TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 27, 2019
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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$31 student subscriptions.
David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Death Notices
Dicky Lynn Wilson – Dicky Lynn Wilson, 73, of
Happy Valley, OR died at Heppner on Sunday, March
17. He was born July 15, 1945 at Portland, OR. Sweeney
Mortuary of Heppner is in care of local arrangements.
Velma M. Wight – Velma M. Wight, 101, died
Nov. 21, 2018 at Heppner. She was born July 30, 1917 at
St. Helens, OR. A memorial service will be held Friday,
April 5 at 2 p.m. at St. Patrick Senior Center in Heppner.
An obituary will follow in next week’s Gazette-Times.
Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of arrangements.
Morrow SWCD
schedules meeting
Morrow SWCD will
meet Tuesday, April 2 at
the Ag Service Center in
Heppner, at 6 p.m. Agenda
items include comments
from the public, minutes
of the February meeting,
financial report, partner
reports and staff reports.
Meetings of Morrow
SWCD are open to the
public. For questions or
more information, contact
Kevin Payne at 541-676-
5452 ext. 111.
Local scholarships
available
The South Morrow
County Scholarship Com-
mittee will accept schol-
arship applications until 4
p.m. on Apr. 4. In Heppner,
applications may be turned
into Ginger Bowman at
Heppner High School and
in Ione, Stephanie McEl-
ligott.
The South Morrow
County scholarship com-
mittee will award scholar-
ships to a college-bound
Heppner High School or
Ione High School senior
based on academic achieve-
ment, community involve-
ment and financial need.
Students must be continu-
ing their education at a
community college, trade
school or four-year college
or university. Applications
will be accepted and award-
ed by the South Morrow
County Scholarship Inc.
board of directors using
their “common local schol-
arship application” and
must include a transcript
and principal/counselor
evaluation form.
The South Morrow
County Scholarship Trust
Committee, on behalf of the
LaRue family, will accept
scholarship applications
from Ione seniors until 4
p.m. on Apr. 4. Completed
applications may be turned
into Stephanie McElligott.
The Coach Del LaRue
scholarship was developed
in memory of Del LaRue,
a long-time teacher and
coach at Ione High School.
LaRue had a passion for
coaching basketball and
track and loved seeing stu-
dents set and achieve their
goals. After retiring from
teaching, he continued to
coach track for 12 addition-
al years. During this time
he helped many student
athletes achieve their goals
and was honored as national
Track Coach of the Year.
This fund awards one
$1,000 scholarship to a
college-bound Ione High
School senior based on
demonstrated academic
achievement and commu-
nity involvement, with pref-
erence given to students
who have participated in
the Ione High School track
program.
Students must be con-
tinuing their education at a
community college, trade
school or four-year college
or university. Applicants
must have a minimum 3.0
accumulated GPA, have
attended Ione High School
all four years of high school
and shown involvement in
community activities. Ap-
plications will be accepted
and awarded by the South
Morrow County Scholar-
ship Inc. board of directors
using their “common local
scholarship application”
and must include a tran-
script.
Area wide power
outage scheduled
Columbia Basin Elec-
tric Cooperative, Inc. has
announced a planned, area
wide power outage begin-
ning on Friday, April 5 at 10
p.m. with re-energization
scheduled for 7 a.m. Sat-
urday, April 6. The Bonne-
ville Power Administration
announces the outage at the
Boardman Substation will
impact all CBEC members
except those served out
of the Condon and Fossil
substations.
The outage is neces-
sary for BPA personnel
to replace equipment in
the Boardman Substation
which supplies power to
the bulk of CBEC’s service
territory. Columbia Basin
Electric apologizes to those
affected for any inconve-
nience this outage may
cause, but every measure
was taken to schedule the
outage at the least disrup-
tive time possible.
All CBEC members
served out of Heppner,
Ione, Sandhollow, Ruggs,
Alkali and Olex will be
impacted by this outage.
Members who are un-
sure if they will be affected
by the outage should call
Columbia Basin Electric at
541-676-9146.
The community is in-
vited to the Singspiration to
be held Sunday, March 31
at the Community Church
in Lexington. The service
begins at 6 p.m. and is
followed by a time of fel-
lowship with refreshments
being served.
An offering will be
taken which will go to the
Morrow County Ministe-
rial Association (MCMA)
Benevolence Fund. The
funds are used to help with
emergency needs that arise
for people in the commu-
nity. For those who would
like to contribute and are
unable to attend, donations
may be sent to: MCMA, c/o
PO Box 644, Heppner, OR
97836.
Singspiration
scheduled
Community lunch menu
Christian Life/Firelight volunteers will serve lunch on
Wednesday, April 3 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch
will be Philly cheese steak sandwiches, jo-jos, coleslaw,
cucumbers and onions and raspberry parfait for dessert.
Milk, coffee and tea is served at each meal. Suggested
donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Keegan Gibbs elected state FFA treasurer
Heppner FFA member
Keegan Gibbs was elected
Oregon state FFA treasurer at
the state FFA convention held
at the Deschutes Fair and Expo
Center in Redmond March
22-25.
Keegan, the son of Jay
Keegan Gibbs
and Sue Gibbs of Heppner,
also received his state FFA de-
gree, along with Jacee Currin,
Jaiden Mahoney and Matthew
Orem, all members of the Hep-
pner FFA Chapter.
According to Heppner
High School Ag teacher Beth
Dickenson, “The state degree
is the highest degree that a
state can bestow on a mem-
ber. . .and the requirements
are vigorous. Among the re-
quirements are: 900 hours
outside of class in your SAE
(Supervised AG Experience
Karma Ezell
Medical Assistant &
Emergency Medical Technician
“It’s not just what I do,
it’s who I choose to be.”
Compassionate
Dependable
Focused
Hopeful
A Healthier Morrow County is Within Me.
After eight years on the job with MCHD, what
I love the most is helping people that I know
and knowing that everyone I work with is as
committed to caring as much as I am.
Read About How We are Working
Together to be a Healthier Community
Today and
HealthyMC.org
Where healthier is happening...
Boardman | Heppner | Ione | Irrigon | Lexington
541-676-9133
Matthew Orem
Jaiden Mahoney
Project), earned or invested
$1,500, 30 FFA activities (10
at district, state or national
level) amongst others.”
Jacee Currin is the daugh-
ter of Steve and Lisanne Cur-
rin, Heppner; Jaiden Mahoney
is the daughter of Mike and
Nicole Mahoney, Heppner;
and Matthew Orem is the son
of Eric and Brandi Ball Orem,
Ione.
Jacee Currin