Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 26, 2018 -- TWO
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Chamber Chatter
Nominations are open
for Heppner Chamber’s
Annual Town and Country
Community Awards Event.
Nominations are being ac-
cepted for the Business of
the Year, Woman of the
Year, Man of the Year, Cit-
izen-Educator of the Year,
Youth Award and Life-
time Achievement Award.
Forms can be picked up at
the Bank of Eastern Ore-
gon, City Hall, Community
Bank, Heppner Chamber
and Kuhn Law Office or by
calling the Chamber at 541-
676-5536 or emailing hep-
pnerchamber@centurytel.
net. Completed nomination
forms can be dropped off
at the Heppner Chamber or
Kuhn Law offices by Jan.
11. Tickets will be available
for sale beginning Friday,
Jan. 4, 2019.
Thursday, Jan. 17 from
noon to 1 p.m., Heppner
Chamber’s Annual lun-
cheon at the Senior Center
dining room.
Thursday, Feb. 7, Hep-
pner Chamber’s Annual
Town and Country Com-
munity Awards event to be
held at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds beginning at
6 p.m. The theme for the
event will be “An Evening
With the Stars.”
Electric Co-Op
declares patronage
payment
The Board of Directors
of Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative, Inc., head-
quartered in Heppner, has
announced the retirement of
$604,342 in Capital Patron-
age Credits. This amount
represents the remainder
of 1990, all of 1991 and
several small credits from
more recent years. Capital
Patronage Credits represent
member’s equity in the
member-owned coopera-
tive. With the addition of
the $604,342, the Co-Op
has returned $6,913,039 to
its member/owners over the
last 41 years.
Most credit holders
will receive payment by
check. Active credit holders
of very small value or in
arrears will have payments
applied to their account.
Multiple account holders
will receive a single check
for all accounts. Funds were
expected to be disbursed by
Dec. 17.
InterMountain ESD
has announced that nom-
inations are open through
Jan. 31, 2019 for the eastern
Oregon regional teacher of
the year. Anyone can nom-
inate a teacher from any
Oregon school district on
the Oregon Teacher of the
Year website at www.ore-
gonteacheroftheyear.org.
The InterMountain
ESD encourages school
staff, students, parents and
community members to
nominate teachers from
its school districts in Bak-
er, Morrow, Umatilla and
United Methodist volunteers will serve lunch on Union counties. “It’s great
Wednesday, January 2 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. to have people nominate
Lunch will be Hoppin’ John (black-eyed peas, ham and teachers they know and
rice), seven layer salad, spiced peaches, corn dodgers and
strawberry shortcake for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Community lunch menu
Historical Society
schedules annual
meeting
The Morrow Coun-
ty Historical Society will
hold their annual meeting
at Two Hags Pizza on Jan.
13 beginning at 2 p.m.
Due to previous lack of
participation, the MCHS
has been unable to appoint
new officers or conduct any
business.
Friends and members
of the MCHS are asked
to attend the meeting to
determine whether or not
they will be able to conduct
business or if they will dis-
solve the organization by
taking appropriate action
in accordance with the law.
For additional infor-
mation, contact David De-
Mayo.
A reminder from the Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office
Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving
The holidays are a time
for family gatherings and
festivities with friends. All
of these celebrations mean
good food, shared mem-
ories, camaraderie, and
for some, a few too many
drinks. Sadly, 29 percent
(10,874) of all motor vehi-
cle traffic fatalities in 2017
involved drunk drivers,
and 885 of those deaths oc-
curred in December alone.
These crashes are
100-percent preventable.
It’s simple: Never drink
and drive. Technology has
brought us so far in how
we are able to access public
transportation, and it is easy
to designate a sober friend
to get us home safe and
sound after a night out.
This holiday season,
the Morrow County Sher-
iff’s Office is teaming up
with the U.S. Department of
Transportation’s National
Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
ministration to remind all
drivers about the dangers of
drinking and driving. With
the holiday festivities and
office parties taking place,
it’s essential to plan a sober
ride home before ever leav-
ing for the good time. This
holiday, as you head out for
a night of merry-making,
remember: Buzzed Driving
Is Drunk Driving. If you
plan to be someone else’s
designated driver, stick
to that commitment. Your
friends are relying on you,
and you could save a life.
NHTSA’s campaign will
run from November 23-De-
cember 12, 2018.
According to NHTSA,
37,133 people were killed
in motor vehicle traffic
crashes in 2017. The hol-
idays prove to be extra
dangerous to drivers. From
2013 to 2017, of all people
who lost their lives in traffic
crashes during the month
of December, 4,110 died in
crashes that involved a driv-
er with a blood alcohol con-
centration of .08 or higher.
“The holidays should
be a time for celebrations,
not a time for tragedy,” said
Undersheriff John Bowles.
