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Have you started
collecting your “rewards
cards” yet for shopping lo
yally in Heppner? The more
ou purchase locally, the
greater chances you have of
winning some great prizes
that will be donated by local
merchants. Make sure you
get the “rewards card” each
time you make a purchase
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David Sykes, publisher of the Heppner Gazette-Times, presents
Chamber of Commerce Director Sheryll Bates with stacks of
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the Chamber for use in the town-wide Christmas promotion.
make a payment on your “in
store account”. However,
you can charge the pur
chases to your account and
receive the rewards cards at
time of purchase.
M ake sure you
hold the evening of Thurs
day, December 16, so you
and your family and friends
can take in the whole com
munity event. The Parade
o f Lights will kick off the
evening event at 5:30 p.m.
with all other activities to
be held at the Elks Lodge
immediately following the
parade. The Elks Lodge
will serve dinner so plan
on coming and eating as
a family and enjoying the
whole evening. Drawing for
winners will begin at 7:30
pm ., so make sure you get
,
there in time to drop your
rewards cards in the prize
boxes prior to that time.
Lady Cardinals bring home
third place trophy
Heppner Garden Club taking
orders for Christmas wreaths
The Heppner Gar
den Club is now taking or
ders for Christmas wreaths
and swags. Each is hand
made by club members.
W reaths sell for
$20 and will be ready for
pickup D ecem ber 9-11.
Money raised goes toward a
$500 scholarship for a 2011
Heppner High School se
nior and for plants, flowers,
and two hanging baskets for
the City of Heppner’s sum
mer growing season 2011.
O rd e rs can be
placed by calling Ida Farra
at 541-676-9446.
Community Thanksgiving events planned
The community is
invited to participate in two
events in observance of the
Thanksgiving holiday.
On Sunday, N o
vember 21, at 4:30 p.m., a
Community Thanksgiving
Celebration will be held at
the Heppner Elementary
School cafeteria. This will
be an opportunity to join
neighbors in giving thanks
for the bountiful blessings
o f this past year in song,
scripture and prayer. Dona
tions of gently used winter
jackets will be accepted
for distribution to needy
families.
On T h a n k s g iv
ing Day, N ovem ber 25,
there will be a Commu
nity Thanksgiving Dinner
with turkey and all the
trimmings, hosted by the
Ecumenical Youth Group
sponsored by the shared
ministry of Hope Lutheran
Church and All Saints Epis
copal Church. The dinner
will be held at All Saints
beginning at 1 p.m.
Everyone is wel
com e to a tte n d th e se
events.
Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes due by Nov. 21
Local residents who
would like to participate in
Operation Christmas Child
by wrapping a shoebox with
gifts for a very needy child
have until Sunday noon to
get their boxes dropped off.
The shoeboxes can be taken
to a drop box on the front
porch at Keith and Deana
Price’s home at 565 NW
Gale Street, or delivered
to Willow Creek Baptist
Church Sunday morning,
November 21.
Rebecca Jepsen,
who is coordinating the
project for the church will
be delivering the boxes to
a collection center in Rich
land, WA, on Sunday after
noon. From there the boxes
will be distributed by the
Samaritan’s Purse organiza
tion. They expect to deliver
over eight million shoe-
boxes this Christmas give to
needy children in over 100
countries. Participants are
asked to fill the shoe boxes
with school supplies, toys,
necessity items, hard candy,
and a letter of encourage
ment. Step-by step shoebox
instructions are available at
www.samaritanspurse.org
or by contacting Rebecca
Jepsen at 541-676-5244.
The lone Lady Cardinals celebrate their third place finish at the state tournament against the
St. Paul Buckeroos. A full story and more pictures can be found on Page SIX. -Contributed
Photo
Emert’s Second Addition Subdivision completed
The recent comple
tion of the Em ert’s Sec
ond Addition Subdivision
brings an exciting growth
option to the City of lone.
After planning and work
ing together two not for
profit groups, ICABO and
lone Education Foundation
formed a corporation. Grow
lone, Inc for the explicit
purpose of developing 40
acres north of the Emert
Addition.
T h ro u g h m any
hours of planning and re
search over the first months.
Grow lone, Inc determined
it would be in the best inter
est of the project to annex
into the City of lone prior
to development. With the
support of the City of lone.
Grow lone, Inc hired an en
gineering firm to draw the
plans; after city approval,
the work started in record
time.
Hundreds of hours,
and significant amounts of
material and equipm ent
were donated by local farm
ers, businesses, and city
residents. The Port of Mor
row made the develop
ment happen by building
roads, laying water lines
and fulfilling the bulk of
the general development
requirem ents through a
delayed payment agreement
with Grow lone, Inc.
Since the subdivi
sion was completed; two of
the 19 lots have sold, leav
ing 17 available. The avail
able lots range in price from
$8,500 to $22,500 depend
ing on location and size
from .84 to 5.95 acres. Each
lot has been DEQ approved
for a septic system, has a
water meter w ith city water
to the property line and un
derground power lines for
each lot. Signs are in place
at both entrances to the new
addition showing lot sizes,
placement and streets, mak
ing a self guided tour of
Emert’s Second Addition
an easy option. Additional
information is available by
contacting Stacie Miller at
541-422-7410 or Ed Rollins
at 541-676-0201.
Wild Beauty” presentation to be
held at Irrigon City Hall
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1908 receipt shows Gazette subscription was $1
The Northwest Photography Archive will present “Wild Beauty” photographs
of the Columbia River Gorge 1867-1957 on Tuesday, November 23, at 7 p.m. at the
Irrigon City Hall meeting room.
The program will be presented by co-author John Laursen.
This free event is sponsored by Oregon Trail Library District, Libraries of
Eastern Oregon and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Mr. Bill’s Trivia returns for HDC fundraiser
The Heppner
Daycare and Preschool is
bringing Mr. Bill’s Trivia
back for another great, fun
fundraiser on Saturday,
November 20, at 7 p.m. at
the Elks Club.
Team can consist
of six players and the ta
ble cost is $150 ($25 per
player).
This fundraiser will
help Heppner Daycare and
Preschool cover some costs
that would be impossible
to cover on their own. The
HDC board relies heavily
on state funding which was
recently cut and, of course,
fundraisers.
Maynard to speak at Chamber lunch meting
A local reader brought by this receipt for payment of a Gazette subscription in 1908. The
receipt was to William Kumberlin and was signed by a Mr. Crawford who was publisher of
the Gazette at that time. The newspaper had not yet merged with the Times so was still just
The speaker for Chamber lunch meeting this Thursday, November 18, will be
called the Heppner Weekly Gazette. A year long subscription to the Gazette was $1 and the Luke Maynard, from Greenwood Resources (Boardman Tree Farm). Maynard will be
receipt was apparently for six months at it shows a 50 cent payment. As noted on the receipt giving a presentation and give an update of w hat they are involved in.
the Gazette was established in 1883. It is the 16,k oldest newspaper in the State of Oregon.
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The Heppner Gazette-Times wants to see
pictures o f your trophy animals from this
hunting season. Stop by to have your
picture taken, drop off photos, or email
them to editor@rapidserve.net.
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The Chamber lunch meeting will begin at noon at Heppner City Hall. Willow
Creek Diner will be catering. The cost for lunch is $9.
Anyone planning to attend the Chamber lunch meetings is asked to RSVP by
mid-morning the Wednesday before each meeting so enough meals and seating can
be accommodated.
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