Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Med student with big aspirations
enjoys Heppner experience
By April Hilton-Sykes
started his own landscape
Medical student Blake business at a very young
Sullivan, 27, who just end- age.
ed his five-week stint at Pio-
Sullivan took
neer Memorial Clinic
time from his medi-
and Hospital, says
cal studies for an in-
that his experience
ternship at a jet pro-
in Heppner has been
pulsion laboratory at
great and mentors,
Pasadena, CA. At the
Drs. Betsy Anderson
planetary science lab,
and Russ Nichols, Blake
he worked on charac-
“awesome.”
terizing the Martian
Sullivan
Sullivan who has
environment.
a bachelor of science de-
Sullivan says he has
gree in molecular biology always been interested in
from Lipscomb University medicine, but if he had
at Nashville, Tennessee, not gone to med school,
grew up in Nashville with he would probably have
his mother who works for gone to culinary school
the state agriculture de- because he loves to cook.
partment, dad who is a His most recent culinary
nursing home administrator delicacy is pesto pasta with
and older brother, 32, who English peas and asparagus.
Besides cooking, he likes
hiking, running, exercising,
reading-“Unbroken” was
a recent good read”-and
spending time with his dog,
an Airedale terrier named
Charley.
Sullivan will soon head
into residency, ideally, he
says, at OHSU or Stanford,
with the ultimate goal of
going into practice at an
academic hospital in head
and neck surgery.
He says he has really
enjoyed his experience in
Heppner, adding that Pio-
neer Memorial Hospital is
the smallest hospital he has
ever worked at. He jokes
that it has been a challenge
trying to find something to
do in Heppner after 6 p.m.
though.
Church plans to gather a
‘Taste of Heppner’
St. Patrick’s women plan recipe collection to
raise funds for hall improvements
The ladies of St. Pat-
rick Church are putting
together a recipe book as
a fundraiser for parish hall
repairs. They say they hope
to title the book “Taste of
Heppner…And Surround-
ing Communities.” They
women plan to begin col-
lecting right away, and are
hoping to have everyone’s
recipes submitted by June 1
of this year. They say that,
if they can complete every-
thing by that June 1 dead-
line, they hope to have the
cookbooks by mid-August
or early September.
As part of this project,
they are calling on all cooks
out there—men, women
and children—to submit
their favorite recipes. They
say they will welcome as
many as people would like
to offer for publication in
the cookbook.
For ease and accuracy,
the ladies are asking but
not requiring that people
submit recipes by email at
stpats2015@hotmail.com.
“We are trying to elimi-
nate errors on our part if we
have them already typed
and proofread,” explained
Ashley Lindsay.
For anyone who does
not use email or who
would rather submit by
mail, they may do so by
mailing recipes to Ashley
Lindsay, 73968 Lindsay
Feedlot Lane, Lexington,
OR 97839. For recipes sub-
mitted by mail, the women
ask everyone to proofread
them after they are typed
and before they are sent to
the publisher.
Those submitting reci-
pes for publication are also
asked to include their name
or the name of the person
they received the recipe
from, as well as an indica-
tion if they have an interest
in purchasing a cookbook
at a later time.
“It is also not a require-
ment for us to know if you
plan to purchase a cook-
book; it only gives us an
idea of how many we may
need to order when the time
comes,” added Lindsay.
The women of St. Pat-
rick’s Catholic Church say
they hope, after receiving
the cookbooks, to sell them
at a couple of the farmer’s
markets this summer, pos-
sibly at the Morrow County
Fair, and also in Murray’s
Drug. No price had been set
for the cookbooks, but they
estimate that the purchase
price to the public will be
around $20.
Questions, please con-
tact Jill Miller at 541-989-
8468 or Ashley Lindsay at
541-379-4079.
Bank of EO offers scholarships
“Bank of Eastern Or-
egon will again offer 20
$500 agriculture/business
scholarships for graduating
high school seniors in Hep-
pner, Ione, Arlington, Con-
don, Boardman, Irrigon,
Spray, Fossil, Burns, Crane,
John Day, Monument, Long
Creek, Dayville, Mitch-
ell, Moro, Prairie City,
Enterprise, Wallowa, and
Joseph,” announced Jeff
Bailey, president and CEO
of Bank of Eastern Oregon.
This marks the 23 rd
year the bank is sponsor-
ing the $500 scholarships
to students.
“Through the years, we
have awarded approximate-
ly $117,500 in scholarships.
We are proud of our gradu-
ates and pleased to continue
offering the scholarships to
the talented and deserving
recipients in our market
area,” said Bailey.
Applicants must plan
to enroll in college in either
agriculture or business.
Selection will be based on
scholarship, leadership and
citizenship.
Applications can be
picked up from school
counselors or at a branch
of Bank of Eastern Or-
egon, or applications can
be downloaded online at
beobank.com. The deadline
to submit applications is
May 1, 2015.
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HES announces Colt
Character Awards
Recipients of the Colt Character Award for January and February at HES were honored at
an assembly on March 4. The character trait was “Treating Others the Way You Like to be
Treated,” and included traits such as friendship, empathy, respect and cooperation. –Con-
tributed photo
Heppner Elementary
School has announced the
Colt Character winners for
January/February, 2015.
