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Support Our Troops group
to prepare care packages
The S upport O ur lids, Girl Scout cookies,
Troops support group will Pop-Tarts and tuna kits;
be meeting on Sunday, Dec board gam es, preferably
12 at 3 p m in the Methodist travel size, such as Checkers
Church basement for a work or Chess and playing cards;
m agazines,
party to put together care books,
packages
new spapers; baby wipes,
Donations are still C hapstick , eye drops,
being accep ted for the deodorant, foot powder, nail
packages A bank account is clippers, Q-Tips, sunscreen
being set up at Bank o f and toilet paper; ziplock
E astern
O regon
for baggies, b a tte rie s, fly
m onetary donations and sw atters, pre-paid phone
boxes are located at St Pat’s cards, socks, sunglasses; and
Senior Center and BEO for seasonal item s, such as
all other items
u n b reak ab le
holiday
Suggested items for d eco ratio n s, etc For a
d o n atio n include: heat complete list o f suggested
re sista n t candy; w riting item s you can visit
paper and envelopes along www OperationShoeBox com
w ith pens or pencils; and click on Item List
toothbrushes, toothpaste,
Anyone interested in
floss and mouthwash; instant joining the support group is
coffee, pow dered drink w elcom e
For
m ore
mixes and teas; beef jerky, inform atio n about this
canned fruit with pop-top project or the group, contact
Evelyn Sweek at 676-9483
Symphony and Chorale bring
entertainment to county
To the Editor:
My w ife and I
attended the concert o f the
Willow Creek Symphony
and C horale at lone
yesterday afternoon It was
a very enjoyable concert and
well w orth the effort o f
driving to lone to attend
The Willow Creek
Sym phony and C horale
provides a nice enhancement
to life in o ur b ro ad er
community in the Willow
Creek Valley.
The musicians and
their
d ire c to r
are
commended for their efforts
to bring good entertainment
to our citizens
(s) John Edmundson
Heppner
Music strikes note in lone
To the Editor:
We were so pleased
to attend the Willow Creek
Sym phony and Singers
concert last night in lone We
are fortunate to have such a
talent performing here in our
small com m unity. The
sym phony and ch o ru s
conducted by R Lee Friese
related well to the packed
audience in bringing back
fam iliar m elodies o f
yesteryear
A group o f the older
“ k id s” from the W illow
Creek Assisted Living sat in
a reserv ed sectio n and
listened intently to music that
brought back memories o f
old movies and memories of
their more active years.
All in all, our hats
our off to the Willow Creek
Symphony and Singers for
an evening o f solid
enjoyment for young and old
alike For those o f you who
missed it, we understand that
they will perform in Heppner
on April 17 We will see you
there.
(s) Bob and Suzanne Jepsen
Heppner
Christmas Tree auction and
raffle generates over $2000
ODOT schedules Lexington
public information meeting
A public information
meeting will be held on Dec
15 at 7 p m at the Lexington
Town Hall, located at 150 W
M ain, L exington The
meeting is being held as a
follow-up to the Aug 17
meeting regarding proposed
2005
roadw ay
im provem ents to State
Highway 52 in Lexington
The improvements
are scheduled from A Street
to F S treet and include
pavem ent overlay and
limited bicycle-pedestrian
facilities. Improvements to
the intersection of Highway
52 and H ighw ay 207 in
L exington have been
included in the project based
on earlier public input
Anderson Perry and
Associates, Inc., a consulting
engineering firm contracted
by ODOT to design the
roadway improvements in
Lexington, will be present to
outline the project, answer
questions and obtain further
public input on the roadway
improvem ents Residents
and business ow ners in
L exington and o th ers
interested in the proposed
project are encouraged to
attend For more information
about this meeting, please
contact Howard Perry at
(541) 963-8309
Sally Larsen with the “Christmas Ball Bonanza" tree she won
in the raffle.
