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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 2, 2003 The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Ore gon OfTice at 147 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Kax (541) 676-9211. E-mail gl(aheppner net or gtia'rxpidscrvcnet Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: S24 in Morrow County; $18 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $30 elsewhere David Sykes______________________________________ ______ Publisher Katie Wall__________________________________________ ___— Editor New* and Advertising Daadlina is Monday at S p.m. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Coal lor a display ad ia $4.75 per column inch Coat for classified ad a 50* per word Cost tor Card of Thanks is $7 up to 100 words Cost tor a classified display ad it $5.35 per column inch. For Pubkc/legal Notices pubkc/legal notices deadline a Monday at 5 p.m. Dales for publication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Alfidawb require fin e weeks to process after last date oI pubteafion (a sooner return dais must be specified if required) On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net Letters to the Editor Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times w ill not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all letters (or use b y the G -T office. The G -T reserves the right to edit. Th e G -T is n o t responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. (A n y letters expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under ‘ Card of Thanks'at a cost oES7.) To the Editor: The m em bers o f one group that participated in the recent g o lf tournam ent at W CCC are to be com m ended for their respect and handling o f the American Flag. Not once did they allow O ld G lory to touch the ground. M em bers o f the group w ere John Boyer, J e ff Steger, Paul O strom , Larry Conklin and Dustin Conklin. Way to go guys. (s) G ene Sonstegard Heppner Fossil Bluegrass Festival planned over July 4 weekend T he annual W heeler County Bluegrass Festival at Fossil prom ises to be bigger and better than ever, as the event has expanded to include the entire July 4 weekend with several bluegrass bands from th ro u g h o u t th e N o rth w e st F in a n c ia l O f f ic e r N ic o le perform ing all w eekend as M ahoney said that the month w ell as a parade, bluegrass o f Ju n e is lo o k in g b e tte r workshops and a com m unity theater production. financially. F e s ti v i ti e s get -learned from Vander underw ay on Friday, July 4 at Does that closing the nursing h o m e , w h ic h h a d b e e n noon with a parade starting at discussed as a cost-saving m easure, could hurt, rather than help the district. Vander D oes told the board that the June 24: Marc amount o f money nursing home T hom as O rem , 24, H eppner residents bring to the district and Lindsay A nne Harle, 26, is significant to the district’s financial welfare. He estimated Heppner. June 2 5 : J a m e s that around $ 174,000 a year M a tth e w B r o w n in g , 2 3 , is b ille d to n u rsin g hom e H eppner and Sibbea M arie residents for lab, x-ray and Jones, 18, Heppner. o th e r t e s ts , w ith a ro u n d June 26: K e n n e th $ 130,000 o f that paid in cash to the district. I f the nursing D elm er H am den, 66, Athena hom e w ere closed, C ritical and Patricia A nn W alls, 50, A c c e ss H o sp ita l p ro g ra m Athena. June 27: Steven Paul m o n ies c o u ld in crease by C h e rry , 30, H e p p n e r a n d a ro u n d $ 8 0 ,0 0 0 , but ProShare m onies, a federal Rebecca Marie Breazeale, 22, nursing hom e reimbursement Heppner. Health district to drop Trauma Level IV designation hour, seven-day-a-w eek ER physician, an additional m id- le v e l p r o v id e r w o u ld b e r e c r u it e d to s h a re E R coverage with the current PA’s. In other business, the board: -a p p ro v e d b u d g et a m e n d m e n ts , in c lu d in g in c o rp o ra tin g a $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 donation from the B echdolt estate into the budget, and adopted the 2003-04 budget. -decided to drop the issue o f withdrawal o f the city o f Boardman from