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HCC plan m eeting
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o f th e p u b lic lib ra ry in the
community; and Provision o f on
site e d u c a tio n an d tra in in g ;
Infrastructure: M aintenance,
upgrading and expansion o f C ity
infrastructure including water,
w astew ater, streets, sidew alks
and storm drainage to m eet the
needs o f an anticipated eventual
population o f 2,000; Reduction
o f financial liability o f flood-
hazard regulations; Determination
o f Library District Facilities’ (as
it pertains to Heppner) needs and
proceeding w ith developm ent/
expansion as w arranted; and
U p g ra d in g o f C ity H a ll to
Americans With Disabilities Act
standards (and correct other
deficiencies); and Quality OfLife:
Provision o f diverse, wholesome,
and fun recreational activities and
facilities, to include the arts;
D evelopm ent o f a strategy to
attract families to our community;
Establishm ent o f a com m unity
foundation to assist in funding
s m a ll c o m m u n ity - o rie n te d
d e v e lo p m e n t p ro je c ts ; an d
Maintenance o f a neat, clean, and
a ttr a c tiv e c o m m u n ity th a t
includes a program to recognize
and
c o m m e m o r a te
th e
com m unity’s history to include
older/historic buildings.
lone Cardinal Booster Club
receives bid for track practice area
the sam e w eekend. T he club
lone C ardinal B ooster
voted to give the girls’ volleyball
C lub m et Nov. 4 at the high
te
a m $ 1 3 0 fo r e x tr a m e a l
sc h o o l lib ra ry , w ith e le v e n
expenses at the state tournament.
m em bers were present.
D uane N eiffer, science
The club received a bid
teacher at lone H igh School,
o f $ 11,500 for the topcoat for the
explained the budget cuts the
track practice area. It was agreed
science department has taken the
grant money or a large corporate
la st few y e a rs . T he sc h o o l
donation w ould be needed to
su b s c rip tio n to th e C u rre n t
com plete the project. D uane
Science m agazines uses up the
Neiffer will check with the ESD
entire budget. The club voted to
in g e ttin g h e lp fo r g r a n t
give $500 to the middle and high
applications.
s c h o o l s c ie n c e c la s s e s fo r
H a ro ld R ie tm a n n is
supplies for the year.
draw ing up plans for the new
M embers discussed the
t r o p h y c a s e . W h ile , D e a n
football bleachers needing repair
R obinson is going through the
work, but no action was taken.
p roper channels to m ove the
The basketball season
drinking fountain. R obinson is
will
begin
Tuesday, Dec. 3. The
also overseeing the painting o f the
lone
Basketball
Bonanza will be
gym door. D ennis Stefani is
in
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6 -7 w ith th e
looking into buying a storage
Umatilla, M ilton-Freewater and
container for sport equipment.
Enterprise teams participating.
R obinson reported that
T h e c lu b w ill b e g in
he contracted a charter bus to
honoring
businesses, in January,
take the girls’ volleyball team to »
who
have
supported lone school
th e s ta te to u r n a m e n t in
activities.
S p rin g fie ld . A b u s w as not
T he n e x t m ee tin g o f
available for the bo y s’ team for
Cardinal B ooster Club w ill be
M onday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at the
We Print Envelopes
high school library.
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Former member of the Lexington FD
Auxiliary speaks out
To the Editor:
N ow that the election is
o v e r, 1 m u st re s p o n d to
accusations by a letter to the
editor three w eeks ago. It w as
insinuated that when the former
L e x in g to n F ire D e p a rtm en t
A uxiliary disbanded it did not
follow the articles o f corporation
and the financial integrity was
jeopardize.
W h e n th e a u x ilia r y
disbanded by m ajority vote in
M arch o f 2001, the m inutes
reflected how the remaining funds
w ould be spent. A s secretary-
treasure I contacted the State o f
O regon C orporate D ivision to
ensure the rules and regulations
w o u ld b e f o llo w e d . I c a n
g u a ra n tee th at all ru les and
regulations were followed and if
anyone has concerns, they need
to contact the State o f O regon,
and, in addition, the by-law s
a lo n g w ith th e m in u tes are
available.
On another note, I would
urge all the citizens o f Lexington
to get involved in our community.
Lexington has a high crime rate,
a d o w n to w n a re a that is an
eyesore, with weeds and garbage
littering our streets, alleys and city
p ro p e rty , a c ity h all that is
u n k e m p t, a lo n g w ith an
inadequate infrastructure system.
A s a m em b e r o f the
W illow Creek Valley Economic
Development Group, join me in
working with lone and Heppner
in our goal o f attracting families
and businesses in our community.
L e t ’s b e p ro u d o f
L exington and m ake it a safe,
secure and attractive place to live
and work.
(s) M arcia Kem p
Lexington
Remember to share in family on
Thanksgiving
To the Editor:
It has been a year since
my mother died. We did not have
a close relationship. In fact it was
filled with turbulence almost from
the beginning. A s I becam e an
a d u lt, I tr ie d to m a k e th e
re la tio n sh ip b etter... several
tim es. But it w ould alw ays turn
into anger and hurt almost to the
end.
