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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, November 3, 2004 The O fficial Newspaper o f the C it\ o f 1 ieppner and the Cminty 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-iJwned Weekly Newspaper Published week Is and entered as periodical matter at the Post ( >t)ice at Heppner. Or egon under (he Act of March 3. 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner Ore-gon Office at 18>W W illow Street telephone 1 541 >676-9228 Fax( 5 4 1)676-9211 K- mail gt i/heppnei netor gt oiapidserse net Website www heppner net Postmaster scad address changes to the Heppner ( I a/cite-Times PO Hox 337. Heppner. Oregon 9783b Subscriptions S24 in Morrow County, SI8 senior rale (in Morrow County only. 62 years or older). $30 elsewhere l)a \id S \k c s ........................................... Publisher Katie Foster ..................... .................................................................... Fdilor News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p m For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cosl for a display ad is $4 75 per column inch Cosl for classified ad is 50^ per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $7 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is S5 35 per column inch For Pubkc/legal Notices pubiicfegal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for publi cation must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks lo process after Iasi dale of publication (a sooner return dale must be specified if required) On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: Htvte.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a New s 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' Light up the town Heppner’s Main Street looks festive during the winter months thanks to the great volunteers who put lights on the trees These volunteers will soon be receiving calls to confirm their participation this year The lights are to go up on Nov 22 and 23 The City will have the electricity on those two days for testing. All lights need to be up by Nov. 24, as they will be turned on the day after Thanksgiving Safety is most important, so lights should be put up as high as one can safely reach Remember, there is an extension pole for loan at the Chamber office For assistance with some of the larger trees, please make arrangements with the Chamber or City ahead o f time. Additional volunteers are needed to assist with the tree lights. Please call the Chamber, 676-5536, if you would be willing to adopt a tree this year and help create a bit of magic. •*. everyone who came to ^ Gracie's one year party and showered her with love and £ gifts. ate AARP and Blue M ountain C om m unity College have scheduled a D riv er’s Safety class for Tuesday, Nov. 16 at the Morrow County Extension Office The class will run from 8 a m to 5 p m with a break for lunch D riv er’s Safety is classroom instruction for mature drivers age 55 and over, stressing laws and safety M ost insurance companies offer premium discounts to drivers age 55 and o v er w ho have com pleted the class. The cost o f the class is $10, payable to AARP on the day o f the session P re -re g iste r by contacting Anne M orter, BMCC Coordinator at 422- 7040 or John and Judi Sw anson, instructors, at 922-9568. Pre-registration is req u ired as a minimum enrollment must be met for the instructors to travel to Heppner Magnetic Door Signs Order Yours Here Many sizes & colors to choose from Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 I would like to thank * AARP Driver’s Safety Class scheduled Lindsay Orem *.*■ ;*: * :* * < & * . ~. QoodLucrai (District, Ione Lady Cardinali lone High School Varsitv Volleyball Team back row (l-r)-Coach Cathy McCabe. Kim Moms. Stephanie Holland. Head Coach Charity McElligolt. Barbara Holland. Qrittncc DesBoullions.Coach Melissa I.aRue. middle row - Kvlec Svetich. Sara Peck. Abby Key. Manager Marly Plingslen. Ashlv (Trams, Jenny (irilTith. Emily Kietmann; front row - Ball girl MaKenna Ramos. Alyssa Rictmann, KayTee Palmatccr, Kayla LaRuc. Ball girl Man Rietmann Lftese Businesses and indiznduaCs say Congratulations on a in n in g Season, and Qood Lucfi at (District, Ionel Ramos Brothers Ranch B P O E N o .358 Bank o f Eastern Oregon Wright Chevrolet Shcrrell Chevrolet Allstott Contruction Les Schwab D obyns Pest Control Boardman Foods Gar Aviation Heppner Gazette T imes Murray Drugs Columbia Basin Electric Eastern ( )regon ( Jrthopaedic Sw eeney Mortuary K & L Farms, LLC Sunflower Junction Wheatland Insurance L o tts Electne Heppner Auto Parts Peterson s Jewelers Central Red Apple IRT, LLC Windmill Cafe Pea R idge Embroidery M ike's M obile Slaughter Pettyjohn’s Builders Supply Sage Canyon Hcidcman's Farm MCGG Vandever Brothers C ollier s Market Dick and Jannic Allen Bob and Bonm Ball Rudy and Jackie Bergstrom Loyal and Betty Burns Louis and