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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 19, 2014 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March J, 1879 Penodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676- 9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 E-mail editor urapldserve net or davidiurapidserve net Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $29 in Morrow County; $23 senior rate (in Morrow County only, 65 years or older); $35 elsewhere; $29 student subscriptions. David Sykes................................................................................................ Publisher Andrea Di Salvo.............................................................................................. Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p m For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 504 per word Cost fey Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5 75 per column inch For Pubfic/Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for pub lication 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 Otxtuanes 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 for 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 Heppner Walk MS meeting planned The 2014 EO Heppner Walk MS Committee will be meeting again on Feb. 26 at noon at Howe’s About Pizza. Community members are invited to join the group and learn how they can help with the 2014 EO Walk MS, which will be on April 26 this year. “ We h a v e a few positions to fill on the c o m m itte e and c o u ld use som e fresh id eas and su g g estio n s,” says committee member Merilee McDowell. Committee members w ill give a review and deadlines will be discussed. Pizza and drinks will be provided. Any questions, contact Merilee McDowell at meriO 120@gmail.com or 541-571-5853 HANFORD TOUR -Continued from PA GE ONE wasn’t unusual for crews to be given hand-written notes or sketches to guide them during the construction p ro cess. M any o f the specialized tools needed for the project hadn’t been invented, so Hanford crews often designed and built their own tools. Since there were no computers when the reactor was being built, calculations for the project were done using slide rules or a pencil and paper!” The tour is scheduled for April 24. Buses will leave Heppner, Boardman, and Irrigon early enough to meet the 10:45 introductory time before the 11:15 tour b eg in s. The to u r lasts approximately four hours. It does not include climbing; can accommodate canes, walkers, and wheelchairs. although some areas will be tight; and chairs are available for sitting when needed. Participants are responsible for their snacks, drinks and sack lunches. I n d iv i d u a ls a re encouraged to get on the list of participants beginning now . H a n d lin g s ig n ups in Heppner is Louis Carlson (541 -676-5302), in Boardman is Mildred Baker (541-481-4215), and in Irrigon is Donna Eppenbach (541-922-3197). The costs are expected to be $10-15 for n o n m e m b e rs o f M o rro w County Historical Society and $5-10 for members. These and other details w ill be fin a liz e d and published in a later news release about this tour of such an important historic development in our region. Community lunch menu United Methodist church members will serve lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include shepherd’s pie, sliced tomatoes, French bread and butterscotch pie. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. G ood L uck M ustangs ! N ew M ustang H oodies H ave A rrived ! ]P ricîay Sj»ecial- MUSTANG MOCHA O N LY $3.50 S t a r t in g t o T H IN K G Countdown*«?. £t. paddyiT ~ T ry o*11* YoCrsam Flavors KEEN '! A V lpine an d anilla C ake B atter T offee N ut M ocha $ 3.75 C ran -R aspberry S pritzer [COME CHECK OUT ALL THE "GREENS! $ 2.50 <t4 2 0 1 3 R X P rofiles A vailable WEDDING TABLES A d am Paul D o h e r ty & M o l ly S u e T u rre II Reception- A prii 2Ó, 2 0 1 4 M imuutj D m 217 North Main St.. Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Fron ral 676-9426 Serving Morrow, Wh— tor 0 Gilliam counties Since 1959 ~ Obituaries Letters to the Editor ~ fhc Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name o f the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card o f Thanks" at a cost of $10. Wake up, Heppner Linda Hutchinson and sold motorcycle road maps; these road maps were mostly for Oregon and Idaho, but they also had some that included W ashington, Wyoming, Nevada and Montana. She enjoyed sewing, reading, hunting, camping and any a c tiv ity that involved the great outdoors. She was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, and even if she and her husband were traveling, she would make an effort to go to church wherever they may be. Linda is survived by: her husband. Charles “Bill” Hutchinson of John Day, OR; sister, Sandra Larison o f La Grande, OR; and her and B ill’s children, Rob, Mickey, Cori, Angie, Donna, Tammy and Tina. She is also survived by many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, Noel and Virginia Wright. A rrangem ents were m ade through D risk ill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd.. John Day, OR 97845. Linda Irene Hutchinson, 68, of John Day, OR died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2 0 14 at Saint Alphonsus in Boise, ID. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 15, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Canyon City, OR at 2 p.m. L inda was born to Noel Wright and Virginia Morrison on Nov. 9, 1945 in M oscow, ID. Linda g ra d u a te d from h ig h school in Enterprise, OR. and then went to North West C hristian College for two years. Linda later married Charles William Hutchinson in Prineville, OR; they were married for 35 years. She and her husband started, owned and operated Hutch’s Printing Company in John Day for many s u c c e s s fu l y e a rs; she was a very accomplished ty p e s e tte r. T hey also started many other small businesses throughout their years together. One venture was a mule business; in this they trained mules, and sold mule merchandise and products all over the world. They also developed To the Editor, As a long-time citizen of Heppner, I am amazed with all the changes that have taken place without much fanfare in our small town. We have city ordinances on the books that make no sense and have no place here. How the ordinances actually got approved in the first place is beyond me. 1 guess the citizens trusted the mayor, city council and the city manager to do their jobs and always keep our best interests in mind. Apparently they have strayed from the path of common sense. This ordinance “nuisance abatement” is not only infringing on citizens’ rights to own property but is uncalled-for in Heppner. We are not a city; we are a small town. I don’t recall seeing abandoned vehicles littering our streets at any time in my 40 years of being a resident. Have we been Califomicated and we just don’t know it? Where do these big-city solutions to fix big-city problems fit into our town? There’s no real reason for such ordinances to even be on the books, other than the fact that we adopted the Oregon ballot Measure 37 to be put into our city charter. They’re just another way to harass undesirables or anyone who doesn’t follow the norm. We chose to live in this remote town because of the extra freedom we enjoy, like not having the police knocking on the door telling us how to conduct our private lives. 