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HEPPNER G T 50¢ azette imes VOL. 136 NO. 29 6 Pages School begins Aug. 28 Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Morrow County Sheriff’s staff graduate from public safety academy Two local Morrow County Sheriff’s Office staff recently graduated from the Oregon Public Safety Academy. Deputy Lance Bose grad- uated Friday, Aug. 11 from the basic police class. Bose has been with MCSO since February of this year, and completed the training in order to become a patrol deputy with Lance Bose the MCSO. Dispatcher Andrea Acosta-Garcia graduated the Members of the acad- same day, having completed emy’s 369 th graduating class training as a telecommunica- covered dozens of subjects, tor. She has been with the from survival skills to emer- department since May. Fires on Heppner district contained All-‘80s class reunion planned in Heppner It’s the Heppner High School Class of ‘87’s 30 th anniversary, and the class is inviting all classes from the 1980s to join in a reunion. The celebration will happen at the Heppner Elks Lodge on Saturday, Aug. 19, at 5 p.m. The Elks will provide a taco bar for purchase, and family members are invited for the dinner. Those attending are asked to RSVP on the All-80s Class Reunion Facebook page or to Missy Cutsforth at 541- 989-8104 to provide a head count for dinner. A table will be available PENDLETON, Ore. – for people who would like to Friday and Saturday night bring pictures to share. brought thunder/lightning storms to our region, which were accompanied by rain. Significant lightning activity occurred across the southern end of the forest, with multiple Local hair stylists are new incidents reported to the offering free haircuts for all Blue Mountain Interagency students Aug. 24 from 3-8 Dispatch Center (BMIDC) p.m. at Heppner Elementary. and John Day Interagency For more information, contact Dispatch Center (JDIDC). Michelle McCurry, 541-256- The Heppner Ranger District Free haircuts for students next week Aftermath of fire at Tupper Corral reported three new ignitions. The largest of these fires, the Corn Cob Creek Fire, is lo- cated near Wheeler Point and burning in grass and timber. The fire, reported on Aug. 11, was approximately four acres in size and is 100 percent contained. Another fire on the Hep- pner district is Tupper Corral Fire, located one mile west of Tupper Guard Station and 20 miles southeast of Heppner. 0721. Gordon takes over as Gazette-Times editor By Andrea Di Salvo Bobbi Gordon of Lex- ington, most recently from Kellogg, ID, will be assuming the position of news editor at the Heppner Gazette-Times at the end of the month. She will be replacing Andrea Di Salvo, the editor for the past six years. “Andrea knows the job inside and out and I hope I can do half the job she has done,” said Gordon. Gordon, 64, has lived in Oregon most of her life. She was born in Portland but moved to Redmond at the age of 10. She attended Redmond elementary schools and gradu- ated from Redmond High Andrea Acosta-Garcia Council considers new Extension tax Formation would reduce city’s yearly income Time to polish up those apples, school will begin Aug. 28 for both Heppner and Ione schools. Bobbi Gordon will be the news editor at the Heppner Gazette beginning in September, re- placing outgoing editor An- drea Di Salvo. She is already in the office learning the ropes, and invites people to stop by and introduce themselves. -Photo by April Sykes gency vehicle operations to ethics and drug recognition, according to a written state- ment from the Oregon De- partment of Public Safety Standards and Training. School in 1971. She attended Central Oregon Community College where she obtained an associate’s degree in business information systems in 1996. “It took me a while to make up my mind to go back to school after the kids were almost grown. It was difficult to work 40-plus hours a week and find time for college, but when I set myself a goal I see it through. I guess you could say it took me 25 years after high school to get my college degree,” said Gordon. She said she doesn’t do everything that slow, though. She was employed at destination resorts owned by JELD-WEN, inc. since 1988 and recently retired. “I worked my way up from a front desk clerk to software design, IT (informa- tion technology) support and database management at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond and ended up as IT support, mar- keting assistant, webmaster, real estate sales operations manager and assistant to the sales and marketing director at Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg,” she said. She is still licensed and active in real estate in Ida- ho, mainly focusing on sell- ing condominiums at Silver Mountain. “It’s been a wild ride and lots of fun, but I am