TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 7, 2023
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Chris Sykes ...............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
Cindi Doherty.........................................................................................Advertising
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Model A club makes
pit stop in Heppner
Irrigon Fire receives OSFM
grant ahead of wildfire season
To boost the number of
firefighters across Oregon
ahead of wildfire season,
the Oregon State Fire Mar-
shal (OSFM) has awarded
$6 million in grants to 185
local fire agencies across
the state. The Irrigon Rural
Fire Protection District
was one of the agencies to
receive the funding.
The 2023 Wildfire Sea-
son Staffing Grant is in its
second year. Local agen-
cies within the Oregon
structural fire service were
eligible to apply for up to
$35,000. The funding will
allow these agencies to
hire additional firefighters
for the 2023 fire season.
This year, small agencies,
many of which depend on
volunteers, were prioritized
to receive funding.
“This grant is a beacon of
hope for fire districts like
ours, burdened by limited
funding,” Mt. Angel Fire
Chief Jim Trierweiler said.
“It provides a lifeline, em-
powering us to overcome
financial constraints and a
shortage of volunteers. With
this invaluable support, we
can expand our team with
skilled individuals, fortify-
ing our mission to serve and
protect our community this
fire season.”
The 2022 grant added
roughly 400 paid firefight-
ers to the Oregon fire ser-
vice during last summer’s
wildfire season. These add-
ed resources allowed agen-
cies to attack fires and keep
them small and away from
communities and added
capacity to respond to oth-
er calls, ultimately saving
lives.
The 2023 Wildfire Season
Staffing Grant is part of a
multi-pronged approach to
combat wildfire in Oregon.
Over the last two years, the
OSFM has made strategic
investments to modernize
the Oregon Fire Mutual Aid
System and help communi-
ties be better prepared for
wildfire.
This grant is part of the
OSFM’s Response Ready
Oregon initiative. This one-
time funding was made
possible through Senate
Bill 762, which was signed
into law in 2021.
Morrow County districts
receive Wildhorse grants
Two Morrow County
organizations are slated
to receive grants from the
Wildhorse Foundation, the
foundation announced last
Members of the Beaver Chapter of the Model A Club of Amer- week. The Wildhorse Foun-
ica traveled through Heppner on a road trip that would last dation is a community fund
more than a week and top nearly 2,000 miles by the time they established by the Confed-
erated Tribes of the Uma-
reached home. -Photo by Cindi Doherty
tilla Indian Reservation
(CTUIR). The grant awards
are for the first quarter of
2023.
Boardman Fire Res-
cue District will receive
$14,324 for an airway man-
agement project.
Willow Creek Park Dis-
trict will receive $16,000
toward the rehabilitation of
Willow Creek Water park.
The Wildhorse Foun-
dation received 69 appli-
cations in the first quarter
of 2023 with total requests
nearing $1 million. Thir-
ty-eight organizations were
awarded grants ranging
from $1,000 to $16,000
for projects in the areas of
public health, public safe-
ty, arts, education, salmon
restoration, historic pres-
ervation, environmental
protection, and cultural
activities. Total funding
awarded was $387,841.60.
In 2022, the Wild-
horse Foundation awarded
$1,383,347 in grant funding
to eligible government,
Tribal and charitable orga-
nizations.
Republicans plan
summer fundraiser
These eight gleaming Model A cars had made an impressive
The Morrow County
trip to get to Main Street Heppner—from Portland through
Republican
Party will hold
British Columbia, to Banff, Alberta, and down through Lake
a
Summer
FUNdraiser
spa-
Louise and Ritzville. Condon was their next stop before heading
ghetti dinner and auction on
home. -Photo by Cindi Doherty
By Andrea Di Salvo
A special group of
visitors cruised through
Heppner on an open-road
adventure last Tuesday.
The members of the
Beaver Chapter of the
Model A Club of America
parked their classic cars
on Main Street during one
leg of a two-country road
trip. They started in Port-
land, went up to Ellensburg,
WA and wound their way
through the British Colum-
bian towns of Penticton,
Revelstoke and Golden
before ending up in Banff,
Alberta.
They journeyed to Lake
Louise, Alberta and Cran-
brook, B.C. before they
came back by way of Ritz-
ville and to Heppner.
The club has about 250
members, but only the most
adventurous take to the road
on these large-scale trips.
The eight cars that came
through Heppner were on
their eighth day of travel,
with around 1,600 miles on
those old Model As from
this trip alone.
Most of the members of
the club live in the Portland
area—though they hastened
to add that none of them
actually live in Portland.
One man in particular is
very familiar with Heppner.
