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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - THREE Lady Cards ly high IMESD announces 2016 Crystal Apple at state meet despite Award winners Proudfoot, Rietmann honored for Ione small team Ione sent three athletes to the OSAA 1A Track and Field State Championships last week at Hayward Field, Eugene. With only one athlete in the men’s events, Ione did not receive a team score. How- ever, Hayden Qualls made his mark by placing 10 th in the 3000 meter with a time of 10:05.22a. With two athletes in the contest, the Lady Cards man- aged to walk away with ifth place out of a ield of 36 teams. Individually, senior Jes- sica Flynn had an impressive run, placing irst in the 100m hurdles (16.57a prelims and 16.30a inals) and the 300m hurdles (48.88 prelims and 47.49 finals), and placing second in the long jump with a inals distance of 16-00.25 Senior Rachel Holland also contributed to the team score, placing sixth in the 600g javelin with 108-09. ELECTION RESULTS -Continued from PAGE ONE favored Callahan—Repub- Doherty 42 percent. New Circuit Court 6 th District Judge Jon Lieuallen received 54 percent of the votes in Morrow County, but he didn’t win in every precinct—opponent John Ballard took the majority in both Boardman and Irrigon, though by narrow margins. At the state level, Or- egon Democrats elected Bernie Sanders as their presidential nominee with 56 percent of the votes. Sanders won in most of Morrow County as well, ex- cept for Boardman, where Hillary Clinton had more supporters with 49 percent of the vote to Sanders’ 47 percent. Running unopposed for the Republican presi- dential nomination, Donald Trump garnered 66 percent of Morrow County’s vote compared to 64 percent statewide. His lowest sup- port in Morrow County was in Heppner, where he received 61 percent of Republican votes, while Irrigon gave Trump 72 percent of its votes. For U.S. Senator, Mor- row County numbers mir- rored those state-wide. Democrats elected incum- bent Ron Wyden as their candidate by impressive margins at both the state and county level. Indepen- dents in Morrow County put their support behind Steven Reynolds, though not unanimously, with only 44 of the vote county-wide compared to 42 percent at the state level. Mark Cal- lahan took the Republican nomination with 38 percent of the vote across Oregon and 40 percent of the vote in Morrow County. However, not all of Morrow County licans in Ione gave Sam Carpenter 44 percent of their vote over 37 percent for Callahan. In the Republican pri- mary for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Greg Walden handily beat out opponent Paul Romero to take the 2 nd district by slightly more than 80 per- cent at both the county and state levels. In the gubernatorial primaries, Brown swept the state Democratic nomina- tion with 85 percent of the votes, though she received only 63 percent of the votes in Morrow County. Slightly more than half of Morrow County Independents voted for Patrick Barney, though Cliff Thomason looks to be the front runner at the state level. Republican nomi- nee Bud Pierce took the lead in Morrow County with 38 percent of the vote compared to his 48 percent statewide. However, Alley found supporters in Hep- pner, where 38 percent voted for him compared to 36 percent for Pierce. On the whole, Morrow County Democrats dis- agreed with the state-wide election of Brad Avakian as their nominee for Or- egon Secretary of State, with all precincts except Lexington voting instead for Richard Devlin. Im- pressive numbers of Mor- row County Republicans threw their support behind Dennis Richardson as their secretary of state candidate, giving him 81 percent of the vote county-wide compared to 78 percent state-wide. The 2016 General Elec- tion takes place Nov. 8, 2016. PENDLETON—The people awarded were Pat InterMountain Education King, special education Service District (IMESD) teacher, Riverside Jr/Sr has announced the winners High School; Brenda Kit- of the 2016 Crystal Apple telson, irst-grade teacher, A.C. Houghton El- “Excellence in Ed- ementary School; ucation” Awards. Jody Marston, reg- Morrow and Uma- istrar, Riverside Jr/ tilla County winners Sr High School; were honored at an and Barbara Phil- event Tuesday, May lips head secretary, 17, at the Red Lion Tara Irrigon Elementary Hotel, Pendleton. School. Locals recog- Proudfoot A total of 45 in- nized for their work in education are Tara Proud- dividuals were honored this foot, student support at Ione month from the IMESD’s Community School, and component school dis- Betty Rietmann, reading tricts in eastern Oregon. volunteer at Ione Commu- The 2016 events mark the 17 th Annual Crystal Apple nity School. Other Morrow County “Excellence in Education” munity members. Winners Awards for Umatilla and are selected from these Morrow counties. nominations by school dis- Each year, the IMESD trict administration. partners with its “We are excited school districts to to congratulate each recognize outstand- of our Crystal Apple ing administrators, winners this year teachers, education- and are apprecia- al assistants and of- tive of their com- fice and building mitment to make a