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T W O ■ Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 14,200 7 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S.PS 240-420 Morrow C o u n ty ’s Home -O w ned W eekly N ew spaper 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. Oregon. Office at 188 W Willem Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 E- mail editortirapidserve.net ordavid@heppner.net. Web site ww w heppner net Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 97836 Subscriptions: $26 in Morrow County; $20 senior rale (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older): $32 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions David S y k e s.....................................................................................................Publisher Autumn M organ.................................................................................................. Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at S p.m For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $4.90 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50c per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5 50 per column inch. For Public/Lega! Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi cation must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space tor the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks" at a cost of $10. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • 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! 2007 Pheasants Forever banquet to be held The Columbia Plateau Chapter of Pheasants forev er will hold it’s second annual banquet Saturday, April 14, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Heppner Elks Lodge. “We are moving to a little different format for this year's Banquet,” said Skip Matthews, Chapter President, “We had such an awesome response at our first banquet last year we will be expanding the dinner time and moving the auctions up stairs to give everybody a little more room to move around.” Pheasants Forever is a national non-profit conser vation group that raises funds for upland wildlife habitat. “One of the great things about our fundraising effort is that all of the money that we raise from the banquet stays in control of our local group,” said Matthews. “We are able to put nearly 100% of our funds into conservation and habitat efforts here in Morrow, Gilliam and Umatilla Counties.” Banquet flyers for dinners and sponsor packages are available now at several local businesses. The tickets and prices are as follows: Single - $50 (Includes 1 PF mem bership, 1 dinner ticket, 10 raffle tickets); Couple - $60 (Includes 1 membership, 2 dinner tickets, 20 raffle tick ets); Ringneck - $30 age 15 and under (PF Ringneck mem bership, PF Ringneck hat, 1 dinner ticket, 10 youth raffle tickets, 1 youth banquet gun raffle ticket); Rooster Booster - $ 125 (1 membership, 2 dinner tickets, 50 raffle tickets, 1 ticket for banquet gun). Sponsors: Long Tail Feather - $250 (1 membership, PF hat, 2 dinner tickets, 75 raffle tickets, 1 ticket for banquet gun, and 1 ticket for sponsor gun); Silver Spur - $500 (2 member ships, PF hat, 4 dinner tickets, framed print, 200 raffle tickets, 1 ticket for sponsor gun, 2 tickets for banquet gun; Golden Spur - $1,000 (2 memberships, PF hat, 4 dinner tickets, framed print, 200 raffle tickets, 2 tickets for sponsor gun, 4 tickets for ban quet gun). ^ Heritage Land Co. i 278 N. Main, Heppner We sell Residences, Ranches, and Recreation / r (541) 676-5049, (541) 980-3465 www.heritageland.net,www.farmseller.com www.eastoregonrealestate.com South Morrow County's Number One Real Estate Company s 5 . 0 0 cash back GET S5.00 CASH BACK WHEN YOU BUY TWO 2Vi GALLON CONTAINERS OF CENEX' DIESEL ENGINE OIL, UNIVERSAL TRACTOR FLUID OR GEAR LUBE. O il m ust be purchased betw een March I and March 31, 2007 at a Cenex* retailer m to OUT imttr cOMtf rmovnc St. Patrick’s celebrates 25th anniversary continued from page one as the oldest native-born Irish w om an w ith an aw ard from John F. Kilkenny. Bill Lowe won the H u tc h 's P rin tin g A w ard as the old est Englishman present. Kate Daly won as the oldest native Irish person bom in C ounty C o n eg al and K athleen H isler was nam ed the oldest Irish person whose ancestors came from County Leitrim and she won a prize donated by Ralph Currin. M .C. P ierce d e cla re d that Ron McDonald was awarded a prize from B oyce Insurance for being the oldest Scotchman present; Vic Lovgren was given a prize from H-M Ranch for being the oldest Irish- Sw ede. Red L eonard, H erm isto n , got the T urner-V an M arter & Bryant Insurance award as the re d d e st-fa c e d Irishman, or facsimile, and Bud batty was awarded a prize from M&R Floorcovering because he was judged the shortest Irishman or facsimile. The newest Irish Immigrant prize, donated by Eb Hughes, went to P atricia (M rs. P atrick Campbell) a recent-from- Irelan d b rid e. The you n g est Irish person, Janelle Healy, gained a prize given by Paul Hisler, Jr. The final award was a 3 « fl tÊOÊmk fl . . Ron M cD onald entertained the crow d w ith Irish songs. «DIN m -, -. t M any in green crow ded in and outside F a rley ’s show room . m Ha <*. to. ms r - ¥ CENEX Photos from 1982 Heppner Gazette-Times continued from page one staff are working to help prepare for the memorial by