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Relay for Life returns this weekend Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 5<K Last year’s Morrow County Relay for Life raised more than $24,000, earning the event the New Hope award for highest revenue front a rookie event. -Contributedphoto The M orrow County Relay for Life will take place this weekend at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. A group o f M orrow County residents will be com ing together to help raise m oney fo r c a n ce r research and support this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. VOL. 132 NO. 31 8 Pages Wednesday, July 31, 2013 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Merkley to hold town hall P o rtla n d , OR — O r e g o n ’s S e n a to r J e f f Merkley will hold a town hall for Morrow County in Irrigon on Thursday, Aug. 8, at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Irrigon Junior/Senior High School g y m n a s iu m at 315 E. Wyoming in Irrigon. D uring the m eeting, M erkley plans to update constituents on his work in W ashington, D.C. and answer questions and invite suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America. “ T alking d irectly to Oregonians in every county is a great way to hear about the issues folks want me to fight for in W ashington,” said M erkley, w ho w ill hold a U m atilla C ounty tow n hall in Pilot Rock that same day. “I urge all residents o f Umatilla and Morrow Counties to come and share their opinions and Local teen brings home national title Lillian Sandford, Miss Oregon High School Rodeo A s s o c ia tio n , r e tu r n e d from the N ational High School Rodeo Finals with the coveted title o f Miss Congeniality in the Queen C ontest. The finals were h e ld in R ock S p rin g s, WY July 12-20. Sandford competed against 40 other contestants from across the work with me to make our state and nation a stronger place.” In 2 0 0 8 , M e rk le y pledged to hold town halls in each o f O re g o n ’s 36 counties every year. He upheld his pledge in the previous four years and is continuing that commitment in 2013. Umatilla and Morrow Counties will be his 168lh and 169lh town halls as a U.S. Senator. 3 and 4. Last year the Morrow County Relay for Life team raised $24,547 and received th e A m e ric a n C a n c e r Society New Hope award for having the event with the highest revenue from a rookie event. A lth o u g h the ev en t d o esn ’t have a set goal, whatever funds the event raises will go toward finding the cure for cancer. Anyone is welcome to participate or get involved. S e e th e s c h e d u le of events for ways in whiph individuals and teams can participate. ‘Other’ taxing districts discuss distribution of CREZ money By David Sykes A b o u t 18 p e o p le representing eight taxing districts met last week to discuss how they w ould like to see funds collected by the C o lu m b ia R iver Enterprise Zone (CREZ) distributed in the county. M orrow County U nified Recreational District Chair Cyde Estes organized the meeting in response to the large amount of “fees in lieu o f taxes” the CREZ will collect in the coming years, must meet certain wage, The Enterprise ^ _____ i n v e s t m e n t a n d Zone is an economic employment figures d ev elo p m en t tool j H M h to receive the tax u s e d to a t t r a c t P k * abatem ents, which b u sin e sse s to the K F can range from the P o rt o f M o rro w *— **— standard three years at B oardm an, and - e . s te * up to 15 years tax allow s b usinesses the meetinR free, to pay fees to the discuss Under the CREZ, which would distribution of CREZ rules, a board be le s s th a n th e CREZ funds, o f six people made property taxes which up from the Port of w ould be p aid w ith o u t -See CREZ DISCUSSION/ the zone. The businesses PAGE FIVE 100 years for Mary Beamer Heppner woman celebrates centennial birthday United States, Canada and A u stralia. She receiv ed flowers, a sash and a Gist silver saddle concho as her awards. D u rin g th e w e e k - long contest, the young la d ie s w ere ju d g e d on h o rse m a n sh ip , p erso n al in te rv ie w , a p p e a ra n c e , Contributed Story Celebrating her 100th birth d ay , M ary B eam er has lived a modest life as a ranch