Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 7, 2021 -- THREE
Obituaries
Glenna Diane
McLaughlin
Glenna Diane Mc-
Laughlin Wolke, 65, Wauke-
gan, IL, died Monday, April
5, 2021, in Waukegan. She
was born July 4, 1955, to
Delores “DD” and Darrel
McLaughlin.
She is survived by her
parents; son, Matthew Mc-
Laughlin, Illinois; grand-
children, Maddie and
Conor McLaughlin, Illi-
nois; brothers, Delbert Mc-
Laughlin of Pendleton, OR
and James McLaughlin and
his wife Tony of Echo, OR;
numerous aunts, cousins,
nieces and nephews. She
was preceded in death by
her husband, Mark Wolke
and her brother, David Mc-
Laughlin.
No services are planned
at this time. Donations in
her name may be made to
the charity of your choice.
VACCINATIONS
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Lindsay says she is
concerned people are not
as vigilante about the virus
here as they should be. “As
we see surge waves across
the US it is worrisome be-
cause Morrow County has
tended to be a month or
so behind in seeing these
impact us. We have the op-
portunity to do our part to
avoid another summer like
last year and this FEMA
event is so very helpful to
those efforts. I just really
hope Morrow County takes
advantage of it,” she urged.
Lindsay also provided
some data from the CDC,
Center for Disease Control,
that shows over 167 million
people that have been vac-
cinated to date and there
hasn’t been a single death
attributed to the vaccine.
She says clinical trials re-
veals that it is safe. “CDC
has stated anyone 16 plus
may receive the vaccine and
Morrow County is collect-
ing names and information
for anyone under 16 inter-
ested in the vaccine so we
can begin outreach just as
soon as OHA allows. Many
of the recent outbreaks in
the US are in the 20-60 age
group and younger people
being more seriously im-
pacted,” Lindsay adds.
Morrow County Pub-
lic Health can be reached
at 541-676-5649, or by
email at COVIDVaccine@
co.morrow.or.us. Public
Health officials urge all
residents interested in the
Moderna or Pfizer to com-
plete an eligibility form
online or contact their local
pharmacy to make an ap-
pointment. This form and
other important COVID-19
information can be found
at www.co.morrow.or.us/
publichealth. Those who
still need to receive their
second COVID-19 vaccine
dose, should follow up
with the office to make an
appointment.
Reservations to
be offered at four
campgrounds this
summer
Reservations available through
recreation.gov
For the first time the
Umatilla National Forest is
offering campsite reserva-
tions at Bull Prairie Lake,
Jubilee Lake, North Fork
John Day and Olive Lake
campgrounds. Individual
campsites can be reserved
through https://www.rec-
reation.gov.
Recreation.gov is a trip
planning and reservation
service portal. The site in-
cludes information on over
120,000 recreation areas
for 12 different government
agencies. The Umatilla Na-
tional Forest already uses
the site to provide reser-
vation services for cabins
and this year will also be
including Jubilee Lake,
Bull Prairie Lake, North
Fork John Day and Olive
Lake campgrounds.
“We are excited to offer
reservations to our com-
munities for these pop-
ular campgrounds,” said
Shane Dittlinger, Umatil-
la National Forest Recre-
ation Program Manager.
“Recreation.gov provides
a seamless way for people
to check the availability at
one of these campgrounds
and guarantee your spot
before making the trip to
the forest.”
Single and double
campsites can be reserved
up to six months in advance
of a reservation date. Group
sites can be reserved up to
one year in advance of a
reservation date. Campsites
that are not reserved by 12
a.m. each day will become
first-come, first-served for
the day.
Reservations made
through recreation.gov
will include an $8 transac-
tion fee in addition to the
campsite fee. Reservations
can also be made over the
phone by calling 877-444-
6777. A limited number
of first-come, first-served
campsites will be available.
