Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 3, 2021 -- SEVEN
DOLLAR GENERAL
Good News Only
By Doris Brosnan
Is it true that a sure-fire
method of clearing a room/
business is to announce,
“Here comes the ‘Good-
news-only’ lady?” Hm-
mmmm….
Good news for our
schools, economy, and pool
of new ideas and enthusi-
asm is the filling of posi-
tions by some of our large
employers, and these new
employees are moving to
the area.
Good news that our
new citizens, as well as
others, might not realize
is that “The Loop” offers
free rides to out-of-town
medical appointments. By
calling 541-676-5667 three
to five days before an ap-
pointment, anyone, regard-
less of age, can access this
door-to-door service (even
Portland and Spokane are
not too far away), which
is funded with state and
federal grants. In the future,
trips for other purposes,
including groups’ jaunts,
can be scheduled, depend-
ing on availability, but the
Covid-19 restrictions pre-
clude such use presently.
Social distancing and sani-
tizing protocols are now in
place. More information is
available by calling or go-
ing online to the link on the
Morrow County website.
Speaking of medical,
good news comes from Pio-
neer Memorial Therapy and
Rocky Mountain Therapy
Services, which have pur-
chased the Hope Lutheran
Church building and will
soon begin remodeling.
Meeting the community’s
needs for physical, occupa-
tional and speech therapies
will be more easily met
in the new location that is
easily twice as large as the
present one. Shelley, Reg-
gie and Crystal hope for a
late spring or early summer
grand opening.
Also, good news for our
new residents and others is
that at least four “Dogi-Pot”
stations are strategically
located about town, three
parks and near the post
office, making cleaning up
after your dog pretty easy.
As noted on the bags, using
these is “The Smart Solu-
tion to Dog Pollution,” and
is certainly good news for
pedestrians who regret the
need to side-step dog de-
posits and property owners
who wish to be spared dead
spots on their lawns.
Is this writer the last to
notice the new waste cans
on Main Street? Purchased
with grant money, these
containers have replaced
almost all of the circular
cement receptacles that had
graced the street for several
years. Though pleasing
to the eye, the shamrock
cut-outs in the covers al-
lowed rain and snow into
the containers and made
getting some refuse into
them difficult. Good news
that the green highlights in
the new, larger containers
suggest an Irish connection.
Aimee Turell, a senior
at HHS, recently received
the good news that she has
been accepted at Portland
State University. Aimee
hopes to eventually teach
advanced math, so she
plans to major in education
and mathematics.
Good news for Jean
Daly was that she was able
to celebrate her 67 th birthday
last weekend with daughter,
Jennifer, and granddaugh-
ter, Mary, in Pendleton. A
perfect-weather day while
the ladies were enjoying
some shopping and hav-
ing “delicious” lunches al
fresco at the Oregon Grain
Growers Brand Distillery.
Expected next week is
a new, larger and improved
Hometown Taco truck.
Good news for owner Ama-
do Juarez and for their huge
clientele.
Andrea and Justin Nel-
son’s good news for the area
is that Ida Farra’s buildings
will soon house an Airbnb
rental (to be named “Far-
ras’ Place”), a source of
new books (“Flood Town
Books”), a pottery studio
(good place for pottery
and painting classes), and
a vintage/collectibles busi-
ness. Several local resource
persons and businesses will
assist in the preparation of
the buildings as the Nelsons
look forward to a spring-
time availability for the
rental and a summer open-
ing of the other businesses.
A disappointing dis-
covery at the Lott’s Electric
building is that it is unsta-
ble, probably because it
was originally a shed-type
stable for horses owned
by overnight traffic in
Heppner. Good news that
it didn’t fall on anyone,
and good news that Kim
Cutsforth announces that it
will be torn down and re-
placed with a vintage-look
building for the originally
planned fitness center, and
the store-front sign has been
preserved, to be mounted
and displayed somewhere.
This “Good News
Only” column will appear
as long as individuals are
willing to share because we
all appreciate opportunities
to smile over someone’s
good news. Anyone who
has something to share is
encouraged to email it to
dbrosnan123@gmail.com
or to call 541-676-5382.
Hoping some good
news comes to everyone
reading this.
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The company currently has
57 stores located in Oregon
and is reportedly on the way
to building a new store in
Irrigon, where it was wel-
comed with no opposition.
For those planning
on attending the February
8 city council meeting,
Cutsforth says because of
COVID-19 regulations only
five people will be allowed
into the city hall meeting
room to speak. He urged
people to attend the meet-
ing via the Zoom comput-
er platform where their
comments can be made.
