Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 19, 2021 -- NINE
Good News Only
By Doris Brosnan
Feels good to have op-
tions. Fully C-19 vaccinat-
ed individuals can choose to
wear masks or to go mask-
free, in most situations
indoors and out. So says
the CDC and doctors on TV.
Last Sunday afternoon,
in the comfort of her living
room, Marlene Gray be-
came the President of the
Oregon Rebekah Assembly.
The installation of Marlene
and her slate of officers was
accomplished on Zoom,
with some glitches because
of some too-narrow band-
widths, but it succeeded
as some of her family,
local Rebekah members
and some friends quietly
watched. Her work this year
will require much traveling
and has already begun.
Also installed as one in
that slate of state officers,
LaRae Kindle will serve
as Marlene’s Assembly
Marshall. Present in her
common place at Marlene’s
side, LaRae - after the state
procedure - also swore to
carry out her new district
duties. She will serve the
district that includes Mil-
ton-Freewater and the local
Holly Lodge as the District
Deputy President.
Soon to serve the Hep-
pner Chamber of Com-
merce, JoAnna Lamb has
been chosen as the new
Executive Director. JoAn-
na, who moved to Heppner
about two years ago, will
“take the reins” in approx-
imately one month, from
interim director, Sheryll
Bates.
Donald and Shelby
Matthews have been proud
parents of their first child
for almost two weeks. Wren
Robert was born on May
6, delighting Mom and
Dad and grandparents Skip
and Sandi Matthews. Wren
– who Grandma says ob-
jectively “looks just like
his daddy” – is the second
grandchild for Skip and
Sandi, joining nine-month-
old Piper, the daughter of
Tony and Whitney Hague-
wood.
Sandi also reports that
Donald has been working
at Wheatland Insurance in
the Ione office for about
a month and may soon be
moving to the Heppner
office, which will eliminate
a commute from home in
Heppner.
From knee repair to
auto repair - Marty Brannon
is now back at work at his
garage, good news for the
many clients who depend
on him to keep vehicles
running or get them to run
again. He says he is recov-
ering more each day.
Merry Chandler did
it. She shaved her hair on
April 12 and dyed it a dark,
dark red, marking the an-
niversary of her stroke.
She reports that she will
be keeping the style for a
while and for next month,
which is designated “Apha-
sia Awareness Month,” she
plans to go gray, appropri-
ate for calling attention to
the language disorder that
makes verbal communica-
tion difficult.
Work on Gale Street
continues but the street is
not nearly ready for as-
phalt, according to City
Manager Kraig Cutsforth.
The rest of the street to
Main has yet to be removed.
Presently, storm drains are
being replaced, and the
sidewalks must be replaced
before the base composed
of cement, recycled asphalt,
gravel and rock can be
laid in preparation for the
asphalt. Another company
will soon join the present
one, and Chase Street will
become the next street to
start receiving attention, in
about two weeks, hopefully.
Someday the inconvenience
will be behind us and we
will be enjoying smooth
streets and sidewalks.
As reported in the Ga-
zette Times, the study of
safe pedestrians’ routes
between Heppner Elemen-
tary School and Heppner
High School was discussed
yesterday and today at city
hall. More information will
be reported as the city gov-
ernment strives to demon-
strate to ODOT that grants
are needed to make passage
across some streets and
along some streets safer for
students.
Another short season
of school sports is ending
as another short season is
beginning, so some multi-
sports participants might
get a bit dizzy this week
as they try to keep ending
competitions and new prac-
tices straight. Good luck to
everyone.
Yes, good news con-
tinues to come to our south
Morrow County, and we en-
joy the respite it affords us
from some less-than-pleas-
ant news, even for these few
minutes needed for reading
it. So, please share your
tidbits by sending them to
dbrosnan123@gmail.com
or calling 541-676-5382 or
541-223-1490 or stopping
me on the street.
Here’s hoping that
some good news comes to
everyone reading this.
Heppner track team heads to state
Seniors and their parents were honored at the last home track meet held May 6. Pictured (L-R): Robert Wilson, Jayden Wilson,
Steve Wilson, Sydney Wilson, Mindy Wilson, Darcee Mitchell, Marlee Mitchell, Slater Mitchell, Blake Wolters, Amy Wolters,
Madelyn Nichols, Toni Nichols and Russ Nichols. -Photo by Susan Hisler.
The Heppner High
School track team went to
Union last Friday to com-
pete in the Wapiti 2A-5
League Championships.
The Mustang men and
women had a strong show-
ing with multiple athletes
placing high enough to
compete at the state meet in
Union on May 21 st . Placing
in first or second allows the
individual (or team in the
case of relays) to compete
at the state meet.
Jayden Wilson will
compete at state after plac-
ing second in the 200-meter
and first in the 400-meter.
