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V TWO Tht Heppner Gazette - The OHicial Newtpoper of C."y of Meppner and the County of Morrow OlfPA GAZETTE-TIMES Ktrrt Cuttf's loaw-Owiti W kit NmBJpa ' U S P S. 20-420 r'uhlisluvT cvory Thursday and ?ntr -d as socondrlass matter at the Post Office at Heppner, rnon under I ho Acl of March 1. 1879 Secmd-class pst,iy- Mjd al Heppner. Oregon. Olluea! N7 Wesl Willow Street. Telephone (501) (i7ti ),': Address eommuim.irinns to the Heppner Gazette Tunes P O Box ::!7. Heppner. (tregon 97836 $10.00 in Morrow. Umatilla. Wheeler & Gilliam "counties: $12.00 elsewhere. (j)avid and April Hilton Sykes, Publishers LETTERS Supp ort our local doctor To the editor: The local media states "Support your local mer chants, shop at home." It's a shame they don't practice what they preach and support our local doctor. When people have to leave town to seek medical attention they will make their trip worthwhile and do their shop ping out of town too. Heppner should realize what a fine doctor we have, and if Dr. Gifford leaves, their dol lars leave too. Marlene Currin's letter in the February 10 issue of the Heppner Gazette-Times said New food program for needy starts in Heppner A new program has been started in Heppner to help the area's needy. Called "Second ary Food Cupboard." the pro gram will give aid in addition to the Oregon Food Share Program. Although the Secondary Food Cupboard and the Ore gon Food Share Program are two entirely different opera tions, they will both be used to feed the needy in south Mor row County, explains Neola Mackey, who with the Rev. Ed Watts, head of the South Mor row Ministerial Assoc., start ed the program recently. Mackey says in many instan ces, families may not qualify for the food share program but may be in desperate need of food. Other families, who do qualify for the food share program, may still need addi tional aid. she explained. The Secondary Food Cup board will be needing a large supply of food to help feed the needy in the area, Mackey said. "With the high unemploy ment there are many people in need of help this winter," Seventh-day Adventists to sponsor cooking classes A nutrition and vegetarian cooking class is being spon sored again, due to popular demand by the Heppner Seventh-day Adventist Church, announced a church spokesperson. The class is entitled "Building Better Lives" Series No. One, and will be held at the Heppner Seventh-day Adventist Church, 560 N. Minor, on -FARM CHEMICALS- 2, 4-Ds (Butyl Amine-LV) Glean, Bronate, BuctriL, Roundup, Paraquat Sencor, Banvel & Many Others Consultants & Field man Available PETTYJOHN OIL & CHEMICAL SALES 422-7254 lone, Oregon Times, Heppner, Oregon. Thursday, February 17. ISMtt Heppner EDITOR :-xv:-Xv: what many Morrow County residents feel. It was a great letter and she should be com mended. A few years back, thousands of our taxpayer dollars were spent recruiting a doctor, and the hospital board and admin istrator are in the process of doing the same thing again. Perhaps this is where the problem lies. Lets get off our duffs and back Dr. Gifford. he's human too. Joan Hughes and 343 plus con cerned citizens of the com munity. Mackey said. "We have been very proud of our commun ity's support in the past. Very few of our residents have ever gone hungry or cold when even we have learned of their plight. Whenever we can help it is our priviledge to do so. However, we can't do it with out the support of our com munity," she said. Donations to the program can be made by contacting the Rev. Ed Watts, 676-9691. or Neola Mackey, 676-9701. Alt Center to close for Washington's Birthday By NEOLA MACKEY The Heppner Neighborhood Center will be closed next Monday, Feb. 21, in observ ance of Washington's birth day. Adult and Family Services counselor Janet Phillips will be at the center on Wednes day, Feb. 23, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. A WIC clinic will be held at the center on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 