Wednesday, July 5, 2017
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
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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-
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$30 student subscriptions.
David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
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be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
Bram Brata at Music
in the Park Sunday
Bram Brata
The Tri-Cities steel
drum band Bram Brata
returns to Heppner this Sun-
day for the next concert in
this summer’s Music in the
Park series. Concerts are
held on the second Sunday
of each summer month
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
Heppner City Park on Main
Street.
Concerts are funded by
the Morrow County Unified
Recreation District. The
Shared Ministry of Hope
Lutheran Church and All
Saints Episcopal Church fa-
cilitates this concert series
and will again offer pulled
pork sandwiches and all the
trimmings to raise funds for
its well-drilling ministry
through Living Water In-
ternational.
Upcoming concerts in-
clude Elwood on Aug. 13
and Eric Jepsen and John
Wambeke on Sept. 10.
Catholic men to hold
first Friday meeting
The men of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Heppner
and St. William’s Catholic Church of Ione will hold their
first Friday of the month meeting on Friday, July 7, at the
parish office in Heppner. The meeting will start at 6:45
a.m. and will be followed by First Friday Mass at 7:30 a.m.
Grief support group
will not meet during
summer
Due to vacations and schedules, the Heppner grief
support group will not meet this summer. The monthly
meeting schedule will resume in October. Ideas and sug-
gestions for upcoming meetings are welcome. Call Jean
Ann Adams or Mary Ann Elguezabal with questions or
ideas.
The View from the Green
Over the Tee Cup
It was sunny with a cool
breeze across the course for
the ladies who attended
the Willow Creek Country
Club ladies play day Tues-
day, June 27.
Low gross of the field
went to Pat Edmundson.
Low net was a three-way
tie among Loa Heideman.
Virginia Grant and Betty
Burns. Della Heideman had
least putts of the field.
For flight A, Nancy
Propheter had low gross
and KP, and Karen Thomp-
son had low net.
For flight B, Pat Dough-
erty had first low gross,
Corol Mitchell second low
gross, Shirley Martin low
net, Judy Harris least putts
and Della Heideman KP.
For flight C, Bev Stea-
gall had low gross, Josie
Kindsfather low net, Lor-
rene Montgomery least
putts and Bev Steagall KP.
Della Heideman had a
chip-in.
The ladies are remind-
ed that tee-off time in July
is 8 a.m.
BMCC releases
spring term 2016-17
honor roll
Pendleton—Blue
Mountain Community Col-
lege Spring term 2016-17
honor roll recognition went
to the following full-time
students:
President’s List: 4.0
GPA: Marisa Aguiar, Selene
Andrade, Nathaniel Arnold,
Pedro Arroyo, Lynne Ash-
by, Mary Bagdon, Saman-
tha Ball, Gloria Ballesteros,
Anthony Barker, Jovanny
Bedolla, Tiah Benedict,
Omar Benitez, Laken Ber-
