TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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Lexington business
owner seeks to start
Neighborhood Watch
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One Lexington busi-
ness owner is seeking to
start a Neighborhood Watch
in response to increased
crime in the small town.
Carol Dougherty, who owns
the Broken Spoke restau-
rant in Lexington with her
husband, Sean, spoke out
about the idea at a recent
Lexington Town Council
meeting.
“We’ve had a lot of
different weird things going
on around town, at all times
of day and night,” said
Dougherty.
Dougherty said she
thought a community pres-
ence would help to curb the
rising crime and mischief in
the town.
Several residents, in-
cluding council members,
have echoed the concern
about crime. Lexington
Town Councilor Katie
Imes responded that she
had things stolen from her
property and had reported
the thefts to the sheriff’s
office. City staff also re-
cently discovered the theft
Joseph Jones reenlisted for another six-year term in the U.S.
of the solar panel and light
Navy last month. Pictured L-R are Jones’s wife Socorro
Jones reenlists in
Navy
Gonzalez, holding their son James, mother Liz Puckett of
Heppner, Jones, father-in-law Jose Gonzalez, and the officer
who swore Jones in July 21. -Contributed photo
Joseph Daniel Jones
has reenlisted for another
six years in the U.S. Navy,
his family announced re-
cently. He has reenlisted
as an Aviation Machinist’s
Mate Second Class.
Jones has already
served six years in Navy.
For eight months of that
time, he was deployed on
the U.S.S. Abraham Lin-
coln. During his deploy-
ment, he traveled to China,
Japan and the Philippines.
He received his honor-
able discharge on July 20,
2023, one day before being
sworn in for his new term
on July 21.
Jones’s wife, Socorro
Gonzalez, recently reen-
listed for a three-year term.
The couple also has a son,
James.
Jones is the son of Liz
Puckett of Heppner.
fixture on one of the town’s
welcome signs.
Dougherty said she had
received good feedback
for the idea on Facebook,
though she didn’t see the
turnout she hoped at the
council meeting.
“A lot of people will
say that they want to help,
but then do they show up or
not?” she said.
The town council and
staff as a whole seemed to
like the idea of a Neigh-
borhood Watch program in
Lexington and discussed
what they could do to sup-
port it, including getting
Neighborhood Watch sig-
nage.
“That alone can deter
people,” said Lexington
Councilor Bill Beard.
Lexington Mayor Juli
Kennedy said Kelly Boyer
had worked to get a Neigh-
borhood Watch going a few
years ago.
“And she had signs,”
said Kennedy, adding that
it might be good to check
with the Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office for more
information on resources.
The council agreed that
they should move forward
with that and schedule an
informal town meeting at a
later date for anyone who is
interested in participating.
Lexington residents or
neighbors who would like
to help with a Neighbor-
hood Watch program can
stop by the Broken Spoke
and speak with Dougherty.
From the Archives
Of the Gazette-Times
From the Archives, August 16
50 years ago…….1973
Heppner Gazette-Times
editor Ernest Joiner re-
ceived this letter and made
a brief reply:
Usually you are pretty
clear in reporting news, and
I believe dedicated in pre-
senting it in a way that all
who read your paper can’t
miss reading what goes on.
However, in your Aug.
9 issue there were a few
lines about a chicken that
left lots of questions unan-
swered.
The reference led me
to believe that you ran
over a $95 chicken. That
whets my interest. Was it
a Barred Rock, Plymouth
Rock, Rhode Island Red,
White Leghorn, or what
the hell kind of chicken
was it? A crowing chicken,
a laying chicken, or was it
a household pet and sort of
like one of the family?
And then under the
circumstances, when you
were in a hurry to get back
to your new home and busi-
ness in Heppner, I am curi-
ous to know what happened
when you hit this chicken?
Did you stop and report
the collision to the own-
ers? How did you arrive
at the monetary value of
the bird? Were herd laws
involved? Did you volun-
tarily or involuntarily have
the services of a third party
to determine the value of
the kill?
That was quite a chick-
en. It could have won a
prize at the fair.
We would like to know
the answers to all these
questions, and to more that
keep popping up.
11:30 a.m. every Tuesday at
W. W. Weatherford,
St. Patrick’s Senior Center
Heppner
in Heppner. Seniors 60 and
(ED. NOTE—The mat-
above may donate what
they can toward the cost
of the meal. Those 60 and
younger are asked for a
suggested donation of $5.
No to-go plates or de-
livery are offered at this
A soccer camp for kids
time, but diners may bring
kindergarten
to sixth grade
empty containers for a por-
will
be
held
this
Friday and
tion to take home.
