New County accounting position
not created
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Only under consideration
By David Sykes
An article in last week’s
Heppner Gazette-Times
incorrectly stated that the
Morrow County Commis-
sion had decided to create a
new position in the account-
ing department. This news
story was incorrect.
The commission has
“pushed it (the decision)
back for more study and the
needs it creates in detail,”
Commission Chair Melissa
Lindsay told the Gazette.
“No decision at all either
way has been made at this
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon point.”
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VOL. 136 NO. 32 8 Pages
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Morrow County
farm achieves
century status
Sievers Farm near Hep-
pner was one of 19 Oregon
farms and ranches to be
inducted into the Oregon
Century Farm and Ranch
program this year. The
farms were recognized at
a ceremony at the Oregon
State Fair in Salem last
Saturday.
Will and Gertrude Siev-
ers purchased their first
tract of land in 1907 and
established their Morrow
County property as a wheat
farm that year. They pur-
chased an additional tract in
1908 and continued to raise
wheat until it was converted
to grass in the 1980s when
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Conservation
Reserve Program came to
Heppner.
it (creating the new posi-
tion) up for consideration
in two weeks. Those re-
sponses would be: county
counsel to review the state
statutes relating to the du-
ties of County Accountant/
Auditor; determine what
duties are currently being
performed and by whom,
to avoid duplication of ef-
forts, and conversely what
duties aren’t being per-
formed; justification of the
recommended wage for the
proposed position of staff
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County rodeo boasts winners
The farm continues in
the CRP program today
with granddaughter Diana
Arvieux’s husband Daniel
overseeing its manage-
ment. The Sievers’ grand-
daughters Diana Arvieux,
Rosemary Wood and Trudy
Stenger applied for the cen-
tury farm designation.
A partnership between
the Oregon Farm Bureau,
the Oregon State Historic
Preservation Office and
Oregon State University,
the century farm program
was established in 1958
and bestows honorees with
signed certificates from the
governor and director of
the Oregon Department of
Agriculture in addition to
a road sign with historical
information on the farm.
Jett Stewart shows how it’s done at the Morrow County Rodeo -Photo by Brett Milligan
Gus King rode away
with the coveted Morrow
County Amateur Calf Rop-
ing saddle from the 2017
Morrow County Rodeo
Aug. 20. Taking second
in calf roping was Kevin
Murray.
MOCO all-around
cowboy for 2017 was Em-
mett Evans.
It was the team of Ron
McDowell and Emmett
Evans who took first place
in team roping. They were
followed by Brian Knowles
and Emmett Evans. Third
place went to Jay Papineau
and Jack McGuire.
Ribbon roping team of
Gus King and Coy Patter-
son took first place, Jacee
and Kolby Currin took sec-
ond and Devin and Garrett
Robinson came in third.
Devin Robinson, Tony
Currin and Emmett Evans
Heppner girls volleyball team sport new uniforms. Back Row: Jenna McCullough, Madison placed first, second and
Combe, Shayna Osmin, Jacee Currin, Tresslyn McCurry, Claire Grieb, Nicole Propheter.
third, respectively in open
All Heppner sports teams
receive new Nike uniforms
Front Row: Morgan Correa, Aimee Doherty, Sydney Wilson, Sophie Grant, Reiah Waite
-Contributed photo
The Heppner High
School Football isn’t the
only group benefitting from
Nike’s involvement in hon-
oring the football team,
and former booster Bob
Kilkenny.
All sports programs,
from volleyball to softball
and in between, will receive
new uniforms and apparel
with the new look designed
to “respect the past, rep-
resent the future.” Each
team’s apparel will feature
the same marks as the re-
cently unveiled football
uniforms, which received
national media attention.
“Our father wasn’t just
a supporter of football, he
loved all the athletes at
A review of the unoffi-
cial minutes of the meeting
shows that outgoing County
Administrator Jerry Sorte
said additional duties as-
signed to Finance Director
Kate Knop (recent appoint-
ment as County Auditor)
“warrant an additional staff
accountant and modest pay
increase for the County Ac-
countant/Finance Director.”
After discussion, how-
ever, the commissioners
had several questions and
decided to take additional
time for staff to gather
responses before taking
Heppner because of what
sports teaches our young
people,” said Kelly Kilken-
ny Hale. “He was always
preaching the basics; finish
what you’ve started, respect
your teammates and coach-
es, give maximum effort.
