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Heideman earns highest FFA degree HEPPNER G T 50¢ azette imes VOL. 138 NO. 15 8 Pages Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Cruz-In winners announced This Mustang was one of the entries in the 18th Annual St. Paddy’s Cruz-In. -Photo by David Sykes. The 18 th annual St. Paddy’s Cruz-In was held March 16 in Heppner with 33 cars entered in the event. Cars and their owners came from Heppner, Hermis- ton, Pendleton, Richland, Kennewick, The Dalles, Ontario, Ione, Pasco, Ir- rigon, Spray, La Grande, Summerville, Umatilla, Klamath Falls, Boardman and Walla Walla. Best of Show went to Larry and Diana Stephen- son from West Richland in a 1937 Buick Special Model 44. Their Buick also took the top award for the Participant’s Choice class and Best Fat Fender. The Mustang’s Choice winner was Robert Schil- ling of Pendleton in a 1968 Ford Mustang and the Lep- rechaun’s Choice went to Steve and Kathy Oliver from Summerville in their 1965 Ford Thunderbird. Best Convertible honors went to Boardman’s Jeff Sax and his 1968 Pontiac LeMans convertible. Best 30s and 40s car or pickup was a 1939 Chevy pickup owned by Archie Ball of Heppner. The 50s and 60s pickup winner was a 1956 Ford pickup owned by Derek Harrington of Irrigon. The best 50s and 60s car winner was William Hickey of Walla Walla with a 1969 Oldsmobile Toro- nado. Loyal Burns of Ione won the 70s or newer pick- up class with his 1981 Chevy C10 pickup. The best 70s and 80s car winner was Joe Munoz, Pasco, and his 1989 Pontiac Firebird. Jake Heideman of the Ione FFA Chapter earned the highest degree the FFA organization can bestow upon its members during the annual state convention. The State FFA Degree is given to qualified members of the state FFA association. To be eligible to receive the State FFA Degree from the State Association, the mem- ber must meet the following minimum qualifications: Have received the Chapter FFA Degree; Have been an active FFA mem- ber for at least two years (24 months) at the time of receiving the State FFA De- gree; While in high school, have completed the equiv- alent of at least two years (360 hours) of systematic school instruction in ag- ricultural education at or above the ninth grade level, which includes a supervised agricultural experience; Have earned and pro- ductively invested at least $1,500 or unpaid placement hours, times a factor of 3.56, plus actual dollars earned and productively invested must be equal to or greater than the number 1,500. Hours used for the purpose of producing earn- ings reported as productive- ly invested income shall not be duplicated as hours of credit to meet the minimum requirements for the degree. A minimum of 500 hours must be worked in the last two years regardless of the type of SAE project; Demonstrate leadership ability by performing 10 procedures of parliamenta- ry law, giving a six-minute speech on a topic relat- Rick Ball, Pasco, won Best 90s to 2004 car with a 2002 Ford Thunderbird. Best 2005 and newer car belongs to Eric Cayce of Heppner, a 2015 Dodge Challenger Super Bee. Best foreign car or pickup was a 1972 Triumph TR6 belonging to Chris Roop, Pendleton and best Restomod car winner was Michael Johnson of Ontar- io with a 1969 Chevy C10 step-side pickup. Best Muscle Car be- longed to Gary Carr of The Dalles, a 1967 Chevy Camaro; Best Paint was a 1960 Ford Thunderbird belonging to Betty Burns of Ione and Best Street Rod was a 1936 Pontiac two- door owned by Sam Bilyeu By David Sykes Kraig Cutsforth has of The Dalles. been hired by the Heppner City Council as the new city manager. Cutsforth, 58, comes to the job with a wide range of experience in both government and the private sector, including a stint as Burns City Manag- Area pastors are invited to submit Easter messages to the Heppner Gazette-Times er and seven years on the for publication in the April 17 newspaper. Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Monday, Hermiston city council. “I April 15. am honored to be able to Messages may be emailed to editor@rapidserve.net, mailed to Gazette-Times at serve the city of Heppner P.O. Box 337, Heppner, OR 97836, faxed to 541-676-9211 or brought into the Ga- as the city manager. I will zette-Times office, 188 W. Willow in Heppner. work hard to deliver pos- itive results,” he told the Gazette-Times Tuesday. Cutsforth takes over from his sister Kim Cuts- forth who has served previ- ously in the same position Morrow County Health and is currently the inter- District hosted its annual im manager. The council employee recognition ban- appointed Cutsforth at a quet on last Friday, recog- special city council meeting