SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Lexington Fire Dept. burns
field for learning
Charlene Day wins July yard
of the month
By Kay Proctor
The yard of the month
for July was awarded to
Charlene Day. When Char-
lene and her husband, Larry
Day, decided to move to
Heppner in November 2016
so they could live closer
to family, they wanted a
one-story house with a
small back yard and were,
fortunately, able to find
just the right place at 260
Church Street.
Living in Pilot Rock
for 45 years, Larry worked
in construction, did sheet
metal work, and was a jack-
of-all-trades while Charlene
was a school cook. After
retiring from working for
others, they started their
own fresh produce busi-
ness on Highway 395 in
Pilot Rock and later added
antiques and collectibles
for sale, too. They set up a
table at Heppner’s Farmers
Market for several years.
Back home in Pilot
Rock, they also kept a half-
acre of yard and gardens,
The Lexington Fire Department burned a field near Willow Creek and B Street Monday full of a wide variety of
evening as a learning exercise. Fire Chief Charlie Sumner and firefighters Shane Miles, Trent plants, including a pond
Miles, Josie Miles and Reid Miller attended the burn to learn. Nearby neighbors gathered at framed by a large wisteria
the home of John and Ashli Gould to watch the fire. -Contributed photos.
vine that bloomed fully
each year.
The smaller yard in
Heppner makes it a bit eas-
ier to spend time with fam-
ily, which Charlene loves to
do. Adult children are Rusty
Britt, Rick Britt and Mindy
Britt Coster and there are
seven grandchildren and
11 great-grandchildren with
one more on the way.
Charlene helps out
by watching some of her
great-grandchildren while
parents work. She created
a sandbox in a side-yard
and the kids like to play in
a half-barrel water feature
in the backyard.
Upon moving in the
home had a nice lawn and
Maple tree, but Charlene
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missed her plants. It didn’t
take her long to add beds
and planters filled with all
kinds of perennials and
annuals including gladiolas,
Irish Moss, dianthus, lu-
pine, bi-colored iris, snap-
dragons, lily and hardy
geraniums. Her favorites
are old-fashioned irises.
Rustics and collectibles
are used cleverly as yard
art throughout. Charlene
says with a laugh that she
“works a little, rests a lot”
doing her own weeding,
deadheading and other yard
work, but finds it relaxing to
just putter along.
Their property has
good shade and the home
has good insulation, so it
keeps cool in the summer
months. A covered patio
runs the full length of the
back of the house. Com-
fortable seating, charming
accessories and deep shade
make this Charlene’s favor-
ite part of the yard and she
enjoys her coffee there. She
has a view to neighbor Bill
Kuhn’s large vegetable gar-
den which he likes to share.
Stating she has been
“blessed with good neigh-
bors,” Charlene mentions
that she and neighbor Clau-
dia Ramirez recently took
a road trip to the Painted
Hills for the first time; how
Roger Mortimore has shov-
eled snow and mowed her
front lawn and Dave Win-
ters surprised them with a
bird feeder to put by their
front window after Larry
mentioned how he enjoyed
watching the birds feed.
Sadly, Larry passed
away in March 2019 after
almost 50 years of marriage.
A climbing red rose, Larry’s
favorite, growing in their
side yard provides blooms
that Charlene leaves for him
after visiting his gravesite.
When asked, Charlene
can’t remember when or
why she got interested in
gardening, recalling that
they lived in homes where
minimal yard work was
done. She laughs that she
must have “just grown up”
and now says she finds yard
work rewarding and the
results encouraging. She
continued, “It might be a
pain in the neck, but it is
worth it.”
Yard of the Month is
co-sponsored by the Hep-
pner Volunteers, MCGG/
Green Feed Store, and the
City of Heppner.
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Charlene Day displays the yard of the month award. Inset:
The late Larry Day.
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