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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 28, 2018 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 SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ 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: $31 in Morrow County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere; $31 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ 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 $5.25 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 $6.05 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. Memorial Notice Carolyn Paris – a memorial service for Carolyn Paris will be held at the fairgrounds in Heppner at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 1. Carolyn passed away July 26, 2017. Justice Court Report Morrow County Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer has released the following Justice Court report: -Jose Antonio Rosales Gomez, 29, of Hermiston was convicted of violation of basic rule, 75/55 mph, $165 fine. -Bradley R Hatha- way, 62, of Stanfield was convicted hunting from or across highway, $115 fine. -Jimmy Bowles, 68, of Heppner was convicted of DUII, total fine and court costs of $2360, perma- nent license suspension, 40 hours of community service, two days in jail, 28 days of electronic surveil- lance, two year probation, required to complete drug and alcohol assessment and treatment and complete victim’s impact program. Chamber meeting The next lunch meet- ing of the Heppner Cham- ber of Commerce will be held at noon on Thursday, Mar. 1, in the Heppner City Hall conference room. This meeting will be all entities reports. Tom Wolff of Co- lumbia Basin Electric Co- op will provide an update. Cost of lunch is $10 and Breaking Grounds will be catering the lunch, serv- ing a Rueben sandwich, beef stew and dessert. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other ac- commodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours be- fore the meeting to Sheryll Bates at 541-676-5536. Births Rhett Franklin Carnine—Randy and Brooke Carnine, Hermiston, announce the birth of a son, Rhett Franklin Car- nine. Rhett was born Feb. 14, 2018 at in Hermiston, weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces and was 23 inches long. Rhett joins a brother, Karsten. Maternal grandparents are Tim and Shannon Rust, Echo and maternal great- grandmother LaVonne Mader, Hermiston. Paternal grandparents are Stan and Terri Car- nine and paternal great- grandmothers are Dorothy Schaeffer and Virginia Car- nine, all of Condon. Boots to be tossed on St. Pat’s day The boots are set to fly at the St. Patrick’s Day cel- ebration on Saturday, Mar. 17 at the annual Welly Toss. Participants will try their luck at throwing a Wellington boot into the air during the event to be held on Willow St. between Murray’s Drug and the Ar- tisan Village. Team play begins at 10 a.m. and continues un- til noon. Individual play is from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and is free for all participants. Individual age brackets are kids two- 12, teens 13-17 and adults 18 and over. Te a m r e g i s t r a t i o n forms may be picked up at the Chamber office and need to be returned by Mar. 12. The registration fee for teams is $20 and will fund the prizes and supplies for the event. All kids will receive a gold coin for participating. Prizes will be awarded for the man, woman and youth winners. The top teams will re- ceive prizes and the first place team will have their name engraved on the trav- eling boot award currently on display at the chamber office. Irrigon library hosts author Catholic Bag sale coming men to hold First on Mar. 7 SWCD/Weed Friday advisory to meet meeting Friends of the Irrigon library will be hosting Peg Willis, author of Building the Columbia River Highway: They Said it Couldn’t be Done, on Mar. 10 at 6 p.m. at the Irrigon Library. The Morrow SWCD/ Weed advisory board will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 6 at the Ag Service Center beginning at 6 p.m. Agenda items will include a weed supervisor report, review of February minutes, SWCD financial update, 2018-19 budget update, associate director appointment, partner and staff reports, review of the district zone map and a re- quest to ODA to reduce the number of directors from seven to five. The Morrow SWCD meetings are open to the public and accessible to persons with disabilities. For more information con- tact Janet Greenup at 541- 676-5452 Ext. 109. The May 2018 primary election will be held on May 15. Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on elec- tion day to be counted, postmarks do not count. Morrow County posi- tions available are county commissioner position two and county assessor, both positions being a four-year term. The last day to file for a candidate position is Mar. 6. Candidates who have filed for county commis- sioner position two are incumbent Don Russell and Raymond Akers, both of Boardman. The county assessor candidate is Mike Gorman of Heppner. Other pertinent dates are Mar. 20 - the last day to submit a candidate’s state- ment or measure argument to be included in the voter’s pamphlet, Apr. 24 - the last day to register to vote and Apr. 25 - the day local bal- lots will be mailed. Voter registrations must be updated if any of the following occur: your name changes, your signa- ture changes, you wish to The men of St. Pat- rick’s Catholic Church of Heppner and St. William’s Catholic Church of Ione will hold their First Friday of the month meeting on Friday Mar. 2 nd at the par- ish 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. The Neighborhood Center is having a $15 bag sale on Wednesday, Mar. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The bag sale will include all clothing items, shoes and books. All other merchan- dise is 50 percent off. The Neighborhood Center is located at 441 N Main Street in Heppner. Donations of paper and plastic bags are always needed and appreciated. First Important dates announced for Friday May 2018 primary election Friends of Jesus to meet change your political party affiliation, your residence or mailing address chang- es or you have recently moved to Morrow County. To check or update your voter registration access the Secretary of State website at http://sos.oregon.gov/ voting-elections/Pages/my- vote.aspx. Ballot drop boxes are available on Spring St. in Ione, at the Bartholomew building parking lot in Hep- pner and at the public works office parking lot in Lex- ington. First Friday Friends of Jesus will meet Friday, Mar. 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the All Saints Parish Hall in Heppner. All children, ages four to 12, are welcome and there is no cost to attend. The morning will be filled with Bible stories, games, music and crafts. A free lunch is served. For more informa- Rebekah Lodge to Ski club visits Cutsforth Park Morrow County planning commis- host card sion has Heppner party opening The Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting their monthly card party on Sat- urday, Mar. 3 at the Lodge hall in Lexington. Play will start at 7 p.m. and the cost to play is $5. Mustang sendoff A noise parade will be held Thursday, Mar. 1 at 8:15 a.m. on Main Street to send the Heppner Mustang girls’ basketball team off to the 2A state tournament. Everyone is welcome to attend. Morrow County is looking for a volunteer to represent Heppner on the planning commission. A re- cent resignation opened this position with a term ending December 31, 2019. Plan- ning commissioners typi- cally serve four-year terms and generally meet once a month, alternating between Heppner and Boardman. Duties of the planning com- mission include approving On Saturday, Feb. 24 eight Arbuckle Nordic Ski Club members took advantage of the fresh snow land use actions, maintain- conditions for a ski trip out of Cutsforth Park. The group skied up the Herron creek trail to a ing the county’s subdivision rest and warming fire stop and then on up the ridge and back to the park. -Contributed photo. and zoning ordinances and working with the Mor- row County board of com- Please Join Us For a Birthday missioners to manage the county’s land use compre- Celebration In Honor Of hensive plan. Anyone interested in Rita Rose Bowman Old Timers Night Thursday, March 1, 2018 Dinner at 6:30 Serving New York Steaks "Nana" Sat., March 10, 2018 At 4:00 PM at Heppner Elks Club being considered for this appointment and taking a more active part in land use planning in the county is encouraged to submit a let- ter of interest to the Morrow County Planning Depart- ment, P.O. Box 40, Irrigon, OR 97844, by close of business Friday, Mar. 9. Ap- plicants must reside in the greater Heppner area. For more information contact Carla McLane or Stepha- nie Loving at 541-922- 4624 or email cmclane@ co.morrow.or. For additional general information about the plan- ning commission, visit the county’s web site at: www. co.morrow.or.us Valby Lutheran Church Valby Road Ione Oregon. 97843 Church Services 1st & 3rd Sundays 10:00 am Available for: Weddings ♦ Funerals Family Events A light meal will be served. The presence or your company is the only gift required Old Country Church All are Welcome
