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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 27, 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. 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. Obituaries Raymond Jesse French Raymond Jesse French Heppner Elks Lodge, mem- was born May 18, 1927, ber of Heppner Chamber to Rose Hirl and Herbert of Commerce, American French at St. Anthony Hos- Legion and Willow Creek pital in Pendleton, OR. Country Club. He died Septem- Acknowledge- ber 5, 2021, at Wil- ments of his dedica- low Creek Terrace tion include Morrow Assisted Living in County Cattleman Heppner. of the Year, Hep- Raymond spent Raymond pner Chamber of his early childhood Jesse French Commerce Lifetime at the family ranch Achievement Award, on Big Butter Creek at- Grand Marshall of the Ore- tending Lena school. His gon Trail Pro Rodeo, honor- father passed away when ary member of the National he was nine years old. He Block and Bridle Club, attended St. Joseph’s Acad- and Distinguished Service emy in Pendleton for one Award as a Charter Member year following his father’s of the Oregon State Univer- death. The family moved sity Withycombe Club. to Heppner where he spent Wi t h N o r m a ’s e n - the rest of his school years. couragement, he enjoyed During high school he met learning to dance and play a cute Condon cheerleader, golf. Television service Norma Denton. Immediate- was a long time coming ly following graduation, he to the ranch. His favorite enlisted into the US Navy. programs were football Following basic training, and baseball games, Star he volunteered for the na- Trek and Jeopardy. The val aviation program and family also knew not to was in Seattle, WA com- interrupt Paul Harvey on pleting his last six weeks the radio. He and Norma of bomber pilot training to were avid fans of Heppner ship out to the South Pacific High School events still when the WWII ended. He frequenting many sports was honorably discharged games after retirement. He and returned home to mar- enjoyed meeting his friends ry Norma on October 26, downtown to visit and have 1946. They moved back morning coffee every day. to his childhood home and While living on the ranch, built a herd of horned Her- a Sunday tradition included efords. They would have mass in Heppner, a stop been married 75 years this downtown to buy candy October. bars for Norma and his Raymond was com- daughters and a Sunday mitted to his faith, com- newspaper for himself--all munity, his industry, state for 25cents. and country. Some of his He is survived by his contributions include pres- wife and three daughters, ident of the Oregon Cattle- Karen Wood (Joe) of Ti- men’s Association, chair- gard, OR, Verina Schiller manships of the Morrow (Tony) of Round Rock, TX, County Livestock Grow- and Susan French (Matthew ers, Heppner Soil and Wa- Greenup) of Heppner; sis- ter Conservation District, ters Dorothy O’Rourke, Morrow County School Pendleton, OR, and Fran- board and member of the cine Evans, Irrigon, OR, Columbia Blue Mountain nine grandchildren, 13 great Resource and Conservation grandchildren, and numer- Development Association ous nieces and nephews. board and USDA Forest His parents and brother, Service Advisory board. He Joe French, preceded him served as director and then in death. district vice president of the With consideration for National Cattlemen’s Asso- the health of Raymond’s ciation, and director of the family and community, fu- Pendleton Production Cred- neral services will be held it Bank. He was a volunteer at a later date. Condolence and served on the Heppner messages may be sent to the rodeo board. He served as Raymond French Family, an Oregon State Represen- c/o Susan French, 84176 tative for District 59. He French Lane, Heppner, was elected as a Morrow OR 97836, or online to County commissioner. He Sweeney Mortuary, www. dedicated service to St. sweeneymortuary.com. Patrick’s Catholic church Memorial contributions from the time he was an may be made to St. Pat- altar boy to teaching adult rick’s Church, PO Box 633, bible study classes and was Pioneer Memorial Hospital, eventually nominated for PO Box 9, Willow Creek the Wall of Honor at the Terrace Assisted Living, church, following in his 400 Frank Gilliam Drive, mother’s footsteps. He was or Heppner Elks Lodge, PO a member and trustee of the Box 494, all in Heppner. Good News Only By Doris Brosnan On October 16, on the floor of the Pendleton Roundup grounds, Taigh- ler Dougherty, daughter of Cliff and Dawna, and Bo Pickett, of Idaho, ex- changed wedding vows. Their guests were delighted to see Taighler arrive in what had been her grandfa- ther Jerry’s 1965 red pick- up, which Cliff had com- pletely restored. A reception followed in the convention center of this town that the couple will now call home. Together for nineteen years but never having had a “twosome” vacation in sixteen years, since their first child was born, Peter Wenberg and Sheena re- cently had such a getaway to Hug Point Recreation Site, on the coast about five miles south of Cannon Beach. Hug Point was so named because it was nec- essary to hug the rocks to get around the point on the ocean front without getting wet, which is what the cou- ple did (got a bit wet). Peter insisted that Sheena take a selfie of them with the ocean in the background, but while she was preparing to do that, he went to his knee and surprised her as she turned by expressing his love and giving her a beau- tiful diamond ring, some- thing he did not accomplish nineteen years ago. Good news for Kite (Healy) Thorne, who lives at the McKay Estates in Pendleton: Covid shutdown did not preclude a celebra- tion of her 91 st birthday but just created an opportunity for a week of celebration. Her Healy girls; Patty, Joan, Mary, Maureen and Susan made certain that at least one of them visited every day. Her grandchildren were also able to be in touch, either in person or through their cards. That was true, also, of her many friends and other family members who kept the birthday wishes coming. Among Kite’s neighbors, Carlene West is one of the best-wishers and Kite enjoyed getting better ac- quainted with Bev Wright. Lorene Montgomery of Lexington and Edna Dalzell of Ione celebrated their October birthdays at lunch with nine friends at the Route 74 Restaurant in Ione last Thursday. Lorene, 83, and Edna, 79, both stressed the importance of health and sharing good times with friends. At last Thursday’s foot- ball game in Heppner, spec- tators included a couple who enjoy attending sport- ing events in small