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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 27, 2019 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. Death Notices Dicky Lynn Wilson – Dicky Lynn Wilson, 73, of Happy Valley, OR died at Heppner on Sunday, March 17. He was born July 15, 1945 at Portland, OR. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of local arrangements. Velma M. Wight – Velma M. Wight, 101, died Nov. 21, 2018 at Heppner. She was born July 30, 1917 at St. Helens, OR. A memorial service will be held Friday, April 5 at 2 p.m. at St. Patrick Senior Center in Heppner. An obituary will follow in next week’s Gazette-Times. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of arrangements. Morrow SWCD schedules meeting Morrow SWCD will meet Tuesday, April 2 at the Ag Service Center in Heppner, at 6 p.m. Agenda items include comments from the public, minutes of the February meeting, financial report, partner reports and staff reports. Meetings of Morrow SWCD are open to the public. For questions or more information, contact Kevin Payne at 541-676- 5452 ext. 111. Local scholarships available The South Morrow County Scholarship Com- mittee will accept schol- arship applications until 4 p.m. on Apr. 4. In Heppner, applications may be turned into Ginger Bowman at Heppner High School and in Ione, Stephanie McEl- ligott. The South Morrow County scholarship com- mittee will award scholar- ships to a college-bound Heppner High School or Ione High School senior based on academic achieve- ment, community involve- ment and financial need. Students must be continu- ing their education at a community college, trade school or four-year college or university. Applications will be accepted and award- ed by the South Morrow County Scholarship Inc. board of directors using their “common local schol- arship application” and must include a transcript and principal/counselor evaluation form. The South Morrow County Scholarship Trust Committee, on behalf of the LaRue family, will accept scholarship applications from Ione seniors until 4 p.m. on Apr. 4. Completed applications may be turned into Stephanie McElligott. The Coach Del LaRue scholarship was developed in memory of Del LaRue, a long-time teacher and coach at Ione High School. LaRue had a passion for coaching basketball and track and loved seeing stu- dents set and achieve their goals. After retiring from teaching, he continued to coach track for 12 addition- al years. During this time he helped many student athletes achieve their goals and was honored as national Track Coach of the Year. This fund awards one $1,000 scholarship to a college-bound Ione High School senior based on demonstrated academic achievement and commu- nity involvement, with pref- erence given to students who have participated in the Ione High School track program. Students must be con- tinuing their education at a community college, trade school or four-year college or university. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 accumulated GPA, have attended Ione High School all four years of high school and shown involvement in community activities. Ap- plications will be accepted and awarded by the South Morrow County Scholar- ship Inc. board of directors using their “common local scholarship application” and must include a tran- script. Area wide power outage scheduled Columbia Basin Elec- tric Cooperative, Inc. has announced a planned, area wide power outage begin- ning on Friday, April 5 at 10 p.m. with re-energization scheduled for 7 a.m. Sat- urday, April 6. The Bonne- ville Power Administration announces the outage at the Boardman Substation will impact all CBEC members except those served out of the Condon and Fossil substations. The outage is neces- sary for BPA personnel to replace equipment in the Boardman Substation which supplies power to the bulk of CBEC’s service territory. Columbia Basin Electric apologizes to those affected for any inconve- nience this outage may cause, but every measure was taken to schedule the outage at the least disrup- tive time possible. All CBEC members served out of Heppner, Ione, Sandhollow, Ruggs, Alkali and Olex will be impacted by this outage. Members who are un- sure if they will be affected by the outage should call Columbia Basin Electric at 541-676-9146. The community is in- vited to the Singspiration to be held Sunday, March 31 at the Community Church in Lexington. The service begins at 6 p.m. and is followed by a time of fel- lowship with refreshments being served. An offering will be taken which will go to the Morrow County Ministe- rial Association (MCMA) Benevolence Fund. The funds are used to help with emergency needs that arise for people in the commu- nity. For those who would like to contribute and are unable to attend, donations may be sent to: MCMA, c/o PO Box 644, Heppner, OR 97836. Singspiration scheduled Community lunch menu Christian Life/Firelight volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, April 3 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will be Philly cheese steak sandwiches, jo-jos, coleslaw, cucumbers and onions and raspberry parfait for dessert. Milk, coffee and tea is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Keegan Gibbs elected state FFA treasurer Heppner FFA member Keegan Gibbs was elected Oregon state FFA treasurer at the state FFA convention held at the Deschutes Fair and Expo Center in Redmond March 22-25. Keegan, the son of Jay Keegan Gibbs and Sue Gibbs of Heppner, also received his state FFA de- gree, along with Jacee Currin, Jaiden Mahoney and Matthew Orem, all members of the Hep- pner FFA Chapter. According to Heppner High School Ag teacher Beth Dickenson, “The state degree is the highest degree that a state can bestow on a mem- ber. . .and the requirements are vigorous. Among the re- quirements are: 900 hours outside of class in your SAE (Supervised AG Experience Karma Ezell Medical Assistant & Emergency Medical Technician “It’s not just what I do, it’s who I choose to be.” Compassionate Dependable Focused Hopeful A Healthier Morrow County is Within Me. After eight years on the job with MCHD, what I love the most is helping people that I know and knowing that everyone I work with is as committed to caring as much as I am. Read About How We are Working Together to be a Healthier Community Today and HealthyMC.org Where healthier is happening... Boardman | Heppner | Ione | Irrigon | Lexington 541-676-9133 Matthew Orem Jaiden Mahoney Project), earned or invested $1,500, 30 FFA activities (10 at district, state or national level) amongst others.” Jacee Currin is the daugh- ter of Steve and Lisanne Cur- rin, Heppner; Jaiden Mahoney is the daughter of Mike and Nicole Mahoney, Heppner; and Matthew Orem is the son of Eric and Brandi Ball Orem, Ione. 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