TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 4, 2021
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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
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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.
Question is “Why?” Good
news for residents of Gale
Street is that the bump-outs
are expected to create a
visual “break up” impres-
sion designed to reduce
speeding, which should
increase safety desired by
those residents.
We all enjoy reading
positives. Please, share
your “good-news tidbits”
by sending them before
Monday afternoon to dbros-
nan123@gmail.com, or call
541-676-5382 or 541-223-
1490, or stop me on the
street. Here’s hoping that
some good news comes to
everyone reading this.
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