TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Death Notices
Clarence M. “Cub” Bare, 85, of Condon, died
Monday, Jan. 8 at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The
Dalles. He was born on Dec. 20, 1932 at Fossil, OR. A
memorial graveside service will be held at a later date.
Sweeney Mortuary of Condon is in care of arrangements.
Tractor, machinery
operation class
offered
The Eastern Oregon
Women for Agriculture is
sponsoring a National Safe
Tractor and Machinery Opera-
tion certification class at Mor-
row County Grain Growers in
Lexington. The classes will be
held from 4-7 p.m. on Friday,
March 2 and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
on Saturday, March 3.
The National Safe Tractor
and Machinery Operation Pro-
gram (NSTMOP) is a project
of Hazardous Occupations
Safety Training in agriculture
for youth ages 14 and 15. By
successfully completing the
certification program, 14 and
15 year-olds may legally oper-
ate farm tractors and powered
machinery for hire, which
they otherwise would not be
allowed to operate.
Applications are avail-
able by contacting Easter-
nOregonOWA@gmail.com
and must be returned by Feb.
12. The class, limited to 15
students, will cost $75 and pri-
ority will be given to students
who can prove summer em-
ployment. Meals and training
materials are included.
The Eastern Oregon
Women for Agriculture is a
group of local women who
are working together to com-
municate the story of today’s
agriculture. Their goal is to
promote, advocate and edu-
cate the public on agricultural
related topics.
Community lunch menu
Willow Creek Baptist volunteers will serve lunch
on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
Lunch will be pot roast, potatoes, carrots, onions and
celery, green salad, green beans, French bread and cherry
cupcakes for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Upcoming Chamber Deputy Bose
announcements and recovering
events
Dinner tickets for Hep-
pner Chamber’s Annual
Town and Country Commu-
nity Awards Dinner event
on Thursday, Feb. 8 went on
sale Friday, Jan. 12. Tickets
are available at the Bank of
Eastern Oregon, Heppner
Chamber, Heppner City
Hall, Community Bank and
Murray’s. Ticket prices this
year are $25 each until the
week of Feb. 5, at which
time they will be $30. Re-
served tables will be avail-
able on a first come, first
serve basis by purchasing
round tables of eight or long
tables of six. Contact the
Heppner Chamber for more
information or to reserve
seating at 541-676-5536.
Heppner Chamber’s
annual luncheon to be held
on Thursday, Jan. 18 from
noon-1 p.m. in the Senior
Center dining room. Cost
for the lunch is $10 and an
RSVP no later than Jan.
16 is required. Heppner
Market Fresh Foods will
be catering the lunch and
will be serving French dip,
green salad and cheesecake
for dessert. RSVP to the
Chamber at 541-676-5536
or by email at heppner-
chamber@centurytel.net.
Thursday, Jan. 25 will
be the Business Education
and Training seminars, co-
ordinated by Boardman
Chamber of Commerce.
The Boardman Chamber
is coordinating a seminar
presented by Paul Hutter,
which will include morn-
ing and afternoon sessions.
Morning will be “Health
Care Update; Marijuana
in the Workplace; and Or-
egon Overtime Rules for
Manufacturers. The after-
noon session will include
discussion on Motivating
and Retaining your em-
ployee. Cost for ½ day
for chamber members will
be $200, $250 for a non-
chamber member (Heppner
Chamber members will pay
the chamber rate). Cost
for a full day is $350 as a
chamber member or $400
for a non-chamber member.
Small businesses with 10
employees or less is of-
fered a $50 discount. Bring
multiple company employ-
ees for one price. Contact
the Boardman Chamber
at 541-481-3014 for more
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A study commissioned
by the Association of Or-
egon Industries, AOI, esti-
mates that increased energy
costs of cap and trade to
an Oregon family of four
people by the year 2020
will range between $500
and $1,500 per year. “This
analysis covers only ‘direct’
costs to customers’ energy
bills such as utility bills
for electricity and gas and
higher prices for petroleum
products,” the study said.
