Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Elks’ Most Valuable Student
Scholarships awarded
The Heppner Elks
Lodge #358
reports it is
pleased to
announce
the winners
of the Elks
Most Valu-
Oskar
able Stu-
Peterson
dent Schol-
arship. The
scholar-
ships are
awarded
each year
to well-
qualified
Kelly Wilson high-school
seniors
based on
scholarship,
leadership,
community
service,
extracur-
Lauren
ricular ac-
Garrett
tivities, fi-
nancial need and an essay.
Locally, the Heppner lodge
was able to award one male
and four female scholar-
ships totaling $2,500.
The recipients are:
Men:
1. Oskar Peterson, $700
Women:
1. Maddie Lindsay,
$700
2 . ( Ti e ) M a k e n z i
Hughes, $400
2. (Tie) Lauren Garrett,
$400
3. Kelly Wilson, $300
Oskar Peterson was
also selected fourth in the
district competition out of
27 other applicants. Though
the honor didn’t yield any
more money, he is still rec-
ognized for his effort.
Local Elks representa-
tives say many outstanding
young men and women
competed for awards this
year. The committee says
it appreci-
ates all the
applicants’
impressive
brochures
and encour-
ages them
to apply for
the upcom- Maddie
i n g E l k s Lindsay
Legacy
Scholar-
ships and
Buchanan
Memorial
Scholar-
ships.
F o r Makenzi
m o r e i n - Hughes
formation
about those scholarships,
contact scholarship chair-
man Tim Dickenson at
541-676-8990 or dicken-
sonchiro@centurytel.net.
CREZ APPROVES $1M
An outstanding treat for
outstanding students
Outstanding Ione elementary students celebrated the end of the quarter with ice cream. Stu-
dents who got to enjoy the treat were Ola Rietmann, Maricarmen Aguilar, Matthew Eubanks,
Grace Ogden, Seth Grigg, Emily Ehrmantraut, Haylie Peterson, Morgan Alldritt, Taylor Rol-
lins, Michael McElligott, Martin Mendoza, Martin Medina, Finn Simpson, Katie Spivey, Lily
Ried, Sophie Qualls, Carter Epperson, Brionna Serrano, Lizzy Doherty, Bryce Rollins, Joselyn
Hall, Karensa Jones, Maddie Orem, Abby Bolanos and Ariona Looney. –Contributed photo
Ione blood drive sees good
turnout
Ione High School’s ASB has
given a big shout out to the
more than two dozen vol-
unteers who donated blood
during their Red Cross blood
drive Tuesday, Jan. 20, in the
Ione High School gym. Among
the participants who made the
blood drive a success were
intrepid teachers Steve Scha-
ber (left) and Erin Heideman
(right). –Contributed photos
-Continued from PAGE ONE training program, and the tives from the four desig-
ing,” she said. “Providing
well over a million dollars
to those efforts will bring
visible results.”
Upon the distribution
from the CREZ board, each
respective organization is
responsible for using those
funds for specific projects
or grant programs.
The funds were distrib-
uted as follows:
-$350,000 to the Mor-
row Education Foundation:
$100,000 of that money
will be used for a workforce
Morrow Education Foun-
dation will determine how
the remaining $250,000 is
disbursed.
-$250,000 to hous-
ing programs in Morrow
County communities:
$100,000 to Willow Creek
Valley Economic Develop-
ment Group (WCVEDG),
$100,000 to Boardman
Community Development
Association (BCDA) and
$50,000 to Irrigon.
-$300,000 to public
safety entities: Representa-
nated public safety agen-
cies—Boardman Rural Fire
Protection District, Board-
man Police Department,
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office and Morrow County
Health District—decided
to split the money evenly
with $75,000 to each orga-
nization.
-$250,000 to commu-
nity enhancement proj-
ects: $75,000 to WCVEDG,
$75,000 to Irrigon and
$100,000 to BCDA.
