TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 12, 2020
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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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
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subscriptions.
David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising
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be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
House District 57
secures funding for
rural hospitals
Representative Greg
Smith (R-Heppner) an-
nounced funding for rural
hospitals serving House
District 57 and released the
following statement:
“This is a significant
victory for not only Mor-
row, Umatilla and Wasco
Counties, but for House
District 57 as a whole. We
have worked hard to ensure
that these dollars are being
spent the way that they were
intended. I was also very
pleased to see that Good
Shepherd in Hermiston
received the second largest
award in the state. These
hospitals are a crucial part
of rural Oregon and I am
proud to see this money
coming back home.”
Business Oregon will
award $50 million in grant
funding for rural hospitals
across the state to help offset
the impacts of COVID-19.
Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
Good Shepherd Medical
Center and Mid-Columbia
Medical Center will all
receive funds that can be
used to cover necessary
expenditures incurred due
to the COVID-19 public
health emergency.
~ Letters to the Editor ~
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criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name
of the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you
provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The
address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be
printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the
right to edit. 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.
Best of luck and safe
driving
To the editor:
It is with a heavy, but
grateful, heart that Sam
and I announce we are no
longer affiliated with the
operations of A-1 Martin’s
Towing. It has been our joy
and pleasure working with
our community members
and we are thankful for the
opportunity to be of service
to you these past six and a
half years.
It has also been our
honor and privilege to be
a part of the emergency
response team for Morrow
County and to work in
tandem with the deputies
and dispatch of the Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office,
Spaghetti dinner
fundraiser to be
held Saturday
Birthright of Morrow
County is hosting a spa-
ghetti dinner fundraiser this
Saturday, August 15 at the
Parish Hall of St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church in Hep-
pner. The fundraiser will
run from 4 to 7 p.m. and all
meals will be take-out due
to COVID-19 and social
distancing requirements.
The non-profit orga-
nization is selling tickets
Census takers to visit homes
Census takers started
visiting households that ha-
ven’t responded to the cen-
sus in 34 Oregon counties
on Thursday, July 30. The
remaining two counties,
Multnomah and Clack-
amas, began on August
11. This operation, called
Non-Response Follow Up
(NRFU), is the largest op-
eration of the decennial
census and is scheduled
to conclude no later than
October 31.
What Households
Can Expect
-The Census Bureau
will provide face masks to
census takers and requires
that they wear a mask while
conducting their work. They
will follow CDC and local
public health guidelines
when they visit. Census
takers must complete a vir-
tual COVID-19 training on
social distancing protocols
and other health and safety
guidance before beginning
their work in neighbor-
hoods.
-Census takers are
hired from local commu-
nities. All census takers
speak English, and many
are bilingual. If a census
taker does not speak the
householder’s language,
the household may request
a return visit from a census
taker who does. Census tak-
ers will also have materials
on hand to help identify the
household’s language.
-If no one is home when
the census taker visits, they
will leave a notice of their
visit with information about
how to self-respond. If
necessary, a census taker
Rusty, Steve and Charlie of
the Heppner and Lexington
fire departments as well as
the fine folks in the Ione
fire department, and all of
the firemen and women,
ODOT, the Forest service
and others as part of inter-
agency community support.
Our working relation-
ships have developed into
friendships with many of
you and we will miss you
all. As always, we wish you
all the best of luck and safe
driving.
With our thanks,
Sam Martin Sr. And
Cheyenne Rogers
Heppner, OR
will return to attempt to
interview the household.
-Census takers can be
easily identified by a valid
government ID badge with
their photograph, a U.S.
Department of Commerce
watermark and an expira-
tion date on the badge. To
confirm a census taker’s
identity, the public may
contact their regional cen-
sus center to speak with a
Census Bureau represen-
tative.
A complete and accu-
rate count of the commu-
nities can be achieved by
encouraging everyone to
cooperate with census tak-
ers when they come to their
door. During this operation,
residents may still respond
online or by phone if they
prefer.
for $10 a plate that will
include spaghetti, salad and
garlic bread. Tickets may be
purchased ahead of time or
paid at the door. A drive-
through will be available.
Contact Julia Finch at
252-382-4450 to purchase
advance tickets or for ad-
ditional information.
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Do something easy
for your health
A message from the Community
Health Improvement Partnership
of Morrow County
By Andrea Fletcher
Preventive health services are important for keeping
individuals and their families healthy. An annual wellness
visit or “checkup” can help catch health problems before
they become serious. There is little or no cost for regular
preventive health care checkups for those enrolled in Med-
icaid or CHIP, Medicare and most other insurance plans.
During a wellness visit (well child, adolescent, adult
or older adult) a patient may discuss and receive a number
of screenings, vaccines and other care to help the patient
live well and prevent and detect diseases when they are
most treatable.
Nearly 900,000 people in our country die prematurely
each year from the five leading causes of death – heart
disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory illness and uninten-
tional injury – yet up to 40 percent of the deaths from
each cause could be prevented.
Whether you feel healthy or have a health condition,
a wellness visit to your local health care provider can help
you take charge of your health.
Electric Co-op seeks
director nominations
Columbia Basin Elec-
tric Cooperative announced
that nominations are open
for two director’s positions.
Zone 3 and 4 are both for
three-year terms.
Zone Number 3: That
territory served or to be
served lying East of Range
line between Range 24 East
and Range 25 East, and
North of the Township line
between Township 2 South
and Township 3 South, ex-
cluding the area within the
incorporated city limits of
Heppner, Oregon.
Zone Number 4: That
territory served or to be
served lying West of the
Range line between Range
24 East and Range 25 East,
North of the Township line
between Township 2 South
and 3 South, and East of the
Morrow-Gilliam County
line.
The members of the
nominating committee are:
-Zone No. 3, Jill Mar-
tin, Lexington, Oregon,
541-989-8480.
-Zone No. 4, James L.
Swanson, Ione, Oregon,
541-422-7162.
The nominating com-
mittee will accept nomina-
tions up to and including
the last day of August 2020.
Nominees must be mem-
bers of Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative, Inc.
and they must reside in, and
receive electrical service in,
the zone in which they will
be running.
VISITING SPECIALIST*
Kessa Mauras, D.P.M.
Board Certified, American Board of Podiatric Medicine
You wouldn’t go the eye doctor for your dental work, right?
Then the same logic applies when it comes to care for your
feet. When you have a foot or ankle problem, it’s best to see
a specialist and that person is a podiatrist.
Morrow County Health District is pleased to welcome
Dr. Kessa Mauras of Mt. Hood Podiatry, as one of its newest
visiting specialists, now seeing patients in Heppner.
It’s time to take the first step toward healing if you suffer
from or require care for:
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Schedule your appointment:
Ankle & Foot Pain
Arthritis
Mt. Hood Podiatry
Athletic Injuries
541-386-1006
Bunions & Hammertoes
Diabetic Foot
Flat Feet or High Arches
Ingrown Toenails
Other Skin/Nail Conditions
Wounds / Infections
*Visiting Specialists are not employed by MCHD.
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