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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Tuesday, July 3, 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. A View from the Green Over the tee cup The Willow Creek Country Club ladies play- day on June 26 hosted 24 ladies. Low gross of the field went to Virginia Grant, low net to Pat Karen Hague- wood and least putts of the field was Pat Edmundson. Low gross for flight A went to Loa Heideman and low net to Corol Mitch- ell. Least putts was Sarah Rucker. Flight B low gross was Betty Burns. Low net was a tie between Shirley Martin and Pat Dougherty and least putts went to Judy Harris. Sharon Harrison took low gross on flight C and low net was Sue Edson. Mary Riggs and Bev Stea- gall tied for least putts. Virginia Grant got the long drive and Karen Haguewood won KP sec- ond shot. Loa Heideman got a birdie on hole #4 and Kathy Martin managed a 14’ 6” long putt. Men’s golf results announced Eighteen golfers played on Sunday, July 1 at Willow Creek Country Club. Low net was Mike Doherty with a score of 57 and a second place tie went to Rod Wilson and Dave Creswick with a 58. Low gross went to Ron Bowman with a 67, second to Dave Pranger with a 68 and a third place tie was between Josh Coiner and David Alstott who shot a Catholic men to hold meeting The men of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Heppner U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley will be holding a town hall and St. William’s Catholic Church of Ione will hold their meeting at the Port of Morrow Riverfront room at 4 p.m. First Friday of the month meeting on Friday, July 6 at the on July 8. The Port of Morrow is located at 2 Marine Dr. parish office in Heppner. The meeting will start at 6:45 NE in Boardman. a.m. and will be followed by First Friday Mass at 7:30 a.m. MoCo completes hazmat response plan Morrow County is one of three Oregon counties that has completed local hazardous materials by rail emergency response plans, according to John Bowles, Morrow County Under- sheriff. Bowles indicates the plans identify rail lines locally that transport haz- ardous materials, outline emergency notification and response procedures and are created in conjunction with local emergency plan- ning committees (LEPC) and county emergency managers. The Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM) recently worked with Mor- row, Polk and Umatilla counties to complete the plans. Input is gathered from stakeholder groups including first responders, emergency planners, tribal representatives, railroad operators, healthcare ad- ministrators and many more to ensure a “whole commu- nity” approach to planning and response. For Morrow and Uma- tilla County emergency managers, this has been a work in progress for over a year. The emergency managers wrote, submitted New hairdresser joins Hair Expressions Torri Lovgren has joined the staff of Hair Ex- pressions in Heppner as a new hairdresser. Lovgren is a 2010 graduate of Heppner High School and is glad to be back in her home town to meet friends and customers. After graduation Lovgren went on to gradu- ate from Aveda Institute of Cosmology. “I am happy to be back in Heppner and look forward to meeting everyone,” she said. Hair Expressions, 305 Linden Way offers cuts, coloring, Community lunch menu St. Patrick’s Parish volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, July 11 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will be goulash, zucchini and yellow squash, spiced or- anges and cinnamon pudding for dessert. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. and were awarded a grant through the State Fire Mar- shal to fund the costs of the project. According to the news release, the overall goal of these local plans is to de- velop the framework for a safe, effective and efficient response to a hazmat by rail emergency that might occur within their jurisdiction. Plans include information such as the frequency of hazardous commodities transported, emergency no- tification and response pro- cedures, evacuation routes, probable areas and popu- lation impacted along the rail lines, and historically, culturally and environmen- tally sensitive areas. With roughly 40 per- cent of all hazardous ma- terials transported in the United States shipped by rail, Oregon State Fire Mar- shal Jim Walker applauds communities for taking preventative action locally. “By planning notification and response procedures upfront, communities like these get ahead of the curve by preparing for an incident of this magnitude and favor- ably influence the outcome for both responders and the citizens they protect.” Puppet show held Torri Lovgren waving, nails and much more. Call 541-676-5271 for an appointment. 71. Rod Wilson got KP second shot on hole number six with three feet. The next regular men’s play will be held Sunday, July 8 and will be hosted by David Allstott and David Gunderson. Play will be a shootout, which is a two- man event. The teams will play three nine-hole rounds of various formats. Senator to hold town hall Oregon Trail Library District hosted Penny’s puppets as part of the 2018 summer reading program “libraries rock.” Clinic celebrates anniversary This month marks the 30 th anniversary of the re- opening of the medical clin- ic in Heppner, now known as Pioneer Memorial Clinic. A celebration to commemo- rate the event will be held at the clinic later this month, announced a health district spokesperson On July 6, 1988, the medical clinic in Heppner was reopened after being closed for approximately a year and a half while a search was carried out to locate new physicians. The Heppner community gave a collective sigh of relief when Drs. Ed and Jeanne Berretta opened their prac- tice on that day in July, and finally the town had full time physicians again. Long-time clinic nurse, Tr- ish Maben, RN, recalls that before the Berrettas arrived, much work had to be done to prepare the clinic, stating it was a, “start from scratch project to furnish it, as there wasn’t anything left in it.” Many residents of south Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler counties have received care at the clinic over the years and it has seen many changes in staff, structure and equipment. The clinic is now part of Morrow County Health District and is staffed with two full time physicians, Russ Nichols, M.D. and Dan Hambleton, M.D., along with Physician As- sistant Amanda Fabian and Family Nurse Practitioner Betty Hamill, two manag- ers, medical assistants and support staff. An anniversary cele- bration will be held at the clinic, 130 Thompson Ave., Heppner, on Wednesday, July 25 from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. June weather near normal According to prelim- inary data received by NOAA’s National Weather Service in Pendleton, tem- peratures at Heppner aver- aged near normal during the month of June. The average tempera- ture was 63 degrees which was 0.2 degrees above nor- mal. High temperatures av- eraged 76.6 degrees, which was normal. The highest was 92 degrees on the 25 th . Low temperatures averaged 49.3 degrees, which was 0.4 degrees above normal. The lowest was 39 degrees, on the 10 th . On one day, the tem- perature exceeded 90 de- grees. Precipitation totaled 0.60 inches during June, which was 0.78 inches be- low normal. Measurable precipitation of at least .01 inch- was received on 5 days with the heaviest, 0.18 Willow Creek Water Park Regular hours: 1 pm to 8 pm Monday through Saturday Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm. Daily admission: $4 for adults, $3 students, $2 children Family Pass: $140 Single pass:$75 Swim lessons Levels 1 through 6 START JULY 9 AND JULY 30 and run for two weeks. inches reported on the 11th. Precipitation this year has reached 6.51 inches, which is 2.15 inches below normal. Since October, the water year precipitation at Heppner has been 10.27 inches, which is 2.45 inches below normal. The highest wind gust was 33 mph which occurred on the 22 nd . During the month of June, there were no light- ning flashes detected in the vicinity of Heppner, accord- ing to Earth Networks. The outlook for July from NOAA’s Climate Pre- diction Center calls for near normal temperatures and near normal precipitation. Normal highs for Heppner during July are 85.7 degrees and normal lows are 53.9 degrees. The 30 year nor- mal precipitation is 0.33 inches. 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