A memorial service for Dorman Lawrence will be held on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 2-4 p.m., at 203 S. Quincy, in Hines.

Lawrence died at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend on Aug. 26.

He was born in 1920.

Lawrence served in the United States Army during World War II. He was a long-time member of the Burns Elks Lodge.

He is survived by his wife, Mary; son, Roy; and granddaughter, Taunia.

Lawrence was preceded in death by his son, Eddie.

Registration and orientation for the next GED Test  will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Harney ESD Regional Services Center in Fairview Heights. Photo identification and a testing fee of $45 must be presented at the time of registration. The next tests will be on Sept. 26 and Oct. 3. For more information, call 573-2426, or 573-2122.

Harney County Health District board of directors meets the fourth Wednesday of each month in the board conference room of the hospital, in the entrance off of N. Grand, at 6 p.m.

Burns City Council meets the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at Burns City Hall, 242 South Broadway, at 6 p.m.

High Desert Park and Recreation District board of directors meets the fourth Wednesday of each month in their office at Lincoln Junior High School, 550 North Court, at 7 p.m.

Burns Sportsman Club will present Twilight Trap Practice every Wednesday night, from 5-7 p.m. at the shooting facility on Radar Hill. Members and non-members are welcome to participate.

Storytime for preschoolers is scheduled at the Harney County Library, 80 West D St., each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Contact the Harney County Library for more information 573-6670.

Burns Fire Dept. meets each Wednesday at the Burns Fire Hall at 7 p.m.

Burns Elks Lodge, 118 North Broadway, meets each Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets each Wednesday at the Foursquare Church at 7 p.m.

An informational meeting to gather feedback about establishing an e-commerce Web site for Eastern Oregon artists will be held Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. in the basement meeting room of the Harney County Courthouse, 450 N. Buena Vista Ave. in Burns. All interested are encouraged to attend. For more information, call Zack Jenks at 573-1204, or zack.jenks@litehousetech.org; or Linda Whiting at 573-1733, or lrwhiting@centurytel.net.

Disabled Services Advisory Council (DSAC) meets every fourth Thursday at the State Office Building small conference room, 809 West Jackson, at 1:30 p.m.

Harney County Soil and Water Conservation District board of directors meets the fourth Thursday of each month at the Rory and Ryan Best Western in Hines from 5-7:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

Medicare D, Senior Health Insurance and Patient Assist (needy meds) trained volunteers will be at the Harney County Senior Center each Thursday, from 1-4 p.m. This will be for seniors, disabled and low-income people. Appointments are required; call the Senior Center at 573-6024.

A book club for kindergarten through fourth-grade students is held each Thursday at the Harney County Library, from 10:30-11:15 a.m.

Tai Chi  is held every Thursday at the Harney County Senior and Community Services Center, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. All ages are  welcome to participate.

The Chamber Music Society Bell Ringers meet each Thursday at 6:30 p.m., at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. For more information call Carol Sawyer at 573-6886.

Kiwanis Club of Burns-Hines meets for a no-host luncheon each Thursday at Glory Days Pizza, 690 Oregon Ave., at noon.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS #630) meets each Thursday at Hines City Hall, 101 East Barnes, at noon.  Anyone who has pounds to lose is welcome. Call 573-2896.

The Boys & Girls Club holds karaoke each Thursday. Members of all ages are welcome to join Hanna in the education room for a program that promotes the art of singing, as well as a fun way to practice reading skills.

Teen Night is held at the Boys & Girls Club each Thursday, from 6-7 p.m. for all teenagers.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets each Thursday at the Foursquare Church, at 7 p.m.

The Boys & Girls Club presents People in Uniform the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month, from 1-2:30 p.m. Professionals from around Harney County come give kids a peek into their profession.

Oregon Old Time Fiddlers, District 9, meets the first, third and fourth Friday of each month. Call Julia at 573-2770, for time and place.

The Boys & Girls Club has the Club Bucks Store open each Friday. This is an incentive program in which members earn “club bucks” by doing good deeds and helping out around the club.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Friday at Foursquare Church at 7 p.m.

A benefit poker run will be held on Sept. 27. Registration, lunch and the poker run will be held at Hines Park from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information, call Hutch at 589-1706, or Jonathan at 589-0301.

A Harney County Farmers’ Market will be in Hines Park on Sept. 27. Call Kelly Hazen, 573-1809.

Alanon holds an open meeting each Saturday at Foursquare Church at 7 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Sunday at Foursquare Church for 12X12 study, at 7 p.m.

Harney County Library Advisory Board meets the last Monday of each month (except for those dates that fall on national holidays) in the library, 80 West D St., at 5:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend. Use the back door to the left. For more information, call 573-7339.

The Torch Club, a teen leadership and service group at the Boys & Girls Club, meets each Monday from 4:30-5:30 p.m.

