FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 21,2005
Students dance for recital
Speech contest Jan. 8
Dance instructor Elyshia Rennison and her 29 dance students pose after their winter recital,
Friday, December 16, at Heppner High School. The students, ages three - 12 performed
tap, ballet and jazz routines that they have been working on since October. The dancers
will perform in another recital in April.
Brent Eckman raises money for Walk to Cure Diabetes
(L-R) Gwen Healy, Mary Ann Elguezahal, both of Heppner and Brent Eckman, Lexington,
display quilt made by his grandmother Gwen, to raise money for the Brent’s team.
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B rent E c k m a n ’s
Team consisting of 75 of his
friends and family, walked in
the annual Walk to Cure
D iab etes at the O aks
A m usem ent
Park
in
Portland, O ctober 2. This
walk was the fourth year that
his team has participated.
B re n t’s
team
contributed $7,591 of the
$327,000 raised for diabetes
research. Members of the
team held a dance, sold
sneakers and “Find a Cure”
awareness bracelets to raise
money.
M ary
Ann
Elguezahal assisted with the
raffle of the quilt.
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Odd Fellow and Rebekah Lodges will sponsor the
annual United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth Speak-Off, to
be held Sunday, Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. in the IOOF hall in
Pendleton.
This is a speak-off held by the Odd Fellow and
Rebekah Lodges since 1951. The local groups have sent
from one to three students each year on a two-week tour
to the east coast. This year they plan to send four students
from the local area thanks to a grant from Wildhorse
Foundation for the expenses of two students.
This is an opportunity for high school students in
the 10lh and 11th grades in Umatilla and Morrow counties,
to earn a two-week, all expense paid trip to the east coast
in the summer of 2006.
Last y ear’s local winners were Kyra Davis of
Pendleton and Emily Holden of Milton-Freewater. They
joined a group of 26 young people from Oregon who flew
to New York, spent three days in Canada, visited Niagara
Falls, Washington, DC, Arlington Cemetery, Gettysburg,
and many more points of interest.
To receive an application contact M arguerite
Maznaritz, state committee/district chairman, at 276-2853,
or Gladys Biggerstaff, secretary at 276-4417.
To qualify, a student must be a sophomore or junior
in high school, write a 750-word essay on “What is the
United Nations” which is due Wednesday, Jan. 4, and give
a speech on the subject at the speak-off Jan. 8.
We as an organization are non political and the
material to be presented by the student is at their own
discretion.
“It was absolutely the trip of a lifetime. Just as
amazing as the sights and experiences were the people,”
said Kyra Davis, who made the trip last year. "I made several
wonderful friends on this trip. Over a period of a couple of
weeks we came to feel that w e’d known each other our
whole lives. I got to see sights I never knew I’d see and am
so happy I got to go. Once again, thank you very much for
my trip.”
Emily Holdman of Milton-Freewater commented,
“Thank you so much for sponsoring my trip this last
summer. It was such an amazing experience that truly
opened my eyes to the world. I really loved visiting
Gettysburg, we had an incredible tour guide there. I almost
felt guilty at the top of the Empire State building without
my family. The best part about the trip was the amazing
people that I’ve met. My two best friends and I talk on a
weekly basis. Thank you again for my two best friends and
the enjoyable trip that I received.”
A nyone w ho know s a stu d en t w ho w ould
appreciate an opportunity like this, let them know about
the opportunity. Last year there were six applicants and
two were sent. This year we have four spots open.
DA’s Report
Morrow County District Attorney David C. Allen
has released the following report.
-Connie Joe Raphael, aka Connie Jo Macomber,
30, was convicted of Assault 4, a Class A misdemeanor,
and was sentenced to 180 days in jail, 170 hours suspended,
24 months’ bench probation and ordered to complete a
batterer’s program, write a letter of apology to the victim,
have no direct or indirect contact with the victim, complete
40 hours of community service, not use or possess alcoholic
beverages, take Antabuse, if necessary, and pay $1,126 in
Fines, fees and assessments. She was convicted of interfering
with making a report and sentenced to 180 days in jail, 170
suspended, 24 months’ bench probation, and ordered to
complete 40 hours of community service and pay $901 in
fines, fees and assessments. She was also convicted of
contempt of court and sentenced to 24 months’ bench
probation and ordered to write a letter of apology to the
victim, complete a batterer’s program and pay $376 in fines,
fees and assessments. She admitted violation of probation
allegations and was further convicted of assaulting a public
safety officer. Her probation was revoked and reinstated
and she was sentenced to 12 days in jail, her probation was
extended for one year and she will receive no credit for
time served.