ready for a more laid-back life now,” she said, adding that working two days a week at the Gazette is just what she was looking for. She has two grown chil- dren still living in Redmond, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She en- joys being closer to all of the kids who live in Central Oregon and enjoys spending time with her brother and sister who live in Morrow County. “It’s nice to be able to spend time with my siblings and get to know my brother’s family a bit better,” Gordon said. She has been married to her husband Wayne for 29 years and is looking forward to many more. Wayne is em- ployed by Morrow County Grain Growers in the parts department in Lexington. Gordon says she enjoys the outdoors and loves the area around Heppner. She goes to black powder rendezvous whenever possible, shoot- ing muzzle loader rifles and throwing her tomahawk and knife, although she says she is not very good at any of it. “It’s more just the camp- ing and socializing with friends that is the most fun,” said Gordon. “I am looking forward to getting to know everyone in the community. Small towns are the best,” she added. Anyone interested in sub- mitting a story to the Gazette- Times may contact Gordon at editor@rapidserve.net. The 167-acre fire, which is burning in grass and timber, was 65 percent contained as of last Thursday. Resources on the fire included six engines, one crew, one water tender and one dozer. Approximately 45 personnel were assigned to the fire. The fire danger rating is extreme and Public Use Re- strictions involving campfires and chainsaw use are in effect. For more information about the Umatilla National Forest’s Public Use Restrictions, please contact any forest office, call our Forest Information hotline at 1-877-958-9663, or visit our website at www.fs.usda. gov/umatilla/. The latest fire information will be posted on the Blue Mountains Fire Information Blog. If you are interested in receiving updates on fires in the Blue Mountains, follow our blog at http://blue- mountainfireinfo.blogspot. com/. Campfires and chainsaw use prohibited across Umatilla National Forest PENDLETON and BAK- ER CITY, Ore. – Due to con- tinued hot temperatures, lack of moisture and extreme fire danger, National Forest of- ficials have announced that effective Aug. 11, the Umatilla National Forest will move to Phase C of public use restric- tions (PURs). With concern for pub- lic safety and the increased potential for human caused wildfires, officials remind for- est visitors to use extreme cau- tion when visiting the forest; under current conditions, even a spark can rapidly become a large wildfire. Phase C PURs is the third level of restrictions and in- cludes: Campfires are prohibited on the Forest. Use liquid and bottle (propane) gas stoves only. No internal combustion engine operation (including chainsaws), except for motor- ized vehicles. Electrical generators op- erated under the following conditions are allowed: in the center of an area at least 10 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable -See FOREST/PAGE 2 By David Sykes The Heppner City Coun- cil will decide next month whether to put its stamp of approval on a proposed new OSU Extension tax district covering Umatilla and Mor- row Counties. To form the new district the Extension must first receive approval of voters, with plans to go for a vote in May of 2018. Exten- sion of- ficials first need to receive approv- al from b o t h Mary Corp Umatil- la and Morrow county com- missions, and they then try and get approval from all 17 city councils in the two counties. Monday was Heppner’s turn to be asked. Local farmer Clint Carl- son, along with Mary Corp, Oregon State University Ex- tension Regional Adminis- trator asked the council to support the new tax district, saying it would add stability to the funding of an important service for farmers and the general public within Morrow County. “Everyone knows how important agriculture is to our economy,” Corp said. She pointed out that agriculture provides $1 billion or more in economic value annually to the two-county area, and pro- vides many family and youth services and activities, as well as support for agriculture research centers in Pendleton and Hermiston. The local Extension cur- rently receives funding from the state to pay for employee salaries, and then relies on local money from Umatilla and Morrow Counties for programs and services. Mor- row County currently gives $177,000 per year, and Uma- tilla $321,000. Corp said if the new district is formed county funding would go away, and Extension would then rely on its own tax base. However, city attorney Bill Kuhn said he would hope the county would -See CITY COUNCILPAGE 2 Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 For farm equipment, visit our web site at www.mcgg.net
