TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 24, 2019
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Blue Mountain Old Chamber lunch
Time Fiddlers to
meeting
perform in Irrigon
The next lunch meeting
of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be held
Thursday, May 2 at noon
at the Heppner City Hall
conference room. It will be
all entities reports.
Lunch will be provided
by Heppner Market Fresh
Foods for $10 per person
and RSVP’s are required.
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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The Blue Mountain Old
Time Fiddlers will perform
at the Stokes Landing se-
nior center in Irrigon at 6
p.m. on April 27. Admis-
sion will be $5 for adults
and children are free if
accompanied by an adult.
Dinner, prepared by chef
Donna, will be available
for purchase beginning at 5
p.m. All ages are welcome.
Fiddling is a style of
4-H club holds meeting
Club members learn to build edible race cars from snack items.
-Contributed photo.
The Grow ‘em and
Show ‘em 4-H club held
their monthly meeting on
April 14 at the USDA ser-
vice center in Heppner.
After completion of club
business, members par-
ticipated in some learning
activities.
Kacee Lathrop and
is May 10.
USDA’s Natural Re-
sources Conservation Ser-
vice (NRCS) plans to invest
up to $700 million for new
Breakfast, focus of
cooking class
The vegetarian cook-
ing class this month will
focus on savory breakfasts
to change up the same old
breakfast slump with some
health ideas. The class will
be held Tuesday, April 30 at
7 p.m. at the Heppner SDA
church.
The free class is avail-
able for anyone interested
in a vegetarian and whole
food plant-based style of
cooking and is hosted by
the Heppner Seventh-Day
Adventist Church, 560 Mi-
nor St, Heppner.
For additional informa-
tion contact Cynthia Wen-
berg at 541-561-9132 or
via email to heppnersda@
gmail.com.
ELECT
DEBBIE
RADIE
PORT OF MORROW
COMMISSIONER
Experienced
Business Manager in the Port of Morrow
since 1992 VP Operations Boardman Foods.
Chair of the Board for the Food Northwest,
State of Oregon Workforce and Talent Board.
Community Service
Volunteering throughout the county over the
years. Transit Committee, BCDA, LOOP
Driver, School Board, 4th of July Horse-
shoes, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis,
BMCC bond & oversight, Site Council, Fruit
Boxes, After School Program, Booster Club,
Little League, Eastern Oregon Workforce and
Talent Board.
Representation
Having lived in Ione, Boardman and now
Irrigon I understand how the POM affects the
entire county.
I will do my very best to support the POM
mission and values that have propelled it to
the successes of today.
Class to sell plants,
flowers
By Avery Gibbs
The Ione Crop Sci-
ence class will hold a plant
sale May 9-12 at the Ione
greenhouse. There will be
a wide range of flowers
and plants to choose from,
including rainbow coleus,
geraniums, blue and white
bacopas, pansies, petunias
and many more. Specially
designed hanging baskets
and container gardens will
be available as well.
The sale will be held
Thursday, May 9 from 3:30
to 6 p.m.; Friday and Satur-
day from 7 a.m. to noon and
from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday,
May 12.
Sykes cousins baptized
Jennifer Wilson led the
group in an activity where
members learned how to
interpret feed tags, the nu-
trition labels on livestock
feed bags.
Another activity had
members rotating through
three stations where they
learned to identify common
breeds of sheep, pigs and
cattle. Avree Lathrop then
showed the group how to
create edible race cars from
snack items.
Members spent time
working on their record
books before adjourning the
meeting. The next meeting
will be held May 19 at 3:30 Families joined together to celebrate the baptism of cousins, Waylon Sykes and Oscar Gon-
p.m. at the USDA service zales, on Easter Sunday at All Saints Episcopal Church in Heppner. Pastor Katy Anderson
of the Hopeful Saints Ministry officiated.
center.
CSP application deadline nears
The next deadline for
Conservation Stewardship
Program (CSP) applica-
tions to be considered for
funding in fiscal year 2019
music rather than an in-
strument itself. Fiddlers do
not use music while they
perform but play by ear.
Fiddlers often take liberty
with a tune, adding extra
notes for their own style
and interpretation of a tune.
This technique adds to the
excitement because you
never know what the fid-
dlers are up to next.
The meeting location is
accessible to persons with
disabilities. A request for an
interpreter for the hearing
impaired or for other ac-
commodations for persons
with disabilities should be
made at least 48 hours be-
fore the meeting to Sheryll
Bates at 541-676-5536.
enrollments and contract
extensions in fiscal year
2019. The 2018 Farm Bill
made several changes to
this critical conservation
program, which helps agri-
cultural producers take the
conservation activities on
their farm or ranch to the
next level.
While applications are
accepted throughout the
year, interested producers
should submit applications
to their local NRCS office
by May 10 to ensure their
applications are considered
for 2019 funding.
The 2018 Farm Bill
authorizes NRCS to ac-
cept new CSP enrollments
from now until 2023, and it
makes some important im-
provements to the program.
These updates include:
-NRCS now enrolls eli-
gible, high ranking applica-
tions based on dollars rather
than acres. For fiscal 2019,
NRCS can spend up to $700
million in the program,
which covers part of the
cost for producers imple-
menting new conservation
activities and maintaining
their existing activities.
-Higher payment rates
are now available for cer-
tain conservation activities,
including cover crops and
resource conserving crop
rotations.
-CSP now provides
specific support for organ-
ic and for transitioning to
organic production activi-
ties and a special grassland
conservation initiative for
certain producers who have
maintained cropland base
acres.
ALL 4-H & FFA MARKET ANIMAL
FEED & SUPPLIES
10% OFF
NOW THRU FAIR
Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed
242 W Linden Way, Heppner 676-9422
Pictured (L-R) are: Grandparents Mark and Paula Parm, Pendleton, Andrew Sykes, Pend-
leton, grandfather David Sykes (not pictured April Sykes), Heppner, Chris Sykes, Rachel
(Parm) Sykes and Waylon Sykes, Pendleton, Pastor Katy Anderson, Oscar Gonzales, Camille
Sykes and Eddie Gonzales, Milwaukie, OR, and grandparents Frank and Naomi Gonzales,
Wilsonville, OR.
HealthyMC.org
Objectives
Main
of Healthier
Morrow County
Through Healthier Morrow County,
our hope and vision are that this
community-wide initiative will
benefit every person and family in
our county today, tomorrow and for
many years to come.
In everything we do, the decisions we make and the direction
we take, you will find them grounded in the following goals.
Strive to be your First
Choice for quality,
compassionate,
local care and lead the way
in promoting wellness and
improving health in Morrow
County.
Advance the quality
of care provided
in each patient
care area while enhancing
your patient and customer
service experience.
Maximize the value
of our relationships
with community and
regional partners through
initiatives that promote
health and bring valuable
health services to Morrow
County residents.
Ensure that our
facilities, technology
and infrastructure,
as well as our workforce
of 124 employees and 67
volunteers will continue
to meet the needs of our
communities today, and for
generations to come.
Working Together to be a Healthier Community Today and
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