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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Peck retires from fire board Chief Steve Rhea (left), former Chief Rusty Estes and Rural Board chair Kelwayne Haguewood (right) present a plaque of appreciation to Lyle Peck. Lyle Peck, long-time member of the Heppner Ru- ral Fire Protection District Board of Directors, recently announced his retirement from the board. Peck has served for over 31 years, having first been elected in 1989. In accepting his resig- nation, the board acknowl- edged his many years of service and stated his knowledge of the district and its history will be sorely missed. “We have been able to keep good equipment available for our firefight- ers and I am really proud of our new fire hall, which was greatly needed,” said Peck. “That facility is top- notch, truly appreciated by the city, the rural district and by our firefighters,” he continued. “We can all be proud of it.” The Rural Fire District contracts with the city of Heppner for firefighting services, training and cer- tification. The rural dis- trict provides the wildlands firefighting rolling stock and equipment, while the city provides structure fire- fighting rolling stock and equipment. The city’s fire department is an all-volun- teer group and they respond to all fires and emergency calls within both the city and the rural district. Peck has overseen much growth in the rural district, including the recent annexation of the entire Blake Ranch community and all formerly unprotect- ed lands in south Morrow County. Upon accepting Peck’s resignation, the rural fire board then promoted Lex- ington area rancher Eric Orem to fill Peck’s position. Orem has served for many years on the district’s bud- get committee and is from the same geographic area of the district that Peck had represented. Town and Country event coming soon Heppner Chamber’s Annual Town and Coun- try Community Awards event is just around the corner. The event will be held Thursday, February 6 at the Gilliam and Bisbee Building, starting at 6 p.m. with a no host bar operated by Bucknum’s. T h e b u ff e t a n d / o r served dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the awards program to follow. Alvin Liu with Gateway Café will be catering the dinner and will be serving prime rib with au jus, creamy garlic mashed potatoes, green beans in garlic sauce, gar- den fresh salad and a dinner roll with butter, dessert and a beverage. Tickets are available at Bank of Eastern Oregon, Heppner Chamber, city of Heppner and Murray’s for $30 per person until February 3 when they will increase to $35 each. A limited number of tickets will be sold. Awards will be pre- sented for man of the year, woman of the year, busi- ness of the year, youth, citizen-educator of the year and the lifetime achieve- ment award. The event is sponsored by NextEra Energy Resources, Portland General Electric, Represen- tative Greg Smith, Commu- nity Counseling Solutions, Northwest Farm Credit Services, Invenergy, LLC Willow Creek Energy, Mid Columbia Producers, Inc. and Heppner Community Foundation. For additional informa- tion or to reserve tickets or seating contact the Heppner Chamber at 541-676-5536 or email heppnerchamber@ centurytel.net. Reserved seating is available for groups six or more. FSA urges agricultural producers to enroll USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is encourag- ing agricultural producers to enroll in the Agricul- ture Risk Loss (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. March 15 is the enrollment deadline for the 2019 crop year. Although more than 200,000 producers have enrolled to date, FSA antic- ipates 1.5 million producers will enroll for ARC and PLC. By enrolling soon, producers can beat the rush as the deadline nears. “FSA offices have mul- tiple programs competing for the time and attention of our staff. Because of the importance and complex- ities of the ARC and PLC programs; and to ensure we meet your program delivery expectations, please do not wait to start the enrollment process,” said FSA Admin- istrator Richard Fordyce. “I cannot emphasize enough the need to be- gin the program election and enrollment process now. Please call your FSA county office and make an appointment soon to ensure your elections are made and contracts signed well ahead of the deadlines.” ARC and PLC pro- vide financial protections to farmers from substantial drops in crop prices or revenues and are vital eco- nomic safety nets for most American farms. The programs cover the following commodi- ties: barley, canola, large and small chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sor- ghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium and short grain rice, safflower seed, seed cotton, sesame, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat. Until March 15, pro- ducers who have not yet enrolled in ARC or PLC for 2019 can enroll for both 2019 and 2020 during the same visit to an FSA county office unless yield updates are requested. Additionally, farm owners have a one- time opportunity to update PLC payment yields that take effect beginning with crop year 2020. If the owner accompanies the producer to the office, the yield up- date and enrollments may be completed during the same office visit. Mustangs compete in Farm City Invitational Suzanneah Cason wrestling Juan Lauriano of Othello. -Photo by Damon Brosnan. Heppner High School wrestlers traveled to Herm- iston on Saturday to par- ticipate in the Farm City Invitational. The Mustangs were among eleven teams that competed on Saturday. Success for the Hep- pner boys and girls was hard to come by but hard matches were easy to find. Roen Waite, wrestling at 106 pounds went one and two with one victory by fall over a wrestler from Rid- gevue. Bryan Collins, at 120, had two tough matches with wrestlers from Herm- iston and Othello that would leave him with a zero and two record. Suzanneah Cason, at 126, also wrestled twice against wrestlers from Hermiston and Othello and would end the day with a zero and two record. Saul Lopez competed at 132 pounds and would wrestle four times on Saturday. He would come away with two victories, by fall, over wrestlers from Hermiston Saul Lopez taking down Lance Stover of Chiawana. -Photo by Damon Brosnan. and Richland. Edward Ellsworth was on the sidelines with an injury and didn’t partici- pate on Saturday. Jace Coe and Conor Brosnan, once again, both competed at 160 pounds. Jace would end the day with two victories over Hermiston and Irrigon participants and two losses. Conor went home with one victory over Irrigon and two defeats. The Mustang boys and girls had a tough day but the level of competition they faced will only make them better wrestlers for the remainder of the season. The team is in action next on Friday, the 24 th at Grant Union. The action starts at 10 a.m. Backpack program feeds students on weekends The Heppner Hunger Backpack program has been working diligently to feed students on the week- ends in the community. The program is supported by various grants provided by Willow Creek Valley Eco- nomic Development and National FFA Foundation, as well as animals donated by the Morrow County Fair livestock auction and other donors. Also, an anony- mous donor provided meal certificates at Thanksgiv- ing. The group has handed out 30 backpacks in the school. Each family gets one and it is filled with fruit, vegetables and snacks along with breakfast and Visiting Oregon FFA state officers help with the delivery of the backpacks earlier this year. Pictured are Ellie, Matt Orem, Blake Carter, Roy Collins, Deidre Schreiber, MaKayla Silvia and Suzy Cason in front. State officers are in official dress and other students pictured are the managers of the local project. lunch meals they do not re- ceive on the weekends since they are not school days. The FFA chapter will hold a food drive next month while celebrating FFA week. Donations that would help fill the back- packs during that food drive include peanut butter and jelly, chips, granola bars, fruit cups, canned vegeta- bles and fruit, macaroni and cheese, cereal and oatmeal. Ione 4-H club holds meeting The Ione Community 4-H club held a meeting January 12 at their leader’s house with eight members present. The meeting was held for election of officers. SATURDAY Febru ary 1st 2 02 0 HEPPNER HIGH SCHO O L 10:00 AM Bank of Eastern Oregon’s 12TH ANNUAL CONCESSIONS available. Invitational WRESTLING TOURNAMENT Hosted by the Heppner Mustangs Member FDIC 279 N. Main Street HEPPNER, OREGON Pictured (L-R) back row: Carson Eynetich, Lewkus Burright, Eva Martin, Larysa Burright, Novalee Cambell and Cory Rice. Front row: Phegley Padberg and chicken, Blitz. Phlegley Padberg did a presentation for fellow members on how to show a chicken. Members in attendance were Carter Eynetich, Carson Eynetich, Phegley Padberg, Novalee Cambell, Cory Rice, Eva Martin, Larysa Burright and Lewkus Burright as well as four parents. New Baby in Your Family? Engagement? Wedding? We want to share your life events! Stop in the Heppner Gazette office or email us with details and photos. All birth, engagement and wedding announcements are always free! 188 W Willow Street Heppner, OR editor@rapidserve.net