ImageMakers, a photography program is offered to members of the Boys & Girls Club each Monday from 4-5 p.m. All ages are encouraged to learn and practice black and white, color and digital photography skills as well as image editing.

PRIDE meets each Monday in the Courthouse basement meeting room, 450 North Buena Vista, at 7:30 a.m. to network for community betterment.

The Burns Lions Club meets each Monday at noon at the Burns Elks Lodge, 118 N. Broadway, for lunch. Those interested in serving the community are welcome.

HDH Sports & Physical Therapy will offer a free athletic injury clinic at that facility, 559 West Washington, every Monday from 5-6 p.m. A physical therapist will assess and treat athletic injuries and provide education for athletes and parents on self management of injuries. For more information call 573-1543.

Narcotics Anonymous holds an open meeting each Monday at 7 p.m. at Foursquare Church.

Tai Chi is held every Tuesday at the Harney County Senior and Community Services Center, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. All ages are welcome to participate.

Boy Scout Troop 440, sponsored by the Burns Lion’s Club, meets each Tuesday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the LDS Church in Hines. Boys ages 11-18 are welcome to join.

The Boys & Girls Club holds a cooking class, open to all members, each Tuesday.

Alcoholics Anonymous holds an open meeting each Tuesday at Foursquare Church, at 7 p.m.

The walls of the new Burns Ford Garage building go up in the 100 block of North Alvord

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

With the 100th year anniversary of the Burns Ford Garage coming up in 2010, the expansion plans announced back in May are right on schedule.

The walls of the new state-of-the art service center began being raised the morning of Thursday, Sept. 4, and by the next day the walls were up.

A 250-ton crane was used to set the walls in place, with each concrete section weighing up to 86,000 pounds. The sections were then braced until the trusses can be set on top and the concrete footings poured.

Once completed, the 15,000 square foot service center will more than triple the garage’s ability to provide truck, auto, trailer and ATV service and repair, as well as, “Greater value and savings for all of Harney County,” co-owner Ted Marshall said.

The area where the service center is now will be remodeled this winter and will house a greatly expanded auto parts and accessory department. Plans call for a complete new line of auto and truck parts as well as the current complete lines of Genuine Ford, Polaris, Arctic Cat and Kawasaki parts.

The expansion plans also call for a new indoor showroom for trucks, cars, trailers, ATVs and snowmobiles in the front half of the current building. The showroom will display an expanded vehicle inventory in conjunction with the expanded parts department.

As the projects are completed, Burns Ford Garage will host open houses, and when all phases are done, there are plans to host their centennial celebration, hopefully by fair 2010.

Agreement did not benefit city according to fire chief

By Lauren Brown
Burns Times-Herald

The Burns City Council decided to terminate the city’s agreement with the Crane Fire Protection Association during the Sept. 10 meeting.

Burns Fire Chief Bill Guindon stated that the original agreement, which was approved in November 2001, indicated the Crane Fire Protection Association would provide structure protection. “By state statute, they can only do wildland firefighting,” Guindon said. “I have been quite concerned about this.”

In a memo to the city council Guindon stated, “During the past several years we have responded to the Crane area under mutual aid with little financial recovery or a return in services in most cases to serve in the capacity of structural protection.”

Guindon recommended the city give him the authority to terminate the agreement, giving Crane 30 days’ notice on the decision. “We really don’t have the resources to send people out that far,” Guindon said.

Councilor Darwin Johnson asked the chief whether or not the Burns firefighters would respond to a fire threatening the Crane schools.
Guindon replied that the Burns fire department likely would respond if resources allowed.

Councilor Bill Renwick wondered if 30 days was sufficient notice. He pointed out that the city gave county residents a longer deadline last fall.

In the end, Councilor Linda Johnson moved to let the chief terminate the agreement. Councilor Craig LaFollette seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

In other business:

• City Manager Justin Boone reversed his recommendation regarding the  city’s potential hiring of a code enforcement officer. Even though the City of Hines agreed to pay 40 percent of the part-time salary, Boone said the Burns portion of the salary would have to come out the city’s contingency fund, and he didn’t want to deplete the fund.  However, he said the city will look to budget money for the position next year.

• the council approved the airport contract with Walt and Pat Sitz for $36,000. The city originally budgeted $30,000 for the contract, which the Sitzes bid for $42,000. The city negotiated the contract down to $36,000. The additional $6,000 above what the city originally budgeted will come out of the city’s contingency fund;

• a few residents were present to stress how important the airport is to the city. They chided the council for suggesting that the city close or sell it at the Aug. 27 meeting.

Councilor Linda Johnson stated that she felt her comments were taken out of context by the Burns Times-Herald. She said her quote asking whether the city needed an airport was meant to be facetious.

The next Burns City Council meeting will be at 6 p.m. Sept. 24 at Burns City Hall.