AWANA club holds awards
ceremony, Grand Prix race
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VOL. 137 NO. 20 8 Pages
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
FBLA club attends conference
Back row (L-R): Logan Burright, Zavier Glover, Roy Collins, Gibson McCurry, Keegan Gibbs,
Cason Mitchell, Kellen Grant, Casey Fletcher, Carson Brosnan, Advisor Jeannie Collins and
Claire Grieb Front row (L-R): Sophie Grant, Madison Combe and Cami VanArsdale. Not
pictured: Jayden Wilson. -Contributed photo.
The Heppner High School
Future Business Leaders
of America (FBLA) club
recently attended the 2018
State Business Leadership
Conference in Portland.
Fourteen members of the
Heppner chapter attended
this year along with hun-
dreds of other high school
students from all over the
state. They competed in
leadership and business
contests, as well as attend-
ed multiple workshops.
These workshops were held
to give all in attendance
the chance to learn about
tremendous opportunities
that are available to them
by getting involved as an
individual or as a school.
The conference ended with
an awards ceremony at the
Portland Convention Cen-
ter. Many of the Heppner
students were brought up on
the stage to receive awards
for their efforts.
Most of the schools
that attended the conference
have FBLA worked into
their school schedule and
have a teacher and a class
devoted to it. That is not
the case at Heppner High
School. Teacher Jeannie
Collins leads the club and
makes it available to any
student who would like to
participate. They practice
and study on their own time
to prepare for the district
and state competitions. The
group also holds several
fundraisers throughout the
year in order for them to
participate at the contests.
This year’s group came
away with many awards at
the conference. Garnering
first place in Agribusiness
was Roy Collins. Getting
fifth place in Hospitali-
ty Management was the
team of Claire Grieb and
and informed residents that
as long as the pump can
keep up with the needs there
shouldn’t be any issues. If
there is a problem, residents
will be notified.
One resident ques-
tioned how information is
provided to the people, say-
ing they never know what
is going on. Miller stated
the town always includes
pertinent information in
everyone’s water bill and
also posts notices at the
mini market and at MCGG.
In the event of an emergen-
cy, phone calls and going
door-to-door would be the
method used. Miller noted
that it is the responsibility
of each resident to read the
information included in
their water bill.
Smith. The most creative
costumes for theme nights
awards were given to Had-
lie Duncan, Mikalie Dun-
can, Emillia Cavan, Hannah
Smith and Jude Smith. The
Bible What’s It? quiz award
was given to Fernando Ser-
rano, Hannah Smith and
Jude Smith.
In the Truth and Train-
ing Club (fourth through
sixth grades), directors Bill
and Nancy Jepsen gave out-
standing attendance awards
and prizes to Damien Ball,
Journey Cavan, Moira Di
Salvo, Lizzy Finch, Kyle
McGill, Brionna Serrano,
Jolene Serrano and Hadley
Wright. Most creative cos-
tume awards went to Jour-
ney Cavan, Moira DiSalvo,
Aubrey Smith and Hadley
Wright. The What’s in the
Bible homework award was
given to Journey Cavan,
Moira DiSalvo and Aubrey
Smith. Outstanding sixth
grade graduate was Jolene
Serrano.
There were 27 mem-
bers who raced a 5 oz. derby
car in the Grand Prix race.
The first place trophy for
the fastest car of the night
went to Hannah Smith, sec-
ond place to Alex Mudge
and third place to Damion
Ball. The top three awards
for the most creatively de-
signed cars were claimed by
Alex Mudge, Lizzy Finch
and Joshua Montano.
Semi crash kills cattle near
Ione
In other business, Mill-
er introduced the new town
recorder, Felicia Cavan. Ca-
van was hired to replace Ja-
nette Eldrige who recently
took another position.
Ed Dickenson, mainte-
nance, reported that the new
siren has been delivered and
will be installed soon. He
also stated he will be moni-
toring the water tank project
and has started mowing and
spraying weeds as time al-
lows.
A committee will be
holding budget meetings in
April and May to prepare
the 2018-19 town bud-
get. The next town council
meeting will be held at the
town hall on May 8 at 6
p.m.
Ukiah man faces charges in
death of Heppner man
Anthony King En-
riquez of Ukiah faces the
charge of first-degree man-
slaughter for the crash that
killed Joshua Kenneth Her-
rig, 35, of Heppner.