Bill Jabs was here in the
early ‘80s to work on the
dam, part of a crew that did
quality control and survey
on the project. He lived in
Bend at the time, but now
makes his home in Eagle
Creek, OR.
The car club members
were headed to Condon to
stay at the Condon Hotel
for the night before making
their way back to the Willa-
mette Valley.
Heppner FFA to have
Father’s Day meat sale
T h e H e p p n e r F FA
Chapter is beginning its
fundraising year with a Fa-
ther’s Day marinated meat
sale. The chapter will be of-
fering 4-5 pound pork loin
or 3-4 pound beef tri-tip,
both marinated and ready
for the grill. The pork loin
will be $20 and the tri-tip
will be $30.
Pre-order by Tuesday,
June 13, with Beth at 541-
980-8677 or Ashley at 541-
379-4079. Pickup will be
Thursday, June 15, from 4-6
p.m. and Friday, June 16,
from 9-11 a.m. Delivery is
available upon request.
Funds raised will go
towards costs of FFA events
in the upcoming year.
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Thursday, June 22, at the
Gilliam & Bisbee Event
Center in Heppner.
The doors will open at
5 p.m. A spaghetti dinner
will be served at 5:30 p.m.
The program of speakers
will begin at 6 p.m.
The featured speaker
for the evening will be
Bryan Dean Wright. Wright
grew up in the Heppner area
and is a former CIA intelli-
gence officer. He currently
hosts a daily podcast, “The
Wright Report.”
The evening will con-
clude with an auction.
“This event will be
an opportunity to enjoy a
great spaghetti dinner with
friends and our elected
officials, and maybe take
home an auction item or
two,” said Morrow County
Republican Party Chair-
man Clint Carlson. “I am
looking forward to hearing
some great stories from
Bryan Wright. His podcast
is always insightful. Many
people are working to make
this a fun evening.”
Tickets can be pur-
chased for $25 at the Hep-
pner and Boardman Mur-
ray’s Drug. All funds raised
will support the work of
the Morrow County Re-
publican Party. For more
information about the event
or ticket purchase, email
mocoreps@gmail.com.
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MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
The Town of Lexington
will hold a town council
meeting on Tuesday, June
13. The meeting will start
at 6 p.m. and is open to the
public.
The meeting will hap-
pen in person at Lexington
Town Hall, 425 F Street,
Lexington, OR. It will also
be accessible online via
Zoom, Zoom Meeting ID:
687 755 5033, passcode:
Lexington.
Any questions or con-
cerns may be directed to
Lexington Town Recorder
Veronica Ferguson at 541-
989-8515 or lexington.
oregon@gmail.com.
Lexington outdoor
market canceled
Holly Rebekah Lodge
in Lexington has canceled
the monthly farmers/flea
market planned for this
summer. The cancellation is
due to a conflict with events
in Heppner on the same
Sunday of each month.
The lodge will continue
to hold dinner and bingo the
last Sunday of each month
at 3 p.m. Cost is $5 for
dinner and $5 for 10 bingo
cards, or 50 cents per card.
All are welcome.
Music in the Park, Sunday
market this week
The Brass Fire Band will play for Heppner’s Music in the Park
this Sunday, June 11. -Contributed photo
Heppner Music in the
Park will return for the sum-
mer beginning this Sunday,
June 11, from 5-7 p.m. in
Heppner City Park. Adding
to the summer festivities
will be a Sunday Funday
Market from 2-7 p.m. in
downtown Heppner.
Sunday’s Music in the
Park will feature the Brass
Fire band. The 10-member
horn band plays a variety of
music that ranges from Big
Band to soul to rock music
of the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Heppner Music in the
Park will take place from
5-7 p.m. on the second
Sunday of every month this
summer—June, July and
August.
The Sunday market
will feature vendors, free
community activities, free
face painting and more.
A meal of pulled pork
sandwiches, coleslaw and
cookies will be available
by donation from 5-7 p.m.
All proceeds will be used
by Hopeful Saints to build
wells in areas across the
globe where water is scarce.
Sunday’s events are
presented by Hopeful
Saints Ministry and funded
by Morrow County Unified
Recreation District.
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Are You Ready to
St. Patrick’s
to hold VBS
Next Monday, St. Pat-
rick’s is hosting VBS from
June 12 - 15. Time is from
9:00 to 12:30. This year’s
theme is about the Sac-
raments. If you have not
registered and still want to
attend, please come to the
Parish Hall at 9:00 to fill
out the forms. If you have
any questions, please text
541-240-1513.
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meeting June 13
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