FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Kit & Shirley George earn 2019’s first yard of month
Kit and Shirley George awarded Yard of Month
By Kay Proctor
to be kept shut because
The first Yard of of all the dust and dirt.
Their house was built
the Month for 2019 was
awarded to Kit and Shir- in 1966 by Bob Kelly and
ley George at 687 Hager the Georges bought it from
Street, Heppner, for May. the original owners, the
The Georges moved Anderson family, who have
to their two-story home returned off and on to revis-
in 1981 while the Wil- it their old place. Backed
low Creek Dam was un- up to a rocky hillside, the
der construction. Watch- home is the last house on
ing the project close-up Hager Street and overlooks
was interesting, but win- Hager Park. Both Kit and
dows on the house needed Shirley enjoy hearing the
The Georges’ home on Hager Street
baseball games and prac- catches a breeze. Tower-
tices at the nearby ball field. ing pines provide ample
Prior to the dam, Hager shade. Open space beneath
Street was part of the main a juniper is used by the
route following Willow visiting quail for dust baths.
Creek to the mountains
Other wildlife includes
and carried a lot of traffic, blue heron that perch in the
hunters, campers, woodcut- pines. One heron would sit
ters, and log trucks. The above the hounds’ kennels
Georges still see drivers and seemed to enjoy stirring
headed to the Blue Moun- up the dogs. Western Ore-
tains stop their vehicles and gon scrub jays were regular
look up to the dam, con- visitors for a while. Last
fused by their GPS direct- year raccoons ate every sin-
ing them via the old route. gle grape on the arbor and
On the back hillside owls have left their signs.
are the remains of a fairly Shortly after painting their
intact flume built over 100 house, a woodpecker sur-
years ago. Terracing has prised them by putting the
been done to carve out a new paint to a test with
peaceful back yard and his knocking. Deer vis-
covered patio that often it often so the Georges
try planting things that
Wheels with Meals program still underway
“Wheels with Meals,”
sponsored by the Morrow
County School District
(MCSD) is offered in Hep-
pner, Lexington, Board-
man and Irrigon through
the summer.. The Summer
Food Service Program for
the MCSD is expanding
with two new mobile bus-
es named “Wheels with
Meals”, with the slogan
Feed a Smile, that will be
going to eight Summer
Food Service Program sites
this summer. Three buses
were donated by Mid-Co-
lumbia bus company and
retrofitted for food service.
Two of the buses will be
put into service this school
year. This project has been
a community effort along
with grants and support.
For the name of the
bus and slogan, there was
district wide contest for stu-
dents to submit their ideas
and graphics. Three class-
es had winners including
Cynthia Hodgdon’s class at
Irrigon Elementary with the
theme name “Wheels with
Meals,” Jon Schade’s class
at Riverside Jr/Sr High with
student Levi Whitmer’s
slogan “Feed a Smile,”
and Hilaree Vanderpas’s
class, also at Riverside
Jr/Sr High with students
Luis Cardenas and April
Mendieta’s fruit, vegetables
and entrée graphics. The
winners received a healthy
pizza party in the classroom
as a reward, sponsored by
Sodexo.
The Summer Food
Service Program provides
free meals to any child
ages 1-18. One bus will
be going to five new sites
in Boardman and Irrigon
and another bus will serve
meals at three new sites in
Heppner and Lexington.
Lunch meals will begin
on June 17 and plan to run
through August 16. Sum-
mer school sites will also be
running at different times
throughout the summer in
addition to the “Wheels
with Meals.” Times and
locations are subject to
change but are updated on
this website: https://www.
summerfoodoregon.org/
map/ or text “food” to 877-
877 or call 2-1-1 and ask
about summer meals.
Breakfast will be
served at:
-Sam Boardman Ele-
mentary: 301 Wilson Rd
Mon-Fri, July 31-Aug 14,
7:45-8:15 a.m.
-Riverside Jr/Sr High:
210 Boardman Ave Mon-
Fri, July 31-Aug 13, 7:00-
7:30 a.m.
-AC Houghton Ele-
mentary: 1105 N Main St
Mon-Fri, July 31 – Aug 13,
7:30-8:00 a.m.
-Heppner Elementary:
235 E Stansbury Mon-Fri,
July 29-Aug 13, 7:30-7:45
a.m.
