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The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow BEO names new board chairmen Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow C o u n ty 's H om e-O w ned W eekly N ew spaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3. I >179 Periodical postage paid at 1 leppncr, Oregon. Office at 147 W W illow Street. Telephone (541 >676-9228. Fax (541 >676-9211. E-mail: gtw heppner.net or gtiwrapidsersc net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette- Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $24 in Morrow County: $18 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older!: $30 else where. David S y k e s.............................................................................................................. Publisher April Hilton-Sykes ..................................................................................................... Editor Newt deadline it Monday at > S p.m On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a Classified A d • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Ned Clark has been named vice chairman of the board of Bank of Eastern Oregon and BEO Bancorp. Clark is president and manager o f H orseshoe Hereford Ranch Inc., a century farm near Heppner. The annual lone St. Jude bike-a-thon will be Sunday, May 19. Participants are urged to gather pledges now to raise funds for this worthwhile cause. Riders turning in at least $35 will receive a St. Jude T-shirt. Riders gathering $75 or more receive a T-shirt and sports bag or sweatshirt. The person raising the most money over $ 100 will also receive a deal cassette jam box. “The real prize, though, is the pride everyone can take in giving children a chance to live a normal life,” said ride coordinator, Anne Morter. The ride will follow a similar format of past years with an in- town circuit route for younger riders and the 22-mile Ruggs to lone route for the more adventuresome. Both rides will begin at 1 p.m. with registration prior. As usual, refreshments “and moral support” will be offered to riders on both routes. Pledge sheets are available at several locations in lone, at Morrow County Title and Abstract in Heppner, or by contacting ride coordinator, Anne Morter, at 422-7429. All funds raised by this bike-a- thon go directly to St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, America’s largest childhood cancer research center. For those who are interested in helping with this event or need further information, contact Anne Morter. Editor’s note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Cazette-Times w ill not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all letters for use by the CrT office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under ' Card o f Thanks' atacostof$5.) To the Editor: Here is a more exact translation of the letter from Oliver Heppner (published in German in the April 17 issue of theG-T): Honorable ladies and gentlemen: My name is O liver Heppner and I live in Siegen, Germany. By chance I happened upon the name of your city and would be happy to receive more inform ation concerning the founder, Henry Heppner. I would greatly appreciate a response from you. Thanks and greetings, O liver Heppner, Germany This translation is from Craig Strobel of Heppner. From the Editor: We Ned Clark Gary Neal of Boardman has been named chairman of the board of Bank of Eastern Oregon and its holding company BEO Bancorp at the bank’s recent organizational board meeting. Neal is the general manager of the Port of Morrow in Boardman. St. Jude bike-a-thon in May Letters to the Editor Translation (¡ary Neal have received some interest from readers about O liver Heppner. For those who would like to write to him. his e-mail address is: heppner@futureworks-on I ine.de Seeking Information To the Editor: My name is Olivia Train and I am writing a report and making a flag. I’m also looking for a famous recipe from Heppner to make at home and share with my classmates. I’m 10 years old and in the fourth grade. 1 appreciate your help. Olivia Train E-mail address: traint@peoplepc.com Meat shoot Sunday The Willow Creek Little League and Morrow County Gun Club will hold a meat shoot on Sunday, April 28, at the MCGC club house in Lexington. Signups begin at 12 p.m. There will be events for all levels of shooters. Proceeds will benefit the Willow Creek Little League. For more information or to help out, call Sandi at 676-5275. Babe Ruth sign-ups The deadline to sign up for Babe Ruth Baseball, ages 13-15, is Monday, May 6. For more information, call Rick Johnston, 676-5562. Missionaries to speak at Christian Life Center Nathan and Beth Davis, recently approved Assemblies of God International missionaries, will be speaking at Christian Life Center, 535 W. Morgan St. on Sunday, April 28, at 10:30 a.m. Follow ing Beth Davis’call to Christian ministry in her early teenage years, she graduated from North Central Bible College and the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. In her early missionary calling, she served as an Assemblies of God m issionary in Vietnam, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Belgium. After marrying Nathan, she com pleted a graduate program in Clinical Pastoral Education and served as a hospital chaplain specializing in pastoral care to rape survivors, crisis counseling/de-briefing, critical incident stress management and grief support. Nathan grew up in Japan as the son of Assemblies of God m issionaries Dr. Jim and Genevieve Davis. After returning to the states for college and graduate school, he worked 29 years as an Air Force psychologist, perform ing specialized research in the areas o f leadership developm ent, character developm ent, and spiritual growth/formation among chaplains. The couple will speak about their new student training programs, and prevention skills to strengthen missionary families. The public is invited to attend. Correction Lyn Craig, will be making a presentation in