the district, brought to the board earlier by board m em ber Ed Glenn. The board unanimously concluded that the division w ould be so c o m p l ic a t e d , i n v o lv in g c o m p le x ta x is s u e s , b o u n d a rie s a n d e n te rp rise zones, and is estimated to cost the people living in the city o f B oardm an an additional $1 per thousand, that they decided to d r o p th e is s u e . T h e financially strapped district w ould also have had to com e up w ith m onies to pay for an e le c tio n i f th e b o a rd h a d decided to take the issue to the voters. T he b o a rd ’s actio n d o e s n o t p r e c lu d e o th e r entities from putting the issue on the ballot. -re c e iv e d th e M ay financial report, which showed a $62,913 loss for the m onth, dow n from the $ 117,760 loss for the previous month. C h ief G azette closed to be The H eppner G azette-Tim es office w ill be c lo s e d F rid a y , J u ly 4 in observance o f Independence Day. The office will reopen on M onday, July 7. Marriage Licenses program overseen by the state, would be dropped, to the tune o f a ro u n d $ 2 0 0 j0 0 0 . T he f u tu r e o f th e P r o S h a re program , however, is already uncertain. The negative impact on fa m ilie s , h o s p ita l a n d nursing hom e em ployees and th e lo c a l e c o n o m y i f th e nursing hom e closed was also discussed. - le a r n e d t h a t th e I r r ig o n C lin ic s a w 157 patients, with 19 new patients during the m onth o f M ay; Pioneer M emorial Clinic saw 404 p a tie n ts w ith 16 new patients; Pioneer M em orial had 14 in-patient admissions; Pioneer M em orial N ursing H om e had an average daily census o f 15 for 75 percent o c c u p a n c y ; th e H e p p n e r ambulance had seven runs; the Boardman ambulance had 20 r u n s ; a n d th e I r r ig o n ambulance, five runs. The Heppner High School baeeball program would likw to thank tha Hoppnar-lona-Laxington communltiaa for tha tramandoua support during our vary successful baseball season. We have always said we have the best fans in the stale and you proved it again. Every team we played commented on how many people attended our game*. We had a season to be proud of but we are proud of the people who gave us such tremendous support Special thanks go out to the following people for the donations and labor throughout the teaeon: Dick Sargent - countless hours on field during the entire year and before our playoff game with Reedsport John Murray - for donating bees and installing new driplines for trees at beset)il field and tor Ihe many hours put in during the installation Wade Smith • for your continued support of our program during regular season and the playoffs. Oreg Grant - for Ihe great schedule you worked out for us and the great effort you put out during the playoffs MCGG - tor your continued support and donations during season and donation o( tie flag tor our new kagpofe Mark Miller A Miller Ranches - tor your donation and hauling at dirt yearly John Britt - blading the road up to lha baseball field. Sam Bellamy - help with wiring snack shack and donation to our baseball program lone Booster Club - providing Gatorade and ice for each playoff game ntppntr B oot n r u u d - lor Helping wun annus ana pizza aner uistnct piayofr game and for enabling us to take («a cruiser to John Day tor semi-finals Tha kids and coaches really enjoyed iff HHS «hop date - for making signs tor our field Jay CoB - for making pitching ramp and installing gala on batting cage Also for helping with new flag pole Chuy Elguezabal and Brian lliyu w w o d - for organizing the installation of toe Hag pole in toll field It realy adds to our field and to tometoing we should have done tong ago Tha Hodman - for mstattng carpal on pitching ramp Jwah Roy - tor donatng use of boom toick and helping repair our backstop net. For a i the farmers who donated tarp and holpod with getting field ready for our playoff game with Reedsport. Thanks to! Mac Mostons, Brian Thompson, Ron Bowman, Jerry Mealy, Jay Cod, Heppner Baseball team and Reedsport team. Thanks to MfNNe Gentry for playing tha National Anthem at our two home playoff games You were great! Thanks also to Ihe following businesses who