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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 27,2005 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County o f Morrow H ep p n er GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Obituaries Kids participate in junior golf tournament Clark B. (Jerking t Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211. E- mail: editor rapidserve net or david V? heppner net Website: www heppner.net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Ga/ette-Times, P.O. Box 337. Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $25 in Morrow County; $19 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $31 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. David S y k es.................................................................................................... Publisher Katie Foster.......................................................................................................... Editor News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is M onday at 5 p.m. C ost for a display ad is $4.90 per colum n inch. C ost for classified ad is 50c per word. C ost for C ard of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. C o st for a classified display ad is $5.50 per colum n inch. For Public/legal Notices: pubtolegal notices deadline is M onday at 5 p.m Dates for publi cation m ust be specified. Affidavits m ust be required at the time of subm ission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date m ust be specified if required). For Obituaries: O bituaries are published in the Heppner G T at no charge and are edited to meet new s guidelines. Fam ilies w ishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who w ish to have the obituary written in a certain way m ust purchase advertising space for the obituary. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net Heppner Junior Golf kids participated in a six-eight year-old tournament that was held Ttiesday, July 19. Instructor is Greg Grant. Painted Hills auto tour offered a.m., at the Painted Hills Unit picnic area, 10 miles w est of M itch ell. Participants will need to bring their own vehicle, and good tires are recommended fo r the gravel roads. Reservations are not needed and there is no fee. For fu rth er inform ation, call (541)987- 2333. John Day F ossil Beds National Monument staff will offer a Painted Hills Unit auto tour on Saturday, July 30. This two- hour tour will travel along the roads of the Painted Hills and feature Chamber Chatter the geologic and cultural By Claudia Hughes, executive director landscape of the area. Is the heat getting you down? Need something else The Painted H ills to think about? “Celebrate Historic Heppner” this weekend auto tour will begin at 11 comes to mind. Need birthday presents, bargains, and a head start Creative Care Preschool plans open on Christmas? Hit the sidewalk sales on Friday. . be on . hand , , to m eet , the Got rhythm, a skit, a poem, a funny story? Sign up house for the Heppner Idol Talent Show Friday right after the C reativ e C are parents and children.. 5:30 p.m. barbecue at the park. All ages welcome. No Preschool in lone will hold Parents should bring professionalism required. NVe just want to have fun. Prizes an open house on their child’s immunization in all categories. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Wednesday, August 3, from records^ Got a favorite pie? Get cookin'. Just tie one of those 5-7 p.m. The preschool is Refreshments will be neck coolers on and make your favorite pie. It could be a located at 470 E. Main in served. winner, featured later at John’s Place. Pies will be auctioned ¡one. Parents who cannot during the Friday talent show for eating on the spot if you The open house is attend, but who would like so desire. Entries must be in by 10 a.m. that day. planned for three and four- to en ro ll th e ir ch ild in Got bait? Sign up for the first ever Bass and Crappie year olds and their parents, preschool should contact Tournament at Willow Creek Lake from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Teacher Betty Rietmann will Karen Padberg, 422-7326. on Saturday. Great prizes. Marriage licenses Got reading material? Check out the Oregon Trail Library Book and Food Sale on Saturday morning from The fo llo w in g Newberg, OR, and Sarah 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reading is a great way