TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 10, 2004
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Cardinal Booster Club helps
with sixth grade fundraiser
C ardinal B o o ster
Club met Monday, Nov. 1 at
the lone School library
President Lynn Dee Ramos
rep o rted the C ardinal
banners would arrive next
week The club ordered 50
banners for the sixth grade
to sell as a fundraiser. They
will be sold for $45 each
Dale Holland’s math
class calculated it would take
16 cans o f paint to paint the
cafeteria. Club members
would like volunteers to do
the
painting
before
basketball season or during
Christmas break Ramos will
look into getting the paint for
that project.
A
group
of
volunteers is collecting cans
for recycling The money is
mainly for second helpings
for students receiving free
lunches. It will also be used
to supplement the library
fund and o th er school
p ro je c ts. The collected
morley goes through Booster
Club and is dispersed to the
school for those projects.
Anyone wishing to donate
cans should contact Betty
Gray
The
com m unity
calendar has been ordered
and should arrive at the end
o f the year There are 830
listings and 41 ads on the
calendars, which will sell for
$8 each The sport schedule
poster has also been ordered
and will be available for free
during basketball season.
The volleyball team
traveled to the d istrict
tournament in Umatilla on
Nov. 6 and the football team
will travel to Pine Eagle on
Nov. 13 for post-season play.
The club voted to give the
coaches $10 per player/
coach/manager to help with
meal expenses A charter bus
will also be provided for the
boys traveling to Pine Eagle
The money left to
the B ooster Club by the
Class o f 2004 will be used
to pay for painting o f the
gym floor as they requested
A plaque will be made to
recognize their donation
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The club voted to
pay o ff the 2003-04
yearbook balance o f almost
$1000
The
B asketball
Bonanza will be Dec 3 and
4, with both junior varsity
and
v arsity
team s
participating Anyone who
can help with concessions
should c o n tact A rlynda
Gates.
The next meeting of
the Cardinal Booster Club
will be Monday, Dec. 6 at 7
p m. at the school library'
Heppner Schools
calendar
H eppner S chools
will be closed on Thursday,
Nov. 11 in ho n o r o f
Veteran’s Day As a result,
classes will be held on
Friday, Nov. 12.
The Heppner High
School Site Council will
meet Wednesday, Nov 10 at
6 p:m. and the HHS Booster
Club will meet at 7 p.m. The
C om m unity E d u catio n
Committee will be meeting
at 7 p.m on Monday, Nov.
15 at Heppner Elementary
School.
C lasses will be
dismissed at 1:15 p.m. on
Wednesday, Nov. 24 for the
Thanksgiving Holiday. There
will be no classes Thursday
and Friday, Nov. 25 and 26.
Jostens will be at
Heppner High School from
10:30 a m. to 12 p.m for
sophomores and seniors.
OSU Extension
holiday closures
The O regon State
University Extension office
will be closed on Thursday,
Nov. 11 for employees to
observe Veteran’s Day OSU
Extension will also be closed
on Nov. 25 and 26 to
observe Thanksgiving.
We Print
Business Cards
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LEE & BARB ANSOTEGUI
HAVE MOVED TO HERMISTON
Come Say Goodbye
at an
Glenn W.
Brandon
Glenn W Brandon,
88, o f L exington, died
Wednesday, Nov. 3, at Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston
By his req u est a
private burial service was
held at the L exington
Cemetery on Nov. 6
Brandon was born
July 1, 1916, at Carlile, WY,
to C harles and M innie
Holstein Brandon He grew
up and attended schools at
Carlile and at Bridgeport,
NE, before moving with his
family to Oregon City.
B randon
then
trav eled a g reat deal,
working on farms, and then
driving truck His first truck
was a 1937 Studebaker,
w hich
he ev en tu ally
wrecked He did heavy haul
trucking for Consolidated
Freight, United Buckingham
and retired from East Texas
Motor Freight
On Oct 25, 1944, he
married Jennie Wilson at
Vancouver, WA. The two
were parents of daughters,
Linda and Evelyn They later
divorced
It was said he was
b ig -h earted and helped
others whenever he could
and always spoke well o f
others.