helped during the season • ^^^aan Fss^f Wfkktwliid Niirtkcy sn^l tin ^#!ty uf Hkp^iikr Thanks to John McCabe lor organizing and keeping toe snack shack suppfiad Thanhs la aB flm pannla who donated Ime to work in too snack shack This to one of our biggest fund rtteers Mopofufiy wa haven't forgotten anyone Thanks agam Campbell - Greenup Old Glory was raised high • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified A d • Submit a N ew s Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! continued from page 1 Engagement Justice Court report Jason Paul Palm er, 34, Heppner, Failure to W ear Seatbelt, fine $59. K e v in R o b ert M cCabe, 43, lone, Failure to W ear Seatbelt, fine $59. Darin Jam es Skaggs, 18, Heppner, Failure to W ear Seatbelt, fine $59. A aron D avid Lueck, 18, Heppner, Failure to W ear Seatbelt, fine $59. K eith A aron Inm an, 22, Heppner, Failure to W ear Seatbelt, fine $59. Timothy Wayne Judd, 18, Heppner, Failure to Wear Seatbelt, fine $59. A lita D enise Nelson, 29, Heppner, Failure to Wear Seatbelt, fine $59. E rn e st C ly d e M c C a b e , 7 8 , H e p p n e r, Failure to Wear Seatbelt, fine $59. Susan D iane G ibbs, 35, Heppner, Failure to Wear Seatbelt, fine $77. B e n ja m in M ic h a e l Dick, 22, Portland, Failure to W ear Seatbelt, fine $77. H o w a rd L eon Patrick, 59, Hermiston, Failure to W ear Seatbelt, fine $59. D eanne K asten, 38, H ep p n er, F a ilu re to W ear Seatbelt, fine $59. M ath ew H. B aker, 21, Heppner, Failure to W ear Seatbelt, fine $59. K e ls e y C o le e n Greenup, 18, Heppner, Failure to W ear Seatbelt, fine $59. David Leon Peterson, 58, Heppner, Failure to W ear Seatbelt, fine $77. the courthouse grounds, where the festival will be held. The p a ra d e w ill h o n o r th e Bowerman family, who will be riding in vintage vehicles from A s h e r ’s C a r M u s e u m in Fossil. The parade’s them e is “ Red, W hite and Blue” and is open for anyone on horseback, on foot, o r in any type o f vehicle or w agon. Line-up takes place in front o f the courthouse at 11:30 a.m. F iv e b a n d s w ill perform at the cou rth o u se grounds on Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5 from 1 p.m . until dude They include Misty C reek (band m em bers from the Northwest award-winning Misty River Band) performing harm onic folk, country and bluegrass songs. T he G reat N orthern P lanes, an aw ard -w in n in g P o rtla n d -b a s e d b lu e g ra s s band that perform s across the U.S. will also perform; as will th e K n o tt B r o th e r s , a nationally acclaim ed Eugene b a n d p la y in g a c o u s tic , b lu e g ra s s an d A m e ric a n a favorites; and T he Fossils, a S e a ttle band know n throughout the W est for its bluegrass performances. On Sunday, July 6 the M ud Springs Gospel Quartet, based in Madras, will perform a c o u s tic , b lu e g r a s s a n d harmonies beginning at 10:30 a.m. The Fossil Players will present a com m unity theatre m e lo d ra m a , “ T h e F a ire s t F low er o f the South o r To K now H er Is to Love Her” at 5 p .m . o n F r id a y a n d Saturday. Like last year, the concert w ill pause w hile the m elodram a takes place. A r e a a r t i s t s w ill display their works July 4 and 5 from 10 a .m .-8 p.m . on Friday and 10 a.m .-6 p.m. on Saturday at the Fossil United M ethodist Church. A ll w eekend events are free and open to the public. A ttendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to enjoy the perform ances on the courthouse law n. Food ven d o rs w ill be pro v id in g concessions and meals all day e a c h d a y . T h e c o u n ty fairgrounds w ill be open for camping. F o r in f o r m a tio n co ntact Lyn C raig at 541 - 763-2355, W heeler C ounty at 541-763-2400. The event w e b s ite is w w w .w h e e le r countybluegrass.org. W ater Park closed 4th OÍ July T he W illow C reek W ater Park will be closed F r id a y , J u ly 4 th r o u g h Sunday, July 6, for the 4* o f July holiday. The pool will re open on M onday, July 7. CALEDONIAN GAMES July 12th - 13th in Athena Hoot, mont Give the c*ber a toss, run the fK rsce, join the m ini-$olf tournament Check www.athenacaledontangames.org for schedules! Sara Greenup and Tygh Campbell