TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 13, 2019
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The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Rewards cards for Hep-
pner Chamber’s Celebrate
Heppner Christmas event
will be available at partici-
pating merchants beginning
November 18. Shopping
at local merchants will
earn rewards cards for pur-
chase amounts in $10, $20
and $50 denominations.
The rewards cards can be
earned through December
12 where “Rewards Cards
Participant” signs are dis-
played.
Rewards cards provide
opportunities to win prizes
at the Celebrate Christmas
event at the Gilliam and
Bisbee Community Event
center Thursday, Decem-
ber 12 beginning at 5:30
p.m. The event will include
complimentary cookies
and beverages, a penny
board and raffles. Pictures
with Santa and Mrs. Claus
will be available from 6
to 7 p.m. for $5 each and
Scrooge will be handing
out rewards cards to those
grumpy enough.
For additional informa-
tion, contact the Heppner
Chamber at 541-676-5536
or heppnerchamber@cen-
turytel.net.
Stephanie Case has been appointed as interim planning di-
rector.
Mustang cross
country athletes
place at state
Madelyn Nichols
Trevor Nichols
The Heppner men’s cross country team placed fourth
in the state 1A 2A race at the state meet held November
9 in Eugene. Madelyn Nichols, the first woman from
David Cribbs, Trevor Nichols, Joe Sherman, Roen Waite, Colt Heppner to compete in the state cross country meet, took
Parker, Angel Matthews and Edward Ellsworth with their 17 th and her brother, Trevor Nichols, placed 10 th .
fourth-place plaque at the state meet in Eugene.
Community lunch menu
United Methodist vol-
unteers will serve lunch
on Wednesday, November
20 at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. Lunch will be oven
roasted turkey, mashed po-
tatoes with gravy, stuffing,
roasted brussels sprouts,
glazed carrots and pump-
kin pie.
Milk, coffee and tea is
served at each meal. Sug-
gested donation is $3.50
per meal. Menu is subject
to change.
HealthyMC.org
Ione
Legion to
host
turkey
bingo
The Ione American
Legion will host turkey
bingo at the Legion Hall on
November 17. Doors will
open at 4:30 with play to
begin at 5 p.m. Dinner that
will include baked potatoes,
hot dogs, chili and all the
fixings will be available as
well as bingo and a 50/50
raffle.
Admission for bingo
is $15 and includes two
books, one dauber and three
blackout bingo cards. Ad-
ditional single bingo cards
are available for $1 each.
Additional books will be
$5 and additional blackout
Greet
Meet &
Morrow County Health
District is pleased to welcome
David Collins, PA-C, his wife
Stephanie and their four
children to our growing family
of caregivers. We invite you
to join us for a special Meet
& Greet, where you can learn
more about David and his
plans for helping patients
achieve their health and
wellness goals, and how
he intends to join us in our
mission to make Morrow
County a healthier community.
Interim county
planner appointed
David Collins, PA-C
Irrigon Medical Clinic
Since 2019
Join us
Join us for refreshments
and to meet David
Collins, PA-C and
everyone caring for you
at Irrigon Medical Clinic.
Tuesday
November 19, 2019
3:30p.m. - 6:00p.m.
Irrigon Medical Clinic
220 N. Main Street
Irrigon, OR 97844
541-922-5880
Where healthier is happening...
Boardman | Heppner | Ione | Irrigon | Lexington
541-676-9133
By David Sykes
Stephanie Case has
been appointed interim
Planning Director for the
Morrow County Planning
Department by the county
commission at its meeting
last week. Case has been
employed as a staff planner
and was elevated to tempo-
rary head planner with the
recent resignation of Carla
McLane.
The county has not in-
dicated a timeline for hiring
a new director, but com-
missioners indicated it is
necessary to have someone
with the title in order to
sign certain paperwork and
do other duties within the
planning office.
