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Electric car charging stations to be installed in Heppner, Ione HEPPNER G T 50¢ azette imes VOL. 135 NO. 23 10 Pages Sandford wins state title, to try for national queen title D e n v e r, C O — I v y Sandford, an 11 th -grade student at Ione Community School, has earned a posi- tion on the Oregon National High School Rodeo team and will be traveling with her teammates to Gillette, WY July 14-23 to compete at the 68 th annual National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) in the queen com- petition. Sandford won the title of Miss Oregon High School Rodeo Association in Prineville at the high school rodeo finals last Friday. This is Sandford’s second year attending the NHSFR with her team, and she says she is looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones while Ivy Sandford in Wyoming for the 12- day competition that ac- companies the seven-day rodeo performances. She will compete in personal interview, horsemanship, impromptu questions, mod- eling, written test, appear- ance and speech. Last year, she competed alongside 44 other young ladies for the coveted title of Miss Na- tional High School Rodeo Association Queen, placing Wednesday, June 15, 2016 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon By David Sykes The City of Heppner has agreed to help Colum- bia Basin Electric Co-op (CBEC) in its effort to install an electric car charg- ing station in front of the library on Main Street. Josh Coiner of CBEC asked the city council at its meeting Monday night if it would consider contributing some manpower and sidewalk work in installing the char- ger. “We are asking for in- kind donation of labor from the city,” Coiner asked the council. He said a portion of the sidewalk in front of Time to hit the pool... Despite the chilly weather this week, a few hardy souls took advantage of the Heppner pool, which opened for the season last weekend. The Ione pool opens this week (see PAGE FIVE for more information on the Ione pool). -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo School district to conduct lead testing By April Sykes Testing for lead has been planned for all schools in the Morrow County School District, MCSD Superintendent Dirk Dirk- sen told the board at its regular meeting in Heppner Monday night. Testing will begin at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, June 22, at Heppner Elementary and Heppner High School. Testing for A.C. Houghton Elementary, Irrigon, Irrigon Elementary, Irrigon High School, Morrow Education Center, Irrigon, the north See QUEEN IVY/PAGE THREE district ofice building, Sam Boardman Elementary, Windy River Elementary, Boardman, and Riverside High School, Boardman, will get underway Thurs- day, June 23, beginning at 6 a.m. Dirksen said that re- sults should be available a week to 10 days following testing. Results will deter- mine the action to be taken, if any. Awareness of lead con- tamination was initially prompted by news stories of lead contamination in Michigan. The Oregon De- partment of Education and the Oregon Health Author- ity, responding to Governor Kate Brown’s directive, recently recommended that all school districts and child care programs test drinking water this summer as part of a statewide plan to reduce student exposure to lead. Also at the meeting, the board, following a budget hearing, adopted a $39,312,210 2016-17 budget and made appropria- tions. Details are as follows: General Fund: Instruc- tion-$15,163,964, Sup- -See SCHOOL DISTRICT/ PAGE FOUR New practitioner at Heppner clinic By Andrea Di Salvo The Morrow County Health District has a new doctor—though not an MD. Family nurse practitioner Betty Hamill holds, among other accreditations, a Doc- tor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP), as well as being a certiied nurse prac- titioner (FNP-C) and a reg- istered nurse (APRN). Hamill, 57, was hired by the health district in April to begin work at MCHD clinics June 1; she will help ill the gaps left by the departure of Dr. Betsy Anderson last year and the impending retirement of physician’s assistant Sheridan Tarnasky. Hamill says she will work mainly at Pioneer Memorial Clinic in Heppner, with the under- standing that she will ill in at Ione and Irrigon clinics as needed. “I haven’t visited the other clinics yet,” she says, “but I’d like to. I’d like to meet the other practitio- ners.” She also says that, after some recertification and additional training, she will teen working with nurse most likely cover some on- practitioners, most notably call duties for the Pioneer on the Navajo and Hopi Memorial Hospital reservation near emergency room. Tuba City. In 1979, Among some of at the age of 20, she her areas of exper- earned her associ- tise are learning and ates degree as an evaluating research. RN from Northern “Research is be- Arizona University. ing done and it’s Betty Hamill “I wasn’t able to taking sometimes go in bars and buy as long as 17 years a drink, but I could to be used. My job is to in- give IV morphine to pa- tegrate research faster,” she tients,” she recalls. “I don’t says, though she adds that have a habit of spending some research, while look- time in bars, but I always ing good on paper, turns out thought that was funny.” not to be practical for real- She then moved to Du- life application, something rango, CO, where, among she also has to consider. other things, she worked She also says she works with members of the Ute with evidence-based medi- tribe. She then spent some cine, “Why are we doing time back in Arizona help- this? Is there a better way?” ing out family before going she explains. on to attend Southern