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Get acquainted A get-acquainted meeting fbr new Morrow County School Board member John Renfro will be held Thursday, July 12, from 7-8 p.m. at the A.C. Houghton Elementary School library in Irrigon. Everyone is invited to attend. Lexington plans town-wide sale The second annual community yard sale in Lexington is planned for Saturday, July 28. A wide vanety of goods has been donated to the Lexington Fire Dept. Auxiliary for their sale. Tickets will also be sold for a handmade plunder box by Jake Haynes. Also of interest are an estate sale, a farmers' market, a moving sale and discounts at local merchants. Maps of sale locations may be picked up at the town hall on July 28. Sale time is around 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Weather Report lone schedules tobacco* free activities The city o f lone, in conjunction with Morrow County Tobacco Prevention, has declared July 9-14 as tobacco free and has scheduled several tobacco-free activities this week. Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes Chamber Executive Director Hometown celebrations, visitors and family make up our rural way of living and help our economy. People and business retention are the ingredients to keeping Heppner and the Willow Creek Valley a viable place to live. All o f us working together can retain and grow this quality of life for the next generation if we plan ahead and* support what we have. lone puts on a great July 4th Celebration-unique, hometown grown and fun. Great Blues Cruise too, beginning in Lexington. Heppner tried to get the Paddy Wagon there but the heat or age killed it. It was a fun way to spend the Fourth and honor our World War II veterans. The Willow Creek Service Club and Morrow Unified Recreation District are treating the Willow Creek Valley to "Music In The Heppner City Park," with Lindy Leomg Gravelle, former Heppnente, on Thursday, July 12. It is a free concert and they encourage all to bring chairs, blankets, family and friends for a fun evening. Tickets for the dinner before the concert are available at Murray Drugs and Wheatland Insurance. Tickets are limited to 150 people. Another Oregon Trail Bicycle Migration will arrive in Heppner on the Thursday, July 12. The group left Independence, Missouri, on June 10 and hope to finish July 16. The 10 nders come from all parts of the U.S. with one gentlemen from Nottingham. England. This will be the fourth time that Tom Armstrong has led a group along the Oregon Trail on the 37-day trip. The cyclists average 50 plus miles a day as they cover 2400 miles on their way to Oregon City. In Heppner. they will camp at the Heppner Fairgrounds and possibly join the community for Music In The Park. This tour will be offered again in 2003 Preparations are underway for the annual "Celebrate Heppner Sidewalk Sale" with plans for Jail and Bail, dunk tank, country market, kids games and possible lawnmower races. Mark your calendars for hometown fun and bargains galore on Friday, July 27. Thought for the week: "Imagination is the true magic carp et" Births On Wednesday, activities are planned at the lone Library at 2 p.m.; Thursday will be tobacco free bingo at Beecher's; and Friday a free swim is planned at the pool from 3-5 p.m. lone may change local calling area A meeting concerning changing the lone local calling area beween representatives from the Public Utilities Commission and members o f the lone community was scheduled for Tuesday, July 10, at the lone High School cafeteria . Organizer Suzanne Rea said that a group is petitioning the PUC to change lone’s local calling area to include Echo, Boardman and Hermiston. Rea said that the change would not disrupt the current calling situation between Heppner, Lexington and lone. There would be no long distance charges between the three towns. Rather, the change would eliminate long distance fees for lone area residents who call the Echo, Boardman or Hermiston areas. St. Patrick's Senior Center ; BULLETIN BOARD By the City of Heppner For the m onth of Ju n e High Low Precip. 6/1 90 54 .00 6/2 79 40 .04 6/3 64 38 .32 6/4 64 38 .00 6/5 73 47 .09 6/6 62 44 .03 6/7 74 54 .00 6/8 81 54 .00 6/9 82 51 T 6/10 71 45 .00 6/11 67 47 .00 6/12 67 39 .20 6/13 55 41 .28 6/14 74 51 .00 6/15 74 42 .00 6/16 78 42 .00 6/17 77 40 .00 6/18 67 42 .00 6/19 75 42 .00 6/20 82 52 .00 6/21 89 56 .00 6/22 93 54 .00 6/23 87 49 .00 6/24 76 52 .00 6/25 63 40 .16 6/26 71 55 .03 6/27 78 56 .14 84 6/28 55 .31 6/29 76 48 T 6/30 81 55 .00 Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 11 2001 - SEVEN By Velma Wight The bus will travel to Condon on Thursday, July 26, to the meal site. Ed Baker will be the driver. The bus will also travel to Milton-Freewater on Saturday, July 2 8 .r to see the Old-Time Fiddlers. Strawberry shortcake will be served. There is a S3 charge. Please sign up at the senior center office if you are interested in going on either trip. There were two tables of card players on Tuesday, July 3. The happy card players are having lots of fun; feel free to join us. Bud Lundell comes down when we play cards and has cookies and coffee with us. On Tuesday at 10 to 10:30 a.m„ there were four o f us for exercise class. It is fun. Everyone is invited to attend the class. On Wednesday, July 