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
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Colton went hunting with his cousins, Kandan and Taylor
Evans, who also bagged a buck each. All of their bucks were
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