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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 27, 2018 -- TWO 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. Obituaries Carla Annette (Miles) Morter Carla A. Morter, 52, and welcoming nature. She of Heppner passed away was eternally thoughtful, at home Thursday, June 21 sending cards and gifts on after a battle with cancer. A occasions others forgot. She celebration of life service opened her home to family will be held on Monday, and friends, neighbors and July 2, at 11 a.m. at the work crews, with a spirit of Hermiston Christian Cen- warmth and laughter and, ter, 1825 W. Highland Ave., of course, plenty of home- Hermiston, OR. made food. She was born She is survived February 16, 1966, by her husband of 32 the third of five years, Roger Morter children to Dexter of Heppner; children and Corinne (Sig- Julie Myers and hus- gelkow) Miles of band Matt of Big San- Heppner. The fam- Carla Annette dy, MT, Brian Morter ily moved sever- Morter and wife Courtney of al times between Bonners Ferry, ID, Montana and Oregon, but Chelsie Guardado and hus- eventually returned to Hep- band Chris of Park City, pner, where Carla attend- UT, Kailey Morter, also of ed Heppner schools and Park City, Preston Morter of graduated from Heppner Lakeland, FL, and Carson High School in 1984. After Morter of Heppner; parents, graduation, she attended Dexter and Corinne Miles Blue Mountain Community of Heppner; grandchildren College in Pendleton. Landon Myers of Big San- On Sept. 7, 1985, she dy and Hadley, Hailey, married Roger Morter of Harlow, Henry and Heidi Ione. The couple settled Morter of Bonners Ferry; on a family farm on Sand siblings Darrell Miles of Hollow and raised six chil- Finley, WA, Craig Miles dren along with wheat and of Heppner and Andrea Di cattle. Eventually they add- Salvo of Lexington; and ed a farm on the Kootenai many aunts, uncles, nieces, River in Bonners Ferry, ID, nephews and friends. dividing their time between She was preceded in the two communities. death by her grandparents Carla lived a life of and by a sister, Michele faith and was active in her Riehl. church, Hermiston Chris- The online condolence tian Center, as well as in her book is available at burns- children’s Christian school. mortuaryhermiston.com. She is remembered as an Service arrangements are avid quilter and crafter, in care of Burns Mortuary gardener and a good cook, of Hermiston. but mostly for her generous Park district Golf fun night held donates to Ione schools A View from the Green A two-person fun night game called BBB or Bingo, Bongo, Bango was attended by 10 golfers on Friday, June 15 at the Willow Creek Country Club in Heppner. The first person to put the ball on the green re- ceived the Bingo, the next person to get the ball closest to the pin got Bongo and the first person to put the ball in the hole got the Bango. Each player kept track of their BBB points and at the end of the nine-hole play, the person with the most Bs won a prize. Jerry Amsen and Dale Boyd tied for the top prize. The next scheduled event, Family Glow Ball, will be held Saturday, July 14 and will begin one hour before dark. WCCC ladies host 9-hole invitational The Willow Creek Country Club ladies held a 9-hole invitational on June 19. Fifty-one women, representing six clubs, from Touchet Valley, La Grande and the Tri-Cities were guests. The champions over- all were Virginia Grant (WCCC) and Karen Thompson (WCCC) ty- ing for low gross of the field and Loa Heideman (WCCC) and Debbie Cas- siday (MSCC) tying for low net of the field. Awards were given to each club, with WCCC local winners Karen Haguewood and Pat Dougherty tying for low gross and Sue Edson with low net. Local special play awards went to Karen Thompson for long drive, Virginia Grant for KP sec- ond shot, Della Heideman for KP first shot and Loa Heideman for long putt. Virginia Grant had a birdie on hole three. Breakfast and lunch were served to guests and members as well as raffles, door prizes and gifts being awarded. According to a source, a fun time was had by all. Local students receive degrees at OIT commencement Stacee Halvorsen of Ione and Kayla Nelson of Board- man both graduated with a bachelor of science degree in radiologic science at the commencement ceremony held Saturday, June 16 at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, OR. According to the press release, the class of 2018 has a current competitive edge of 97 percent of Oregon Tech graduates being employed or in graduate programs within