collecting photos to display and arranging for flowers. T he U m atilla- Morrow Education Service District’s (UMESD) Crisis Flight Team was activated M onday m orning to the school to set up a safe room and to help students and staff cope with the loss. The C risis F lig h t Team is a specially trained team of responders from the UMESD and local school districts who are available to assist adm inistrators and provide support to students, staff and parents during traumatic situations that may affect the school’s climate. A school adm inistrator may request the C risis Flight Team be activated, which Browning did. A pastor also responded to the school this morning to assist students and staff. Browning said once students began talking about Kendrick’s death this morning, emotions began to rise and “they definitely kept the Crisis Right Team busy.” “They just need to talk about it,” Browning said. “With such a small school and town, everyone's really close, so it’s hitting us hard.” Several students on a youth gro u p trip to California have been notified of Kendrick's death and will return to school Tuesday, Browning said. “I'm sure that’s when things will get really tough, when they come back,” she added. A benefit lasagna dinner was held Tuesday night from 6-8 p.m. at the lone High School cafeteria to raise m oney to help Kendrick’s parents, Susan and Andre Kendrick, who have had to take time off of work and need help to pay for their son’s funeral. B row ning said com m unity m em bers stepped in to lend support to the benefit dinner and have already opened a fund at the Heppner Parent Teacher Club to raffle off baskets this weekend continued from page one The Heppner Parent Teacher Club will be raffling off baskets during the St. Patrick’s Day festivities this coming weekend. Members have been hard at work gathering the contents and local businesses have been very generous in g iv in g . T hey have six options: Wine Things, Just for K ids, Just fo r M en, Pamper Time, Spring, and A N ight on the Town in Pendleton. T hey w ill be out sellin g tick ets at the Motocross, before the fiddle group Lott’s Electric, before and after the parade, and other locations throughout the weekend. The baskets will be on display at Heppner T.V. The drawing will be held Sunday, at the end of the Road Bowling Court. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5, and can be p u rch ased b efo re the w eekend, ju s t call A lita Nelson at 676-8733. off Stansbury during school hours in stead o f ju st permanently closing it down. “This decision affects more neighborhoods than just the sc h o o l,” said H eppner Mayor Les Paustian. “The superintendent says kids have darted out from behind a pillar in front of traffic. A b a rric a d e w ould be effective,” he said. Morrow County S h e riff’s D eputy Randy Rayburn, who lives in and patrols around Heppner, said it would be easiest to close the street off during school hours, but he w ould not particularly like to see it closed down for good. He cited times such as during rodeo when a closure would cause traffic problems. H ep p n er C ity m anager Dave D eM ayo, who had earlier met with school officials about the street, said closing it down was a city council decision. 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For m ore information, or if you have any questions, please contact Casey White, who is serving as the lone School District’s public information officer during this time. Council mulls county request for road levy support fipw e* Merrfc SI 2007 ! • I I I I ■ . * 1 crooked 2x4 from Kinzua corp. which went to the “C rookedest Irishm an” Jimmy Farley. T he en tire M orrow C ounty Community gained much pride and joy on its prize winning St. Patrick’s Day in 1982. L e t’s do this every year. lone School planning Thursday memorial service al C.W» Cash Rebate Form . The H eppner Jr. High band perform ed under the direction of Jim A ckley. photos by David Sykes www cenex com O m a* * a A leprechaun, alias D onna M oeller. UPSTAIRS AT THE HiPPNER ELKS LODGE SATURDAY, MARCH 1 7th STARTING AT 8 :30 RM . DANCE TO "FREE RAIN" - M s ROCK BAND FROM SEATTLE T he co u n cil voted unanimously to not support closure of Stansbury Street. In other action the council heard a report from city public works director Brian Harmon, who said it cost the city over $45,000 to clean the d ig ester at the sewer plant. The project was recently com pleted by a com pany from Portland, w hich dug out sludge accum ulating for “ many years” in the bottom of the tank “The workers said that was the worst tank they had ever seen,” said Harmon. He said everything from towels to syringes was pulled out of the gunk, and that at $20 per ton, it cost the city $3,500 to dump the debris at Finley Buttes landfill. To c o rre ct the problem the city has been discussing several proposed upgrades to the sewer plant, including a new grinder and mixer. Those repairs have been estimated to cost up to $200,000, money the city at this time does not have. In other business, the council approved an ag reem en t w ith the Bi- C ounty C om m unications B oard for use o f rad io frequencies in the area. The city is going to purchase radios for the public works department that will need to use the frequencies. The radios are being purchased with $8,000 of “tippage” money received this year from the county.
