Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 10, 2020 -- THREE
A View from the Green
Men’s golf holds
first playday
Willow Creek Country
Club Men’s Play hosted 25
golfers at their first playday
of the season on June 7, a
great turnout for a cold and
blustery day. Gene Orwick
was the big winner, getting
his name drawn for the
good of the order.
Matt Bergstrom and
Scott Burright tied for first/
second in gross with a score
of 69. Charlie Ferguson and
Logan Burright tied for
third/fourth with 70.
In net, Roger Ehrman-
traut took first with 56, Del-
bert Binshus was second
with 59, David Allstott third
with 60 and Mike Berg-
strom was fourth with 61.
Ron Bowman had the
least putts with 27.
The next men’s play
will be held June 14 with
Dale Holland, Dave Prang-
er and Dennis Peck as hosts.
Over the Tee Cup
The Willow Creek
Country Club ladies host-
ed their first playday of the
season with 20 participants
on June 2, a sunny and
beautiful day.
Low gross of the field
went to Nancy Propheter
and the low net winner was
Virginia Grant. Least putts
of the field went to Judy
Betts and Pat Dougherty.
Flight A low gross was
split between Eva Kilken-
ny and Karen Thompson.
Corol Mitchell had low net
and Kandi Boyd had the
least putts.
Flight B low gross win-
ner was Sarah Rucker. Tif-
fany Clement and Karen
Haguewood tied for low
net. Pat Edmundson had the
least putts.
Sue Edson took low
gross on flight C. Low net
went to Sharon Harrison
and Kris Lindner. Least
putts winner was Jeanne
Creswick.
Sue Edson got a birdy
on hole 13, Nancy Proph-
eter on 10 and Eva Kilken-
ny on 15.
Rural hospitals
receive grants
According to a press
release from Senator Bill
Hansell (R-Athena), the
Joint Emergency Board re-
cently allocated $50 million
in grants for rural hospitals,
which included Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Hep-
pner.
“I am grateful rural
hospitals in my district
will get immediate funds
because they have been in
dire straits during the pan-
demic,” said Hansell, Joint
Emergency Board commit-
tee member. “The grants
will help provide relief to
five hospitals in my dis-
trict. I have worked closely
with all five of the hospital
CEO’s to secure funding
that can be used. Earlier
proposals had strings at-
tached that made the funds
unusable for my district’s
hospitals.”
The hospitals slated
to receive grant money in
Senator Hansell’s district
are Good Shepherd Medical
Center, Hermiston; Grande
Ronde Hospital, La Grande;
St. Anthony Hospital, Pend-
leton; Wallowa Memorial
Hospital, Enterprise; and
Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
Heppner.
Morrow County
Victim Impact Panel
cancelled
The Morrow County
Victim Impact Panel pre-
viously scheduled for June
16 has been cancelled due
to a lack of facility space
that will allow adequate
social distancing. The Vic-
tim Impact Panel will be
rescheduled to a later date
this fall.
Anyone who was sched-
uled to participate with the
Morrow County Victim
Impact Panel is encouraged
to contact Julia Finch with
the Morrow County Dis-
trict Attorney’s Office and
request notification of the
new date and time of the
panel. Julia Finch can be
reached at 541-676-5665,
or at jfinch@co.morrow.
or.us.
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Birthright of
Morrow County
coming soon
A new 501(c)(3) chap-
ter for Birthright has been
started in Heppner to reach
the town and surround-
ing communities. They
are looking for volunteers
as well as financial and
prayer support. The goal is
to have training in August
or September and be ready
to open in the fall of 2020.
The center will be located at
128 W Willow St, formerly
Dr. Rolen’s Eye Health.
Volunteers are needed
to counsel, but there are
other ways to help as well,
such as serving as recep-
tionist, helping in the office,
washing baby blankets and
clothing, organizing sup-
plies and writing thank
you notes to donors. The
group plans to visit the lo-
cal churches to share more
about it over the summer
months. Birthright is in-
ter-denominational.
Birthright is an in-
ternational organization
that focuses on providing
non-judgmental love and
support to people involved
in a crisis pregnancy.
Founded by Louise Sum-
merhill in 1968, Birthright’s
motto is “Every child has a
right to be born and every
mother has a right to give
birth.” There is a 24/7 help-
line available as well.
Anyone interested in
volunteering or donating
diapers and new or gently
used baby blankets and
clothing should contact Ju-
lia Finch at 252-382-4450
or email at birthrightofmor-
row@gmail.com. Checks
should be made payable to
Birthright of Morrow Coun-
ty and mailed to: Birthright
of Morrow County, PO Box
923, Heppner, OR 97836.
Census information
available
A United States 2020
Census event for Morrow
County will be held on
Facebook Live on Thurs-
day, June 11 at 6 p.m. The
Boardman Chamber of
Commerce will host the
live event on their Face-
book page to discuss the
importance of completing
the census. No login is
necessary.
Questions may be
emailed prior to the event
to info@boardmancham-
ber.org or questions may
be asked during the event.
This event is being hosted
by Boardman and Heppner
Chamber of Commerce and
Morrow County.
