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Mustangs kick
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The Mustang defensive line: #23 Jordan Bailey, #13 Jaden Orr, #20 Weston Putman, #51 Treston
Maben and #78 John Propheter. Mustang defense was one half of a winning combination in
lleppner last Saturday, keeping the Reedsport Braves to eight points during the first-round
playoff game. The Mustangs put down the Braves 48-8, securing themselves a slot in the
quarterfinals. Heppner will face off against the Monroe Dragons this Saturday at 1 p.m. in
Heppner. -Contributedphoto
The Heppner Mustang
fo o tb all team beat the
R e e d s p o rt B ra v e s on
Saturday by a score of 48-8.
The win puts the Mustangs
into the quarterfinal round
of the OSAA state playoffs.
H eppner kicked o ff
VOL. 132
N O . 44 8 Pages
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
-See fu ll story,
Old Gazette issues to go online
Ever wish you could
have historical issues of
your local paper at your
fingertips? Now, if you
have access to the internet,
you soon can. The Heppner
Gazette-Times has been
c h o se n as one o f 10
newspapers across Oregon
to be the next to have its
historical content digitized
and made available online.
The selection o f the
G-T is part of the Oregon
Digital Newspaper Program
(O D N P ) in itia tiv e to
digitize historic Oregon
new spaper content and
make it freely available
to the public through a
keyword-searchable online
soon to be made available online through the Oregon Digital
Newspaper Program. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
proved more supportive.
Morrow County had only
a 39 percent turnout for
the one-issue election, but
approved the bond by 51.11
percent county-wide, with
four out of five precincts—
Heppner, Lexington, lone
and Boardman—approving
the measure by margins
ranging from 53 percent to
59 percent.
Irrigon was the only
hold-out, voting down the
proposed bond by 64.4
percent. Irrigon also had
the h ighest tu rn o u t o f
the election in M orrow
County, with 560 submitted
ballots compared to 522 in
Heppner, 446 in Boardman,
202 in lone and 163 in
Lexington.
In the end, though, the
965 voters who approved
the bond in Morrow County
c o u ld n ’t outw eigh the
disapproval in the more-
populated Umatilla County.
The bond—had it been
approved by voters—would
have brought renovations to
the Pendleton campus and
created three workforce
developm ent program s:
Applied Animal Science
in Pendleton, Precision
Irrigated A griculture in
Hermiston, and Industrial
P ro c e s s and STEM
(S c ie n c e , T echnology,
E ngineering and M ath)
programs in Boardman.
A fter analyzing the
e le c tio n ’s re s u lts , the
BMCC Board of Directors
says it will determine the
next steps to seek voter
a p p ro v a l fo r c a p ita l
improvement funds in the
near future.
It’s all about Christmas
Getting ready for Heppner s Christmas festivities
Heppner is preparing
for Christmas in all kinds
of ways.
Monday, Nov. 25, will
be the day to start collecting
Rewards Cards for local
purchases.
When you shop at local
merchants from Monday,
Nov. 25, to T hursday,
Dec. 19, you will receive
rewards cards in the amount
o f purchase (payment on
the account is not eligible).
Local shoppers will
w an t to c o lle c t them
and bring them to this
Heppner tramples first-round opponent 4 8 -8 ,” PAGE THREE
database.
“ We are pleased to
The City of Heppner
learn that older copies of
Public Works Department
the Heppner Gazette-Times
r e m i n d s all H e p p n e r
will now be digitized and
residents that it is their
have a permanent home for
responsibility to insulate
all to see on the internet,”
water m eters to protect
said Gazette-Times owner
them from freezing and
and p u b lis h e r D av id
breaking. Insulation
Sykes. “Our way of life is
material can be purchased
important to the history of
at the local hardware store.
our country, and a picture
If residents fail to insulate
of that life should not be
lost because the newspapers
which documented it could
not be preserved.”
After reviewing over
40 title n o m in a tio n s
Heppner Gazette-Times owner and publisher David Sykes
from public libraries and peruses a 1911 issue of the paper, one of the historical issues
-See GAZETTE GOES DIGI-
TAL/PAGE FIVE
year’s Celebrate Heppner
C h ristm as co m m u n ity
event, which will be held
at the M orrow County
Fairgrounds on Thursday
evening, Dec. 19, starting
6 p.m. Those who have
been collecting cards will
have the chance to enter
their rewards cards for an
opportunity to win some
great prizes that have been
donated by local merchants.
