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VOL. 140
The John Deere tractor from the Heritage and Farm Museum
received special mention in the community float category.
NO. 34
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Fair parade winners announced
The winners of the pa-
rade categories have been
announced by the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce.
The parade was held Sat-
urday, August 21 in down-
town Heppner.
Wranglers Riding Club
took first in the rider’s cat-
egory and Owyhee Nite
Dazzlers were second.
There were two cat-
egories for float entries,
with the Heritage and Farm
Museum taking first in the
community floats. Special
mention went to the John
Deere tractor. The Grow
‘Em and Show ‘Em 4-H
Club took second.
Commercial float win-
ners were Threemile Can-
yon Farms Dairy Heifer
Project in first and Morrow
County Health District in
second.
Members of the Threemile Canyon Farms Dairy Heifer Project were the first-place winners Morrow County Health District was the second-place winner in the commercial float category.
in the commercial float category.
The Grow ‘Em and Show ‘Em 4-H Club float took second in community floats.
The Owyhee Nite Dazzlers took second-place in the rider’s category for the parade.
Dollar General completes purchase of Main Street property
New store opening slated for
early next year
By David Sykes
The purchase of prop-
erty has been completed
and a new Dollar General
store will soon be built
and open on Main Street in
Heppner. Construction is
expected to be completed
and the new store open for
business by early next year,
a store spokesperson told
the Gazette-Times Monday.
“Dollar General is cur-
rently under construction
on a new location at 388
N. Main St. in Heppner. At
this time, a store opening
is slated for early 2022, but
understand that construc-
tion progress may alter this
date,” said Katie Ellison,
senior manager for public
relations.
According to docu-
ments filed at the court-
house, the property was
purchased by Heppner BTS
Retail, LLC, an Oregon
limited liability company
with headquarters in Lake-
wood, Ohio. Dollar Gen-
eral will apparently lease
the store from BTS when
completed.
The property was
purchased from Heppner
businessman Alvin Liu for
$375,000. Liu is also own-
er of the Northwest Motel
across the street, and the
Gateway Café further down
Main Street. He also owns
a food catering business
and trailer called Happy
Pappy’s Catering Service.
Dollar General’s land pur-
chase for the new store in-
cluded an RV park, adjacent
gift and coffee shop on .6
acres, and a two-bedroom
home on .2 acres at 315
Chase Street.
Other legal documents
pertaining to the deal and
filed at the courthouse Mon-
day, include a mortgage and
security agreement between
BTS Retail, LLC, and Fifth
Third Bank of Rosemont,
Illinois. The note and deed
of trust covers an initial
$1.9 million line of credit
to build the new store, with
a total line of credit up to
$3.8 million.
According to Dollar
General, the store will sell
“quality, name-brand and
private brand merchan-
dise such as foods, health
and beauty products, home
cleaning supplies, house-
wares, stationery, seasonal
items and basic clothing.”
In its statement to the Ga-
zette-Times, Dollar General
emphasized the compa-
ny is “deeply involved in
the communities it serves
and is an ardent supporter
of literacy and education
through the Dollar General
Literacy Foundation, which
awards grants each year to
nonprofit organizations,
schools and libraries within
a 15-mile radius of a Dollar
General store or distribu-
tion center to support adult,
Sale of this Main Street property has been completed and construction of a new Dollar General store will now begin in Heppner.
Monday workman were already inside the former Cornerstone Gallery building, and the former RV park now sits empty of
trailers (inset). -Photo by David Sykes.
family, summer and youth
literacy programs.”
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