The 3rd A nnual
Christmas Tree Auction and
Raffle generated $2352 This
year's event was sponsored
by the Heppner Chamber o f
C om m erce and P ioneer
M emorial H ospice Fifty
percent o f the monies will go
to support the Hospice
Sally Larson, from
the Post Office, won the
raffled tree She chose the
C hristm as Ball B onanza
created by C entral Red
Apple Larsen donated the
tree back and Sherree
Mahoney purchased it
W inner o f the
People’s Choice award was
the “Red Hat Extravaganza”
c reated by the Red Hat
Rowdies
Tree sponsors and
tre e p u rch asers were:
Heppner Hardware- Jerry
B reazeale; US F orest
Service Employees- Victor
V ander D oes; Bank o f
E astern O regon- Jim
Sw anson,
W heatland
Insurance; Bank o f Eastern
O regon
M ortgage
D epartm ent-
G reg
R ietm ann;
W heatland
Insurance- Bank of Eastern
Oregon; Sherrell Insurance-
Merlin Hughes; U S. Postal
S ervice- N ancy Snider,
W heatland
In su ran ce,
Pioneer Humane Society-
Howard Mullins; Central
Red
A pple-
S herree
M ahoney;
P e te rs o n ’s
Jewelers- Jim Hayes; Red
Hat Rowdies- Rita Britt,
Britt Excavations; Murray
Drug and Country Rose-
Erin A nderson; M orrow
County Grain Growers- Kim
H ouw eling, C entral Red
Apple; Heppner Elementary-
Carri Grieb, Grieb Land Co.;
and Mustang Pride- Greg
Rietmann
HHS to sponsor Coat and
Dollar Drive
The Heppner High School is sponsoring the Coat
and Dollar Drive to collect winter clothing and dollar
donations for the Heppner Neighborhood Center
The drive will be held on Sunday, Dec 12 from 1-
4 p m Students should meet at the high school where
groups will be created and routes will be handed out
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TOY DINNER at 6 p.m.
B rin g in a new , u n w ra p p ed
to y a n d receive a free d in n e r!
T h e toy« w ill be g iv e n in
C h ristm a s b aske ts d istrib u te d
by th e N eig h b o rh o o d C e n ter
for th e H eppner, Le x in g to n
a n d lo n e a re a s.
Obituaries
Donald Max Pike
William Grant
Handy
Donald Max Pike,
76, died Dec. 5, 2004, in
H erm iston at the G ood
Samaritan Center where he
lived for the last year
Disposition was by
cremation and no service will
be held upon his request The
family will hold a private
service at a later date.
Pike was born June
15, 1928 in Casper, WY to
Orvis A Pike and Evelyn L.
Taggart-Pike He attended
school in Casper He worked
at various jobs in Wyoming
In Terrebonne he was a
Telegram Delivery Boy and
then was a pinsetter in a
bowling alley in Alaska He
joined the Army on Nov. 25,
1950 and served in Korea
On May 7, 1955, he
married Barbara Geist in
C asper, WY. They first
resided in Boundurant, WY
w here he was Fence
Foreman on the Little Jennie
Ranch Later, they returned
to Casper where he worked
at the Standard Oil Refinery.
In 1969, they m oved to
Kinzua where they lived until
one year after the mill closed
They moved to Heppner in
1979. He w orked many
years for the M orrow
C ounty Public W orks
Department before he retired
in 1990 due to Parkinson’s.
He and wife, Barbara, were
Park Hosts at Cutsforth Park
from A ugust 1990 until
1998. They then moved to
the McNary area of Umatilla
in October o f 1999 to be
closer to their family.
Survivors include his
wife, Barbara, at home in
M cN ary -U m atilla;
his
daughter, Debby Van Meter-
Simpson o f Gresham; his
son, Lance Van Meter, and
his wife, Jeannie, who live in
Suplpa, OK; his daughter,
Patti Constantin and Bud
E nglert o f U m atilla; his
daughter, Gaylene Cazares,
and her husband, Ignacio,
and th e ir fam ily in
Vancouver, WA; his son,
Bruce Pike and his wife,
D ebbie o f P o rtlan d ; his
daughter, LuAnn Letcher
and her husband, Patrick and
their family in Gresham; his
brother, John; sister, Corky;
nine grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his
parents, O rvis Pike and
Evelyn Austin and by his
son-in-law, Roger Simpson
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the G ood Sam aritan
Center in Hermiston.
