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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 7,2005 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Service Club disbands Heppner contined from page one GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical mailer at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, I879 Periodical postage paid al Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (5 4 1) 676-9211 E- mail: edUor<p>rapidserve net or davidCa heppner net. Website: www.heppner net. Post m aster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O Box 337. Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $25 in Morrow County; $19 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $ 3 1 elsewhere. $26 student subscriptions. David S y k e s ..........................................................................................................Publisher Betty M acT av ish ...................................................................................................... Editor All News and Advertising Deadline Is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $4.90 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50c per word. Cost for Card ot Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost tor a classified display ad is $5.50 per column Inch. For Public/Legal Notices: putdic/legal notices deadline is Monday al 5 p.m. Dates for publi cation must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date ot publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituanes: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters MUST include the author's address and phone number for use by the GT office The GT reserves the nght to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under ‘Card of Thanks" at a cost of $10. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified A d • Subm it 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! People’s Choice Award à (L-R) Claudia Hughes presents the People’s Choice award to Bert and Kini Houweling for their “Visions of Sugarplums” tree entry. MCCAC plan Christmas party M orrow C ounty Creative Arts and Crafts will have a Christmas Party on Dec. 15, 1 p.m. at G D ’s Banquet Room. Members are asked to bring an exchange gift under $ 10 and a tray of goodies to enjoy during the afternoon. O fficers for 2006 w ill be e lected at the D ecem ber m eeting. Membership dues for 2006 are due Jan. 1. You may pay your dues at the December meeting. The number, type and dates of workshops for the com ing year will be discussed. Members need to come prepared with their ideas. Workshop committee chairpersons will give their final reports at the January meeting. Anyone interested in Arts or Crafts is welcome to attend and see what will be coming up for 2006. Don't Overdo - It! O verloading plugs is dangerous. According to the National Electrical Safety Foundation, most home out lets can support up to 1,500 watts, while some kitchen circuits can handle about 2,000 watts. Most applianc es list wattage on the bot tom of the appliance, near the serial number. If your portable heater draws about 1,200 watts, you should not plug your iron - which draws about 1,100 watts - into the same outlet. If nec essary, have an electrician install additional outlets. Remember: extension cords should be used only temporarily. Determine the wattage your extension cord can carry before using it. Mismatching cords and ap pliances carries a risk of fire or shock. A message o brought to you in the interest of safety by Columbia Basin Electric Co-Op. In c., your locally owned & operated electric utility V/ » ____________~ Letters to the Editor ~ ____________ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks" at a cost of $10. Luncheon, Red Cross Blood Drive, lighting a town tree for the holidays, raffles, running the food kitchen during the Morrow County F air and serv in g the Chamber of Commerce in Support for Iraq various ways. Club members To the Editor: Everyone in the U.S. distrust that action would also serv ed as H eppner would benefit by seeing “The bring. Greeters. When we cut from Untold Story of Iraq.” The C h a r i t y Vietnam no one followed us film ’s im portance was its c o n trib u tio n s have been here. That is not the case e m p h asis on the people made to Chess Mates (HES), annual scholarships for two rath er that “ w inning the with this enemy. They will graduating Seniors, care