Enriquez, 42, was driv-
ing a 1999 Dodge pickup
north on Highway 74 near
Lexington on March 21
when he lost control and
the vehicle rolled several
times, Oregon State Police
The local AWANA Bible
Club concluded its club
year with an awards cer-
emony and Grand Prix car
races on Apr. 15 at Willow
Creek Baptist church in
Heppner. AWANA is the
joint effort of leaders from
several local churches to
teach children about the
Bible.
In the Sparks group
(grades K through third),
directors John and Barb
Collin presented outstand-
ing attendance awards and
prizes to Emillia Cavan,
Fernando Serrano, Sophia
Serrano, Hannah Smith and
Jude Smith. Sunday School
attendance patches were
awarded to Sofia DiSalvo,
Hannah Smith and Jude
Madison Combe. Taking
seventh place in Entre-
preneurship was the team
of Keegan Gibbs, Cami
VanArsdale and Kellen
Grant. Two teams placed
in the Sports Management
competition. The team of
Gibson McCurry and Cason
Mitchell finished in eighth
place while Sophie Grant
and Zavier Glover took
ninth. Jayden Wilson and
Roy Collins placed 11 th in
the Management Decision
Making contest.
A great time was had by
all of the Heppner students
and they are already look-
ing forward to putting in the
hard work for a return trip
next year. Besides attend-
ing contest and workshops, The design winners (L-R): Joshua Montano, Lizzy Finch and Alex Mudge.
they had fun shopping,
touring the Adidas Sports
campus and employee store
and going out for dinner in
Portland.
Lexington residents express
concern regarding water
restrictions
Several Lexington resi-
dents turned out for the
monthly council meeting on
Apr. 10 to ask how the wa-
ter restrictions beginning on
Apr. 16 would affect usage.
Lexington is in the pro-
cess of relining the town’s
water tank, which requires
it to be drained and unavail-
able for use for six to seven
weeks. During the project,
a smaller tank has been put
in place to support the water
needs for the town. As the
tank is much smaller, the
town has asked residents to
conserve water by refrain-
ing from outside watering
as much as possible and
using other water saving
methods.
Acting mayor, Sheila
Miller, answered questions
The fastest car winners (L-R): Damion Ball (3 rd place), Hannah Smith (1 st ) and Alex Mudge (2 nd ).
reported. Enriquez suffered under the influence of in-
non-life threatening inju- toxicants.
ries, but the crash
At the time of the
ejected Herrig, who
accident, state po-
died at the scene.
lice reported alcohol,
The Morrow
speed and safety re-
County District At-
straints were being
torney’s office ar-
considered as factors.
raigned Enriquez
Enriquez is being
Anthony King
on the preliminary
held in the Umatilla
Enriquez
charge as well as
County jail with bail
additional charges of reck- set for a total of $260,000.
less driving and driving
A crash involving a semi loaded with cattle, driven by Frank Halvorsen, 67, of
Ione resulted in the death of approximately 10 cattle last Wednesday.
According to Oregon State Police, Halvorsen was heading north on Highway 74
near Ione when he attempted to turn left onto McNab Road and lost control. The truck
and trailer rolled onto the passenger side. Halvorsen was treated for minor injuries.
State police responded, along with the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office and local
fire and ambulance services.
Voters to decide on OSU
Extension Service tax district
In the upcoming May
15 primary election, voters
in Morrow and Umatilla
counties will have a say in
whether or not to support
the formation of a new tax
district for Oregon State
University Extension Ser-
vice.
The new district would
tax 33 cents per $1,000 of
assessed value to help fund
OSU Extension programs.
Umatilla and Morrow
counties will have separate
votes to form districts. Ac-
cording to OSU figures, if
passed, tax revenue could
generate up to $1.7 million
annually for the extension
center.
A spokesperson said
forming the new district
would help provide stable
funding not only for the
extension offices in both
counties, but for the Herm-
iston Agricultural Research
and Extension Center and
Columbia Basin Agricul-
tural Research Center north
of Pendleton.
Students named to president’s
list at OIT
The following Morrow County students have been named to the 2017-18 win-
ter term president’s list at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls: Stacee
Halvorsen from Ione, majoring in radiologic science and Kayla Nelson from Boardman,
majoring in radiologic science.
Inclusion on the list requires a 3.7 grade-point average and above. Only full-time
undergraduate students (12 credit hours or more) are eligible for academic honors.
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