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Boardman bans medical marijuana HEPPNER G T 50¢ azette imes VOL. 134 NO. 48 6 Pages Wednesday, December 9, 2015 At their Dec. 1 council meeting, Boardman City Councilors held a hearing to consider a ban on medi- cal marijuana within the city limits. No one at the hearing spoke in opposition of the proposed ban. With a vote of 7-0, the city council declared an emergency and voted to ban medical marijuana produc- ers, medical marijuana pro- cessors, medical marijuana wholesalers, and medical marijuana retailers within the city limits of Boardman, effective immediately. In November, the city council passed a similar or- dinance to ban recreational marijuana. In other city business, councilors heard a presenta- tion from Sam Boardman Elementary School Prin- cipal Sarah Kimmell. She spoke about a new after- school program her school is hosting. Also, the council heard a presentation from North- east Oregon Water Associa- Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Celebrate Heppner twinkles with Parade of Lights Heppner Christmas next week Reward cards and shop- ping local bring Christmas to Heppner with the Cel- ebrate Heppner Christmas event next Thursday, Dec. 17. The festive annual event starts at 6 p.m. at the Mor- row County Fairgrounds. Everyone who has been collecting reward cards is invited to bring them and participate in this com- munity get-together. The event will start with a din- ner served by Gateway Café—spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, roll, dessert and beverage to the irst 100 guests. The cost is $6 per guest, or $20 for a family of four. A no-host beer and wine bar will be provided by Bucknum’s. Aside from the food, there will be penny board and rafle items. Pictures with Santa for $5 will be taken from 6-7 p.m. Draw- ings for the rewards cards will start about 7:15 p.m., so reward cards (with en- trants’ names) need to be entered for each item before that time. Parade of Lights winners announced Top: The Heppner ire department gets a little boost from some special helpers on the way to a call. Right: Even the Grinch is in the Christmas mood for the Parade of Lights. Above (L-R): Richard and Samarra Fisher, Amy Long-Drew, Barbara Prucha and Pastor Tony Long-Drew add a festive tone to last Thursday’s events in Heppner. -Photos by David Sykes The Heppner Gazette- Times will publish a Christ- mas edition on Dec. 23. Area pastors are invited to submit Christmas mes- sages to be published in the Dec. 23 edition. The deadline is Mon- day, Dec. 21, at 5 p.m. Mes- sages can be dropped off at the Gazette ofice, emailed to editor@rapidserve.net, or faxed to 541-676-9211. Any businesses or in- dividuals who would like to purchase space on our special Christmas greeting page in the Dec. 23 Gazette should call 541-676-9228 or email megan@rapid- serve.net by Monday, Dec. 21, at 5 p.m. Ione merchants plan Christmas open house Ione invites residents, friends and neighbors to come out and join local businesses for the annual Christmas Open House. The traditional open house will take place on Dec. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. While out and about, help the Ione office of Wheatland Insurance col- lect the most food donations for its annual food drive. Local donations will be delivered to the Neighbor- hood Center in Heppner on Dec. 18. Area pastors invited to submit City of Irrigon announces annual giving Christmas tree messages For many years the library/city hall lobby. names of children and their return the gifts to city hall Businesses, individuals also invited to send in Christmas greetings tion Board Member Gary Neal. Also, the council voted 7-0 to declare the property at 120 NW Columbia Av- enue a nuisance. The home on this prop- erty burned down in Octo- ber of this year and little progress has been made to clean up the property. The next Boardman City Council meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 5, at 7 p.m. at the Boardman City Hall council chambers. Irrigon area has had a giv- ing tree, and Irrigon City Manager Aaron Palmquist announces that it is again time for this annual event. However, this year the tree is located in the new The public is welcome to come by, check out the new library and pick up a card to give Christmas to one or more of Irrigon’s children. The cards contain the needs/desires as provided from various organizations. Everyone is asked to take a card or two with a child’s information and purchase appropriate gifts for the child or children. Then with the tag attached by Dec. 18. For more information, contact city manager Aaron Palmquist at 541-922-3047 or manager@ci.irrigon. or.us. Man killed in crash Santa’s mailbox has a new home in Heppner near Boardman A Philomath man lost his life in a single vehicle crash near Boardman last week. On Dec. 4 around 6:30 a.m., Morrow County Sher- iff’s Ofice, Oregon State Police troopers and other emergency personnel re- sponded to the report of a single-vehicle crash on I-84 near milepost 154 west of Boardman. When they arrived, emergency crews found a 1985 Chevrolet pickup fully engulfed in ire. After the ire was extin- guished, Keith O. Carney, 34, of Philomath, OR, was found deceased inside. OSP says preliminary information indicates the Chevrolet was traveling eastbound on I-84 when it left the roadway for un- known reasons and traveled for more than 400 feet. The pickup then struck a large boulder, where it caught ire. OSP led the investiga- tion and was assisted at the scene by MCSO, Boardman fire and ambulance, and the Oregon Department of Transportation. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. A change has been made this year to the loca- tion of Santa’s mailbox in Heppner. In years past, the drop- off site for letters to Santa was a mailbox located at the Heppner post office. This year and in the fu- ture, Santa’s letters can be mailed through a mailbox in the lobby of the Bank of Eastern Oregon. The Gazette-Times has been assured there will be The Heppner Cham- ber of Commerce has an- nounced the winners for the 2015 Parade of Lights. Best commercial entry was Murray’s Drug, with an honorable mention going to Silver Creek Contracting. Best community entry went to the Jingle Bell Dancers. The Heppner Elk’s Lodge received the award for best use of lights. On the Inside... Opinion... PAGE TWO Community Events... PAGE TWO Justice Court Report...PAGE TWO Real Estate... PAGE THREE Mustang Sports... PAGE FOUR Classiied Ads... PAGE FIVE Cardinal Sports... PAGE SIX Santa will now be picking up his letters in Heppner at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. -Photo by Megan Futter no disruption of delivery due to this change. Chamber Chatter... PAGE SIX DA’s Report... PAGE SIX CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! 20% OFF WE HAVE CHRISTMAS TREES FOR YOUR SELECTION! Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed 242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main ofice)
