubs in 42 states participating in the national Honor Flight N etw ork (HFN) program h o n o rin g W orld War II veterans by taking them to Washington, D.C. to visit their National World War II Memorial. Linda Riney said that, in order to qualify for the flight, participants had to be W orld War 11 Robert Reid (left) and Henry Krebs at the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington. D.C. -Contributedphoto veterans and not have seen the World War II Memorial, which opened to the public in 2004. According to the HFEO w ebsite, alm ost 100,000 World War II veterans from across the nation have par ticipated in the HFN pro gram launched eight years ago. World War II veterans travel free o f charge in appreciation for their ser vice and sacrifice seven decades ago preserving our freedoms. “Guardians” as sisting the veterans pay for their own lodging, meals, and airline expenses. HFN operates totally on dona- tions; even the HFN staff donate their time. Many of the Honor Flight volunteers were Korean War and Viet nam War veterans. Henry K rebs said he learned of the opportunity to fly to D.C. in the Ruralite. “There was an article in there from the Honor Flight folks in Bend asking World War II veterans to submit their names,” said Krebs. “I filled a form out and mailed it in and they informed me sometime in May that 1 was on the list, but they only take 25. I wasn’t that high -See VETS HONORED/ PAGE SEVEN Health district goes forward with lone health center Bv April Sykes The M orrow County Health D istrict Board at their meeting Monday night gave th e ir okay for the district to proceed with the lone school-based health -See BALLOTS DUE TUES- center. DAY/PAGE TWO “ I believe they’ve got to have a facility,” com mented board member Barb Huwe, Irrigon. “I think this is very exciting.” G-T Trophy Corner M C H D C E O Da n Grigg put forth a business plan for the facility, which was created with input from all p articipating parties, including Grigg, lone Com m unity School Principal Sarah Crane-Simpson, di rector Sheree Sm ith and Diane Kilkenny from Mor row County Public Health, Kimberly Lindsay, director o f C om m unity C ounsel- ing Solutions, and Mary Ann Wren from Advantage Dental. According to the dis trict's lone School Based Health Center income anal ysis, on start-up M CHD is expected to lose over $21,000 as a result of the new enterprise, with a to tal budget o f $83,169. On start-up, M CHD’s income projections include $2,130 in net revenue from an es timated 15 medical visits and a $60,000 state grant. The first year o f operation, expenses are estimated at $79,678, but with a $5.883 gain for the year. Income for year one is estimated at $85,560 with $25,560 in income from 183 medical visits and a $60,000 state grant. Total second-year expenses are estimated at $81,124 with a $5,714 gain for the year with $26,839 for 192 patient visits and a $60.000 state grant. Year three projects 202 m edi cal visits with $28,180 in net revenue from medical visits and the $60,000 state grant. For $88,180 in net revenue and $82,616 in total expenses for $5,565 in net revenue. G rants, however, are not certain and depend on continuation o f the state program. -See HEALTH DISTRICT/ PAGE SEVEN Fall back Nov. 2 The days are getting shorter, and it's time to “ fall back.” The Gazette-Times would like to remind everyone to set their clocks back for the end of Daylight Savings Alien Osmin, 10, shot his second buck Oct. 15. Allen, who is in T ime this Sunday, Nov. 2. the ODFW mentored youth hunting program, shot the buck at Above: Ace marksman and experienced hunter Steve Peck 158 yards on Osmin Ranch. He is the son of Derek and Lora bagged this 25“ 4x5 mule deer buck in Little Potamus this past Osmin and the grandson of Frank and Cara Osmin. -Con rifle deer season. Below: Casey Fletcher, 13, bagged his first tributed photo buck the opening weekend of rifle season. Casey is the son of Andy and Andrea Fletcher of Lexington. -Contributedphotos Evan Kollman is shown with his first buck, a four point, shot at 200 yards in the Heppner Unit. Evan is the 13-year-old son of Brian and Amy Kollman. -Contributedphoto ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 pm Think with all these trophies, we don't have room fo r yours? Think again! We still want to hear from you. Stop hy to have your picture taken, drop o ff photos, or email them to editor(a)rapidserve net. Fourteen-year-old Colton Evans with the buck he shot recently. Colton went hunting with his cousins, Kandan and Taylor Evans, who also bagged a buck each. All of their bucks were bagged in the Fossil Unit. 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