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.