4, there was no senior dinner as it was a holiday. The Wednesday dinner was held Thursday instead. On Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. Barbara Strothers will show a movie. Last week we watched "Judge Priest". Thursday morning exercise class is from 10-10:30 a.m. Our sympathies are with Jane Rawlins’ family. Jane died Saturday morning. She had done a lot of good work in the senior center, garden club and her church. The girls in the office are working hard and doing a good job. We appreciate it. Flossie Wakins is our new girl in the office on Tuesday afternoons. I love to volunteer with little children and elderly people. I have retired twice now. but why give up? It's all fun and keeps you young. I promise to do more volunteer work at the church on my slack days. I have met five new women visiting Heppner recently and they all said they love our little town as everyone is so friendly. They also made my day. We had a visitor at the senior center, Mabel Miller from Post Falls, Idaho. She has a large family, including her brother. Bill. Billie Lacey's son came to visit. They went to Redmond and traveled to different places for the week. Her son lives in New Mexico. Carl Bauman and son John visited at the senior center last week. He is the son o f the late C.J.D. Bauman. The Heppner Garden Club met at Betty Conner's home on Monday, * July 9. The Senior Housing Authority will meet Monday, July 30., Bud Lundell says there was a large turnout o f antique cars at the lone 4th o f July Parade. M akenna Kathleen David-A daughter, Makenna Kathleen, was bom to Mr and Mrs. Aaron David of Yakima on July 8, 2001. She weighed 6 lbs.. 15 oz. and measured 18" long. Grandparents are Joe and Robin Bowman, Bend, and Don and Linda David, Albany. Great-grandparents are Rita and Jiggs Bowman. Heppner. Margaret Hesla. Portland, and Charlotte David. Albany. ;;l:v lesya m ■ Jm \ ¡ y , ■ y Death Notice V V Jane Rawlins Jane Rawlins, 80, of Heppner, died Saturday, July 7,2001. at her home. A memorial service will be hel4 Saturday, July 21,2001 at 2 p.m. at Valby Lutheran Church in lone. A complete obituary will be in next week's Gazette-Times. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Scholarship applications available Right to left: Morrow Countv Judge I errs I allman. Morrow ( ouin\ Public Works Employee of the Near Rands lleiiriehs and Morrow County Public W orks Director Gordon O'Brien. South Morrow County Scholarship Trust has announced that applications for the Lexington Voter Precinct Scholarship and the Elizabeth Slottee Memorial Scholarship are now available. They are in disc format and may be picked up at Klamath First Federal bank, 111 North Mam, Heppner. The Slottee Memonal Scholarship is awarded annually to a junior, senior or graduate student at an accredited college. The scholarship is awarded to a student majoring or minoring in music. If no applicants are found with this criteria, the award may be given to a student who has been accepted into a school of education. The scholarship amount will be determined by the earnings of the donations of the community and the Slottee family which totals more than $10.000 The Lexington Voter Precinct Scholarship is for $500 and will be awarded to a college sophomore, junior or senior living in the Lexington voters' precinct. The deadline for the completed application is Friday. August 17. The application may be turned in to Sharon Harrison at Klamath First or mailed to P.O. Box 368. Heppner. Oregon 97836. For more My news for the day: I went to lone for the Fourth of July at the information, contact Sharon park. Kids were having waterfights with water guns, balloons and this Harrison, 676-9164, or Del LaRue, one kid fell as I was sitting under a tree. We both knocked heads a n d ' 422-7468. it knocked me out. Then a few minutes later, the wind was blowing so hard a big heavy limb fell out of the tree and knocked my glasses off and put a big bruise on my left cheek. I looked up and another limb hit me. So we came home and didn't stay for the fireworks. By morning I was in bad shape from my back to collarbone. I had a headache, was dizzy and couldn't walk straight. My son said he was worried about me and got up early to call and see if I was all right. I said no, I got only two hours of sleep with the pain. Even my arm hurt. So he took me to the doctor and I had seven x-rays. The doctor said I had whiplash and a concussion. ■; The doctor says it will be a while before I can think straight. This will be my fourth whiplash since I was in my teens and I don’t know how many times my back has been injured. I'm thankful I'm not in a wheelchair. But it has made me blind three times and partially blind - in my left eye. People have to excuse me as my right eye gets blurry sometimes. I would like it if someone would like to do this newsletter. I would be glad to let someone write the news. £ L Y o u r S o u r c e F o r S a v in g s ABB BBCYCBYS Public works names employee of the year Morrow County Public Works recently selected Randy Hennchs as "Employee of the Year". Randy, who has been with Morrow County since 1997, was recognized for his hard work and dedication over the years. Randy and his wife Mane live near Heppner. 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