Betty Carlson John and Barb C ollin Family Helen Crawford Gene and Kristy Crowell June Crowell Brian and Peggy Doherty Family Richard and Rosie Graham Betty ( rray Butch and Helen Hcidcman D ale and Karen Holland Family Bob 1 Iubbard B ill and Nancy Jepsen Family Jim and Gina Jepsen John and Jean Jepsen Joe and M ane Key Tim and Shelly Key Family Skye and Penny Krebs Family D el and Linda LaRue Katherine Lindstrom Ruth McCabe Joe and Jert M cElligott Family Virgil and D ebbie Morgan Family Bill and Sharon Morris Family P e m and Kathy Morter Ralph and Anne Morter Family Howard and Dianne Mullins Duane and Linda Neither Family Jarrod and A lison Ogden and Grace Joe and Anita ( >rcm Family Darrin Padberg and I lenry Marvin and Tanna Padberg i A llen Peck Lyle and Virginia Peek Steven. C am ille, Sara and A m ellia Peck Daily Bread Farms Joel, Lea, Gus. Oskar and Babali Helen Pettyjohn Jason and Tara Proudfoot Dave and Debbie Radic Family Bink and I ynn Dec Ramos Family Keith and Judy Rea Betty Rietmann Bill Rietmann Jerry, Lisa. Ann and Emma Rietmann Joe and Donna Rietmann Family John and Kerry Kietmann Family Ritz A g Enterprises Dean and Florene Robinson Rvan and A llison R udolf Family Brian. Lone. Jenny and Niki Sullivan Jim. Monica and Adrienne Swanson Leslie, Kim. Olivia. Kelly, Lacey. Seth, and Katelyn Thompson Ken and Jean Ann Turner Steve and Ten Schubcr and Kyle and Kaylcc John. Janna. Jonathan. Joel, Jamie, and Juli Vandenbnnk Joe. Darla and Teonna Vandever W illow Creek Storage Rick, Sylvia, Lilly and Ivy Sanford L etten to the Editor Editor's note Letters to the Ed ito r must be signed. The Gazette-Times w ill not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone num ber on all letters fo r use by the C-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible fo r accuracy o f statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under 'C ard o f Thanks" at a cost o f $7.) Rwanda Update - Over the Rainbow “It was the best o f times It was the worst o f times ” I guess a quote from Dickens best summarizes the past couple o f months It has been a tim e o f trials, tribulations and stretching comfort zones Wow, have we been stretched It has also been a time o f developing new frien d sh ip s, experiencing God’s creation up and close and learning what is truly important in life. We retu rn ed to Rwanda on Sept 6 after spending nearly two months in Kenya It is great to be home. As one weary traveler once said, “There’s no place like home ” For most o f our tim e in K enya I often wondered if we too had been sucked up in a to rn a d o funnel and blown over the rainbow. The only thing missing from this adventure was an appearance by the Wicked Witch o f the West. No witch in this story, but we did d ev elo p lifelo n g friendships, experienced broken hearts when it came time to fly back over our rainbow , saw strange animals (no scarecrows or flying monkeys but a lot of baboons), and walked roads leading to people as different from us as the people Dorothy found living in the Land o f Oz Most o f our time in Kenya was spent camping in the bush near the Great Rift Valley learning to view life through the eyes o f an East A frican. If you h a v e n ’t surmised already, it was a challenge for a family o f seven to sleep on the ground, wash clothes by hand, cook o v er an open fire and attempt to stay reasonably clean. Cleanliness for us is always a challenge living in A frica But add in the variables o f an abundance of dust, wind and five children under the age o f eight, then the equation gets very messy. As parents we enjoy clean children. I don’t think that is to o much to ask. Children on the other hand seem to enjoy dirt and grime. I am convinced they get up in the m orning with one thought on their mind, “How dirty can we get9” In order to win a battle you need one important ingredient- lots of water Fortunately, we had access to water but it was in the form o f a stream Each day we d ilig e n tly and faithfully packed water in buckets for the sole purpose o f bathing and laundry. We gave it our best shot but a ch ild ’s nature is stronger than Mom and D a d ’s in te n tio n s o f keeping everyone clean I will never forget the day when Darby, Brick and Tegan came to the tent and proudly announced their participation in a “dirty feet contest.” I think you can guess the rest o f this story. Yuck After awhile, we had to ju st shake our heads, march off to the river and gather another bucket o f water to bathe the whole lot o f them (in a dish pan). In spite o f our valiant efforts, you have never seen a dirtier bunch o f kids in your life Chalk one up for the kids. There are some battles a parent is not going to win. Kids will be kids Let them enjoy it What is a little dirt going to hurt9 At least that is what we told ourselves Don’t get me wrong, we w ere still concerned ab o u t th eir w elfare, especially what they might bring home from