Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 7, 2019 -- THREE
A View from the Green
Over the Tee Cup
Twenty Willow Creek
Country Club ladies en-
joyed great weather for
their weekly playday on
July 30.
Low gross of the field
went to Virginia Grant and
low net to Betty Burns.
Least putts of the field was
awarded to Eva Kilkenny.
Flight A low gross win-
ner was Karen Thompson
and low net winner was
Corol Mitchell.
Flight B low gross went
to Pat Edmundson and Shir-
ley Martin received low net.
The least putts winner was
Pat Dougherty. Judy Harris
got the long drive and Betty
Burns got KP.
Sharon Harrison took
low gross on flight C and
low net was Bunnie Lind-
say. Least putts went to Sue
Edson. Sharon Harrison
got the long drive and Sue
Edson got KP.
Virginia Grant got a
chip-in on hole 16 and a
birdie on hole 18. Blind
draw winners were Virginia
Grant and Bunnie Lindsay.
Obituaries
Richard Rea
Richard Rea, 84, Mil- cis ”Frank” Rea, McMinn-
waukie, OR, formerly of ville; sister Kathy Martin,
Ione, passed away July 30, Lexington; grandchildren,
Wade Kaseberg, Evan
2019.
Kaseberg and Walker
Richard was
Kaseberg, all Baker,
born March 19,
OR, Hannah Feigner,
1935 to Norma
Madras, Tyler Gabri-
and Clell Rea. He
el, Beaverton, Travis
was raised in Ione,
where he attended Richard Rea Gabriel, Pasco, WA,
Emma Gabriel, Stan-
school. Most of his
adult life was spent in Mil- field; and three great-grand-
children.
waukie.
He was preceded in
He is survived by
daughters, Donna Kase- death by his parents, two
berg, Pendleton, and Darcy brothers, Jerald and John,
Gabriel and her husband, and two sisters-in-law, Car-
Greg, Stanfield; brothers ol Ann Rea and Vicki Peter-
and sisters-in-law, Keith son Rea.
At his request, no ser-
and Judy Rea, Ione, Dallas
Rea, Hermiston, and Fran- vice will be held.
Ted Edward Dubry
Ted Edward Dubry,
died Sunday, July 28 in
Portland, OR at the age of
66. He was born May 8,
1953 at Lusk, WY, the son
of Lloyd and Audrey Brown
Dubry.
Ted served with the
United States Coast Guard
during his military service.
He spent most of his life as
a truck driver in long-haul
transportation.
A celebration of life
with military honors was
held Saturday, August 3, at
Hager Park in Heppner.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Ted E.
Dubry Memorial Fund, (to
help offset funeral costs) in
care of the Bank of Eastern
Oregon Heppner Branch,
PO Box 39, Heppner, OR
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner was in care of
arrangements.
Little Birds
Cardinal camp
coming to Ione
The Ione High School
volleyball team will be
hosting a Little Birds Car-
dinal Camp for all local in-
coming first through fourth
grade students and fifth
through eighth grade girls
only August 20–21 at the
Ione High School gym.
The registration cost
is $30 per player, which
includes a free Cardinal
t-shirt. All money raised
will go toward providing
gear for the high school
team.
Campers will learn the
basics of volleyball skills,
such as passing and serv-
ing, playing together as a
team, how to move about
the court and have a great
deal of fun playing together
as future volleyball players.
It is an inclusive camp,
welcoming students from
all local schools (and their
visiting friends and family
as well).
“Little Birds Camp is
such a great way to get
our younger kids really
involved in understanding
and being excited about
volleyball. It brings them
together before the season
and ups their enthusiasm
about the new school year
and all the fun they’ll have
playing and cheering for
their hometown teams,”
said Ione’s head coach
Becky Wagenblast.
The registration form
may be found via a link
on the school’s homepage,
www.ione.k12.or.us. Con-
tact Coach Wagenblast at
ionecardinalsvb@gmail.
com with any questions.
Cindy Greenup
Benefit Dinner and Auction
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Starting at 6:00 pm
Morrow County Fairgrounds
A View from the Hill Fire crews respond
By Doris Brosnan
New faces, new neigh-
bors, temporary or perma-
nent, are always viewed
with pleasure at Willow
Creek Terrace. And on
Monday, Raul Silva re-
linquished his newest res-
ident status to two new
personalities. Raul moved
into the Terrace on June 6
from his previous Heppner
home and held the title for
almost two months. For
a thirty-day respite care
while recovering from an
injury, Gwen Healy joined
friends and new faces in
July while waiting to return
to her Heppner home. The
staff, reports administrator
George Nairns, has enjoyed
helping Gwen improve so
she can say “Ta-Ta” next
week.
