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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 13, 2021 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. 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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. Homer joins Bank of Eastern Oregon board of directors BEO Bancorp (OTCB- B:BEOB) and its subsidi- ary, Bank of Eastern Ore- gon, recently added Gabri- elle Homer to the board of directors. Ms. Homer was raised in Dallas, OR and is a graduate of Oregon State University. Her career has spanned insurance and ad- vertising, along with about eight years in banking in Albany and Eugene. Gabri- elle relocated to the Fossil area where she has spent the past 19 years as financial controller and board sec- retary/treasurer for Painted Hills Natural Beef. She is very active in the Fossil community, having served on various boards and is involved in numerous or- ST. PAT’S CANCELED -Continued from PAGE ONE 2021 Ram 3500 regular Street. They plan on using re-elected Mayor Jim Kindle, who himself went on to then swear in Swee- ney and new councilmem- ber JoAnna Lamb. John Bowles was not in atten- dance to be sworn in for another term. The council also re-elected Sweeney as council president. In other business Cuts- forth gave an update on the street repair project which should start around the first of March. “People should see equipment start moving in around then some time,” he said. A major part of the project will see Gale Street completely torn up and redone. There will be new sewer pipe laid at that time. Several other streets in town are slated to be worked on also. In other business, the council heard from Pub- lic Works Director Chad Doherty who said his de- partment ordered a new cab to replace the old Ford F-350 snowplow pickup. The council also heard a report about a city plan- ning commission meeting held Jan 4. At the meeting Dave Fowler was elected chairman. In other business the commission approved a change of use and new tax lot so Pioneer Memorial Therapy Services can pur- chase the former Luther- an Church at 695 Alfalfa the building for physical therapy. The new tax lot was necessary to separate the church building from the adjacent Lutheran Par- sonage. The commission passed unanimously. In other action the com- mission approved a request from Sandra McDonald to replace a singlewide mobile home with a new single- wide manufactured home at 135 Cannon Street. Local man gets Navy promotion Gabrielle Homer ganizations and activities. “We are excited to have Gabrielle join our board of directors. Her unique mix of work experience and community involvement, coupled with her strong leadership qualities, make her a perfect fit to represent our bank’s shareholders,” said President and CEO, Jeff Bailey. Homer and her husband Will, live near Fossil and have two grown sons. DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5PM Joe Jones (right) receives his promotion to Petty Officer Third Class as a US Navy Aviation Machinist Mate. Local man Joe Jones has been promoted to Petty Officer Third Class in the United States Navy. He is an Aviation Machinist Mate with the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 14 based out of San Diego CA. Jones is the son of Liz Jones Puckett of Heppner. He attended Heppner High School before joining the Navy. The Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 14 “Chargers” is an aviation unit based at Naval Air Station North Island, Cal- ifornia. The squadron is equipped with the Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk heli- copters. According to its website, the mission is to “Provide all-weather. com- bat-ready aircraft and crew to conduct anti-surface war- fare, personnel recovery, special warfare support, search and rescue and logis- tics.” The Squadron’s motto is “Day and Night Lighting Strikes!” “My awesome son,” said Liz about the promo- tion. Print & Mailing Services *Design *Print Sykes Publishing *Mail 541-676-9228 Early Birds Apply By February 15 for a chance to win a $1,000 OSAC scholarship! Senior golf to resume play The Columbia Blue Senior Golf Association (CBSGA) is planning to resume playing tourna- ments this year. There will be seven tournaments on the second Mondays of the months April through October. Eligibility for CBSGA includes being at least age 50 in 2021, membership in good standing at Wil- low Creek Country Club, an official Oregon Golf Association Ghin System handicap, and payment of CBSGA annual dues of $95. 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