1 should have a right to park a boat, car or camper on my property with or without it being licensed. As long as it’s on my property, it’s nobody’s business. Are we going to sit back and let a few people, whose agenda is questionable, ruin our community and take away our rights? If we don’t call them on this we’ll wake up one day and be required to register our guns with the city. The infringement of our rights will be a daily exercise in total control. The city council has the power to change, delete or add to the city codes as they see fit. I think they need to revisit some of them and think about what’s really needed SPOKANE, WA—Rebecca Jepsen of in our town. Wake up, Heppner. Heppner has been named to the Whitworth A Very Concerned Citizen, U niversity Laureate Society for fall (s) Glo Lesperance, Heppner semester 2013. Jepsen qualified for the academic honors society by maintaining a GPA of at least 3.75 during the semester. Jepsen qualifies for Whitworth Laureate Society Bunco play to aid Relay for Life A Relay for Life Bunco fundraiser will be held Monday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m. at the lone American Legion Hall..Entry fee is $10 and there is one $5 raffle item. Refreshments will be served. Wagoner named on OBU honor roll Arts and crafts club plans sale, classes M o r r o w C o u n ty Creative Arts and Crafts club will be selling items at Les Schwab over the St. Pat's weekend. Members are from H eppner and Lexington. These Morrow County people who are busy preparing items for the St. pat's sale include Dennis Wall, who will have rock jewelry, rings, jewelry and pens, and JoAnn Shannon, who will have crocheted baby clothes, towels, cowls, crochet-dressed bears and lap throws; Don Shannon will offer wooden plaques and jewelry. Nancy Arson will be there with purses, and G erry A rson w ith his wooden lamps. Dave Williams will offer wood and leather items, while C arm en W illiam s w ill have jewelry and crocheted towels. T h e c lu b is a ls o planning some upcoming classes, including a class in p ainting in oil w ith either Bob Walton or Betty Billups; the dates for the class will be May 1,2 and 3. The su b ject o f the p ain tin g has not been chosen, and members can make a choice at the club’s March meeting. The club also needs to know if there is enough interest in the class; anyone interested should call Betty Mills at 541-676-5546. The club members also say they need more interest in a watercolor class before a date can be set. Everyone is invited to attend the m eeting on Wednesday, March 12, at The Bam in Lexington. Rebecca Jepsen Lacie W agoner Heppner resident Lacie Wagoner, a senior psychology major, was named to Oklahoma Baptist University’s Dean’s Honor Roll for the fall 2013 semester. Students who achieved a semester GPA between 3.4 and 3.69 were listed on the Dean's Honor Roll. Local students take part in Bach festival On F e b . 1 t h e from me mor y a piece Oregon Music Teacher’s written in the Baroque time Association period. hosted the District N atalie Grigg Bach F estival in received an Pendleton. honorable mention L ocal piano and Hannah Palmer s tu d e n t s who w as c h o s e n to participated were c o m p e t e in the M a d i s o n a n d Hannah R e g i o n a l Ba c h Hannah Pal mer; Palmer Festival, which was Leo. Roen and Reiah held Sunday, Feb. Waite; Nicole Propheter; 16, in Pendleton. Natalie Grigg; and Kendall Hannah received an Dowdy. honorable mention for her Students had to play performance there. Parenting with Mathieu to speak at Dignity program teachers’ conference planned in Heppner C o ll e a g u e s fro m C anadian p rovinces at th r o u g h o u t th e the NW Regional n o rth w e s t h av e Conference of the re c o g n iz e d Lea National Council of Mathieu, lone High Teachers of English S c h o o l E n g lis h in P o r tla n d on te a c h e r , as an March 1 and 2. exemplary educator Lea will present with much to teach Lea Mathieu on using the ancient, others. yet timely, art o f She is among presenters rhetoric in w ritten and from over 30 states and spoken argument. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. If Y O U h ave a fam ily m e m b e r w ho suffers from gam bling addiction. Y O U can also receive F R E E treat m ent even If the g am b ler is not receiving treatm en t If you a re a resident o f M orrow C ounty and you wish to take a d v a n ta g e of the services ab o ve or d e sire m ore inform ation, P le a s e call any of th e following num bers to set up a L O C A L appointm ent or just to talk B obby H arris <3 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 9 2 5 or 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5 Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) @ 541-676-9161 O R 1 -8 7 7 -6 9 5 -4 6 4 8 (1 -8 8 8 -M Y L IM IT ) The Parents for Parents Committee has announced that Mac Bledsoe will be in Heppner on April 17 to speak with students, parents and community members about his Parenting with Dignity Program. B l e d s o e ’s t i me in South Morrow County will begin with an assembly on bullying for the Heppner Junior/Senior High School and lone Junior/S enior High School Students that afternoon. The evening presentation for parents and community members of Heppner, Lexington and lone will begin at 5:30 p.m. at H eppner Elem entary with a free dinner for those attending, followed by his presentation at 6:30 p.m. Free babysitting will be provided. Parents for P arents also plans to host several Parenting with D ignity classes this spring. More information will be provided closer to the events. Correction A portion of the story entitled “Morrow County School district receives $ 150 thousand from ed foundation” in the Feb. 12 edition of the Gazette-Times was incorrect. The AFSME local union #2479 donated $100 to each high school council in Morrow County, not $300 as reported.