Moving into an apart-
ment two days ago, Glen
and Joyce Ward will be
sharing their positive en-
ergy with the community
on the hill. The two long-
time residents of Heppner
were greeted by several
long-time friends and other
familiar faces. Their new
home means being a bit
closer to one of Glen’s fa-
vorite places, their cabin at
Penland Lake and they are
not much farther than their
previous home was from
their favorite Wednesday
evening night-out spot.
August continues to be
an ice cream sort of month
at the Terrace, but readers
are assured that also fea-
tured on the menu is fresh
produce from Heppner’s
Farmers Market on Fri-
days. Cool treats and fresh
eats equal summer bonus.
Another treat on the 20 th
will be Nairns’ homemade
lemonade, in celebration of
that refreshing drink’s in-
troduction in Paris in 1620.
Always when Nairns makes
her fresh lemonade, she
thinks of Roice Fulleton,
previous resident who re-
ally, really liked lemonade.
T h i s m o n t h ’s o n e
scheduled outing for res-
idents who are interest-
ed will be to the Morrow
County Fair on the 15 th . Still
awaiting access to a premi-
um book, Nairns reports
that entries by the Terrace
in the Fair will depend on
several circumstances. This
reporter suggested that their
many blooms in their flower
beds certainly show prom-
ise of some ribbon winners.
Hippies and Wood-
stock’s 50 th anniversary
will be up for discussion
on National Hippie Day,
August 17. Yet to be learned
is whether or not any Ter-
race residents attended the
festival that was advertised
as “Three Days of Peace
and Music.” One low esti-
mate of the number attend-
ing Woodstock is 400,000,
though only about 50,000
were expected and sort of
prepared for. Many stories
are still told of this festival
in the Catskill Mountains,
maybe some told by area
residents who were there.
Other topics for morn-
ing discussion included
Girlfriends on the 1 st and
Sisters on the 4 th . On the
13 th , Left-Handers will
be celebrated and some
right-handers might be
challenged to give it a try.
Hawaii will be discussed
on the 16 th , celebrating its
entry as a new state in 1959.
Who knows what will be
brought up about Strange
Music on the 24 th , but The
Wizard of Oz will be an
easy topic when discussed
and then viewed on the 25 th ,
celebrating its 1939 release.
Everyone will surely have
something to say about
Women’s Equality on the
26 th when discussing wom-
en’s right to vote granted
in 1920.
Poets’ Day, on the 21 st ,
will feature an enjoyable
event. The Terrace com-
munity is inviting other
individuals to join them
that afternoon to share their
reading of poetry. Anyone
interested should call 541-
676-0004 to get details
and to sign up. Everyone
is expecting, and hoping
for, a variety of poems to
be heard.
The Terrace will end
the month with lunch on
the patio, as they celebrate
National Eat-Outside Day
on the 31 st . It will finish up
a month of new neighbors,
a temporary neighbor, in-
house activities, at least one
outing and some interesting
discussions. These are a few
reasons that life on the Hill
is viewed as full of variety
for anyone interested in
participating.
4-H Fashion Review
scheduled
The 4-H Fashion Review will be held at Heppner
Elementary Gym on Monday, August 12 beginning at 9
a.m. Exhibitors will be modeling their garments and the
public is invited to attend and enjoy.
to new ignitions
Fire crews on the Uma-
tilla National Forest are
responding to new smoke
reports following passing
thunderstorms Sunday eve-
ning. Significant lightning
activity occurred across
much of the Forest, with
approximately 15-20 new
incidents on the Umatilla
National Forest reported
so far to the Blue Moun-
tain Interagency Dispatch
Center (BMIDC) and John
Day Interagency Dispatch
Center (JDIDC).
Local initial attack re-
sources have been busy re-
sponding to these incidents
with support from aerial
resources. The majority of
these fires are staffed and
remain small, less than one
acre in size. However, more
smoke reports are expected
throughout the next few
days. Aerial reconnaissance
and fire lookouts are assist-
ing with detection efforts.