Thursday, Dec. 5, will
start Christmas festivities
in Heppner. As in the past,
the H eppner C hristm as
A ctiv ity C om m ittee is
planning already, trying to
make this year even better
than last year.
The day will be filled
with a time for the local
merchants to show their
cu sto m er a p p re c ia tio n
with activities going on
all day long. There will be
community nativities set up
for viewing in the Quilter’s
Round-Up window. Stop by
the tree by the post office
at 5:30 p.m. to watch local
children decorating the
tree with their homemade
The Heppner Gazette-Times wants to see pic
tures o f your trophy animals from this hunting
season. Stop by to have your picture taken,
drop offphotos, mail them to PO Box 337 in
Heppner, email them to editor@rapidserve.
net or text cell phone photos to 541-980-6674.
ornaments, and enjoy the
carolers walking around
downtown. Santa will also
visit, so bring cameras and
take some pictures. This
might also be the time to
take advantage of extended
hours offered by local
merchants and complete
some Christmas shopping.
The Celebrate Heppner
C h ristm as C om m unity
Event w ill be held on
Thursday, Dec. 19, at 6
p.m. at the Morrow County
-See CHRISTMAS IN HEP-
PNERJPAGE FIVE
Several M o d e ls to C hoose F ro m
grab by CJ Kindle. Brian
Rill ran the ball four times
in the drive and scored on a
12-yard run up the middle.
The two-point conversion
was scored on a run by
Bailey to make the score
8-0.
City reminds residents
to insulate water meters
BMCC bond passes in Morrow
County but fails overall
The $28.1 m illio n
p r o p o s e d b o n d th a t
would have created three
w orkforce developm ent
programs at Blue Mountain
Community College failed
in the end through lack
o f support in U m atilla
County, garnering only
43.38 percent in the BMCC
district that covers both
U m a tilla and M orrow
counties.
T h o u g h th e b o n d
failed in Umatilla County,
where BMCC is located,
voters in Morrow County
to start the game and the
defense forced a Reedsport
punt after three plays. The
first drive of the game for
the M ustangs featured a
Kaden Clark pass to Jordan
Bailey, a diving catch by
Jesse Corbin and a leaping
a meter and it breaks, the
customer is responsible for
replacement of the meter,
which is expensive.
“ This can be easily
avoided,” says a City of
Heppner representative.
“Don’t put it off.”
For more information,
call City Hall at 541-676-
9618.
Heppner city council
meeting rescheduled
for holiday
The City of Heppner will be having its November
council meeting Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. rather than Nov. 11
due to the Veterans Day holiday.
Parade of Lights
cancelled this year
With all the planning
for Christmas festivities in
Heppner, one item will be
missing from this year’s
schedule.
For the past few years,
says H eppner C ham ber
o f Commerce Executive
D irector Sheryll Bates,
business and community
participation in the Parade of
Lights has been decreasing.
“Although it has been a
tradition and is enjoyed
by the community, it was
decided to postpone it for
this year,” says Bates. “We
will reconsider it again next
year, but the opportunity
to continue will depend on
participation.”
Heppner to hold first
Crèche Festival
The Heppner Christmas
event, which includes the
M erchant’s Open House
and Appreciation Day on
Dec. 5, will be a night of
traditions both old and new.
In a ddi t i on to the
lighting of the Christmas tree
decorated with ornaments
made by preschool and
elementary school children,
caroling of the high school
choir, pictures with Santa,
and downtown businesses
open for shopping until 7
p.m., people can enjoy the
first annual Heppner Crèche
Festival.
“ C rè c h e ” is an old
Fr e nch wor d mea ni ng
“manger,” and is another
word for “nativity.”
M e m b e r s o f l ocal
churches will donate their
Nativities for approximately
a week to be displayed in
the storefront windows of
the former Quilter’s Round
up business on Main Street
in Heppner. The crèches
will be displayed starting
on Wednesday, Dec. 4, and
running through Tuesday,
Dec. 10.
A ny c o m m u n i t y
membe r is w elcom e to
participate; simply send an
email to heppnercreche@
gmail.com or call Andrea
Grigg at 541-299-9000.
Please include your name,
phone number and number
o f n a t i v i t i e s you are
donating, and Grigg will
email back with instructions
on how to donate.
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