TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 22, 2023
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
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Heppner Rural Fire
Fire department,
sheriff’s office receive Protection District to
meet
gifts of life
A public meeting of the
Heppner Rural Fire Protec-
tion District will be held
on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at
7 p.m. at the Heppner Fire
Hall, 911 Riverside Avenue.
The meeting will in-
clude the annual joint meet-
ing between the Heppner
Volunteer Fire Department
and the Heppner Rural Fire
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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subscriptions.
Chris Sykes ...............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
Cindi Doherty.........................................................................................Advertising
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Applications being accepted
for Billy Gentry Scholarship
Columbia Basin Elec-
tric Cooperative (CBEC)
offices in Heppner and Con-
don will be accepting appli-
cations for the Billy Gentry
Memorial Scholarship now
through 5 p.m. on May 1.
Gentry started work for
the cooperative at age 18
and retired in 1991 after 43
years. He worked as a truck
driver, a pole setter, on the
framing crew, jackhammer
operator, and powder man
before becoming the fore-
man and then line superin-
tendent.
Gentry loved his work
family and the trade—any-
one who was willing to
work no matter the weather
or how many hours it took
to get the lights back on was
part of the family. He was
there with Columbia Basin
Electric when the lights first
came on at the Potter Ranch
in 1949.
Priority will be given to
students interested in pur-
suing a trade/degree in the
electrical industry, with an
emphasis to individuals that
would like to move back to
Eastern Oregon.
The scholarship is only
available to high school
seniors who live in a home
served by CBEC and attend
school within our service
territory. One $500 schol-
arship will be awarded to a
student in each high school
within the CBEC service
territory—Heppner, Ione,
Condon and Fossil.
“At CBEC, we take
great pride in highlighting
the value of cooperative
membership to young peo-
ple,” the cooperative said in
a statement. “After all, they
are our members-in-train-
ing. We provide a variety
of programs that benefit
young people, from safety
demonstrations to sponsor-
ing youth activities across
our five-county service
territory.”
Applications are avail-
able at www.cbec.cc, from
each school or at one of
Columbia Basin Electric’s
offices. Anyone with ques-
tions may contact the office
in Heppner at 541-676-
9146 or Condon at 541-
384-2023.
Heppner chamber
announces new website
The Heppner Chamber of
Commerce has a new web-
site. Among the updates are
multiple features to better
serve Willow Creek Valley
Economic Development
Group’s (WCVEDG) des-
ignated area.
Grant information for WC-
VEDG programs and other
local, state and regional
partners is available now
at https://heppnerchamber.
com/grants/. The commu-
nity enhancement grant
application will open on
March 16.
Death Notice
Jarry M. Jessen–Jarry M.
Jessen of Hermiston died
on Feb. 19, 2023, at the
age of 80 near Cutsforth
Park, doing what he loved,
spending time outdoors. He
was born on Jan. 20, 1943,
in Paradise, CA.
A private family gathering
will be held. Please share
memories of Jarry with his
family at burnsmortuary-
hermiston.com.
Burns Mortuary of Hermis-
ton is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Heppner Fire Department and Morrow County Sheriff’s Of-
fice recently received new AEDs courtesy of Morrow County
Health District. Pictured with the AEDs in Heppner Fire
Hall (L-R) are Morrow County Sheriff John Bowles, MCHD
CEO Emily Roberts, and Heppner volunteer firefighters
Eric Chick and Erik Patton. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
The Heppner Volun-
teer Fire Department and
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office received new AED
units last week courtesy
of Morrow County Health
District.
AEDs, or automated
external defibrillators, are
used to help those expe-
riencing sudden cardiac
arrest, or heart attack. The
Red Cross call the AED a
“sophisticated, yet easy-
to-use, medical device.”
It can analyze the heart’s
rhythm and, if necessary,
deliver an electrical shock,
or defibrillation, to help the
heart re-establish an effec-
tive rhythm.
