SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Sykes and Wenholz lead
commissioner races
However, final tally still not known
Winners of the May 17
county commissioner race
may not be known until as
late as June 13, says Mor-
row County Clerk Bobbi
Childers. Childers says with
the new state rules covering
vote counting, ballots post-
marked on election day but
still in the mail system need
to be counted, and her office
will wait one week until
May 24 to count any ballots
that may still come in.
As of May 8, the day
after election however,
the vote count shows Jeff
Wenholz leading Melissa
Lindsay by 26 votes in the
race for commissioner po-
sition number two, 1,296
to 1,270. In the other three-
way contest for position
number three, however,
David Sykes leads the oth-
er candidates by a wide
margin. To win the seat in
this primary, however, and
avoid a runoff in the No-
vember election, Childers
says a candidate must re-
ceive a majority of votes
50 percent, plus one vote.
As of May 18, Sykes had
50.34 percent with 1,273 to
Mike McNamee’s 776 and
Gus Peterson’s 476, but if
he slips below 50 percent
in further counting, he will
need to face McNamee in
Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers describes the action
going on in the vote counting room via closed circuit video
set up at the courthouse on election night May 17. Dressed in Mustangs travel to Hayward Field in Eugene. Athletes pictured left to right: Saige Jensen,
her customary election day stars and stripes, Childers could Irelynn Kollman, Hallee Hisler, Arianna Worden, Hannah Finch, Hayden McMahon, Conor
explain to visitors what the vote counters were doing on the Brosnan, Saul Lopez, Roen Waite, Joseph Sherman, Trevor Nichols and Jacob Finch.
big screen she had set up in the courthouse lobby. With the
video feed visitors to the courthouse could watch all the action
By Hannah Finch
and Hannah Finch both won in the boys 4x400m be-
of election night. -Photo by David Sykes.
the fall.
Childers says the public
and candidates will get a
clearer look at current vote
totals when she updates
them again Wednesday,
May 25, saying the results
will be posted on her page
on the county website.
However, results may
still be challenged after that,
and “We might not have a
certain winner in the pri-
mary until certification on
June 13,” she said told the
Gazette-Times.
There was no doubt
about the outcome of the
school district bond issue
however, as it went down
1454 to 874, losing in every
precinct.
Voter turnout across the
county was low this elec-
tion with just 38.75 percent
of voters bothering to turn
in their ballots. The county
beat the sitewide percent-
age, however, as only 36.70
percent of Oregonians both-
ered to vote. Neighboring
Umatilla County registered
the lowest turnout in the
state at 26.5 percent, but
Gilliam County showed a
respectable 49.3 percent
participation, and Grant
County came in the high-
est in the state with 51.8
percent.
New Morrow County
government building complete
The new Morrow
County Government Center
in Irrigon has been recently
completed and will hold a
ribbon cutting ceremony
Thursday, May 26 from 4
to 5 p.m. The building is
located at 215 NE Main
Avenue.
Attendees are invited
to take a guided tour of the
departments and new work
spaces, share in conversa-
tions and refreshments and
The new Morrow County Government Center in Irrigon is enjoy a slide show of the
now open. -File photo.
construction process.
Mahoney heads to state finals
in steer wrestling
Blane Mahoney
Local Heppner High
School senior, Blane Ma-
honey has been competing
in steer wrestling and team
roping at Oregon High
School rodeos for the 2021-
2022 school year and will
soon head to the state finals.
Mahoney has placed
in the top three in steer
wrestling in 10 of 14 rodeos
held across the state. He
won the average award in
four of the seven combined
Heppner brings back two
800m state champions
Mike Mahoney (left), Blane’s father, hazes for Blane (right).
-Photo by Fast Shootin Photography.
competitions, at high school
rodeos in Cottage Grove,
Klamath Falls, Hermiston
and Prineville, and is lead-
ing the state steer wres-
tling standings. He is now
headed into the state finals
competition to be held June
8-11 in Prineville, OR. The
top four contestants after
state, are then qualified to
compete at the National
High School Rodeo Finals
to be held in Gillette, WY
in July.
Blane is a member
of the Oregon Trail High
School Rodeo Team.
The Mustangs traveled
to Hayward Field in Eugene
Oregon for the OSAA 2A
State Track Championship
last Thursday and Friday.
Heppner competed with 43
other teams and stood on
the podium eight times. Fri-
day night, it was announced
that the boys placed third as
a team with only five boys.
Trevor Nichols placed
second in the 1500m in a
neck and neck finish with
Knappa, winning in a quick
4:09. Irelynn Kollman and
Arianna Worden also com-
peted in the 1500m. Koll-
man ran 5:24 to place 10 th
and Worden a 5:45 to place
11 th . Saige Jensen competed
in the 3000m on Thursday
and ran a 12:28 to place 11 th
as well.
For field events, Conor
Brosnan threw discus and
put himself on the podium
at fifth, throwing 126’02.
Hannah Finch placed sec-
ond in triple jump, jumping
34’1.
The 800m proved to
be an exciting race for both
the boys and the girls. State
Champions Trevor Nichols
their heats of the 800m by
less than a second. Nichols
ran a 2:02 and Finch ran a
2:24. Joseph Sherman also
made the podium in the
800m, running 2:08 to place
sixth overall.
Perhaps the most ex-
citing races of the night,
however, were the relays.
The girls 4x400m competed
head to head with Bandon,
both teams having fought
for first place in the rank-
ings all season. Starting
off the race was Arianna
Worden, who passed the
baton off to Irelynn Koll-
man, then Hallee Hisler and
finally to Hannah Finch to
run the last leg. The Hep-
pner girls placed second,
running a 4:25, one of their
best times.
The top three places
longed to eastern Oregon,
with Heppner fighting for
first against Enterprise and
Weston-McEwen. Jacob
Finch began the race before
Hayden McMahon took
over. Joseph Sherman ran
the third leg and passed the
baton off to anchor Trevor
Nichols. The boys placed
third and ran a 3:38, five
seconds faster than their
usual time.
The Mustangs closed
their season with five dis-
trict champion titles, two
state champion titles, a
new school record and 14
individual state medals.
This season paved the way
for the next few years of
high school track, as the
current athletes continue
to improve, and incoming
freshmen join the team.
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