TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Electric Co-Op
announces notice
of nominations
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Columbia Basin Elec- North of the Township line
tric Cooperative is currently between Township 2 South
notifying all members that and 3 South, and East of the
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nominations are open for Morrow-Gilliam County
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
four director’s positions, line.
at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax
all with three-year terms.
-Zone number 7: That
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P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $31 in Morrow County; $25
1, 3, 4 and 7.
served by the Cooperative
senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere; $31 student
-Zone
number
1:
That
lying south of the Township
subscriptions.
territory served or to be line dividing Townships
David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
served by the Cooperative 4 South and 5 South and
Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising
lying West of the Mor- lying West of the Mor-
All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m.
row-Gilliam County line row-Gilliam County line
For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per
and North of the Township and lying West of the Mor-
column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to
100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $6.05 per column inch.
line dividing Townships row-Wheeler County line.
For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi-
4 South and 5 South, ex-
Paul Bates, Condon,
cation must be specified. Affidavits must be requested at the time of submission. Affidavits
require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be
cluding the area within the 541-980-8577 is the nom-
specified if required).
incorporated city limits of inating committee member
For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to
Condon, Oregon
for Zone 1, Jill Martin,
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
-Zone number 3: That Lexington, 541-989-8480
for the obituary.
territory served or to be for Zone 3, James L. Swan-
For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner
served lying East of Range son, Ione, 541-561-4314
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
line between Range 24 East for Zone 4 and Terri Hunt,
responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will
and Range 25 East, and Fossil, 503-931-9976 for
be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
North of the Township line Zone 7. The nominating
between Township 2 South committee will accept nom-
and Township 3 South, ex- inations up to and including
cluding the area within the the last day of August 2021.
incorporated city limits of
Nominees must be
Heppner, Oregon.
members of Columbia Ba-
-Zone number 4: That sin Electric Cooperative,
territory served or to be Inc. and they must reside in,
The City of Boardman as plan amendments, zone served lying West of the and receive electrical ser-
has a vacancy on the plan- changes, conditional use Range line between Range vice in, the zone in which
ning commission and is permits, variances, and 24 East and Range 25 East, they will be running.
seeking interested parties tentative subdivision proj-
who live within the Board- ects. Meetings are the third
man city limits to fill the Wednesday of each month
vacancy. The position has a at 7 p.m. at Boardman City
term ending December 31, Hall and are open to the
2021, with someone being public.
appointed at the September
More information about
city council meeting.
the planning commission
The planning commis- can be found at http://www.
sion is comprised of sev- cityofboardman.com/pc/
en members appointed by page/planning-commission.
the city council and is a
Interested parties
permanent advisory body should send a letter of in-
to the council on matters terest to Community De-
related to planning and velopment Director Barry
development. The commis- Beyeler at bbeyeler@city-
sion holds monthly public ofboardman.com or via Above: Flood Town Books has opened in town.
meetings to consider land mail to: Boardman City
use and zoning matters Hall, P.O. Box 229, Board-
presented by staff, such man, OR 97818.
Gray retires from
Ione Library
District
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE:
Boardman seeks
planning
commission member
Pictured (L-R): Anne Morter, Bobbi Childers, Betty Gray,
Margo Sherer and Betty Rietmann.
Betty Gray attended
her last meeting of the
Ione Library District June
26, 2021, after serving 10
years with the district. Gray
played a vital role in setting
up the Ione Library District
in 2011. She was presented
with flowers and a certif-
icate at her final meeting.
HES begins online
registration
Heppner Elementary
School’s online registra-
tion will run August 10-12.
Returning families will
need to log into their parent
portal account and update
the following information:
Contact information, emer-
gency contacts, technology
use forms, internet ques-
tionnaire, dental screening
and transportation form.
New students and those
who desire assistance may
call the Heppner Elemen-
tary School office at 541
676-9128.
New bookstore opens in Heppner
Left and above: Guests mingled, socialized and checked out
the new bookstore that has opened in Heppner.
Flood Town Books re-
cently opened at 413 N.
Main Street in Heppner,
celebrating with a grand
opening on July 31. At the
grand opening guests en-
joyed snacks, drinks, prizes
and live music.
Regular hours will be
11-6 Tuesday-Thursday,
10-5 Fridays and 10-3 Sat-
urdays. For additional in-
formation, contact Andrea
Nelson at 541-236-2940.
Campground host position available
The Umatilla National
Forest is looking for vol-
unteers to serve as camp-
ground host at Bull Prairie
Lake campground, begin-
ning now through the end
of October.
A campground host
greets campers, provides
information on the sur-
rounding area, and gener-
ally makes campers feel
at home. Hosts will visit
with campers and day-use
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