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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 17, 2021 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES 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 and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 17, 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 Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising 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 publi- cation must be specified. Affidavits must be requested 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. CBEC awards scholarships During this unusual time of COVID-19, Colum- bia Basin Electric (CBEC) is unable to send students on the Washington D.C. tour that they normally sponsor. Instead, CBEC has decided to award four $500 scholarships to high school juniors in their ser- vice area. Four students were selected, one from each high school in the service territory. This year’s recipients are: Kyrsten Smith from Condon, Maddie McMur- ray from Fossil, Haylie Pe- terson from Ione and Julian- na Teeman from Heppner. Kyrsten Smith is the daughter of Kelly and Greg Smith of Condon. She is active in honor society, leadership club, class presi- dent and participates in vol- leyball and tennis. Kyrsten also participates in 4-H, the Elk’s hoop shoot, plays the guitar and drums. Maddie McMurray is the daughter of Michele and Jon McMurray, Fossil. Maddie is a member of student council, national honor society and active in basketball, volleyball and track. Maddie is also involved in 4-H and canned food drives. Haylie Peterson is the daughter of Elizabeth and Treve Peterson from Ione. Haylie is involved in ten- nis, basketball, volleyball, 4-H, FFA and is on the honor roll. Haylie is also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and is an advocate of community service. Julianna Teeman is the daughter of Rosa and Eric Cayce, Heppner. Julianna is involved in cheerlead- ing, volleyball, basketball, track, drama, TSA and hon- ors chemistry. Julianna also loves to help people by mowing lawns, raking leaves, shoveling snow, dog sitting or babysitting. Her hobbies include crochet- ing, drawing, decorating, hiking, traveling and snow- mobiling. Alpha wolves found Father Condon honored dead The alpha male and female from the Heppner wolf pack were both found dead in the last month. There were no outward indications for a cause of death and both wolves were shipped to OSU. According to Steve Cherry, District Wildlife Biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), Hep- pner District, “There are no signs of trauma or gunshot wounds found on either wolf. Both wolves are at OSU and waiting for results to come back on the disease and toxicology tests.” The major landown- ers in the area have been notified and ODFW will continue to monitor other wolves in the area. Scholarships available for seniors Applications are now being accepted for two scholarships that are avail- able for Heppner and Ione seniors. Applications must be submitted by 4 p.m. on April 1 to be considered. The committee for the South Morrow County Scholarship will award scholarships to a col- lege-bound Heppner High School or Ione High School senior based on academic achievement, community involvement and financial need. Students must be continuing their education at a community college, trade school, or four-year college or university. Appli- cations will be accepted and awarded by the South Mor- row County Scholarship Inc Board of Directors using their common local schol- arship application and must include a transcript and principal/counselor evalu- ation form. The committee will accept scholarship ap- plications until April 1 at 4 p.m. All applications need to be electronically submit- ted to Brandi Sweeney at brandi.sweeney@morrow. k12.or.us. Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted. The Coach Del LaRue Scholarship was developed in memory of Del LaRue, a long-time teacher and coach at Ione High School. Del had a passion for coach- ing basketball and track and loved seeing students set and achieve their goals. After retiring from teach- ing, Del continued to coach track for twelve additional years. During this time, he helped many student athletes achieve their goals and was honored as national Track Coach of the Year. This fund awards one $1,000 scholarship to a college-bound Ione High School senior based on demonstrated academic achievement, community involvement and with pref- erence given to students who have participated in the Ione High School Track Program. Students must be con- tinuing their education at a community college, trade school, or four-year college or university. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 accumulated GPA, attend- ed Ione High School all four years of high school and shown involvement in community activities. Applications will be accepted and awarded by the South Morrow County Scholarship Inc Board of Directors using their com- mon local scholarship ap- plication and must include a transcript. The South Mor- row County Scholarship Trust Committee, on behalf of the LaRue Family, will accept scholarship applica- tions until April 1 at 4 p.m. All applications need to be electronically submitted to Brandi Sweeney at brandi. sweeney@morrow.k12. or.us. Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted. and Pendleton and at local high schools. Additionally, the application is avail- able online at https://www. fs.fed.us/sites/default/ files/ycc-application-en- glish-v2-exp-1-31-2020. pdf. Applications will be accepted until 2 p.m. on April 15, 2021. Completed applications can be emailed to rebecca.weseman@usda. gov or turned in to the Hep- pner Ranger District office via mail or hand delivery at 117 S Main St., Heppner, OR 97836. Applicants must: -Be at least 15 years old on the start date of May 1, 2021, and not reach the age of 19 during the term of em- ployment in the program, -Have a social security number, or have made ap- plication to obtain one, and -Obtain parental or le- gal guardian consent to enroll in the program. Selections will be made based on a review of appli- cations. All applicants will Heppner Ranger District offers summer job opportunities for local youth The Heppner Ranger District is recruiting four students between the ages of 15 and 18 for summer employment in the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). Work can include noxious weed removal, fence re- moval and construction, trail maintenance, meadow restoration, campground maintenance, slash piling, marking timber, removal of tubing from tree seedlings, and fire line construction around logged units on the Heppner Ranger District. The program will last six weeks beginning June 21, 2021. Youth are paid the Oregon minimum wage rate of $11.50 per hour (effective July 1, 2021, the wage rate will increase to $12 per hour). No previous experience is required. To apply, all interested candidates must complete and submit a signed applica- tion. Hardcopy applications can be picked up at Forest Service offices in Heppner A memorial was held for Father Condon a year after his death. -Contributed photo. St. Patrick’s Church in Heppner and St. Williams Church in Ione honored their departed Parish priest, the late Father Gerald Con- don, this past weekend, a year after his passing on March 7, 2020 as Covid restrictions delayed any earlier arrangements. Bishop Liam Carey from Redmond led me- morial masses and blessed the headstone of Father Condon’s tomb at the Hep- pner Cemetery. A brunch was shared at the Gilliam Bisbee Building after the blessing. All gatherings were for parishioners only due to Covid restrictions, but a celebration open to the public will be held at a later date. A memorial mass for Father Condon was also held in Dublin, Ireland last weekend where he was originally from. DA’s Report Morrow County District Attorney Justin Nelson has released the following report: -Artie James Ray was convicted of criminal mischief in the second degree and sentenced to 45 days jail and $350 restitution to victim. He was also convicted of at- tempted theft in the second degree and sentenced to 45 days jail. -Juan Juarez Gomez was convicted of harassment and sentenced to 24 months bench probation, $500 fine, 40 hours of community service, no offensive contact with victim, drug package - substance abuse evaluation and comply with all recommended treatment, alcohol package - alcohol abuse evaluation and comply with all recom- mended treatment and anger management evaluation and comply with all recommended treatment. Shealee Kay Bailey was convicted of identity theft and sentenced to 90/30 sanction units imposed, 18 months formal probation, 160 hours of community service, no contact with victim, restitution to be determined, drug package - substance abuse evaluation and comply with all recommended treatment and alcohol package - alco- hol abuse evaluation and comply with all recommended treatment. Nominations for Town and Country event reopened Nominations for Hep- pner Chamber ’s Town and Country Community Awards event have been re- opened and will be accepted Friday, March 19 through Friday, May 14, 2021. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Annual Town and Coun- try Community Awards event previously scheduled for this year was cancelled. Heppner Chamber is now opening nominations for a rescheduled event to be be notified by mail of their selection status no later than April 23, 2021. For more information about the YCC program, contact the Heppner Ranger District at 541-676-9187. held Thursday, June 17, 2021. Nominations will be accepted until May 14 to give community members time to submit nomina- tion forms for Woman of the Year, Man of the Year, Business of the Year, Cit- izen-Educator of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and Youth Award. Nomination forms will be available at Bank of Eastern Oregon, Heppner Chamber Office and Hep- pner City Hall. The com- pleted nomination forms need to be turned into the Chamber office no later than Friday, May 14 to be considered for the 2021 community awards event. March is about Honoring our Ag Producers. THANK YOU! To each of our Ag Producers. Thanks to each of you who contributes to our local Ag Industry and keeps our Rural Communities Strong. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR WORK AND DEDICATION. Bank of Eastern Oregon’s Mission has always been to provide Financial Support for the Ag Industry. We have a NEW BEO WEBSITE coming. Keep checking in March! JUST DOWN THE ROAD HEPPNER / 279 N. Main St. / 541-676-9125 UEC is looking for exceptional people to join our team! Visit our website: ABOUT/CAREERS for full job descriptions and open positions. Amber Schlaich, Ag & Commercial Loans IONE / 280 Main St. / 541-422-7466 Russell Seewald, Ag & Commercial Loans www.UmatillaElectric.com Hermiston Office Boardman Office Member FDIC 750 W. Elm Ave. Hermiston, OR 97838 (541) 567-6414 400 N.E. 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