North Morrow Volume XXII Number 6
January 9, 2015
Local students make honor roll By Joan Lease CORVALLIS Names of students who have made the Scholastic Honor Roll Fall term have been announced by Oregon State University. A total of 861 students earned straight-A (4.0). Another 3,598 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work. Students on the Honor Roll included: Boardman 3.5 or Better: Sonia A. Barrera, Junior, Human Devel and Family Science; Matthew B. Hyder, Senior, Mechanical Engineering; Cheyenne A. Kennedy, Senior, Public Health; Alejandra Mendoza, Junior, Mathematics; Paola Mendoza, Freshman, University Exploratory Studies. Irrigon 3.5 or Better: Celina Munoz Orozco, Sophomore, Pre-Communication; Adriana Sanchez, Junior, Accountancy.
January 21 lunch Chamber Economic Outlook Mark your calendar for the January Economic Outlook luncheon sponsored by Bank of Eastern Oregon. This month’s lunch will be held at the SAGE Center instead of the Port of Morrow. The guest speaker will be Michelle D. Godfrey, Public Information Officer for Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding. To find out more and ask some questions, RSVP to this luncheon no later than Monday, January 19th toBoardman Chamber of Commerce, (541)4813014 or info@boardmanchamber.org. Don’t forget, cost of lunch is now $12 per person.
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Boardman Policeman George Price retires December 31, 2014 brought an end to a 35 year career in law enforcement for George Price. He began as a Reserve Officer with Umatilla County Sheriff’s Department in 1979 as a volunteer, supporting himself as a grocery clerk at the Hermiston Red Apple store until he was hired in 1990 with the Pilot Rock Police Department as a fulltime officer. Price remained with
Pilot Rock until 1999, when he moved to Madras to work with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department. In the year 2000, Price was hired by Boardman Police Department and has worked and lived in the community since then. Price was born in Hermiston, moved with his Air Force family to many communities including Alaska,
Office George Price official retired December 31, 2014 from the Boardman Police Department after a 35 year career.
L-R Blanca stands with her husband George Price as Lt. Loren Dieter presents him with a badge and patch memory board.
Iowa, North Dakota, California, Libya, Germany, Idaho, and Klamath Falls. In 1973, Price’s dad Richard and mom Peggy retired and moved back to the Hermiston area. George went to junior high and high school in Hermiston, then proceeded to study criminal law at BMCC. George and his wife Blanca look forward to pursuing some traveling as well as hobbies such as camping, hunting and fishing.
They plan to try out their camping “chops” with George’s parents fifth wheel camper to see if they enjoy that. They also look forward to some travel in Mexico, where Blanca’s extended family lives. Italy, Israel, Ireland, Scotland and Germany are also on their “wish list” of places to visit. George hopes that his service with Boardman has left the community a better place. His positive attitude will be missed.
Line upgrade project Give your knowledge of local history to Chronicles planned for Port of Morrow The Morrow County Chronicles is local history for local people, and other interested individuals ! An opportunity to discover details of history, sometimes ignored, or glossed over, or to develop a new point of view, and to develop your writing skills, awaits you as a contributor to the 2015 Morrow County Chronicles. You are invited to an organizational meeting to be held at Heppner City Hall on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. Our goal is to have the 2015 edition of the Morrow County
Chronicles ready for publishing by April 1, 2015. They will go on sale at the 2015 Morrow County Fair & Rodeo. We have the expertise of retired English teachers, and people educated in English literature etc. who are willing to provide help if you ask for it. Come with your questions and ideas. A birthday present idea: The full set of MCC (27 volumes, from 1984 to 2014) is available for purchase at your local Bank of Eastern Oregon branch or at City Hall (cost: $100).
Umatilla Electric Cooperative will upgrade power lines in a portion of the Port of Morrow from mid-January to May 2015. The project may cause congestion along Industrial Way Avenue and Utility Lane in the Port. No scheduled outages are anticipated during the upgrade; however, if any become necessary, UEC will contact affected members. The project is necessary to keep electrical facilities safe, reliable, and able to withstand the ever-increasing electrical loads within the Port
of Morrow, said Robert Echenrode, UEC Engineering Manager. Summit Line Construction of Heber City, Utah, will do the work under contract with UEC, replacing lines originally built in 1969. Transmission lines (115-kilovolt) and distribution lines (12.47kv) will be replaced with larger wire. All wooden poles within the project boundary will be replaced, and three steel poles will be added. UEC is a member-owned electric cooperative that serves about 14,000 accounts from Boardman to the Blue Mountains.