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Good News Only
By Doris Brosnan
Good News: The report
on the Morrow County
Emergency Management
site on Sunday indicated
that Heppner, Lexington
and Ione continued to show
no increase in Covid-19
cases for another week
(Sunday-Saturday). The
county did report two more
cases during last week, but
so far, the county’s num-
ber of new cases seems
comparatively low as one
looks at the state and the
USA reports of increasing
case numbers. Caution and
consideration of others can
make a difference.
Lexington Town Coun-
cil is optimistic about the
weather and the south coun-
ty Covid status, as they
are planning a May Day
Parade (May 1). Mayor Juli
Kennedy can answer your
questions about the event,
which will be reminiscent
of days gone by, 541-350-
3974.
Discovery that you can
buy an ice cream that re-
minds you of your delicious
homemade ice cream is
indeed good news, so Peg-
gy Fishburn is sharing her
delightful discovery. She
has even gotten gift certif-
icates from Two Old Hags
to give away because she
wants others to discover for
themselves the soft vanilla
and chocolate ice cream
that she is such a fan of.
Some to go in-hand,
some seating outside, and
some enjoy inside at a table,
some short menus, some
lengthier, but all of it is
available in Heppner and
Ione. Count the food mer-
chants in our area and be
surprised: eight in Heppner
and three in Ione. Explore
the possibilities.
Nola Binschus has been
training Felicia Cavan to
take her long-time position
with the health district at
the Heppner clinic as the
director of referrals because
Nola is moving across and
up the street a bit. She will
be working in the billing
department, located in the
front area of Pioneer Me-
morial Hospital. A new
challenge, a new work ad-
venture that Nola looks
forward.
Laurie Hire has an-
nounced that she looks for-
ward to moving to her new
home in Prairie City as soon
as she packs up and sells her
home in Heppner. Laurie
will be nearer to her son’s
family but still not too far
away from her daughter’s
family in Hermiston.
Our city manager,
Chamber to host
candidate forum
The Heppner Chamber
will be coordinating can-
didate forums for the Port
of Morrow Commissioner
Positions 1 and 3 from
6-6:45 p.m. and Morrow
County School District
Board Positions 2 and 7 at
7 p.m. on Thursday, April
22. The forum will be held
in the Heppner City Hall
conference room and will
be available on Zoom and
Facebook Live for commu-
nity members. COVID-19
rules will apply, and at-
tendance will be limited
to candidates, press and
coordinators of the forum.
Questions for any and
all positions need to be
submitted to the Heppner
Chamber no later than April
21 to be included in the
forum. Candidates will be
asked the same questions,
which will be appropriate
to the positions.
Contact the chamber at
541-676-5536 or email hep-
pnerchamber@gmail.com
for additional information
or to submit questions for
the candidates.
The Heppner High
School class of 65 will hold
a reunion the weekend of
July 16-18 and would like
to extend an invitation to all
Heppner classes of the 60s.
There will be a no-host
dinner at the Gateway Café
beginning at 6 p.m. on
Friday, July 16. Saturday
morning at 10, a shotgun
golf tournament and fel-
lowship will take place at
the Willow Creek Country
Club.
Saturday evening at
5 p.m. will begin a social
hour, followed by a prime
rib dinner catered by Al-
vin Liu at 6:30 p.m. at the
Howard and Beth Bryant
convention center. Music
will be provided by Roger
Leonnig and the class of
1967. At this time, attend-
ees are limited to 150 per
state regulations and reser-
vations are required.
A no-host breakfast
buffet will be provided at
the Gateway Café Satur-
day and Sunday mornings.
A worship service will be
held at the Main Street park
Sunday morning, July 18,
at 10:30 with music led by
Rick Drake.
For additional infor-
mation contact Stuart Dick
at 541-377-5451 or Ken
Evans at 541-571-7982.
Class of 65 plans
reunion
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Kraig Cutsforth, reports
that he is getting calls from
individuals who have seen
pictures online of some
Heppner houses that they
think they might like to buy
and fix up. Some of those
callers are planning to come
for an in-person look. Dave
Sykes also reports interest
in our available houses in-
creasing, much on the part
of people now living in the
Portland area.