Those awarded are as fol-
lows, by class:
Mrs. Morris (Kinder-
garten)—Caige Chandler,
Keaton Coiner, Jaysi Dom-
pier, Healy Hisler, Avree,
Lathrop, Claire Lindsay,
McKenzie Maben, Zariah
Martin, Hailey McDaniel,
Lita Nelson, Ashli Paullus,
Alakae Rodriguez, Patrick
Wolford.
Mrs. Matteson (Kinder-
garten/First Grade)—Paige
Beebe, Mariah Combe,
Caleb George, Faith Hols-
inger, Wyatt King, Lily
Nichols, Rylee Palmer,
Maya Payne, Natalie Piper,
Sophie Rodriguez, Tripp
Stewart, Logan Turner.
Mrs. Stewart (Second
Grade)—Ally Green, Zach-
ary Brown, Jackson Coin-
er, Dylan Dickens, Sierra
Greenup, Kadie Henrichs,
Hallee Hisler, John Lind-
say, Keeley Narins, Damien
Sheoships-Ball, Amelia
Manning.
Mrs. Coiner (Third/
Fourth Grade)—Jennie
Adams, Ethan Delibertis,
Shaylyn DeLoach, Caden
George, Reece Gorham,
Brenden King, Irelynn
Kollman, Amber Manning,
Zandra Masterson, Landon
Mitchell, Dusty Robin-
son, Kyler Wilson, Arianna
Worden.
Mrs. Gibbs (Fourth
Grade)—Hayley Akers, Ty
Boor, Adan Guerra, Jake
Lentz, Paul Lindsay, Ireland
Martin, Trevor Nichols,
Madison Palmer, Camryn
Scrivner, Hailey Wenberg,
Brook Wilson, Katie Wil-
son, Daemon Worden.
Mrs. Piper (Fifth
Grade)—Mark Adams,
Harley Anderson, Kylie
Boor, Kason Cimmiyot-
ti, Kaden Combe, Cody
Fletcher, Hannah Green,
Kassidy Henrichs, Miracle
Holsinger, Coen Little,
ZaBrena Masterson, Au-
briana Rodriguez, Joseph
Sherman, Derrick Smith,
Jett Stewart.
Mrs. Dowdy (Sixth
Grade)—Madison Ash-
beck, Roy Collins, Grac-
ey DeLoach, Kendall
Dowdy, Sage Ferguson,
Brinley Furrer, MacKenzie
Gurinko, Hayden Hyatt,
Marlee Mitchell, Madelyn
Nichols, Hannah Palmer,
Diana Rodriguez, Serenity
Rodriguez, Gen Smith, Ai-
mee Turrell, Jayden Wilson,
Sydney Wilson.
USDA reminds Morrow County
producers of March 15 sales closing
date for noninsurable crops
HEPPNER—The Ex-
ecutive Director for the
U.S. Department of Ag-
riculture (USDA) Farm
Service Agency (FSA) in
Morrow County, Kyle Car-
nine, urges producers who
want to purchase coverage
through the Noninsured
Crop Disaster Assistance
Program (NAP) to do so
before the sales closing date
of March 15.
NAP provides financial
assistance to producers of
noninsurable crops when
low yields/grazing loss,
loss of inventory or pre-
vented planting occur due
to natural disasters includ-
ing drought, freeze, hail, ex-
cessive moisture, excessive
wind or hurricanes.
In order to meet eli-
gibility requirements for
NAP, crops must be non-
insurable, commercially-
produced agricultural com-
modity crops for which the
catastrophic risk protection
level of crop insurance is
not available.
The Agricultural Act
of 2014 (the 2014 Farm
Bill) allows producers to
choose higher levels of
NAP coverage. Previously,
the program offered cover-
age at 55 percent of the
average market price for
crop losses that exceed
50 percent of expected
production. Producers can
now choose higher levels of
coverage, up to 65 percent
of their expected produc-
tion at 100 percent of the
average market price. It
is important to note that
the higher coverage is not
available on grazing crops.
The following crops
in Morrow County have a
NAP application closing
date of March 15: beans,
broccoli, camelina, can-
taloupe, cauliflower, cu-
cumber, lentils, mustard,
peas, pumpkin, safflower,
sunflower, squash, tomato
and watermelon.
“NAP policies allow
producers to protect their
investment by purchas-
ing coverage for noninsur-
able crops,” said Carnine.
“Natural disasters are an
unavoidable part of farm-
ing and ranching and FSA
programs like NAP help
producers to recover when
they experience a loss.”
Eligible producers must
file the application and pay
a service fee by the March
15 deadline. Producers also
pay a fixed premium for
higher coverage. Begin-
ning, limited resource and
underserved farmers may
request a waiver of the ser-
vice fee and a 50 percent
premium reduction when
the application for coverage
is filed. For more informa-
tion on NAP, service fees,
premiums and sales closing
dates, contact the Morrow
County FSA office at 541-
676-9011 and visit the web
at www.fsa.usda.gov/nap.
Justice Court Report
Morrow County Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer has released the following Justice
Court report:
-David Heagy, 55, of Salem was found guilty of Violating the Basic Rule 73/55
and was fined $160.
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