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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 25, 2015 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner CASA welcomes new volunteers 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 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve. net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $30 in Morrow County; $24 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $36 elsewhere; $30 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 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch. For Public/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: Obituaries 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. Morrow County residents Kelly and Natalie Sanders were sworn in by Morrow County Judge Terry Tallman (right) on Feb. 17 as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). The mission of CASA is for trained volunteers to advocate for safe, permanent, loving homes for all children in foster care. At this time, Morrow County has three CASA Volunteers in Morrow County advocating for children in foster care. Anyone who would like to hear more about the CASA program or become a CASA in Morrow County is asked to contact Jesus Rome at 541-564-6878 or jrome@umchs.org. –Contributed photo bers will serve lunch on Wednesday, March 4, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include fish and chips, coleslaw, sliced tomatoes, cheddar biscuits and raspberry bars. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Chamber lunch meeting Heppner grad named to Pacific University dean’s list The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be an all entities report on Thursday, March 5, at noon in Heppner City Hall conference room. Cost of lunch is $10. Chamber lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at 541- 676-5536 no later than the Wednesday before to guarantee FOREST GROVE, Ore.—Connor Pappas of Heppner a lunch. has been named to the Dean’s List at Pacific University for Fall Semester 2014. Pappas is among 344 of Pacific’s 1,876 undergraduate could watch “Jimmy” the By Doris Brosnan students to achieve this high academic honor. Historically, the month groundhog bite the ear of To qualify for the Dean’s List at Pacific, a student of January in Heppner at the Sun Prairie, WI, mayor. must achieve a term grade-point average 3.70 on a 4.0 the Willow Creek Terrace This may have been a first scale and complete 12 or more graded hours. has been a month of enjoy- in the history of groundhog ing indoor warmth, safe forecasting. On Feb. 10, the Heppner from cold, snowy winter weather—a good month preschool students came to for provocative morning the Hill for a Valentine’s conversations, crafts, and Party with the “Grand- indoor games. January 2015 mas” and “Grandpas.” The was, however, only about residents had a great time The Morrow County review and approval of the one-third wintry followed with the four-year-olds who Weed Advisory Board will Feb. 10 meeting minutes, by spring-like days, so on sang some songs, traded hold a quarterly meeting treasurer’s report for Feb- Jan. 6, National Bird Day, Valentine cards, and shared Tuesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. ruary, review and approval the discussion group wasn’t some tasty treats. Then, on at the Ag Service Center of the fiscal year 2015-16 surprised to note that birds Valentine’s Day, the resi- Conference Room, 430 W budget, staff reports, and have returned early, ready dents enjoyed their annual Linden Way, Heppner. The partner reports. The agenda for spring. “Sweethearts’ Dinner by Morrow SWCD regular also includes a continuing February has continued Candlelight.” monthly meeting will fol- discussion and develop- the spring-like weather and The next evening, four ment of the district’s long- began with a Super Bowl residents attended and low. Time will be set aside at range plan. Party and Buffet. Most enjoyed the “Little Feet” A board position rep- residents, whether fans of concert that featured an the beginning of the meet- ing to receive comments resenting the Irrigon area football or not, agreed that energetic and enthusiastic remains vacant; SWCD the buffet was an enjoyable choir of children aged six from the public. The agenda for the encourages landowner rep- change in the dining room, to 13, from India and Ethio- weed advisory meeting resentation from all areas of so a repeat is sure to come. pia. Their program was an includes a weed coordinator Morrow County. Repeatedly, Groundhog entertaining approach to Meetings of Morrow Day, on Feb. 2, is a news- shining light on the needs of report and a code enforce- SWCD are open to the worthy event, but it had a more than 100,000 orphans ment update. The agenda for the public. twist this year. So, repeat- throughout the world. On SWCD meeting includes edly on the news, residents that same evening two other A View from The Hill Morrow County weed advisory board to meet LUNCH SPECIALS Wed.- Cheesy Broccoli Soup Thurs.- Chicken Sirracha Pita Fri.- Clam Chowder or Veggie Wrap Tues.- Pork w/ Chinese Noodles Soup Wed.