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VOL. 136 NO. 46 6 Pages
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Brent Martin receives award
Brent Martin of Lex-
ington, president of Morrow
County Wheat Growers,
was chosen to receive the
Outstanding Board Member
award at the Oregon Wheat
Growers League gala held
in Spokane, WA on Nov. 9.
A spokesperson said
Martin never hesitates to
go the extra mile in serving
his fellow wheat growers,
and his community. He
was instrumental in leading
a small band of commu-
nity members in organizing
neighbors and friends to
harvest the fields of Virgil
and Debbie Morgan this
past summer, who found
themselves in the middle
of a family emergency in
Commissioner Doherty elected
2nd VP at AOC
Jim Doherty (third from left) being sworn in.
Morrow County Com-
missioner James Doherty
was elected as second vice-
president of the board dur-
ing the recently concluded
Association of Oregon
Counties annual meeting.
Doherty is a first-time com-
missioner from Morrow
County, and said he was
surprised he won the seat.
“I think it is a feather
in the cap for all of Morrow
County that we are able to
have a representative on the
board of this organization,”
Doherty told the Gazette-
Times. The conference was
held Nov. 14 -17 in Lane
County at the Hilton Eu-
gene and conference center.
According to the or-
ganization’s website, “The
Association of Oregon
Counties is a statewide
organization representing
Oregon’s 36 counties. Es-
tablished in 1906 to provide
a forum for information
sharing, AOC now provides
a variety of functions and
services aimed at support-
ing Oregon counties and the
work they do.”
National Rural Health Day
celebrated Nov. 16
Brent Martin of Lexington was presented with OWGL award
by president Dana Tuckness at the Tri-State gala in Spokane.
-Contributed photo
Texas just prior to harvest. OWGL Board of Directors
Martin is an active and as well as other organiza-
engaged member of the tions.
Chamber tours Willow
Creek Dam
Morrow County Health District celebrated National Rural Health Day on Thursday, Nov.
16, . Patients received cookies and coffee at district locations and Russ Nichols, M.D., Chief
of Staff at Pioneer Memorial Hospital visited Heppner Elementary School to speak with fifth
and sixth grade classes to “Celebrate the Power of Rural”. Dr. Nichols engaged the students
by asking them about the definition of rural, what types of healthcare jobs are part of our
community, and by encouraging them to maintain healthy habits, such as eating right, exer-
cising and getting their well child checks. He also gave them some ideas for pursuing careers
in a rural health care setting. -Photo by David Sykes
Home Health and Hospice hold
open house
Heppner Chamber of Commerce group gets ready to tour the dam. The structure is 160 feet
high. -Photo by David Sykes
The Heppner Chamber
of Commerce took a tour
of the Willow Creek Dam
last week, including a walk
through the tunnel at the
base of the dam, and a look
inside the control room
where the water level is
controlled.
The 160-ft high dam
was constructed in 1983
and was the first major dam
in the United States con-
structed of roller-compact-
ed concrete. It cost a total
of $37 million and formed
a pool of 125 acres of water.
Chamber members had
an opportunity to walk
through the tunnel which
runs the length of the in-
side of the dam at its base
and is a damp environment
with small stalactites hang-
ing from the ceiling of the
rough concrete interior.
Later the group went
through the control room
and were shown the wa-
ter discharge pipes and
the valves that control the
amount of water released.
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers operates the dam.
Leading the tour were
Kevin Moynahan, opera-
tions project manager, Tim
Darland, resource manager
and local man Dan Dunnett,
Pioneer Memorial Home Health and Hospice held their open house on Thursday, Nov. 16.
Pictured (L-R): Cyde Estes, Carmello Di Salvo and Sherree Mahoney. – Photo by David Sykes
Inside the tunnels which run the length of the base of the dam.
-Photo by David Sykes
Gazette-Times closed for
Thanksgiving
The Heppner Gazette-Times will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving Day
holiday Thursday, Nov. 23 and Friday, Nov. 24. Normal business hours will resume
Monday, Nov. 27. We wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving weekend.
MORROW COUNTY GRAIN GROWER
350 MAIN STREET
LEXINGTON, OR
The room where the release of water is controlled. -Photo by
David Sykes
a dam maintenance worker
at the facility, all Corps.
employees. Darland may
be familiar to local people,
as he was here recently su-
pervising the cleaning off
of the dam vegetation with
a herd of goats.
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