Those things still resonate
today with the students at
Heppner.”
The uniforms for all
the sports include coaches’
apparel and footwear for the
student-athletes and were
designed by lead designers
at Nike in conjunction with
the Kilkenny family, who
privately funded the entire
Heppner uniform redesign
and production.
“To see the excitement
The Heppner Gazette-Times wants to
see pictures of your trophy animals from
this hunting season. Stop by to have your
picture taken, drop off photos, mail them
to PO Box 337 in Heppner, email them to
editor@rapidserve.net or text cell phone
photos to 541-980-6674.
on the faces of all of these
students who rarely even
find time to go to a mall is
amazing,” said head foot-
ball coach and athletic di-
rector Greg Grant. “All of
our sports are getting the
first class treatment, and
are feeling like the special,
hard-working kids they are
to get this kind of attention
here in Heppner.”
The football uniforms
were unveiled before class-
es started at Heppner for the
2017-18 school year, giving
many students their first
look. The other uniforms
will be rolled out for each
sport as the school year
progresses.
G-T Trophy Corner
Fredricks. Second, third
and fourth went to Adian
Seeweer, Miguel Pena and
Adisyn Cooley.
Lane Bailey and Wacy
Coil took home the win-
nings in the hide race.
Always a favorite at the
rodeo are the stick horse
races. Taking the first-place
trophy for the three-and-
under group was Preston
Milligan, followed by El-
liegene Fennern in second
and Kathryn Knowles in
third. Kamryn Dickenson
was the winner in the four-
to-five age group, followed
by Bobbie Watkins and
Emmitt Mooney. Placing
first in the six-and-seven-
year-old group was Jayde
Escamilla, followed by
Peyton Weygandt and Cath-
erine Lindsay.
-See PAGE EIGHT FOR
MORE RODEO RESULTS
City to hold public hearing on
marijuana sales ordinance
Medical, recreational, or none?
By David Sykes
A public hearing will
be held at 7 p.m. Monday,
Sept. 11 at City Hall where
the council will decide if
Heppner places a total ban
on both medical and recre-
ational marijuana sales in
the city limits. The hear-
ing and subsequent action
would repeal conflicting
ordinances in Heppner,
which currently allow for
medical marijuana sales,
but ban recreational sales.
On explaining the pur-
pose of the hearing and new
ordinance, Heppner Mayor
Cody High explained that
10%
Above: Faith Futter of Heppner bagged her first buck Sunday
on Buttercreek out of Heppner. Faith took the three-point buck
while hunting with her uncle Jim Healy under the mentored
youth hunter program. Below: Diana Healy, 16, of Heppner
also took her deer on Buttercreek Sunday. This is her fifth
consecutive successful hunt and her largest take to date.
-Contributed photos
tie down calf roping.
Breakaway roping
went to Shayla Currin. Jett
Stewart took second and
Blaine Mahoney was third.
It was Lane Bailey who
stuck on the cow the longest
during cow riding. Steer
riding had no qualified
rides.
Senior barrel racing
had Jessica Lewis tying
up first place with Jaiden
Mahoney second and Jacee
Currin third.
Intermediate barrels
was Tripp Stewart in first,
Healy Hisler in second and
Savanna Greenup in third.
Hallee Hisler came in
first in the junior barrel
racing event, with Denver
Eng in second and Jessica
McGuire in third.
Savanna Joy Hall took
first place in pee wee bar-
rels.
Coming in first in mut-
ton bustin’ was Jordan
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when the recreational mari-
juana law was passed, vot-
ers in Heppner voted over
55 percent against the new
Oregon law. The over 55
percentage allowed the
city to ban the sale within
the city limits, which it
did. However, this cre-
ated a conflict High said.
An earlier Oregon law al-
lowing medical marijuana
sales in Oregon did not
allow cities to opt out of
sales, only zone where they
could be located. So, Hep-
pner currently has separate
ordinances to allow medi-
cal, and ban recreational
marijuana.
High said the three
questions before the coun-
cil are: should we have
the medical sales option?
Should we have the recre-
ational sales option? Should
we ban all sales of marijua-
na in the city? “I encourage
anyone who has strong feel-
ings on the issue to attend
the hearing and take part
in the process,” High said.
The hearing will start
Monday at 7 p.m. at City
Hall prior to the monthly
Council meeting.
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