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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 24, 1999 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County o f 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 Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 147 W Willow Street. T elephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211 E-mail: gt@rapidserve.net Postnwsler send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836 Subecnphons: $18 in Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant counties, $25 elsewhere David Sykes ........................................................................................................... Publisher April Hilton-Sykes........................................ ..................................................... ......... Ed|tor Fifty-nine kids turn out for Irish Hoop Shoot Fifty-nine kids participated in the "Irish Hoop Shoot" during this year's St. Patrick's Day Celebration. Winners are as follows: Girls five and under: first- Sarah Kendrick; second-Ryan Dougherty. Girls six-seven years old: first -Taighler Dougherty. Girls eight-nine years old: first -Kate Kendrick; second -Kelsie Meyer; third -Kelsie Fox. Girls 10-11 years old: first - Meghan Gains; second-Krystal Naims; third - Kassy Gaines. Girls 12 years old: first - Tabatha Daulton; second-Kim Morris; third -Blair Keithley. Boys five and under: first - Jake Crandle; second - Cameron Day. Boys six-seven years old: first - Drew Johnson; second - Bnan Holland; third - Chance Day. Boys eight-nine years old: first - Sean Murray; second - Kyle O'Bnen; third - Matt McCabe. Boys 10-11 years old: first - J.C. Shemtt; second - Matt Kenny; third - Matt VanCleave. Boys 12 years old: first- Aaron Griffith; second- Luke Murray; third- Kiel Naims. Episcopal, Lutheran Churches plan Holy Week services Holy week worship for the i , shared ministry of all Saints' Episcopal Church, Hope Lutheran Church and Valby Lutheran Church has been scheduled as follows: Maundy Thursday, April 1- I combined service at All Saints' Episcopal with a 6 p.m. soup and sandwich supper and a 7 p.m. worship. A Lord's Supper tableau will be part of the worship service. The tableau will be a dramatic recreation of the Last Supper in the upper room in Jerusalem on the night before Good Friday, according to Leonardo da Vinci's painting, 4-H New s Ju st H orsen’ A round By R.J. Farrens The new Heppner 4-H club has hit town. The club is called Just Horsen’ Around. The new 4-H leaders this year are Pepper and Connie Farrens. Junior leaders are Bobbie and Tracy Rankin. Members this year are: R.J. and Jesse Farrens, Chi Green, April Drew, Mahaley Huddleston, Tasha Hollis, Megan Healy, Lacy Davis, Brooke Boyer and Ashley Timmerman. Officers are president Tasha Hollis, vice- president Lacy Davis, and trea- ??? H ealth & 4 0 I K ??? surer/secretary Brooke Boyer. call for appt. with Babe Ruth baseball signups for The next meeting will be at JAY WHEELHOUSE ages 13-15, and parents’ meeting Pepco. Enterprises, on Monday, will be held Wednesday, March 31 March 29, at 5 p.m. V an MUarter & at the Heppner High School home K ah l I n s u r a n c e R ecipe W ra n g le rs ec. room at 7 p.m. For more in (5 4 1 ) 6 7 M 1 1 3 formation, contact Tony Pupo at By Krystal Temple On February 26 the Recipe 676-5997. 800-504-9113 Wranglers called their sixth meeting to order. The meeting was held at the home of Jackie Meyer. At the meeting members talked about chili and what ingredients it has in it. They also tasted Mrs. Mayer's venison chili. CONGRATULATIONS R.J. Farrens On March 12, they had their for your third place finish in the math test seventh meeting. The meeting Siven to the fourth srade class was held at Brianne Jones' house. The topic was fast-food. at Heppner Elementary! During the meeting they told And G O O D LUCK at District each other what they usually in lone, April 8, 1999. order at their favorite food restaurants. They also discussed We are very proud of you some good things to eat after and love you! eating something high in fat and Mom & Dad in calories After the meeting Mrs. Jones took members to R & W Drive-in for ice cream. T h e B a rn y a rd e rs The Barnyarders 4-H club held a meeting on March 8. Some of the members who participated in the Pantec and Shop-'N-Kart tours gave reports on those activities. The club discussed where to find weaner pigs for this year's market animal projects. A sign JipriC 17th up sheet for sheep handling at the St. Pat's sheep dog trials was passed around. Mr. Jepsen also gave some guidelines as to what .INC. is