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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 14, 1998 Vera Turner Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published w eek k and e n te r« ! u sp rrio d it al m atter at the Post Office at H eppner. O regon under the Act of March 3. 1874 Periodic 4 postage paid at H eppner. O re g o n O ffic e at U 7 W est Willoss Street T elephone (5 4 1) 678-9228 Postmaster send address changes to the H eppner C a /e tte-1 lines. P O Bos 337, H eppner, O regon 97836 Subscriptions *18 In Morrow W heeler, Cilliain ansi Grant C oun ties; $25 elsew here April Hilton Ss lies News Kditor Stephanie Jensen 1 >pesett*(g M ounpie D esm Advertising la y o u t & O raphics Bonnie Bennett D istribution Penni K eersem aher P rinter David Sykes, Publisher Engagement Hansell-Heideman Erin Hansell and Deacon Heideman i Tyler and Francie Hansell of Hermiston announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Elizabeth, to Deacon Jacob Heideman, son of Loren and Della Heideman of lone. Erin is a 1994 graduate of Hermiston High School and is currently a junior at Oregon State University pursuing a master's degree in agriculture education. Deacon is a 1993 graduate of lone High School and attended the College of the Siskiyous on a football scholarship and Blue Mountain Community College on a track scholarship. He is presently a senior at OSU planning to graduate in June in crop and soil science. The couple plan a June 27, 1998 wedding at the Hermiston First Christian Church. Garden Club makes donations Heppner Elks Ladies' Giving Tree a success Obituary The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Phillips Vera Phillips Turner, 84, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local care center on Saturday, January 10, 1998. Mrs. Turner was bom March 8, 1913, in Viola, Missouri, the third of seven children to George Washington and Luretta (Watson) Phillips. She lived in Missouri, until after her mamage to Lester Loren Turner on April 11, 1934, in Cassville, Missouri In 1936, she moved with her family to Kansas. She lived most of the next nine years in Hoisington, Kansas, before moving to Hood River in 1945. The family moved in 1949 to The Dalles, where she has been a resident for the last 49 years. Mrs. Turner was a longtime employee of Stadelman Fruit Company. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. She loved to visit, celebrate holidays, read, bowl and golf. Mrs. Turner is survived by her daughter, Pat Edmundson of Heppner; grandchildren, Vicki Brookshire of Baker City, Kristi Smalley of Hermiston and Jeff Edmundson of Pendleton; six great-granddaughters, Emily, Jordan, Jillian, Enn, Kirsten and Megan; and her brother, Leo Phillips of Hood River. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lester, in August 1971, her parents, two sisters and three brothers. A celebration of Vera's life will be held at the Chinook Room of the Shilo Inn at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, with Bill Noonan officiating. Graveside services, with time to be announced at the Shilo gathering, will be held at Pine Grove Cemetery near Hood River. Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home was in care of arrangements Memorials may be made to The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1265, The Dalles, OR 97058 hr a chanty of choice. Heppner Elks ladies (l-r) Joyce Ward, Linda Kenny, Andrea Mortimore and Barbara Bloodsworth display Christmas Giving Tree at the Giving Tree dinner held Dec. 19. The donated toys were given to the Heppner Neighborhood Center for Christmas baskets that were delivered in the Heppner, Lexington and lone areas. U of P lists fa ll h o n o r students Lexington resident Melissa Wallace is listed on the 1997 fall semester dean's list at the University of Portland. Wallace is a senior enrolled in nursing. Students must have at least a 3.5 grade point average to make the list. In the Service .bsj. T he Sm ooth T alkers By Alyssa Rietmann, reporter The Smooth Talkers 4-H Club held their first meeting on Jan. 9. First on the agenda was to elect officers. Andrew Rietmann was elected president. Sarah Barrow, is secretary and Alyssa Rietmann is reporter. The club is headed by teen leader Erin Crowell. They reviewed the pledges and discussed good meeting days. Erin then handed our record ma terial and they discussed how to do records for the first year 4- Hers. Sarah, being an experienced