Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 7, 2018
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Windy River teacher arrested Ione community shows
on sexual abuse charges
Cardinal Pride
Robert Weems, 42, a
Windy River Elementary
School sixth grade teacher,
was placed on paid admin-
istrative leave, just one day
prior to his arrest on Feb. 2
by The Dalles Police De-
partment.
According to the Mor-
row County School Dis-
trict press release, Weems
was arrested on multiple
counts of sexual abuse in
the second degree and third
degree as well as official
misconduct.
The school district an-
nounced that they were
made aware of a potential
situation regarding Weems
on the morning of Thurs-
day, Feb. 1. Weems was
hired to teach at the Board-
man elementary school
July 1.
Weems is currently
lodged at NORCOR on
$3,000 bail.
Robert Weems
January warmer than normal
According to prelimi-
nary data received by NO-
AA’s National Weather Ser-
vice in Pendleton, tempera-
tures at Heppner averaged
warmer than normal during
the month of January.
The average tempera-
ture was 39.4 degrees which
was 4.2 degrees above nor-
mal. High temperatures av-
eraged 46.5 degrees, which
was 2.9 degrees above nor-
mal. The highest was 65
degrees on the 30 th . Low
temperatures averaged 32.2
degrees, which was 5.4
degrees above normal. The
lowest was 20 degrees, on
the 1 st .
There were 13 days
with the low temperature
below 32 degrees and four
days when the high tem-
perature stayed below 32
degrees.
Precipitation totaled
1.31 inches during Janu-
ary, which was 0.16 inches
below normal. Measurable
precipitation -at least .01
inch- was received on 14
days with the heaviest, 0.30
inches reported on the 16 th .
Since October, the wa-
ter year precipitation at
Heppner has been 5.07
inches, which is 0.46 inches
below normal.
The highest wind gust
was 52 mph which occurred
on the 27 th .
The outlook for Febru-
ary from NOAA’s climate
prediction center calls for
above normal temperatures
and near normal precipi-
tation. Normal highs for
Heppner during February
are 47.4 degrees and normal
lows are 28.2 degrees. The
30 year normal precipita-
tion is 1.12 inches.
Classic car Cruz-In scheduled
The 17 th annual Cruz-
In car show will again be
held during the St. Patrick’s
celebration in Heppner on
Mar. 17. The car show will
take place on Willow Street,
between Heppner Market
Fresh and St. Patrick’s Se-
nior Center between 9 a.m.
and 3 p.m.
Registration for the
classic vehicles will start at
9 a.m. and will cost $20 per
vehicle. Car owners will be
entitled to participate in the
poker walk through the five
participating downtown
businesses, with a cash
prize awarded to the first
and second place poker
hands.
Some categories for
awards will be Lepre-
chaun’s choice, Mustang’s
choice, best convertible,
best 1910-1920’s vehicle,
best street rod, best paint,
best resto-mod car, best of
show and many more. Car
owners will vote on their
favorite car for the partici-
pants choice award.
Judging will begin at
9 a.m., with awards begin-
ning around 2:30 p.m. on
Willow Street. The public is
invited to view the cars and
reminisce about the past.
Sponsors for the
Cruz-In include Heppner
Auto Parts, Heppner High
School, Les Schwab Tires,
Pettyjohn’s Supply, Mor-
row County Grain Grow-
ers, Lexington Machine,
Lexington Mini Market,
Osmin’s Century Welding,
Columbia Basin Electric,
Murray’s Drugs and Hep-
pner Market Fresh.
For additional informa-
tion, to obtain an entry form
or to volunteer, contact the
Heppner Chamber of Com-
merce at 541-676-5536 or
Gary Jones at 541-676-
5456.
Ione community members were asked to wear letterman’s sweaters or jackets to the Throw-
Back Cardinal night at the homecoming basketball game last Saturday to demonstrate their
Cardinal Pride.
Pictured (L-R back row): Keith Rea, Eric Orem, Gregg Rietmann, Virgil Morgan, Deacon
Heideman, Jason Proudfoot, Monty Crum, Jerry Rietmann. (L-R front row): Brandi Orem,
Jill Martin and Kate Knop. -Contributed photo
Marquardt appointed to Oregon
Hunter Education board
Jim Marquardt, a Hep-
pner hunter education in-
structor for many years,
has been appointed to a
three-year northeast direc-
tor position in the Oregon
Hunter Education Instruc-
tors Association (OHEIA).
Irrigon resident, Greg
Barron, currently the orga-
nization’s president-elect,
will take over as president
on May 1 of this year. The
board consists of directors
representing the geographi-
cal areas of the state as
well as two directors at
large, two special project
directors and a webmaster.
Heppner instructor, Darlene
Marquardt is also the web-
master and is on the ballot
to be elected as secretary for
the coming term.
The next scheduled
hunter education course
in Heppner is scheduled
for June, after school is
out for the year. Registra-
tion is available at https://
or.outdoorcentral.us/or/li-
cense or at any location
where you can purchase
hunting or fishing licenses.
For more information, con-
tact Jim Marquardt at 541-
969-4845.
According to a spokes-
Jim Marquardt
person, OHEIA is an orga-
nization whose purpose is
to work in partnership with
ODFW to support hunter
education instructors. The
mission of OHEIA is to
“improve the teaching of
safe, ethical and responsible
hunting.”
Chamber lunch meeting to be
held at senior center
The next lunch meeting
of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be the
hosted annual luncheon for
Willow Creek Develop-
ment Group to be held at
noon on Thursday, Feb. 15,
in the senior center dining
room. Gary Neal, General
Manager of the Port of Mor-
row, will be the speaker for
the luncheon and the public
is welcome.
There is no charge for
lunch, but attendees are
asked to RSVP at 541-676-
5536 no later than Feb. 13.
Alvin Liu of Gateway Café
will be catering the lunch,
serving BBQ ribs, BBQ
chicken, BBQ beans, potato
salad and dessert.
Creative arts and crafts group
to meet, plan sale
Morrow County Cre-
ative Arts and Crafts group
will meet on Monday, Feb.
12, at 11:30 a.m. at Sweet
Productions on Main St. in
Heppner for a no-host lunch
and meeting.
Members interested in
the sale for the St. Patrick’s
celebration are asked to
bring a list of items for sale.
Also on the agenda
will be a class with Darla
Hanson, possibly with a fol-
low along watercolor class
or other class she teaches.
The class doing the paint-
ing will make the decision
as to what they would like
to paint. The class is free to
members and $20 a day for
non-members. The public is
invited to attend.
Members are asked to
attend the Feb. 12 meeting
or call Betty Mills, 541-
676-5546, if selling items
during the St. Patrick’s
festivities.
Traveling Lantern to present
Johnny Appleseed
The 17th annual Cruz-In will be held on March 17. -File Photo
The Traveling Lantern
is presenting a program
on Johnny Appleseed at
the Ione School Feb. 14
at 2:30 p.m. The show
will present Appleseed’s
lessons of environmental
stewardship, conservation,
and sustainability that are
relevant to children today,
as they learn to protect and
respect the beauty of nature
around them. The public is
invited to this educational
program.
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