Or- Hamill is used to wear- egon University in Ashland. ing many hats. She comes “My husband and I to Morrow County most took turns going to school,” recently from Eugene, OR, she says of that time. She but has a history of work spent some time working and training throughout at Rogue Valley Medical the western United States. Center, mainly in different She was raised in Arizona, intensive care units, and where she spent time as a obtained her bachelor’s ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. the museum and library car owners’ smart-phone would have to applications, and be excavated and on the Travel Or- re-poured to ac- egon and Oregon commodate the Tourism web- charger. sites, so those In a letter to who own electric the city CBEC cars will know General Manager where they can Thomas Wolff recharge. After said four of the hearing the pro- units will be in- posal, the council stalled in the co- voted to assist in op service area the placement of including one the car charging each in Condon, stations. Fossil, Heppner In other and Ione. He business the said each unit council learned will cost about it needed to set $13,700 to pur- a second public chase and install; hearing on the however, after an city budget, as a Oregon energy portion of the last tax credit appli- published budget cation, that cost was left out and drops to about therefore incor- $9,590 per unit, rect. The council and according will meet next to the co-op that Monday, June cost will drop 20, at 5:30 p.m. even more. at city hall for the “The cost of Electric car charg- public hearing on the car chargers ing stations like this the 2016-2017 will ultimately are set to be installed city budget. be lower than not only in Heppner In other busi- stated due to in- and Ione, but also in ness the coun- kind and cash Condon and Fossil. cil heard that c o n t r i b u t i o n s -Contributed photo the Chase Street from city, county, paving project and chamber entities,” ac- will be moving forward. cording to a co-op spokes- An exact date has not been person. set; however, residents of “CBEC is asking the Chase will be notiied when city council for inancial as- the paving is going to take sistance in putting this unit place and asked not to use into place. We understand the street on that day. the city is on a very tight The council also passed inancial budget. Could the a motion accepting a three- city contribute in-kind labor year contract with Barnett services? A short trench and and Moro, PC to audit the re-pouring of a short section city’s inancial statements. of sidewalk will need to be The price will be $10,600 accomplished,” Wolff said. per year, with adjustments “CBEC would provide all made each year for in- materials,” he said. creases in the consumer Coiner told the council price index. there are no ChargePoint The council also heard brand charging stations for from City Attorney Bill electric cars between The Kuhn, who praised the city Dalles and Boise; however, staff for their good job in there are other brands of helping Community Coun- chargers available for use seling Solution locate their between these two points. new facility on Sperry St. He said it takes between in Heppner. four and six hours to charge “This is a $2 million a car and the cars normally building that could have have a range of 170 to 200 been located outside of miles. Heppner. I think it speaks Wolff said the loca- highly of the city admin- tions of the charges will -See CITY COUNCIL/PAGE be published in all electric THREE Lankford promoted to EUC engineering manager degree in 1988. The couple then moved to Portland so Hamill’s husband could in- ish his own master’s degree. Over the years she says she got a variety of experi- ence, working not only in hospitals, but also at Washington County Jail, in community health and in home health. She also took some time to raise her sons before returning to school at the University of Portland. Not only did she spend ive years completing the doctorate program there and doing clinical rotations for school, she also worked part time and then went through a divorce, having to transition to life as a single parent. “It was a very busy time,” she says. “It was Joshua Lankford of elor’s degree in electrical Lexington has been pro- and computer engineering moted to Manager of Engi- from Portland State Univer- neering at Umatilla sity, and a Master of Electric Coopera- Engineering degree tive (UEC). in transmission and Lankford over- distribution from sees a staff of 10 Gonzaga University. providing engi- In May 2016, he neering and related completed the Na- services for UEC’s tional Rural Electric 2,300-mile trans- Joshua Cooperative Associ- mission and distri- Lankford ation’s Management bution system. Internship Program The utility is expanding at the University of Wis- and rebuilding its system as consin. He is a registered power sales have increased professional engineer in 70 percent in the last ive Oregon. years. UEC completed its Lankford is a Heppner 30 th substation, located at High School graduate. He the Port of Morrow, in and his wife, Kaley, live 2015. Planning for its 31 st near Lexington. substation, in east Hermis- Lankford succeeds ton, is underway. Robert Echenrode, who Lankford joined UEC began his new duties as -See NEW PRACTITIONER/ as a distribution engineer UEC’s general manager and PAGE FIVE in 2009. He has a bach- CEO in March 2016. FATHER'S DAY SPECIALS WRANGLER ORIGINAL COWBOY CUT JEANS 13MWZ $21.95 ON SALE 10% OFF DANNER & GEORGIA BOOTS ALL OTHER MEN'S CLOTHING 25% OFF MAK E DAD HAPP Y Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed 242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main ofice)