lin, Robert Brandvold, Rob-
ert Brown, Russell Brown,
Lexie Campbell, Brenda
Campos, Nathaniel Can-
tonwine, Nayeli Cardenas,
Lucy Carlson, Daphne Cas-
tro, Emily Cecil, Guitzell
Chavez, Vanessa Chavez,
Isaac Collins, Mark Con-
treras, Silvy Cook, Ara-
mis Corpus, Juniper Cos-
ner, Jacee Currin, Kolby
Currin, Julianne Davis,
Kyrasandra Davis, Robert
Debolt, Paola Delacerda,
Silvia Diaz Diaz, Jonathan
Diehl, Emily Dittebrandt-
Haney, Ellissa Durning,
Kellen Fairchild, Alyssa
Finifrock, Sarah Fini-
frock, Estela Fuentes, Jairo
Garcia, Yessenia Garcia-
Sanchez, Daisy Garcilazo,
Caitrin Gormley, Sophie
Grant, Shelby Greb, Claire
Grieb, Logan Grieb, Taylor
Hamby, Keziah Hampton,
Timothy Handforth, Nic-
cole Harrison, Christopher
Haselden, Felix Hernandez,
Bailey Hillmick, Dylan
Hodges, Jason Hogge, Gar-
rett House, Shae Hurley,
Emmaline Irvine, Jailin
Jimenez, Jared Johnson,
Nakiska Johnston, Ashley
Jones, Kaitlyn Jones, Jes-
sica Kempken, Brittnee
Kezer-Schomberg, Brooke
Kralman, Paden Lacoursi-
ere, Brooke Lomica, Handy
Lopez-Leon, Jase Madsen,
Jaiden Mahoney, Andrea
Maldonado, Caiden Marks,
Trystan McCoy, Amanda
McGloin, Sonia Medina,
Daisy Mendoza, Julissa
Mendoza, Tania Mendoza,
Andres Mendoza Guzman,
Hayden Meyers, Fabian
Meza, Reed Middleton,
Evan Miller, Emma Mont-
gomery, Llesenia Morfin,
Keri Morrison, Madelin
Muilenburg, Zackery My-
ers, Hiritzy Najera, Lionel
Navarrete, Jenna O’Brien,
Arely Ortiz, Karina Ortiz,
Loreli Ortiz, Jessie Pat-
terson, Sydney Peal, Ro-
gelio Perez, Sarah Quigg,
Fernando Ramirez, Jacob
Rammer, Beth Reeves,
Magdalena Richardson,
Gary Ringering, Sandra
Robles, Ventura Rodriguez,
Kirsten Saling, Rosanne
Sanchez, Eric Santana Lo-
pez, Ali Schroeder, Melanie
Sederburg, Michael Sha-
fer, Garrett Shell, Natalee
Sherbahn, Miah Slater,
Riley Sorensen, Illumina-
tion Spencer, Olivia Steffey,
Rachel Stone, Leslie Stroe,
Doria Summerfield, Si-
erra Summerfield, Christina
Swafford, Amy Swenson,
Shelbie Taylor, Nora Teje-
da, Jon Thacker Jr, Jonathan
Throop, Angela Tipton, Ad-
rie Traum, Julien Trujillo,
Krystin Uhlenkott, Keegan
Verdin, Sara Von Borstel,
Eric Wahler, Reiah Waite,
Hannah Walker, Jordawn
Wambeke, Roland Wampler
III, Taylor Wasserman, Al-
lison Wedgworth, Martin
Wenzel-Schenck, Debo-
rah Wilson, Carlos Wing-
Marrs, George Wishon Iv,
Hannah Wolfe, Seth Wood,
Malcolm Zoon.
President’s List: 3.85
to 3.99: Jordan Crane,
Emanuel Tejeda.
Dean’s List: 3.40 to
3.84 GPA: Ruby Barrera,
Joan Cardenas, Taylor Ev-
ans, Darin Hauner, Abigail
Hernandez, Ethan Holiday,
Anthony Landeros, Kevin
Madrigal, Misael Madrigal,
Scott McDaniel, Trenton
Morin, Guadalupe Naranjo,
Luis Olvera, Morgan Orem,
Daniel Rodriguez, Brock
Rosen, Rafael Salas Garcia,
Andruw Sorensen, Kylar
Sorensen.
Honor Roll 3.0 to 3.39
GPA: Jacob Albrecht, Heath
Baldock, Cari Barton, Sam-
son Beckman, Collette Ca-
son, Dawn Eddy, Cindy
Fuentes, Heidi Garcia,
Kimberlee Gassin, Bailey
Goold, Kylie Green, Megan
Green, Skyler Grigg, Dylan
Grogan, Celia Guilliams,
Makenzi Hughes, Rylee
Kollman, Sydney Maben,
Johnathan Roberts.
