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
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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People’s Choice Award
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(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
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Letters to the Editor
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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
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Norm an
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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.
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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.
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