TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 8,2006
The Official Newspaper
of ihe City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
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U .S .P S . 240-420
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Holly Rebekah raffle to benefit
child with CF
The Holly Rebekah
Lodge has planned a raffle
to benefit the family of a
young girl who was recently
d iag n o sed w ith cy stic
fibrosis.
Em m a
Gray
Clemens, the three-year-old
d au g h ter o f Susan and
Jam es
C lem ens
of Kmniii Gray Clemens shows
H erm iston,
and
the off her new glasses
granddaughter of Terry and
La Von Cave of Hermiston and Mike and Marlene Gray
of lone, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis only two
months ago. When she was an infant, her symptoms were
believed to be caused by colds or allergies, but her
symptoms, including intestinal problems, worsened. She
was eventually diagnosed with CF and was taken to a
Spokane clinic for treatment. Her daily regimen includes
vitamins and enzyme treatment and will include the use
of a $16,000 vest designed to loosen the mucous in her
lungs.
The Holly Rebekah Lodge will raffle two gift
baskets-one for the kitchen and one for the hath. Raffle
tickets, at $2 each or three for $5. will be available at the
Heppner TV Office for the month of November or hy
contacting Virginia Peck, 676-9888, or any Holly Rebekah
member. The baskets will be raffled during the Town and
Country banquet to be held in January.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
Everyone enjoyed the pumpkins the kids brought
in to the Senior Center. They showed a lot of imagination.
The following children were all winners of blue ribbons:
Michael Reade. seven; Patrick Burch, seven, Morgan
Burch, five, Kellen Grant, four, Sophie Grant, six. and Kevin
Murray, eight. Judges were Billie Lacey, Dawn DeBoer,
Kelly Fritz and Kathy Turner.
The menu for the November 15 lunch will be chili
with beans, corn, Jell-O with fruit, cornbread and cake.
Members of the Nazarene Church will serve.
Murray's now serving...
Soup and 2 Bfcadgtic^s for S3
(Two different soups per day)
M on day and Thursday: Cook's Choice
Tuesday: Chicken and DumpClnqs
Wednesday: CCam Chowder
Triday: Cream of grocco6i wtCheddar
Plus Cinnamon Rolls
on Tuesday and Thursday!
£ rlj our Pum pkin Spice or £550 0 5
Lxrre’ or ^RAppe’ dRinks!
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Peggy Connor, president of the Heppner United .Methodist
Church Women, presents a donation to Kathy Turner, manager
of the Heppner Senior Center
G ift
b ask ets
donated by Molly Rhea and
D onna S ch o n b aeh ler o f
Heppner raised $331 for the
Heppner United Methodist
Church bazaar raffle held
November 3.
Kay P ro cto r o f
H ep p n er
won
S c h o n b a c h le r's b ask et.
Je ssic a H am ilton won
Rhea’s basket.
The
U nited
Methodist Women donated
the raffle proceeds to the
Heppner Senior Center.
K athy
T urner,
H ep p n er St. P a tric k 's
Health Dept,
announces
November hours
The Morrow County
Health Dept, has announced
its clinic hours for the month
of November as follows:
Thursday, Nov. 9 -
Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m.;
Friday, Nov. 10 -
offices closed for Veteran's
Day;
Monday, Nov. 13 -
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
7 p.m., closed 12:30-1 p.m.
for lunch;
Tuesday, Nov. 14 -
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12:30-1
p.m. for lunch;
Thursday, Nov. 16 -
Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12-1 p.m.
for lunch;
Monday, Nov. 20 -
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12:30-1
p.m. for lunch;
Tuesday, Nov. 21 -
B oardm an clin ic, 1-4:30
p.m.;
Thursday, Nov. 23 -
o ffice s
c lo sed
for
Thanksgiving;
Monday, Nov. 27 -
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12:30-1
p.m. for lunch;
Tuesday, Nov. 28 -
Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12:30-1
p.m. for lunch;
Thursday, Nov. 30 -
Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., closed 12-1 p.m.
for lunch.
