NWS to hold free weather
spotter training in Heppner
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VOL. 134
NO. 10
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Wants residents to keep eyes on skies; weather
spotter network will help track storms
Volunteers are being
sought to participate in the
latest weather spotter train-
ing on April 20 in Heppner.
Weather spotters trained by
the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administra-
tion’s (NOAA) National
Weather Service (NWS)
are key volunteers who as-
sist the meteorologists by
providing up-to-date infor-
mation about storm activity.
“Spotters relay their re-
ports to the Weather Service
as they see it. This informa-
tion is used by forecasters
to track storms and alert
the public to dangerous
weather situations. Time
and time again, reports
from trained weather spot-
ters have saved countless
lives, especially during
heavy rain, thunderstorms
and wind storms,” states the
NWS website.
The Skywarn weather
spotter training is free and
will be held at Heppner City
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Heppner goes green for St. Pat’s
Hall, located at 140 NW
Gale Street, beginning at 6
p.m. The training is being
co-sponsored by Morrow
County Emergency Man-
agement.
This two-hour course
will include information
about the National Weather
Service, tornadoes, thun-
derstorms, flash floods,
dust storms, high winds
and winter storms. Students
who complete the course
will receive a training cer-
tificate.
More information
about the training is avail-
able by contacting Dennis
Hull at 541-969-7136 or
dennis.hull@noaa.gov. Ad-
ditional information is also
available at the National
Weather Service website at
weather.gov/Pendleton.
On the Inside...
Obituaries... PAGE TWO
Wee Bit O’ Ireland Pho-
tos... PAGE THREE
Sports... PAGE FOUR
A View from the Hill...
PAGE FIVE
DA’s Report... PAGE
FIVE
St. Pat’s Weekend Win-
ners... PAGE FIVE
Sports Schedules...
PAGE EIGHT
Sheriff’s Report... PAGE
EIGHT
Dog trial
coordinator
dies
This past weekend marked the 33 rd Wee Bit O’ Ireland Celebration in Heppner. The Monagle clan, pictured
top, was this year’s Great Green Parade grand marshal. Other weekend events included the Friends Helping
Friends Remembrance Walk (above) and the Irish boxing smoker (right). For more photo highlights of the
weekend, turn to PAGE THREE. -Photos by David Sykes, Sandy Matthews and Mallorie Jones
New gurneys make transport
safer for patients, medics
SAGE Center invites
area residents to new
PGE exhibit
Tragedy added a dark
note to the Wee Bit O’
Ireland festivities over the
weekend.
Saturday, March 14,
shortly before 7:30 p.m.,
Heppner Ambulance re-
sponded to a call regarding
a possible stroke victim at
Route 74 restaurant in Ione.
The victim was lat-
er identified as Karen
Mohney, 53, of Waitsburg,
WA. Mohney was the co-
ordinator of the Heppner
sheep dog trials. After being
transported by ambulance
and stabilized at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Hep-
pner, she was transported
by air to Harborview Medi-
cal Center, Seattle.
Mohney died Sunday
evening, March 15, at Har-
borview. Cause of death
was reportedly an aneurism.
Portland General Electric exhibit showcases
Northwest electricity generation, distribution
BOARDMAN—Area
residents are invited to the
SAGE Center to celebrate
the center’s newest interac-
tive exhibit, sponsored by
Portland General.
An open house will
be held Thursday, April
2, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the
SAGE Center, 101 Olson
Road, Boardman.
The utility and visitor
center have been working
for more than a year to
make the exhibit a reality,
showing the variety of ways
PGE generates electricity
and how that energy is dis-
tributed to customers.
The exhibit was fully
funded by PGE and in-
stalled Jan. 7.
Visitors can learn how
electricity demand is bal-
anced through multiple
modes of generation, the
energy required to run just
one household outlet, and
how electricity is distrib-
uted to customers.
Those planning on at-
tending are asked to RSVP
to Rachel DeRosia at Ra-
chel.Derosia@pgn.com by
Friday, March 27.
Area pastors invited to submit
Easter messages
Easter is April 5. The lished in the paper’s April
Morrow County Health District has purchased new Stryker gurneys for every ambulance in
Heppner
Gazette-Times in- 1 edition. The deadline is
Morrow County, reports Emergency Medical Services Coordinator Rusty Estes. The new gur-
neys are hydraulic with a 700-pound lift capacity. Estes says the purchase will make ambulance vites area pastors to submit Friday, March 27, at 5 p.m.
transports safer both for patients and the EMTs loading them onto the ambulance; medics Easter messages to be pub-
Messages can be
and drivers say they are excited to have the new gurneys. The purchase was made possible by
funding from CREZ (Columbia River Enterprise Zone), Wildhorse Foundation, and the MCHD
Board. Pictured (L-R): Boardman paramedic Devon Pulvino, EMS Coordinator Rusty Estes,
Boardman paramedic Del Turner and Irrigon paramedic Kelly Shelton. –Contributed photo
dropped off at the Gazette
office, emailed to editor@
rapidserve.net, or faxed to
541-676-9211.
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