- Chicken Parmesan S t . P at ' S iS juSt around the corner . d on ' t forget to think GREEN! WEDDING TABLES Travis Bellamy & Hannah Lankford Wedding - April 11 The 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 of 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 of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Where is integrity in the forest access talks? Celebrate Dr. Seuss at Community lunch menu Lexington Grange Nazarene and Seventh-day Adventist church mem- The Lexington Grange will celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Day on March 1 with a read-aloud and the movie “Horton Hears a Who.” The event begins at 1:30 p.m.; cost of entry is $1 or a new book. Proceeds will be donated to the Ione and Heppner elementary school libraries. Chairs will be available to sit in, or participants can bring pillows and blankets to lie on the floor. Popcorn and drinks will be available. The Lexington Grange is located at 66296 Marquardt Rd., Lexington. ~ Letters to the Editor ~ IRISH BOXING -Continued from PAGE ONE The shuttle will begin to Tom Denchel Ford. The corner sponsors are Bruce Young Logging and John Britt Logging. Seth Moses Roofing and Restoration will be the bout sponsor and will be sponsoring the “fight of the night.” As in years past, shuttle service will be available. D A W E T N pick up riders by Heppner Family Foods at 6:15 p.m. and at the back door of Bucknum’s at 6:45 p.m. and 7:15 p.m., and will be repeating trips until all the riders have been delivered up to the high school. The shuttle will also return to drop riders off once the Integrity: “An adherence to moral principles, hon- esty.” Where has that gone, and why can’t we find it in the discussion on the motorized access restrictions to the Blue Mountains? Some work in shades of gray, elected to positions they feel they need to protect to continue their paychecks and their positions of power. Some work in backdoor deals to protect their business venture to access resources they need to keep themselves afloat. Some work in “partner- ship” with groups that strive to see general motorized use removed from the forest under some moral calling of protectionist dogma that inflates their egos and swells their pocket books with lawyer fees. When companies begin to state “why does the public need to be there?” and civil servants tell businesses that “any interference or preventing the Forest performing road closures will jeopardize timber outputs on the For- est,” we see the lack of integrity from both elected officials and civil servants alike. For the record, the counties do not “lose their seat at the table” if they refuse to sign the MOU accepting cooperating agency status with the forest service. This narrative has been passed around by county officials far too long. What it does require is elected officials doing their jobs and being held personally accountable for their actions, instead of giving themselves political cover when they sell our access down the river. One county has shown personal integrity to protect its residents to see a forest plan revision developed that protects the quality of life for all their residents, not just the few influential companies that benefit from the “go along to get along” mentality, and that is Baker County. Integrity isn’t about doing what is easy, or person- ally advantageous. Integrity is standing behind the words you say and doing what is right. That seems to be sorely missing from a great deal of elected officials and civil servants nowadays. John D. George, Bates, OR residents attended a speak- er’s interesting presentation on Islam, sponsored by the First Christian Church. Yesterday, Feb. 24 the new room at the Terrace was a party room—a “thank you” and “farewell” to out- going board member Cliff Green. Though still needing a few finishing touches, the room is being used regu- larly for morning exercises and for the reading of the Gazette-Times, and was perfect for the toe-tapping music of the Ol’ Time Fid- dlers on Feb. 18. This short month will soon fade into March, and eventually the designated first day of Spring will actually arrive far behind Heppner’s weather. Many spring flowers are already adding color to the flow- erbeds at the Terrace, so by the time Heppner’s St. Patrick’s Day ceekend cel- ebration brings all things Irish to town, the blooms and green grassy hills are sure to provide a grand welcome to visitors. Some residents look forward to seeing the new play that Fr. Condon has written for this year’s event and to the Great Green Parade on that Saturday. There are no birthdays to look forward to on the Hill in March, but residents helped three neighbors cel- ebrate their birthdays in February. Liz Beuller is a Valen- tine’s Day Baby who cel- ebrated her “39 th ” birthday with friends and family. And on the 17 th , Bud Wilson and Billie Lacey celebrated their birthdays. This meant that friends and families had a special birthday lunch and a special birthday din- ner to enjoy that day. The residents view all birthdays with pleasure, but the fact that chocolate cake was dessert at one of the celebrations and white cake was featured at the other birthday bash doubled their pleasure and doubled their fun. The amateur Irish boxing on March 13 promises an- other year of knock-out en- tertainment. -File photo by Mallorie Jones event is over. Spectators are Questions, contact the encouraged to save parking Heppner Chamber at 541- issues and ride the shuttle 676-5536 or heppnercham- for a stress-free evening. ber@centurytel.net. Your Household Hazardous Waste look for label marked “Warning” and “Danger” Turn Them In! 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