TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 1, 2022
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Ribbon cutting held
at new Irrigon
Government Center
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Obituaries
County Commissioners (L-R)
Melissa Lindsay, Don Russell
and Jim Doherty handle the
ceremonial cutting of the
ribbon at the new Morrow
County Government Build-
ing in Irrigon last Thursday.
Located at 215 NE Main,
the new center has offices
to the river to watch his son for many services including
put a line in the water.
planning, justice court, sheriff
Marvin was the young- and transportation as well as
est of nine children; three others.
Marvin Duane Hemnes
Marvin Duane Hemnes
was born in Bellingham,
WA, to Carl K. and Hannah
K. (Akre) Hemnes January
16, 1947. He passed away
May 26, 2022.
He graduated from
Globe High School in
Globe, AZ in 1965 and
served in the U.S. Navy
from 1965 to 1970. He
met his wife of 47 years,
Barbara, in Phoenix, AZ
and they married in 1974.
They lived in Arizona and
Nevada before settling in
Boardman, OR in 1979
Marvin worked for
Portland General Electric,
officially retiring in 2013.
Marvin Duane Hemnes
Marvin battled multiple
sclerosis for decades and
moved to Lebanon, OR in
2017, to be near his son,
Carl.
Marvin was an avid
fisherman, always one to
generously hand over the
rod and reel to others when
a large catch was on the
line. Even after his MS
limited his ability to fish,
he still loved getting down
Armond Earl Britt
Armond Earl Britt, 88, Army during the Korean
passed away at his home War.
On July 1, 1956, he
on November 18, 2021,
married Marietta
at Prineville, OR. A
Helms in Spray,
graveside service will
OR and in 1957 a
be held at 11 a.m. Sat-
son, Stan, joined
urday, June 4, 2022, at
the family. In 1960
the Heppner Masonic
Steve came into the
Cemetery in Heppner,
family and in 1963
with a reception to
follow at St. Patrick Armond Earl Shannon finished
the family.
Catholic Church Par- Britt
On March 11,
ish Hall.
Armond was born in 1968, Armond married Joan
Spray, OR December 31, Wagner in Hermiston, OR.
Armond was a lifelong
1932. He was the youngest
of three sons born to Wal- log truck driver for Britt
ter and Alta Britt. Armond Brothers Trucking which
served in the United States he operated with his brother
Chamber meeting
scheduled
Heppner Chamber of
Commerce will hold an all
entities meeting Thursday,
June 2 at noon at the Gil-
liam and Bisbee Building.
RSVPs are required.
Lunch of sweet and
sour meatballs, rice and a
garden salad will be pro-
vided by Heppner Market
Fresh Deli.
The chamber would
like everyone to note that
due to rising food costs, this
will be the last lunch the
vendors will be able to offer
at $10. New prices will be
announced soon.
Let’s
Celebrate!
Music by Frank Carlson
Saturday, June 4
Fettuccine Dinner 6 pm
Music 7pm to 11pm
sisters, Marion, Caroline
and Olive; and five broth-
ers, Aldin, John, Edwin,
Robert and Richard. All
have preceded him in death,
as well as his parents, Carl
and Hanna and son, Jason.
He is survived by his
wife, Barbara; son, Carl
of Lebanon, OR and many
wonderful nieces and neph-
ews.
His ashes will be buried
in Hermiston, OR. Hus-
ton-Jost Funeral Home is
handling arrangements.
Heppner Water Control
District Budget Commit-
tee will meet Wednesday,
June 8 at 6:15 p.m. in the
conference room at 430
W Linden Way to receive
the FY 2022-2023 budget.
A regular board meeting
will follow with minutes of
the last meeting, financial
report and opening and
selection of bids.
Meetings of the HWCD
Elvin until his retirement are open to the public.
in 1997.
Survivors include his
three children, Stan of Pilot
Rock, OR, Steve (Nan) of
Prineville, OR and Shannon
(Larry) of Prairie City, OR:
his beloved six grandchil-
dren and eight great-grand-
children. He was preceded
in death by his wife, Joan;
his parents and brothers,
Marvin and Elvin.
Sweeney Mortuary is in
care of arrangements. The
online condolence book is
available at www.sweeney-
mortuary.com.