In other business at
their Nov. 6 meeting the
commission heard a report
from Public Works Director
Matt Scrivner about a canal
widening project by the irri-
gation district in Boardman.
Columbia Improvement
District (CID) is in the
process of improving their
irrigation system which in-
cludes increasing the capac-
ity of the existing canal that
crosses Homestead Lane
one mile east of its intersec-
tion with Bombing Range
Road. The improvements
will require improvements
to the bridge across the
canal which requires coop-
eration from the county.
CID is proposing to
construct a new, wider
bridge through the instal-
bingo cards will be sold for
$2 each or a pack of three
for $5. Play will include
nine regular bingo games
and three blackouts.
DEADLINE:
MONDAYS
AT 5PM
lation of two box culverts
and other improvements.
The change would increase
the crossing from its current
24-foot width to 34 foot.
The commission agreed to
work with CID to make the
improvements.
In an earlier meeting on
October 30 the commission
voted on how it would di-
vide up $479,505 to be paid
by a new wind farm coming
into the county.
A new 16-tower wind
farm called Orchard Wind
is to be located between
Butter Creek and Bombing
Range Road north of Hwy
207 and will start construc-
tion next year. In a special
tax deal called a SIP (stra-
tegic investment program)
agreement, the project will
receive reduced property
taxes in exchange for pay-
ing a community service fee
to six special tax districts in
the county.
Over the 11-year life
of the agreement these
districts will receive total
funding of: Umatilla- Mor-
row Radio District $28,775;
County Health District
$168,422; Port of Morrow
$14,235; Boardman Ru-
ral Fire $126,342; Willow
Creek Park Dist. $64,542
and Unified Recreation
Dist. $77,186. The com-
missioners agreed to forego
an undisclosed amount the
county was allotted but
will not take and divide
that money up among the
six other districts. Con-
struction on Orchard Winds
is expected to begin next
year and the payments will
begin in 2021. The special
district payments are only
part of the SIP agreement
as the county will directly
receive other funds in lieu
of property taxes over the
years.
Cyde Estes to retire after 17
years of service
After 17 years of ded-
icated service to Pioneer
Memorial Home Health &
Hospice, Cyde Estes, Hos-
pice Volunteer Coordinator,
is retiring this month. Estes
began her service as a hos-
pice volunteer in 2002, and
quickly became coordinator
in 2003. She was moved by
the work of nurses and vol-
unteers during her grand-
mother’s time in hospice
in the spring of 2002 and
decided she would like to
serve her community in
the same capacity. Morrow
County Health District be-
gan its hospice volunteer
program the same year and
Estes eagerly joined as a
volunteer.
“I love the personal
relationships I have been
able to build and cultivate in
this role with my volunteers
and the privilege of serving
our hospice patients has
brought me great fulfill-
ment,” Cyde Estes said. Es-
tes was awarded Volunteer
Coordinator of the Year by
the State of Oregon in 2007
and is the only volunteer
Hospice coordinator in the
entire state. Cyde plans to
stay on as a volunteer in
retirement.
“Our entire community
has benefited from Cyde’s
leadership, her passion for
hospice care and her un-
sparing generosity over the
last 17 years. We wish her
the very best in retirement,”
said Bob Houser, CEO.
“Thank you for your
many years of hard work
and dedication to hospice.
You have been an amazing
example of volunteering.
In the many years MCHD
was privileged enough to
have you as our volunteer
coordinator, you accom-
plished so much and were a
cornerstone of our hospice
program. You have made
our staff, Health District
and community better, and
Cyde Estes
for that the entire hospice
team thanks you. You are
an inspiration to us all,”
reported Caroline Jackson,
Hospice Director.
Pioneer Memorial
Home Health and Hospice
will be hosting an open
house and retirement party
for Cyde Estes on Novem-
ber 14, from 1 to 3 p.m.
at the downtown Heppner
location. Community mem-
bers are welcome to attend
to wish her well in her
retirement.