Flu clinics will be
held Wednesday, Nov. 8, in
lone from 4-7 p.m .;
T h u rsd ay , Nov. 9, in
Heppner from 8:30 a.m.-7
p.m.; Monday, Nov. 13, at
Stokes Landing in Irrigon
from 11 a.m .-2 p.m .;
Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the
Boardm an Senior C enter
from II a.m.-2 p.m., and
Wednesday. Nov. 15. at the
Heppner Senior Center from
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Senior Center manager, said
that she and Judy Buschke,
a m em ber o f the sen io r
center board, would work
together concerning fund
disbursement.
Thanksgiving
potluck planned
The
A m erican
Legion and Auxiliary annual
Thanksgiving potluck will be
held Monday, Nov. 13, at
6:30 p.m. at the St. Patrick’s
Senior Center in Heppner.
Turkey and dressing will be
furnished. Meetings will be
held after the potluck dinner.
All members are invited to
attend.
Obituaries
Denise Ruth
Rands
Denise Ruth Rands,
53, died Sunday, November
5, 2006, from brain cancer
at her home in C rooked
River Ranch, Oregon.
Funeral services will
he held Thursday, November
9, 2006, at 1 p.m. at the
Ranch Chapel in Crooked
River Ranch. A graveside
serv ice w ill follow in
Lexington at 12 p.m. on
Friday. November 10, 2006,
followed by a Celebration of
Life at the Heppner Elks
Club beginning at 3 p.m.
She w as born in
F eb ru ary 17, 1953, in
Heppner, and was a graduate
of the Heppner High School
Class of 1971. She became
a CPA and w orked in
accounting for many years.
Survivors include
her h u sb an d .
D avid;
daughters, Jessica (Tyler)
E ngvall o f Portland and
Jennifer Rands of Bend; son,
Jeffrey Rands of Hillsboro;
parents LaVonne and Elmer
M orford o f M ist and
B arbara B loodsw orth of
H eppner; sister. Barbara
(D av id ) A n derson o f
Caniano Island, Washington;
b ro th er, Jim (C a rlita )
Bloodsworth of Hermiston;
step b ro th ers and sisters,
Coleman (Leslie) Devine,
Patty (Chuck) Jensen, all of
P en d leto n , and B arbara
(Rob) Widmer of Portland,
Elita (Rick) Davis of Mist
and M onte M orford o f
Vernonia; a granddaughter,
Nicole Rands of San Diego;
and m any n ieces and
nephews. Her father, Jim
Bloodsworth. preceeded her
in death.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to H ospice o f Redm ond,
Sisters and Grant County at
(877) 244-0858.
Finding the forgotten soldier
continued from page /
The sto ry was
fascin a tin g .
1
was
mesmerized as I sat in my
home in Heppner, Oregon,
while this 83-year-old-man
whom I did not know talked
of our shared history from
half a world away over 60
years ago. He spoke of the
bitter cold of that w inter of
1944-45, and the hardships
they had all endured.
Darrell told me how
his tank knocked out three
German tanks in one day.
and two more later on. He
spoke of how his tank was
eventually hit and one of his
crewmen went out the top
and was killed by German
machine gun fire, and he and
another man went out the
bottom escape hatch and
crawled to safety in a potato
furrow. This was the kind of
com bat my uncle was
undergoing in France.
Later in the spring
Darrell said his tank was hit
again. He was injured and
airlifted out of France. While
on the plane he heard that the
war had ended. He said
when he left he had believed
the A llies w ere losing
because of the casualties and
fierce fighting Company C
was going through.
We talk ed som e
m ore on that S atu rd ay
morning and then said our
goodbyes. I thanked him for
all he had given me. and he
said he would send some
p hotos
and
o th er
information he had. Later I
received a packet with a
p ictu re o f the w hole
com pany taken at Cam p
Pendleton, along with some
other personal recollections.
