Lindsay honored for 50 years
on Port commission
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Larry Lindsay was
honored last week with a
luncheon at the Port of Mor-
row paying tribute to his 50
years as a Port of Morrow
Commissioner.
“It’s been a great hon-
or to be associated with
Larry,” Port manager Gary
Neal told the large gather-
ing.
Lindsay told how in
1967 the Port did not have
any employees or offices
and met at Boardman City
Hall. “It was a low budget
operation. We didn’t even
-See LINDSAY HONORED/ Larry Lindsay was honored at a luncheon last week. -Photo
PAGE FOUR by David Sykes
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Hintz
Irrigon makes push to keep county
named to
facilities
Commissioners weigh options, including moving to Boardman
‘Best &
By David Sykes
probation and sheriff’s de- commissioners asking that county may think buying
Several members of the partment. Commissioners all current services located the former BMCC building
Brightest’ Irrigon
community made and county staff are evaluat- in Irrigon be left there. She is a good move financially,
their
case
to the Morrow
ing several options, said 200 to 300 people had but may find expensive
list for 2017 County Commis-
one of which is to signed the petitions;
alterations are need-
Heppner graduate Zech
Hintz has made the list of
the 2017 Best & Brightest
Business Majors, as named
by Poets & Quants for Un-
dergrads, a social network
site for people interested
in undergraduate business
school education.
Hintz, who graduated
from Hep-
pner High
School in
2012, is a
student and
member of
the Class
of 2017
Zech Hintz
at Cornell
University’s Charles H.
Dyson School of Applied
Economics and Manage-
ment. He is majoring in
sioners last week,
purchase an emp-
that the county keep
ty Blue Mountain
its current offices
Community College
and services in Ir-
building in Board-
rigon, and not move
man and move all
them to Boardman.
or some of the ser-
The county is in Irrigon
vices there. The cur-
the process of evalu- community
rent facilities are
ating new expansion activist
too small and in too
Barbara
and building plans Huwe
poor a condition to
for services and fa-
continue to be used,
cilities located in
according to county
the north end of the coun- officials.
ty, including the planning
Irrigon community ac-
commission offices, VA, tivist Barbara Huwe pre-
county clerk, parole and sented a petition to the
however, some of
ed once purchased.
the petitions got lost
Huwe suggested
after she gathered
that the county look
them, so not all were
at building a new
presented to the
facility at the site of
commission at their
the current justice
weekly meeting last
court and planning
Irrigon City commission office
week in Irrigon.
Huwe said the Manager
site. She said a two-
offices are very Aaron
story building could
Palmquist
important to Irri-
accommodate all
gon’s economy and
the county’s needs
moving them to Boardman and keep the services in
would be a blow to the few Irrigon.
local businesses there are
-See COUNTY COURT/
PAGE THREE
left in town. She said the
Morrow County school board discusses
graduation requirements
By April Sykes
1-health, 3-arts, 1-career
The Morrow Coun- ed, 1 PE, 5-electives, 20
ty School Board adopted hours community service,
graduation requirements at plus other requirements.
its monthly meeting at the
-the standard diplo-
Morrow Education Center ma to students in grades
in Irrigon Monday night.
nine-12 who complete a
The board approved minimum of 26 credits as
requirements for four dif- follows: 4-English, 3-math-
ferent diploma types:
ematics, 3-social studies,
-the basic diploma, to 1-health, 3-arts, 1-PE, 2
students in grades nine-12 “career pathways” classes,
who complete a minimum 5-electives, down from
Morrow County Sher-
of 24 credits as follows: 7, 20 hours community
iff ’s Office arrested Ja-
4-English, 3-mathematics, service, plus other require-
son Kane
3-science, 3-social studies, ments.
Kissler, 35,
of Irrigon
on several
sex-related
charges
over the
weekend,
M C S O
Undersher- J a s o n K a n e
Kissler
iff John
The public is invited to the grand opening of the new
Bowles has
Blue
Mountain Community College workforce training
announced.
center
next Thursday, April 27, from 4-6 p.m. at 251
On April 15 at 4:52
Olson
Rd.,
Boardman.
a.m., MCSO received re-
The
newly-constructed
training center provides job
port of a disturbance at a
skills
workshops,
college
preparatory
classes for adults
residence off Depot Lane
and
customized
training
for
business
and
industry.
in the Irrigon area. During
Also
at
that
time,
BMCC
will
honor
Louie
and Betty
the course of the investiga-
Carlson
by
dedicating
the
main
conference
room
at this
tion, the reporting party,
new facility as the “Carlson Room” in their honor.