Nordic ski club on the hunt for
good powder
Arbuckle Nordic Ski Club members say it is getting more difficult to find adequate snow con-
ditions but the club recently managed to have a good, sunny ski in the Mallory Creek drain-
age, just south of Highway 53. Pictured (L-R) are participants Mahaley Huddleston, Molly
Rhea, Luanne Brownfield, Steve Rhea, Dan Van Liew, Bill Ewing, Steve Brownfield and Terry
Harper. –Contributed photo
Osborne named to honor roll at Bismarck
State College
BISMARCK, ND—
Dustin Osborne, Irrigon,
has been named to the
President’s Honor Roll for
Local residents warned to be on
guard against phone scam
By Andrea Di Salvo
Local residents need to
be on their guard against
a computer-repair phone
scam, says local computer
repairman Pat Struthers.
Struthers says the scam,
which has been ongoing
since around 2007, targets
people with concerns over
how their computers are
functioning. Struthers says
the scammers always call
during the daytime, and
seem to target mostly older
people.
In the last several years,
he says he has heard of
50-60 people—four to five
people this month alone—
who have received phone
calls from a person claim-
ing to work for Microsoft.
That’s the first red flag, says
Struthers.
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Microsoft would ever do,”
he says.
The caller will than tell
the person that Microsoft
has detected something
wrong with their computer,
and the caller needs access
to the computer to fix it.
“Windows generates a
lot of benign error messages
all the time,” Struthers says,
“So it can be easy for an
unscrupulous person to
convince someone there’s
a problem.”
Once they’ve con-
vinced people they are le-
gitimate, the callers have
their target go on their com-
puter and give them remote
access so they can “fix” it.
At first, says Struthers,
the service seemed some-
what legitimate, but, “I
haven’t run into anyone
where they’ve fixed any-
thing.”
In fact, the opposite
is true. Struthers says the
company’s so-called ser-
vices usually create more
problems for the computer
owners. Locally, he says
he’s had to go in and clean
up those problem on several
of his customers’ comput-
ers. Also, the company
installs software that allows
them to access the person’s
computer at any time.
The scammers ask for
payment up front, then
charge anywhere from
$250 to $350 a year for
their services. They also
charge more every time
the customer calls for an-
other problem. That, says
Struthers, makes this one
expensive scam.
Morrow SWCD to meet
The Morrow SWCD
will hold their regular meet-
the Fall 2014 semester at a 4.0 scale while enrolled in ing on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 6
Bismarck State College.
at least 12 semester hours of p.m. at the Ag Service Cen-
ter Conference Room, 430
Students must maintain classes to qualify.
W. Linden Way, Heppner.
at least a 3.5 grade point on
Time will be set aside at
the beginning of the meet-
ing to receive comments
from the public.
Agenda items include
minutes of the Jan. 6 an-
nual meeting and regular
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monthly meeting, treasur-
er’s report for January, sta-
tus of funding agreements,
staff reports and partner
reports. The main item on
the agenda will be continu-
ing discussion and develop-
ment of the district’s long-
range plan.
A board position rep-
resenting the Irrigon area
is currently vacant. The
SWCD stressed that land-
owner representation from
all areas of Morrow County
is essential in order to con-
serve, protect and develop
soil, water and other natural
resources for the economic
and environmental benefit
of the resources of Morrow
County.
Meetings of Morrow
SWCD are open to the
public.
IT’S A CELEBRATION!
ERNIE McCABE’S
90th BIRTHDAY
Please join us!!
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Heppner Elks Club
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
He gives the best hugs and handshakes, so if you
remember him as a boy or young man growing up in
Ione; as the butcher or store owner at Central Market;
for his Christmas lights; as Marissa’s, Michael’s, Matt’s,
Mark’s, Jennifer’s, Sara’s, Emily’s,
Maisie’s, Lionel’s, Jane’s, Andrea’s, or
Eric’s Grandpa; as Uncle Ernie, Ern, Mac,
Clyde or another name you would like
to share; or just because, please come
and collect a hug or a handshake and
wish him a happy 90th birthday.
No gifts, please.
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