wife. Her longevity may be due to a healthy lifestyle, never pampering herself, while caring more about family and friends. She was bom July 27, -See MISS CONGENIALITY/ 1913 in Heppner to Robert PAGE FOUR and LaVonnie Gam m ell. She attended schools in H e p p n e r. In 1924 sh e m arried R alph B eam er, Saturday August 3 who had moved to this area Noon— Teams can start to set up their camp sites from Virginia. They lived in 5:00 pm— Open Ceremonies "Survivor Lap "Caregiver Heppner for a while, where Lap "Teams state w/Team Banners R alph had th e g ro ce ry 5:00 pm — Singing o f National Anthem - Zechariah delivery business; he also Hintz delivered milk and fuel oil. 5:00 pm— Silent Auction bidding begins Af t e r b u y i n g t he 5:30 pm— Survivor Dinner Charles Cox place 6:30 pm— Limbo Lap (Activity) southwest o f Heppner, the 7:00 pm— Super Hero/Fight Back Lap (Dress-up) B eam ers becam e w heat 7:30 pm— People Mache Start (Activity) farm ers and M ary began 8:00 pm— Cut-off bidding for Silent Auction / Cut-off ranch life there w ithout time to make Luminaries the aid o f e le c tricity or 8:00 pm— Special entertainment - Joe Lindsay (1 hour) 8:30 pm— People Mache Finish and Walk (Activity) 9:00 pm— Luminary ceremony and Lap o f Silence 9:00 pm— Bucknum’s Team will be serving hamburgers (will serve until midnight) 9:30 pm— Glow in the Dark Lap (show your glow, be a light in the dark) (Dress-up) 10:00 pm— Three-Legged Lap (Activity) 11:00 pm— Patriotic Lap (Dress-up) 11:00 pm— Special Entertainment - Skyler Hawk - Vi By Andrea Di Salvo Road crews have hour been busy in the Heppner Sunday. August 4 M id n ig h t-M id n ig h t M adness, Sw itch D irection area over the past several (Activity) months but, after this round 12:00 pm— BEO Team will have Bunco and Bingo in o f repairs and renovations, the Annex Building th in g s will be qui et in 1:00 am— Secret Agent Lap (Dress-up) S o u th M o rro w C o u n ty 2:00 am— Toga (Dress-up) for the next few y ears, 3:00 am— Red Light Green Light (Activity) O re g o n D e p a rtm e n t o f T ra n sp o rtatio n (O D O T ) 4:00 am— Poker (Activity) rep re sen ta tiv e s told the 5:00 am— Recycle Lap (Dress-up) 5:30 pm— Breakfast served in the Annex for a donation Gazette-Times this week. 6:00 am— Sole-mate Lap (Activity) South Morrow County 7:00 am— Funky Hat Lap (Dress-up) has seen a flurry o f ODOT 8:00 am— Sing Happy Birthday Lap (Activity) activity over the last year, 8:30 am— Clean-up Crew (sport your trash bag - from the rock-fall project start with empty bag - check back in with trash) on H w y. 74 b e tw e e n (Activity) Lexington and lone to the 9:00 am -Closing Ceremony current work to upgrade Night-long activities: Holy Walkamolies will have a Barrati Blvd. in Heppner. photo booth (individual and team photos can be The Barratt Blvd. job, contracted at more than a taken) Relay for Life Schedule o f Events Mary Beamer at her 100"' birthday gathering; this family photo includes three generations. -Photo by Whitney Knowles indoor plumbing. They later sold that ranch and bought the Quaid place on Balm Fork, at that time owned by Hugh Smith. This continues Besides developing a to be the Beam er ranch, where they gradually made cow herd, the B eam ers improvements and built a also leased wheat ground -See BEAMER TURNS 100/ new house. Ralph passed PAGE FIVE away in 2000. ODOT gives project update for Morrow County Horseshoe Bend not on the list through 2018 I million dollars, was funded through the Oregon Jobs and T ran sp o rtatio n A ct. Slated to be completed this fall, upgrades to B arratt Blvd. include installing a retaining wall, modifying sew er/w ater connections, modifying road configuration, improving access to Pioneer Memorial Hospital, upgrading walkway stairs and more. O D O T c re w s ha ve also been working on the Sperry St. Bridge project, r e m o v i n g t he e x i s t i n g bridge and building a new street connection. Both o f these Heppner projects were coordinated by the City of Heppner with assistan ce from ODOT. Other city projects, such as the current Q uaid St. pro ject in H eppner, are com pleted strictly at the local level without ODOT -See ODOT UPDATE/PAGE SIX Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed A Seed »
