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Newspaper Page TextTWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 8, 2021 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Chamber Chatter Don Bennett honored for service 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. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per 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. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi- 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 specified if required). 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. Wednesday, September 8 at 6 p.m., Adult crafting to make fall/Halloween gnomes at the library. Reg- ister at www.otld.org. Saturday, September 11, Heppner, Lexington and Ione Fire Departments’ 9/11 firefighter remembrance. The event includes a silent parade, raising of the flag, patriotic songs and the stair climb. Sunday, September 12 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Mu- sic in the Park at Heppner City Park featuring Chas- ing Ebenezer, a Portland musical group. Chasing Ebenezer is a world folk- rock band with influenc- es from Celtic, African and Middle Eastern music. HRFPD Board Chair Kelwayne Haguewood, Fire Chief Steve Hopeful Saints will be of- Rhea, Donald Bennett and former Chief Rusty Estes present fering food for purchase by donation to their Mission Don with his plaque of appreciation. -Contributed photo. “He can’t remember The Heppner Rural Fire how many meetings he has Protection Board recently attended over the years on paid homage to Donald behalf of the fire district,” Bennett of Heppner, who a board spokesperson said, retired from the fire board “But it has been a truck- after 46 years of service, many as board chair. Ben- load.” The spokesperson be looking at doing public nett was first elected to continued, “Many thanks meetings to have kind of a the board in 1975 and has to Don for his years of town hall about broadband served continuously since. community service.” and internet and engage the public. Public input along the way is going to be very important to us, and I would like to engage the public as much as possible,” he says. Moss says after in- By Hannah Finch ly took a hit. However, frastructure has been im- Heppner Mustangs this didn’t discourage the proved, he would then hosted a three-way vol- Mustangs, who kicked off like to have meetings to leyball tournament last their season with a win 3-0 “enhance digital skills for Thursday, September 2 against Riverside on Thurs- people who have not had at Heppner High School. day, August 26. internet before. People can Participating schools in- With only two seniors come in and learn the basics cluded South Wasco and on the floor, the team is of technology that they Irrigon, where the two looking young this year. have not had access to. We schools played each other Don’t let the underclassmen are going to be moving first at 4 p.m. Proceeding fool you, though. Freshmen towards more education South Wasco’s win against Hallee Hisler and Katie and bridge the educational Irrigon, the team scored Spivey are strong addi- gap in using technology, a second victory against tions to Heppner’s Varsity, but that is further down the Heppner 3-0. along with sophomores timeline. First infrastruc- Unwilling to accept Zandra Masterson and Mor- ture, then affordability, then defeat, the lady Mustangs gan Cutsforth. With ex- educational,” he says. bounced back in their game perienced upperclassmen To accomplish these against Irrigon, turning the paired with young talent goals Moss is working for tables and winning 3-0 to in the freshman and soph- an organization called Lead end the night. The tourna- omore classes, this fall For America, a national ment was the first home season is looking bright. fellowship program that game this season for our The Mustangs push recruits, trains and places Mustangs. After losing 10 forward this weekend with leaders in rural commu- previous seniors through another tournament this nities to tackle “the com- graduation this past spring, Saturday at Helix High munity’s toughest public the girls’ roster definite- School starting at 9 a.m. challenges.” The program is supported by donations from Tillamook Cheese, The Heppner Gazette-Times a major food processing wants pictures of your trophy business in Morrow Coun- animals from this hunting ty, and Land O’Lakes, an season. American member-owned Stop by to have your picture taken, drop off agricultural cooperative. While not an employee photos at 188 W Willow in of Morrow County, Moss Heppner, email them to will be working out of the e d i t o r @ r a p i d s e r v e . n e t county office building and upload them at heppner.net his supervisor is county ad- or text cell phone photos to ministrator Darrell Green. 541-980-6674. He comes to Heppner from the Portland area and says he is getting used to living in rural Morrow County. *Design *Print *Mail “It’s been fantastic. I’m 541-676-9228 transitioning from where Sykes Publishing people are so busy with their lives; they don’t take time to wave and say hi. It’s S O U T H M O R R O W C O U N T Y F I R E F I G H T E R S been great,” Moss says of his experience so far here. BROADBAND -Continued from PAGE ONE when they come up,” he says. Public asked to help As part of his job Moss will be meeting with groups around the county to talk about internet and broad- band. He is also asking for the public’s help in mapping out broadband speeds and costs around the county. “Starting this week, we will be putting up a link to a speed test online.” He says the public will be able to log on, test their internet speed, and have that infor- mation compiled and used during the infrastructure build out program. The link will be on the Morrow County Facebook page and the web site. It is a link to Speed up America and what we are trying to do is get as many people throughout the county to take this test as possible. What this will do is show us what advertised speeds are in specific areas for your internet and what the actual speeds are. It will also show us the price that people pay for the service they get. This will allow us, in our task force, to go to providers and when we meet have accurate data on what speeds and minimum speeds should be available to people hopefully by the end of the project here,” he says. “No personally identifying information is collected during the test, and the data will help our team identify gaps in ser- vice and establish standards for internet speeds moving forward,” he emphasized. To take the test (estimat- ed time 3 minutes) go to: speedupamerica.com and follow the directions. 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Those who would still like to make contribu- tions to the organization this year are welcome to do so. Cemetery District to meet Ione-Lexington Cemetery District will meet Sep- tember 20, the third Monday instead of the scheduled September 13, the second Monday. State mandates will be followed, and masks are required. School district releases sports spectator requirements With fall athletics beginning, the Morrow County School District has announced requirements that must be followed for spectators at school sport- ing events. The district will be following the updated OHA guidelines regarding masks. For indoor or outdoor sports, students are not required to wear a mask indoors or outdoors when practicing or playing a com- petitive sport at any level, including cheerleading and dance/drill. Students not actively participating (i.e., on the sideline during an indoor or outdoor compe- tition, etc.) are required to wear a mask. 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