to keep cool and m arriag e lic e n se s w ere Kay Newport, 22, Oregon. feed your brain! issued at the M orrow July 25: John David Got your historical facts straight? Cool off in one County Clerk’s Office: Harthausen, 22, Maryland, of the museums as you leam all about Heppner. Visit the July 19: John and Jessica Ann Lanier, 19, 1903 Flood Memorial. M ichael C hristy, 23, New York. Got your Cemetery Dinner tickets for a fine evening up on the hill? What a deal. Tickets include dinner, sunset, and features Roberts Revue with music and a variety of elocutionists, and I do mean variety. Tickets are available at the Bank of Eastern Oregon, Chamber and Murray Drugs. Jennifer Tanner has internships. She completed And on Sunday ..... the opportunity to view been hired as a new therapist three internships, one at beautiful quilts all day and leam from the masters at the w ith P io n e e r M em orial Charleston, one at Tampa, Quilt Show in the Park. P h y sical T h erap y in Florida, and one at Salt Lake City. Got friends and family? Bring them to this Heppner Heppner. Tanner’s parents still Happening and have fun. It’s about community. Tanner, 26, started in M ontgom ery, w ith E astern O regon live Alabama, where she grew up P h y s ic a l Justice Court and graduated from high Morrow County Justice Court as released the T herap y , school. S u rprisingly she which following report: d o e sn ’t have a southern Christi Lynn Taylor, 25, Driving While Suspended a l s o accent, which she attributes o p e ra te s violation, Violation of the Basic Rule, 80/55, $662 fine; to her parents coming from Katherine Marie Robey, 19, Minor in Possession, P i o n e e r C alifornia. She has three Memorial $159 fine. P h y sic a l T h erap y , on July 7. She is also employed IRRIGON WATERMELON FESTIVAL at th e ir Hermiston The Morrow County office Fair and OTPR Court will Mondays, Jennifer Tanner sell raffle tickets on Friday, Lets e l Fun Family Entertainm ent! Wxhesdays July 29, in front of Central and Fridays. EVENTS INCLUDE: Market starting at 10 a.m. Tanner graduated in The tic k e ts are fo r tw o Breakfast from 6:30-9 a.m. • Softball Tournament M ay from the M edical halves (1/2 each) of a pig cut starting at 7 a.m. • Parade startins at 10 a.m. University of South Carolina and w rapped on Friday. Contimmes entertainment throughout the day! at Charleston with a master’s Tickets are $ 1 each or six for Arts an d Crafts B ooths • B inso • Dunk Tank degree in science-physical $5. F o o d Booths • K ids’ Gam es • Giant Raffle therapy. She learned about To purchase tickets Boat Rides • D unk-A -C op • Duck Races the H e rm isto n -H e p p n er after Friday, contact Stacey H ispanic Dancers • Miniature Golf position through one of her at 676-9082 for information. • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a N ew 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! Births C a itly n E lora Allison Scott - a daughter, Caitlyn Elora Allison, was bom to Kevin and Jennifer Scott of Beaverton, on June 14, 2005, at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Portland. The baby was 8 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20%” long. She jo in s brother, Landon Graham Scott, IV 2 , at home. G ra n d p aren ts are Alan and Debbie Scott of Heppner and Marty and Dan Hunt o f The D alles; and g re a t-g ra n d p a re n ts are C harlotte A llison o f The D alles, B. G raham and Elaine Scott of Beaverton, and Phil and Margie Kellen of Pacific Grove, California. School board plans session The Morrow County School D istrict Board of Directors has scheduled a work session to establish the 2005-06 board goals. The meeting will be held at the R uggs R anch, 17 m iles southwest of Heppner, on W ednesday, A ugust 3, beginning at 4 p.m. New physical therapist hired at Pioneer ld e r b ro th e rs, one in Memorial Physical Therapy o Atlanta, one in Salt Lake and 22KD ANNUAL t SATURDAY, JULY 30TH AT THE IRRIGON MARINA PARK Fair & Rodeo Court to raffle pig R ound-U p City G o gge rs • Sh o w N Shine Car Sh ow Music - Music • Music including: 9 8 % Angels G orge W inds (50-piece concert band) Tony M adrigal (Entertainer Extraordinaire) Fenderbenders (will rock your w orld!) Ted Vanderford and his am azing sax and Street Dance/Light Sh ow by Dan Bum s 3D P rod uctions from 9 p.m. m idnight Continuous shuttle service to and from A.C. Houghton parking lot to the Irrigon Marina \ 11L0NS DONATED BY WAL0HLI FARMS V ™ AND BELLINGER FARMS For information, contact: Donna Eppenbach. 