FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 14, 1998
Vera
Turner
Heppner
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Engagement
Hansell-Heideman
Erin Hansell and Deacon Heideman
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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
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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
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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.
Nonrw« Walter* and Erin Crowell
load blankets
The Martingale 4-H Horse Club
collected blankets for Operation
Lightwatch in Portland for their
community service this year.
Eight large boxes of blankets and
sleeping bags were collected and
sent.
Operation Lightwatch
distributes the blankets directly
to homeless people
Members who took part in the
activity were Knstal Temple,
Sybil Krebs, Erin Crowell,
Nonnee Walters, Molly Barrow
and Sarah Barrow
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