Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 31, 2017
MCSD introduces new online
school-at-home program
HEPPNER—The Mor-
row County School District
has announced its new on-
line school-at-home pro-
gram available to all stu-
dents in MCSD. Families
may choose from one the
many pre-approved cur-
riculums. The district offers
a combination of at-home
classes and elective classes
on campus, providing a
good fit for some students.
An informational meet-
ing to explain the program
is scheduled in Heppner
Monday, June 5, at 6 p.m.
in the Heppner High School
library. Meetings also are
planned for Irrigon June 7
and Boardman June 8; both
of those meetings will also
be at 6 p.m. in their respec-
tive high school libraries.
Welcome to Heppner signs
restoration done
A successful coopera-
tive effort by the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce,
Columbia Basin Electric
Co-op (CBEC), Willow
Creek Valley Economic De-
velop Group (WCVEDG)
and Seth Moses Roofing
resulted in the Welcome
to Heppner signs east and
south of town being reha-
bilitated and reinstated last
week.
Seth Moses and his em-
ployees worked to restore
the signs to mint condition.
Funding for the work came
from the Columbia River
Enterprise Zone commu-
nity enhancement fund and
was distributed through a
WCVEDG grant. The lo-
cal match for the grant was
provided by CBEC in the
form of moving the signs
to Seth Moses’s shop and
reinstalling them when the
restoration was completed.
Sheriff’s Report
-Continued from PAGE pened at either the hospital that a large dog attacked the
FOUR or in Biggs but she didn’t horse that the two children
-A female in Irrigon
reported to MCSO that an-
other female spent money
on her debit card, which
she has since given back,
and stole items and stashed
them in her room.
-A female in Irrigon
advised that an 11-year-old
juvenile was confiding in
her son his will to harm
himself.
- An RP reported a re-
tired deputy advised some-
one was going to hurt some-
one tonight at the Shell
station. Unkown which
shell station. MCSO made
contact with male subject.
-MCSO was advised of
a male in Irrigon assaulting
a female; he pushed her
down and took her purse.
MCSO made contact with
male but was unable to
locate the female.
March 3: -RP in Lex-
ington advised Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office that
she noticed there was dam-
age to her vehicle the day
before. She believes it hap-
presents:
Art Center East
1006 Penn Ave
La Grande
know. Requested a deputy
to come out so she could
make a report.
- Sarah Mae Cook was
arrested by Umatilla Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Office on a pa-
role and probation detainer
for failure to report.
-A male on Hwy. 206
toward Condon reported
that a package was stolen
out of his mailbox at the
intersection. The USPS
worker that delivers their
mail verified that she did
deliver the package.
-MCSO reported that
Clackamas Co. Sheriff’s
Office was requesting a
warrant service attempt at
a last known address in Ir-
rigon for Ufernia Vanessa
Lomas, 33, for Parole Vio-
lation/Driving Under the
Influence of Intoxicants and
Assault IV.
-MCSO was advised
that a cow dog had been hit
on Hwy. 74/Ella Rd., bleed-
ing from both eyes, thinks
he fell out of a pickup.
-An RP in Irrigon stated
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she was with were on it and
the children went flying
off the horse. The RP was
bitten as well and it drew
blood. She advised the dog
belonged to a family on the
corner, it had a harness on
it. RP advised she was out-
side the residence of
the dog owners.
-MCSO received a re-
quest for contact regard-
ing an ongoing issue with
juveniles “doing things” at
the city park.
-An RP in Irrigon re-
ported that she had been
getting harassed on Face-
book and once in person.
RP advised the subject had
been saying rude things
and calling her names; she
stated it started because
they bloke up. RP requested
contact in person.
-An RP in Boardman
reported a burglary had
just happened at her mom’s
friend’s house. Boardman
PD responded, arrested
two and lodged them at
Umatilla County Jail, and
released one on their own
recognizance.
-MCSO received re-
port of someone possibly
squatting in a fifth-wheel
in Boardman.
March 5: -Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office re-
ceived a criminal mischief
complaint for Heppner City
park; RP advised that the
city park bathroom is really
dirty and there were feces
everywhere.
-An RP at Blakes
Ranch, Heppner advised
there was a foot of snow
blocking the road and re-
quested to be put in contact
with road department.
-A person in Irrigon
requested contact regarding
a bike near an abandoned
house on the corner.
- TEN
Odd Fellows perform cemetery
clean-up
On a sunny and hot
May afternoon and evening,
eight members of Willow
Lodge #66 of the I.O.O.F.
