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VOL. 134
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Rietmann named Fourth
of July grand marshal
By Andrea Di Salvo
Betty Rietmann of Ione
has been named this year’s
grand marshal for the Ione
Fourth of July parade, the
Fourth of July committee
has announced.
While not an Ione na-
tive, 84-year-old Rietmann
was grafted into the local
community vine decades
ago and is now a flourish-
ing and active part of Ione.
She was born and raised
on a farm near La Grande,
graduating from La Grande
High School in 1948 and
Betty Rietmann of Ione, long-time farm wife, teacher and com-
-See IONE GRAND MAR- munity activist, was named this year’s Fourth of July parade
SHAL/PAGE EIGHT grand marshal. –Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
City of
Hollomon retires after a lifetime full of
Heppner to Main Street memories
Di Salvo
her business, Willow Creek growing up, but attended they moved to Coos Bay,
begin stop By Andrea
With the retirement Realty, at the end of May. the same school throughout OR for a year, but didn’t
one business owner, Hollomon owned and op- high school. She graduated like it.
sign blitz of the
community says good- erated the business for 25 from Albany Union High
“Too wet,” she said.
bye to not only a
years. As impres- School in Albany, OR in “Too far from family.”
The City of Heppner re-
ports that it has been receiv-
ing an increased amount
of complaints regarding
drivers’ failure to stop at
stop signs.
“This is a very danger-
ous practice that puts other
drivers and pedestrians at
serious risk,” says Hep-
pner City Manager Kim
Cutsforth.
So, for the next two
weeks, the on-duty officer
will be patrolling in areas
where this problem is most
predominant.
The city also reminds
drivers that Oregon law is
clear in regard to obeying
traffic control devices. ORS
811.260(15) states that “A
driver approaching a stop
sign shall stop at a clearly
marked stop line, but if
none, before entering the
marked crosswalk on the
near side of the intersection
or, if there is no marked
crosswalk, then at the point
nearest the intersecting
roadway where the driver
has a view of approaching
traffic on the intersecting
roadway before entering it.
After stopping, the driver
shall yield the right of way
to any vehicle in the inter-
section or approaching so
closely as to constitute an
immediate hazard during
the time when the driver is
moving across or within the
intersection.”
The offense described
in this section, driver fail-
ure to obey a traffic control
device, is a Class B traffic
violation. The fine for a
class B traffic violation is
$260.
business but a local
sive as that length
institution. In fact,
of time is, however,
JoyceKay Hollo-
Hollomon has been
mon says she has a
a part of the fabric
unique distinction
of Heppner for even
in the Heppner busi-
longer.
JoyceKay
ness community.
While she has
“I’m probably Hollomon
been in the com-
the only woman in
munity for as long
town who has closed as as some remember, Hol-
many businesses as I have,” lomon is not a native of
she says. “This is the last of Morrow County. She was
four or five businesses I’ve born in Stevensville, MT
closed in Heppner.”
and raised, she says, in “lots
Hollomon, 74, is step- of towns.” She attended
ping out of the role of busi- nine different schools in
ness owner, having closed nine different communities
1959.
After high school, she
attended Merritt Davis
Business College in Sa-
lem. She then moved to
Portland, where she worked
as an IBM operator for the
state welfare commission. It
was while in Portland that
a cousin who was attending
barber school introduced
her to a fellow student from
Eastern Oregon, Jerry Hol-
lomon, whom she later
married.
After the couple was
married, Hollomon says
So, in November of
1962, the day their old-
est daughter turned three
months old, the young
family moved to Heppner,
where Jerry Hollomon set
up shop as a barber.
Hollomon says she
couldn’t find work in her
trade, so she worked a va-
riety of jobs throughout the
years, including working at
the Morrow County Court-
house and for Columbia Ba-
sin Electric. She helped set
-See HOLLOMON RETIRES/
PAGE THREE
Heppner native is working to make a
‘Home of Hope’ for children in Kenya
By Andrea Di Salvo
A Pendleton woman
with deep Heppner roots is
working to create a medical
clinic in Kenya.
Kristen Van Cleave, the
daughter of Tim and Myrna
Van Cleave, lived in Hep-
pner from her birth until
her sophomore year in high
school. She played sports
while in Heppner, excelling
in primarily in basketball.
She then went on to attend
Blue Mountain Community
College (BMCC) in Pend-
leton, graduating with a
degree in nursing in 2014.
Van Cleave, with her
registered nurse certifica-
tion in hand, travelled to
Kenya in November of 2014
with the idea of “checking
out” the health care industry
in that country. While there,
she received an opportunity
she never expected when
Daniel Bushebi, the director
of Home of Hope (HOH)
Kenya, shared with her his
vision of starting a clinic
for the rescued babies of the
new Dream Center.