It said income losses from
higher prices passed on for
increased operating costs is
also not included. The study
concluded that any change
in the labor market caused
by cap and trade, could
drive the increased yearly
costs to a family of four to
between “1.5 to 2.0 times
higher.”
Oregon Democrats are
pushing the cap and trade
program heavily and hope
to force it through in the
coming short legislative
session which starts Feb.
5, 2018. With the makeup
of the Oregon legislature
they would be able to pass
the global warming bill
without a single Republican
vote. Despite all the money
it would raise for the state
coffers, supporters say the
goal of the bill is not to
raise revenue, but to penal-
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Legislators have no
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trade issue before voters
for approval, and appar-
ently the legislative legal
office says a three-fifths
super-majority vote from
the legislature required
under the state Constitution
to raise taxes, is not needed.
Democrat Governor Kate
Brown is also behind the
legislation, reportedly mak-
ing the announcement after
having seen a screening
of Al Gore’s “An Incon-
venient Sequel,” a movie
about the environment and
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Heppner Gazette
information or to register.
Heppner Chamber’s
Annual Town and Country
Community Awards din-
ner will be held on Thurs-
day, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. at
the Morrow County Fair-
grounds. This annual event,
coordinated by the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce,
recognizes nominated com-
munity members and a local
business for their involve-
ment in our community.
The theme for the event
will be” An Evening with
the Stars” and the awards
will recognize a Woman
of the Year, Man of the
Year, Business of the Year,
Citizen-Educator of the
Year, Lifetime Achieve-
ment and a Youth Award.
Dinner, catered by Alvin
Liu of Gateway Café, will
consist of prime rib, green
salad, green beans, roll and
dessert. So purchase your
tickets early and plan on
coming out and enjoying a
great community event and
celebrate with just a few of
the great community mem-
bers who make Heppner a
great place to live.
Saturday, Feb. 11 at 6
p.m., Valentine’s Dinner at
Heppner Christian Church.
Bring a date or come
alone for a Valentine’s
Dinner of prime rib, baked
potato, tossed green salad,
roll and cheesecake for
dessert. There is no charge
for the meal but donations
will go to Hope2Liberia.
Thursday, Feb. 15, the
Willow Creek Valley
Economic Development
Group is hosting their an-
nual luncheon from 12-1
p.m. in the Senior Center
dining room with Gary
Neal as the speaker. RSVP
no later than Tuesday, Feb.
13 to guarantee a lunch.
Lunch will be served by
Alvin Liu of Gateway
Café and the menu will
consist of BBQ ribs, BBQ
chicken, BBQ beans,
potato salad and dessert.
Contact the Chamber at
541-676-5536 to RSVP.
Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8
a.m., Sweetheart’s Break-
fast at the Heppner Chris-
tian Church. Breakfast
will consist of pancakes,
eggs and bacon. The
breakfast is free.
According to a report
from the Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office, Deputy
Lance Bose, who was in-
jured in a single vehicle ac-
cident on I-84 on the morn-
ing of Dec. 30 is recovering.
Bose is working through the
recovery process and con-
tinues with follow-up doc-
tor’s visits. Deputy Bose
said the support from the
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office, other agencies and
the community has been
great. He reports he even
received a recovery blanket
from a law enforcement
agency in Yamhill County.
U n d e r s h e r i ff J o h n
Bowles stated, “It has been
nice to see our law enforce-
ment family and communi-
ty show the support for one
of our own and his family.
We wish the best for the
Bose family and hope for a
speedy recovery.”
Measure 101 will
not harm hospitals
According to informa-
tion provided by the Oregon
Association of Hospitals
and Health Systems, Mea-
sure 101, currently on the
ballot, will not harm the lo-
cal hospital. The taxes paid
by hospitals are recouped in
Medicaid payments to the
facilities.