staff for their dedi- difference every day cation and commit- Betty for students,” said ment to students and Rietmann Michele Madril, for their willingness IMESD communi- to go above and beyond cations specialist. their regular duties. Nomi- More information nations are submitted over about the Crystal Apple a two-month period by Awards can be found at administrators, coworkers, www.imesd.k12.or.us/crys- parents, students and com- talapple/home. Agritourism workshop coming in June BOARDMAN—Have you considered adding a farm stand, farm tour, hunt- ing or camping, event ven- ue or lodging to your farm, ranch or garden business? The Eastern Oregon Visitors Association and Northeast Oregon Econom- ic Development District are partnering with Travel Oregon, the state tourism agency, to offer a free agri- tourism development work- shop June 21 and 22. Travel Oregon is bringing experts from across the state as well as tapping the knowledge of people within the region. Local landowners are invited to attend and learn how to plan a project, navi- gate the county and state regulations and permitting, and gain the most from mar- keting dollars and efforts. Hear about best practices and examples from success- ful operations, and discover how to be ready for visitors. The curriculum has been developed with input from the Umatilla and Morrow County agritourism project working group and is in- tended to be of value either to people just starting or those with an established agritourism business. The workshop takes place in Boardman and Hermiston. It begins June 21 at 1 p.m., at the Port of Morrow ofice in Boardman and includes a networking event at SAGE Center that evening. It continues at 8 a.m. at the new Eastern Or- egon Trade & Event Center in Hermiston. The free workshop is part of a year-long agritour- ism development project in Umatilla and Morrow coun- ties. The project is funded in large part by a Rural Business Enterprise Grant from USDA, administered by Northeast Oregon Eco- nomic Development Dis- trict. Lunch, snacks and beverages are provided. Contact Janet Dodson, Eastern Oregon Agritour- ism Development Proj- ect Coordinator, 541-786- 8006 or janetd@eoni.com, for more information on the presenters and course agenda. Register online at industry.traveloregon.com/ ruggedcountryATS. Pre- registration is required in order to have an accurate count for handouts and meals. WIND FARM HEARING -Continued from PAGE ONE tilla County should have been a separate application from the Morrow County project. Gilbert also said the ap- plication did not adequately address how transmission lines for the power gener- ated by the windfarm would be built. “There might be opportunity for condemn- ing property if Umatilla Electric handles transmis- sion lines,” she said. Previous to the start of the hearing the Facility Sit- ing Council told members of the audience that it was necessary to submit either written or oral testimony in order to be “eligible to participate in a contested case on this application.” The Oregon Department of Energy earlier had issued A public hearing on a proposed wind farm in Morrow County drew a large crowd at Board- man City Hall last week. Above, people listen to public testimony about the wind development. -Photo by David Sykes Siting website at: http:// a “Draft Proposed Order” wind farm. Complete information www.oregon.gov/energy/ that recommended the Sit- ing Council approve con- about the project is avail- Siting/Pages/WRW.aspx. struction of the Wheatridge able on the Energy Facility Free concert series in Boardman, Irrigon begins June 13 The cities of Boardman and Irrigon will begin their free Music in the Parks sum- mer concert series Monday, June 13. The irst performer of the year will be local favorite Dallin Puzey at the Boardman Marina Park at 7 p.m., located off of N. Main Street on Marine Drive. Dallin Puzey describes his music as light rock, al- though he can also be heard performing the likes of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. Dallin is self-taught on most of the instruments he plays, including the gui- tar, piano and harmonica. The Music in the Parks outdoor concert series is held each summer alternat- ing between Boardman and Irrigon Marina Parks. The concerts are free to the pub- lic and begin at 7 p.m. on Monday nights. The 2016 concert series runs through to August 22. Visitors are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets. Concessions will be available for pur- chase, courtesy of Judy’s Chuck Wagon. The Music in the Parks summer con- cert series is funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District and Portland General Electric and sponsored by the North Morrow Community Foun- dation. Additional dates and performers during the sea- son include 98% Angels in Irrigon June 20; country singer Zack Grooms in Boardman June 27; the steel drum band Bram Brata on July 11 in Irrigon; a juggling show “Juggle- mania” in Boardman July 18; 7-Wheel Drive in Ir- rigon July 25; Brass Fire in Boardman Aug. 1; the Dakota Brown Band Aug. 8 in Irrigon; Jamie Nasario in Boardman Aug. 15 and Fallout in Irrigon on Aug. 22. 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