Heppner on Monday, April 29, about the “nuts and bolts” o f the bed and breakfast business. Anyone with any questions or a curiosity about the bed and breakfast industry is invited to the meeting. Afterward, the group will be offered a tour of the Penland House, a Heppner facility previously operated as a bed and breakfast. If you're in the emergency zones around the Umatilla Chem ical Depot, you can be ready and set to a ct quickly if there’s^ — Get it together R E A D Y — Know what to do K N O W how you’d be warned of an emergency at the G ET a Tone A lert Radio for home and w ork. Umatilla Chemical Depot. G ET a Shelter in Place Kit. O utdoors — Sirens G ET your Shelter in Place Kit ready: O utdoors — Highway Message Reader Boards — Add things your family would need if sheltering Indoors — Tone A lert Radio lasted a few hours — games, books, snacks, etc. K N O W the emergency zones your home and w ork — Pre-cut and fit the plastic to doors and windows in your safe room. and schools are located in. K N O W what you’d be asked to do to stay safe. — Store the Kit in your safe room. — Shelter in place G ET an Evacuation Kit ready by gathering papers, — Evacuate k — Stay tuned for information clothes and other items and setting aside in case you need to leave on short notice. K N O W how to do it! — At home — At work A C T - Do it! If you are told there is a chemical emergency at the Umatilla Chemical Depot... G ET practice at home and ^ L\l(3Gid^ Sóli % D O check around your neighborhood to make sure people know about the warning. D O listen to your Tone A lert Radio for information and instructions on what to do. knows what to do. / Continues through May 7 It’s time to A C T ! D O put your plan into action. work to make sure everyone READY, SET... ACT! WEEK CSEPP representatives will be at a number of community events to answer questions. Contact us for more information. You can be ready and set to act. In Um atilla and M orrow Counties 1 - 8 7 7 - 3 6 7 -2 7 3 7 D O shelter in place quickly if asked to! In Benton County D O evacuate promptly if asked to! 1 - 8 0 0 - 8 4 1 -7 9 5 3 D O listen for additional emergency information on On the Internet your Tone Alert Radio. D O the right thing to stay safe! www.csepp.net C H E M IC A L S T O C K P IL E E M E R G E N C Y PR EPAR ED NESS PROGRAM (C S E P P ) st a je q ip f/yfomb foe oj fas pue Apear aq ueo n o t ‘todaQ /eonuaqg e//qeujfj aqj punoje sauoz Aouabiaiua aqj ui aj(noAp Joseph P. Anderson, Jr. Joseph P. Anderson, Jr., 48, of Heppner, died Friday, April 12, 2002, at Deaconess Medical Cen ter in Spokane, Washington. Graveside service was held Saturday, April 20, 2002, at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. He was bom December 21, 1953, at Heppner, to Joseph and Alice Olson Anderson. He grew up and attended schools at Heppner and Klamath Falls be fore moving with his family to Hermiston, where he graduated from high school in 1972. He worked in construction at Hermiston with his father, worked at Kinzua Mill in Heppner for sev eral years, and then returned to Hermiston where he worked for Simplot. Most recently he was on disability. Mr. Anderson was an active member of Heppner BPOE 358 and a past-exalted ruler. He was a member of Blue Mountain Bass Association, enjoyed bowling, hunting, fishing and golf. Survivors include daughters, Penny Anderson o f Spokane, Washington, Patti Bauman o f Vancouver, W ashington, and Kathy Anderson of Gresham; and two grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heppner Elks 358 Foundation, P.O. Box 494, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Sweeney M ortuary o f Heppner is in charge o f arrange ments. Gladys P. Connor Gladys P. Connor, 93, o f Heppner, died Saturday, April 13, 2002, at Pioneer Memorial Hos pital in Heppner. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 27, 2002, at l p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Heppner. Private buri al was held at the Heppner Ma sonic Cemetery. She was bom May 14, 1908, at Heppner, to Timothy and Mar garet Privett Rippee. She was raised at and attended Heppner, Echo, Pendleton and Lena schools. On January 16, 1925, she married Frank F. Connor at Walla Walla, Washington. They lived in Heppner all their married life. For a time she co-owned a local dress shop and had been employed as a cook at the Elks Lodge and the hospital. She was a member of East ern Star and Degree of Honor and was active with the senior center and in home extension. Mrs. Connor enjoyed sewing, knitting, quilting, cooking, arts and crafts and playing bridge. Survivors include son. Skip Connor of Heppner; 10 grandchil dren; five great-grandchildren; and five great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank; sons, John, Wendell and Roger; a brother, Oscar Rippee; and granddaugh ter, Debra Connor. Memorial contributions may be made to Pioneer Memorial N ursing Home, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Sweeney M ortuary o f Heppner is in charge o f arrange ments. Help needed for class reunions Heppner High School graduating classes of 1960,1961, and 1962 are preparing for a reunion this summer. Planners are requesting help from other area residents. Anyone who owns pertinent slides for a slide show of the years 1956 through 1962, and is willing to loan the slides to the group, can take them to Lott’s Electric or to Sharon Harrison at Klamath First Federal Bank. The reunion planners are also searching for the addresses of some classmates. Anyone who can provide addresses for any of the following persons or can suggest a means o f contacting them is asked to get in touch with the Georges at Lott’s Electric, 676-5811, or Sharon at Klamath First, 676-5407. Janet Struckm eier Weiber, Mary Shannon Beach, Geraldine Swaggert Burgess, Sharon Marston Lindsay, Nancy Peck Bean, Norma Ferguson, Lynn Thomas Hunt, Tim Yackley, Robert Nichols, Barbara Siewart, Joyce Nielson, Richard Vinson, Tom Howell, Dennis Ferguson. We Print Business Cards Heppner G azette-Tim es \