“You as a citizen are always
welcome to come to any
council meeting,” Cutsforth
said, “but be aware that we
are under extreme circum-
stances in regard to COVID
regulations that limit meet-
ings. The meeting will be
limited to the council, two
or three staff, the press and
very few other individuals
to maintain social distanc-
ing requirements. We do
recommend writing, call-
ing, using a spokesperson,
and/or using Zoom to par-
ticipate in helping to avoid
a super spreader event or
being turned away because
of space. We will have the
Zoom information available
at cityofheppner.org under
council meetings,” he said.
Dollar General was
contacted by the Ga-
zette-Times to confirm they
were looking at a Heppner
According to prelim-
inary data received by
NOAA’s National Weath-
er Service in Pendleton,
temperatures at Heppner
averaged warmer than nor-
mal during the month of
January.
The average tempera-
ture was 39.1 degrees which
was 3.9 degrees above nor-
mal. High temperatures av-
eraged 47.0 degrees, which
was 3.4 degrees above nor-
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mal. The highest was 62
degrees on the 13 th . Low
temperatures averaged 31.3
degrees, which was 4.5
degrees above normal. The
lowest was 21 degrees, on
the 23 rd . There were 17 days
with the low temperature
below 32 degrees.
Precipitation totaled
0.96 inches during Janu-
ary, which was 0.51 inches
below normal. Measurable
precipitation, at least .01
inch, was received on eight
days with the heaviest, 0.29
inches reported on the 9 th .
Since October, the wa-
ter year precipitation at
Heppner has been 4.44
inches, which is 1.09 inches
LENSES
below normal.
Snowfall totaled three
inches with at least one inch
of snow reported on one
day. The heaviest snowfall
was 2.5 inches reported on
the 25 th . The greatest depth
of snow on the ground was
three inches on the 25 th .
The outlook for Febru-
ary from NOAA’s Climate
Prediction Center calls for
below normal temperatures
and near normal precipi-
tation. Normal highs for
Heppner during February
are 47.4 degrees and normal
lows are 28.2 degrees. The
30-year normal precipita-
tion is 1.12 inches.
for “not infringing on the
right of obtaining business
licenses,” and added the
support he has received on
efforts to block the store
have been encouraging
and he believes a legal
avenue is open to stop the
store location. “With such a
positive amount of support
from local businesses and
Heppner residents, we have
been advised that creating a
new Heppner ordinance is
a viable solution to prevent
a business such as Dollar
General from opening in
Heppner,” Brannon said
on Facebook. “Currently,
we understand that Dollar
General has all legal rights
to break ground in Heppner.
However, with the support
of other communities that
have created the same or-
dinance to prevent a Dol-
lar General Store (Tulsa,
OK) we know how to ex-
press our concerns by legal
means,” he wrote.
Brannon also acknowl-
edged there are limited
options to block the store
since no city approval is
needed for the store to break
ground, build and locate
here. “Thus far, no applica-
tions have been submitted
to break ground in Heppner
for the Dollar General.
There would be no means
to get approval by the city
because the lot is zoned
commercial, fully allowing
a Dollar General to be built
immediately. This being
said, actions that have been
taken are attempting to
purchase the lot, communi-
cate with city officials and
providing transparency to
our community about the
actions taken so far.
“Heppner does need
change; we need new and
effective change rather
than duplicating already
established and struggling
businesses. Competition
is best for the consumer;
however, a monopolized
business will only have
a negative impact on our
schools, small businesses
and our lifestyle,” Brannon
said.
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location, and the company
sent a letter published in
this week paper outlin-
ing their position. Public
Relations person Angela
Petkovic said the compa-
ny is currently in a “due
diligence phase” for lo-
cating a store here, but no
commitment has yet been
made, and they anticipate
having a final decision in
late 2021. “Our custom-
ers are at the center of all
that we do, and meeting
customers’ needs is Dollar
General’s top priority when
choosing store locations.
In selecting store sites, we
take a number of factors
into consideration, careful-
ly evaluating each potential
new store location to ensure
we can continue to meet
our customers’ price, value
and selection needs,” Dollar
General said. Petkovic said
the store plans on hiring six
to 10 employees and that 75
percent of store managers
are promoted from within
the organization.
Dollar General head-
quarters is in Goodletts-
ville, Tennessee. It was
founded in 1939 and in
2019 had revenue of $27.8
billion. As of January 2020,
it had 16,278 stores located
in the continental United
States. It is listed on the
New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol DG.
Brannon says he prais-
es the City of Heppner
Jan. temps warmer than normal
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