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Ione celebrates homecoming HEPPNER G T 50¢ azette imes VOL. 134 NO. 41 8 Pages Wednesday, October 28, 2015 The Ione Homecoming court presented a dazzling array under the Friday night lights as the school celebrated Homecoming last Friday. Pictured are Homecoming court members (L-R) Aaron Smythe, Susanna Teeman, Wyatt McNary, Alyssa Davis, Rory Barresse, Jessie Flynn, Rachel Holland, Markus Smith, Queen Frances Knop, King Jason Juarez, Donald McElligott and Katelyn Bass, with crown bearers Gage Heideman and Jovi Barresse in front. –Contrib- uted photo Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Interim CEO steps in for health district Lady Cards take district championship Search continues for new CEO, physician By April Sykes Interim Morrow Coun- ty Health District CEO Bob Houser attended his first MCHD board meet- ing in Lexington Monday night. Monday marked the last meeting with Chief Financial Officer Nicole Mahoney acting as CEO. At the meeting, the board approved the interim CEO contract term for a maxi- mum of nine months. Houser is recently re- tired as administrator of the Blue Mountain Hospital in John Day. Mahoney said that while the physician re- cruiting company hired by the district has reported no leads on physicians in- terested in positions with munity Clinic. The district MCHD, two physician’s has been seeking another assistants have indicated physician since the depar- interest in employment with ture of Dr. Betsy Anderson the district. in August. The district currently Mahoney said that Dr. employs two doctors on a Anderson has agreed to full-time basis, Dr. work occasionally Russ Nichols and for the district, cov- Dr. Dan Hambleton, ering the emergency two physician’s as- room when needed sistants, Sheridan and possibly during Tarnasky and John some clinic hours. A d a i r, a n d t w o Bob Houser Dr. Ken Wenberg nurse practitioners, has been taking Vicki Kent and Ei- emergency room leen McElligott. Nichols, call on Fridays and Mon- Hambleton and Tarnasky days, which, says Dr. Nich- work primarily in the Hep- ols, has been invaluable, pner clinic, Adair and Kent allowing the doctors to con- primarily in the Irrigon centrate on clinic patients Clinic and McElligott part- those days. Dr. Nichols said time in the new Ione Com- that Dr. Wenberg, however, has indicated that he will no longer be available for holiday call, since his fam- ily is no longer in the area, which will make the holi- day physician scheduling more difficult this year. “He has taken it (holi- day call) a lot in the past,” said Nichols. In other business, Ma- honey told the board that the hospital sewer line re- placement project has be- gun and is “moving along very quickly.” She said that the new lines are expected to be switched over and run- ning by this weekend. She also said that a “necessary easement” from The Lady Card volleyball team rocked its way into the top spot in the Big Sky Conference at the district tournament last week when it served up back-to-back wins against Condon/Wheeler and Dufur. With the championship slot, Ione also secured a bye on round one of the 1A state playoffs. The Ione volleyball team will play a second-round state playoff game this Saturday, Oct. 31, in Ione, time and opponent to be determined by round one -See HEALTH DISTRICT/ matchups on Wednesday. Pictured are Assistant Coach Ryan PAGE FIVE Rudolph (far back) with winning team members (back L-R) Renee Peterson, Susie Teeman, Hannah Padberg, Tatum Clark, Tristan Estabrook, Katelynn Bass, Morgan Orem, Maggie Flynn, Coach Brandi Orem, (front L-R) Rachel Holland, Jessie Flynn and Ann Rietmann. –Photo by Janet Holland One ‘tough’ lady honored in museum exhibit By Andrea Di Salvo Local cattlewoman Shirley Rugg was honored recently at a museum gala in Bend as part of an exhibit that features her portrait. Born in 1929, the 86-year-old Heppner wom- an is the epitome of what it means to be a ranching woman in the American west. She was born and raised in the Heppner area, daughter of Wavel and Frank Wilkinson. She says she has been working cattle all her life and will continue to do so “…as long as I can sit on a horse.” That early 20 th -Century ranching life was a difficult life, a life that bred rug- gedness in the people who Shirley Rugg shows off a copy of “Tough by Nature,” guarded by one of her faithful and ever-present canine companions. –File photo by Andrea Di Salvo lived it. And that inbred toughness apparently was what drew Eugene, OR- based artist Lynda Lanker to Rugg when she visited her in 1994 to capture her image for Lanker’s series on cowgirls and ranching G-T Trophy Corner -See TOUGH BY NATURE/ PAGE TWO Haunted Heppner is back Friday Because Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, the annual Haunted Heppner trick or treat event will be held this Friday, Oct. 30, from 2 to 5 p.m. to allow local businesses to participate. These busi- nesses will offer treats to costumed children who come by the stores, banks and offices. The partici- pating store fronts will display an orange sign that says “Welcome to Trick or Treat.” Stop by Heppner City Hall or call 541-676-9618 to request a sign or with any questions. Upper left: Madison Alldritt took this 3x4, her first buck, on the Boardman Tree Farm on Oct. 10. Madison, who celebrated her 14 th birthday since bagging her prize, is the daughter of Mike and Bridgett Alldritt. –Con- tributed photo Left: Reno Ferguson, 14, with his buck from the Columbia Basin Unit, a tall 2x2. Above: Sage Ferguson, 12, of Lexington with her first buck, a 3x4 taken in the Columbia Basin Unit. Sage and Reno are the children of Charlie and Jodi Ferguson. –Contributed photos County offices move to new building next week women. The result became part of “Tough by Nature: Por- traits of Cowgirls and Ranch Women of the American West,” published by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) at the Uni- versity of Oregon in 2012. Now, the images from that book are being featured in an exhibit at High Desert Museum in Bend. The 49 women’s por- traits in the collection were captured across 13 west- ern states and 19 years, and include media ranging from charcoal to oil pastel, The move is underway for county offices making the transi- acrylic and egg tempura, to tion to the new Bartholomew Building in Heppner. -Photo by lithograph and even dry- Andrea Di Salvo -See BARTHOLOMEW BUILDING/PAGE EIGHT ‘Fall back’ this Sunday, Nov. 1 The days are getting shorter, and it’s time to “fall back.” The Gazette-Times would like to remind everyone to set their clocks back for the end of Daylight Savings Time this Sunday, Nov. 1. Ballots due Tuesday Drop boxes open in Heppner, Lexington Election Day is right around the corner. All bal- lots are due by 8 p.m. Nov. 3 and must be received, not simply postmarked, on that day. Voters are reminded that only the Heppner and Lexington 24-hour drop boxes will be used for this election. Drop locations are as follows: Heppner: Courthouse parking lot (24 hours) or the Morrow County Clerk’s Office, Room 102 inside the courthouse. Open 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m., M-F and Election Day (Nov. 3) from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Lexington: 365 West Hwy 74 (Public Works Parking lot). Turn off Hwy. 74 onto Tom Street and left into the public works park- ing lot. Open 24 hours. Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 For farm equipment, visit our web site at www.mcgg.net