TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Locals enjoy the 4th Currin qualifies for
of July events
national HS rodeo
team
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The July 4 celebration brought out young and old
alike to enjoy all of the events. See page eight for more
photos.
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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
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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.
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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.
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