nizing employees for their last Wednesday, and then years of service. announced his hiring at its Longevity Awards for regular monthly meeting five years of service were Monday. His first day on the presented to Regina Bran- job will be May 1. non, medical assistant at Other experiences in Pioneer Memorial Clinic, Cutsforth background in- Kris Jones, primary care clude branch manager of services manager, Rachel the Heppner Communi- Schonbachler, RN, Min- ty Bank, a self-employed dy Smith, RN and Lauren Crum, RN. Vicki Rayburn and Sheila Botti, recipients of the 2018 Morrow Awards for ten years County Health District Service Excellence Award. of service were presented years of service was Kim Sheila Botti, medical as- to Dr. Russ Nichols, clinic Thompson, patient care sistant and limited x-ray physician and hospital chief coordinator at Pioneer Me- technician at Irrigon Medi- of staff; Diana Sharp, med- morial Clinic and Susie cal Clinic. “Both have only ical laboratory technician; Thompson, RN at Pioneer been employed with the Shawn Cutsforth, informa- Memorial Hospital and district for a relatively short tion services manager; Lori Clinic received the award time and both were nom- inated in the spirit of the Jones, certified medication for 30 years of service. T h e 2 0 1 8 S e r v i c e award for their continuing aide, Pioneer Memorial Hospital and Del Turner, Excellence Awards were efforts of going above and paramedic, Boardman Am- granted to Vicki Rayburn, beyond what is expected current housekeeper and of them in their positions,” bulance station. The recipient of the cook at Pioneer Memorial stated Bob Houser, CEO. Longevity Award for 25 Hospital in Heppner and Pastors invited to submit Easter messages to G-T Morrow County Health District hosts annual banquet ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Jake Heideman ing to agriculture or the FFA, serving as an officer, committee chairperson or participating member of a chapter committee; Have a satisfactory scholastic record as certified by the local agricultural education instructor and the principal or superintendent. Must have an accumulative GPA of 2.0 as of Dec. 31 of the year applying. GPA is based on the last term/semester completed; Have participated in the planning and completion of the chapter’s program of activities; Have participated in a total of 30 activities with at least five FFA ac- tivities above the chapter level. Chapter meetings do not count. Example: The same activity completed for three years counts as three activities; Have participated in a minimum of 10 school and/ or community activities. Example: The same activity completed for three years counts as three activities; Completed at least 25 hours of community service in a minimum of two different activities. All hours are cu- mulative. i.e. - the 10 hours used to obtain the chapter degree can be used toward the state degree. The com- munity service hours must be in addition to hours spent on paid or unpaid SAE proj- ects. The hours cannot serve a dual purpose in fulfilling both community service and SAE requirements. Heideman, the son of Deacon and Erin Heide- man, is a junior at Ione Community School and participates in football, bas- ketball, track, trap-shoot- ing, 4-H and FFA. Kraig Cutsforth hired as new city manager Brings wide range government and business experience to job rental property investor, six years of human resource activities for the Dept. of Ecology and Dept. of Cor- rections and an economic analyst for the Dept. of Ecology for the state of Washington. He has a BS degree in business adminis- tration from the University of Oregon. On the subject of bud- geting, which the city has had problems with in the recent past, Cutsforth said in a letter to the council, “Experience on the budget committee at the City of Hermiston, creating two budgets in Burns and 16 years in the finance industry makes me very knowledge- able about budgets and finances.” He also pointed out his wide experience in deal- ing with the problems fac- ing small cities, saying he has “led many committees over the years such as bud- get, sewer, street lighting, streets, refuse, land plan- ning, water and economic development in Hermiston and Burns.” Kraig Cutsforth Creeks and lake “looking really good” In other business at Monday’s meeting the council heard from coun- cilmember and Undersher- iff John Bowles, who said with the recent minor flood- ing and large water runoff he toured the creeks and lake around Heppner and talked with the Corp of Engineers who assured him “we are looking really good right now,” Bowles told the council. 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