east- ern Oregon communities, though they have no con- nection to the visited towns. The wife said that, without a doubt, the Heppner High School cheerleaders were the best – enthusiastic, syn- chronized, attentive – that they have seen this season. These comments added to the positives frequently voiced among the local fans. Kudos, cheerleaders. Also, in the stands at last Thursday’s game were many HES students. What great contributions they made to the cheer- ing section. Brook Baker, new music teacher, had taught the kindergarten- ers-through-sixth graders the words to the HHS fight song and some cheers and encouraged them to attend. They were so impressive. Though these students were spread throughout the root- ing section, the ones closest to the pep-band section numbered thirteen kinder- garteners who were having such a great time participat- ing with the cheerleaders. Such strong voices. Kane Sweeney is at it again. When he learned that Oregon State Uni- versity theatre’s next pro- duction was going to be “It’s a Wonderful Life,” he knew he wanted to audition. This play/movie is one of his all-time favorites and during his senior year at Heppner High School, he selected this play as their main production in which Kane played the lead role of George Bailey. He is looking forward to playing the darker character, the antagonist Mr. Potter, for the OSU theatre production. The cast and crew are very excited over production of this first live performance in Withycombe Hall since 2019. Those who may be in the area for either of the first two November weekends, Kane would love to see you in the audience. Drew Brannon was the epitome of neighbor-watch- ing-out-for-neighbor on Sunday when I fell at the Heritage Park while trying to tip down a large “no thru traffic” barrier that wind gusts were pushing around in the traffic lanes. He inter- rupted what he was doing at his home several houses away to rush my way. No need for help, thankfully, but his thoughtfulness is a lesson for us all. Please, share your rea- sons to smile by sending your good-news tidbits before Monday afternoon to dbrosnan123@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. Morrow County schools to update HVAC systems The Morrow County School District has received approval from the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to use $2.4 million of federal funding to up- grade and improve heating, ventilation, and air condi- tioning (HVAC) systems in schools throughout the district. The funding approved is part of the Elementa- ry and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) provided to the district as part of the federal coronavirus relief package allocated through ODE. Because ventilation and circulation are an import- ant part of improving air quality and maintaining a healthy environment, these funds can be used to up- grade HVAC systems. The Morrow County School District prepared a study of its HVAC systems as part of its overall long- term facility planning and found that multiple proj- ects in Heppner, Boardman and Irrigon qualified for the funds. These upgrades include replacing rooftop units and outdated heat pumps, testing and rebal- ancing airflow through cur- rent ductwork and installing new controls to improve ventilation and monitoring. By updating these sys- tems, the school district will be able to reduce ener- gy and maintenance costs while maintaining more consistent temperatures throughout school buildings in winter and summer. “We all become very aware of how an HVAC system is working when the weather gets cold, and especially when the electric bills come in,” said Mor- row County Superintendent Dirk Dirksen. “The Morrow County School District will be able to make substantial upgrades to our systems in our older buildings using federal dollars. This will create a better learning en- vironment for our students while allowing us to spend less time and money keep- ing aged systems up and running.” Work will begin this year and is expected to con- clude in summer of 2022. The district will continue to address other HVAC upgrades discovered during the long-range facilities as- sessment that did not quali- fy for the grant. For more in- formation about the ESSER funding, visit https://www. oregon.gov/ode/schools- and-districts/grants/Pages/ CARES-Act-Resources. aspx. Cross country prepares for districts and middle school state By Hannah Finch Last Thursday, the high school cross country team traveled to John Day for their final meet before dis- trict meets. The boys placed fourth as a team and the girls placed seventh. The high school dis- tricts meet is this Friday, October 29 in John Day. The 1A/2A varsity boys will race first at 3 p.m. followed by the 1A/2A/3A varsity girls at 3:30 p.m. There, the Heppner runners will compete for a spot at state. The state meet will be held at Lane Community College on November 6. Currently, the boys are ranked second in the district behind Union. The girls are in third place behind Union and Burns. The top two teams from this next meet will go to state, not count- ing any individual quali- 2021 COLUMBIA BASIN ANNUAL MEETING To keep our employees and members safe during COVID, we have reached outside the box this year and will be holding an Old-Fashioned “Drive In” Annual Meeting Park your vehicle in the Fairground’s Parking Lot Facing the Wilkinson Arena On November 4, 2021 @ 12:00 Noon In Heppner, OR. We will provide a lunch, goodie bag and a brief presentation! CBEC ANNUAL MEETING fiers. Individually, Trevor Nichols is ranked second in the district. Hailey Heide- man is ranked third for the girls, along with Hannah Finch at fifth and Kylie Boor in tenth. The middle schoolers competed in the Eastern Oregon XC Champion- ships last Friday in Pend- leton. Cooper Wight fin- ished eighth with a time of 11:04.0, followed by teammates Olson Anderson (13:43.7) and Lincoln Ells- worth (14:12.7). For the girls’ race, Lily Nichols finished second with a time of 11:41.0. Riley Archer was right be- hind her and finished fourth (11:55.5) and Brooklyn Hendricks finished eighth (12:12.3). After those three were Hailey McDaniel, Jules Archer, Lizzie Ginn and Rebecca Ellsworth. Overall, the girls placed third as a team. Lily Nichols, Riley Ar- cher, Brooklyn Hendricks, Hailey McDaniel, Jules Ar- cher and Lizzie Ginn will be competing Sunday, October 31, in the middle school state meet at Western Or- egon University. The girls will race at 1 p.m. Good luck to all of our runners this week. YOUR AD COULD BE HERE! 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