Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Oregon Dairy Princess to appear at SAGE Center Thursday The Oregon Dairy Farmers Association has announced a special oppor- tunity for community lead- ers, school-age children and the general public to meet the 2015 Oregon Dairy Princess, Emma Miller, at the SAGE Center in Board- man on Thursday, Aug. 20, from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Miller is including the ap- pearance at the SAGE Cen- school-age children since ter in conjunction the first of the year. with her participa- These young ladies tion in the Morrow serve as industry County Fair in Hep- representatives in pner later the same the schools and to day. civic organizations Dairy Prin- throughout the year. cess Miller and Emma Miller Oregon’s Dairy her First Alternate, industry is com- Megan Sprute, have spo- prised of 230 producers ac- ken to more than 11,000 counting for more than $1 - THREE Marriage Licenses The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the following report of marriage licenses: August 12, 2015: -Michael John Hammons, 42, of billion in economic impact, Heppner and Angelina Marie Maret, 33, of Heppner. resulting in a fourth-place ranking among Oregon’s Ag and natural resource industries. Morrow County now ranks among the top dairy producing counties. The Oregon Dairy Heppner Church of the Nazarene and Seventh-day Farmers Association is lo- cated in Salem. The as- Adventist volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, Aug. sociation has been serving 19, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will include tuna dairy farmers since 1892. salad sandwiches, potato chips, tomato soup, broccoli salad, and banana cream pie. Hope and Valby Lutheran and All Saints Episcopal volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will be open-faced beef sandwiches, mashed potatoes and gravy, mixed vegetables, cucumbers and onions, and raspberry mousse. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is or would have been in a $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. feedlot are not eligible for livestock losses resulting from transporting water and ELAP does not cover the cost of the water itself. “I encourage livestock producers to contact the Morrow County FSA to The lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Com- make an appointment to merce originally scheduled for this Thursday, Aug. 20, sign up for ELAP and to has been cancelled to allow the community to attend the learn more about eligibility, Morrow County Fair activities. Chamber lunch attendees application and documen- are asked to RSVP at 541-676-5536 no later than the tation requirements,” said Wednesday before. Carnine. For more information on ELAP and eligible losses from transporting water, contact the Morrow County FSA office at 541-676- 9011. Community lunch menu ELAP covers losses from additional cost of transporting water to livestock Heppner–Morrow County USDA Farm Ser- vice Agency (FSA) Execu- tive Director Kyle Carnine reminds producers that as- sistance is available through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Pro- gram (ELAP) for produc- ers who have incurred ad- ditional operating costs for transporting water to livestock due to an eligible drought. An eligible drought means that part or all of a county is designated D3 or higher as defined by the U.S. Drought Moni- tor (www.droughtmonitor. unl.edu). The enrollment deadline for 2015 ELAP assistance is Nov. 1. ELAP provides emer- gency assistance to eligible producers of livestock, hon- eybees and farm-raised fish who have suffered losses because of disease, severe weather, blizzards and wild- fires. “Prolonged drought conditions have caused many hardships for pro- ducers including increased expenses associated with water transport—equip- ment, labor and contracted water transportation costs,” said Carnine. To qualify for ELAP, eligible livestock must be: Alpacas, adult or non-adult dairy cattle, beef cattle, buffalo and beefalo as well as deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, llamas, poultry, rein- deer, sheep or swine. Additionally, the live- stock must have been owned 60 calendar days prior to the beginning of the drought and be physi- cally located in the county designated as a disaster area due to drought. Adequate livestock wa- tering systems or facilities must have existed before the drought occurred and producers are only eligible if they do not normally transport water to the live- stock. Livestock that were Chamber lunch meeting Independent Party achieves major party status Community Bank pays more than $12,000 for good grades JOSEPH, OR—The fifth year of Community Bank’s Earn While You Learn Program has set an all-time high in pay-outs to student-customers for their academic success. For the 2015 pay-out period, 576 students in the East- ern Oregon and Southeast Washington area cashed in on their good grades, as Community Bank paid them a total of $12,581. In Heppner, 25 students were paid $602. Since the bank’s pro- gram began in 2011 the amount of payouts has steadily increased. In