six months of graduation. Visit www.oit.edu to learn more about Oregon Institute of Technology. Betty Gray presents a check for $5,000 from the Willow Creek Park District to Ione school principal, Rollie Marshall. -Con- tributed photo. Emma Clemens health has improved Emma Gray Clemens, granddaughter of Mike and Marlene Gray, was diagnosed with cystic fi- brosis in 2006. Cystic fi- brosis is a genetic disease where patients produce too much thick, sticky mucus that damages many organs, particularly the lungs and digestive tract. In 2008 the Odd Fel- lows and Rebekah’s col- lected over $800 during Grand Lodge and Assembly to help get an airway clear- ance vest for her, which she uses for 20 minutes twice daily. Clemens was one of the first to receive the medi- cation, Orkambi, from the Spokane Cystic Fibrosis clinic. Since beginning the medication she is doing better and is now at a low or no risk level. According to her grandmother, Emma has now turned 15 and is very active, behaving as a nor- mal teenager. Chamber lunch meeting The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday, July 5 at noon, in the Heppner City Hall con- ference room. This meet- ing will be for all entities reports. Lunch will be provid- ed by Breaking Grounds Coffee for $10. RSVP is required no later than Mon- day, July 2. 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. According to the press release from the Morrow County Planning Depart- ment, recreational vehicle use will increase with the warm weather and summer activities. They indicated the use of an RV is for camping and for use in RV parks. Morrow County en- courages the use of RVs for these purposes, but stated there are restrictions on recreational vehicle use. The use of a recreation- al vehicle as a permanent dwelling outside of an RV park is not allowed within Morrow County. Recre- ational vehicles are not Due to the Independence Day holiday on July 4, designed for residential the Gazette-Times will be published on Tuesday, July 3 purposes according to stan- instead of Wednesday. dards and specifications of With early publication, the deadline for all news and the Uniform Building Code advertisements will be Friday, June 29 at 5 p.m. which has been established The office will be closed on July 4. to protect public health, safety and welfare. There are options for a temporary use if needed but there are guidelines that must be followed. According to the Mor- row County Zoning Ordi- nance Article 7 Variances Section 7.300 a person can use a recreational vehicle in the case of a medical hardship. This would be for a relative or other care- giver to care for or provide custody for an elderly, men- tally handicapped or infirm person whom a medical professional certifies needs this kind of care or custody. Temporary use of a rec- reational vehicle is another option. Temporary Use Permits may be approved to allow the limited use of structures or activities which are short term or seasonal in nature and do not conflict with the zon- ing designation in which they are located. Under the Morrow County Zoning Or- dinance Article 7 Variances Section 7.400, recreational vehicles shall not be used for housing or residential purposes except: 1. When the recreation- al vehicle is located on Motorcycle crash claims the life of Boardman man Gordon Wayne Smith, age 68, of Boardman suf- fered fatal injuries after he failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 74 at milepost 22 and veered off the road on Sunday, June 24. According to the Or- egon State Police press release, state troopers and emergency personnel re- sponded to the single ve- hicle crash after receiving the call at about 2:18 p.m. on Sunday. The preliminary investigation revealed that Mr. Smith was riding a pur- ple 2005 Harley Davidson FXD motorcycle when the accident happened and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Highway 74 was closed for approximately three hours following the crash. OSP was assisted by the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office, Ione Ambulance, Heppner Ambulance and ODOT. G-T to be published early next week Valby Lutheran Church Valby Road Ione Oregon. 97843 Church Services 1st & 3rd Sundays Available for: Weddings ♦ Funerals Family Events Old Country Church All are Welcome ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Morrow County clarifies RV usage -See RV USE/PAGE FOUR IONE RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BURNING BAN EFFECTIVE JUNE 29, 2018 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
