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
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising
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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
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