‘Wee Bit o’ Ireland’…it’s a wrap!
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VOL. 135
NO. 13 8 Pages
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
New administrative building
dedicated
A large crowd illed the parking lot of the new Bartholomew Building in Heppner during the
administrative building’s dedication last Friday. The building was named for Alba Bartholomew,
Morrow County Judge and hero of the Heppner Flood, and several of the judge’s descendants
were present for the dedication. Though not made of the same blue basalt as the Morrow
County Courthouse, which was quarried at the Osmin Ranch, the $4.2 million building was
designed to blend with the historic structure next to it. The building opened for business in
November. Pictured above (L-R): Alba Bartholomew’s descendants Frances Coppinger, Gus
Wahner, and Nancy and Jerry Myers, and Morrow County Commissioner Don Russell. Below:
The Bartholomew Building. -Photos by April Sykes
Heppner’s 34th annual Wee Bit o’ Ireland celebration is over. See highlights from the week-
end PAGE FIVE. -Contributed photo
Final candidates ile for
county positions
Two more candidates chaired the Jefferson Soil he cowboyed in the Steens
have announced they will and Water Conservation Mountain area for four
run for county positions in District for several years, years before returning to
the May 17 primary elec- as well as the Trout Creek Pendleton in 1995 to work
tion.
Watershed Council. At the in his father’s business,
Jim Doherty has an- request of the state, he also Haddock Surveying. He
nounced he has filed for briefly chaired the Mid- obtained his own surveyor’s
the Morrow County Com- dle Deschutes Watershed license in 2001 and started
missioner Position 1; he Council. After returning to Witness Tree Surveying
will run against incumbent Morrow County in 1998, that year. Haddock, who
Leann Rea. Also
he served
lives in Pilot Rock,
filing before the
two terms on
completed Certiied
March 8 deadline
the Morrow
Federal Surveyor
was current Morrow
SWCD. He
Training in 2011
County Surveyor
now lives in
and was elected as
Steven Haddock,
Boardman,
county surveyor in
who will again run
where he has
2012, taking ofice
for the surveyor po- Jim Doherty b e e n s e l f - Stephen
in 2013. In his role
sition. Haddock is
employed as Haddock
as surveyor, both
running unopposed.
a rancher for
privately and for the
Doherty was born and the last decade.
county, he says he has dealt
raised in the southeast cor-
Haddock was born in extensively with various
ner of Morrow County but, Heppner, but his father was government bodies.
because it was easier than an engineer for the Forest
Other county positions
driving over Franklin Hill Service, and the family and candidates seeking
to Heppner, attended school moved every two years, election this May are: Mor-
in Pilot Rock. He graduated though always staying in row County Judge, Greg
Pilot Rock High School the area. They ended up in Sweek and Melissa Lind-
in 1983 and then went on Pendleton, where Haddock say; Morrow County Clerk,
to study production agri- graduated from Pendleton Bobbi Childers; Morrow
culture at Blue Mountain High School in 1981. He County Justice of the Peace,
Community College for then obtained an associate’s Annetta Spicer; Morrow
two years. He later went degree in electrical engi- County Sheriff, Ken Mat-
back to school to obtain a neering technology from lack; and Morrow County
bachelor’s degree in his- Blue Mountain Commu- Treasurer, Gayle Gutier-
tory and ag business from nity College, while working rez. All are four-year terms
Eastern Oregon University. summers surveying with his except for judge and justice
After high school, father. Haddock also spent of the peace, which are both
Doherty worked as a crops four years in active duty six-year terms.
manager for Madison and two years reserve in
The iling deadline for
Farms and then managed the U.S. Army, serving as a all positions was March 8.
a seed stock operation in diesel mechanic.
Voters have through April
central Oregon. He lived in
Despite his degree, he 26 to register to vote in the
Jefferson County for about decided he didn’t want to May primary election.
10 years. While there, he live in Silicon Valley, so
Local youth get direct line to help with Easter egg hunts this
Saturday in
common problems
Melissa Trombetta of
Oregon YouthLine stopped
in Heppner last Tuesday to
talk to junior high and high
school students about some
of the struggles they face
and the resources available
to help them.
Trombetta talked with
junior high students about
peer pressure, while she
gave high-schoolers a pre-
sentation on stress and ways
to cope with it.
Katy Stinchield, Com-
munity Counseling Solu-
tions supervisor for school-
based mental health and
school-based mental health
counselor for Heppner High
School, said Trombetta
traveled from Portland as
part of an extensive tour of
Eastern Oregon.
“ Vi a m y r o l e , w e
wanted to bring in the Or-
egon YouthLine to provide
more education and support
around common issues in
adolescence and promote
mental wellness,” Stinch-
ield said.
During the presenta-
tion, for instance, teens
were offered concrete meth-
ods to deal with stress, in-
cluding strategies for body,
mind and their social life.
As part of the presen-
tation, every youth also
received a lanyard with the
YouthLine number.
Heppner, Ione
Melissa Trombetta of Oregon YouthLine spoke to Heppner youth on peer pressure and stress
last week. -Photo by David Sykes
Like many crises lines,
YouthLine is a 24/7/365
service. Unlike other help
lines, Oregon YouthLine
offers teens confidential
peer-to-peer help from 4
p.m. to 10 p.m. YouthLine
explains in a brochure that
teens often turn to their
peers for advice, believ-
ing their parents wouldn’t
understand. YouthLine vol-
unteers, though teens them-
selves, receive 40 hours of
extensive training before
answering calls or texts.
Yes, texts. YouthLine rec-
ognizes the changing ways
teens are communicating,
and takes three times more
texts than calls during op-
erating hours.
The teens are trained in
mental health irst aid and
suicide SafeTALK, among
other things, in order to give
crisis and referral resources
for a variety of issues. They
are also supervised by cri-
sis line specialists who are
mental health professionals.
Concerns addressed on the
YouthLine range from peer
pressure or bad grades to
more serious concerns like
depression, bullying, and
even suicide. According to
the Oregon Health Author-
ity, in 2012 in Oregon, sui-
cide was the leading cause
of death among teenagers;
15 percent of YouthLine
callers call about suicide.
Oregon YouthLine is
a service of Lines for Life,
a nonproit that has been
working to prevent alcohol
and substance abuse, and
suicide, since 1993. Learn
more at oregonyouthline.
org. Youth can check out
the site, or contact the line
at 877-968-8491 or by tex-
ting teen2teen to 839863.
Oregon YouthLine is also
on Facebook and Twitter.
South Morrow
County children will
have two opportuni-
ties to ill their Easter
baskets this Saturday,
both at 10 a.m.
Ione’s annual
Easter egg hunt will
be held this Saturday
March 26, at 10 a.m.
in the Ione City Park.
Children up to the
fourth grade are in-
vited. The event was made possible by those who supported the
duck race on the Fourth of July and who have made donations
throughout the year; anyone wishing to make a donation may
do so at Bank of Eastern Oregon in Ione.
The Heppner Elks Lodge also will sponsor its annual
Easter egg hunt at the Heppner City Park this Saturday, March
26. Pictures with the Easter Bunny will begin at 9 a.m., with
the egg hunt beginning at 10 a.m.
On the Inside...
Obituaries... PAGE TWO
Easter Messages... PAGE THREE
St. Patrick’s Photos... Pages FOUR & FIVE
Mustang Golf... PAGE FOUR
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