9 a.m. Clients are asked to keep their appointment February 22, 24 and March 1 and 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. The instructor will be Pastor Don Reiber and the directors are Delta Huber and Joyce Gras ser. Basic ideas on nutrition and food preparation will be cov ered at the classes. Breads, breakfasts, entrees and des serts will be covered during one of the four sessions. TOPS Club members to graduate On February 21, at 7:30 p.m., three members of TOPS No. OR 799 will participate in a K0PS (Keeping Off Pounds Sensibly) graduation ceremony, announced a local club member. The three graduates, Betty Rood, Susan McGranahan and Delores Shelton, have a com bined weight loss of 140 pounds. All TOPS members, new and old, are encouraged to attend for a renewed inspira tion to Take Off Pounds Sensi bly, the spokesperson said. Engagements Schultz f 1 f riT1 .-Tri-I Jan Schultz and Lisa Collins Mr. and Mrs. William Collins of Heppner announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Lisa Christiana, Kodiak, Alaska, to Jan Lawrence Schultz, also of Kodiak. the son of Mrs. Melvina Schultz and the late Lawrence Schultz of Cusick. Wash. A March 19 wedding is planned at Heppner. Lutherans begin Lenten services Services Hope and Valby Lutheran Church congregations will each hold six weeks of worship services during the Lenten Season. The services began Wednesday, Feb. 16, and run through Thursday, March 24. All services begin at 7:30 p.m. Valby will host the Wednesday night service and Hope the Thursday night services, an nounced the Rev. John Maas, pastor. The services will have a study of St. Paul's letter to the Romans as their central focus. The series, entitled "Present Your Bodies: Worship and Witness in Romans," investi gates how God comes and works with his people in dif ferent kinds of life experien ces, Maas explains. Each week will deal with a different theme within the series: Week One - God Frees, Week Two - A Worshipping Community, Week Three -God Washes, Week Four - A Witnessing Community, Week Five - God Bleeds and Week Six - A Liberating Community. time. The Low Income Energy Assistance Program" is quick ly running out of funds. This program will soon be conclu ded unless the Federal Gov ernment releases more funds to the state for distribution. A list of names is being kept at the center in case more funds are released. Please come in and leave your name and phone number and if and when more money for the program arrives the center will contact you. The cost will be $6 per family for the four sessions. Cookbooks will be on display for those who would like to order one or more. For more information, call Delta Huber, at 989-8107, or Joyce Grasser, at 676-9449. "Building Better Lives" Series No. Two will cover stress and will start March 17, the spokesperson said. The acre was originally the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. Happy Birthday Vi! ESg 40! Collins Everyone is welcome to at tend any and all of the servi ces. Offerings taken at the services will be used for special, charitable use, Maas said. For additional information or transportation, contact Maas at 676-9940 or 676-5069. Katie Marie Bacon - A daughter, Katie Marie, was born to Jessica and William Bacon of Heppner at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner on February 9. She weighed 9 lbs.. 1 oz. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Bacon of Redmond and Mr. and Mrs. Herb Bauer of Pendleton. Great-grandparents are J E. McKern of Mt. Vernon and Evelyn Clary of La Grande. Katie joins brothers Jake, six. and Joseph, four, at home. Joel Hugh Currin - A son. Joel Hugh, was born to Janet and John H. Currin of Pilot Rock on February 7 at Pen dleton Community Hospital. He weighed 11 lbs.. 5 oz. Grandparents are Bob Cur rin of Pendleton and Harlan and Donna McCurdy of Pom eroy. Wash. Great-grandmother is Delia McCurdy of Heppner. Joel joins brothers Brian, four, and Casey, two, at home. What's Your ' Opinion? 