Chamber to host Community
Awards event on Feb. 8
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Heppner Chamber’s
annual Town and Country
Community Awards event
will be held Thursday, Feb.
8 starting at 6 p.m. There
will be a no host bar oper-
ated by Bucknum’s, with
dinner to start at 6:30 p.m.
and the awards program
to follow. Alvin Liu with
Gateway Café will be cater-
ing the dinner and will be
serving prime rib with au
jus, creamy garlic mashed
potatoes, green beans in
garlic sauce, garden fresh
salad and a dinner roll with
butter, dessert and a bever-
age.
Gold sponsors are In-
venergy, LLC dba Willow
Creek Energy and Bronze
sponsors are Communi-
ty Counseling Solutions,
Northwest Farm Credit Ser-
vices and Portland General
Electric.
Tickets are $25 per
person until the week of
the event when they will
increase to $30 per person.
Tickets are available at
Bank of Eastern Oregon,
chamber office, City of
Heppner, Community Bank
and Murray’s. Checks may
be made out to the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce.
This year we will rec-
ognize and celebrate the
Man of the Year, Woman
of the Year, Business of the
Year, Youth, Citizen-Educa-
tor of the Year and Lifetime
Achievement Award.
Contact the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce at
541-676-5536 for more
information or to reserve
tickets.
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
St. Patrick’s Remembrance Walk/Run to be held Mar. 17
Community members turned out in force to participate in the Remembrance Walk/Run in 2017. -File Photo
A Decade of Memo-
ries will be the theme for
this year’s Remembrance
Walk/5K Run on Mar. 17.
Friends Helping Friends are
again hosting the event that
will begin at 9:30 a.m., with
a social hour and registra-
tion taking place at 8:30
a.m. at Heppner United
Methodist Church. The fee
to participate in the walk
or run will still be $5 per
person, with children free.
In the past decade,
nearly $50,000 has been
donated to the commu-
nity through this event,
including Pioneer Memo-
rial Home Health and Hos-
pice, Willow Creek Terrace,
Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
Heppner Day Care, Hep-
pner St. Patrick’s Commit-
tee, Heppner Elks Club La-
dies, Morrow County Fire
and Ambulance and South
EMTs, Asher Schonbachler
benefit and the Heppner
United Methodist Church.
Friends Helping
Friends will donate the
proceeds from this year’s
event to St. Patrick’s apart-
ments and senior center
for much needed repairs
and improvements, which
include a new roof, HVAC
and fire suppression in the
historical building. The
senior center includes 19
apartments along with the
meal site location where
meals are served each
Wednesday as well as flu-
shot clinics, blood drives,
Bingo, bazaars, receptions,
meetings, parties and many
other community events.
A committee member
reported some of the spon-
sors who have donated
money and door prizes this
year include Community
Bank, Community Coun-
seling Solutions, Columbia
Ione FFA members to represent local
district at state competition
Basin Electric, MCGG,
Wildhorse Resort and Ca-
sino and Windwave Com-
munications.
Participants who pre-
register will be included
in the door prize drawings
for a Wildhorse Resort and
Casino package, multiple
gas cards, a Willow Creek
Waterpark pass, Arbonne
cosmetics, a Hamley’s
Steakhouse gift certificate
and many more items.
Ione teacher
arrested
Ione Community Char-
ter School music teacher,
Bryan Bates, 24, of Ione
was arrest-
ed by Mor-
row County
S h e r i f f ’s
Office and
accused
of sexual
abuse of a
student on
Jan. 24.
According to the state-
ment from the Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office, the
incident occurred on school
Pictured (L-R): Morgan Orem, Emily Taylor, Larysa Burright and Eva Martin.
The Ione FFA chapter
competed at the district
FFA convention Jan. 25
in Hermiston and sev-
eral members placed high
enough to represent the
district at the state level.