Lunch will be served in
Boardman at:
-Morrow Estates: 201
Marshall Loop NE Mon-
Fri, June 17-Aug 16, 10:30-
10:50 a.m.
-Oregon Trail Library:
200 Main St Mon-Fri, June
17-Aug 16, 11:00-11:15
a.m.
-Boardman Parks &
Rec: 1 N. Marine Dr Mon-
Thur, June 17-July18,
11:00-11:30 a.m.
-Teen Summer at Parks
& Rec: 1 N. Marine Dr
Mon-Thur, June 18-July18,
1:15-1:30 p.m.
-Wilson Road Mobile
Home Park: 600 Wilson Rd
Mon-Fri, June 17-Aug 16,
11:30-12:00 p.m.
-Sam Boardman Ele-
mentary: 301 Wilson Rd
Mon-Fri, July 31-Aug 14,
11:30-12:15 p.m.
-Riverside Jr/Sr High:
210 Boardman Ave Mon-
Fri, July 31-Aug 13, 12:00-
12:30 p.m.
Lunch will be served in
Irrigon at:
-Irrigon Library: 490
NE Main Ave Mon-Fri,
June 17-Aug 16, 12:30-
12:45 p.m.
-Morrow Education
Center: 240 Columbia
Mon-Fri, June 17-Aug 16,
1:00-1:15 p.m.
-AC Houghton Ele-
Closed July 4th
Have a safe holiday!
Heppner First Friday
July 5 - Open Late 6-8
Join us for a relaxing evening
with wine on the sidewalk.
Cash Only
217 North Main St., Heppner
Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
www.murraysdrug.com
mentary: 1105 N Main St
Mon-Fri, July 31 – Aug 13,
12:00-12:30 p.m.
Lunch will be served in
Heppner/Lexington at:
-Heppner City Park:
442 N Main St Mon-Fri,
June 17-Aug 16, 11:00-
11:15 a.m.
-Friendship Park by
Rebekah Lodge: 145 E
Main, Lexington Mon-Fri,
June 17-Aug 16, 11:45-
Thursday, June 27 from
5-7 p.m., Questions about
Willow Creek Dam pre-
sentation and Q&A at the
Bartholomew Building, 110
N. Court Street. US Army
Corp of Engineers will be
joined by the Oregon Health
Authority, Morrow County
Health Department and
other partners. Topics may
include history of Willow
Creek Dam, inspections and
dam safety, operations and
maintenance, water quali-
ty, water management and
flood control, recreation,
etc.
Thursday, June 27 from
6 to 7:30 p.m., “NERF” War
(Teens against the Sheriff’s
Department). All teens are
invited but must sign up
with the Heppner library
staff prior to the event.
Snacks will be provided
after the fun
Friday, June 28 at 11
a.m., Summer Reading
Program at Oregon Trail
Library, Heppner Branch,
solar powered rover. Make a
moon rover that is powered
by the sun.
Sunday, June 30, doors
open at 5:30 p.m., concert
starts at 6 p.m., Concert at
the SAGE Center, featuring
entertainment by Tylor and
the Train Robbers with
opening act Wade Aylett.
12:10
p.m.
-Willow Creek Water
Park: 433 W Riverside
Mon-Fri, June 17-Aug 16,
12:30-12:45 p.m.
-Heppner Elementary:
235 E Stansbury Mon-Fri,
July 29-Aug 13, 12:00-
12:15 p.m.
For more information
contact Kim Putman, Food
Service Director, at 541-
481-2526, ext. 2726.
Step in back patio came from old sidewalk on Main
St Business in Heppner
the deer will leave alone. together on Main Street;
A concrete step to the about 14 years as owners
back patio was carved from of the Sears store, then 11
the sidewalk in front of the years owners of Lott’s Elec-
Mason’s Building on Main tric. In their early years
Street when the sidewalks together, Shirley took care
were being reconstructed of children in her home,
some 20 odd years ago. back when it was called
“Oscar Borg” is stamped “babysitting”. They raised
into the concrete. His jew- their two children here
elers/optometrist business who were active in the
was located at that site and local swim team. Lots
he was Kit’s great-uncle. of miles were driven to
Many of the plants in their swim meet competitions.
tidy yard have been given Their son, Cam, lives in
as starts or seeds by friends Hermiston and daughter,
and family, including a very Kimberly, in Chicago and
old, but healthy gooseber- the family includes sev-
ry shrub from Shirley’s en granddaughters, two
family, the VanWinkles. g r e a t - g r a n d d a u g h t e r s ,
Kit does the mowing and and one great-grandson.
maintenance of the over-
Yard of the Month is
sized lot while Shirley takes co-sponsored by Heppner
care of the large variety of Volunteers, MCGG/Green
plants. River rock covers Feed Store, and the City of
the flower beds, keeping Heppner.
down weeds and keeping
in moisture. They both
rake up the many dropped
pine needles. Pine cones
are collected, too, for a
friend who gives them to
their rabbits to chew on.