The fire department and
sheriff’s office each request-
ed five AED units from the
district in November. The
cost for all 10 Zoll AED
Plus machines and carrying
cases was $16,980.
In laying out their
reason for requesting the
machines, Heppner Fire
Chief Steve Rhea pointed
out that the Heppner Fire
Department is an all-volun-
teer department with a fire
district that covers over 600
square miles of Morrow
County. That includes land
in the Heppner Rural Fire
Protection District, which
contracts with the Heppner
Fire Department. Rhea also
said that the department’s
rescue unit, which carries
the Jaws of Life, covers
an additional 1,000 square
miles of county.
“Due to the vastness of
our response area we can be
over an hour away from any
medical facilities,” Rhea
said in a letter to the health
district. “There are times
that we may arrive prior to
the ambulance.”
Not only that, but the
American heart Association
reported in 2018 that more
than 356,000 out-of-hos-
pital cardiac arrests occur
every year in the U.S. An
estimated 40 to 50 percent
of duty related fatalities in
fire services are from heart
attacks. Studies have also
shown that if a sudden car-
diac arrest patient received
defibrillation through an
AED within the first min-
ute, their survival rate is 90
percent.
Of the five AEDs gifted
to the fire department, one
will be placed in the de-
partment’s rescue vehicle,
one in the primary structure
engine, one in each of the
command vehicles and one
in the fire hall.
Protection District. The
purpose of this meeting is
to receive information, dis-
cuss topics pertinent to both
entities, and share issues
and concerns relating to
the contractual relationship
between the two parties.
The public is invited
to attend.
Rep. Smith Receives
Measure 114 update
from Raschio
Rep. Greg Smith and Judge Robert Raschio.
-Contributed photo
Last week, Rep. Greg
Smith (R-Heppner) had a
meeting with Judge Robert
S. Raschio, who is the Pre-
siding Judge of Oregon’s
24 th Judicial District (Grant
and Harney Circuit Court).
Back in November,
voters narrowly passed Bal-
lot Measure 114. It was set
to go into effect in Decem-
ber, however, gun rights ac-
tivists challenged it in court
and argued that it violates
the Oregon Constitution.
Judge Raschio believed
their arguments had merit
and put a temporary stay
on the implementation of
Measure 114.
Since then, the Oregon
Supreme Court has denied
the Oregon Attorney Gen-
eral’s petition to overturn
Judge Raschio’s injunction
and allow Measure 114
to go into effect. The gun
control measure remains
blocked until a lower court
holds a hearing.
“I often receive ques-
tions from constituents re-
garding Measure114,” said
Smith. “Having meetings
like today are vastly import-
ant; where different branch-
es of government can come
together and learn from
each other. A huge thank
you goes out to Judge Ra-
schio for his work to uphold
Oregon’s Constitution.”
Boardman city manager
candidate turns down
position
The Boardman City
Council extended a condi-
tional offer of employment
for the Boardman City
Manager position to Elke
Doom of Huron Township,
MI recently, but Doom has
withdrawn her name from
consideration, leaving the
city without a long-term
city manager for the mo-
ment.
The City of Boardman
had been working with
Strategic Government Re-
sources of Keller, TX since
September in an attempt
to recruit candidates for
the city manager position.
The city recently hosted a
public meet and greet and
panel interviews for three
finalists.
Since Doom has with-
drawn her interest, the
Boardman City Council
has announced it will be
working to decide how to
proceed in order to fill the
position in a timely manner.
“The city council is
committed to a commu-
nity-informed search and
will provide updates to
the community as soon as
more information becomes
available,” the city stated
in a release. “The council
would like to thank every-
one involved in the hiring
process and commend the
community for participat-
ing in the process.”
Heppner Les Schwab would like to congratulate The Mustangs
for making it to the State playoff game !
Saturday in Oakland
against the Oakers
at 3:00 PM
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Wight, Mason Orem, Landon Mitchell, Tucker Ashbeck, Thomas Bales, David
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