With increased dry
weather, fire officials want
to remind everyone that the
current fire danger rating
remains at HIGH and public
use restrictions involving
chainsaw use are in effect.
Similar restrictions may
be in effect on state and
private lands protected by
the Washington Department
of Natural Resources (WA-
DNR). More information
can be found on the WA-
DNR website at: http://
www.dnr.wa.gov/.
Planning
commission seeks
volunteers
The Morrow County
Planning Commission is
seeking two volunteers who
are interested in land use
and land use policy. One
volunteer will represent the
Irrigon area and the other
will represent the Board-
man area.
The term for the Irrigon
position will end December
2020 and the Boardman
term will end December
2021. At the end of the term
there is an option for reap-
pointment for an additional
four-year term. Volunteers
for other areas of Morrow
County may be available in
the future.
The planning commis-
sion meets once per month
in either Boardman or Hep-
pner. The commission han-
dles several land use topics
including approval of land
use actions, maintaining
the county’s subdivision
and zoning ordinances as
well as working cooper-
atively with the board of
commissioners to manage
the county’s land use com-
prehensive plan.
Additional information
may be obtained on the
Morrow County website
or by contacting planning
department staff. Those in-
terested in applying should
submit a letter of inter-
est to the Morrow County
Planning Department, PO
Box 40, Irrigon, OR 97844
or by email to scooper@
co.morrow.or.us by 5 p.m.
on Friday, August 16, 2019.
The board of commis-
sioners will make the ap-
pointment on Wednesday,
August 21 with the first
Morrow County Planning
Commission meeting to be
attended by the appointee
on August 27 in Boardman.
Chamber lunch
meeting
The next lunch meeting
of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be held
Thursday, September 5
from noon to 1 p.m. in the
Heppner City Hall confer-
ence room. It will be all
entities reports.
Lunch will be provided
by Gateway Café for $10
per person and RSVPs are
required.
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.
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Port of Morrow barge extension
service receives MARAD approval
The U.S. Department
of Transportation’s Mari-
time Administration (MA-
RAD) has approved the
Port of Morrow’s Project
Designation request for
the Port of Morrow Barge
Service Extension. Thir-
ty-four projects have been
approved under the Marine
Highway Program and the
Port of Morrow is only one
of three projects on the west
coast.
The new designation
allows the Port to pursue
additional federal funding
for infrastructure improve-
ments needed to make the
barge service extension a
reality. Expansion of the
existing service will lever-
age the underutilized Ma-
rine Highway 85 Columbia
and Snake River System
to reduce transportation
costs, relieve rail and high-
way congestion through the
Columbia Gorge, reduce
emissions and fuel use,
create jobs and facilitate
the movements of exports.
The Port partnered with
many public and private
entities on the project pro-
posal. “We are incredibly
thankful for the designa-
tion from MARAD and
would like to thank Senator
Merkley, Senator Wyden
and Representative Greg
Walden for all their sup-
port in helping secure this
designation,” says Port of
Morrow Executive Director
Ryan Neal.
“Oregon’s coastal and
inland ports support local
economies across our state
by providing the kinds of
great jobs that people can
raise their families on, and
by making it easier to trans-
port goods to and from our
communities and across the
world,” says Oregon’s U.S.
Senator Jeff Merkley. “I’m
glad to have helped secure
this Marine Highway Pro-
gram designation for the
Port of Morrow, which will
ensure the Port can compete
for federal grant funding,
help expand shipping and
transportation options in
the Columbia River System
and create many more jobs
in the process.”
“I am thrilled to hear
that the Port of Morrow has
received a Marine Highway
Project Designation and can
now compete for federal
funding to expand barge
and other services on the
river,” says Representative
Greg Walden. “The Colum-
bia River system is a valu-
able asset for transporting
wheat and other products
from eastern Oregon to
the world. I applaud the
Port’s efforts to maximize
this resource and I am glad
to have worked so closely
with them to pursue Marine
Highway status. This desig-
nation, and the additional
funding opportunities, will
improve the Port’s capabil-
ities while simultaneously
increasing economic op-
portunity for the region. It
will decrease traffic, reduce
transportation costs and
bring additional jobs and
growth to the area.”
The project was sub-
mitted under the America’s
Marine Highway Program
(AMPH) which authorizes
the designation of Marine
Highway Routes and Ma-
rine Highway Projects.
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