TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Hepjjner, Oregon Wednesday, November 8, 2000
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Wedding
Lavender-Schiller
Jason and Tina Lavender
Tina Kay Schiller, daughter of Tony and Verina Schiller of
Pflugerville, Texas, and Jason Lee Lavender, son of Ron and
Sapdjra Lavender of Austin, Texa^, wpre married on August 18,
2000, at the Merrell Plantation in RoundRock, Texas, by the
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The bride is the granddaughter of Ray and Norma French of
Heppner and Marilyn Schiller of Echo. The groom is the grandson
of Wallace and Mamie Lavender of Hewitt, Texas, and Gladys
Hall of Waco, Texas.
Maid of honor was Lindsey Ward, cousin of the bride, Heppner.
Bridesmaids were Megan Wood, cousin of the bride, Tigard,
Amanda Tucksen, Renee Armstrong and Meghan Pollick, all of
Austin. Flowed girl was Tiffany Schiller, sister of the bride.
Best man was Matt Seeker, USMC. Groomsmen were James
Lavender, brother of the groom, Chris Tucksen, Nick Moore, and
Mike Leach, all of Austin. Ring bearer was Evan Lavender, cousin
o f the groom, Temple, Texas. Ushers were Justin and Jared
Schiller, brothers of the bride, and Jim Jenkins, Austin.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore a floor-length gown of
white duchess satin with a beaded bodice of clear sequins and
appliques of seed pearls, hug-the-shoulder sleeves and detachable
cathedral tram trimmed with scallop Battenburg lace. Her double­
layered, fingertip veil of tulle was held by a crystal tiara. She
carried a garden bouquet of lavender sweetheart roses and
alstromena lilies.
The bnde’s attendants wore floor-length princess style gowns of
lavender taffeta and carried bouquets of freesia and lavender
hydrangea blossoms.
A reception followed at Merrell Plantation.
Following a wedding trip to Hawaii, the couple will reside in
Thomdale, Texas.
St. Patrick’s Mini-Carnival!
Sunday, November 13
Noon -1:30
HOT DOGS for LUNCH!
Games, Games, Games:
Bingo/ Fish Pond/ Cake Walk
Name-the-Saints / Many, Many,
Morel Many, Many Prizes!
Obituaries
Rosella Lindsay
Rosella Lindsay, 90, of Lexing­
ton, died Tuesday, October 31,
2000 at Pioneer Memorial Hospi­
tal in Heppner.
Recitation of the Rosary was
held Thursday, November 2,2000
at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
in Heppner. Funeral Mass was
held Friday, November 3,2000 at
the church. A graveside service
followed at Olney Cemetery in
Pendleton.
She was bom September 11,
1910, at Pendleton, to Bernard P.
“Barney” and Catherine “Katie”
Doherty. She attended St. Joseph
Academy in Pendleton and at­
tended and graduated from
Heppner High School. She at­
tended Monmouth Normal School
and became a teacher. She taught
in a one-room schoolhouse in the
Alpine School D istrict near
Sandhollow.
On September 1, 1934, she
m arried Alex Lindsay at
Pendleton. The couple started
farming near the North Lexing­
ton elevator site, then expanded
to a ranch off Baseline Road. Fol­
lowing her husband’s death in
1960, she continued to be active
in the operation of the ranch.
Mrs. Lindsay was a member
of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Parish and Altar Society. She had
been a member of the Cowbelles
and the Oregon Wheat League.
Survivors include son, Larry
Lindsay of Lexington; sister, Dor­
othy Doherty of Pendleton; seven
grandchildren and 14 great-grand­
children. B rothers, Barney
Doherty, William J. Doherty, John
E. Doherty and Lawrence P.
Doherty, sisters, Mary Doherty,
Frances Curran and Katherine
Monagle, two grandchildren and
one great-grandchild preceded her
in death.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Pioneer Memorial Home
Health, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, Ore­
gon 97836.
Sweeney
M ortuary
of
Heppner was in charge of ar­
rangements.
Violet Louise Zimmerman
Violet Louise Zimmerman, 73,
a long-time resident of Boardman,
died Sunday, November 5, 2000,
at Evergreen Health and Reha­
bilitation Center in M ilton-
Freewater.
Memorial graveside service
was held Tuesday, November 7,
2000 at Riverview Cemetery in
Boardman. Disposition was by
cremation.
Mrs. Zimmerman was bom at
Eden, Wisconsin, on December
18, 1926, to Paul and Bernice
Baumhardt Hoffman.
She came to Boardman in 1977
from Fossil.
Mrs. Zimmerman had been
active at the Boardman Senior
Center.
Survivors include sons, David
of Athena, Robert D. of Pnneville
and Randy o f Boardman; a
brother, Paul Hoffman in Ala­
bama; sisters, Dorothy Westover
in Colorado, Shirley Atkins in Ari­
zona, Betty Giese and Doris
Wesenberg, both in Wisconsin, and
Alice Hoffman in Utah; two
grandchildren and one step-grand-
daughter. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Robert
Zimmerman, and son Ron.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the American Cancer
Society.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
was in charge of arrangements.
