Currin, Mahoney compete at
national finals rodeo
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VOL. 137
NO. 29
8 Pages
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Blane Mahoney competes in
national finals rodeo
Jacee Currin
Jacee Currin and Jaiden
Mahoney, Heppner High
School seniors, are current-
ly competing at the National
Finals High School Rodeo
(NHSFR) in Rock Springs,
WY. Both girls completed
their first go rounds on
Sunday and Monday.
Currin is in 21 st posi-
tion with a time of 8.89 in
goat tying after the first go
round. Mahoney is in 75 th
position in barrel racing
with a time of 22.866.
The Oregon girls’ team
is currently sitting in 12 th
place and the Oregon boys’
team in 13 th , with the com-
bined Oregon team sitting
12 th .
The rodeo continues
through July 21, with the
Saturday performances be- Jaiden Mahoney
ing televised and available
on RFD-TV.
Event trailer makes debut
Blane Mahoney recent-
ly competed at the National
Junior High Finals Rodeo
in Huron, SD in chute dog-
ging, team roping, break-
away roping, ribbon roping
and the light rifle shooting.
Blane placed 34 th in the
nation in the breakaway
roping and 48 th in the light
rifle competition.
“I enjoyed represent-
ing Oregon at the national
level. It was a great experi-
ence and I hope to qualify
again in high school,” Ma-
honey said.
Blane will be a fresh-
man at Heppner High
School this fall and will
join his sister, Jaiden, as a
member of the Oregon High
School Rodeo Association
and Intermountain High
School Rodeo team com-
peting in the team roping, Lindy Gravelle performs on the new event trailer. -Contributed photo.
steer wrestling, light rifle
The new event trailer Lindy Gravelle’s perfor- reinforced by Miller and
and target shooting events. stage, the long-time dream mance.
Sons and Shane Laughlin.
th
Dale
Bates
has
dreamed
With a bit of fabrication
of
Dale
Bates,
made
its
Blane Mahoney placed 34 in
the nation in the breakaway debut at Heppner’s Music of creating a more pro- done by Coil Fabrication
roping event with a time of in the Park on July 7 during fessional stage for events it was completed to its
3.6. -Contributed photo.
in Heppner and with the current state. According to
help of other community a spokesperson, there are
members and businesses, still some things to finish,
but the city now has a bet-
it became a reality.
The trailer began with ter stage to use for music
the donation of an old mo- events.
The event trailer proj-
bile home by Wil White.
The house was removed ect was funded by a dona-
from the frame by David tion from the Howard and
Piper Construction and Beth Bryant Foundation.
the frame was rebuilt and
Visiting bike group plays pickle ball
The Mid-Valley Bike
Club members, spending
a couple of days in Hep-
pner on their ride through
Eastern Oregon, tried out
the new pickle ball court
last Thursday. The group
invited local residents Dale
Bates and Jay Coil to play,
teaching them the rules
of the game. Bates and
Coil managed to win both
games.
Of the 41 members of
the group, some visited the
museums, viewed the mu-
rals on the side of the Agri-
cultural Museum, checked
out the Talking Rocks, did
the walking tour to learn
about Heppner’s past and
did the Pre-Flood Walk
through History.
MCSO announces
promotions
Members of the Mid-Valley
Bike Club, Robert Fox, Bruce
Fecht, Ted Wilson and Ellen
Tappon played pickle ball on
the new court in Heppner.
-Contributed photo.
Jeff Bailey wins OBA award
Jeff Bailey, president
and CEO of Bank of East-
ern Oregon was presented
the Frank E. Brawner Ad-
vocacy Award at the Ore-
gon Bankers Association’s
(OBA) 113 th Anniversary
Convention held in Incline
Village, NV.
The top priority of the
Oregon Bankers Associa-
tion is advocacy on behalf
of its member banks. This
includes lobbying at the
state level, regulatory re-
lations, federal legislative
advocacy, grassroots pro-
grams, political engage-
ment and media and public
relations. The Frank E.
Brawner Advocacy Award
was established in 2015 to
recognize what it means to
be an outstanding advocate
for the Oregon banking
industry. The award was
named after one of the most
passionate advocates in the
history of Oregon banking,
the late Frank Brawner,
CEO of OBA for 24 years
beginning in 1974.
Whether testifying in
Salem in support of import-
ant legislation; travelling to
Washington, D.C. to meet
with agency leadership
and lawmakers; or writing
Oregon’s congressional del-
egation on the importance
of bank regulatory reform,
Jeff Bailey, president and CEO of Bank of Eastern Oregon was
named the 2018 recipient of the Frank E. Brawner Advocacy
Award for his outstanding advocacy efforts on behalf of the
Oregon banking industry.
Bailey assured that the
Oregon banking industry’s
voice, and the voice of ru-
ral banks in particular, was
heard loud and clear in the
halls of government.
“Jeff is hands-down
the right person to receive
this award,” stated OBA
President and CEO Linda
Top photo: Scott Carter (right) was sworn-in as Criminal Dep-
uty/Detective by Sheriff Kenneth W. Matlack at the Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office this week.
Bottom photo: Nathen Braun (right) was sworn-in as Patrol
Sgt. For the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office by Sheriff Ken-
neth W. Matlack.
Navarro while announcing
the award. She added, “The
reason can be summed up
in the adage, ‘He says what
he means, and means what
he says,’ something that is
too often absent in today’s
political discourse. He is
as honest and authentic as
they come.”
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