Morrow County
enters phase two
reopening
Morrow County Com-
missioner Melissa Lindsay
received notification from
the Governor’s Office and
Oregon Health Authority
that Governor Kate Brown
approved Morrow County’s
entry into phase two of the
state’s reopening plan on
Thursday, June 4. It went
into effect on June 5. Under
phase two, gatherings will
be increased to 50 people
indoors and 100 people
outdoors.
The letter received
from the governor thanked
the county for their ef-
forts put into containing the
spread of COVID-19 in the
county. She also stated that
her goals in phase two were
to remain the same as they
were when the initial plan
was laid out for the phased
opening.
The goals are to min-
imize hospitalizations and
deaths; allow people to
safely return to work so
they can support them-
selves and their families;
minimize risk to frontline
workers; avoid overwhelm-
ing the health care system;
protect those at highest risk
of severe illness, especially
communities of color, the
elderly, and people with un-
derlying health conditions;
and to support small local
gatherings that preserve
community cohesion and
cultural practices.
In her letter, Governor
Brown stated, “Phase two
is the last full phase until
there is a widely available
treatment or a vaccine for
COVID-19. My office and
the Oregon Health Author-
ity (OHA) will be evalu-
ating current guidance on
an ongoing basis, and we
are open to your continued
feedback. Your county will
need to continue close mon-
itoring of OHA’s six public
health indicators to manage
any increase in new cases.
Maintaining a culturally re-
sponsive and robust contact
tracing system, as well as an
effective testing and isola-
tion strategy, will be key
to containing any potential
spread of the virus.”
Correction
The phone number for
enrolling in the hunter ed-
ucation class to be held
beginning June 16 was
published incorrectly in
the June 3 edition of the
Heppner Gazette-Times.
The correct number is 541-
969-4845.
The editor apologizes
for this error.
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Black Robed Regiment
defeated the British
To the editor:
It was the Black Robed
Preachers that led the “Min-
utemen” to meet the British
at Lexington and Concord.
The “Redcoats” demanded,
“In the name King George
throw down your arms.”
The patriot preachers re-
plied, “We recognize no
sovereign but God and no
King but King Jesus.” Pas-
tor Jonas Clark exhorted his
men to stand their ground,
but not fire unless fired
upon. “If they mean to have
a war let it begin here.” And
begin it did.
The Black Robed Reg-
iment fanned the flames
of liberty based on God’s
word. They were willing to
defend America with their
lives, their families, their
fortunes and their heritage.
They were willing to stand
in the gap and establish
moral clarity and convic-
tion for the cause of liberty
that moved the colonists to
fight for God and Country.
At the end of the war, King
George confided that it was
the Black Robed Regiment
that caused the colonists to
defeat the British.
It is time for America’s
pastors and Christian lead-
ers to put on their spiritual
armor and robes and stand
up for our Republic, our
Constitution and the Godly
heritage our forefathers
bequeathed America with.
The unconstitutional man-
dates to close our busi-
nesses and churches and
only open them under a
governor that rules as a dic-
tator would not have been
tolerated by our forefathers.
Governor Brown has a
double standard of justice.
Protestors and rioters can
meet and cause mayhem
without restraint, while the
rest of Oregon must abide
by police state restrictions.
Gov. Brown and her Dem-
ocratic cohorts claim racial
injustice and police brutali-
ty require protests that have
devastated America and
destroyed tens of thousands
of businesses in America
are now more important
than Covid-19. Tens of
thousands can meet, rub
shoulders, go to funerals,
enjoy the mayhem while the
rest of America and Oregon
must submit to police state
restrictions on their liberty
and freedom
In America today, the
problem is not racial injus-
tice. In Oregon there is no
justice for those suffering
under the oppression and
tyranny of the police state
dictates of our governor.
Nor is the problem police
brutality. Our police have
suffered enough undue
criticism and persecution
because of one bad apple.
Thank God for our police
officers, willing to serve
and risk their lives for our
safety and well-being.
Reject this media driv-
en attack against America.
Rise up men of God and
Patriots of our Republic.
We must not yield to the tyr-
anny of a dictator governor.
“We recognize no sovereign
but God and no King but
King Jesus.”
Stuart Dick, Irrigon
According to the June
8 press release from Mor-
row County Emergency
Management, one more in-
dividual has tested positive
for COVID-19 in Morrow
County, bringing the total
to 14. The individual was
notified by another county
that they had been in con-
tact with a positive case.
This is one more pos-
itive case in Boardman,
bringing the Boardman
total to 12 and still one each
in Heppner and Irrigon. All
12 of the previous positive
cases have recovered and
the other two are in home
isolation. There are still
no deaths attributed to the
virus in Morrow County.
New COVID19 case
brings total to 14
Effective June 15, 2020, the
Fire Chief of the City of
Heppner is imposing a
BURN BAN.
This also includes
Burn Barrels.
Residents can request Natural Vegetation and
Debris Piles be burned by the
Fire Department at this time.
Sign up list for Fire Department burning
assistance is at Heppner City Hall or call
Fire Chief Steve Rhea @ 541-980-4232 or
Assistant Fire Chief Eric Chick @ 541-701-4910
The closed season will remain in effect
until further notice this fall as per ORS 478.960.
Lexington Burn Ban
The Fire Chief of the Town
of Lexington is imposing a
closed season for open
burning effective
Monday, June 15, 2020
until further notice.
The burning ban is for the Town of
Lexington and includes all burn
barrels and open burning.
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