of war.” After all these people believe we invited them in. it is They only respect strength, Welcome Sign planter, 4-H have su ffered unthinkable that, we could not weakness. C o u n cil, N eig h b o rh o o d Politicians will be C enter for food baskets, consider leaving them with Agricultural Museum Mural, no logistics in place so they politicians regardless of the threats facing us. Tell them lone A m erican L egion could defend themselves. what you think. If we could be so Building Fund, Domestic Both S e n a to r self-serving that we could Violence Services, Heppner and Lexington Volunteer leave them in such Lieberm an and President Fire Departments, Heppner circum stances, we would Bush say we should stay the Day Care, lone’s Creative d e se rv e the w o rld w id e course. I for one agree. (s) Margaret Murray D aycare and Pre-school, lone Lexington Odd Fellows for lighting in the community hall, South Morrow County Chamber Chatter S c h o la rsh ip T ru st, and By Claudia Hughes Snow didn’t hinder people from bundling up and W illow C reek T errace coming out for last Thursday’s annual Heppner Chamber/ Assisted Living. C u rren t p resid en t Hospice tree auction immediately following the Light B arb B lo o d sw o rth Parade. Appropriately named “Let It Snow,” the raffle tree an n o u n ced the C lu b ’s sponsored by Morrow County Grain Growers was won by d ecisio n to d o n ate the Virginia Grieb. Polaris snowmobiles lit the tree from top ending balance-on-hand to to bottom and the scooter under it was seen navigating the the following: Chess Mates city hall later that evening. Voted the 2005 People’s Choice was “Visions of (H E S), F rien d s o f the L ib rary fo r M isso u la Sugarplums,” Central Red Apple’s edible tree, which was C h ild ren 's T heater, lone purchased by Nancy Snider. “A Handcrafted Christmas,” Creative Daycare Pre-school sponsored by Wheatland Insurance featured stamps and for siding, W illow Creek gift tags went home with Carrie Grieb. The Bank of Eastern Oregon sponsored “Have Terrace Assisted Living for a recorder and CD player, Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” with santas, snowmen, H ep p n er D ay C are, and gifts galore. It was purchased by Bert and Kim N eighborhood C enter for Houweling for the enjoyment of all at Central Red Apple Christmas food baskets, and and will be transformed into the Community Giving Tree the Heppner Volunteer Fire during the season. “Warm Holiday Season” sponsored by Victor and Department. Nancy Vander Does and Jaiden Mahoney was exquisite, very original, and provided numerous hand knit scarves, a wreath, stockings, snowmen and a variety of gifts to share. Sue Gibbs and Carrie Grieb were sharing this warm holiday package. Both Farmer’s Insurance and Heppner High School were thinking along the same lines with Mustang spirit trees in blue and gold. “Go Mustangs” went home with Chris Rauch and “Heppner Mustang Football" with Cara Osmin. Blue ornaments featured the players’ numbers and the tree A second skirt had all their names written on it. N eig h b o rh o o d W atch Christmas and teddy bears go together. Peterson’s meeting has been scheduled Jewelers sponsored “The Beary Tree” which went home in Lexington, Tuesday, Dec. with Tom McAllister, a visiting hunter who “loves to come 13, 6:30 p.m. The meeting to Heppner.” Kathleen Turner, from Texas, was taken with will be held at the Morrow the “Western Tree” sponsored by Murray Drug and Country C ounty School D istric t Rose. K evin, A ngie, Jessica, and M akenzi Hughes o ffice. T h ere w ere 12 purchased “The Country Snow m en” tree with rustic co m m u n ity m em bers in garlands, gingham, bells, and snowmen galore donated by atte n d an c e fo r the first the Hughes Ranch. Barb Bloodsworth donated the biggest m eeting. The atten d ees tree, “Golden Dreams of Christmas” with decorations by learn ed how to rep o rt Bucknum’s Catering, John and Nancy Gochnauer. Larry su sp ic io u s p erso n s or Mills purchased this tree and donated it to the Heppner activities and how to better City Hall for the lobby. protect the neighborhood. New at the auction this year were the baskets. The Donna Schonbachler took home the “Merry Kitchen program is u n d er the Basket” sponsored by Carolyn Wiley. Ann Spicer was high d ire c tio n o f the B rian bidder on Heppner Hardware’s “Tool man’s Dream” box. Bow les, M orrow C ounty The beautiful Christmas wreath