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With Advent, another beginning as a new priest starts her service at Hope Lutheran and All Saints Episcopal Il l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Bessie Wetze" Newspaper l ibrary University o f Oregon Eugene, OR 1 403 VOL. 125 NO. 49 8 Pages Wednesday, December 6, 2006 W ith this y e a r ’s Advent season comes a new beginning for All Saints E p isco p al and H ope Lutheran churches-a new priest. The Reverend Janis Johnson, an Episcopal priest, began as pastor for the joint ministry of Hope and All S aints in H eppner on December 1. The Rev. Johnson, 54, is originally from Old Willapa in Washington State. She graduated from high school from Raymond High School there and attended Seattle Pacific College, now Seattle Pacific University, w here she receiv ed a bachelor of arts degree in German in 1974. During her studies at Seattle Pacific, she had the opportunity to spend the summer of 1972 studying in Vienna, Austria. A fter g rad u atio n from college, she substitute taught high school for a short time and then went to work for the W ashington State Employment Security Department as a vocational counselor for single parents on public assistance. She worked for the department for 15 years in a variety of capacities, which included developing a m entorship program for w om en on public assistan ce and Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon developing a series o f self esteem retreats for them. She then w ent to work for the Department of Social and Health Services where she d i d community p ro g ra m cL’w k p iu t wor k i n g o n cE\ek^mci1 of housing programs, a drop-in center for t e e n p a r e n ts , disaster r e l i e f The Rev. Janis Johnson her job and moved to New York City where enrolled in the Theological Seminary of the Episcopal C hurch in Chelsea. The seminary, a cloistered community that spans a city block, is located on the estate of the w riter of “The N ight B efore Christmas", Clement Moore. “1 had a great time there and met wonderful people,” said the Rev. Johnson. During her stay in New York she was able to impose ashes on Ash Wednesday at Ground Zero w hich w as “one of the most m oving experiences I ’ve ever had." she said. "We stood there until there were no m ore ash es on o ur hands." She was at St. Paul's Chapel, which was used as a respite site for Ground Zero workers, until she and others were forced to leave. After her graduation from seminary in May of this year, she retu rn ed to Washington State where she worked as an unpaid deacon in the Kenmore Church of the Redeemer, around an 80- mile commute from where she lived in Olympia. "It was a great parish: they’ve just been a loving community." said the Rev. Johnson, who adds that some of the parish members from there will be in H ep p n er for her ordination. plan n in g and n u m ero u s domestic violence services. Then, she says, she got tired of meetings and went back to being a social w orker prim arily dealing w ith teen p aren ts and women in domestic violence situations. It was during that time she felt a call to go to seminary. She enrolled at Fuller Theological Seminary and took classes on the history first six centuries of Christianity. It was during that tim e she saw an Episcopal shield on the side of the road and felt a call to not just study religion, but to becom e a priest. So she entered the process of holy ordination. She retired from continued page 2 Murray Drugs’ decorated tree wins people’s choice award; light parade, gingerbread contest winners announced HHS Class of 2008 won the light parade school category Murray Drugs won the People’s Choice Award for decorated C hristm as trees auction held Friday night at the Heppner City Hall with their entry, "Tree of Hope”. The auction was held in conjunction with the Stroll Heppner and Light Parade. The money raised will go to Pioneer Memorial Home Health and Hospice. The Heppner High School Class of 2008 won first place in school category for the light parade; J&G Concrete won first in the com m unity category; the Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Rodeo Court won first in the court entries; and Glenn Baker won first in the individual entries with his Scrooge outfit. Baker J&G Concrete won the community light parade category had also won the Scrooge c o n test in w hich voters donated money to his jar placed at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. He, Cliff Green, George Koffler and David Sykes, all Heppner, competed for donations for the downtown loud speaker system and Baker brought in the most money. Each light parade winner received $75. W inners o f the C ham ber-W illow C reek Diner Gingerbread House Contest were: three to five years - Charles Cason; six to nine years - Ella M cC orm ack; and 10-12 Strolling Heppner years - McKenzie Correa. Each winner received $20. Irrigon High School cheerleaders, boosters aid sick baby The Irrigon High School Cheerleaders and Knights Pride Booster Club hosted a cake and dessert benefit raffle for the Jacob and Amy Taylor family on Tuesday, Dec.5, during the Irrigon/ lone games. The Taylors’ baby, Kya, was born prematurely and very ill. For more information please call Dana Izaguirre at 922-2971. Caroling planned Saturday Pastor Keith Brudevold of the Heppner United Methodist Church will lead carolers around town on Saturday. Dec. 9. Anyone interested should meet at All Saints Episcopal Church at 3:30 p.m. that day for practice, with caroling to begin around 4 p.m. The group will tour the town and visit Willow Creek Terrace Assisted Living. Carolers will travel by car. Anyone who knows of shut-ins they would like to include should let Pastor Brudevold know. Cookies and hot drinks will he served at the church following the caroling session. Murray Drugs' tree won the people's choice award Public gets look at new flood plain maps A public hearing to discuss the new W illow Creek Valley Hood maps was sp arsely atten d ed M onday night, as go v ern m en t o fficia ls explained the new maps and how the data was arrived at. The new maps will be used by lending institutions and in su ran ce ag en ts in d eterm in in g who m ust purchase flood insurance and the cost o f that insurance. In addition the maps will be used by the co u n ty and local communities for building and c o n stru ctio n restrictions. Charles Cason and his first place entry in the gingerbread house decorating contest in the three to five-year-old category D enise A tkinson of FEM A was on hand to p resen t the new map info rm atio n and answ er questions from the public. The new maps cover the cities of Heppner. Lexington and lone, and people were encouraged to check the new maps as the flood plain in many areas has shrunk and property that was in the flood plain may no longer be. continued page H Scroogcd! C ase IH E Z -S te e r A s s is te d S te e rin g S y s te m • Hands-free steering • Easy installation and set up • Low cost alternative to auto-guidance • Easily transferred from vehicle to vehicle ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. • Allows operator to focus on equipment operation E Z -S T E E R SYSTEM S4.395 or LIG HT B A R SYSTEM S2.823 Morrow County Crain Growers Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 For farm equipm ent, visit our w eb lite at w ww m ete net
