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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 2004)
Ione throws 4th o f July party Bessie ?.et-eil U of 0 Newapaoer Li^ary Eumene, OR 97403 50 < HEPPNER Jannie Allen (left) and Cathy Halvorsen try out their special Fourth of July hats Sunday in lone. More pictures page 5 Hunter’s Education Class scheduled unes VOL. 123 NO. 27 8 Pages Wednesday, July 7, 2004 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon A H u n te r’s Education Class has been scheduled for later this month. The class will be held the evenings of July 20, 21, 26 and 27, from 6 to 9 p.m. with a four-hour field exercise on July 24. This is a Tuesday-Wednesday and then a M onday-Tuesday schedule. Each class period and the field day participation are mandatory to complete the course. V o l u n t e e r instructors Tom Wolff and Jim Marquardt will lead the course with guest instructors and a speaker from the Misty Creek performs in park Oregon State Police Game Enforcement division. All Oregon hunters under the age of 18 must have successfully completed the Hunter Education course before hunting. The course is also recommended for non-hunters who may have casual contact with firearms, archery gear, etc. Parents or guardians are encouraged to attend the class with students. The class is allowed a maximum City of Heppner mails water report The C ity of H e p p n er’s 2003 w ater quality rep o rt has been mailed to residents. The report describes the quality o f the c ity ’s drinking water and explains health inform ation, m onitoring data and the sources of water. The report also provides updates on the progress of the city’s water supply developm ent projects. Anyone who did not receive a copy of the report in the mail can pick one up at City Hall or call 676-9618 to receive one. McColgan to speak with seniors at St. Patrick’s Senior Center The Bluegrass/Americana band. Misty Creek, performed at Heppner City Park on Thursday, July 1, as part of MCURD's Concerts in the Park series. Willow Valley Service Club locally hosted the event. Work to begin on combined Hwy. 207 and Hwy. 395 project McCafferty- W hittle C onstruction of Gladstone will soon begin w ork on the O regon D epartm ent of T ra n s p o rta tio n ’s $4.5 m illion project that will provide pavem ent re su rfa cin g and sign upgrades to several state highw ay sectio n s in M orrow and U m atilla counties. To save costs and im prove e ffic ie n c ie s, ODOT combined several projects under one contract, known as the US 395: SE 4,h Street-I-84, OR 207: D iagonal Road-NW l l ,h Ave and Strawberry Road- Butter Creek Preservation and Signing Project. The multiple work sites include pavement preservation for sectio n s of O regon H ighw ay 207 betw een Strawberry Road and Butter Creek, and sections of U.S. H ighw ay 395 betw een Hermiston and Interstate 84. Portions o f OR 207 along NW I l,h Avenue. Elm Avenue and Diagonal Road in H erm iston w ill only receive singing upgrades under the contract. Plans for OR 207: Straw berry R o ad -B u tter Creek Section include: W ork w ill begin along this project area on July 12. The w ork area includes the section from mile point 19.53 near Butter Creek Junction to mile point 10.13 at Strawberry Road. Initial activ ities include setting up traffic control signs and grinding out two bridge decks w ithin the limits of this area o f the project. In addition to the grinding out of the bridge decks, w ork in clu d es overlaying the entire 9.4- m ile stretch w ith new pavement. In addition to the pavem ent w ork, new guardrail and delineators (roadside reflectors) will be installed along sections of the route. All contract work w ill be co m p leted by September 30. Motorists can expect reduced speeds, lane closures and delays up to 20 minutes as flaggers direct traffic through the three work areas over the summer m onths. M otorists are rem inded to drive with caution through all construction zones and plan extra time for possible traffic delays. St. Patrick’s Senior Center news On July 14, the Seventh Day Adventists are hosts for the senior noon m eal. C hili and cheese sticks, C alifo rn ia mixed veggies, saltines or bread sticks and orange sherbet is the menu of the day. The cooks an nounced that summer menus are planned for more lightness for the hot days. From Ed B aker comes the word of a bus tour to Fort W alla W alla, on Thursday, July 8. Departure time is 9 a.m. at the Main Street entrance of the Center. Lunch is on arrival in Walla Walla. The tour begins at 1 p.m., at the Fort. Baker has arranged for a tour guide. T here are tw o levels to cover; g o lf carts are provided to take guests to the second level. St. P a trick 's residents are friends enjoyed a potluck dinner on July 4, to celebrate the holiday. Later the bus was available to take others to the fireworks exhibition in lone. The August meeting of the Board of Directors is at noon Wednesday, Aug. 21 . John M cC olgan, Democratic candidate for O re g o n ’s Second Congressional District, is going to be appearing in Heppner next Wednesday, July 14, at the St. Patrick’s Senior Center weekly lunch from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. M cC olgan, a 48- year-old general contractor from Jackson County who is running against incumbent R ep resen tativ e Greg Walden, is looking forward to speaking to H eppner residents and answ ering q u estio n s at the Senior Center. McColgan is proud of his strong Irish heritage (his campaign logo even carries a shamrock) and he will entertain diners with various trad itio n al Irish songs, a cappella. in addition to talking politics. To find out more about McColgan you can visit w w w .m ccolgan forcongress.com. o f 25 stu d en ts, w ith no exceptions. Any adult interested in becom ing a volunteer c ertifie d in stru cto r is encouraged to attend or call for more information. To register, please call Tom Wolff at 676-5114. Martin home from Iraq John Martin, son of Carl and Geri M artin of Heppner, returned safely home to San Diego from Iraq via Kuwait. W hile in K uw ait, John sent his parents an unusual letter to let them know he was on his way. It was unusual in that it was written on a bottled water box. Following is the letter he wrote: “This was part of a bottled water box. I needed something to write on when this came along. The wind blew it right to me. I am now in Kuwait, on my way home. It is much hotter here than Iraq. The Lord has seen me through and is now escorting me home to my lovely wife and sw eet ch ild ren . Hopefully will see you at the reunion. I love you and semper fi! God bless. Love, your son John.” W ith one o f our “local” sons safely home, we need to remember all the other boys still serving in Iraq. Kuwait, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Vehicle rollover traps man near Ruggs Saturday night, July 3, a call came in to Morrow County Sheriff’s Office of a vehicle ro llo v er at the junction of Ruggs and Rhea Creek in which a male had been throw n from the vehicle and his hand was trapped. H eppner fire, am bulance and rescue resp o n d ed , along w ith M CSO d ep u ties. The subject LaRoy Lee Cline, 45, was tran sp o rted to Pioneer Memorial Hospital and later Airlifed to another hospital. W hile at PM H, Cline was cited for Driving w hile Suspended- misdemeanor, DUII with a motor vehicle accident and No Insurance with a motor vehicle accident. HARVEST HOURS M onday-Friday 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221* 1-800 452-7396 For faim equipm ent, visit our web sito at w ww mcgg.net