expected of club members while they are handling the 2 17 N orth M jtin H e pp ne r 6 7 6 -9 1 5 8 sheep. The next meeting will be in April. Babe Ruth sign-ups set Congratulations R JJ W eddings Tables M adora <RiCC an d % urt J4.C6ertson ^ M lM j'i DiüUJ "The Last Supper." Holy Communion will be part o f the service and the communion table is open to everyone. Good Friday, April 2-a time for reading the Word, music and meditation at Hope Lutheran and All Saints' Episcopal from noon to 3 p.m. (the time Jesus was on the cross). Worshipers are invited to come whenever they can and stay as long as they like for personal thought, prayer and meditation. Bibles will be available for private reading of scripture. Members o f Hope and Valby churches will read from the gospel accounts o f "The Passion History" o f Jesus, interspersed with music for meditation and prayer. Easter Sunday, April 4-Valby Lutheran, lone, festival service of Holy Communion at 8 a.m., followed by Easter breakfast; Hope Lutheran, Easter breakfast, 9-10:30 a.m., festival of Holy Communion, 11 a.m.; All Saints' Episcopal, Easter breakfast, 10 a.m., Easter Eucharist, 11 a.m. WOU lists softball stats Petra Elguezabal, Heppner, a freshman member of the Western Oregon University softball team, went two for three at the WOU game against Willamette March 21, according to a WOU news release. WOU shut out Willamette, 6-0. Obituaries Arnie George Hedman Amie George Hedman, 77 of Heppner, died Monday, March 15, 1999, at St. Charles Medical Cen ter in Bend. M emorial service was held Saturday, March 20, 1999 at the United Methodist Church in Hepp ner. Mr. Hedman was bom Febru ary 23,1922, at Republic, Michi gan, to William and Aina Pertunen Hedman. He was raised at Re public and attended schools there, graduating from Republic High School in 1939. He served with the U.S. Army from 1942 until 1946, then at tended Northern Michigan Col lege of Education, graduating in 1950. On March 24, 1951, he mar ried Rita Belmore at Marquette, Michigan. Mr. Hedman taught music edu cation for five years at Painesdale, Michigan; then moved to Oregon, teaching at Athena for two years, lone for seven years and Hepp ner for three years. The Hedmans owned and op erated C ase F u rn itu re and Floorcovering in Heppner from 1963 until 1988. He was a member o f Disabled Walt: The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Heppner reports handling the fol lowing business: Phyllis Marie Piper, 58, Lexing- ton-Violation of the Basic Rule, 72 mph in a 55 mph zone, $72 fine; K im berly E. K ozak, 29, Geneva, IL.-Disobeying Traffic Control Device (stop sign), $127 fine, Illegal U-Turn, $72 fine; Clyde Martin Burnham, 60, Heppner-Violation o f the Basic Rule, 76 mph in a 55 mph zone, $127 fine; Vicky Nicole Van Etta, 19, Heppner-Violation o f the Basic Rule, 74 mph in a 55 mph zone, $82 fine, Violation o f the Basic Rule, 74 mph in a 55 mph zone, $106 fine; Bridger John Baker, 23, Ione- Violation of the Basic Rule, 80 in a 55 mph zone, $142 fine; Corey P. Sweeney, 25, Hepp- ner-Failure to Use Safety Belt, $54 fine; Louis Andrew Carlson, 69, Heppner-Violation of the Basic Rule, 80 mph in a 55 mph zone, $127 fine, Failure to Use Safety Belt, $54 fine; Juan Luis Villegas, 22, Board- man-Illegal Possession o f Deer, $301 fine; Everett L. Keithley, 61, Hepp- ner-Failure to Wear Safety Belt, $54 fine; Kyle L. Doescher, 26, Phoe nix, AZ.-Failure to Keep Current Log Book, 21 hours behind, Driv ing While License Suspended-in- fraction, $268 fine; Brian Henry Burnside, 18, Heppner-Failure to Perform Du ties o f a Driver in a Motor Ve hicle A ccident w ith Property Damage, $626 fine; Jeffre y R. Ib arra, 19, Hermiston-Failure to Wear Safety Belt, $54 fine; Brooke Lynn Boyer, 17, Lex- ington-Violation of the Basic Rule, 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $72 fine; T im othy G. M eadley, 18, daughter, Dee Miller o f Hillsboro; 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Memorial contributions may be m ade to the South M orrow County Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 368, Heppner, Oregon 97836 (to be used for a music scholar ship). Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp ner was in charge o f arrange ments. Beulah A. Sherer Beulah A. Sherer, 87, of lone, died Sunday, March 21,1999, at Good Shepherd Community Hos pital in Hermiston. G raveside service for Mrs. Sherer will be 11:30 a.m. Thurs day, March 25, 1999 at the Lex ington Cemetery. She was bom April 12,1911 at Sweden, Missouri, to Noah and E lla Jackson P ettyjohn. She m oved to a farm on B ig Buttercreek in Oregon with her family in 1915. When she was seven years old, the family moved to Morgan where she attended a two-room country school house through eighth grade. She later attended and graduated from lone High School. During her high school years, she worked at the Morgan Store during the sum mers. On September 14, 1934, she married Harold C. “Doc” Sherer at Y akim a, W ashington. The couple worked on a dairy farm near Lexington for a short time, then moved to Heppner. In 1945, they purchased a small ranch be low lone on Willow Creek. Mrs. Sherer was a member o f Willows Grange and the United Church o f Christ in lone. She enjoyed crafts and helped in community affairs. She loved working in her yard and garden and helping with the farm chores, but mostly, she enjoyed time spent with family and friends. Survivors include son, Dick of lone; daughters, Kay Barnhart of Redmond, and Judy Ripka of lone; brother, Roy Pettyjohn o f Port land; sister, Geneva Palmer of lone; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, “Doc” in 1997; a daughter, Diane; and brothers, Lee Pettyjohn and Paul Pettyjohn. Memorial contributions may be made to Pioneer Memorial Home Health, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, Ore gon 97836. Sweeney Mortuary o f Hepp ner is in charge o f arrangements. Pendleton-Failure to Wear Seat Belt, $54 fine; Bob Naims, 37, Heppner-Main- taining a Dog as a Nuisance, $43 fine; Cheryl McBride, 40, Heppner- Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants, diversion, undergo assessment, program o f treatment with Morrow County Behavioral Health, pay fees and assessments of$417. PUBLIC NOTICE FO R SALE: The M orrow County Fair Board is accepting bids on the demolition and re- moval o f three buildings. Please contact the Fair Office for details. > (541)676-9474. Bids close on April 12.1999 at 12:00 noon. Published: March 24,31, and April 7.1999 PUBLIC NOTICE It's enough to make you molt. Seem s like you folks at the bank are the only ones who still like doing things face to face. Pelican: Walt: Justice Court Report You know what really burns me? All this e-mail and voice-mail and touch-tone everything. Pelican: Watt: American Veterans, the Heppner Elks Lodge, the Odd Fellows Lodge and the United Methodist Church, where he also served as choir director for over 20 years. Mr. Hedman served on the Heppner City Council for two years and the Morrow County Rodeo Board for five years. Survivors include his wife, Rita Hedman o f Heppner; sons, Mike o f La Grande, Steve o f Santa Rosa, California; Jon o f Danville, Virginia, Dale o f Manhatten, Mon tana, and Tim o f Heppner; a Just our instincts kicking in, I guess. 'Scuse me, m y friend. You're nesting on the cue ball again. Pelican: Sony. Another old habit I After more than 60 years of serving Oregonians like you, w e ’ve got a pretty good idea of the challenges, hopes and dreams people have around here. Yes, w e can offer 24-hour A T M s and toll-free convenience like other banks. But it’s our ongoing com m itm ent to personal service that will help you realize your dreams. You'll find Klamath First Federal in 35 locations throughout the state. Visit the one in your neighborhood today. ‘■¿klanuth litFadsnl Weil be honored. In Heppner at 111 N. Main Street, 541-676-5407. M ortal FDC - fquel Houwig Lender f* MORROW COUNTY LAND USE HEARING THE MORROW COUNTY COURT will hold the following hearing o f public interest on Wednesday, April 7, 1999, at 10:00 a.m. at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner: Third and final public hearing on an Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to include a site to the Goal 5 aggregate inventory. The site to be included is described as tax lot 203 o f Assessor's Map 5N 26 26, located east o f West Eighth Road and south o f Idaho Lane, approximately three miles west o f the City o f Irrigon in an Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) Zone. The property is owned by Max Hellberg. Criteria for approval include Zoning Ordinance Section 6.050(9), ARTICLE 8 and ORS 215.298(2). Opportunity to voice support or opposition to the above proposals or to ask questions will be provided. Failure to raise specific issues at this hearing precludes appeal to the Land Use Board o f Appeals based on those issues. Copies o f the proposed Ordinance and all relevant documents will be available after March 29, 1999. For more information, please contact the Morrow County Planning Department at 922-4624 or 676- 5650. DATED THIS 24th day o f March 1999. MORROW COUNTY COURT Published: March 24*1999 a m _________________