Survivors include
close friends Jim and Yung
Nelson o f Lexington
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the A m erican Truck
Historical Society, P O Box
901611, Kansas City, MO
64190-1611
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Charlotte Rose
DeBrie
C h arlo tte
Rose
DeBrie, 60, o f Hermiston,
died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004,
at the Country Living Adult
Care Home in Echo
A memorial service
was held Nov. 6 at Burns
M ortuary in H erm iston
D isp o sitio n
w as
by
cremation with inurnment to
take place later in North
Dakota
She was born Sept.
1, 1944, at R ichardton,
N.D., to Henry and Helen
Rable Raaf and was raised
on a farm near Richardton
She lived at Denver
and in California for a time,
before moving to Oregon
She
had
been
employed in restaurants,
motels, at U and I/Lamb
Weston in potato processing
and at Hermiston Foods.
She
enjoyed
cooking, canning foods,
baking cakes and pies, Elvis
Presley, camping and the
mountains, but most o f all
she loved her family.
Survivors include
her husband, Thomas E.
DeBrie o f Umatilla; sons,
D oug R aaf and Rollin
Bradfield, both o f Irrigon;
Dallas William
Wilson
D allas
W illiam
Wilson, 90, of Portland, died
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, at
his home o f heart failure.
A funeral service will
be held at 1 p m , Saturday,
Nov. 13 at Gresham Funeral
Chapel, 257 SE R oberts
Ave , Gresham Graveside
services will be at 1 p.m.,
Sunday, Nov.
14 at
R iverview C em etery in
Boardman.
Wilson was bom Jan
11, 1914 in Cecil He was
one o f nine children o f
Robert Samuel and Minnie
M ontague W ilson o f
B oardm an
He was a
graduate o f Boardman High
School and served in the
U S Army Air C orps in
World War II. He married
Etoile S. Simmons (Simmie)
in 1942 and settled in
Portland
He joined Poulson
Wilson in 1964 and served
as president until his death
Many people knew him as an
innovator with a generous
nature
^Wilson was active at
Riverside G olf and Country
Club He founded and
operated W ilson’s Willow
Run G olf C ourse on the
family farm o f his boyhood
in Boardman
Survivors include his
wife; three sisters, Phyllis
Baker and Brick Duffy, both
o f The Dalles and Audrey
Smith of Portland; and many
nieces and nephews He was
preceded in death by two
brothers, R E (Pat) Wilson
and Ted Wilson and three
sisters, Imogen Johnston,
Elsie McClaskey and Gladys
Morrison
St. Patrick’s
Parish to hold
annual mini
carnival
St Patrick’s Parish
will be having its annual Mini
Carnival this Sunday, Nov.
14 from 12-2 p.m., in the
parish hall
The carnival will
have prizes and games for all
including ’ a cake w alk,
fishing pond, darts, golf,
basketball, name that saint
and Bingo. Hot dog and
sausage meals will be served
and there will be a raffle for
a holiday basket donated by
Murray’s.
E v ery o n e
is
welcome
Featuring PRIME RIB
Every Friday
- Specials on Saturday -
OPEN HOUSE
at the Heppner Elks Lodqe
Friday, Nov. 12th, from 3 - 6 p.m.
No Host Bar, Cake and Coffee
This W eek's Saturday Special:
• rin q » picture or a w ritten sto ry for a M e m o ry Mooli I
O p e n 6 a .m .-9 p.m . T h u r s d a y - S a t u r d n y
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6 a .m .-2 p.m . S u n d a y
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For more information, call Mike or Kay Proctor,
676-9127
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Obituaries
daughter, Michelle Escalante
of Irrigon, brothers, Roger
R aaf o f Fargo, N D and
John Raaf o f Ellendale, N D
and 13 grandchildren She
was preceded in death by her
parents, Henry and Helen
Raaf, by twin sister, Charlene
Raaf, by infant brother,
Rollin R aaf and brother,
Orean Raaf
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the American Diabetes
Association, PO Box 2680,
Canton, OH 44720.
Burns Mortuary o f
Hermiston is in charge o f
arrangements
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JOHN’S PLACE
MAIN STREET, HEPPNER
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Time to enter 2004 Make It
Yourself with Wool contest
E ntry form s for
Oregon’s 57th Annual Make
It Y o u rself w ith Wool
contest are available from
program director Maureen
K rebs,
local
C ounty
Extension offices, or the
O regon Sheep G row ers
Association in Salem, (503)
364-5462 Entries must be
submitted to the director by
Friday, Nov. 26, 2004
To enter, contestants
must construct garments of
100 percent wool or wool
blends (m inim um o f 60
percent wool or specialty
w ool fibers). All en try
garments must have been
completed after Jan 1,2004.