Morgan Orem and Sonia
Medina will represent the
district at the sectional job
interview career devel-
opment event; Morgan,
Jake Heideman and Grace
Ogden will advance their
portfolios to state and
Morgan will represent the
district at the state coop-
erative quiz.
Ione FFA members that
placed at the district meet
are:
First place, beginning
job interview- Eva Martin;
first place, advanced job
interview- Morgan Orem;
second place, advanced
job interview- Sonia Me-
dina; first place, beginning
portfolio- Grace Ogden;
fourth place, beginning
portfolio- Eva Martin; fifth
place, beginning portfo-
lio- Larysa Burright; first
place, advanced portfo-
lio- Morgan Orem; second
place, advanced portfo-
lio- Jake Heideman; fifth
place, advanced portfolio-
Emily Taylor; third place,
secretary’s book- Emily
Rose Taylor; third place,
treasurer’s book- Sarah
Knop; two state degree
candidates- Emily Tay-
lor and Austin Morter; di-
versified crop production
proficiency- Emily Taylor;
diversified ag production
proficiency- Austin Morter.
Ione judges who as-
sisted with scoring resumes
and cover letters as well as
formal interviews and ap-
plications were Mr. Brent
Martin, Dr. and Mrs. Bill
& Nancy Jepsen, Senator
Bill Hansell, Mrs. Alison
Ogden, Mr. Bob Rosselle
and Mrs. Jill Martin.
The FFA district con-
sists of Pendleton, Hermis-
ton, Stanfield, Pilot Rock,
Athena, Milton-Freewater,
Dufur, Heppner, Irrigon,
Boardman and Ione.
Willow Creek Valley
Economic Development
Group would like to invite
interested parties to their
annual hosted luncheon
on Thursday, Feb. 15 from
12-1 p.m. in the senior cen-
ter dining room. Gary Neal,
Port of Morrow, will be
the speaker and will share
information on economic
development in south Mor-
row County.
The lunch, served by
Alvin Liu of Gateway Café,
is free and will consist of
BBQ ribs, BBQ chicken,
BBQ beans, potato salad,
dessert and a beverage.
RSVP is required and must
be received no later than
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property and involved a
16-year-old female student.
Bates was lodged in the
Umatilla County Jail with
bail set at $25,000.
MCSO reported that
they arrested Bates on one
count of official miscon-
duct, two counts of harass-
ment and two counts of
third-degree sexual abuse.
The investigation is con-
tinuing at this time.
According to Ione Su-
perintendent Jon Peterson,
Bates was placed on admin-
istrative leave.
Morrow County
Planning
Commission seeking
volunteer
Morrow County is
looking for a volunteer
to represent Heppner on
the Morrow County Plan-
ning Commission. Plan-
ning commissioners serve
four-year terms, with this
appointment filling a term
ending Dec. 31, 2019.
The planning commis-
sion generally meets once a
month, alternating meeting
locations between Heppner
and Boardman. Duties of
the planning commission
include approving land
use actions, maintaining
Tuesday, Feb. 13.
Contact the chamber at the county’s subdivision
541-676-5536 to RSVP or and zoning ordinances and
for additional information. working with the Morrow
South county economic development
information to be shared
Donations and registra-
tions may be sent to FHF,
c/o Kathi Dickenson, P.O.
Box 566, Heppner, OR
97836 or by contacting Su-
san Hisler at 541-676-5878.
Flyers and registration
forms are also available at
Murray’s Drugs or Dicken-
son Chiropractic.
County Board of Commis-
sioners to manage the coun-
ty’s land use comprehensive
plan. For more information,
visit the county website at
www.co.morrow.or.us/pc or
call Carla McLane at 541-
922-4624.
Parties residing in Mor-
row County who are inter-
ested in taking a more active
part in land use planning in
the county are encouraged
to submit a letter of inter-
est to the Morrow County
Planning Department, P.O.
Box 40, Irrigon, OR 97844
by the close of business
Friday, Feb. 9.
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