Claude E. Way
Long-time Okanogan County
resident Claude E. Way, 75,
Okanogan, Washington, died Oc­
tober 29, 2000 at Central Wash­
ington Hospital, W enatchee,
Washington.
Graveside services were held
Friday, November 3, 2000 at the
Riverside Cemetery, at Riverside,
Washington.
He was bom June 4, 1925, in
Junction City to Daniel Joseph and
Iva E. (Vinson) Way. He grew up
in Lexington and attended high
school in Lexington. He also
served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II.
He married Maxine Myers on
May 4,1946, in Auburn. They lived
in Auburn and Dry Valley before
moving to Riverside, Washington
in 1952.
In 1960, they moved to Dry
Valley, where they lived for a few
years before moving back to Riv­
erside. They moved to the
Elmway area, then north of
Okanogan, in 1964.
Mr. Way was an orchardist for
many years. He also ran a small
ranch in addition to working at
Biles-Coleman Lumber Co.
He was a member of the Omak
Elks, National Rifle Association,
American Legion and the United
States LST Association.
Survivors include two sons and
daughters-in-law, Steve and Col­
leen Way, Okanogan, Washington,
and Don and Neta Reed, Cash-
mere, Washington; a daughter,
Lon Wood, Okanogan, Washing­
ton; four brothers, Joseph Way of
The Dalles, Kenneth Way of
Hillsboro, Marvm Way of Wyo­
ming, and Asa Way of Sandy; a
sister, Zelma McDaniel of
Heppner; 12 grandchildren, Tenaa,
Stasha, John, Gordon, Sarah, Tan­
ner, Heather, Ross, Nathan,
Bryson, Hollie and Paxton; a
great-grandchild, Seth, and long­
time friends Bam Crofoot and
Donna Short.
His wife, Maxine, died on Oc­
tober 17, 1999. He was also pre­
ceded in death by brothers Stanley
and Burtin, and sisters, June and
Maxine.
Memonal contributions may be
made to the Northwest Kidney
Center, 700 Broadway, Seattle,
Washington, 98122.
Barnes Elmway Chapel in
Okanogan was in charge of ar­
rangements.
School calendar
Heppner High School lists its
November calendar of events:
Friday, Nov. 10-no school.
Junior High boys’ basketball at
Athena/Weston, 3 p.m.;
Saturday, Nov. 11-Junior
Highboys’ basketball vs. Stanfield
at Heppner, 10 a.m. First round
AA football playoffs, Heppner vs.
Pine Eagle at 1 p.m.;
Monday, Nov. 13-Parent-
Teacher Conferences, 11 a.m.-8
p.m. Morrow County School
Board meeting at lone High
School, 7:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, Nov. 14-ASVAB for
juniors in the HHS cafeteria, 7:55
a.m. Heppner High School Sports
Dessert in the HHS cafeteria, 7
p.m.;
Friday, Nov. 17-no school.
Junior High boys’ basketball at
Umatilla Middle School, 3 p.m.;
Saturday, Nov. 18-Junior
High boys’ basketball vs. Colum­
bia Middle School at Heppner, 10
a.m. Second round AA football
playoffs;
Wednesday, Nov. 22-early
dism issal at 12:45 p.m. for
Thanksgiving vacation;
Thursday-Friday, Nov. 23-
24-closed for Thanksgiving vaca­
tion;
Tuesday, Nov. 28-JV boys’
basketball vs. Pendleton freshmen
at Heppner, 6:30 p.m.;
Thursday, Nov. 30-JV girls’
and boys’ basketball vs. Ukiah at
Heppner, 5:30 p.m.
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Pastor accepts call
To the Editor:
I appreciate Heppner Gazette-
Times affording me this
opportunity to share some
thoughts with the people of the
Willow Creek Valley - lone,
Lexington and Heppner.
As some of you know, I have
accepted a call from Zion
Lutheran Church in Redmond to
be their next pastor. Accordingly,
I will be moving in November. It
was a difficult decision for me to
make, even though I will have
"opportunities to do ministry" in
that larger setting that I would
not have here in our community.
It was a difficult decision
because of so many of you;
because of the kindness and
friendship shown to me by the
"Valley".
It goes without saying that it
has been my honor and privilege
to serve the members of
Hope/Valby Lutheran Parish and
All Saints' Episcopal Parish. I am
proud to have been a part of their
ministry to each other and to the
community at large. But in the
course of my ministry here I
have also had the opportunity to
serve non-members in various
ways. I appreciate you allowing
me to be with you at important
and significant times in your
lives.