59?- '4. Question: "How would you like Oregon having a state-run lottery?" "I'm still kind of undecided on that," said Roy Lindstrom of lone, "But if that's what it takes to get tax relief..." : 1 Sheriffs Keport The Morrow County sher iff's office at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner handled the following calls, cases and report:) during the past week: On February 8, Barbara Villarreal of Irrigon reported the theft of a cassette player recorder valued at $229. A Morrow County sheriff's dep uty took the report. On February 9. a Boardman ambulance transported a pa tient to Consolidated Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermis ton from South Olson Road, Boardman. On February 10, Dallas Wayne Dugger, 32, of Wald port was cited by a sheriff's deputy for allegedly Driving While Suspended. Also on February 10. the Boardman Fire Department responded to a fence fire at the corner of Wilson and Peter's roads in Boardman. In a third February 10 inci dent, the Heppner Fire De partment responded to a flue fire at the Riley Munkers residence on Green St. in Heppner. The fire was under control and no damage occur red. On February 11. the Morrow County sheriff's office took a theft report from L & K Farms on Homestead Road, Board man. Taken were motors, gear boxes, electrical switches, pumps and hydrau lic cylinders valued at $2,289. Topic Club hears review of Benchley book Lorraine Ladd reported on the book "The Girl from the Sea of Cortez" by Peter Benchley at a January meet ing of the lone Topic Club held at the home of Rose Baker. This book was written by the same author as "Jaws" but presents a gentle version of the creatures of the sea rather than a vicious picture, said a club spokesperson. It is a story of a girl on an island off the coast of Califor nia who makes friends and communicates with a giant Heppner FFA participate in Members of the Heppner FFA team participated in a Blue Mountain District FFA Skills Contest held recently at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton. Heppner instructor Roger Records said a freshman parlimentary pro cedure team went, as well as Kim Wright, who went as a creed speaker. Records said the parlia mentary procedure team The first watches produced hands since their movements T 1 A bit o babyhood can be permanently your a precioua personal treasure Your baby thoet nchly preserved in sol) metal mtt every crease, acuff and wrinkle retained forever. Many of your favorite memento can be bronzed Baseball glove, cowboy boots, hats or that old beat up pair of siX.V . at tALt PRICES Bright Broru 45 Portrait Slsnd (thown) S S3 71 S0BorJt pair 47 Vi M M 62 Ovl Mim.tix, 4t9) )4 31 Wslnut Ppfw,8ht K S 17.2J ra 41 PLUS MANY MORE! Ask for FREE Folder. Have baby's name, Urthdate engraved only 20 per letter. If you can t come in. .. call or write We'll send you a handy mailing bag BRING SHOES IN NOW...SALE ENDS FEB. 28. Peterson's r'Heppner Jnslic o Court Morrow County Justsice Court at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner han dled the following cases dur ing the past week: Robert Lee Botefuhr, Hep pner - Defective Equipment, $14 fine. Molly Fay Rhea, Ixxington -Exceeding the Maximum Speed (70 mph in a 55 mph zonei, $28 fine, Craig Richard Robinson, Portland Violation of the Basic Rule, (40 mph in a 30 mph zone). $12 fine. Michael Wayne Smith, Pen dleton Improper U-Turn, $12 fine. Ordrell Jolliff, Connell, Wash. Disobeyed Stop Sign, $29 bail forfeited. Curtis Lyle Sweek, Heppner Defective Equipment. $12 fine. Roger Dale Britt, Heppner -No Fire Extinguisher, $29 bail forfeited, Duane Francis Flackus, Portland Exceeding the Maximum Speed (64 mph in a 55 mph zone), $24 bail for feited. Elmer Arthur Heath, Hep pner - Exceeding the Maxi mum Speed (65 mph in a 55 mph zone). $12 fine. The eye of an owl cannot move in their sockets so the bird must turn its heed from side to side to see. manta ray. The book presents the theory that even She lower forms of animal life