FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Two COVID vaccine
events scheduled in
the county
One-shot Johnson and Johnson
doses approved to resume
Two COVID-19 vac-
cine events have been
scheduled for this week,
one in Heppner on Wednes-
day, May 5 from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at the Heppner
city park. And the other on
Thursday, May 6 in Board-
man at the Oregon Trail
Library from 3 to 7 p.m.
The vaccines are free,
open to anyone and no
appointment is needed. No
health insurance is required
but if you have insurance
you are asked to bring your
insurance card. Anyone
with questions may call
541-676-5421.
The vaccines are the
one-shot Johnson and John-
son type which has been ap-
proved by health officials to
begin administering again.
Distribution and adminis-
tration of the Johnson and
Johnson had been suspend-
ed but is now approved
by the CDC, Centers for
Disease Control.
The following notice
was posted on the CDC
web site:
CDC and the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration
(FDA) recommend use
of Johnson & Johnson’s
Janssen (J&J/Janssen)
COVID-19 Vaccine resume
in the United States, after a
temporary pause.
Reports of adverse
events following the use
of J&J/Janssen vaccine
suggest an increased risk of
a rare adverse event called
thrombosis with thrombo-
cytopenia syndrome (TTS).
Nearly all reports of this
serious condition, which
involves blood clots with
low platelets, have been in
adult women younger than
50 years old.
A review of all available
data at this time shows that
the J&J/Janssen COVID-19
Vaccine’s known and po-
tential benefits outweigh its
known and potential risks.
H o w e v e r, w o m e n
younger than 50 years old
especially should be aware
of the rare but increased
risk of this adverse event
and that there are other
COVID-19 vaccine options
available for which this risk
has not been seen.
CDC and FDA will
continue to monitor the
safety of all COVID-19
vaccines.
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Good News Only
By Doris Brosnan
“…. Out came the sun
and dried up all the rain,
and…” the May Day parade
came off just as it had been
planned. Such good news
for Lexington’s optimistic,
hard-working citizens de-
termined to bring back an
event from the past. And
good news for the viewers
who lined the parade route
to show their appreciation –
a fine float, many fine cars,
a fine group of Papineaus,
a fine display of Lexington
equipment and Starvation
Farms equipment and all
else that made the event
fine – and could later enjoy
visiting and free pie.
On the next day, May
2, Earl and Peggy Fish-
burn celebrated their 57 th
anniversary. Peggy remem-
bers her much younger
self assuming that married
couples probably didn’t get
beyond the 35 years togeth-
er that her grandparents had
celebrated. No secret, the
need for compatibility and
a glimpse of how well this
couple gets along was their
using much of their mile-
stone day for work in their
beautiful yard together.
Enjoying a two-week
leave from his Air Force
Security Force responsi-
bilities, Nathan Putnam is
visiting his mom, Alicia
Doherty, and stepdad, Chad
Doherty. Alicia reports that
Nathan enjoys his work, is
in his third year of his six-
year commitment, presently
stationed in Minot, North
Dakota.
A 1998 Heppner High
School graduate has called
the Portland area home
since setting out to make
her mark. Jamie Hansen,
daughter of Hoby and Su-
san, is now Jaymes Neon,
Costume Designer. Jamie’s
early designs were hand-
made accessories and re-
worked vintages, and now
her name is well-known
for her work on TV and
movies, designing for both
puppets and actors. She
earned an award for her
designs in the TV series
Portlandia in 2014, and
her workload continues to
grow, recently including
designs for a Nicholas Cage
movie. Look her up. Big
article in Portland Monthly.
Cam Wishart has been
in touch with a newsy note:
Cam moved from Heppner
to Hood River sixteen years
ago but has continued her
subscription to the Heppner
Gazette Times. She reports
that she, too, is moving to
Prairie City in June. She is
looking forward to visits
with Laurie Hire in their
new homes. (Laurie’s hus-
band was a cousin to Cam’s
son-in-law.)
The George Waterland
Memorial Field is back
in shape, thanks to many,
and is getting used again
– practices and games are
bringing back the welcome
sounds of young ball play-
ers.
Students named to
EOU dean’s list
Kellen Grant and Hunt-
er Nichols, Heppner, have
been named to the dean’s
list for the 2021 winter
term at Eastern Oregon
University.
Eastern Oregon Uni-
versity named 629 students
to the dean’s list for the
2021 winter term. Quali-
fying students achieve and
maintain a grade point av-
erage of 3.5 or higher on a
4.0 scale while completing
a minimum of 12 hours of
graded EOU coursework.
Valby Lutheran Church
Valby Road
Ione Oregon. 97843
Church Services
1st & 3rd Sundays
10:00 AM
Available for:
Weddings • Funerals
Family Events
541-422-7300
Old
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Church
All Are
Welcome
J ohn and Pat Edmundson’s
great-grandson Max was two
years old on April 30. He was
so excited to share his cele-
bration with his identical twin
brothers, Olen and Archer,
who were born on March 20
in Perth, Australia, where
they live with parents, James
and Kirsten Papanastasiou.
Grandmother Vicki Ed-
mundson lives in Baker City
and is most eager for Aus-
tralia to open for air travel.
Dave Allstott’s crew
has begun pouring cement
for the new building that
will stand where Lott’s
Electric once stood, and
soon they will be hanging
the preserved and framed
“Green’s Feed Store” sign –
a surprise find hidden under
that building’s siding – in
the ag museum’s building
dedicated to Cliff Green.
The sign will be viewable
from the sidewalk in the
three-sided building just
north of the main ag muse-
um building, where one can
likewise see a metal bench
also dedicated to Cliff. (Yes,
one of those benches.)
The museums will soon
be open, a nice draw for
Heppner visitors, and the
Farm Foundation Muse-
um Board is looking for
volunteers to meet and
greet visitors at the Her-
itage Museum and/or at
the Agricultural Displays.
Interested persons should
contact Kathy Cutsforth
Fulmer, 541-980-2352 or at
the library or in the museum
on Main Street.
New windows have
been installed on Main
Street’s Artisan Village. So,
a few set-backs (including
a window with a crack),
have slowed the greatly
anticipated change, but the
welcome, attractive look
will soon be complete.
According to news re-
ports, Oregon’s population
has increased 10.6 per-
cent in ten years (mostly
in the metropolitan area, of
course), which is 3 percent
higher than the general
increase in the USA. And
this growth means that our
number of US Congres-
sional seats will increase
from five to six in our next
election. One more voice to
speak for Oregonians. Also,
a six-member redistricting
committee in Oregon now
has the job of looking at our
populations and completing
a redistricting process by
September – so says the
news reports.
We find ourselves amid
a plethora of dandelions,
known in ancient times as
a health tonic, and at least
once appreciated for their
beauty by adults as well
as children, who continue
to pick bouquets of these
beautiful flowers for special
people. Some say dandeli-
ons symbolize happiness
and youthful thoughts, or
health, power and persever-
ance. They are an important
food source for bees, which
appreciate their pollen and
nectar. So, as well as ma-
kin’s for dandelion wine,
dandelion flowers, greens,
and roots are apparently
great raw and cooked, as
ingredients in many dishes.
A banquet outside our doors
– as long as you are not
allergic. Bon Appetit. (But
what about those white puff
balls of seeds that blow in
the wind?.)
Rare seems to be the
person who does not ap-
preciate reading someone’s
good news, so this col-
umn will continue to share
good-news tidbits as long
as people email them to
dbrosnan123@gmail.com
or to call 541-223-1490
(can leave a message if
necessary) or stop me on
the street.
As always, hoping
some good news comes to
everyone reading this.
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