-Robert Loren Lester, II, 31, was convicted of
contempt of court, an unclassified misdemeanor, and was
sentenced to 90 days in jail, suspended, and six months
bench probation and ordered to have no offensive physical
contact with the victim, complete 10 hours of community
service, and pay $376 in fines, fees and assessments.
-Craig Dee Hibdon, 29, was convicted of possession
of a controlled substance 2 and was ordered to complete
80 hours of community service, obtain substance abuse
evaluation, have his driver’s license suspended for six
months, 18 months’ probation, was subject to numerous
general and special conditions of probation and ordered to
pay $916 in fines, fees and assessments.
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2006!
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Obituaries
Gordon Lewis
Cecil
Gordon Lewis Cecil,
52, died Friday, December
16, 2005 due to injuries
re c e iv e d
from an
a c c id e n t
at
the
Boi s e
C ascade
Plant in
Umatilla.
A
funeral
service
Gordon Lewis
w ill be
Lecll
held on
T uesday, D ecem b er 20,
2005 at 11 a.m. at Burns
M o rtu ary
C hapel
in
H erm isto n . B urial w ill
follow at Heppner Masonic
Cemetery in Heppner at 3
p.m.
Lewis was born in
Prairie City on September
28, 1953 to Vernon and
LaVelle Cecil. He lived in
Spray and Kinzua before
moving to Heppner in 1963
where he graduated from
H eppner High School in
1971. Lewis had lived in
Hermiston for the past 21
years.
He
w orked
at
Kinzua for a number of years
and was currently with Boise
Cascade for the past 15 years
as an equipment operator.
Lewis m arried his
w ife J e n n ife r C ecil o f
Hermiston on June 22,1987
in Challis, Idaho.
He enjoyed spending
quality time with his family
and friends, and loved to go
hunting and fishing.
He is survived by his
w ife, J e n n ife r C ecil o f
H erm isto n ; his p a re n ts,
Vernon and LaVelle Jones
Cecil of Milton-Freewater;
four sons, Craig Cecil and
R aym ond C ecil, both o f
Boise, Idaho, and Jonathan
Cecil and Matthew Cecil,
both o f H erm isto n ; tw o
b ro th e rs, Ron C ecil o f
Arlington and Jerry Cecil of
W yom ing; sister, R uby
H o d n efield o f M ilto n -
F ree w ater; and seven
grandchildren.
D onations may be
made to the Gordon Cecil
Memorial Fund in care of
Banner Bank.
Burns Mortuary of
H erm isto n is in care o f
arrangements.
Death Notice
Eleanor Blevins
E lea n o r V irg in ia
“EZ” (Gonty) Blevins, 66, of
Ukiah, formerly of Heppner,
died Monday, December 19,
2005 in U kiah. F uneral
services will be held in Ukiah
on Friday, D ecem ber 23,
2005.
A complete obituary
will be in next week’s G-T.
Lowell L. Gribble
Lowell L. Gribble,
95, of Heppner died Sunday,
December 18, 2005, at the
W illow creek T errace
Assisted Living Home.
A rrangem ents are
pen d in g
at
S w eeney
Mortuary of Heppner.
G-T office closes
for Christmas
The G-T office will
be closed on Friday, Dec. 23,
for the Christmas holiday.
T h ere w ill be no
changes in deadlines for
newspaper submissions.
Merry Christmas to
all.
Correction
The Gazette-Times
inadvertently placed a 2004
story concerning the lone
Site C o u n cil in the
December 14,2005, issue of
the newspaper. The G-T
staff apologizes for its error.