Heppner football players
honored at Shriners banquet
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VOL. 137 NO. 15 8 Pages
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Heppner FFA travels to
Redmond for state convention
Heppner FFA Chapter members with the National FFA Vice President. -Contributed photo.
The Oregon FFA state
convention was a success
for the Heppner FFA chap-
ter. Fifteen members of
the local chapter traveled
to Redmond for the an-
nual convention. Members
participated in many ses-
sions that recognized mem-
bers’ accomplishments.
Two Heppner members,
Coby Dougherty and Beau
Wolters, earned the highest
degree that the state can
award to a member, the
Oregon FFA State degree.
Coby was also a finalist in
the state for the Star in Ag
Placement award.
Alex Lindsay was a
candidate to be an Oregon
FFA state officer. As a can-
didate, he participated in
many interviews and prob-
lem solving situations. Ac-
cording to a spokesperson,
the chapter is very proud
of the way he represented
himself, the chapter and
community.
To advance to the state
for proficiency awards,
you must win at the district
level. The Blue Mountain
FFA District Outdoor Rec-
reation winner was Alex
Lindsay, the Grain Pro-
duction Placement winner
was Alex Lindsay and the
Wildlife Management win-
ner was Ethan Akers. The
applications are evaluated
Ione FFA members (L-R front row): Colt Parker, Emily Taylor, Macy Rosselle, Austin Morter,
Daniel Eubanks, Jake Heideman, Stephine Wendler, Eva Martin, Larysa Burright, Megan
Doherty, Sarah Knop and Grace Ogden. (L-R back row): Morgan Orem and MaLinda Morter.
– Contributed photo.
phy-people.
-Jake Heideman placed
sixth in photography-peo-
ple, sixth in photography-
landscape and fourth in
essay.
-Emily Taylor was sec-
ond in agriscience project in
plant systems and seventh
in photography-people.
-In essay competition,
Sonia Medina took third
and Eva Martin fifth.
-Sixth place in photo-
graph equipment went to
MaLinda Morter.
-Larysa Burright placed
seventh in ag poster.
-Daniel Eubanks took
first place in agriscience
project in power, technical
and social systems and is
advancing to nationals.
-Fifth place ag mar-
keting team was Morgan
Orem, Eva Martin and Me-
gan Doherty.
-State FFA degree re-
cipients were Austin Morter
and Emily Taylor.
MCSD plans emergency drill
On Friday, Apr. 13, the
Morrow County School
District will conduct an
emergency drill from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. at Boardman
schools. All three schools,
Sam Boardman Elementa-
ry, Windy River Elementary
and Riverside Jr/Sr. High
School, will be used during
the drill. The drill is being
conducted in partnership
with local law enforcement
and emergency responders,
including the Boardman
Police Department, Board-
man Fire, Boardman Am-
bulance, Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office and Oregon
State Police. Local residents
are advised that during the
drill, it will seem like a real
emergency is happening at
the schools with law en-
forcement and emergency
personnel traveling to and
from the schools and being
onsite performing the work
they would do in a true
emergency.
The purpose of the drill
is to practice what would be
done if an emergency situ-
ation occurred at a school
building, such as a natural
disaster, a fire or gas leak or
violent incident. The drill
will include school staff,
The Tri-County Shrine
Club recently hosted a
banquet to honor Heppner
Mustang football players
Wyatt Steagall and Beau
Wolters. Both young men
were chosen for the Port-
land Shriners Children’s
Hospital All-Star Team.
Wyatt was selected to play
in the Shrine game that will
be held on Aug. 3 in Baker
City. Beau will serve as an
alternate on the team.
They were nominated
by their coach for this honor
and then selected by a com-
mittee on three criteria.
Their athletic accomplish-
ments, their academics and
their community service
were the reasons these play-
ers were chosen to represent
the Shriners in their cause
to help children receive
medical care. The Portland
Shriners Children’s Hospi-
tal, which started operation
in 1924, has served more
than 60,000 children since
its doors opened.
The players, their fami-
lies and friends were first
treated to a dinner. Heppner
football coach, Greg Grant,
spoke about each of the
boys and their contributions
to the Mustang football
program.
Both Wyatt and Beau
spoke, starting by thanking
everyone who helped them
achieve their success on the
field. They thanked their
families, coaches, team-
mates and the community
for always supporting them.
They both spoke about what
a great time they had wear-
ing the Mustang “Blue and
Gold” and of all the great
memories they will take
with them.