have feelings and can respond to kindness and love. During the business meeting the club voted to have the library board purchase a copy of the Morrow County History Book and also to write the history of the lone Topic Club to be included in it Special guests for the day were Maryann McEUigott and Eunice McEUigott. students contest placed third, behind Pendle ton and Hermiston, who took first and second places re spectively. He said Wright is to receive an FFA jacket for represent ing Heppner High School in the creed speaking contest. Other students from HHS attending were Alex Lindsay, Tammy Hays, Andrea Ball, Travis Harrison, Kevin Hughes and John Ferrell. about 1580 had only hour were too slow for minutes. All stylet in Bright Brorue, Ar.Mud Bronze, "Pewter", Silver, Gold and Porcelalnize I'M! i - av . osa 'ii vsr -' "'"mi. i 676-9200 Hospital Notes The following patienls were admitted and released from Pioneer Memorial Hospital In Heppner during the past week: Annie Hisler, Heppner - ad mitted February 7, released February 9; Jeremy Skillicorn, Heppner admitted February 8, re leased February 11; Frank Bailey, Heppner -admitted February 8, released February 10; Gene Hall. Heppner ad mitted February 8, released February 9: Jack Lloyd, Heppner ad mitted February 9, transfer red to Consolidated Good Shephed Hospital in Hermis ton on February 14. Patients still receiving care at the hospital as of Monday, February 14. included: Trent Harrison, Lexington -admitted February 8; and Inez Gentry, Heppner ad mitted February II. Rolling Hills Run meeting planned A Rolling Hills Run com mittee meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m., at the Heppner Junior High School library. Anyone interested in helping with the run is invited to attend, said a spokesperson. BUSINESS DIRECTORY AUTO PACTS HEPPNER AUTO PARTS 234 N. Main Heppner 676-9123 FLOOR COVERING M & R FLOOR COVERING Linden Wov Carpet, Linoleum. 676-9418 Ceramic Heppner Cabinets, FURNITURE CASE FURNITURE Heppner Carpet, Linoleum, Counter fops Installed Beauty Rest Mattresses, Fabrics and Accessories, Sherwin Williams Paint INSURANCE s. TURNER 9 IINSLIIMNCfa- o arnaw. t . mrm. MEDICAL SUPPLIES k MEDICAL CENTER PHARMACY I J Free Mailing Service on Prescriptions Hospital Supplies T Mon, - Fri. 9-6 p.m. Sat. 9-t p.m. Locatpd in the Medical Center T100 Southgate, Pendleton 276-1531 OIL PRODUCTS Chevron UEVIH M CO. S1 CHEVRON PETTYJOHN OIL COMPANY !Viabil arm Chemiccli Serving 3 Comities Petroleum Products Phone: 422-7254 Morrow Count Grain Growers Diesel BULK FUELS We Deliver Gasoline 1-800-452-7396 Home Fuel Oils Lubricants 989-0221 PRIIITiriG SERVICES F0H YOUR HO?.'.! Cat DUdXSS M7 HUiW I1EPPI2ER GAZEm.TL7.IS 76"9m D.A.'s Report A ease against Patrick Edward Hawes, 39, of Pasco, Wash., was dismissed on a civil compromise on February li in Morrow County Circuit Court, said a spokesperson from the Morrow County dis trict attorney's office. Hawes had been charged with alleged First Degree Theft. In other news, the spokes person reported: Daniel 11 Lopez, 19, of Irrigon, had charges against him of alleged Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and Second Degree Theft dismis sed on February 10 in Morrow County Justice Court (Hep pner). A case against Darwin Keith Nelson. 38, of Umatilla, was dismissed In Morrow County Circuit Court on Feb ruary 2. He had been charged with alleged First and Second Degree Theft. Public Meetings F Monday, Feb. 21 Morrow County School Board, district office, Lexington, 7:30 p.m.; Heppner Fire Department, fire hall, 7:30 p.m.; lone Plan ning Commission, city hall, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23 Mor row County Court, north Mor row annex, 9 a.m.; Heppner Public Library Board, library, Heppner. 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23 Morrow County Planning Commission, Courthouse. Heppner. 7:30 p.m. r Ti,e - Kitchen fetJ Counter Tops affuout JruLUxanfi nuAi uraaufsj wuuant. n. uuwamo nun om mat UIL IMC. 67633 PRODUCTS i I