It was done. I felt a
solid connection to my uncle,
and the pieces of his young
life had finally begun to fall
into place.
After that I took out
and read some papers 1 had
New youth center to open
in Heppner continued from page I
However, Lovgren reminds
parents that children who are
not old enough to go
downtown by them selves
without a babysitter must
have a parent or sitter come
with them to the center. “It's
not a babysitting service,”
she added.
While some games
will cost to play, others will
he free, said Lovgren. “You
don’t have to have money to
come.” Barn hoards will be
available for purchase by
sponsors. For $100 people
can design their own board,
w hich co u ld in clu d e a
d esig n , a brand or an
em blem , w hich w ill be
MuMUJ'i DilUij
The Oregon Wheat
Foundation will provide up
to 12 scholarships for high
school sen io rs w hose
families are members of the
O regon W heat G row ers
League. Students whose
fam ily
m em bers
are
em ployed hy O W G L
members are also eligible.
The
sch o la rsh ip
requirem ents include an
essay on any topic related to
the wheat industry and a
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217 North Main • Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
Serving Heppner. Lexington S lone
placed on the wall at the
center. For $25 donors can
have their name or family
name placed on the “We
Love O ur K ids Wall o f
Fam e.” A dditionally, on
dance nights there will be a
cover charge.
W hile work at the
cen ter is still underw ay,
Lovgren says that it will be
ready to open on the 15lh due
to the m any v o lu n te e rs
offering “wonderful support
in painting and moving bars
and equipment.”
For
m ore
information call Lovgren at
676-5217.
Wheat Foundation
scholarship offered
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found. T h ere was the
telegram announcing Guy’s
death to my grandparents. It
was dated May 6 and he had
been listed as missing since
January. Then there were the
letters.
My uncle had a
girlfriend in the states. I read
her mother’s letter after they
heard of Guy's death. I read
G uy’s letters to his mother
and fa th e r w ritten in
December 1944. He wrote
how cold it was, and that,
just like lots of the other
guys, he had caught a cold.
He com plained about his
hands being cut up from
loading the shells. He was 20
years old when he died the
next month.
Then there was the
most heart wrenching of all.
a letter from my grandfather
to his son. my father, Earl
Sykes, telling him o f his
brother’s death.
“We know you will
take it as we do - one of the
w orst trag ed ies that can
befall a family like our own.
The only think worse would
be som ething that would
bring shame or dishonor to
any of us. We are hopeful
that it will not leave you in a
bitter frame of mind. It is a
difficult thing to bear, let
alone try to understand.
Since it has happened there
is no retreat from it and we
still have to go on,” Earl
Sykes, Sr., wrote to his son.
Although I will never
know th is u n cle, a fte r
research and talking about
him I can now think clearly
about the end of his young
life, and someday, I want to
travel to that cemetery in
France, where Guy Beverly
Sykes and 10,488 o th er
Americans are buried, and
stand at Plot E, Row 46,
Grave 2 9 .1 just want to say
hello, and goodbye, to the
soldier and uncle I never
knew.
M orrow C o u n ty G rain G row ers Green Feed & Seed
242 W. Linden Way. Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office)
summary of the student’s
school and com m unity
involvement.
One $500 aw ard will be
made to a qualifying student
from
each
of
the
participating counties, which
include M orrow , Baker.
Gilliam. Klamath. Malheur.
Sherman. Umatilla. Union.
W allowa and Wasco. In
addition one award will be
m ade in the W illam ette
Valley co u n tie s and the
Central Oregon counties.
A pplication forms
are a v a ila b le from the
O regon W heat G row ers
League
w eb site
at
w w w .ow gl.org, or Cindy
O sterlu n d . sch o la rsh ip
coordinator for the Oregon
Wheat Foundation. PO Box
322, Condon, OR 97823.
A p p lic atio n s are due
February I, 2007.