the first year of the bank’s Earn While You Learn Program just four years ago, 190 students were paid $3895. A total of $6,975 was paid to over 275 student-customers in 2012. A big increase occurred the following year with $11,173 paid out in 2013, and $11,939 to 531 students in 2014. This brings the program’s grand total of academic award money to $46,563. The program was de- signed to encourage stu- dents in their academic success by awarding them for good grades. During the months of June and July, all Community Bank branches accepted end-of-the-year report cards from students in grades one through 12. For every top grade in a main school subject (A-, A, A+ for middle and high school, and S+, E, etc. for grade school) that appeared on the report card, Com- munity Bank deposited $1 into their Community Bank Youth Savings Account. The Earn While You Learn Program is an annual reward of $1 per top grade, up to $50 annually per stu- dent, with payments given for the whole school year in June and July. ness Oregon, the Hermiston and Pendleton chambers of commerce, and PNDC have teamed up to bring you a supply chain program specifically designed to help manufacturers gen- erate new opportunities, new partnerships, and new awareness about suppliers and customers throughout the Northwest. To register, visit www.PNDC.us or call 888-701-PNDC. American Pickers to Film in Oregon – looking to come to our community: Contact the Heppner Cham- ber if you think you have something they would be interested in. Friday, Sept. 25 – 7:30 p.m. – Senator Bill Hansell Town Hall - Heppner City Hall Conference Room: Sen. Hansell will be talking about the legislative session as a whole, legislation that was passed that will affect Eastern Oregon, his plans for the following session and will hear issues that citizens are interested in. Chamber Chatter Thursday, Aug. 20 – 12-5 p.m. - American Red Cross Blood Drive at Mor- row County Fairgrounds. To schedule an appoint- ment or for more informa- tion, contact 1-800-RED- CROSS (1-800-733-2676) or email james.martinez@ redcross.org or call Rachel Holland at 541-561-4297. Tuesday, Aug. 25 – 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. – Supply Chain Opportunities Con- ference at the Hermiston Conference Center: Busi- Murray’s 19th Annual Beer & Wine Tasting Thursday,August20,2015 6:00–10:30PM MorrowCountyFairgroundsFair admissionrequired Price$10.00StarterPack 2drinktickets&takehomeglass Additionaltickets$5.00each St.Patrick'sAltarSociety Award Winning Wines From all over the World! Featuringreceiptsfromupcoming"TasteofHeppner" cookbook. BBQBeefDinner -BakedBeans -Coleslaw -Dessert -Drinks (Nonalchoholicdrinksavailable) $10-Adult $5-Kids10&under CometoastLaurieMurrayand SeanWoodfortheirupcoming WeddingSeptember5th ESPRESSO FAIR BOOTH SCHEDULE (Inside Fair Annex Kitchen) Tuesday 9-500 Wednesday 7:30-5:00 Thursday 7:30-4:00 Friday 7:30-5:00 Saturday 1-5:30 Be sure to bring lawn chairs! Jet Teas for the kids LiveEntertainment: JoeLindsayFamily/Friends: 6:00–8:00 PM LukeBasileandDakotaBrown: 8:00–10:30 PM Fair Menu includes breakfast items, gourmet espresso drinks, salads, pulled pork & BBQ beef sandwiches! 217 North Main St., Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 SALEM—Secretary of State Jeanne P. Atkins Monday announced that the Independent Party of Oregon has qualified to be a major political party and will be permitted to participate in the May 2016 Primary Election. In order to qualify as a major political party in Oregon, a party must have 108,739 registered voters 275 days before the 2016 May Primary. The Indepen- dent Party of Oregon had 109,363 registered voters as of Aug. 16, the deadline. Minor political parties will be able to participate in the November 2016 Gen- eral Election by nominating candidates after the May Primary. ODFW Recreation Report Anglers, bow hunters need to be aware of restrictions Many streams have 2 p.m. fishing closure The 2 p.m. closure of most streams to salmon, trout, steelhead and stur- geon fishing remains in effect. Exceptions include -Some streams will re- main open because they are less prone to high wa- ter temperatures. Read ODFW’s July 18 press re- lease and regulation update page for details. -Fishing in the Colum- bia River and Snake River is not affected by the action, and fishing hours in these areas will remain under normal regulations. -Due to exceedingly warm temperatures and fish die-offs, the Willamette River below Willamette Falls is closed all day to fishing for trout, steelhead, salmon and sturgeon. -Fishing for warmwater species such as crappie, bluegill, bass, catfish and walleye is unaffected by the action and may continue in all waterbodies. Archery seasons open Aug. 29 but with fire re- strictions Archery season opens Aug. 29. ODFW will not be closing the season due to high fire danger, but hunters may face restrictions and closures on private lands (as they usually do this time of year). See ODF’s webpage for restrictions and the Landowner / Cor- porate Closure Chart for information on private land closures. Also see ODF map of fire restrictions.