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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 21, 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. FRANCHISE FEES -Continued from PAGE ONE $2,500 to Northwest Farm coordinate a tri-department memorial stair climb event for 9/11. Across the coun- try fire departments have been honoring the firefight- ers of 9/11 by climbing the equivalent number of stairs firefighters climbed in the World Trade Center. Miles said they are still developing plans and hope to have promotional and advertising for the event to present to the council at next month’s meeting. The department is working on other sources for new gear and equip- ment including contacting the Forest Service for up- dated fire engines and are applying for grants such as Credit Rural Grant program for updated wildland gear. The department’s current wildland gear is over 20 years old and does not meet all current safety standards, her report said. She said over the past two months Lexington Fire has been called to three mutual aid fires and one EMS call. She said it has been a surprisingly quiet fire season so far, “but we would like to remind every- one to continue to diligently follow the burn ban this summer.” Miles also reported that all six of the town’s fire- fighters have completed the firefighter one course with Good News Only By Doris Brosnan Little did JoyceKay Hollomon know that her kids had an ulterior motive for inviting her to join them for dinner last Saturday evening, while failing to tell her where until they headed for the Gilliam and Bisbee Building. “We can’t go there; they are having that ‘60s class reunion,” she warned them. This from the admitted “reunion crasher,” who, with her young hus- band, Jerry, immediately felt a special attachment to the Heppner High students they met when they moved to town in 1962. They fol- lowed those classes of the ‘60s, shared some choice moments with them, and always “felt so privileged to be part of their lives,” Joy- ceKay says. She has visited with attendees at several reunions over past years. But she didn’t understand on Saturday why she was told that they were invited to this reunion. After the delicious dinner gifted to her by an anonymous per- son, JoyceKay eventually learned why her attendance was important: The hosting class of 1965 presented her a certificate declaring “Joy- ceKay Hollomon, Honorary Class of ’65 Graduate” accompanied by an out- standingly beautiful floral bouquet. Some memories of the Hollomons were shared, JoyceKay recognized many attendees, and she said the marvelous evening made her feel that “now I really belong.” The reunion of the HHS classes of the 60s was a greater success than the or- ganizers had dared to hope for, says Ken Evans. About 40 attendees enjoyed a no- host dinner prepared by Alvin Liu at the Gateway the Ione Fire Department and completed the driver’s certification courses. They will continue with the fire- fighter two series in the fall. In other business the council held a hearing on a request by Lexington busi- nessman Sam Bellamy to partition a 1.94-acre parcel he owns at the old school property into three lots. Two of the lots will be for residential building, and the third on which the school building sits would remain commercial. There are wa- ter, electricity and tele- phone services in the area for the building lots, but Bellamy will still need to obtain site suitability from Umatilla County Health in order to develop them as residential lots. Since Lexington does not have a central sewer system each lot will have its own septic system. The council also dis- cussed several camp trailers in town that are being used as permanent residents. According to town and county ordinances RVs can- not be used for permanent living quarters. It was also brought up there may be septic waste being dumped from the RVs out onto the ground and neighbors are complaining. “That is a huge illegal activity dump- ing septic on the ground,” said council member Lem- mon. The council learned that Anderson Perry En- gineering is working on writing two grants to do an overall water system study on the town. Café on Friday evening, and about the same number returned for a breakfast he prepared on Saturday. About 70 classmates en- joyed visiting and pizza at the golf course later, from 10 until 2. The evening saw 138 gather for the social hour at 5, dinner at 6, and an evening of catch-up conversations, with Roger Leonnig providing back- ground and karaoke music. The hosting Class of ’65 showed the greatest number of attendees, including a couple of classmates com- ing for a first time. But Evans reports that the most important feature of the evening was the visiting and the smooth melding of the decade of ages. When people are recog- nized for a job well-done, they have a good reason to feel fortunate, appreciated, even proud. But “flabber- gasted” topped those feel- ings on Saturday evening, when Ken and Jan Evans received an unexpected thank-you from the Class of ’65 for their many hours of work necessary for a successful HHS reunion of the ‘60s. They received air flight tickets, tickets to two nights of the National Rodeo Finals, three nights at a hotel, and many bucks to spend in Las Vegas. And this columnist’s good news is that she spent twelve days in Salem, house- and dog-sitting for her family who were on a road trip to visit some col- lege campuses of interest to granddaughter who will graduate next year. The stay included visits with several acquaintances still living in Salem, lots of blueber- ry-picking, and a couple rounds of tennis and bridge. Always good to get back home, too. Ready for more good news? Many people are, so help make it happen by sharing yours with the readers. Please, share your “tidbits” by sending them before Monday afternoon to dbrosnan123@gmail.com, or call 541-223-1490, or stop me on the street. Here’s hoping that some good news comes to everyone reading this. Do You Have Something to Share? Our newly updated website makes it easy to: •Submit news •Submit birth, engagement and wedding announcements •Send us photos •Submit letters to the editor •Place ads •Start a new subscription www.heppner.net Weekly deadline for all news and advertising is Monday at 5pm. 188 W Willow, Heppner • 541-676-9228 ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. The Morrow County Fair & Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo are right around the corner! We are wanting stories and photos to be featured in the annual Heppner Gazette-Times Fair & Rodeo special edition, which will be published on August 11. We are also looking for advertisers for the special edition, as well as the rodeo program. Deadline for all stories and advertising is August 4. 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