(Heppner Odd Fellows) met
at the Hardman Cemetery to
perform their annual Me-
morial Day clean-up chore.
Lawn mowers, weed-
eaters and a small tractor
buzzed for several hours
while the volunteers went
about mowing, trimming
and cleaning the grounds
of the historic cemetery.
Members helping were
Dan Brosnan, Frank Os-
min, David Allstott, Steve
Rhea, Seth Moses, Shaun
Cowett, Jay Keithley and
Tom Wolff. Members do-
nated their own equip-
ment, fuels and time to get
the grounds in top shape.
Hearty refreshments were
A true Odd Fellow, Dan Brosnan, hard at work. -Contributed
photo
served when all the work
was completed.
The Hardman Cem-
etery is under the care and
maintenance of Heppner
Lodge #66 of the Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows,
and has graves dating from
1892 to the present. Several
century-old grave stones
have very decorative and
unusual inscriptions, with
many pioneer families in-
terred there.
Art Center East features
‘Figments’ by Andrew Sykes,
a fine-arts exhibit
By Sarah West, Community Outreach Coordinator, Art Center East
Art Center East has his interest, starting at Lane leton since then, continuing
announced it will feature Community College in Eu- to make and show his work
“Figments” by Andrew gene where he was first in regional art centers and
galleries.
“The goal is still to be a
professional artist,” he says.
Instead of drawing from
day-to-day life or even con-
scious imagination, Sykes
seeks his inspiration at the
margins of his mind—im-
ages that come to him in
dreams or in a flash of un-
conscious thought, “Like a
slide show.” Sykes draws
these fleeting, picture-like
images from memory; the
dreams he condenses into
compositions that represent
Dwellings by Andrew Sykes will be one of the pieces on dis- the mood and feeling they
play in “Figments” at Art Center East in La Grande begin- left him with.
Two pieces Sykes will
ning next week. -Contributed
exhibit at Arts Center East,
Sykes in the main gallery introduced to formal art Destroyed City and Re-
next month. “Figments” instruction in foundational building, explore the cre-
will open with a reception subjects like basic drawing ative forces of chaos and
on Friday, June 9, from and color theory. Sykes order, both as tools for art-
6 – 8 p.m. and will be on eventually landed at Se- making, and for personal
display through July 28. attle’s Cornish College of and societal development.
This exhibition features the Arts, where he earned These pieces were influ-
Sykes’s ink and watercolor a Bachelor of Fine Arts in enced, in part, by the work
compositions.
painting, printmaking and of Carl Jung, who wrote
Andrew Sykes has al- drawing.
extensively about the con-
ways been interested in art.
Sykes lived in Seattle struction and destruction
As a young child growing for a few years after
of personal identity
up in the small town of graduating, work-
through interpret-
Heppner, OR, Sykes stud- ing in graphic arts
ing the unconscious.
ied illustrations in books, and web design
Destroyed City de-
exploring technique by while scoring the
picts a pile of rubble
copying what he saw. As occasional gallery
over which Sykes
his drawing practice devel- show, which helped
painted a sine wave
oped, so did the seed of an him cobble together
of red that reverber-
idea: some people do this funds for more art Andrew Sykes ates with a curiously
sort of thing for a living. He supplies. He eventu-
hopeful buoyancy,
soon resolved to be an artist ally left the big city to return as if expressing the ulterior
when he grew up.
to his home region, taking motive of destruction: to
“When I told my par- an opportunity to join his energize the next phase of
ents,” Sykes recalled, “they brother in managing the creation.
looked at me very con- family’s Pendleton print
“If you want to grow
cerned.”
shop in 2006. Sykes has as an artist,” Sykes ex-
But Sykes stuck with lived and worked in Pend- plained, “you have to allow
destruction of your habits,
your lifestyle, your art.” If
anything, it’s this idea that
Sykes would like his view-
ers to walk away with: that
destruction and rebuilding
are a constant, daily process
in which one individual
moment is not the disaster
or the triumph, but a part of
a more meaningful whole.
Andrew Sykes will ex-
hibit his work at Arts Center
East through July 28. The
exhibit is free and open to
the public.
Art Center East is lo-
cated at 1006 Penn Avenue
in La Grande. Hours are
Monday – Friday from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. and Satur-
day from noon to 4 p.m.
For more information visit
www.artcentereast.org or
call 541-624-2800.
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