Rylee Palmer wins essay
contest
Rylee Palmer, a member of
the Pine City study group,
entered the Character
Counts! essay and artwork
competition, winning the
local, state and national
contests. This year’s char-
acter focused on citizen-
ship.
The Association for
Family and Community
Education invites fourth
graders to enter the essay
and artwork contest each
year. Each contestant was
required to draw a picture
depicting citizenship and
write an essay about the
picture.
After winning the Mor-
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
row County contest, Palm-
er’s entry was sent to the
state contest, which she also
won. Winning the state con-
test put her in the running
for the national contest and
she won that as well. She
will receive cash prizes for
all three wins.
Palmer’s winning entry
Budweiser.
that he looked down at his
“They then met back phone at 5:33 p.m. and is on display at Murray’s
up after work (around 5 when he looked up, he was
off the road. He overcor-
rected and the truck crossed
the highway before he over-
corrected it again. The truck
then rolled, causing Herrig
to be ejected from the ve-
hicle. He died at the scene.
Enriquez got out of the
vehicle, admitted to being
the driver and stated that he
had consumed three beers
prior to the crash. A blood
draw obtained by the Or-
Anthony King Enriquez
egon State Police two hours
p.m.) and decided to go to after the crash reported a
Ione for dinner,” according blood alcohol content of
to District Attorney Justin .189 percent, more than
Nelson. “The two then left twice the legal limit of .08
for Ione in Herrig’s work percent.
truck with Enriquez driving
Nelson also stated that
the vehicle. Mr. Enriquez his office and the victim
stated that he drove because assistance office kept the
Mr. Herrig was too intoxi- victim’s family informed
cated to drive.”
of the status of the case
According to the news and consulted them prior to
release, Enriquez reported acceptance of plea negotia-
tions. Herrig’s mother and
sister gave statements to
the court at the sentencing
hearing.
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Drunk driver sentenced in
death of passenger
Anthony King Enriquez pleads guilty to criminally
negligent homicide and drunk driving
Anthony Enriquez, 42,
of Ukiah, was sentenced to
65 months in prison after
pleading guilty to criminal
negligent homicide and
driving under the influence
of intoxicants charges that
resulted from a crash on
Mar. 21, 2018. The passen-
ger of the vehicle, Joshua
Herrig, age 35, of Hep-
pner, was ejected from the
vehicle and killed.
Circuit Judge Eva Tem-
ple sentenced Enriquez to
five years, five months in
state prison in accordance
to a plea deal. Enriquez will
receive credit for the time
he spent in the Umatilla
County Jail, Pendleton, fol-
lowing the crash.
According to reports,
Enriquez and Herrig were
friends and occasionally
worked together. On Mar.
21, the two reportedly met
during their lunch hour and
purchased three cases of
Drug in Heppner. All participants in the contest receive
a certificate and a treat.
The character for the contest next year will be trust-
worthiness.
Local commissioner attends
national leadership conference
Doherty “rides the rails” to DC
CBEC local
manager elected to
regional board
Thomas Wolff, CEO
and general manager of
Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative based in Hep-
pner, was recently elected
by his peers to serve on
the board of trustees of the
Northwest Public Power
Association (NWPPA).
NWPPA is an interna-
tional association represent-
ing and serving over 154
consumer-owned, locally
controlled public power
utilities in the Western U.S.
and Canada, including Or-
egon, Washington, Idaho,
California, Montana, Utah,
Wyoming, Nevada, Alas-
ka and British Columbia.
NWPPA exists to enhance
the success of its members
through education, training,
public information, govern-
mental relations and value-
added services. NWPPA
values local control, mem-
ber needs, integrity, quality
of products and services,
effective representation and
accountability.
Wolff is a twenty-year
employee of Columbia Ba-
Rylee Palmer (right) pictured with Marilyn Perkins.
Thomas Wolff
sin Electric Co-Op, serv-
ing in his fourth year as
its CEO/General Manager.