all the rolling around in dirt. That is why before leaving Kenya we purchased w orm medicine Upon arriving in Rwanda the medicine was out o f the package and in their mouths I never thought I would live to see the day w hen we w ould g ath er around the dining room table to be wormed Worming will be a family ritual for as long as we remain in Africa. I could go on forever recounting our experiences in the bush Instead o f a blow-by-blow account let me share a few o f the highlights: Hiking into camp with five kids and all the luggage we could manage to carry (or in this case - drag). A day spent in Nairobi riding m a ta tu s (public tran sp o rtatio n ) trying to com m unicate and avoid getting lost. Searching for an Internet Cafe and reading email from home Visiting Hindu and Muslim temples W alking five k ilom eters through the Rift Valley to attend a Maasai church L earn in g g re e tin g s in K isw ahili and M aasai. B athing in th e river. Gathering wood for fire to warm o u r w ater. Doing laundry in a small basin. Gagging down ugali more times than I could count. Eating wildebeest tacos and wildebeest chili Butchering g o ats and chickens. The how ling w inds and scream ing baboons. Monkeys in the acacia trees d u ring “ c la ss-tim e ” attempting to poop on us. Zebra, giraffe, w arthogs, M aasai w arriors, Maasai children, Maasai jewelry, M aasai dancing, M aasai singing and o f course what Maasai do best - Maasai jumping. Our time in Kenya concluded with a week-long village stay with a Kenyan family. During the week we shelled and sacked maize until we developed blisters on our fingers We attended church where Brick played the drum and he and his sisters sang a song The kids rode on a cart pulled by a donkey to fetch w ater everyday and went with their Dad to distribute maize and beans to those who were hungry and without means to provide for themselves. The kids have thrived in Africa, having interacted with people from all over the world During our village stay it was a humbling experience to see how joyful these people were in spite o f how little they had and how hard they worked just to survive. At the end o f the week we were convicted to examine our hearts and ask the question, “Would we be this happy if we had nothing but God, family and friends?” Overall we are doing well. Adjusting to life in Africa and making progress Please continue to pray for our family. Your emails are an encouragem ent Brick and Tegan turn eight this week I asked Laura today if she ever dream ed we w ould be celeb ratin g birthdays in Africa God often has more planned for us than we can ever dream or imagine What is God doing in your life? We’d love to hear about it Until next month sam e channel, sam e bat station, (s) Kelly, Laura, Darby, Brick, Tegan, Nyssa and Kooper Sager Kigali, Rwanda Garbage change bad for community growth To the Editor Does our city like to be known as the city that takes over businesses9 Our city is try in g to bring businesses to our area to make our community grow Who in their right mind wants to start a business here w hen they w ould be concerned o f a city take over? D ave G reen is a single p erson running a b u sin ess th a t has been handed dow n over tw o generations and supporting his new family. He may be a day late in picking up your garb ag e, but d o e sn ’t everyone once in a while have problems; or are we all perfect? Changing to the city for o ur g arb ag e service would get rid o f one more family in our community and be a costly increase. Also, you w ould have to be responsible to carry your garbage to the curb, which is too hard for elderly to do and simply I refuse to. D ave, o u r fam ily supports you and if you can’t pick up our garbage then c o n sid er this o ur cancellation notice to the city. (s) Mindy Davidson Heppner Obituaries Virginia Frances Corey V irginia F ran ces Corey, 84, a 40-year resident o f Hermiston, died Saturday, Oct 30, 2004, at Rocking D A dult F o ste r H om e in Hermiston A graveside service was held Nov. 2 at Desert Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Irrigon. She was born Dec. 16, 1919, at Hutchinson, KS, to Arthur and Pearl Stout Force She cam e to Hermiston some 40 years ago from Idaho She was a homemaker who enjoyed her children and grandchildren She enjoyed c ro ssw o rd puzzles, gardening, playing Scrabble and canning Survivors include her sons, Ronald Matlack o f Bay City, James Matlack of H erm iston and K enneth M atlack o f Irrig o n ; a daughter, Sharon Alexanian of D epot Bay; 37 grandchildren and one great - g ran d ch ild She w as preceded in death by her parents, eight brothers and sisters, her first husband, Denton Matlack, her second husband, Norm an Corey, and an infant daughter M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to the A m erican H eart Association Burns Mortuary o f Hermiston is in charge o f arrangements CUSTOM Heppner Gazette 6769228