This year’s contest
will be held at the Hood
River Inn in Hood River on
Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004. On
Dec. 11, contestants must
model their garments and
then ju d g es review each
g a rm e n t’s co n stru ctio n ,
b efo re th e w inners are
announced during a fashion
show held that evening.
The contest is open
to all ages Preteen (12 and
un d er), Ju n io r (1 3 -1 6 ),
Senior ( J 7-24), Adults (25
and over), plus an additional
“Made for Others” category
(any age) D etails are
available from K rebs at
(541)422-7548
Winners in the Junior
and Senior divisions receive
an expense paid trip to
com pete in the N ational
Make It Yourself with Wool
Finals. This year’s finals will
be held at John Ascuaga’s
Nugget in Reno, NV, Jan
27-29, 2005.
The objective o f the
contest is to demonstrate the
beauty and versatility o f
wool fabrics and yarns, but
also to encourage personal
creativity and develop life
sk ills,
in clu d in g
r es pons i bi l i t y,
sp o rtsm an sh ip ,
and
appreciation o f diversity.
Major sponsors for
the Oregon contest are the
O regon Sheep G row ers
Association and the Oregon
Sheep Commission
Odd Fellows donates money to
Neighborhood Center
Jim Wishart (left) representing the Odd Fellows gave
Heppner Neighborhood Center Coordinator Janice Skaggs
a check from Odd Fellows in the amount o f $500.
Annual Christmas tree auction
returning to Heppner
“Oh no, not again,”
was the comment someone
made when they saw the
flyer for H eppner’s Third
A nnual C h ristm as Tree
Auction which is being held
at Heppner’s new City Hall
on Main Street at 6:30 p.m.,
Dec 2, 2004 right after the
annual Light Parade.
But it’s not just an
auction this year, Hospice
and Heppner Chamber o f
C om m erce have jo in ed
to g eth er and one o f the
beautifully decorated trees is
also going to be raffled off
So, if you feel the same way
(bah humbug), maybe you
can win one o f the gorgeous
trees d o n ated by the
generous citizens, businesses
and organizations o f our fair
community. Raffle tickets
are $ 1 each, six for $5, or the
best deal yet, 30 tickets for
$20
T ick ets can be
Justice Court
report
Mary Kay Bellamy,
52, Lexington, VSL 75/55,
fine $108
Brian C. Lovell, 22,
H erm iston, C arrying a
Loaded Rifle on an ATV, fine
$73.
G race M cEU igott
Romano, 44, Spokane, VSL
71/55, fine $143.
David Owen Burch,
39, Heppner, VSL 72/55,
fine $126.
D onald
Eugene
Love, 19, Portland, Failure
to Immediately Validate Big
Game Tag (Buck Deer), fine
$96
purchased at Chamber o f
Commerce, Murray’s Drugs
or John’s Place and you need
not be present to win. But
we do hope you will join us
for an evening of enjoyment,
including the raffle
Santa Claus will be
arriving at City Hall by 5
p.m. to have his picture
taken w ith good little
children o f all ages and light
refreshments will be served
while Christmas carols add
to the festive atmosphere
Please come early to
watch the annual lighting o f
the town Christmas tree next
to the Post Office at 4:30
p m , then jo in us to
welcome Santa, have a little
nosh and then enjoy (or jump
in and join) the bidding wars
for the enchanting trees that
will be on display and vote
for your favorite.
W inner o f the
“ P eople’s Choice” award
will receive a handsom e
plaque along with bragging
rights for a year Trees will
be show n on Channel 3
before the auction If you see
one you can’t live without,
but can’t attend that evening,
bids will be tak en by
telephone again this year.
Also, because o f the
participation o f Hospice this
year, donations may be tax-
d ed u ctib le, w hich helps
make the event even more
enjoyable
For
m ore
information about bidding by
phone, the tax deduction, to
enter a tree or to buy raffle
tickets, please contact the
Chamber at 676-5536 or
A uction chair, N ancy
Gochnauer at 676-5481.