-See KISSLER CHARGED
The Carlsons will receive this honor because of all
WITH RAPE/PAGE THREE their past work on behalf of BMCC.
-See BEST & BRIGHTEST/
PAGE TWO
Irrigon
man
arrested for
rape
-the honors diploma
for college-bound students,
no D or F on transcripts,
pass grade 11 benchmarks,
maintain a 3.5 GPA or a
3.25 with a score of 1190
or their SATs or 24 on
their ACTs and credits as
follows: 4-language arts,
3-science, 3-math, 4-so-
cial science,1-health, 1-PE,
1-career education, 2-for-
eign language, 1-technol-
ogy, 1-fine arts, 9-electives,
12 college credits (Eastern
Promise/Dual Credit/Ex-
panded Options.)
-and the modified di-
ploma for students who
have demonstrated the in-
ability to meet the full set
of academic standards for
a high school diploma even
with reasonable modifica-
tions and accommodations,
has demonstrated an in-
ability to maintain grade
level achievement due to
significant learning and
instructional barriers; or
-See SCHOOL BOARD/
PAGE FOUR
‘Click it
or ticket’
in Morrow
County
next month
Morrow County Sher-
iff’s office will be running
a “Click It or Ticket” cam-
paign next month, MCSO
Undersheriff John Bowles
announced last week.
Morrow County depu-
ties will be focusing on
enforcement of safety belt,
distracted driving, speed
and
DUII (Driving Under the
Influence) laws at vari-
ous times and days during
the two-week campaign,
planned for May 15-28. The
campaign will be funded
through a grant from the
Oregon Department of
Transportation in partner-
ship with the Oregon State
Sheriff’s Association and
Oregon State Police.
In a press statement,
Bowles said the enforce-
ment is to address driving
fatalities while focusing
on traffic safety. Deputies
will be watching for over-
all seatbelt compliance,
speeding, and violations
of unlawful cell phone use
such as talking or texting
while driving.
“In recent years, lack of
safety belt use was a major
factor in 20 percent of mo-
-See CLICK IT OR TICKET/
PAGE FIVE
BMCC to hold grand MS Walk this Saturday
opening of Boardman
training center
Bunny Sightings
Teagan Roy, 6, takes a break from collecting Easter eggs to visit
with the Easter Bunny Saturday in Heppner City Park. The
daughter of Jake and Lindsey Roy of Heppner, Teagan was part
of the large crowd that turned out for the annual Easter egg
hunt at the park the day before Easter. -Photo by David Sykes
Sunset 5K
Walk/Run
next week
On Friday, April 28,
at 6:30 p.m. the Lexington
Grange will host a Sunset 5K
Walk/Run. The walk/run will
begin and end at the Grange
building (66296 Marquardt
Rd., Lexington). An ice cream
social will take place immedi-
ately following.
Pre-registration can be
done online at https://goo.gl/
forms/H8h7KJy3CXTfl5IX2,
or registration will start at 6
p.m. before the run. The run
will start at 6:30 p.m. The cost
for the run is $12 or $20 with
an event shirt.
Proceeds from this event
will go to Asher’s Army to help
with Asher Schonbachler’s
fight with Leukoystrophy 4H
Syndrome.
Heppner High student council officers (L-R) Taylor Hamby, secretary; Sophie Grant, vice
president; Kevin Murray, president; Jake Lindsay, publicity director; and Kolby Currin,
treasurer. The student council members are shown wearing their orange “join the movement”
bracelets, which were handed out to the entire HHS student body this week, to encourage sup-
port of Saturday’s MS walk. -Photo by David Sykes
By Sophie Grant, HHS
Representative for Eastern
Oregon Walk MS
The 19 th annual Eastern
Oregon Walk MS will be
held this Saturday, April 22.
Registration will begin at 9
a.m. at All Saints Episcopal
Church with the walk to
begin at 10 a.m.
The local high school
students are supporting
the walk by sporting the
national MS Walk “join the
movement” orange brace-
lets throughout the week.
Participants are encouraged
to form teams to walk, help-
ing raise money for MS
research.
MS stands for Multiple
Sclerosis, a disabling dis-
ease of the central nervous
system that disrupts the
flow of information within
the brain, and between the
brain and body. MS af-
fects more than 2.3 million
people around the world,
including members of our
community.
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