TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
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David Sykes................................................................................................ Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo.............................................................................................. Editor
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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.
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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
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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.