speaker, gave an impromptu pre sentation to demonstrate. Club members then had snacks, pro vided by Enn. Andrew adjourned the meeting. A training session, concerning developm ent of the "Communities that Care" program and the Oregon Together Coalition, will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Family Service Center, 120 S. Mam in Heppner, beginning at 9:30 a.m. According to Marilyn Bader- Nesse, county coordinator for ATOD Prevention/Early Intervention, those attending will leam to create resiliency factors that teach youth to have fun without alcohol tobacco or other drugs. "We here in Eastern Oregon have not experienced the drug abuse problems that the larger cities have had to face," said Bader-Nesse. "Currently they are trying to take back their communities from gangs, crime and drug use. We have the opportunity to step up our preventive programs to keep our towns and neighborhoods from this reality. We cannot afford to rely on the fact that we are rural so those problems will never haunt us here." "Drug use is everywhere," continued Bader-Nesse. "It affects every family in every town in some way. Over the past years we have become aware of the effects of tobacco on many of our friends and family members. We must work together for the future sake of our next generations." Those interesting in participating in the program may call Bader-Nesse at 676-9191 for reservations. People fo r Pool to hold m eeting People for the Pool, Inc., will hold their annual meeting on Monday, January 19, at Kate's Pizza at 6 p.m. Topics to be discussed include further fund raising and grants for the indoor multi-use spa pool. For more information, contact Archie Padberg, 676- 5355 St. Patrick's Senior Center _______ Bulletin Board________ ’ 4 -H News Prevention training session scheduled Randy M Scott Randy M . Scott, the son of Terry and Sharia Snider of lone, joined the Marine Corps, through the delayed entry program which allows recruits to finish high school before going in. Scott was in San Diego, CA from Oct. 14-Jan. 9 where he graduated boot camp with honors as squad leader and earned the rank of Private First Class. He also placed second in the physi cal fitness training course, out of 360 recruits. Scott is currently visiting his family for several weeks and will then return to San Diego for 17 days to complete the Basic Infan try Course. From there he will leam of his MOS station. He is a 1997 graduate of lone High School. There were 66 people over age 60, and 11 under 60 present for the senior dinner Jan. 7 and 13 meals were home delivered. Members of the Catholic Church served. Hearing aid assistance was given and blood pressures were taken before the meal and eyeglasses were adjusted after the meal. The Nutrition Site Committee met at 1 p.m. Bingo was played from 1-3 p.m.. Bill Rowell of lone called the Bingo numbers. The menu for dinner Jan. 21 will be ham and white beans, coleslaw, Jell-O with cottage cheese, sliced bread and cobbler. Members of the Christian Life Center will serve. Extension Service newsletters were folded by senior volunteers Thursday, Jan. 8. Thirty people were present for the Friday breakfast and four breakfasts were home delivered. The menu for breakfast Fnday, Jan 17, will be waffles, sausage, fruit, hot and cold cereal, orange juice, milk and coffee. Bingo is being played every Wed. from 1 to 3 p.m. to raise funds to help operate the Senior Center and there are various prizes, including cash. Come join the fun, and help out the Senior Center. Tickets are now available for the St. Patrick's Senior Center quilt raffle, a beautiful king-sized "wedding memories" quilt made by Daisy Collins and Maxine Gray. They were assisted in the quilting by Marian Brosnan. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. The drawing will be held during the St. Patrick's celebration. The Heppner Garden Club last week made several donations to local groups. The donations were for the amount of $100. Pictured above is Verna Bnnda of the Garden Club presenting a $100 check to Larry Mills of the Hospital Foundation. Also receiving funds were left to right: Charlene Bucha Gentry of the EMT Assoc.; Kim Custsforth of the Heppner Day Care Center; Mary Goheen from the Senior Citizens board, and Jan Skaggs from the Neighborhood Center. 4-H club collects blankets for homeless W h ere oth ers saw a sm all tow n , w e see the big picture. 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