TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
The Oficial Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
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Neighborhood
Center bag sale July 6
The Neighborhood Center will hold its monthly $10
bag sale on Wednesday, July 6. Bag sale includes all
clothing and shoes. All other merchandise is 50 percent
off. Please donate any paper and plastic bags you don’t
need for the food pantry. The Neighborhood Center is
open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The food pantry closes at 4 p.m. Located at 441 N. Main
Street, Heppner.
Catholic men to meet
The men of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Heppner
and St. William’s Catholic Church of Ione will hold their
irst Friday of the month meeting on Friday, July 1, at the
parish ofice in Heppner. The meeting will start at 6:45
a.m. and will be followed by irst Friday Mass at 7:30 a.m.
HHS Class of ’58
plans get-together
The Heppner High School Class of 1958 will have
a luncheon on Friday, July 15, at 11:30 a.m. at Sweet
Productions, 233 North Main, Heppner.
Classmates as well as acquaintances and friends are
encouraged to attend; those planning on attending are
asked to RSVP to Judie Laughlin, 541-676-9781. Anyone
who has a preference on their lunch should let Jodi at
Sweet Productions know at 541-626-1440.
All attendees are asked to bring photos, especially of
their families and activities
EOU announces
spring dean’s list
LA GRANDE, OR—Jasmine Dixon and Jaqueline
Juarez of Ione were among the 515 students named to the
Eastern Oregon University dean’s list for the 2016 spring
term, the university has announced. Qualifying students
achieve and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or
higher on a 4.0 scale while completing a minimum of 12
hours of graded coursework for the duration of the term.
We Have A
Complete Section
of new mugs in
Stock
The Republic
of Tea
is on its way
WE WILL BE CLOSED
JULY 4TH!
HAVE A SAFE & HAPPY
INDEPENDENCE DAY
STOP IN AND PICK UP YOUR
FLAGS & DECORATIONS
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
MURRAY'S WINE TASTING
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18TH
The View from the Green
WCCC ladies host
nine-hole invitational
The Willow Creek
Country Club ladies held
their Nine-Hole Invita-
tional on June 21. Forty-one
women, representing six
clubs from Walla Walla, La
Grande and the Tri Cities,
were guests of the WCCC
Ladies Club.
The champions over-
all were Nancy Propheter
(WCCC) low gross of the
field and Corol Mitchell
(WCCC) low net of the
ield.
Awards also were given
to each club. Local win-
ners from WCCC were Pat
Edmundson with low gross
and Betty Burns and Pat
Dougherty, who tied for
low net.
Local special play
awards went to Nancy
Propheter for long drive
and long putt and Betty
Burns for KP second shot.
Corol Mitchell had a birdie
on hole #3.
Breakfast and lunch
were served to guests and
members, with rafles, door
prizes and gifts awarded.
Young golfers place in
regional event
Last week nine local
junior golfers competed in
the PGA Central Washing-
ton Chapter tournament,
which was held at Pend-
leton Country Club. Golf-
ers who participated were
Landon Mitchell, Kellen
Grant, Hunter Greenup,
Logan Grieb, Jake Lindsay,
Dan Bretsch, Cason Mitch-
ell, Nicole Propheter and
Claire Grieb.
Kellen Grant shot an
86 to win the boys’ 13-14
year old division. Logan
Grieb ired a 76 on the day
to finish in first place in
the 15-17 age group. Jake
Lindsay and Dan Bretsch
tied for second place in that
division.
On the girls’ side of
things, Nicole Propheter
took irst place in the 13-14
age group and Claire Grieb
inished second in the 15-17
age group.
Most of the other golf-
ers in the tournament were
from Hermiston and the
Tri-Cities area. The next
CWCPGA event will be
held at the Moses Lake
Country Club.
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Elizabeth M. “Betty” Bailey—Elizabeth M. “Betty”
Bailey, 79, of Heppner died Friday, June 24, 2016 at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. She was born
June 16, 1937 at Reedsburg, WI. A memorial service
will be held July 9 at 11 a.m. at the Heppner Nazarene
Church. A complete obituary will follow in next week’s
Heppner Gazette-Times. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner
is in charge of arrangements.
Disque to address
grief support group
The local grief support group will meet at noon on
Thursday, July 7, at Sweet Productions in Heppner. The
speaker for July meeting will be Robanai Disque.
Disque has been in the medical ield since 1976 and
has dealt with a wide variety of situations, as well as hav-
ing many experiences as a young person that prepared her
for her profession. She is a registered nurse and previous
director of home health and hospice, and will be able to
answer many questions for the group.
The informal grief support group meets the irst
Thursday of every month at noon at Sweet Productions.
‘Slipshod’ at Music in
the Park July 10
Patriotic concert
planned tomorrow in
Heppner
Thursday, June 30, at 6:30 p.m., the Inland Northwest
Musicians will present in Heppner “A Tribute to Our
Nation’s Heritage” featuring Carolyn Mildenberger and
Lonnie Shurtleff, a popular duo with many major appear-
ances throughout the Paciic Northwest.
Everyone is invited to grab a blanket or lawn chair
and gather in Heppner City Park that evening for a tribute
to the U.S. military in preparation for the Fourth of July;
Matt Snook and Steve Blanchard of Slipshod. -Contributed
a variety of great music is planned.
The concert is funded by the Morrow County Uniied photo
The next concert in
“Their mastery of the
Recreation District.
Heppner’s Music in the bluegrass/folk genre is any-
Park series will be held on thing but slipshod. This
Sunday, July 10, from 5 to Blanchard-Snook pairing is
7 p.m. at Heppner City Park a wonderful balance of luid
on Main Street.
instrumentals, strong vocals
This month, entertain- and good humor,” says
ment will be provided by Debby Kooy, director of the
a bluegrass duo known as George Washington Coffee
Slipshod, with Matt Snook House, George Bluegrass
on dobro and banjo and Festival.
Steve Blanchard on guitar
Heppner ’s summer
and mandolin. Matt and Music in the Park series is
Steve met as members of funded through the Morrow
the Northwest Bluegrass County Uniied Recreation
community and became District, and facilitated
fast friends and picking by the Shared Ministry of
partners. They have simi- Hope Lutheran Church
Heppner wrestler Cord Flynn wrestled at the Western lar musical styles, yet they and All Saints Episcopal.
Regional Finals last week in Pocatello, ID. Wrestlers and teams draw on many different Food will be available for
from 11 western states—Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, influences like Gordon purchase to help fund the
Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and Lightfoot, Norman Blake, Shared Ministry’s efforts
Idaho—competed in the three-day event.
Simon and Garfunkel and to provide clean water to
Weighing in at 210 pounds, Flynn competed in the Tim O’Brien. They enjoy thirsty people around the
220-pound division. Flynn reached the inals with wins over
Alaska, Utah and California but came up short in a close entertaining audiences with world.
In the event of rain, the
match against Arizona to receive a silver medal in the inals. humor and a diverse range
of music including origi- concert will be moved to the
-Contributed photo
nals, familiar melodies and All Saints Parish Hall at the
dynamic instrumentals.
corner of Church and Gale.
Flynn wins silver at
regional
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