Members of the Tri-
County Shriners Club in
attendance were Herman
Winter, Merlin Hughes,
Gene Orwick and Archie
Ball. A spokesperson stated
that these two fine young
men certainly deserve the
honor of being selected to
the Portland Shriners Chil-
dren’s Hospital All-Star
team.
Council receives rough draft of
proposed park ‘behavior’
ordinance
Sets up violators to be banned from use
-See HEPPNER FFA/PAGE
TWO
Ione FFA competes in state
convention
The Ione FFA Chapter
traveled to Redmond during
spring break to compete in
the state FFA convention.
Members placing at the
competition were:
-Morgan Orem placed
first in advanced portfolio
and sixth in co-op quiz/
interview.
-Grace Ogden was first
in beginning portfolio and
creed speaker and will be
advancing to nationals. She
also took fifth in photogra-
Pictured L-R: Coach Greg Grant, Shriner Gene Orwick, Wyatt Steagall, Shriner Herman
Winter, Beau Wolters, Shriner Merlin Hughes, Shriner Archie Ball. – Contributed photo.
volunteer students, vol-
unteers to portray parents
and emergency personnel
acting as if this is a real
emergency.
After the incident at the
schools, staff and students
will be bused to a separate
location, where the reuni-
fication portion of the drill
will take place. Reunifica-
tion means when students
are evacuated from their
school building and bused
to another location; parents
are then asked to travel to
the reunification location
-See MCSD DRILL/PAGE
THREE
Violators may soon be banned from the Heppner City Park. -Photo by David Sykes.
By David Sykes
A proposed new city
ordinance, covering a wide
range of activity no longer
to be allowed in parks,
and banning violators, was
presented to the Heppner
city council Monday night.
“This is a very rough draft”,
stressed Mayor Cody High
when presenting the pro-
posed ordinance. The coun-
cil will have a month to
look it over and bring back
changes next month.
Some of the banned
activities include no solic-
iting, including operating
a concession, selling or
peddling any liquids or ed-
ibles, distributing circulars,
peddle or vend any goods,
wares or merchandise or
set up or use a public ad-
dress system in the park
without a written permit
from the city council. Also
banned would be abusive,
threatening, boisterous,
vile, obscene or indecent
language or gestures. Also
banned is “blowing, spread-
ing or placing any nasal or
other bodily discharge” on
park grounds.
City attorney Bill
Kuhn, when questioned
by councilmember Adam
Doherty, said he would
also add an excessive noise
portion to the ordinance.
See bottom of this story for
complete ordinance under
consideration.
Consideration of the
new ordinance was prompt-
ed by an increased number
of incidents with people
“misbehaving” while us-
ing the park. The ordinance
would give law enforce-
ment and city employees
the authority to ban people
up to 120 days from using
the parks. Violation of the
ordinance would be a Class
C infraction. There would
be an appeals process for
banned people to appeal to
the city administrator.
In other business, the
council heard from a rep-
resentative of PrineTime,
a wireless internet service
provider providing service
in Heppner, about the possi-
bility of establishing a fran-
chise agreement with the
city in exchange for some
in-kind service such as free
internet or helping to hang
banners in the city. The
city currently has franchise
agreements with Windwave
and Centurylink, both inter-
net service providers. Ed
Howard from PrineTime
was at the council meeting
to request an agreement.
He said his company has
an agreement with the city
of Prineville where they are
based, but does not pay a
fee there. Both Windwave
and Centurylink pay a fran-
chise fee for use of the city
right of ways. Howard had
said earlier that the com-
pany had considered asking
permission from the city to
put equipment on top of the
water tower near the high
school in order to improve
reception and help them get
service to people that have
been requesting it, but had
changed their mind and de-
cided not to do that project.
Howard said the company
just wanted to get an agree-
ment with the city in place
in case of future need.
In other action the
council agreed to sell bulk
water to the Town of Lex-
ington while they replaced
the liners in their water
tanks. The council did not
know how much water
would be needed but un-
derstood the project to take
four to six weeks. ‘We want
to help out our neighbors,”
Mayor Cody High said.
In other action the
council approved a request
from Carl and Pat Lauritsen
for 10 laying hens on their
property on May Street.
In other business the
council discussed the com-
ing need to purchase a new
accounting system and new
computer equipment to go
with it. The city currently
is using outdated account-
ing software and needs to
update.
THE CITY OF HEP-
PNER ORDAINS AS FOL-
LOWS:
A. Fires. No person
shall build any fire within
-See PARK BEHAVIOR/
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