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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Locals enjoy the 4th Currin qualifies for of July events national HS rodeo team The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES The July 4 celebration brought out young and old alike to enjoy all of the events. See page eight for more photos. U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve. net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $31 in Morrow County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere; $31 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $6.05 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for pub- lication must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Jacee Currin (center) with her all-around saddle donated by Les Schwab. Also pictured, Les Schwab employees Nate Laugh- ery, manager of the Prineville store, and Raymond Blevins, manager of the Sisters store. Les Schwab donates saddles to all of the Oregon High School Rodeo state champions. Heppner to hold second music in the park concert This summer’s second concert in Heppner’s Music in the Park series will be held this Sunday, July 14, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Heppner City Park on Main Street. Music will be provided by the Dakota Brown Band. Food will be available after 5 p.m. by donation to Hopeful Saints Ministry’s upcoming mis- sion trip to El Salvador in November. Dakota Brown, a young pop/soul singer, knew he was meant to be a musician after a major car accident resulted in severe injuries to his left hand, forcing him to play guitar opposite hand- ed. “Something just clicked after that,” Brown states. “I suddenly knew that singing was what I was meant to do.” He soon teamed up with guitarist Luke Basile and in June 2011, formed the Dakota Brown Band. Today, Brown continues to play music throughout the Pacific Northwest and is currently working on a new solo album to be released in late 2019. This concert series is funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation Local students named to OSU honor roll Jessica M. Kempken and Mekayla S. Kindle, Heppner, and Logan S. Grieb, Lexington, have made the scholastic honor roll for spring term 2019 at Oregon State University. K e m p k e n , j u n i o r, studying BioHealth Sci- ences and Kindle, senior, studying Human Devel and Family Science, both earned a straight A aver- age. Grieb, junior, studying Management earned a 3.5 or better average. A total of 1,327 stu- dents earned straight-A (4.0). Another 4,352 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least 12 grad- ed hours of course work. Jacee Currin, a recent graduate of Heppner High School, has earned a posi- tion on the Oregon National High School rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Rock Springs, WY, July 14-20 to compete at the 71 st annual National High School Fi- nals Rodeo (NHSFR). Currin won the Ore- gon High School girls all- around title for 2019, qual- ifying to compete in five events. She will compete in the barrel racing, goat tying, breakaway roping, pole bending and cow cutting competitions. This is the second time Currin has won the girls all-around, also taking that title in 2017. Featuring more than District and facilitated by Heppner’s Lutheran-Epis- copal partnership known as Hopeful Saints Ministry. The next concert will be held on Sunday, August 11, and feature the Wasteland Kings from La Grande. The backup rain location for all concerts is the Heppner Ele- mentary School gym lobby. 1,650 contestants from 43 states, five Canadian Provinces, Australia and Mexico, the NHSFR is the world’s largest rodeo. In addition to competing for more than $150,000 in prizes, NHSFR contestants will also be competing for more than $375,000 in college scholarships and the chance to be named an NHSFR World Champion. To earn this title, contes- tants must finish in the top 20 - based on their com- bined times/scores in the first two rounds - to advance to Saturday evening’s final round. World champions will then be determined based on their three-round combined times/scores. Engagements Bergstrom and Ham to wed Trish Maben Medical Assistant Since 1978 “It’s not just what I do, it’s who I choose to be.” Dedicated, Grateful, Persevering, Helpful A Healthier Morrow County is Within Me. I was born at Pioneer Memorial Hospital, raised in Heppner, and have been with MCHD for over 40 years. I love being on a team that puts our patients first and working together to take care of a community that supports us in both the good and hard times. Read About How We are Working Together to be a Healthier Community Today and HealthyMC.org DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5PM Where healthier is happening... Boardman | Heppner | Ione | Irrigon | Lexington Emily Bergstrom and Ryan Ham, both of Weston, Oregon announce their engagement to be mar- ried. Emily is the daughter of Hal and Rita Bergstrom, Hep- pner. She graduated from Heppner High School, Walla Walla Community College and Washington State University and is em- ployed at Associated Veterinary Clinic in Walla Walla, WA. Ryan is the son of Hugh Ham, Colfax, WA and Connie Ham, Ryan Ham and Emily Bergstrom Palouse, WA. He is a graduate of Walla Walla Community College and is em- ployed at Whitman College in Walla Walla as a plumber. The couple plans to wed July 13 at the Hardman Community Center in Hardman, OR. Bank employees graduate Five Bank of Eastern Oregon employees and one Bank of Eastern Wash- ington employee recently graduated from the 2019 Northwest Bank Operations School. Those employees are Michelle Gerber, BEO Boardman, Sandi Hainline and Christine McCrumb, BEO Heppner, Vanessa Williamson, BEO Arling- ton, Debi Munck, BEO Athena and Kallie Warren, BEW Pomeroy, WA. (Bank of Eastern Washington is a branch of Bank of Eastern Oregon). The school, which the Oregon Bankers Associ- ation (OBA) has put on for more than 20 years, includes four, one-and-a- half day sessions held from March through June. This year’s sessions focused on bank regulations, new accounts, sales culture, employee supervision and safety and security, among other topics. The school’s gradua- tion ceremony was held in Wilsonville and included a panel of bank CEOs who discussed the future of the industry, career opportuni- ties and the importance of community engagement. Students were joined by their mentors, supervisors and bank executives for the ceremony. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: 541-676-9133 MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