922-3197 LaVelle Partlow. 922-3386 or Betty Gillett, 922-3566 ENTERTAINMENT AND ADVERTISING FENDEI) BY morrow r-omr rxiniD recreation district IN T H E P A R K A ugu st 8-12 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the City o f H eppner Park C hildren w h o have com pleted K - sixth grade Registration b egin s at 5:30 p.m. Ramble across our spectacular nation on an unparal leled road trip. A s we plot our course across the USA, w e ll also learn to plot our course with God. Music, crafts and games will be a part o f the road trip experience Sponsored by the Willow Creek Baptist Church for more information, call Deana Price, 676-5552 one in Charleston. Tanner lives in Hermiston. “There are so many pluses to this area. D riving here (to H ep p n er) is a gorg eo u s ride,” says Tanner. “I love living in different places.” “I’ve never lived in a place I d id n 't like.” D efinitely a “ people p erso n ”, Tanner says she especially enjoys the people at her new position and says that she someday may consider teaching. She is also considering obtaining more specific training in her field, although that would p ro b ab ly be “ som etim e down the road” . A fter w ork she e n jo y s ru n n in g , liftin g weights, reading and playing the piano. She attends the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints church in Hermiston. C lark B raden G erking ,79, of Heppner, Oregon passed away July 15, 2005, at the Veteran’s H ospital in NValla NValla, NVashington.A grav esid e service was held Thursday, July 21, at C anyon C ity Cemetery with Pastor Denny Diezel officiating. Mr. G erk in g was born Ju ly 27, 1925, at Heppner to Lillis DeFranca Slaughter Gerking and Mart Braden Gerking of Ritter. Clark grew up on the family cattle and horse ranch near Ritter. He attended school at Three Mile, Ritter and Althena. He served in the U.S. Army during WNVII. Upon his return he continued ranching. He owned and operated one of his father’s ranches near Ritter. He sold out and moved to Hermiston about 1962. He m arried Geraldine Kincaid June 15, 1972, at P ro sser, NVashington.Together they liv ed at H erm isto n and Dayville, Oregon. He later moved from Dayville back to H erm isto n and then to H eppner w here he m ost recently lived. In his early years, Clark liked to fish and hunt. He did enjoy reading and visiting w ith fam ily and friends. He was proceeded in death by both parents and wife, Geraldine. He is survived by one sister, Betty A. Roach of F o ssil, O reg o n , a very sp ecial frien d , A lb erta Johannes of Heppner, four step-children, Dan Radon of M erlin , O reg o n , L arry Radon of Kamiah, Idaho, C h ristin e Shull of Stevensville, Montana, and C h arlo tte P ap in eau o f A u ro ra, C o lo rad o , and numerous grandchildren and several cousins. M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to the Dayville E.M.T. fund through Driskill Memorial C h ap el, 241 S. C anyon Blvd., John Day, Oregon 97845. Death Notice Darcy A. Coil Darcy A. Coil, 41, of Heppner, died Tuesday, July 26, 2005, at her home. A memorial service will be held Sunday, July 31, at 7 p.m., at the M orrow County Fairgrounds football field. M e m o r i a l contributions, for those who w ish, m ay be m ade to Pioneer Memorial Hospice or Home Health, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836, or to the South Morrow County Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 367, lone, OR 97843. Lexington City A complete obituary will appear in next week’s council Gazette-Times. continued from page one Sweeney Mortuary, business and direct the grant H eppner, in ch arg e o f application process for the arrangements. water system was to share a city manager with the city of Parent-teacher Heppner, which is now in the club to meet process of hiring a new city A P aren t-T each er manager. Former Heppner Club meeting will be held on city manager Jerry Breazeale M onday, A ugust 1, resigned to accept a position beginning at 7 p.m. at the as city manager for the city Heppner Elementary School of Irrigon. Library. We know you would like to forget It... But the time has finally come When you’re turning “50” So we get to tell everyone! H a p p y 5 0 th J a n e t G re e n u p ! From everyone a t the office l * * 4 '* * * 4 - * = * * 4 '* * * - * * * * * * * * * * > 4 * * * * « l