Morrow
SWCD to
meet
Morrow SWCD will
meet Tuesday, June 7 at 6
p.m. at the Ag Service Cen-
ter in Heppner. To join via
Zoom or conference call,
please contact the SWCD
beforehand at 541-676-
5452.
Meetings of the Mor-
row SWCD are open to the
public.
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Gerry & Nancy Arnson’s
40th Anniversary
541-676-9181 142 N MAIN ST
place American flags at
those sites for the Memorial
Day weekend.
How challenging the
very wet weather was for
the many campers in the
mountains. Surely, those
big drops “dampened”
some spirits, but this mois-
ture is good news for our
drought-burdened area.
The long weekend
brought company and a
busy three days for many of
us, so little time for jotting
down good news. Maybe
next week. My daughter,
Darci, and granddaughter,
Katie, came from Salem,
and we found time between
rainfalls for a good walk-
about and for their two fa-
vorite stops on Main, Mur-
ray’s and Randall’s. They
are good for our economy.
This coming weekend
will feature the First Fri-
day event on Main and the
graduations for Ione and
Heppner. Maybe the weath-
er will cooperate.
Do please, take a few
minutes to jot down or call
in your good news that can
add a positive to the read-
ers’ days to dbrosnan123@
gmail.com or 541-223-
1490. Here’s hoping that
some good news comes to
everyone reading this.
SOLAR PROJECT
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intersection of Bombing
Lane Road and Alpine Lane
on the north side of the
project. It will hook into an
existing Umatilla Electric
Cooperative 230-kv Blue
Ridge Line. There will
also be seven 2.5-acre col-
lector substations located
throughout the project.
On its tax abatement
negotiating team, the coun-
ty commissioners named
commissioner Jim Doherty,
assessor Mike Gorman,
county counsel Justin Nel-
son and county planner
Tamra Mabbott. The group
will be making a deal with
the company on the terms
of the tax abatement or
property tax reduction it
will receive from the coun-
ty. Any reduction deal will
be either under the Stra-
tegic Investment Program
(SIP) tax abatement plan, of
which all other county ener-
gy projects have been done,
or the new state of Oregon
PILOT tax reduction plan.
HealthyMC.org
Know
Fast Facts About
the Morrow County
Health District
Ambulance Service
?
Who provides emergency medical
services in Morrow County?
Morrow County Health District is the sole
ambulance service provider in our county. This
hospital-based ambulance service has been serving
our communities for over 70 years. Our Ambulance
Service Area Plan specifically delegates this
responsibility to Morrow County Health District.
?
How does Morrow County Health
District ensure that Morrow
County residents get high-quality
emergency medical services?
The Ambulance Service Area Plan includes a
quality assurance process administered by a multi-
disciplinary EMS Advisory Committee. The Committee
has representation from EMS, fire, dispatch, and local
hospitals. Quality Assurance efforts include:
Celebrate Teresa’s 65th Birthday
"WHERE FRIENDS MEET"
By Doris Brosnan
A little excitement last
Thursday at lunch time at
Bucknum’s ended as good
news for the patrons and a
bat. Both doors were open,
to create some cooler air on
the toasty day. Apparently,
this also created a surpris-
ing detour for a little bat, as
it came flitting through the
establishment. Close to the
floor, it seemed to search
for the way out but wasn’t
attracted to the brighter
areas at either the front or
back door. So, it continued
back and forth, resulting in
a few squeals from startled
patrons and increasing con-
cern for the disoriented bat.
Finally, Phil waited with his
over-shirt for the bat to pass
near him and successfully
tossed the shirt over the
little guy, scooped it up and
took it to freedom outside
the back door. Yes, some
people wondered why the
bat was awake at midday….
On Thursday, Mrs.
Matheny’s and Mrs. Rosen-
baum’s classes hiked to the
cemetery. They had lunch
and listened to a short pre-
sentation about the 1903
Flood Memorial Stone. And
they searched the cemetery
for the resting places of in-
dividuals who had served in
the military, so they could
Did You
Come down and join us to
HEPPNER ELKS 358
HWCD
to meet
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Quarterly medical review of selected calls
Ensuring proper training and equipment
Recommending service improvements, such as
the current staffing enhancements