According to sources, a
‘yes’ vote on Measure 101
will help protect Medicaid
coverage for one in four
people who receive Medic-
aid services. If the measure
fails, some people will lose
their insurance; they will
still go to the emergency
room to receive care, how-
ever, the charges for this
care will have to be written
off to charity care, which
means the hospital will not
be paid for providing the
care.
Hospice training
class offered
Pioneer Memorial Hos-
pice will be offering a Hos-
pice training class begin-
ning Feb. 3 in the basement
conference room at Pioneer
Memorial Clinic, Heppner.
The class is a structured
eight-week course being
offered over two weekends:
Saturday, Feb. 3 from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. with a half-hour
lunch break, Sunday, Feb.
4 from 1 to 5 p.m., Satur-
day, Feb. 10 from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. with a half-hour
lunch break and finishing
on Sunday, Feb. 11 from 1
to 5 p.m. Instructors for the
class will be retired Hospice
Director Robanai Disque
and Hospice Volunteer Co-
ordinator Cyde Estes. Cost
for the course will be $20
and includes a training
manual and other resource
material. Course topics will
include the focus of hos-
pice, caring for the physical
needs of a dying person,
compassionate communica-
tion skills, understanding
spiritual needs and caring
for yourself as a caregiver.
“Hospice is a philoso-
phy of care that recognizes
dying as a normal process
of living and places empha-
sis on alleviating pain and
other symptoms to maintain
quality of life at the end
of life,” explains Estes.
“Hospice offers support
and assistance to empower
family and friends to man-
age the care of loved ones at
the end of life. This training
is a valuable resource that
can be used to enrich an
individual life or to serve
as a Hospice volunteer in
your community,” she adds.
For more information
or to register for the class,
contact Pioneer Memorial
Hospice at 541-676-2946
or Cyde Estes at 541-676-
5808. Registrations will be
accepted through the end
of the first class on Feb. 3.
Pioneer Memorial Hospice
is a department of Morrow
County Health District.
Morrow County set to become
first ‘minority – majority’
county
By David Sykes
Morrow County is
likely to be the first “mi-
nority – majority” county
in Oregon, meaning it
will have more minority
residents than whites, it was
announced at last week’s
Morrow County Commis-
sion meeting. No timeline
for when this will happen
was given.
Anna Browne, the new
Latino Outreach Coordina-
tor for OSU extension in
attendance at the meeting,
introduced herself and gave
a brief report to the com-
missioners. Part of her re-
port cited a summary from
the 2016 Oregon Latino
Agenda for Action summit
meeting, which forecasts,
based on population, Mor-
row County will be the
first in Oregon where the
population will have more
minorities than whites.
The report did not give
a date when that is expected
to happen, however, cur-
rently the population in
the county is 34.7 percent
Hispanic and 61.2 percent
white. Total county popula-
tion is 11,173.
The major population
shift is expected in the
north end of the county.
Currently Boardman has
66.3 of its population His-
panic, Irrigon 42.7, Ione/
Lexington 9.1 and Heppner
5.6 percent.
OSU Extension created
a new position aimed at
promoting 4-H and college
readiness for the Hispanic
populations of Morrow
and Umatilla counties.
Browne is a former fifth
and sixth grade teacher at
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in Boardman, and took on
the job in July. About half
the students in the Herm-
iston School District are
Hispanic, and 55 percent in
the Morrow County School
District. Browne works
with those students and
their families through a
six-week college and career
readiness program called
“Juntos” (meaning “to-
gether” in Spanish), which
teaches them how to make
attending college a goal and
how to apply for financial
aid. Browne, who is bilin-
gual, teaches the classes in
Spanish.
Browne also helps
younger Hispanic students
to become involved in 4-H,
which she said can help
them to develop leadership
skills and give them another
positive experience they
can add to their future col-
lege applications.
Library to
meet
The board of directors for
the Ione Library District will
hold its monthly meeting on
Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 6 p.m.
at the Ione Public Library, 385
W 2 nd St, Ione. The public is
welcome to attend.