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Obituaries
Jeanne Marie Grijalva,
77, of Heppner, entered the
Kingdom of Heaven when
she peacefully passed away
on April 1, 2024, at Pio-
neer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner.
Jeanne was born Octo-
ber 28, 1946, in Sault Ste
Marie, Michigan to Robert
Harry and Dorothy Margie
MacNamee Gille. She
graduated from high school
here in Morrow County, in
Irrigon.
While living in Kelso,
Washington she served her
Community as the Cowlitz
County Director of Emer-
gency Management. It
was in the capacity of this
job that, due to her incred-
ible and dedicated han-
dling of Mount St. Helens’
catastrophic eruption and
resulting devastation, she
received an honored invita-
tion to speak in front of the
Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency (FEMA)
in Washington, D.C. not
once but 2 years in a row.
After a car accident
took her ability to continue
her work, she devoted her
life to her two greatest pas-
sions – her family and writ-
ing. In approximately 2002
her dream of becoming an
author came true when her
horror novel, The Honing,
was published. She then set
her sights on a sequel to The
Honing as well as collab-
orating with her daughter,
Cheyenne, on a government
thriller. Sadly, neither came
to fruition.
Her hobbies included
crocheting blankets for her
family, gardening, reading,
writing and storytelling,
movies, cooking, and crafts
such as making dolls and
angels.
She was preceded in
death by her parents, a
brother Robert Jr, infant son
Billy, grandson Cody Allan,
and grandson Donovan
Coreno.
She is survived by
her son Brian Keith of
Longview, Washington,
daughters Cheyenne Rog-
ers (Sam) of Heppner, Mel-
anie Marie (Nicholas) of
Madras, Oregon and Teri
Lynn (aka Tammy Ruth)
of Connecticut, grandsons,
Schuyler, and Cory Alexan-
der (Landon) of Steamboat,
Colorado, granddaughters
Caty Jane (Sean) of Ridge-
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da Leilani (Anthony) of
Heppner, Ashley Elizabeth
Kealani (Andrew) of Hep-
pner, and Makayla Marie
(Caden) of Heppner. As
well as great-grandchildren
Daniel Geoffrey, Nathan
Andrew, Jesse James, Lyra
Ensley, Emma Jane, and
Emma Rae and several
nieces, nephews, honorary
grandchildren, and dear
friends.
A celebration of life
will be held 1 p.m. Satur-
day, May 18, 2024 at the
Hopeful Saints Church in
Heppner. All are welcome
to attend.
Sweeney Mortuary is
in care of arrangements.
You may sign the online
condolence book at www.
sweeneymortuary.com.
Celebration of Life
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Heppner Community
Get-Together to Celebrate
the Life of Randall Pe-
terson: With the recent
passing of Randall Peterson
(Peterson’s Jewelers) there
will be a get-together on
Friday, May 3rd at 5:30
p.m. at the Elks Lodge to
share how Randall influ-
enced our community in
a very positive way and
share memorable stories. A
dinner will be provided and
if the community members
would like to contribute
either makings for a green
salad or dessert (brownies,
cookies in a disposable con-
tainer), please call Melissa
Lindsay at 541-561-0234 or
Sheryll Bates at 503-970-
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need you to bring All are
welcome …. Feel free to
wear any of the jewelry in
honor of such a great man!
We are trying to put
together a video, so if you
have any pictures of Ran-
dall, please email them to
dale.d.bates@gmail.com
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back so the picture can
be returned) no later than
Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
If you have any questions,
please contact Sheryll Bates
at 503-970-7226 or email
at sheryllbates74@gmail.
com.
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Good News Only by Doris Brosnan
Irrigon - The
City of Irrigon, like
other communities, is
experiencing housing
growth needs and
challenges. A major
shortage is housing,
available rentals, and
home prices are increasing
and adding to the growing
homelessness crisis.
Additionally, decades
of underbuilding have left
our city and state with this
housing shortage. Oregon
is currently behind by
140,000 housing units and
over 400,000 units over the
next 20 years to keep pace
with the demand.
To assist in Irrigon’s
portion of the growing
demand and to keep
growing prices to a
minimum the State of
Oregon legislators directed
$1,705,000.00 of direct
spending under Senate Bill
(SB)1530 for infrastructure
towards water, sewer, and
stormwater. The City of
Irrigon’s portion is amongst
over $85 million that is
directed to several Oregon
cities for infrastructure,
leading to increased and
sustainable housing.
SB1530 was recently signed
into law by Governor Kotex
on April 17, 2024. Business
Oregon is the lead state
agency ensuring contracts,
timelines, and expenditures
are in compliance with the
appropriated legislation
to meet the housing needs
of jurisdictions receiving
appropriations.
