Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 25, 2016
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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
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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
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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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