The prayer St. Paul shared with
the church at Ephesus in his
letter to them is my prayer for all
of you as well:
"I pray that, according to the
riches of God's glory, He may
grant that you may be
strengthened in your inner being
with power through his Spirit,
and that Christ may dwell in your
hearts through faith, as you are
being rooted and grounded in
love. I pray that you may have
the power to comprehend, with
all the saints, what is the breadth
and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of Christ
that surpasses knowledge, so that
you may be filled with all the
fullness of God." (Ephesians
3:16-19)
Take care and God Bless,
(s)Rev. R.G. "Dick" Metz
Pastor, Valby Lutheran Church
Hope Lutheran Church
All Saints' Episcopal Church
Heppner
Shelby Krebs W endy's
Heisman finalist
lone senior Shelby Krebs
crossed the Heisman finish line,
becoming one of 102 state
finalists in the 2000 Wendy's
High School Heisman Program,
blazing by more than 12,000
students nationwide for a chance
at the prestigious Wendy's High
School Heisman Award.
Krebs was named the female
State Winner in Oregon,
accompanying Brennan Corbett
of Broadbent who also received
this award as the top male in the
state. Krebs and Corbett are the
only two students in the state of
Oregon who -will move-tQ „the
national level of competition for
the WHSH Award.
Wendy's International, the
National
Association
of
Secondary School Principals
(NASSP) and the Downtown
Athletic Club (DAC) of New
York City, the home of the
Heisman Memonal Trophy since
1935, join forces to recognize top
scholars, athletes, and citizens.
According to a news release,
Krebs advanced to the state
winner level for the WHSH
Award based on the following
accomplishments: Academics:
GPA 3.96/4.0, National Honor
Society, National Junior Honor
Society; Athletics: basketball,
tennis, volleyball; Community
Service: 4-H Club teen leader,
lone Youth Group.
"We congratulate Shelby on
being named a state winner. Her
outstanding dedication to school,
community service and athletics
is remarkable and should be
recognized," said Dave Thomas,
Wendy's founder and television
spokesperson. "The goal of the
Wendy's High School Heisman
Program is to support young
people who are dedicated to
improving themselves and their
communities, and Shelby is
doing just that."
The WHSH Program, now in
its seventh year, asks principals
nationwide to nominate one male
and one female student for the
award based on academic
a c h i e v e me n t ,
at hl et i c
accomplishment
and
a
commitment to community
service. To be eligible, students
must have completed their junior
year of high school, maintained
at least a B+ grade point average,
participated in one of 31 sports
officially sanctioned by the
National Federation of State
High Schools Association and
demonstrated active involvement
in community service projects.
"The thousands of nominations
received for the Wendy's High
School Heisman Award were
impressive,
and
made
it
extremely difficult for the judges
to determine the state winners,"
said Dr.
Gerald
Tirozzi,
executive director of NASSP.
"Shelby should feel proud to
represent her state in the awards
competition." Archie Griffin,
program spokesperson, and the
only
two-time
Heisman
Memorial Trophy winner, adds
"It's great to see so many young
people who are excelling in each
area of their lives get rewarded
for their efforts."
The WHSH Program has three
judging levels proceeding the
nomination phase — state finalist,
state winner and national finalist
level.
CTB/McGraw-Hill
evaluates and narrows down
approximately 12,000 nominee
entries to determine 1,020 state
finalists (20 from each state,
including“ the1* “'District of
Columb4H^. • • -i- j ; i r:i' .»•
ThehrT02 state winners (two
from each state), 12 national
finalists (six males and six
females) and two national
winners (one male and one
female) are picked by past
Heisman Memorial Trophy
recipients,
and
education,
business and community leaders.
State winners will receive a
congratulatory
letter
from
Wendy's, a silver medal and
$500 for their school. An
additional $1,000 will be
awarded to the school of those
who reach the National Finalist
level along with a gold medal.
The two WHSH National
Winners will receive a crystal
trophy and an additional $2,500
awarded to their school totaling
$4,000 in cash awards. Twelve
national finalists will be invited
to New York City to participate
in the Heisman Memorial Trophy
weekend festivities at the
Downtown Athletic Club Dec. 7-
10 .
Thomas, Griffin and Terozzi
will crown the two winners
during the WHSH awards';
presentation on Friday, Dec. 8
On Saturday, Dec, 9, the two
national winners will be honored
during the Heisman Memorial
Trophy national live telecast on-
ESPN. ESPN 2 will air Friday'^
WHSH special prior to the.'
collegiate Heisman ceremony>
NASSP, the preeminent school;
leadership organization, serves as
the national voice to more than«
42,000 middle level and high
school
principals,
assistant;
principals and aspiring school
leaders.
Eleanor Gonty
celebrates
\
A birthday party was held for
Eleanor Gonty on Sunday, Nov. 5.
Coming for the family reunion
and birthday party were Mr. and;
Mrs. Charles Gonty and daughter
Nichole from Woodbridge. VA.,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gonty from Se-j
attle; Mr. and Mrs. Berme Altishirr
from Beaverton; Mrs. Virginia
Blevins, daughter Pam Arbogast
and granddaughter Hailey.
Ray and his wife, June, werd
on their way to Mesa, AZ. for tho
winter. Eleanor accompanied
them and will spend a few weeks
in Mesa.