Irrigon is not
anticipating receiving its
portion of SB1530 direct
allocation until after the
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year, July 1, 2024. Funding
will be used to ready two
projected development
areas for public water and
sewer infrastructure in
the public right-of-way,
saving developers from
building and passing costs
onto future buyers and/
or renters. Once funds
are received the city will
have their engineers design
project work and create
public bidding documents.
It is anticipated that design
and contracting bidding
will take place by the fall
of 2024 with construction
completed for water and
sewer in 2025. Installed
infrastructure enables
developers to finalize
platting requirements and
begin building homes soon,
thereafter, leading to an
estimated 65 single-family
homes for purchase and/or
rentals.
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would like to thank the
governor, state legislators,
and the League of Oregon
C i t i e s s t a ff f o r t h e i r
commitment and dedication
to prioritizing resources and
seeing housing increase by
committing to the funding
of SB1530.
Aaron Palmquist
City of Irrigon Manager
Fireman’s breakfast at
Lexington Fire Hall from
7-10am. Soup and Grilled
Cheese lunch at the Lex-
ington Fire Hall at 10 am.
2024 Young Eagles Event
at Lexington Airport from
8:30am to 1:30pm, see
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5K run/walk registration
9am at the Lexington Fire
Hall. Classic Car show at
the Lexington Town Hall
10am to 4pm. The May
Day parade starts at 11am.
Various venders at the Lex-
ington Town Hall 10am to
4pm. Kids crafts/games/
bouncy house at the Lex-
ington Town Hall 9am to
4pm. Live music featuring
the Duncan Girls, Corey
Peterson, and Wade Aylett
from noon-4pm. Cornhole
tournament at the Lexing-
ton Town Hall at 1pm.
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sion will meet on Monday,
May 6, 2024 starting at
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Inn, 2014 West 7th Street,
The Dalles, OR. This meet-
ing is also available via
video/phone conference at:
Videoconference: https://.
zoom.us/join Telecon-
ference: 1-253-215-8782
Meeting ID: 885 9356
0337; Passcode: 955684
Births
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Tilly
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Murray
At 8:20 AM on April
24, the Murray clan of
Heppner welcomed its new-
est member, Tilly Lynn
Murray. Tilly was born in
Portland, OR to Kelly and
Kevin Murray. She was 7
lbs. 5 oz, and 19.5 inches
long.
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“Our Cross is Re-Lit!” Many of the citizens of
Heppner may have noticed that our community cross
atop “Cross Hill” had been dark for the past few nights.
Thanks to community members Bill McDowell and
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two handymen traversed to the cross last Friday to re-
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community with the glowing cross at night that has be-
come an icon of our city. Well, done Fellas, and may our
cross shine on for many more moons.
David and Andrew Sykes, father, and son, celebrated
their birthdays recently with a party and a trip to Wild-
horse with family members. David’s wife, April, Chris,
and Rachel Sykes, with children Waylon and Sophie,
along with Irma Rodriguez and her daughter Gianni
all joined in for a fun afternoon of lunch and bowling.
Wildhorse bowling alley has special guard rails that pop
up for the youngsters, so they won’t get all gutter balls,
which makes for a more fun and competitive game. Af-
terward, the kids went to the arcade while a couple of
the adults tried their hands at the slot machines. April,
as usual, came away a winner. Previous to Wildhorse,
the group gathered at Andrew’s home in Pendleton for a
cake and present opening. David’s birthday is April 18 th ,
and Andrew’s is the 19 th .
An exceptionally large group of seventeen
women from Ione, Lexington, Heppner, and Condon en-
joyed lunch at the Heppner Elks Lodge last Thursday,
gathering to celebrate Darlene Lovgren’s April birthday.
Absentee April birthday babies Pat Edmunson and Joyce
Ward were also toasted and will be receiving their birth-
day cards in the mail this week.
Only two months old, but Bo Alden Jack’s
world is expanding rapidly in experiences and his social
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removed” Ashley Maddox from California and great-
aunt Janet Bliss from Wilsonville. And he has already
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Keenan and Emily, search for morel mushrooms! (Ash-
ley is the daughter of Grandmother Susan Thompson’s
brother Craig and wife Meg Robison. Janet is sister to
Grandfather Terry Thompson.)
Grandson Carson Brosnan will be graduating
from training at Quantico on May 17, soon will report
for more weeks of training at Camp Lejeune (This
MeMa warned him to test the water before drinking),
and eventually report to his three-year assignment in
Yuma, AZ.
This Saturday, Lexington invites everyone to its
May Day Celebration, promising fun for everyone, so
we can hope for dry, inviting weather!
Smiles, reasons to laugh, positive thoughts =
welcome at dbrosnan123@gmail.com or 541-223-1490.
Here’s hoping that good news comes to everyone
reading this!
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Tuesday, May 14th
from 11:30-1 pm Heppner
and Ione Graduating Senior
boys and their fathers or
male mentors are invited
to the Heppner Masonic
Lodge, 138 W Willow St,
for a free lunch with a guest
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