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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 24, 2019 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Blue Mountain Old Chamber lunch Time Fiddlers to meeting perform in Irrigon The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday, May 2 at noon at the Heppner City Hall conference room. It will be all entities reports. Lunch will be provided by Heppner Market Fresh Foods for $10 per person and RSVP’s are required. 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. The Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers will perform at the Stokes Landing se- nior center in Irrigon at 6 p.m. on April 27. Admis- sion will be $5 for adults and children are free if accompanied by an adult. Dinner, prepared by chef Donna, will be available for purchase beginning at 5 p.m. All ages are welcome. Fiddling is a style of 4-H club holds meeting Club members learn to build edible race cars from snack items. -Contributed photo. The Grow ‘em and Show ‘em 4-H club held their monthly meeting on April 14 at the USDA ser- vice center in Heppner. After completion of club business, members par- ticipated in some learning activities. Kacee Lathrop and is May 10. USDA’s Natural Re- sources Conservation Ser- vice (NRCS) plans to invest up to $700 million for new Breakfast, focus of cooking class The vegetarian cook- ing class this month will focus on savory breakfasts to change up the same old breakfast slump with some health ideas. The class will be held Tuesday, April 30 at 7 p.m. at the Heppner SDA church. The free class is avail- able for anyone interested in a vegetarian and whole food plant-based style of cooking and is hosted by the Heppner Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 560 Mi- nor St, Heppner. For additional informa- tion contact Cynthia Wen- berg at 541-561-9132 or via email to heppnersda@ gmail.com. ELECT DEBBIE RADIE PORT OF MORROW COMMISSIONER Experienced Business Manager in the Port of Morrow since 1992 VP Operations Boardman Foods. Chair of the Board for the Food Northwest, State of Oregon Workforce and Talent Board. Community Service Volunteering throughout the county over the years. Transit Committee, BCDA, LOOP Driver, School Board, 4th of July Horse- shoes, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, BMCC bond & oversight, Site Council, Fruit Boxes, After School Program, Booster Club, Little League, Eastern Oregon Workforce and Talent Board. Representation Having lived in Ione, Boardman and now Irrigon I understand how the POM affects the entire county. I will do my very best to support the POM mission and values that have propelled it to the successes of today. Class to sell plants, flowers By Avery Gibbs The Ione Crop Sci- ence class will hold a plant sale May 9-12 at the Ione greenhouse. There will be a wide range of flowers and plants to choose from, including rainbow coleus, geraniums, blue and white bacopas, pansies, petunias and many more. Specially designed hanging baskets and container gardens will be available as well. The sale will be held Thursday, May 9 from 3:30 to 6 p.m.; Friday and Satur- day from 7 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 12. Sykes cousins baptized Jennifer Wilson led the group in an activity where members learned how to interpret feed tags, the nu- trition labels on livestock feed bags. Another activity had members rotating through three stations where they learned to identify common breeds of sheep, pigs and cattle. Avree Lathrop then showed the group how to create edible race cars from snack items. Members spent time working on their record books before adjourning the meeting. The next meeting will be held May 19 at 3:30 Families joined together to celebrate the baptism of cousins, Waylon Sykes and Oscar Gon- p.m. at the USDA service zales, on Easter Sunday at All Saints Episcopal Church in Heppner. Pastor Katy Anderson of the Hopeful Saints Ministry officiated. center. CSP application deadline nears The next deadline for Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) applica- tions to be considered for funding in fiscal year 2019 music rather than an in- strument itself. Fiddlers do not use music while they perform but play by ear. Fiddlers often take liberty with a tune, adding extra notes for their own style and interpretation of a tune. This technique adds to the excitement because you never know what the fid- dlers are up to next. 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. enrollments and contract extensions in fiscal year 2019. The 2018 Farm Bill made several changes to this critical conservation program, which helps agri- cultural producers take the conservation activities on their farm or ranch to the next level. While applications are accepted throughout the year, interested producers should submit applications to their local NRCS office by May 10 to ensure their applications are considered for 2019 funding. The 2018 Farm Bill authorizes NRCS to ac- cept new CSP enrollments from now until 2023, and it makes some important im- provements to the program. These updates include: -NRCS now enrolls eli- gible, high ranking applica- tions based on dollars rather than acres. For fiscal 2019, NRCS can spend up to $700 million in the program, which covers part of the cost for producers imple- menting new conservation activities and maintaining their existing activities. -Higher payment rates are now available for cer- tain conservation activities, including cover crops and resource conserving crop rotations. -CSP now provides specific support for organ- ic and for transitioning to organic production activi- ties and a special grassland conservation initiative for certain producers who have maintained cropland base acres. ALL 4-H & FFA MARKET ANIMAL FEED & SUPPLIES 10% OFF NOW THRU FAIR Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed 242 W Linden Way, Heppner 676-9422 Pictured (L-R) are: Grandparents Mark and Paula Parm, Pendleton, Andrew Sykes, Pend- leton, grandfather David Sykes (not pictured April Sykes), Heppner, Chris Sykes, Rachel (Parm) Sykes and Waylon Sykes, Pendleton, Pastor Katy Anderson, Oscar Gonzales, Camille Sykes and Eddie Gonzales, Milwaukie, OR, and grandparents Frank and Naomi Gonzales, Wilsonville, OR. HealthyMC.org Objectives Main of Healthier Morrow County Through Healthier Morrow County, our hope and vision are that this community-wide initiative will benefit every person and family in our county today, tomorrow and for many years to come. In everything we do, the decisions we make and the direction we take, you will find them grounded in the following goals. Strive to be your First Choice for quality, compassionate, local care and lead the way in promoting wellness and improving health in Morrow County. Advance the quality of care provided in each patient care area while enhancing your patient and customer service experience. Maximize the value of our relationships with community and regional partners through initiatives that promote health and bring valuable health services to Morrow County residents. Ensure that our facilities, technology and infrastructure, as well as our workforce of 124 employees and 67 volunteers will continue to meet the needs of our communities today, and for generations to come. Working Together to be a Healthier Community Today and Where healthier is happening... Boardman | Heppner | Ione | Irrigon | Lexington 541-676-9133