“Rood Canyon Con-
struction” is the name Bob
Stevens jokingly bestowed
upon his friends who came
to his aid recently. Bob en-
dured a few days in the hos-
pital last month. Dan Ham-
bleton and Scott Smythe
shared an idea, reports Judy
Stevens, and from that ker-
nel grew a project taken on
by Scott, Dan and Bill Van
Schoiack, Tim Rankin, Sam
Martin, Melvin McDaniel,
John Flynn and Jim Kirk-
patrick. They located a
metal ramp specially made
in Hermiston for some-
one who did not take it,
bought it and brought it.
They installed the ramp at
Bob and Judy’s home and
Judy reports that she is as
appreciative as Bob and
is probably even using the
ramp more than he.
John and Janna Vanden-
Brink recently celebrated
their 44 th anniversary with
a trip to California. They
travelled to Los Banos,
where their son’s family
lives, in the San Joaquin
Valley.
And Jamie Vanden-
Brink and Tim Doherty,
‘04 and ‘03 graduates of
Ione High School, planned
to marry in Hood River
yesterday. The Vancouver
couple chose a park setting
for their small gathering in
the forecasted 66 degrees
under sunny skies.
Madison Combe, 2019
graduate of HHS, recently
enjoyed a break from her
busy schedule by coming
to eastern Oregon to visit
family and friends. Mad-
ison has completed. as an
honors student, her AAOT
(Associate of Arts Oregon
Transfer) – two-year gen-
eral education degree at
Chemeketa Community
College. But now she plans
to change directions and
add to that education by
doing something she has
also been planning. She will
soon be enrolled in Tangled
Ends Cosmetology School.
What will follow for this
girl on the go who also
continues to hold down a
job at Olive Garden?.
Heppner Day Care
is making a return. Petra
Payne reports that some de-
tails are still being handled,
but the opening day is just
around the corner.
Congratulations to
parents Matt and Chelsea
Bergstrom and welcome to
baby Blake Georgia, who
was also born on March
24, the same day as Cora
Marie Ellis.
Proud Grandparents
Greg and Janet Greenup
report that Klancy Nicholas
Fennern was born in Pend-
leton on the stroke of mid-
night on April 3, weighing
in at 8 lbs. 4 oz. Congratu-
lations to Justin and Kelsey
Greenup Fennern.
As delightful as enter-
taining oneself in the greet-
ing card section of a store,
watching those candid vid-
eos of children and animals
doing what innocents do.
They can sing, they can
dance, they can lecture,
they can do amazing stunts.
Such a refreshing break
from the abundant sad/bad
news.
How to retrieve trash
from the creek might be the
question that has slowed the
cleanup of Willow Creek’s
banks, but the conscientious
visitors who are making an
effort might know who to
call for help with that chal-
lenge. The banks certainly
look better, and I think
someone is also doing some
cleanup near two other
bridges. Bravo.
Report of a chicken and
her eight baby chicks near
the creek has put smiles
on the faces of several for-
tunate people who have
spotted her.
Some readers will re-
member mention years ago
of a Heppner water truck
that had showed up in Mo-
lalla, OR. Interest in that
historic vehicle recently
renewed, and Kim Arma-
to contacted the Molalla
person who had the truck.
Had is the key word. But
that man had given the truck
to his friend Sam Martin.
Yes, the Sam Martin of
Hardman. And Mr. Mar-
tin has agreed to give this
relic of Heppner history to
the county’s Agricultural
Museum, so we can watch
for information about its
display.
Passing on your good
news tidbits is such a plea-
sure. I know some readers
are very glad you are shar-
ing – they have said so.
Anyone who has a tidbit is
invited to email it to dbros-
nan123@gmail.com or to
call 541-223-1490 or stop
me on the street.
As always, hoping
some good news comes to
everyone reading this.
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