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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 3, 2023 -- NINE
MCSO welcomes
new dispatcher
On April 25, Morrow County Sheriff’s Office welcomed a new
dispatcher. Pictured are Morrow County Sheriff John Bowles
(left) and new Communications Deputy Jody Sullivan. -Con-
tributed photo
Ione students perform
Alice @Wonderland
The drama students at Ione Community School performed “Al-
ice@Wonderland” by Jonathan Yukich March 22. The play was
a retelling of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale in which a modern-day
Alice finds herself in the Wonderland of old. Pictured are cast
and crew (L-R) Adrian Mendoza, Julian Rodriguez, Gage Heide-
man, Phegley Padberg, Kyle McGill, Zamira Dotson, Caydance
Kreitzer, Noelia Ramirez, Miley Strzelewicz, Ari’el Gray, Hunter
Scoggin, Gift Cross, Marcus Radcliffe, Mika Limberg, Cici Stefani,
Blake Vandever, Leo Cabrera and William McElligott. The play
was directed by Chelsea Geer. -Photo by Khira Kreitzer
A View from the Hill FFA banquet May 11
By Doris Brosnan
Yesterday brought back the sunshine and brought
a sunny reason to celebrate to Willow Creek Terrace.
Randall Peterson turned 94 years old. For his birthday
lunch Randall chose spaghetti and meatballs to share
with neighbors and friends. Birthdays are always viewed
with enthusiasm, so residents and staff will be looking
forward to May 17, when Virginia Peck celebrates her
87 th birthday.
The change in the weather has also allowed Alex
Camarillo to work his magic in the flower beds around
the Terrace, contributing to the inviting look that Derek
Swanson is working on as the new landscape employee.
He was very appreciative last weekend when “Jimmer”
and Steve Lankford came to help him with the initial
spring clean-up of the yard. And Jerry Green impressed
everyone with the plant starts he had nurtured in the
windows of his apartment all winter and this spring. He
contributed 17 geraniums to the outdoor projects!
Last Friday featured a new event in the Terrace
kitchen: “Cooking with Flossie” was a great hit, as she
instructed and led her assistant in the successful and tasty
production of “peanut butter popcorn.” This Friday, the
event will return when residents and staff gather round
to witness “Cooking with Dorothy” and then sample
Dorothy Green’s no-bake cookies.
Daily and weekly routine activities will continue
through the month, even though the Terrace is presently
short-staffed while five new trainees are working toward
bolstering those numbers and contributing to the care of
residents on the Hill.
Residents always enjoy visiting with volunteers, so
interested readers are encouraged to call 541-676-0004
or drop by to discuss their volunteering ideas. When
Mustang Mop-Up brings HHS students to the Hill on the
18 th , the residents will be eager to watch them accomplish
some tasks and to share some refreshments with them.
Mother’s Day will be a special day at Willow Creek
Terrace, of course, as will Memorial Day, both including
some meaningful morning discussions and some visitors.
In the meantime, life in the community will move along
routinely, with welcome interludes that make some days
especially special, which most residents view as abso-
lutely just fine.
Heppner teen arrested
Wolf advisory committee
on sex-related charges
to meet
The Morrow County
Wolf Depredation Advi-
sory Committee will meet
Tuesday, May 9 at 7 p.m. in
the Bartholomew Building
upper conference room in
Heppner. Items on the agen-
da include a grant agree-
ment and agency updates.
Contact committee
chair Dean Robinson with
questions at 541-980-2350.
This meeting location
is accessible to persons with
disabilities. A request for an
interpreter for the hearing
impaired or for other ac-
commodations for persons
with disabilities should be
made at least 48 hours be-
fore the meeting to Roberta
Lutcher at 541-676-5613.
Saul Lopez, 18, of Hep-
pner was arrested last week
on charges that include fel-
ony sexual abuse and rape.
Morrow County Sher-
iff’s office arrested Lopez
on April 24. He is currently
lodged at Umatilla County
Jail on two counts of use
child in sex conduct, six
counts of online sexual cor-
ruption of a child II and six
counts of encourage child
sex abuse II, all felonies.
Misdemeanor charges
include five counts of sex-
ual abuse III and one count
of rape III. Total bail is set
at $550,000.
No further information
was available at the time of
publication.
Plant sale starts Thursday
T h e H e p p n e r F FA
Chapter is planning its an-
nual banquet for Thursday,
May 11, at 6 p.m.
“It’s a time to celebrate
the hard work and accom-
plishments of the members
of our chapter,” said FFA
Advisor Beth Dickinson.
There is no cost to at-
tend the banquet, which
includes a pasta bar dinner.
However, the FFA students
have made several items
that will be up for bid in a
silent auction.
Awards and officer in-
stallation will follow the
dinner.
Just in time for Moth-
er’s Day, the annual plant
sale also begins this Thurs-
day. Hours will be Thursday
4-6 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 6
p.m., and Saturday 7-9 a.m.
and 2-4 p.m. There will be
some additional hours next
week after school while
suppplies last.
The greenhouse and
plant sale is a project of the
FFA chapter/plant science
class.
Local students make
EOU dean’s list
Linsey Mitchell of
Heppner is among six Mor-
row County residents to be
named to the Eastern Ore-
gon University dean’s list
for the 2023 winter term.
Also making the dean’s list
are Ashley Aguilera of Ir-
rigon and Gustavo Amaya,
Alyssa Luna, Jose Puer-
ta and Johana Sepulveda
Vieyra, all of Boardman.
Qualifying students
achieve and maintain a
grade point average of 3.5
or higher on a 4.0 scale
while completing a mini-
mum of 12 hours of graded
coursework for the duration
of the term.
Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 14th
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