He will also be competing
on the 4x400-meter relay
team which captured first
at the meet. The other men
joining him on the relay
team are Joseph Sherman,
Brock Hisler and Trevor
Nichols. Trevor also placed
first in the 800-meter, sec-
ond in the javelin and sec-
ond in the 1500-meter race.
Rounding out the men’s
team at state will be Conor
Brosnan who placed first in
the discus.
The women Mustangs
will be represented by Mad-
elyn Nichols and Sydney
Wilson. Madelyn placed
first in the 800-meter and
first in the 1500-meter race.
Sydney will be representing
the Mustangs in the shot put
where she placed second.
Other Mustangs plac-
ing in the top 10 for their
events were Marlee Mitch-
ell, placing ninth in the
200-meter race and fifth
in the 400-meter and Ire-
lynn Kollman, placing
fourth in both the 1500-
and 3000-meter races. The
women’s 4x400 team of
Marlee Mitchell, Madelyn
Nichols, Sydney Wilson
and Irelynn Kollman placed
fourth. Sydney Wilson also
placed fourth in both the
discus and javelin. Camryn
Scrivner placed ninth in the
long jump.
Brock Hisler earned his
place in the top ten by plac-
ing eighth in the 100-meter.
Brock also placed sev-
enth in the 400-meter race.
Conor Brosnan earned a
third-place finish in the shot
put and a fourth-place finish
in the javelin. Saul Lopez
placed tenth in the 100-me-
ter. He also placed fourth in
the shot put and eighth in
the discus. Ty Boor placed
eighth in the 400-meter.
Also placing in the
top ten was Roen Waite,
where he placed tenth in the
200-meter race and ninth in
the 300m hurdles. Edward
Ellsworth earned an eighth-
place finish in the 800-me-
ter and a sixth-place finish
in the 3000-meter. Joseph
Sherman placed fifth in the
800-meter, seventh in the
1500-meter and fifth in the
high jump. David Cribbs
earned an eighth-place fin-
ish in the 1500-meter, ninth
place in the 3000-meter and
a seventh place in the high
jump.
Conor Brosnan, Han-
nah Finch and Joseph
Sherman also qualified for
additional events via qual-
ifying jumps or throws.
Joseph will be competing
in the high jump, along with
4x400 relay, and Conor will
also be competing in the
shot put and javelin along
with discus. Hannah will be
competing in the 400-meter
and triple jump.
Left: Trevor Nichols, Joe Sherman, Brock Hisler and Jayden
Wilson were district champs in the 4x400 relay. Above: Conor
Brosnan was the district champ in discus. -Photos by Susan
Hisler.
Grants awarded
The Pioneer Memorial
Hospital Foundation board
met May 11 to consider
requests from the hospi-
tal and to award student
scholarships. They awarded
$19,000 to Pioneer Memo-
rial Hospital for the pur-
chase of a patient handicap
bathtub, a scheduled up-
grade to replace the existing
bathtub. One board member
expressed how much that
particular item is appreci-
ated and necessary.
The board awarded the
Dr. Wallace Wolff Memo-
rial Scholarship to Jessica
Kempken in the amount of
$1,500. Jessica is attend-
ing Oregon State/OHSU
to obtain her Doctor of
Pharmacy.
Earl and Hazel Wilson
Scholarships were awarded
to Rylee Kollman, Sophie
Grant, Faith Rosen, Zoey
Gilbert and Hunter Nichols.
Rylee was awarded $1,200
to aid her in receiving her
bachelor’s degree in nurs-
ing at OHSU. Scholarships
in the amount of $1,000
were awarded to Sophie at
Pacific University, pursu-
ing a degree in optometry,
Faith, attending BMCC
for a nursing degree, Zoey,
attending Linn Benton for
her associate of diagnostic
imaging from Linn Ben-
ton Community College
and Hunter continuing his
studies at Eastern Oregon
University working toward
his goal of medical school.
Receiving scholarships
in the amount of $500 were
Sage Ferguson, Marlee
Mitchell, Emma Mueller,
Madelyn Nichols, Sydney
Wilson and $250 to Jayden
Wilson.
The Pioneer Memorial
Hospital Foundation was
formed in 1981 to pro-
mote good health through
outstanding local medical
care and to encourage and
assist young people to enter
careers in medicine through
scholarships. It is non-profit
and any donations given to
aid in grants and scholar-
ships are tax deductible. For
more information, please
contact Cari Scrivner at
carolines@mocohd.org.
Above left: Madelyn Nichols was the district champ in the
800- and 1500-meter.
Above center: Trevor Nichols took first in the 800-meter.
Right: Sydney Wilson took second in shot put. -Photos by
Susan Hisler.
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CONGRATULATIONS
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