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“Unfortunately, alcohol
at many holiday events
contributes to the number
of impaired drivers on our
roadways. Help us spread
the message: Even one
drink is one drink too many.
If you feel buzzed, you are
already drunk.”
Too many people take
to the roadways after con-
suming alcohol because
they think they are “okay
to drive.” They may think
they’ve had enough to eat,
enough water to drink, or
that their weight may fac-
tor into the equation. But
these are inaccurate ways
of measuring whether you
are safe to drive.
Drunk driving isn’t
the only risk on the road:
Drug-impaired driving is
also an increasing problem
on our nation’s roads. If
drivers are impaired by
any substance—alcohol
or drugs—they should not
get behind the wheel of a
vehicle. Driving while im-
paired is illegal, period. The
bottom line is this: If You
Feel Different, You Drive
Different. It’s that simple.
“We want to keep our
roads safe this holiday sea-
son and help people under-
stand that the only time they
should be behind the wheel
is when they are sober,”
said Undersheriff Bowles.
“Alcohol affects people
differently, and you do not
have to be feeling or acting
drunk to be too impaired to
drive.”
This holiday season,
the Morrow County Sher-
iff’s Office and NHTSA
urge you to designate a
sober driver before you
start drinking. If you plan
on drinking at all, plan on
not driving.
Party with a Plan
-First and foremost:
Plan ahead. Be honest with
yourself: You know wheth-
er you’ll attend a party. If
you plan to drink, plan for
a sober driver to take you
home. Is it your turn to be
the designated driver? Take
that role seriously—your
friends are relying on you.
-Remember that it is
never okay to drink and
drive. Even if you’ve had
only one alcoholic bev-
erage, designate a sober
driver or plan to use public
transportation or a ride
service to get home safely.
-If you see a drunk
driver on the road, contact
admire, so we have a big-
ger pool of applicants from
which to choose our recip-
ient,” said Michele Madril,
Director of Communication
for the IMESD.
Each Education Ser-
vice District in Oregon will
choose a regional teacher,
who will receive a cash
prize of $500. One of the
Regional Teachers of the
Year will be named the
2020 Oregon Teacher of
the Year in September 2019.
For questions about
the Oregon Teacher of the
Year program, contact Jenni
Knaus, program coordina-
tor, at jenni.knaus@state.
or.us.
Dolly Parton
Imagination
Library benefits
children
Oregon Trail Library
District has collaborated
with Friends of the Irrigon
Library and Morrow Coun-
ty School District to offer
Dolly Parton’s Imagination
Library program to kids in
Morrow County. Children
ages birth to five who live
in Boardman, Heppner,
Irrigon and Lexington are
eligible to register.
The Morrow County
Dolly Parton Imagination
Library began requesting
donations in June of 2018.
Kathy Street, OTLD Li-
brary Director, said the
community response has
been wonderful. “Dona-
tions have come in all sizes.
Individuals, small busi-
nesses and large businesses
have all contributed to the
program,” said Street.
Two sizeable dona-
tions, one from Lamb
Weston and one from Wild
Horse Foundation helped
meet the donation level
needed to fund the program
fully this year. The cost per
child is $25 per year, which
covers postage for mailing
books directly to children.
The James and Shirley
Rippey Family Foundation
offered to help fund rural
Oregon communities start-
ing their own Imagination
Library. For the first three
years, the Rippey Family
Foundation will fund 50
percent of the cost. This
funding made the Morrow
County Imagination Li-
brary possible.
Kathy Street, Barb
Huwe of Friends of Irrigon
Library and Marie Shimer
of Morrow County School
District completed the nec-
essary paperwork. Child
registration started at the
libraries in July and was
soon converted to open
online registration.
At this time 127 chil-
dren are enrolled. Three
children have graduated
from the program on their
fifth birthday. Census data
predicts that there will be
approximately 400 eligible
children in the zip codes
included in the program.
Enrollment is a little over
25 percent of the estimate.
Children may be reg-
istered by their parents or
household adult. Registra-
tion forms are available at
all branches of the OTLD.
Online registration is at or-
egontrail.ploud.net Please
call Kathy Street with any
questions regarding regis-
tration or donations.
The Imagination Li-
brary was started by Dolly
Parton more than 20 years
ago and distributes 1 mil-
lion books every month
to children from birth to
age five. Communities in
the United States, United
Kingdom, Australia and
Canada participate. Over
100 million books have
been distributed through the
program.
the Morrow County Sher-
iff’s Office.
-Have a friend who is
about to drink and drive?
Take the keys away and
make arrangements to get
your friend home safely.
Remember to play it
safe this holiday season and
always plan your sober ride
before the festivities begin.
If you are buzzed, do not
drive. Buzzed Driving Is
Drunk Driving.
For more information,
visit www.trafficsafetymar-
keting.gov.
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