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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 4, 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. Wasteland Kings to perform Sunday The Wasteland Kings will be returning to per- form at Heppner’s Music in the Park Sunday, Au- gust 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. These talented musi- cians from La Grande will be providing what they call “Americana Music to Rock your Soul” with a mix of acoustic-based WWW.HEPPNER.NET Submit News, Advertising & Announcements Letters To The Editor Send Us Photos Start A New Subscription tunes from the 1920s to the present. Hopeful Saints Ministry will be hosting a food booth with pulled pork sandwiches and more, for purchase by donation to their well-drilling ministry. The summer ’s final concert in this series will feature the return of Port- land musicians Chasing Ebenezer on Sunday, Sep- tember 12. These events have been made possible by a grant from the Morrow County Unified Recreation District. Good News Only By Doris Brosnan Surrounded by fields of various agricultural crops, we could become inured to the changing colors and textures. But a trip into Ione has been an experience that wakes up our senses - huge fields of sunflowers could make the days seem brighter. The “little ‘Houdini’ dog” saga continues a week later at this house, but an equally entertaining animal story comes from Shirley George: Early every morn- ing, for several weeks, a rooster-about-the-neighbor- hood (no one claims him) comes to their place, crows, waits, their dogs bark, he crows, they bark, a ritual that goes on for several repetitions that mark the beginning of the day for everyone on the street. But maybe the dogs have grown bored with the routine? Last Sunday morning the rooster had to crow 51 times before at least one dog answered. On Saturday many par- ticipants walked or ran in the “Color Fun Run” 5K or Bunny Run as they followed sidewalk-chalk directions and clusters of balloons marking the way. Great support of the First Friday events sponsored by the Main Street businesses. Al s o o n S at u rd ay, Flood Town Books wel- comed a large crowd to the grand opening of this much-anticipated business with reading material and gift ideas for everyone, young and old. The tour of the bookstore and the Airbnb, Farra’s Place, at the back of the renovated building greeted visitors with some tasty noshes and drinks. One group especial- ly enjoying the tour was the Page Turners Book Club of Ione. Gary Marks, who be- came Heppner’s city man- ager in 1991 and stayed at this first-time position for seven years, brought his new bride to Heppner on Saturday. Gary brought Teresa to meet some of the people from whom he learned much and with whom he worked for the community. Claudia Hughes and Cara Osmin hosted a small group of these individuals at the Hughes. Wheatland Insurance - Heppner 20th Anniversary OPEN HOUSE We would like to thank Heppner and the local communities for their continued support! Join us on Friday, August 13th from 1-4pm Refreshments & Door Prizes! Jan Huddleston reports: Such a rare occasion, for Mom and Dad to have all their children and grand- children together – on a vacation to Sunriver. We call ourselves the “Sherm- huddlekins”: the Shermans, Huddlestons, and Watkins families. Ages ranged from 87 to 5 (great granddaugh- ter Miss Delilah). We cel- ebrated Mom’s 86 th and Ron’s 68 th birthdays, en- joyed many activities, lots of BBQs and just enjoyed being together as a family. Gene and Kristy Crow- ell, of Ione, recently re- turned from a stay with their Tucson, AZ, family. Baseball playoffs for three of their four grandchil- dren were timely events they were able to attend while there. The Crowells also celebrated their 45 th wedding anniversary last Saturday. The Sykes family met for their annual Oregon Coast trip in Seaside in July this year. Besides David and April Sykes, Heppner, joining in were Chris and Rachel Sykes and their children, Waylon and So- phie, Pendleton; Andrew Sykes, Pendleton; Allison (Sykes) and Matt Hayes and their sons, August and Sebastian, formerly of Los Angeles and now of Cary, NC; and Camille Sykes and Eddie Gonzales and their son, Oscar, Milwaukie, OR. The family enjoyed getting together, visiting, clam- ming, beach walks and a fire on the beach, shopping, cooking meals and enjoying all the little ones. Nancy Anderson cel- ebrated her 76 th birthday yesterday, with friends and family. Twins, Royal and Truly (yes that is an ‘L’) joined the North Carolina Hunt family on July 24 at 28 weeks. The last update their great-great Aunt Melissa Jo Mona- co, of Heppner, received reports that all are stable. These two gifts from God join their April-born twin cousins. Kane Sweeney, 2017 HHS graduate who was an HJSH drama club member for six years, will perform during the first two week- ends of August as Angelo/ Company in the “Bard in the Quad” production of Comedy of Errors by the Oregon State University Theatre Program, an annual live outdoor production in the Quad by the Memorial Union Hall. During his se- nior year at OSU, Kane was part of the OSU Theatre Ra- dio Special of a Christmas Carol and their short film production, Ten Minutes at the Townsend. His parents, A View from the Green WCCC Sunday Men’s Play Duane Disque was the senior champion at the men’s club championship held July 24 and 25. There were 28 partici- pants for the Sunday men’s play on August 1 at Willow Creek Country Club com- peting in the two-man best ball event. Taking first in gross with a score of 62 was the team of Duane Disque and Mike Orwick. Second went to Charlie Ferguson and Derek Gunderson with 63, third to Dave Pranger and Dennis Peck with 64 and fourth to Josh Coiner and John McCabe with a score of 66. The first-place team for net was Dave Creswick and Tim Hedman with a score of 50 and second place winners were Kelly Fox and Mike Doherty. Taking third were Dave Allstott and Dave Gunderson with 54 and fourth went to Tim Wright and Rod Wilson with 55. Steve Marlatt got KP on #4-13 with 2’6” and with 8’7” Mike Orwick got KP on #7-16. There will be no men’s play next week as the cou- ple’s tournament will be taking place. The next men’s play will be the par three challenge hosted by Greg Grant, Matt Scrivner and Charlie Ferguson on August 15. Over the Tee Cup Virginia Grant took low gross of the field at the Wil- low Creek Country Club ladies play day on July 27. Low net of the field winner was Karen Haguewood and Pat Edmundson had the least putts. For flight A, Virginia Grant got the long drive and a birdie on #6. Sarah Rucker won low gross for flight B and Pat Dougherty took low net. Shirley Martin had the least putts. Karen Haguewood got the long drive. Flight C winners were Kathy Martin for low gross, Jeanne Creswick, low net and Lorene Montgomery, least putts. Jeanne Cres- wick got the long drive and Kathy Martin had KP. Lorene Montgomery and got a chip-in on #6 and pat Dougherty got a chip-in on #3. The day was warm and sultry with 11 ladies enjoy- ing the game. Corey and Brandi Sweeney, along with other family members, will be attending a performance and highly encourage those who may be in the area during the first two weekends of Au- gust to bring blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy this event. Attendees this Friday evening on the Green by the pool-pickleball area are in for several treats at the Beer and Wine Tasting/First Friday Event. Samplings of some brews and fruits-of- the-vine; some tasty foods; several vendors’ goods; music by the Joe Lindsay family; and Brady Goss tickling the ivories in his inimitable way. Scott Lamb has joined the Heppner maintenance crew. Hats off to Chad Doherty and Robert Wha- len, Caleb McDaniel, Scott, and summer-hire Anna- Belle McDaniel – for the hours and energy they put into keeping Heppner a great place to live. The new multi-pur- pose building between the post office and dental busi- ness needs just a bit more tweaking before it opens for business: information booth during city events, restrooms, two water foun- tains and a bicycle-repair station. Very large bump-outs on the four corners of Gale and Center Streets are the only bump-outs on the length of Gale Street. 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