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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Open gate causes misunderstanding for campers Heppner FFA to Thompson and Jack hold banquet to wed Engagements The Heppner FFA chapter will be holding its 12 th annual FFA banquet on Thursday, May 10 at 6 p.m. at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. The public is welcome to attend. BMX bike raffle winners announced Keenan Jack and Emily Thompson – Contributed photo. The gate at Cutsforth Park in Morrow County has a sign showing the park is closed when the gate is closed. -Contrib- uted photo. A gate that should be closed and locked at Cutsforth Park in Morrow County was left open, caus- ing uninformed campers to assume it was open for camping. The park is not scheduled to open until May 10 and the gate has a sign that says the park is closed when the gate is across the entrance. Bob Frazier had been passing through the area and found the park gate open, so found a space and set up camp. Frazier stated he had been a teacher in Heppner for 20 years so is somewhat familiar with the area and is planning to move back to Oregon soon. According to Frazier, while he was camped in the park, an unidentified person informed him that the park was closed. Assuming that was incorrect since the gate was open, he ignored the warning. He told the Gazette that the sheriff’s department showed up at 2 a.m. and told him he had to pack up and leave. Frazier stated “It’s not much of a way to treat visitors.” Greg Close, Morrow County Parks Operations Manager, stated he had not been informed of the incident, but if he had he would have just asked the campers to leave the fol- lowing morning. According to Close, there are residents living above the park and coming through that gate is their only access. The gate should be opened tempo- rarily for those residents to travel through the park, but is required to be closed and locked immediately afterwards. The locked gate is meant to keep people out of the park when it is not open as well as to protect the property of the cabin owners above the park. Close told the Gazette that he would be happy to talk to Frazier and regrets that the incident happened. He said, “To make sure the gate is always closed and locked, I would have to go out there several times each day to check it. That is just not possible.” According to the Mor- row County sheriff’s report, a call came in around 9 p.m., but they were unable to locate the campers at that time. A second call came in at 1 a.m., which is when a deputy contacted the camp- ers and asked them to leave. Poppies to honor military The month of May has many days to honor men and women of the armed forces in America. Spouse Appreciation day is May 11, Armed Forces day is May 19 and Memorial day is May 28. As a way to honor the military, the American Le- gion Auxiliary will be dis- tributing poppies in Hep- pner and Ione on May 14, 15 and 16. Proceeds from donations for the poppies will be used for veteran’s programs. Poppies will be available at the Ione and Heppner post offices on May 14 and at the Ione Market on May 15 and 16. After World War I, the poppy flourished in Europe when the soils in France and Belgium became enriched with lime from the rubble resulting from the war. The red poppies were also seen around the gravesites of fallen service members. The idea of wearing a poppy in memory of the war dead came about when Moina Michael was inspired by the poem In Flander’s Field written by Lt. Col. McCrae. The community is in- vited to gather with the American Legion Post 95 at the Ione School flag pole at 10:30 a.m. on Memorial Day, May 28, for a cer- emony to honor veterans. A program featuring John Turner, mayor of Pendle- ton, as guest speaker and refreshments will follow at the American Legion hall in Ione. Brian and Susie Thompson along with Her- man and Bobbi Winter are pleased to announce the engagement of their chil- dren, Emily Thompson and Keenan Jack. After graduating from Heppner High in 2010, Emily went on to graduate from Oregon State Univer- sity and Keenan from the University of Oregon. They are both currently living in Portland, where Emily attends medical school at OHSU and Keenan works as a certified public accoun- tant. According to Emily, they have shown that Ducks and Beavers can get along, stubbornness is more of a virtue than a detriment and that true love still exists. Bike raffle winners (L-R): Julianne Spicerkuhn, Kylan Haney, After nine years of dat- Faith Ann Futter, Jayden Macias and brother Ian Macias. ing, Thompson and Jack will be tying the knot back where their relationship be- gan, in Heppner, celebrat- ing their union with family and friends in June. Community lunch menu Christian Life/Firelight volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, May 16 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will be baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, mixed vegetables, green salad, hot rolls and apple crisp for dessert. Performers jumped their bikes over Deputy Phil Morris of Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office at the BMX performance $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Saturday in Lexington. Mustang golf teams compete in district Both the girl’s and boy’s golf teams from Hep- pner High School have stampeded to the lead after the first day of the Special District 3, District Tourna- ment held at Pendleton Country Club. The girl’s team has a commanding 51 stroke lead over second place La Grande. The Mustangs shot a team total 371 to take the lead over La Grande who shot a 422. Other team scores from day one were Baker with 442, Vale with 511 and Nyssa with 563. Sophie Grant and Sa- sha Keown led the team as they both shot an 86 on the day. That has them tied for second place overall so far. Nicole Propheter carded a 95 and sits in fourth place after the first day. Claire Grieb followed with a 104 and is in tenth place and Madison Combe scored a 105 and is eleventh overall. The Heppner boys’ team shot a 359 to lead a large field of teams. Grant Union is in second place with a 371 and Burns fol- lows them with a 381. The rest of the team scores after day one were Enterprise with 389, Imbler 392, Echo 408, Nixyaawii 420, Nyssa 490 and Vale with a 534. Logan Burright shot an 80 to lead the team and that puts him in a tie for second place so far. Reno Ferguson is in fifth place with an 85 and Kellen Grant shot a 92 to finish the day in eighth place. Other scores for the Mustang team were Cason Mitchell with a 102 and Gavin Hanna Robinson who shot a 103. Both teams are in great shape to repeat as the Dis- trict Champions. 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