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On September 8, 2023, Katen Von Blalack of Prineville, Oregon, pled guilty to Reckless Driving, a Class A Misdemeanor committed on March 28, 2023. The matter was investigated by OSP Trooper David Sprouffske, with assistance from OSP Troopers Blood, McCosker and Timko. The matter occurred on Highway 26, about 5 miles east of Mitchell. Judge Olson sentenced Mr. Blalack to 24 months' probation, suspended his driver's license for 90 days, ordered him to complete an Oregon...
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The Olex School Scholarship was started in 1996 after the school was closed and merged with surrounding districts. At the time of its closure it was the longest running school district in the state. This year the Arlington recipient for $1000 is Callahan Troutman and the Condon recipients for $1000 are Megan Aamodt, Theresa Campbell, Abby Colby, Brody Geer, Grady Greenwood, Christian Potter, Kristian Takagi, and Kade Wilkins....
Columbia Basin Electric is pleased to announce the recipients of four $500 Billy Gentry Memorial Scholarships for 2024. The scholarships were awarded to Seniors in our service territory. Applications were accepted from each high school; Condon, Ione, Fossil and Heppner/Lexington. This year's recipients are: Lyja Whitbeck of Fossil, Irelynn Kollman of Heppner, Casey Nelson of Condon, and Morgan Cutsforth of Heppner. Lyja Whitbeck is the son of Rob and Lari Whitbeck of Fossil,...
The tiny town of Wasco saw arguably its largest crowd yet at the annual Memorial Day celebration Monday. Folks traveled from across the state to take part in the festivities, which kicked off at 10 a.m. with a Memorial Service and flag raising at the historic train depot. Wasco Mayor Beth McCurdy opened the ceremony with a welcome greeting, followed by an opening prayer from pastor Joe Burgess. Tri-County Veteran Services officer Eric Akin paid tribute to fallen soldiers and...
Theresa Campbell and Casey Nelson, graduates from Condon High School, are both recipients of the Kaela Reser Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is presented annually to a Gilliam County High School graduate to assist in pursuing higher education. Theresa Campbell has been a Gilliam County 4-H member for 9 years and during her many years in 4-H, Theresa has participated in several 4-H clubs including Beef, Leathercraft, Photography, and Ambassadors. After graduation,...
Days of Yore for June 6, 2024 10 years ago— Members of the McElligott family recently made a trip to England and Ireland to attend the wedding of a family member, and to tour the countries. Pete and Nancy McElligott went from here along with son Brian and friend, daughter Janet, Pete’s sisters Kathleen and Mary and friend Nora Toban. They attended the wedding of Paul McElligott’s daughter, Salli, who lives in London. Twilight on the Track, a walk/run event, will be held at th...
"She is a pilot herself, so her AIR BABIES commit none of the technical errors so revolting to well-informed children" (A. Earhart, 1936). High praise, that, for a fine children’s book, Air Babies, penned and illustrated by Elvy Kalep, coming from America’s most beloved aviator. Amelia Earhart would depart from Lae, of what was then Papua and New Guinea, just a year later, never to return. Air Babies was published first by The Saalfield Publishing Company in Akron, Ohio, fir...
Days of Yore for May 23, 2024 10 years ago— The Ford Family Foundation has selected 104 students from Oregon as new Ford Scholars. This year’s Oregon Scholars were chosen from 5,202 applicants. The Foundation and the Arlington School District have announced that Efren Zuniga is a recipient of the 2014 Ford Family Scholarship. The Condon/Wheeler Lady Knights have successfully defended their Class 1A state championship track and field title by earning another one last week at...
Days of Yore for May 30, 2024 10 years ago- Gary Purpura and Linda were in town for their annual Memorial Day visit from Portland. As tradition would have it, they were guests at Hotel Condon and he ran in the Eastern Oregon Half-Marathon at Spray, as he has done for the past 40 years! He said something about "getting older" this year. David Esterquest of Hebron, Connecticut spent several days in the Condon area visiting with the Colgan families. He was able to attend the...
Days of Yore for May 16, 2024 10 years ago— A group of fun-lovers from throughout the Northwest made their 25th spring time pilgrimage to Shelton Park in Wheeler County recently. Without a place to carry out their sport of bowling ball shooting, park hosts Larry and Susan Snyder took the gang to their Gilliam County ranch southeast of Condon where the home-built black powder cannon was touched off 12 times, each time launching a bowling ball, approximately 3500 feet. They call their trip their annual Fossil Camp Out. This y...
By Logan Christensen, 4-H Student Reporter The Pans on Fire outdoor cooking club met on May 16 at 3:40pm at the Extension Office. Attending were sixteen members.The Pledge of Allegiance led by Cooper and Garrett. 4-H Pledge led by Zane. What we did during the meeting: talked about heat, made and cooked foil packets, took suggestions for improvements, did a MyPlate activity, and record books. The next meeting is May 30. The meeting adjourned at 4:50pm....
