TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 25, 2020
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
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Food boxes given
away
U.S.P.S. 240-420
~ G-T Trophy Corner ~
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from this hunting season. Please send a photo along with your name, age, town
you live in, location of the hunt and a description of the animal to editor@
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Rev. Katy Anderson is pictured with the forty boxes loaded
with fresh and canned produce and hygiene products that
were given away Sunday, November 22 at the Hopeful Saints
Ministry Parish Hall. -Photo by April Sykes.
Tags available for
Giving Trees
Lillie Zellars of Boardman
harvested her first elk in the
Heppner unit during general
spike season.
Neighborhood
Center closed
Thursday
South Morrow Coun-
ty’s Neighborhood Center
in Heppner will be closed
for Thanksgiving Day on
Thursday, November 26.
On Wednesday, November
25 their hours will be 9:30
a.m. to 2 p.m. and 9:30 to 4
Friday (closed 12:30-1:30
for lunch).
The Giving Tree for
children in the community
is on display at Heppner
Market Fresh until Decem-
ber 14. Those who wish
to sponsor a child should
take a tag from the tree and
return the unwrapped gift
with the tag attached to the
Neighborhood Center, 441
N Main St.
The Neighborhood
Center is also sponsoring
“Stocking Stuffers for Se-
niors” this year to let area
senior citizens know they
are cared for. The new pro-
gram hopes to fight the ef-
fects of isolation and loneli-
ness during the COVID-19
pandemic. Contact Lisa
Patton at 541-676-5024 or
email nhcenter97836@ya-
hoo.com with the name of
a senior community mem-
ber who could use some
holiday cheer. To donate
to the program, drop off a
new, unwrapped gift at the
center.
Community members
are reminded to pick up
their to-go Thanksgiving
meals from the back of All
Saints Episcopal and Hope
Lutheran Church on the
corner of Gale and Church
Molly Turrell shows off the Christmas gift tags at Market Fresh Heppner Les Schwab employee Tyler Carter displays the four Streets from 2-4 p.m. on
Thanksgiving Day.
Those interested in
pickup or delivery of the
meals should contact the
church at 541-676-9970. To
make a monetary donation,
please contact the church
as well.
Remember holiday
take-out dinner
grocery in Heppner. She said there were about 21 tags left as of
Tuesday morning. People wishing to make Christmas special
for area girls and boys, may pick up a tag, purchase the items
and return them unwrapped to the Heppner Neighborhood
Center by December 14.
MATLACK
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friends, to keep our cit-
izens and visitors safe. This
has been a challenge on all
of us and very tragic for
those who have lost loved
ones or their livelihoods.
The COVID-19 virus is
real, and we want everyone
to be safe. The news of a
soon-to-be-released vac-
cine(s) is wonderful. You
have a county staff that has
been working diligently to
help keep you safe and in-
formed. We will continue to
educate the public on safety
information, recommenda-
tions and guidelines. The
safety recommendations of
wash your hands, social dis-
tance and wear a mask are
important for everyone’s
safety.
Sheriff Ken Matlack
Brown urges Orego-
nians to report each other
to police
After ordering the new
rules, Brown said residents
who know their neighbors
are violating the COVID-19
rules, which includes cap-
ping the number of people
allowed in your home at
six, should call the police.
“This is no different than
remaining tags in their Morrow County Foster Children Gift
Drive. Those wishing to participate should stop by Les Schwab,
pick up a tag, purchase the gifts and return them unwrapped
to Les Schwab with the tag attached by December 9.
what happens if there’s
a party down the street
and it’s keeping everyone
awake,” Brown said at a
recent news conference.
“What do neighbors do in
that case? They call law
enforcement because it’s
too noisy. This is just like
that. It’s like a violation of a
noise ordinance,” she said.
Despite what Sheriff
Matlack has said, a state-
ment from Brown’s office
said that Oregon State Po-
lice would be “working with
local law enforcement” to
enforce the new order, “in
the same way local law en-
forcement officers respond
to noise complaints for loud
parties, for example, and
issue citations.”
If a COVID violation
is cited criminally, under
Oregon statutes concerning
emergencies, it is consid-
ered a class C misdemeanor
— punishable by up to 30
days in jail, a fine of up to
$1,250, or both. A prose-
cutor can opt to reduce the
citation down to a class
A violation, which has a
lower fine. If a violation
is pursued by the Oregon
Health Authority it is a civil
penalty, and the statutory
maximum is $500 a day per
violation.
Boardman city
council changes
meeting date
The Boardman City
Council has changed their
December meeting to Tues-
day, December 8, 2020, due
to their regularly scheduled
meeting falling so close-
ly after the Thanksgiving
holiday.
This meeting will be
held via Zoom at 7 p.m. The
meeting link is posted at
the city’s website at www.
cityofboardman.com.
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Morrow County Foster Children Gift Drive
C ome take a tag from our g iving t ree .
r eturn unwrapped gift by d eCember 9 th with tag attaChed .
y ou don ’ t have to purChase everything on the list .
g ive what you Can .
i f you take a tag , please buy the gift .
i f you Change your mind , bring the tag baCk and put it
on the tree .
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