G re g an d Ja n et G re e n u p h a v e a n n o u n c e d th e upcoming marriage o f their daughter, Sara, to Tygh Campbell, son o f Steve and Rhonda Cam pbell o f W allowa on Saturday, Aug. 2,2003 in Pendleton. Sara is a 1994 graduate o f Heppner High School. She graduated from E astern O regon U niversity in 1998 w ith a bachelor o f science degree, and O regon State U niversity C ollege o f V eterinary M edicine in 2003. Sara is currently completing an equine internship with the Bend Equine Medical Center in Bend. Tygh is a 1994 graduate o f Pendleton High School. He graduated from the Walla Walla Community College farrier and carpentry program s and w ill receive a bachelor o f arts degree in Small City and Rural County Management at Eastern Oregon University in the fall o f 2003. Tygh is self-em ployed as a horse shoer. The couple plans to live in the Pendleton area. Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes W ow ... the year is half gone; less than six months until C hristm as. It’s tim e for the C ham ber Board o f D irectors to take a breath and review 2003 goals; ju st as soon as we hold another Customer Service Training, share the merchants annual “C e le b ra te H ep p n e r” w ith locals and v isito rs, get the applications out for the M orrow C ounty Fair and Rodeo Parade, research an O H V kiosk, w ork on the m em bership drive, and the list goes on. O ur volunteers are w orking hard. W e’d like to hear from you; how is your C ham ber o f Commerce doing? Share your ideas, suggestions and comments by calling 676-5536. The C ham ber’s them e for this year is “Heppner, the place to be in 2003”, with the idea being to attract more visitors to our community. We seem to be seeing more. The car clubs like visiting, historians like visiting, retirees like visiting, alumni like visiting and some are even returning. M any have pitched in to assist W CVED with business recruitment and we continue to tell our story, Please visit www.heppner.net/Chamber. H ave you visited the Flood M em orial or the flood exhibit at the m useum ? Take a m om ent to do so. It’s cool in the m useum and sunset at the cem etery is breathtaking. The F.A .R.M . still w elcom es m em orial donations. It’s been a pleasure to w ork with them on the project. “Celebrate Historic H eppner” is scheduled this year for Friday, July 25. In addition to the sidewalk sale com plete w ith dunk tank, the barbecue, pie auction and M usic In the Park will be returning. Pie bakers, start practicing. The event promises to be bigger and tastier than ever. Invite your friends for an old fashioned com m unity event. O ur com m unity has m uch to share. Interested in joining the Chamber? H alf o ff to join right now for the rest o f the year. We w elcom e businesses, organizations and individuals. Though we meet every Tuesday at noon, w e w elcom e m em bers unable to attend w ho also believe in the C ham ber’s efforts to m ake “Heppner the place to be in 2003” . Everyone have a safe and mem orable Fourth o f July, rem em bering w hy w e celebrate and the people w e have to thank for our freedom. Koffler graduates from OSU B r ia n K o f f le r graduated from O regon State U niversity recen tly w ith a bachelor o f science degree in horticulture w ith a turn and landscape emphasis. W hile at O SU , K offler was affiliated w ith the Sigm a Phi Epsilon fraternity. K o f f le r , a 1997 graduate o f H eppner High School, served internships at Pebble Beach G olf Course on the M onterrey Peninsula and at Shinnecock Hills G olf Club at Southampton, Long Island, N ew York. H e is c u r r e n tly working at Cyprus Point G olf C lub as a spray technician. Cyprus Point is located on the M o n terrey P en in su la near Carm el, CA. K offler is the son o f George and Debbie Koffler o f Heppner. Annual Lexington yard sale to be held L e x in g to n w ill be holding its annual Town-wide Yard Sale, Saturday, July 19. There is sure to be item s for everyone, w ith tow nspeople and local merchants selling on that day. A pproxim ate hours will be from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Lexington Fire Fund, who will a lso h av e a tab le to raise m onies for the Fire Fund.