The last few weeks, as I
took care o f her, the relationship
becam e very special but I was
still cautious. Waiting for the other
shoe to drop as they say. W hat
h a p p e n e d in s te a d w a s an
apology. All the anger and hurt
d is a p p e a r e d a n d lo v e a n d
sadness took its place. Sadness
b e c a u s e o u r tim e to g e th e r
disappeared as well.
So m uch tim e wasted.
So m any unanswered questions.
It was the end o f my connection
to the past.
It took months for me to
truly believe and accept that I
would never hear her voice again.
The phone would not ring so she
could share w ith m e the events
o f h e r w eek. W hat she had
eaten. That she had done her
laundry. W ho had taken the time
to send a letter or card. W hich
ofher friends or our relatives had
died.
I should have tried harder
to make our relationship work in
spite o f our differences. It was
tim e to forget the past and ju st
love her. I could have filled her
life with so much more than just
meals, mail, laundry and death. I
know now that I should have
been the one m aking the phone
calls. M aking more trips to visit
w ith her. B een to le ran t and
patient. It is not easy to grow old.
To have m ade her a bigger part
o f m y life would have m eant so
much and looking back it seems
so little to h a v e d o n e . M y
opportunity is gone forever.
I hopefully have m any
years to live my life. But I c a n ’t
help but ask m yself, will I be
living it all alone at the end?
Praying for the phone to ring or
for a knock on my door? It hurts
just thinking about it.
I w anted to share my
thoughts in hope that I could
m ake a difference for som eone
e l s e ’s
m o th e r,
f a th e r,
g ran d m o th er or grandfather.
W hile you still have the chance
to put another sm ile on their
faces. To hear the laughter and
silliness once again. To listen to
their history they so long to share.
Feel their pain and care.
They have your pictures
on their walls. The m em ories o f
you they desperately try not to
forget so they can share them with
anyone w illing to listen. Each
n ig h t th ey p ray fo r a n o th e r
su n ris e . T h ey w a n t to sta y
because o f y o u ... Are you there?
Happy Thanksgiving,
(s) Linda Corbin
Heppner
Electrical Safety Poster Contest
winners announced
Columbia Basin Electric
Co-O p announced the w inners
o f its annual Electrical Safety
Poster C ontest at the C B EC
annual meeting held in Fossil last
Thursday night.
W in n e rs w e re as
follows: H eppner Elem entary
S c h o o l- f ir s t p la c e , D e v in
R obinson, second place, Alii
W e n z e l; lo n e E le m e n ta r y
School-first place, Beth Morter,
s e c o n d p la c e , M a ry G a te s;
Condon Elementary School-first
place, A ustin Fennem , second
place, Brandon Harrison; Fossil
Elem entary School-first place,
Em m alee Keys, second place,
Levi Sharp.
First place winners were
aw arded $20 and second place
winners were awarded $ 10. The
c o n te s t g e n e ra te d o v e r 55
entries.
The competition is open
to all fourth graders in the CBEC
service territory.
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Obituaries
Kenneth Broadbent
Kenneth Broadbent, 72,
o f B oardm an, died M onday,
N o v . 11, 2 0 0 2 , at G o o d
S hepherd M edical C enter in
Hermiston.
Private fam ily services
will be held.
B ro a d b e n t w a s b o rn
May 9,1930, at Redmond, WA,
to Levi James Haslam and Jennie
Louise Swenson Broadbent. He
grew up and attended schools at
Weiser, ID.
Broadbent served in the
Arm y and was a veteran o f the
K orean War.
He m arried Barbara J.
Beckley.
Broadbent first cam e to
the Boardm an com m unity 38
years ago when working in road
construction. He w as employed
as a heavy equipm ent operator
and retired a life m em ber o f
Operating Engineers Union Local
701.
H e w a s an a c tiv e
m em ber o f the M orrow County
S c h o o l B o a rd fro m 1975
through 1982. He w as <jlso a
m em ber o f the M orrow County
S c h o o l B o a rd A d v is o ry
Com m ittee starting in 1969.
S urvivors include his
w ife, B arb ara B ro a d b e n t o f
B o a rd m a n ; d a u g h te r, C a lly
W alker o f Salem; sons, Richard
o f H erm iston, and M arty o f
B oardm an; grandson, K iefer
B ro a d b e n t; s te p -g ra n d s o n s ,
Kelly Beehler and C aleb Beehler;
and sisters, Em ily Langley o f
B o a rd m a n , O le tta F u lle r o f
Boise, ID and M ym a Perkins o f
Weiser, ID. He was preceded in
death by a son, by his parents,
by brothers, Larry and Julian,
and by a sister.
Bishop Funeral Chapel
o f Pendleton is in charge o f the
arrangements.