W ord has been
received that William Grant
Handy, 74, died Nov. 27,
2004.
A memorial service
was held Dec 4 at Finley’s
Sunset Hills Mortuary
Handy w as born
Nov. 30, 1929, in Ogden,
UT He served in the Air
Force
A graduate o f the
U niversity o f U tah, he
moved in about 1969 to
Portland, where he was a
broker o f raw materials and
owned William G. Handy
Associates
He married Roselyn
R aleigh, but they later
divorced In 1981, he
married Vesta Kilkenny.
Survivors include his
w ife, d au g h ters, Ellie
Benson, Margaret H Martin
and Laura H. Hammond;
son, Thomas W.; stepsons,
Russell Kilkenny, Patrick
Kilkenny and John Kilkenny;
stepdaughter, Kelly Hale; his
fo rm er
w ife;
14
g ran d ch ild ren ; and five
great-grandchildren
Remembrances may
be made to the Clayton T.
Handy Scholarship Fund at
St John Fisher School.
Henrietta Marie
Hermanns
H en rietta M arie
Hermanns, 79, ofWaitsburg,
WA, passed away Dec. 4,
2004, at Booker Rest Home
in Dayton, WA.
R ecitatio n o f the
Rosary was held Dec. 7 and
funeral services were held
Dec. 8, both at C hapel
H erring Funeral Hom e
B urial follow ed at Blue
M o u n tain
M em orial
Gardens.
Hermanns was born
April 6, 1925 in Touchet,
WA to Frank M. and Mary
W orden W atson
She
attended grade school in
Touchet and graduated from
Touchet High School in
1943.
On Sept. 6, 1944,
she m arried C lifford
Hermanns in Walla Walla,
WA They farm ed in
Heppner for 10 years and
then moved to Waitsburg in
1954. They lived in
Waitsburg for 50 years
Hermanns loved to
play pinochle and Bingo She
also loved to travel and work
in her rose garden She was
a member o f St. M ark ’s
Catholic Church, St. Mark’s
Altar Society, 55 Plus Senior
Waitsburg Club and Denova
Women’s Club
Survivors include
her husband, C lifford
Hermanns; daughter, Mary
Andrews o f Portland; son,
Charles W Hermanns o f
Irrig o n ; sisters, Lavina
M yers o f Touchet, Betty
Lythgoe of Walla Walla and
Rose Berglund o f Pasco;
brother, Cecil W atson o f
W alla W alla, WA; three
grandchildren, four great
grandchildren and numerous
nieces and nephews She was
preceded in death by her
parents and three brothers
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the American Diabetes
Foundation, or to a charity
o f choice th ro u g h The
Herring Funeral Home, 315
West Alder, Walla Walla, WA
99362-2870
H erring Funeral
Home o f Walla Walla is in
charge of arrangements
HLL to meet
The Heppner Little
League will meet on Dec. 13
at 7 p m. at the Heppner
Neighborhood Center
Howard E.
Gilliam
Howard E. Gilliam,
79, o f H eppner, died
Thursday, Dec 2 at Good
Samaritan Medical Center in
Portland.
A funeral service will
be held Thursday, Dec 9 at
11 a m at All S ain ts
E piscopal in H eppner.
C oncluding services and
interment will be held at
Heppner Masonic Cemetery
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the All Saints Episcopal
Memorial Fund, P O Box
246, Heppner, OR 97836 or
St Patrick’s Senior Center,
P.0 Box 266, Heppner, OR
97836.
A complete obituary
will be published in next
w e ek ’s ed itio n o f the
Gazette
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge of
arrangements
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