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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 20, 1995
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
Heppner
G A Z E T T E -T IM E S
U S P S 240-420
Morrow County s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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April Hilton-Sykes
........................................................................ News Editor
Stephanie Jensen
............................ Typesetting, Layout, Distribution
Monique Devin
Advertising layout & Graphics
Penni Keersemaker
................................................................................. Printer
D avid and April H ilto n -S ykes, P ub lishers
P.R. ranchers honored by Farm Bureau
Three young farmers were
honored at the Oregon Farm
Bureau Federation's 62nd an
nual meeting in Pendleton re
cently.
Karl and Jeannie Jensen, Pilot
Rock, won the Young Farmers
and Ranchers Achievement
Award. Trina Kerns, Klamath
Falls, won the Young Farmers
and Ranchers Discussion Meet.
The Jensens and Kerns will re
present Oregon in national
competitions at the American
Farm Bureau annual meeting in
Reno, NV., in January.
The awards were presented
at the annual Young Farmers
and Ranchers Dinner hosted by
the organization's Young Farm
ers and Ranchers Committee.
The Jensens raise cattle, tim
ber and wheat and were select
ed for the award based on their
farming operation and their
leadership achievements. They
have held several positions in
county and state Farm Bureau
organizations, including young
farmers and ranchers pro
grams. Karl, 31, has been
Umatilla-Morrow County Farm
Bureau president and is involv
ed in the Oregon Agricultural
Legal Foundation's work on
several projects. Jeannie, 30,
has been vice president of the
Umatilla County CattleWomen.
EOSC to offer external degree
Non-traditional adult stu
dents in the Morrow/Umatilla
county area now have the op
portunity to pursue a liberal
studies major through Eastern
Oregon State College's Exter
nal Degree Program. It is a four
year baccalaureate degree, an
nounced Deborah Lee, Eastern
Center director.
"The program allows adults
to tailor their degree to their
unique educational back
grounds and current needs and
interests," said Lee. "W e are
very excited about the educa
tional opprotunities this creates
for adult students."
Several orientation sessions
will be held throughout the
winter to explain the local pro
gram and to answer questions.
For locations of the orientation
sessions, call Lee at Eastern's
Regional Continuing Education
Center in Pendleton, 276-1260,
ext. 245.
Women's groups meet at All Saints'
There is still time to join the
women's small group ministry
program at All Saints' Episcop
al Church. A group studying
"wholeness" meets on Tues-
days at 1 p.m. and a group stu
dying "b a s ic" Christianity
meets on Wednesdays at 8 a.m.
Both groups meet in the church
parish hall. Call Gail Hughes
for more details.
4-H News
Hearty thanks
and warm wishes
to all our friends
and patrons.
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The Barnyarders
By Leland Rill, reporter
The Barnyarders met on
Nov. 28. Sources for new pigs
were discussed as were ways to
make money. A committee was
formed to discuss this. A few
ideas were: slave auction, St.
Patrick's Day bake sale or a bot
tle drive. The members of the
committee were Lonnie Rill,
Robbie Nichols and Leland Rill.
The group also decided to
build self-waterers for the pigs
at fair time and a committee
was formed to find materials.
The members are Dan Jepsen,
Kyle Miller, Leland Rill and
Robbie Nichols.
If anyone wants to join, con
tact Bill Jepsen, 676-5244.
Obituaries
Connie R. Fastabend
Connie R. Fastabend, 62,
christened Constance Jean Rug-
gles, died December 3, 1995, at
Virgina Mason Hospital at
Seattle, WA. A memorial Mass
was held at Christ the King
Church in Richland, WA.,
December 15, 1995.
Mrs. Fastabend was born at
Grass Valley, on July 7, 1933,
to Charles and Helen Ruggles.
She attended grade school in
Moro, high school in Heppner,
Whitman College in Walla
Walla, WA., and Portland Busi
ness College, then worked in
Portland. She sang in choirs in
each of those cities as well as in
Richland.
She married John H. Fasta
bend July 31, 1954 in Portland.
They had six children.
In addition to her family, she
enjoyed her artwork and in
volvement with Appleseed
Gallery in Kennewick, Allied
Arts Association and its annual
Sidewalk Art Show and The
Watercolor Society.
She was a former member of
the Richland Light Opera and
the Joyful Blenders.
She made time for PTA, 4-H
and Girl Scouts. She loved
children, all forms of art, music
and horses.
Mrs. Fastabend is survived
by her mother, Helen Ruggles;
husband, Jack; children, Dona
Gilmour, Laura Benson, Neil,
Linda, John and Wayne Fasta
bend; and thirteen grandchil
dren. She also found time to
nurture several foster children.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made in her name to
the Allied Arts Association
Scholarship Fund.
Rita M. Thorpe
Reta M. Thorpe, 87, of Hepp
ner, died Friday, December 15,
1995, at her home.
At her request, no services
will be held.
Mrs. Thorpe was born De
cember 4, 1908, at Heppner, to
Emory and Amy Straight
Crawford. She had been a
lifetime Heppner resident.
Survivors include a son, Carl
of Heppner; a daughter, Edda
Mae Lovgren of Heppner; step
sister, Norma Vaughn of Silver-
ton; four grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions may
be made to AirLife of Oregon,
2500 Neff Road, Bend, OR.
97701.
Sweeney Mortuary, Hepp
ner, is in charge of arrange
ments.
The Best of
the Season to
You and Yours.
Here’s hoping your holiday's
a-bloom with joy and laughter
We greatly appreciate your
trust in us.
Oregon Together
dance slated
A high school drug-and-
alcohol-free dance, sponsored
by Oregon Together, has been
planned for this Friday, Dec.
22, following the Ione-Heppner
basketball game, from 9 p.m. to
midnight at the Heppner High
School cafeteria.
Music will be provided by
Dan Burns and 3-D Produc
tions.
Admission, which includes
soft drinks is $1 per person.
Now Playing
Friday & Saturday Nights at
Bucknums Tavern
8 p.m. - 1 a.m.
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Because Christmas falls on a
Monday this year, the news
deadline for the Dec. 27
newspaper will be this Friday,
Dec. 22, at 5 p.m.
The ad deadline will remain
the same, Tuesday at noon.
The Gazette-Times office will
be closed Christmas day. Merry
Christmas to all from the
Gazette-Times staff.
In the Service
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class
John L. Thomas, son of Ron L.
and Karen K. Thomas of Board-
man, recently completed a
good will deployment to
several Japanese ports while
assigned to the staff of the com
mander of the U.S. Seventh
Fleet aboard the command ship
USS Blue Ridge.
During the deployment,
Thomas visited the Japanese
ports of Kagoshima, Nagasaki
and Sasebo as part of a pro
gram that stresses the friend
ship between the United States
and Japan.
In Kagoshima, Thomas and
fellow staff members had the
oportunity to view Mount
Sakurajima, an active volcano.
In Nagasaki, sailors and
Marines on Thomas' staff visit
ed the Nagasaki Peace Park and
the Atomic Bomb Museum.
The 1992 graduate of Cut
Bank High School, Cut Bank,
Montana, joined the Navy in
February 1993.
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