The Oregon Women Lawyers Coffee Creek Book Drive will take place May 13-29. There will be collection boxes near the court clerks' offices in each of the 7th Judicial District Courthouses (511 Washington St.,3rd Floor, The Dalles; 309 State St, Hood River; 221 S. Oregon St, Condon, 500 Court St., Wasco, and 701 Adams St, Fossil). The book drive is to benefit the library at the Coffee Creek Women's Correctional Facility. Both hard and soft cover books are acceptable. Books on...
I love to eat granola for breakfast, the kind stuffed with goodies like nuts, seeds and dried fruit. That is really a crumbly, healthful cookie in disguise! However, the luxurious, loaded-with-nuggets granola typically sold at high-end grocery stores can cost upwards of $15-$17 a pound. A while back, I learned to make granola and after some trial and error now have a reliable recipe that is, of course, easy to make. You can mix and match this recipe to suit your own tastes;...
MANCHESTER, NH - Calley Freedom of Rufus has been named to Southern New Hampshire University's Winter 2024 Dean's List. The winter terms run from January to May. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 for the reporting term are named to the Dean's List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer. Southern New Hampshire Unive...
When Traci and Mike Mordell found and purchased property in Spray, they realized a long held dream of owning and developing a property for their family to enjoy for generations to come. The Mordells purchased the property from Elva Dell McGough in 2006 and began making improvements in 2007. Much to their delight, they moved into a newly rebuilt house in 2008 near Traci's father, Jerry Barber, who had retired to Spray in 2002. The Kahler Basin property they purchased was...
By Avery vonBorstel, 4-H Student Reporter The Put It Up food preservation 4-H club met on May 10 at 12:25pm at the Extension Office. Attending were Kynlie, Olivia, Erin, Aly, Ruby, Isaiah, Roper, Sebastian, Avery, leaders Brown and Ingram. Pledge of Allegiance by Sebastian, 4-H Pledge by Roper. What we did during the meeting: ate dried apple chips, cut up apples to pieces to dehydrate, used a jerky shooter to make raw meat into jerky, strawberry fruit leather, and wrote in...
Asher Community Health Center works hard to bring higher resources to Wheeler County for our patients and residents. Through partnerships with OHSU Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Lions Eyeglass Assistance Program (LEAP), and St Alphonsus Mobile Mammography, we are hosting two important local screening events. VISION SCREENING On June 28th-29th, Asher Clinic will again be hosting a vision screening by Casey Eye Institute, and there is zero cost to those screened! There will be a...
With Memorial Day Weekend and the onset of summer recreation swiftly approaching, the focus turns to safety for ATV riders traversing Oregon's picturesque forests and BLM public lands. In anticipation of the upcoming season, authorities in Wheeler County are issuing a critical safety reminder for all riders to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone involved. Operating motorized recreational vehicles on public lands, including Forest Service and BLM territories,...
As a public employee for the past 25+ years, I am familiar with how public employee benefit systems work. Vacation and sick leave is accrued at a fixed number of hours every month, and those hours are documented in an employment record keeping system, where both the employer and employees know monthly what their vacation and sick leave accruals are. Sick leave balances are forfeited when leaving public employment. Vacation balances are limited to a fixed number of hours that will be compensated for when leaving public...
Something beautiful happened last Thursday at Summit Springs Village and our whole community need to know about this. These young kids (all locals 5-7 years old) had matching little green t-shirts and they called themselves The Cloverbuds. They came into our rooms and delivered spotted sedums from their projects. We were all thrilled and everyone was reliving their own young days in 4-H and all the character it gave us. We remember all the responsibility we had, and how to get through bitter cold winters and protect our...
Having the administrative progress this county has made over the past three years turned upside down is disturbing and disappointing. Had the recall petitioners and their followers paid attention and listened to the platform on which Elizabeth Farrar-Campbell and Pat Shannon ran when they were elected back in 2020, they would have known exactly what to expect, rather than claiming to be alarmed now by the action of the court. The petitioners could have been a positive part of the process then and along the way, rather than...
To the Editor, I am writing to encourage Gilliam County voters to support Leah Watkins for Gilliam County Judge. I served on the Condon School Board with Leah and remember she was always fair with her decisions and her first priority was serving the community. She spoke her mind yet was willing to work for a common solution that best served the school district. With the current situation in the county, she is the only candidate with prior experience on the court. In talking to former and current county court members, they...
To the Editor: Anyone can access the online letters submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on February 12th, where our current county court members supported Senate Bill 1576-4 Amendment; two of those three are now subject to recall. The Senate Judiciary Committee opted to remove amendment 4 regarding the alteration of six other county courts, thus giving the voters in each county the opportunity to make their voices heard. The proposed legislation could have provided a way to replace our existing court with a...
Days of Yore for May 9, 2024 10 years ago— Traveling from her mission duties with SEND International in Taichung, Taiwan, former Arlingtonian Jean (Frost) Carlton has been at the Mikkalo home of sister Julie and Neil Mikkalo for the past two weeks. The Arlington Jackpot Rodeo had fair weather with attendance up from 2013. Three riderless horses entered the arena as a moving tribute to three men lost during the past year; Dustin Lorentz, Richard Rende and Ron Davis. Jim and Tiona Weiser felt that these men, all rodeo s...
