SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Winter sports begin
week. The boys’ basketball
team will have their first
contest with the Condon
Blue Devils, on Wednesday,
December 1 at the high
school. Due to a shortage of
Condon players, the girls’
basketball team will not be
playing. The boys’ games
will begin at 6 p.m.
Both the boys’ and
girls’ teams will be in ac-
tion Friday, December 3
A View from the Hill
and Saturday, December 4.
Heppner will be hosting the
Umatilla Vikings Friday,
and the Nixyaawii Golden
Eagles will make the trip
over Saturday. Games will
begin at 3 p.m. on Friday,
and 12 noon on Saturday.
The wrestling team will
also have their first meet
Friday, December 3 in En-
terprise. Matches are sched-
uled to begin at 10 a.m.
By Doris Brosnan
Floss Watkins’ birthday
celebration yesterday was
viewed as a great way to
mark the end of November,
and now everyone must
wait patiently for the next
birthday bash, which will
be a dual one: On December
20, Myrtle McMillan and
Ginger O’Brien will share
their birthdays.
These birthday lunches
requested by the celebrants
will now be prepared by
The caption for the photo published in last week’s issue of the G-T named Landon Molly Turrell, the Terrace’s
Mitchell as the Heppner football player when it was actually Derrick Smith. The editor new food service coordina-
tor. The great Thanksgiving
apologizes for this error.
meal enjoyed by all is a
good measure of what good
work Molly can do in the
kitchen.
December tends to be
a pretty busy month at the
Terrace and will be again
this year, even though re-
strictions will dictate a few
changes. One of the first
endeavors for residents in-
terested in decorating their
doors will be the Christmas
craft started on the 3 rd and
finished on the 17 th . The
textures and festive colors
will make the hallways
more receptive, for sure.
Those halls will get a
decking out on the 8 th when
residents complete the dec-
orating of the Terrace for
Derrick Smith enroute to scoring in the fourth quarter. -Photo by Damon Brosnan.
By Blake Carter
The fall season for the
2021-2022 school year has
officially closed as the state
championships in football
were played this past Sat-
urday. However, with one
season ending, another is
soon to follow.
The Heppner High
school’s basketball teams
and wrestling teams will
begin their seasons this
Correction
the holiday. This activity
is always followed by car-
oling and homemade soup
for all participants.
On the 12 th , which
is National Gingerbread
House Day, residents will
be able to join the staff
for decorating houses that
will then be on display. Of
course, some good-natured
competitive spirit some-
times surfaces at this time.
Christmas Eve will find
everyone listening to “The
Christmas Story” while
they enjoy hot cocoa before
heading for bed, so Santa
can come.
Christmas Day will
be a celebration of treats,
stockings and gifts from the
Christmas Angels before a
delicious Christmas ham
dinner.
Everyone will be invit-
ed on New Year’s Day to
share predictions for 2022
and to look back over 2021.
Of course, everyone en-
joys calendar days that pay
homage to various foods
and to various individuals,
partly because they can
be learning experiences,
partly because some guar-
antee great-tasting treats.
Next month is no different,
beginning on Saturday,
January 4, which will see
chocolate chip cookies at
the tables because it is des-
ignated National Cookie
Day. Pizza will have to
be included during Pizza
Week, which begins on the
10 th . National Biscuit and
Gravy Day will mean that
combination served for
breakfast on the 14 th . And
everyone will be able to
contribute to morning dis-
cussions in January, as Elvis
Presley, birds, Wheel of
Fortune, volunteer firemen,
Popeye the Sailor and fris-
bees will be featured topics.
Possibly National Hug-
ging Day on the 21 st will
bring memories of special
hugs on days gone by, and
more compliments than
usual might be heard in
the Terrace on National
Compliment Day, the 24 th .
But laughter will probably
reign on January 27 th , when
residents and staff will be
invited to celebrate Nation-
al Clothes-Clashing Day.
Yes, this holiday month
and January will be busy,
with weekly and special
activities and topics of in-
terest. Certainly, one rea-
son that life on the Hill is
viewed with enthusiasm
and appreciation.
grocery store in Heppner
with others reported to be
to afraid to get out of their
vehicles. MCSO arrested
Skyler Lee Kendrick for
Criminal Trespass II. He
was lodged at Umatilla
County Jail with $1,000
bail.
-MCSO received an-
other report of a “young-
er male with darker hair
and black jacket, wearing
sunglasses,” drinking and
dancing on Main St. in
Heppner.
-MCSO received a re-
port of a newer black Cadil-
lac sedan with Washington
plates hitting the guard rail
and not stopping, going be-
tween 70-90 miles per hour.
-MCSO receive report
from a subject at the Irrigon
Shell Station on Hwy. 730
who said he hit a dark Nis-
san Altima but didn’t notice
any damages.
Sheriff’s Report
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November 12: Morrow
County Sheriff ’s Office
responded to a request for
extra patrol on McCall Lane
in Irrigon concerning suspi-
cious activity with regard
to thefts.
-MCSO received a re-
port of an unauthorized use
of a motor vehicle on Wash-
ington Lane in Irrigon. The
caller reported that the sub-
jects ran. MCSO responded
and recovered the vehicle.
-MCSO received a re-
port of four loose dogs in
the area of the Oregon Trail
Library in Heppner. MCSO
was unable to locate.
-MCSO received a re-
port of a male with a grey
hoodie and black sweat-
pants walking around the
block several times looking
at people’s property and
acting suspiciously, hiding
his face from the caller.
-MCSO received a re-
port of a black Kenworth
hauling a flatbed with some
kind of piping on the trail-
er going in excess of 90
mph on 1-84 in Boardman.
MCSO was out of position
and OSP was advised.
-MCSO received a re-
port of people who had
caught some dogs near the
freeway entrance. The dogs
were returned to the owner.
-MCSO received a re-
port of a domestic distur-
bance on Paterson Ferry
Rd. in Irrigon with a male
who had shoved a female.
Andrew Norman Ames
was arrested by MCSO
for Harassment-Domestic
Violence and lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail with
$10,000 bail.
-MCSO received a re-
port from a subject on S.W.
Nevada St. in Irrigon that
they had been remodeling
and may have a racoon in
the bathroom. The caller ad-
vised of being “too scared
to open the door.”
-MCSO received a
report from a subject on
Fourth St. in Irrigon that
there were two stray cats
under her porch that won’t
leave. She requested a dep-
uty, but MCSO advised her
of her options.
-MCSO received a
report from a subject in
Irrigon that her friend was
having a fight with her hus-
band. Another subject said
that the woman’s husband
was holding his wife in the
house. It was unknown if
there were weapons; one
child was in the home.
-MCSO received a re-
port of a possibly intoxi-
cated subject in front of the
November 13: Morrow
County Sheriff ’s Office
received a request for extra
patrol on McCall Lane in
Irrigon with suspicious ac-
tivity with regard to thefts.
MCSO has conducted two
checks per day, but separate
incidents have occurred.
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