Heppner Gazette-Times welcomes new staff member
The H eppner G a
zette-Times has a new face
in the office. Megan Futter
joined the G azette-Tim es
station November 19,2008
as the new g rap h ics d e
signer.
Born and raised in
Heppner, Futter moved to
Pendleton approxim ately
seven years ago. It was dur
ing this time that she mar
ried. She and her husband,
Andrew, have three ch il
dren, Sabashtian (7), Gaige
(5), and Faith (2).
Bessie Wetzell Newspaper l ibrary
University of Oregon
Eugene. OK 97403
While in Pendleton,
Futter received her Associ
ate o f Arts Oregon Transfer
Degree from Blue Mountain
Com m unity College with
an em phasis in com puter
graphics design. Her cur
rent job entails working on
the Heppner Gazette-Times
newspaper, printing jobs, ad
design and web design.
She and her family
moved from Pendleton to
Heppner when Futter took
the job at the Gazette. Her
h u sb an d w orks for JVB
Dairy in lone.
“ We a re e x c ite d
about being back in Hep
pner/’ said Futter. “The kids Megan Futter is the new graphic designer for the Heppner Ga
really like it. It’s nice to be zette-Times. -Photo by Autumn Morgan
around all o f my fam ily
again.”
City of Lexington loses mayor
VOL. 128
NO. 1
10 Pages
Wednesday, January 7,2009
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County elected officials sworn into office
The C ity o f L ex
ington lost its m ayor on
Wednesday, December 31.
Valerie Doherty died at Ka
dlec Medical Center from
complications suffered from
two strokes.
D o h e rty ’s fam ily
moved to Lexington in 1963.
She graduated from Hepp
ner High School in 1971. In
1975 she graduated from the
University o f Oregon and in
1979 from Willamette Uni
versity School o f Law..
She later returned
to Heppner and practiced
law w ith the W inter and
Sw eeney Law Firm. She
later went into private prac
tice for herself.
Doherty also served
as a former council member
for the City o f Lexington.
A fter being appointed as
C ity o f Irrigon
to hold public
open house
The City of Irrigon
w ill hold a pu b lic open
house on Thursday, January
15, at Stokes Landing Senior
Center from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The open house is to estab
lish a vision for downtown
Irrigon and US 730.
The City o f Irrigon
has teamed with the Oregon
Department o f Transporta
tion (ODOT) and a team of
transportation, urban design
and economic specialists to
create a Downtown Plan
and US 730 S treetscap e
Plan for D ow ntow n Irri
Back Row (L to R) Count Assessor Greg Sweek and Sheriff Kenneth Matlack, Front Row (L to R) gon. The Project Team will
County Surveyor Judson Coppock, County Clerk Bohbi Childers, County Treasurer Gayle Guti
be spending the two days
errez, and County Commissioner Leann Rea were sworn into office on Monday, January 5, at the
touring
Downtown Irrigon
Morrow County Courthouse. -Photo by Autumn Morgan
and meeting with various
property and business own
NOAA issues monthly climate summary for Heppner ers.
On Thursday night, the
public will have the chance
to tell us your ideas about
the downtown plan and US
730 streetscape.
Comment forms can
be picked up at City Hall
and throughout the com
munity after the meeting, or
contact City Manager Jerry
Breazeale at (541) 922-3047
or irrigon@ oregontrail.net
for more information.
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liminary data received by
NOAA’s National Weather
Service in Pendleton O r
egon, temperatures at Hep
pner averaged colder than
normal during the month of
December.
The average te m
perature was 30.7 degrees
which was 3.7 degrees be
low normal. High tempera
tures averaged 40.4 degrees,
which was 1.8 degrees be
low norm al. The highest
was 63 degrees on the 7th.
Low temperatures averaged
21.1 degrees, which was 5.6
degrees below normal. The
lowest was -5 degrees, on
the 16th.
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There were 25 days
with the low temperature be
low 32 degrees. There were
nine days when the high
tem perature stayed below
32 degrees.
Precipitation totaled
2.38 inches during Decem
ber, which was 1.03 inches
ab o v e n o rm al. M ea su r
able precipitation -at least
.01 inch- was received on
14 days with the heaviest,
0.34 inches reported on the
19th.
S n o w fa ll to ta le d
17.6 inches with at least
one inch o f snow reported
on five days. The heaviest
snow fall was 5.0 inches
reported on the 19th. The
City Clerk Dee Burch (right) presented Lexington Mayor Val
Doherty with a plaque of appreciation from Jim and Yung Nelson
early last December. -Photo bv David Sykes
mayor of Lexington to fin
ish an existing four year
term, Doherty decided to
run for the same position
during a general election in
2006. With two years left
in her term, the Lexington
City Council will appoint
a mayor to fill the position
until the next general elec
tion in 2010.
Items damaged at MC Museum
Top Photo (left to right): Jo Burt, Sherry ( lark, and Peggy
Fishhurn sort through various clothing items that were dam
aged at the Morrow County Museum when a portion of the
roof in the storage room collapsed last week from the weight
of the snow. Bottom Photo: Jo Burt examines a dress damaged
by the roof collapse. Photo by David Sykes
greatest depth o f snow on
the ground was 27 inches Tom W icklund M em orial Fund set up at BEO
on the 26th.
The Tom Wicklund Memorial Fund account has been set up at the Bank o f Eastern
The outlook for Jan Oregon. Anyone wishing to make a donation may stop by and do so.
uary from NOAA’s Climate
Prediction Center calls for
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and above normal precipita
tion. Normal highs for Hep
pner during January are 42.3
degrees and normal lows are
26.3 degrees. The 30 year
normal precipitation is 1.46
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