donated by Heppner Sheriff’s Deputy. Garden Club will be decorating the new City Manager Everyone is invited David DeMayo’s home. It appeared that Nancy Vander to join in stopping crime in Does, high bidder on the beautiful “Out West” handmade Lexington. basket o f western fabric, patterns, and contents for a western wall hanging, will be doing more sewing as well as knitting scarves. Sponsor of this basket was Artisan Village. Willow Creek Terrace and Wilderness Inspirations sponsored “A Sleigh Full of Goodies” with snowmen, cookies, books, decorations and more. Cyde Estes was the lucky purchaser. The H ospice staff sponsored the “Cranberry Christmas Table” basket containing treats to be enjoyed by someone at the Snider household. Eleven trees and six baskets were donated to the 2005 auction, bringing in $ 1800 for the Heppner Chamber and Hospice. Both entities are appreciative of the auctioneer Ken Grieb, Barb Hayes, Rene Devin, Alice Ployhar, sponsors, buyers, and raffle ticket individuals who made it an o th er su ccess. N ancy G o ch n au er p ro v id ed the decorations. Cyde Estes provided the programs. Heppner City Hall shared their open house and refreshments with the public. “We appreciate you, Heppner.” Lexington Neighborhood Watch meeting scheduled He won't melt. But their hearts wi Teleflora's Frosty the Snowman Bouquet Everybody’s favorite snowman is back, brighter than ever with a big smile and a charming Christmas bouquet. Perfect for all ages, he’ll serve as an adorable cookie jar for many years to come. Kor nationwide or local delivery, call or visit our shop. Christmas is Sunday, December 25. 217 North Main • Heppner Servin g Heppner. Lexington S lone Norm an Griffin Beryl N orm an B eryl G riffin , 86, o f S alem , formerly of Heppner, died T h a n k sg iv in g Day, November 24, 2005. F u n eral serv ice s w ere held M onday, November 28 at Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service in Salem . M ilitary H onors fo llo w ed at W illam ette N a tio n a l Cemetery i n Portland. ftp- i W 7 H Norman Griffin was born ’ December Norman Beryl 14, 1918 Griffin to P h ilip Smith Griffin and Bernice Lucille Huston in Eightmile, Oregon. He married Frances Arminta Cox on December 9, 1945 in Heppner. They went on to have nearly 60 years together, raising a large family. N orm an served in the U.S. Army during World W ar II, statio n ed in the Philippine Islands. His draft number for the entire United S tates was #20. He was taken p riso n e r o f the Japanese Imperial Army on May 6, 1943 from the island of Corregidor where he had manned Battery Geary. He was one of only three known survivors of this Battery. Follow ing capture he was forced to walk the same route known as the Bataan Death M arch. He was held in prison camps in the Philippines and in July of 1943 was shipped to Japan to m ine coal underneath Nagasaki Bay. It was from this location, following a mining accident that caused him to be topside, that he witnessed the dropping of the atom ic bom b on N ag asak i by A m erican fo rces in 1945. He was between 8-10 miles across the bay from the detonation site. Following his release from p riso n cam p he returned to lone and soon a fte r m arried his w ife Frances in Heppner. They went on to live in Heppner, lone, Portland, Beaverton, Silverton and Salem. He belonged to the Big Timber Chapter of the Ex Prisoners of War, and was a lifetime member of both the A m erican L egion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Norman is survived by his w ife, F ran ces o f Salem; son, Norman Griffin o f S ilv erto n ; d au g h ters, V irg in ia M artin ez o f Silverton, N ina Sikel o f Bend, Sheryl and husband, Louie D erting o f Salem , Talia Griffin of Salem; and sister, Marlene and husband, M ike G ray o f lo n e. He leav es b eh in d 14 g ran d ch ild ren , 26 g re a t g ra n d c h ild re n , and one great-great-grandchild. His parents and an infant brother preceded him in death. In lieu o f flowers, donations may be made to D.A.V. Transportation, c/o Veterans A dm inistration, P.O. Box 1035, Portland, OR 97207 in his memory. SEW WHAT teleflora« W MllMtj'J D aluj Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Obituaries For A ll Your Sow ing IXoods - P r o f e s s io n a l E m b r o id e r y - 245 NW Main, Suite 200, lone (541) 422-9000 Honrss Monday - Friday 8-.» We Print Letterhead Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228