Betty Ann Orton
Betty Ann Orton, 73, o f
W oodbum, died Saturday, Nov.
16, 2002.
Funeral services w ere
held Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 at
Woodbum Worship Center, with
interm ent the sam e day at the
H e r m is to n C e m e te ry in
Hermiston.
She w as bom July 5,
1929 at Heppner and grew up in
the Hermiston area.
She m a rrie d Ivan L.
O rto n on O c t. 16, 1951 at
V an co u v er, W a sh in g to n . In
1959, the couple m oved to the
P o rtla n d a re a a n d liv e d at
W o o d b u m sin c e 1968. M r.
Orton died in 1994.
Mrs. Orton was a m em
ber o f the W oodbum W orship
Center and serv ed on many vol
unteer projects, including the
W o o d b u m F ood B ank. She
loved sewing and gardening.
Survivors include sons
M ichael Padberg o f W oodbum,
Jon O rton o f W oodbum , Kip
Orton o f M cM innville and Rob
O rton o f Bend; brothers, M erle
Baker o f Portland and Clarence
Baker o f Heppner; sister, Helen
Schleneser o f Beaverton; nine
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Memorial contributions
may be sent to W oodbum Wor
ship Center or St. Vincent Prov
idence Hospice.
C o r n w e ll C o lo n ia l
C hapel o f W oodburn w as in
charge o f arrangements.
Artifactory Nov. 23
The 2002 A rtifactory
c ra ft fair, sp o n so re d by the
Willow Valley Service Club is this
S a tu rd a y , N o v . 2 3 . T h e
A rtifactory will be held at the
M orrow C ou n ty F airg ro u n d
Pavilion from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Again this year, weather
permitting, Santa will be arriving
on his motorcycle.
Open house
planned at the
Heppner Public
Library
A n O p e n H o u s e is
planned at the H eppner Public
Library on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7
p.m . T he ev en t w ill feature
improvements to the library that
w ere m ade possible through
funding provided to the nonprofit
L ibraries o f E astern O regon
(LEO) by the Oregon Legislature
last year.
Senator Ted Ferrioli and
Rep. Greg Smith, who were both
instrum ental in obtaining t h e '
funding, are invited as special
guests to the event.
Their efforts resulted in
a $20,000 allocation to LEO f o r ’
the Heppner library to implement
elem ents o f “ Lighting Up th e '
Libraries", which calls for public
libraries to step up and meet 21 *
century needs o f library patrons.
“These funds were used
to m ake the library m ore user-
friendly and to make its offerings
m ore accessible,” said M arsha
R ic h m o n d , d ir e c to r o f th e
O regon Trail Library D istrict.
“W e’ve just received new public -
computers for the library through
th e G a te s F o u n d a tio n , a n d
together with the LEO funds our
p a tr o n s w ill s e e q u ite an
improvement."
The public is encouraged
to attend the O pen H ouse and
see w h a t’s new at the library.
Light refreshments will be serv ed.
For further information,
c o n ta c t M a rsh a R ic h m o n d ,
Oregon Trail Library District, at
541-481-3365.
Rebekah Lodge to
hold another Bingo
party
A s m a ll, b u t h a p p y
crow d enjoyed the Bingo party
a t th e R e b e k a h L o d g e in
L exington on N ov 9. T hose
present decided that they would
like to have parties m ore often,
so the R eb ek ah lad ies have
decided to have another one on
Sunday, Dec 8 at 3 p.m. The
u sual n u m b er o f 10 w ill b e ,
played, but the blackout gam e
will become progressive.
A ll parties are open to
the public. C ost is 25 cents per /•
c a rd a n d c a s h p r iz e s a re
aw arded. Future dates are also '
planned. The D ecem ber date ’
was selected so as not to interfere .’,
w ith th o se w h o h av e o th e r /
com m itm ents. It is hoped that a
r e g u la r s c h e d u le , p e rh a p s
monthly, can be dec ided upon.
The m onthly card party '
at the lodge will be Saturday, ‘
Dec 7, w ith play to start at 7 :3 0 ,
p.m. All card parties are open to
the public. Cost is $3 per person
and refreshments will be served. ’
Proceeds for all lodge
parties go tow ard the upkeep *
and updates for the lodge hall,
w hich is the only community hall
available in Lexington and is used
for funeral dinners and other
activities requiring a large amount
o f s p a c e . A d e f in ite a n d
necessary need is to upgrade the
wiring in the hall in the near future.
A t th e la s t lo d g e
m eeting, m em bers decided that
they w ould forgo the annual:;
Thanksgiv ing family dinner and f
have instead a Christmas goodies j;
exchange at the first m eeting in :•
December. They will also m ake •,
their usual contributions to the;:;
N eighborhood Center and have*!
added the W illow Creek Valley :•
A ssisted Living facility to th e ir;
Christmas list. Secret sistersy/ill •
be rem em bered as well as th e ir;
adopted Sister at the nursing J
home. Other activities within th e :
lodge are planned for December. •
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