Saturday, Aug. 18-19, from
8-9 a.m. at Hager Park in
Seniors Matter
menus for August
South Morrow Coun-
ty Seniors Matter has an-
nounced the following
menus for the month of
August:
Aug. 22: Quiche, hash-
browns, peaches, coffee
cake and dessert.
Aug. 29: Meatloaf with
garlic mashed potatoes,
corn, salad and dessert.
Meals are served at
T h e m o re t h i n g s
change, the more they stay
the same:
The heaviest wind-
storm ever known in the
Ione section, so report
reaches this paper, occurred
there at about 5:30 Monday
afternoon, followed by a
heavy downpour of hail
and rain that lasted for more
than an hour and a half. The
course of the storm was
from southeast to northwest
and struck with full force
an the Ben Buschke place
on Rhea Creek and ending
near the Henry Stender
farm nine miles northwest
of Ione.
The storm swept area
was two miles wide and 18
miles long and wherever the
hail struck the grain fields
were laid bare.
The heaviest downpour
near Ione occurred in Riet-
mann Canyon and on the
hills just north of town. This
caused the water to collect
along the embankment of
the railroad east of the depot
and gathering up of rubbish
forced the water over the
track and down the main
street of the town.
Stores and basements
along the street were over-
flowed and deposits of mud
left to a depth of from one
to eight inches.
Heppner. The fee is $5 per
person, which will be used
to purchase equipment for
the upcoming season.
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
Gauntlets with tribal craftmanship on display. - Contributed
Photo
local Tribal members and
Tamástslikt Cultural Insti-
tute.
From gauntlets to horse
trappings, bags, vests and
more, this exhibit highlights
the extraordinary crafts-
manship of the makers and
demonstrates the impor-
tance of the horse and the
affection Plateau Tribes had
for their horses.
The beads themselves
also have a colorful history.
Glass beads were first trad-
ed in the Pacific Northwest
after the 1770s, and for the
next half century most of
the glass beads were ac-
quired through trading with
the Hudson’s Bay Company
and other fur trading enter-
prises whose supplies came
from Chinese and European
sources.
The Plateau tribes
of Cayuse, Umatilla and
Walla Walla had a history
with horses that is equal-
ly important. The bunch
105 years ago……1918
Soccer camp this
weekend
100 Horses to appear at Tamástslikt
“100 Horses: An
Equine History in Bead-
work” opens at Tamástslikt
Cultural Institute on Friday,
Sept. 1. Hours are from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Opening day
is free.
The Fred L. Mitchell
Collection combines the
colorful history and cul-
ture of both beadworking
and horses to create this
amazing exhibit. Thanks to
a lifetime collecting Plateau
floral and pictorial bead-
work, Walla Walla, WA
resident Fred L. Mitchell
has amassed the premier
collection of that material.
His collection is partic-
ularly noteworthy not only
because of its size, but also
because of its quality and
diverse subject matter.
Included in “100 Hors-
es” is a portion of that col-
lection focusing on beaded
depictions of horses. Ad-
ditional pieces have been
added to the exhibit by
ter was settled by the Inter-
nal Revenue Service, which
has charge of such matters
of price control, with the
requested assistance of the
National Medication Board,
and I’m sorry I ever brought
the subject up in the first
place.)
Vest with tribal beadwork on display. - Contributed Photo
grass-covered hills of Co-
lumbia Basin was the home
of the Cayuse and Appaloo-
sa, as well as Pintos, Paints
and Mustang horses.
The Cayuse Tribe was
known for its large horse
herds that grazed in the
foothills of the Blue Moun-
tains. Prestige and wealth
were partly reflected by
the number of horses that a
person owned.
Tribal elders recall that
in those days the tribes had
thousands and thousands of
horses and that they used
to graze horses all through
the Umatilla Basin, across
the Columbia River on the
Horse Heaven Hills all the
way to Hanford to the north,
on the east side of the Blue
Mountains from the Grande
Ronde country all the way
to Huntington, to the John
Day River country in the
South and all the way to the
Cascades in the west.
The horse expanded
Shahaptian and Cayuse
culture, improved mobility,
and brought the Cayuse,
Walla Walla and Umatilla
into contact with other In-
dian cultures throughout
the Pacific Northwest and
beyond. Horses allowed for
new ideas to be introduced
from new places as well as
allowing other Indians to
travel and trade along the
Columbia River.
The exhibit closes on
Dec. 2.
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