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
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BULLETIN BOARD
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
Nominations were received from
the
Road
Dept.,
General
Maintenance and Public Works
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