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“Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
Slain Rancher’s Wife
Speaks Out
Lavoy Finicum was murdered (shot in the back three
times) in January of 2016 while traveling between the
Malheur Wildlife refuge and John Day, OR. A few days
ago Lavoy’s widow spoke at a meeting in Bozeman, MT.
She tells a heart rending story not only of her husband’s
murder but also about her own abuse at the hands of the
same government that murdered her husband.
Whatever your opinion of the Malheur incident, mur-
der was not necessary or justified. What was the crime?
At the most it was illegal trespassing. But in addition
to trespassing the participants were sending a powerful
message about liberty, and liberty nowadays is a taboo
subject. In fact, in Senator Wyden’s opinion, the message
these guys were sending was likened to a virus. And then
our illustrious Gov. Kate Brown implored Loretta Lynch
of DOJ (Dept. of Justice) and James Comey of the FBI
to bring the whole episode to a rapid conclusion. They
seemed very happy to comply. One of the FBI agents is
now facing charges in this incident.
Mrs. Finicum is a danger to our society now because
she is talking about LaVoy’s murder. The FBI trails her to
speaking engagements. We can’t have someone speaking
out about the Constitution, first and second Amendments
and the like. Folks might start waking up to the fact that
their liberty is being rapidly eroded and perhaps it is time
to stand up and let their voices be heard...just like this
brave widow is doing.
In addition to suddenly being thrust into full time
ranch duties after LaVoy’s murder she is battling the BLM
(Bureau of Land Management) over grazing rights. BLM
arbitrarily cancelled her grazing rights because LaVoy is
no longer alive. Her attorney cites the law that clearly
allows a widow to retain these rights. The BLM’s objec-
tive? Well, they seem to like to bankrupt ranchers and
force them out of business just like they did to the Burns
ranchers who were the object of the Malheur demonstra-
tion in the first place. They are in jail and the wife and
mother of the father and son is close to losing the ranch.
In fact she may have already been forced to sell.
I am proud of Mrs. Finicum’s willingness to stand up
and speak out about this example of government over-
reach. I hope you are too.
(s) Jack Meligan, Heppner
ODFW plans public
meeting in Heppner
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife would
like to invite all interested people to attend a public meet-
ing on Wednesday, July 12, from 6-9 p.m. at the ODFW
office in Heppner. ODFW will be discussing the proposed
tag numbers for the 2018 big game seasons, as well as
proposed new hunts for 2019.
The ODFW office is located in the old Kinzua mill
office, 54173 Hwy. 74, Heppner.
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the
following report of marriage licenses:
June 29, 2017: -Debra Jo Cross, 66, of Irrigon and
Paul Wayne Terry, 71, of Irrigon.
IRRIGON FIRE
-Continued from PAGE ONE partments are manned with
responded.
Local roads were closed
to all but emergency traffic.
Three sheds were lost to the
fast-moving fire; however,
three homes that would
have been lost to the fire
were saved by fire crews.
The fire was called under
control at 3:36 p.m. and
crews moved into mop-up
duties.
One citizen was trans-
ported by Irrigon Ambu-
lance to Good Shepherd
Medical Center for treat-
ment of smoke inhalation.
“Thanks to the exper-
tise and hard work of our
local and neighboring fire
fighters there was no loss
of life or homes due to this
fast-moving fire,” stated an
MCSO release.
MCSO reminds citi-
zens that all local fire de-
volunteer firefighters—this
means that firefighters are
not already waiting at the
fire hall, but often have to
leave their regular jobs and
go to the fire hall to gear up
in order to respond with fire
equipment to a fire.
Residents can greatly
improve the chances of
saving their homes from
fire by making sure they
have dry grasses, weeds,
pine needles and sagebrush
cleared away from their
homes. It is recommended
everyone keep it “lean,
clean and green” for 30 feet
around every home.
For more information
on defensible space around
your home go to: Oregon.
gov/ODF/Documents/Fire/
Fire Safety House.pdf or
contact your local fire de-
partment.
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