SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Mustang baseball takes Lexington residents Dakota Rice named to
President’s list
hear update on town SNHU
second in districts
Dakota Rice of Hep- uate students who have
TGM project
Carson Eynetich pitches in an extra inning during the district
championship game in Heppner last week. -Photo by Andrea
Di Salvo
pner has been named to
Southern New Hampshire
University’s Winter 2023
President’s List. The winter
term runs from January to
May.
Full-time undergrad-
earned a minimum grade-
point average of 3.7 and
above for the reporting term
are named to the President’s
List. Full-time status is
achieved by earning 12
credits over each term.
Jo Pettyjohn golf tournement
planned for next month
The 30 th annual Jo
Pettyjohn Women’s Golf
Tourney will take place
at Willow Creek Country
Club in Heppner June 9-11.
Lexington Town Councilor Katie Imes, Lexington Mayor The tourney is open to all
Juli Kennedy and DLCD representative Dawn Hert discuss women out of high school
priority areas as they look at the Lexington map. -Photo by and all skill levels.
Andrea Di Salvo
The event begins Fri-
day, June 9, with free golf
all day and an optional
scramble at 5 p.m. Sat-
urday will begin with a
shotgun start at 9:30 a.m.
and conclude with a dinner
Saturday evening. Another
shotgun start will begin
the day Sunday at 9 a.m.,
followed by Calcutta and
awards.
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Mason Orem sprints for second base. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
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Tumbleweeds owner Sheila Miller, center, discusses her con-
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The Heppner Mustangs and Weston-McEwen/Griswold shake
hands after tough battle. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
The Heppner/Ione
Mustang baseball team took
second in district playoffs
after a close 3-2 loss to
Weston-McEwen/Griswold
in an extra-inning game last
Tuesday in Heppner. De-
spite the loss, the Mustangs
now head into state playoffs
in a strong position.
The Mustangs received
a bye on round one of the
2A/1A state playoffs, which
happened Monday. They
enter state playoffs ranked
eighth in 2A/1A baseball
with a 13-2 league record
and 19-5 overall record.
They face the North
Douglas/Elkton Warriors in
a home game Wednesday,
May 24, at 3 p.m.
The Warriors are ranked
ninth in 2A/1A and have a
league record of 12-2 with
an overall record of 18-7.
Distinguished Service
Awards Presented at
Ione FFA Banquet
L-R: Yvonne Morter, Debbie Morgan and Peggy Doherty are
recognized with the Ione FFA Chapter Distinguished Service
Award from the Ione FFA Chapter during its annual banquet.
-Photo by Erin Heideman
The Ione FFA Chapter
recognized Debbie Morgan,
Yvonne Morter and Peggy
Doherty with the 2023 Dis-
tinguished Service Award
from the chapter. Their part-
nership and contributions
have guided the chapter
significantly in the Ione
School Backpack Program.
Each year at the annual
FFA banquet, typically held
in May, chapter members
vote and recognize indi-
viduals and businesses who
support the chapter.
The Distinguished Ser-
vice award is presented
to those who render out-
standing service on behalf
of the Ione FFA Chapter.
For several years, the Ione
Community Clinic, Peggy
Doherty and Yvonne Mort-
er have partnered with the
FFA chapter to distribute
and connect with students
and families of Ione school
who experience food inse-
curity.
Each week, Ione FFA
members pack bags for 22
students in the school and
deliver the bags to the clinic
for distribution. This is a
year-round project.
Debbie Morgan com-
municates every other week
with the chapter to find
out what specific needs
the FFA pantry has and
always makes sure they
have fresh fruit, pudding,
mac-n-cheese and granola
for distribution.
“The chapter is ex-
tremely appreciative of the
efforts of our community in
our goal to support students
in our school,” said Ione
FFA Advisor Erin Heide-
man.
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Aimé e Okotie-Oyekan of the
DLCD gives a presentation on
preliminary findings during
the TGM Education and Out-
reach meeting in Lexington
Monday. -Photo by Andrea
Di Salvo
By Andrea Di Salvo
A small crowd showed
up Monday evening at Lex-
ington Town Hall to hear an
update and give their input
on Lexington’s Transporta-
tion and Growth Manage-
ment (TGM) Plan.
The meeting was part
of the town’s education and
outreach efforts, a precursor
to planning improvements
to Lexington’s downtown
area. The town has already
been working with repre-
sentatives from Oregon
Dept. of Transportation
(ODOT) and Dept. of Land
Conservation and Develop-
ment (DLCD) to conduct
stakeholder interviews with
town businesses and identi-
fy areas of concern.
DLCD Land Use and
Transportation Manager
Aimé e Okotie-Oyekan was
at the meeting to give an
update on what the team
has done so far. She said
citizens and business own-
ers had brought up concerns
about gaps in safe infra-
structure for walking and
biking, vehicles driving at
unsafe speeds and the need
to prepare for public trans-
portation.
After the presentation,
she gave audience members
a chance to give input and
discuss problems and possi-
ble solutions. Each attendee
was given sticky notes they
could put on a town map to
identify areas they found
most concerning.
Residents brought up
the need for better and
more complete sidewalks,
better bike lanes and more
crosswalks. At the same
time, those at the meeting
also recognized the need
to keep Main Street usable
for trucks and agricultural
equipment.
Also of concern was
getting vehicles to slow
down through town and
making sure drivers, es-
pecially truckers, slowed
down enough to stop at the
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AT 5PM
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Lexington residents used
sticky notes to highlight prob-
lem areas on Main Street.
-Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
intersection of highways 74
and 207.
One consensus at the
meeting was the need to
lower the Hwy. 207 speed
limit through town to 25
mph. Because Hwy. 207 is a
state highway, the town will
need to go to the state to
request the change. Another
concern was getting vehi-
cles to slow to the existing
speed limits.
Several people suggest-
ed rumble strips, as well as
better signage and, possi-
bly, flashing signs. Towns-
people mentioned a number
of intersections that need
new or more crosswalks.
Dawn Hert, DLCD Eastern
Oregon Regional Represen-
tative, also told the group
it is surprising how side-
walks, trees and lighting
can help remind people to
slow down through towns.
She also urged the town
to make the best use of
ODOT’s current sidewalk
ramp re-do in its plans.
There was also exten-
sive dialogue about the
need to keep Main Street
wide enough for commer-
cial traffic, as well as things
to avoid at intersections to
keep them usable for big
rigs.
“This need for bal-
ance is really bubbling up
as a priority,” said Oko-
tie-Oyekan.
Okotie-Oyekan said
the next step will be for
the TGM team to develop
a recommendation report
and then hold another pre-
sentation. Lexington Town
Council plans to hold that
presentation June 13 at 6
p.m. at Lexington Town
Hall. Meanwhile, more
information can be found
on the project website, lex-
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