Wolff was chosen to re-
place Terry Kelly of Salem
Electric Cooperative who
recently retired from the
industry.
Morrow County Commissioner Jim Doherty (left) with some of the other participants in the
recent leadership conference held June 3-7 in Washington, DC (Capitol in the background).
Alex Lindsay wins
triple jump state
title
Alex Lindsay, Heppner,
was one of 16 athletes se-
lected to participate in the
boys’ triple jump 2A state
finals held recently at the
University of Oregon. Lind-
say’s 41’11” jump won him
the state title.
According to a source,
the last time the boys’ triple
jump title was won was in
1994 and the last time for
girls was in 2010.
Alex Lindsay stands on the
podium after receiving his
medal for the triple jump state
Alex Lindsay
title. -Contributed photo.
Students learn about rice from
around the world
Students in Mrs. El-
guezabal’s second grade
reading group spent time
at the end of the school
year reading and learning
about rice from around the
Second grade students enjoy the rice dishes created by the
chefs. Students participating were Mary Ashbeck, Jacob Blair,
Zachery Christian, Addison Coe, Lizzie Ginn, Havin Gray,
Isa Payne, Naomi Propheter, Joshua Severance Eva Worden
and Julius Wright.
By David Sykes
Morrow County Com-
missioner Jim Doherty re-
cently attended a confer-
ence in Washington DC
aimed at helping county
officials improve “the art
and practice of public lead-
ership.”
Held June 3-7, the con-
ference was attended by
officials from 24 counties
across the United States,
who participated in work
sessions aimed at devel-
oping skills for a better
county government includ-
ing “increasing innovation
and creativity, increase
risk-taking, improve deci-
sion making and develop
better team building and
communication.” Partici-
pants also learned to “en-
hance the capability of
county officials to identify
and implement innovative
solutions to complex chal-
lenges facing county gov-
ernment.” Doherty has a
leadership position at the
state level, having recently
been elected as second vice
president of the Association
of Oregon Counties (AOC).
“It was an intense
boot-camp styled struc-
ture,” Doherty told the
Gazette-Times upon his
return. “A lot of would-be
leaders reduced to question-
ing whether they were up
to the challenge. The focus
was on getting beyond au-
thority and focus on what
it means to lead. I didn’t
realize the gravity of being
selected. Apparently around
the country competition for
a spot is normal,” he added.
The $1,800 cost of the
conference was paid for by
AOC, and Doherty took
the train back to DC to
cut down on costs. “With
an eye to the past election
where many ‘jet setting’
commissioners were un-
elected, I chose to get my-
self there and back as frugal
as possible. For $400 dol-
lars one can get on the fast
track and ride the rails from
Pasco to DC,” Doherty said.
He added that after a week
of meetings he then took
the Empire Builder train
back to “God’s country.” He
said while sitting on a train
seat for 40 hours did show
him the price of a flight vs
a night on a train, “It’s still
easier than sleeping on the
ground at sheep camp.”
said it is a famous and con-
venient dish to serve when
you have lots of company
because it all cooks up in
only one dish.
Alvin Liu brought Tai-
wanese mochi, a type of
sweet rice dumpling. Liu
explained that when the
Japanese occupied Taiwan
they brought mochi with
world. To celebrate the end Chefs who participated in the them, and the Taiwanese
of the unit, the students party were Carmen Healy, adapted their own version
threw a “Rice is Nice” party Pat Sweeney, Alvin Liu and
Kelsey Wolff.
-See RICE/PAGE FOUR
and invited community
members to bring a rice
dish from another country.
The students learned how
to eat with chopsticks and
were inspired to discover
that children who are only
three years old, can pick up Green Mountain Grills
a single grain of rice using 10% off accessories,
chopsticks.
sauces rubs and pellets
Carmen Healy brought
arroz con pollo from the
Morrow County Grain Growers
Dominican Republic. She
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