Future plans are to re-
move some aged juniper
shrubs. The Georges
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tell how it took them a
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long time to get things
to grow and they learned
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a lot by trial and error.
The couple worked
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Services
Chamber Chatter
Tickets are on sale now
for $15 each and can be
purchased at the SAGE
Center, Hermiston Cham-
ber of Commerce, Heppner
Murray’s and Arlington Ace
Hardware. Tickets are also
available by phone by con-
tacting the SAGE Center at
541-481-7243. There are a
limited number of seats.
July 4th – Fourth of
July Celebrations – Ione
and Boardman communi-
ties: Check out the 4 th of
July Celebrations for Ione,
Condon and Boardman.
Friday, July 5 from 6 to
8 p.m., First Friday summer
event in downtown Hep-
pner. There will be food,
shopping, vendors, live
music and family activi-
ties. Additional information
available soon.
Sunday, July 14 from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Dakota
Brown will perform for
Music in the Park at the
Heppner Main St. Park.
There will be a meal avail-
able to purchase (by do-
nation) prepared by the
Hopeful Saints Ministry
volunteers. Bring a lawn
chair.
Saturday, July 27 from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fifth
Annual Veteran Benefit
EXPO19 at the Pendleton
Convention Center. Learn
about available federal,
state and local veteran ben-
efits including health care,
disability compensation
pension, business, burial,
transportation, education,
recreation, long-term care,
records, ID’s, home loans
and more. This event is de-
signed to provide a one-stop
shop for Oregon veterans of
all eras and walks of life to
learn about and access the
full range of their earned
benefits. For more informa-
tion about the Expo, visit
www.expo.oregondva.com.
For questions, please con-
tact Tyler Francke at 503-
373-2389 or tyler.francke@
state.or.us.
Thursday, August 1 is
the deadline to apply for
Morrow County Cultural
Coalition grants. Applica-
tions for cultural-based ac-
tivities are being accepted,
with grants to be awarded
for up to 50 percent of the
total project cost. For com-
plete guidelines and appli-
cation form, contact Gayle
Gutierrez at 541-676-5630
or via email at ggutierrez@
co.morrow.or.us.
Sunday, August 11
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.,
Wasteland Kings will be
the entertainment for Music
in the Park at the Heppner
Main St. park. There will be
a meal available to purchase
(by donation) prepared by
the Hopeful Saints Ministry
volunteers. Bring a lawn
chair.
Willow Creek Water
Park is open for the sum-
mer. Normal hours are 1
to 7 p.m. Monday through
Saturday and 1-5 p.m. on
Sunday (weather permit-
ting). Daily admission for
adults 18 and up is $4, stu-
dents 5-17, $3 and children
and seniors is $2. The daily
family rate is $14. Summer
passes are available for
$140 and a single summer
pass is $75. Swimming
lesson sessions will be July
17-27, July 8-18 and July
29- August 8. Each session
will last two weeks and will
be held Monday through
Thursday. Each session is
$40 with a $5 discount for
season passholders. For
additional info, call the
Willow Creek Water Park
at 541-676-5752.
Willow Creek Farmers
Market started the sea-
son Friday, June 21 at the
Heppner City Park from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. The Farm-
ers Market will be open
every Fridays through Sep-
tember except for Friday,
June 28. The vendors will
have produce, baked goods,
plants, jams and jellies and
a variety of handmade and
artisan items. For more
information or to become
a vendor ($25 for the sum-
mer for adults and $10
for school-age children),
contact Andrea DiSalvo at
757-285-5792 or by email
at gutching@juno.com.
Pet-Sitting
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References
Upon
Request
Heppner and Ione
offices
CLOSED
June 27th
Offices Will Also Be CLOSED
July 4th & 5th in Observance of
Independence Day