lone’s four grand marshals the heart and
soul, red, white and blue of the community
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F our wom en,
who are the heart and
soul o f lone, have been
selected to reign over
the 2005 lone Fourth of
July celebration These
women, lone’s “go-to
girls who can be counted
on to put on a reception,
host a bridal or baby
shower, cater a funeral
dinner, hold a fund Laurel Cannon Judy Rea
raiser, sew a quilt,
volunteer at school, help the ride in the Fourth o f July
sick, raise funds for Booster festival is a hot red Chevy
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v o lu n te e r . for pickup convertible owned by
A m erican Legion, teach Irene’s husband, Harold
Sunday School and a
Laurel Cannon was
multitude of other duties are born at the old H eppner
Laurel Cannon, Irene Holtz, hospital and is a lifelong lone
Jean Jepsen, and Judy Rea. area resident She had her
Look for these four power husband, Pete, who recently
houses in the lone Fourth o f passed away, were married
July parade kicking off at ll 56 years and farmed for 50
a m on Monday, July 4 on o f those years. Now retired,
Main Street in lone. Their
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Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Additional 149 thousand acres
annexed into rural fire district
An
ad d ition al
149,349 acres o f farm and
range land, approximately
205 square m iles, w as
approved for annexation into
the H eppner Rural Fire
P rotection D istrict by
Morrow County Court at the
June 22 hearing in Heppner.
The annexation was
in resp on se to O regon
Senate B ill 360 and the
mandated law s set forth
through the Oregon State
Fire Marshal’s Office in Title
38 C hapter 4 7 6 to all
cou n ties in O regon. A ll
co u n ties in O regon are
required to have a written
fire plan in p ro cess by
January 2006 in order to
receive state and federal
funding under the National
Fire Plan established by
Congress in 2000. One o f the
requirements o f this plan is
to basically eliminate all o f
the unprotected lands within
the county in both Zone 1,
Forested Land and Zone 2,
all rural lands not included
in Zone 1.
S ectio n 4 7 6 .3 3 0
gives authority to the county
court or board o f county
commissioners to establish
fire protection for these
u n protected lands by
im p osin g a lev ied tax
w ith ou t v o te in Z on e 2
within the county, not to
exceed one-fourth o f one
percent ( 0025) o f the real
market value o f all o f the
taxable property within the
zon e,
com puted
in
accord an ce with ORS
308.207.
All o f the fire
district’s representatives in
Morrow County who met at
the M ay county c o u rt
session in Boardman agreed
that this levied tax would be
an involuntary burden to
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those property owners and
fu rth er agreed to offer
voluntary annexation to the
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landowners at the respective
district’s tax rate based on
assessed value instead
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Contact Stacie Miller, 422-7410, or Craig Holland, 422-7455. Free bus
service from lone to Arlington and back! Sponsored by ICABO.
8:30 a.m.: Bus leaves from lone High School
9:30 a.m.: Sign-ups at China Creek
10:00 a.m.: Shotgun start
Ramos, 422-7559, or Donna Rietmann, 422-7435. Cruisin’ to the Blues
Poster Contest winners announced by Jannie Allen.
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Collier’s Market will be open 12:00-10:00 p.m.
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8:30 p.m.
Music in the Park: Zac Grooms and band "Unwound"
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Leafy spurge is considered
one of the 10 worst noxious
weeds in the United States
system makes eradication of
the sp ecies extrem ely
d ifficu lt
V egetative
re p ro d u c tio n from both
crow n and ro o t buds
co n trib u te to the w eeds
p ersisten ce Even if the
foliage o f the plant is
destroyed, the roots will
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BLUES M U S IC w ith: CHARLIE M U SSELW H ITE (H ead
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Other Events and Games:
Dunk Tank, sponsored by Creative Care Pre-School.
Open volleyball.
Ducky Race.
Bouncing/Water Slide (weather permitting).
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4th of July Buttons - numbers drawn and winners announced.
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Jet Boat Fishing Trips auction-benefits Mike Matthews Scholarship
Fund, lone Education Foundation and other organizations in the
lone Community.
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* Straw money pile (ages 3-8)
* Frog jumping contest (frogs approved)
‘ Space Walk Bouncing Room
‘ Bicycles raffled off.
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Starting Tuesday, July 5th:
Monday through Friday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
and Saturday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Talent Show at Amphitheater Stage - Prizes! Contact Lynn Dee B*
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Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396
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Leafy Spurge discovered
in Morrow County
A sm all patch o f
Leafy Spurge was recently
found to be grow in g in
Morrow County. This is the
first documented siting o f
this “A” listed noxious weed
in the county and should
serve as a w arning to
landowners and managers to
be on the lookout for this and
other suspicious looking
plants, said Dave Pranger,
M orrow C ounty Public
W orks
w eed
control
supervisor
L eafy spurge is
considered one o f the 10
worst noxious weeds in the
United States It is a member
o f the euphorbiaceae family
and ranges 6 to 36 inches in
height. The yellow -green
bracts are the most colorfijl
and conspicuous part o f the
plant. A milky white sap is
present in all parts o f this
plant It is a deep-rooted
perennial that is not palatable
to cattle The plant occurs
primarily in non-cropland
habitats, including roadsides,
prairies, and w oodlands
Leafy spurge spreads rapidly,
crow d in g out desirable
species It can reach densities
o f up to 1800 stem s per
square yard and its deep root
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she worked at the lone Post
Office for 15 years
Laurel has been very
involved in the lo n e
Community Church auction
fund raiser and ICABO, the
lone community business
organization, in addition to
being very active in the lone
Cardinals Booster Club In
her “spare time” she likes
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FIREWORKS, FIREWORKS and more
(Made possible by your generous donations.)
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lone "Crulsin to the Blues” buttons on sale all weekend.
Buy a $10 button for a chance at several $25 drawingsl Must be present to win.
All proceeds benefit the lone 4th of July Fund.
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