“At first I didn’t think
I was qualified to assist in
this process due to my lack
of experience with health-
care in Kenya,” says Van
Cleave. “However, after
seeking direction from God
for the next step in my jour-
ney of nursing in Kenya,
God directed me to this
project and I am so excited
to be a part of something so
amazing.”
Since then, she says
she has had the opportunity
to learn more about health
care in the East African
country. That learning pro-
cess included volunteering
-See KENYAN CLINIC/PAGE Kristin Van Cleave’s path started in Heppner but has now
THREE taken her halfway around the world as she endeavors to bring
Ione Fourth of July Schedule
Friday, July 3, 2015
Golf Tournament, Willow Creek Country Club, Heppner, 10 am
Volleyball Tournament, Corner of Main and Spring Streets, 9 am
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Fireman’s Breakfast, Ione Fire Hall, 7-10 am
Creative Care PreSchool 5k Walk/Run ($10 Registration), Ione City Park, 7 am; registra-
tion/walk starts at 7:30 am
Topic Club Book Sale, Ione Fire Hall/Post Office Lawn Area, 9 am
Ken Turner Memorial Horseshoe Tournament, Horseshoe Pits, 9 am
3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, Main Street, 10 am
Craft Fair, Rietmann Building, Main Street, 10 am - 2 pm
Blues Cruise Car Show, Ione City Park, 10:30 am
Food Vendors/Information Booths/Raffle Tickets, Ione City Park, 11 am
Fish Pond, Frog Jump, Bike Raffle, Fire Hall/Park, 11 am
Altar Society Pie Sale, Ione Fire Hall, 11 am
Parade (Grand Marshal: Betty Rietmann), Main Street, 1 pm
Park Activities Begin—Dunk Tank, Duck Races, Money Pile, Photo Booth, Much More,
1 pm
Free Swimming, Ione Swimming Pool, 1:30-3:30 pm
Legion Auxiliary Baskets, Ione Market, Bidding Ends 3 pm
Blues Cruise Awards, Ione City Park, 3 pm
Talent Show, Amphitheatre Stage, registration 3 pm/show at 3:30 pm
Legion Auxiliary Baskets Winners Announced, Amphitheatre Stage, 4:30 pm
Featured Entertainment, Amphitheater Stage After Talent Show
The FrogHollow Band (6:30 pm) James Otto (8:30 pm)
Raffle Drawings, Amphitheatre Stage, 7 pm
Boat Trip Auction, Amphitheatre Stage, 7:45 pm
Fireworks Display, Visible throughout Ione, Dusk
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Jones
hired as
clinics
manager
By Andrea Di Salvo
Heppner patients who
may have missed the friend-
ly face of
receptionist
Kris Jones
at Pioneer
Memorial
Clinic the
past couple Kris Jones
of months
will be relieved to find she’s
back, though her role will
be more behind the scenes.
Morrow County Health
District has hired Jones,
44, as Manager of Primary
Care. According to MCHD
CEO Dan Grigg, Jones
will be manager of all three
district clinics, including
Heppner, Irrigon and the
school-based clinic under
construction in Ione.
Jones is originally from
Hermiston but has lived
for the past eight years in
Ione. She has been with the
health district for two years,
spending most of that time
at Pioneer Memorial Clinic
before transferring to the
Irrigon clinic about two
months ago. She started her
new positions as manager
June 15.
She says she is excited
about the new position,
though it will be an adjust-
ment; Jones says she still
likes to be on the “front
lines,” answering phones
and speaking with patients.
She says she expects to be
two days in Irrigon, two
days in Heppner, and one
day in Ione after the clinic
there opens, but that may
change depending on where
she is needed.
better healthcare to people in Kenya. –Contributed photo
Local man killed in Crook
County pickup accident
Cayle Krebs of Ione
was killed late Saturday
night when a pickup he was
riding in crashed in south-
ern Crook County.
According to Crook
County Sheriff’s Deputy
Mitch Madden, deputies
were dispatched about
11:45 p.m. Saturday to SE
Bear Creek Road, about 30
miles east of Bend and 50
miles south of Prineville,
for a reportedly fatal ve-
hicle crash.
A 2004 Ford F-350
truck had rolled over after
the driver lost control, ac-
cording to Madden. Two
of the three passengers
were riding in the bed of
Wreckage of the pickup that rolled in southern Crook County
late Saturday night, killing Cayle Krebs of Ione. -Photo courtesy
of Crook County Sheriff’s Office
the truck and were thrown
from the bed. One of them,
-See FATAL PICKUP
CRASH/PAGE FOUR
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