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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 29, 2020 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 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 Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising 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. Morrow County reports sixth case of COVID-19 On April 27 Morrow County Public Health De- partment confirmed a sixth individual had tested posi- tive for COVID-19. Of the five previous positive cases, four are recovered and back at work and one is still recovering at home. OHA investigative guidelines are being followed and any individual deemed to be at risk will be contacted. The investigation is on-going. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, cough and short- Obituaries Wilda Crawford Wilda Crawford passed away in her home in Eu- gene, OR on April 20. She was born in Condon in 1934 and grew up on her par- ent’s ranch near Dry Fork in south Morrow County. Wilda’s parents, Art and Irene, and her sister Wilma preceded her in death. Wilda graduated from Ione High School where she was a cheerleader, played volleyball and tennis and was active in most school activities. Clyde Crawford asked her to a dance at the Lexington Grange Hall for their first date in the sum- mer of 1952. They quickly fell in love; he proposed a year later and they were married in August of 1953. Clyde and Wilda spent 67 loving years together and were blessed with four children. According to her family, their sons Neil, Tom and Perry Crawford and their daughter Lori Sato considered themselves blessed to be raised in such a loving home and all hope to pass down that sense of kindness, optimism and family for generations. They also said that al- though Clyde was the center of her universe, Wilda loved her children, grandchildren and two great-grandchil- dren. She cared deeply for her family, friends and neighbors bringing joy as she touched their lives. Wilda’s children re- member her getting up early to pack lunches for Clyde and the kids and she would have homemade cookies baking when they Wilda Crawford got home. She took care of her family, the home, worked, made it to the kids’ ball games and still found time for her bowling, vol- leyball or exercise classes. Most of the family va- cations were to visit fam- ily, family reunions and camping. Wilda and Clyde retired early so they could travel. They saw most of the US and Wilda loved their winters in Arizona. She loved Clyde’s family as much as her own relatives. “If you don’t have any- thing nice to say, don’t say anything at all,” she’d tell her family and she lived by those words. Always seeing the bright side and the good in people, Wilda’s laugh, sparkling blue eyes and sheer joy would light up a room. She will truly be missed by her family. ness of breath. Anyone ex- periencing these symptoms, should stay home, except to get medical care. If medical care is needed, call first. Be extra cautious to limit your contact with people who are at higher risk for severe illness. Do not go to work, or to any public areas. Morrow County Pub- lic Health wants to assure the public that all precau- tions are being taken, and Former Heppner resi- in 1992. screening and testing are dent Marvin Lane passed In 1994 Marvin went continuing. away on April 21 at his to work for Umatilla Elec- home in Ocean Park, WA. tric in Hermiston where Marvin died as a result of he served as ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: prostate cancer. He was line superinten- 68 years old. dent. Marvin Marvin was born to took a position George and Ruth Lane as a distribution in Hood River, OR on controller with Jan. 3, 1952. He spent We Energies in his childhood in Hood Marvin Lane Milwaukee, WI River and Condon. Mar- in 2003. After vin graduated from Condon retiring in 2017, he and his High School in the class wife moved to Washington. of 1970. He attended Cen- He enjoyed hunting, tral Oregon Community fishing and golf. He was a College in Bend and Lane music and sports fan and he Community College in Eu- loved spending time with gene. family and friends. Marvin went to work Marvin is survived by for Columbia Basin Electric his wife, Marie; his chil- in Heppner in 1974 where dren, Jacqueline McClo- he became a journeyman skey and Kenneth Lane; lineman. While living in his son-in-law, John Mc- Heppner, he served a term Closkey; grandchildren, as city councilman. Marvin Jack McCloskey and Sam- married Marie Van Marter uel McCloskey; his sister, of Heppner in 1975. They Patty Lane and numerous had two children, Jacque- nieces and nephews. He G LO OUN line, born in 1979 and Ken- was preceded in death by GG ING, L E Y LC BRUC neth, born in 1982. his parents and his older In 1987 Marvin became sisters, Lettie Cannon and the owner/operator of the Betty Cunning. -Timber Management -Consulting Sears Catalog and Appli- A memorial service -Harvesting Services ance Store in John Day, OR. will be scheduled and an- -Fire suppression He went to work for Oregon nounced at a later date. Trail Electric in John Day Marvin Lane MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. BRUCE YOUNG LOGGING LLC For all your heavy equipment needs! -Excavator -Dump Truck -Lowboy -Backhoe Bruce and Luke Young Partners 80963 Black Mountain Lane, PO BOX 98 Heppner Oregon 97836 Office phone 541-676-5309, Fax 541-676-5189 Death Notices Thomas Ray Wilson – Thomas Ray Wilson, 84, of Heppner, died Sunday, April 26 in Hermiston. He was born March 4, 1936 in Monument, OR. A private family graveside service will be held at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of arrangements. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Without agreement Boardman prepares to start own enterprise zone More negotiations fail to produce port - county deal By David Sykes After two hours of talks at a special meeting last week, port and county of- ficials were still unable to reach agreement on form- ing a new enterprise zone, which promoted the city of Boardman and the port to announce they were pre- pared to make a deal togeth- er and form an enterprise zone excluding the county. The county and port have been holding negoti- ations for several weeks on how to re-certify the current Columbia River Enterprise Zone (CREZII) for the next 10 years. The zone is expiring June 30 but the two can’t reach agreement on the structure of a new one. The three members of the current zone are the Port of Morrow, county government and the city of Boardman. The major hang up in negotiations is wheth- er Boardman should be part of the new enterprise zone. The port wants it the same with Boardman as a mem- ber, and the county wants just the port and county involved. Realizing the clock is running down and a new application must be sub- mitted soon, the port held a special meeting last Friday in an effort to break the log jam. Morrow County Com- missioners Melissa Lindsay and Don Russell attended the meeting remotely by Zoom. The current enterprise zone covers about 12 square miles, mostly encompass- ing the Port of Morrow where all the new develop- ment is. New and expand- ing businesses receive tax breaks for locating in the zone. Some of the busi- nesses who have located there and taken advantage of the tax breaks include Amazon, Lamb Weston and Tillamook Cheese. Last month CREZ di- rector Greg Sweek was in the process of drafting an application to the state to re-certify an identical zone with Boardman in- cluded. However, later at a joint meeting of the port and county Commissioner Lindsay presented a plan she says would include all of the cities in the county and not just Boardman. Lindsay said only the port and county should be mem- bers of the new zone and cities would become in- volved when a business development is proposed near their city. She says since the enterprise zone board can make decisions on business development and money disbursement throughout the county, it is not equitable for just the city of Boardman to be involved making decisions in all areas of the county. Lindsay and Commissioner Jim Doherty are in favor of a county-port-only agree- ment, while Commissioner Don Russell wants Board- man included. Both the Port of Mor- row and City of Boardman expressed opposition to ex- cluding Boardman, saying the current enterprise zone has worked fine and should not be tampered with. Ad- ditionally, Port Chairman Rick Stokoe and Director Ryan Neal have both em- phasized the importance of having an enterprise zone when negotiating with new businesses looking to lo- cate here. Both say much of the new development happening at the port would not have happened with- out the zone in the port’s “tool box.” Most port board members also agree that Boardman should be part of a new enterprise zone, and Stokoe has said he could not support any county proposal for an enterprise zone without the city of Boardman as a board mem- ber, and that cities in the county currently have a say in how enterprise money is spent once it comes into their communities. Both the port and coun- ty failed to modify their po- sitions at last Friday’s meet- ing and seemed to be at log- gerheads. Board member John Murray suggested the port begin working through the issues in an attempt to find common ground. The port approved several parts, including having influence zones, but the board would not budge from its previous position, Boardman must be included as full member of any new zone. The county also stuck with its position for a port and county zone only with cities included when appropriate. Without movement on the key issue, the port went on to pass a motion that it will sponsor an enterprise zone with the city of Boardman but only if the county and the port can- not agree on the structure of a new zone. The motion passed unanimously. Under state enterprise zone law the city of Board- man can apply for and have its own zone but must have the sponsorship of the port and have the zone only lo- cated within its city limits. The port can only have an enterprise zone outside the city limits such as cur- rently with approval from the county. If the county and port cannot agree a large part of the current 12 square mile enterprise zone comprising the port property, the county will be left without enterprise zone designation. Over the past ten years the current zone has gen- erated over $20 million in revenue in lieu of taxes and in the coming 10 years is expected, with current contracts in place, to take in over $100 million. Regard- less of the current negotia- tions and zone applications, the current enterprise board will decide how this money will be spent. In the past it has made an effort to disburse the money across the county, giving grants to cities and economic de- velopment groups such as the Willow Creek Valley Economic Development in south county. The county commission subsequently scheduled a special meeting Wednes- day, April 29 to further discuss the enterprise zone negotiations, however, any decision from that meeting will be done following the Gazette-Times deadline for this week’s newspaper. 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