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TWO ■ Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 27,2006 The Official Newspaper of ihe City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow C o u n t y ’ s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3 , 187d Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at IKK W Willow Street Telephone (5 4 1 ) 676-9228. Fax (540676-9211. E- mail: editor!» rapidserve net or dasidt» heppnei net Web site: » » » heppner net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Cia/ette-Times. P.O. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon d7X36. Subscriptions 526 in Morrow County. 520 senior rate (in Morrow County only: 62 years or older): 532 elsew here; 526 student subscriptions. David S y k e s..................................................................................................... Publisher Autumn Morgan .............................................................................................. 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 of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5 50 per column inch. For Publiolegal Notices: public,legal notices deadline is Monday at 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 of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: 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 right 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 la ssified Ad • Subm it a New s Story • V iew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Shop local program successful The ‘’S anta C ash A u c tio n ” , a sh o p -lo cal program sponsored by the H eppner C ham ber of C om m erce, was a “huge success”, said Terry Baker, Chamber executive director. In the program , shoppers saved receipts from local stores from November 11 through December 20 and brought those receipts to the Chamber to exchange dollar for dollar for Santa Cash. An auction using the Santa Cash w as held D ecem ber 21. $20,540 w orth o f S anta Cash was used by the end of the night and around 30-40 people attended. “This is only a small fraction of what people spend in Heppner,” said Baker. “It was fun to see how high people would bid when they are not using real cash. Even the children had fun and were able to bid on a few “kid only” items 1 had set aside,” she said. Gazette closed New Year’s day The Heppner Gazette-Times will be closed on Monday, January I, for New Year's. Submission deadlines will be 5 p.m. on Friday, December 29. The newspaper will be published as usual on Wednesday, January 3. The staff wishes everyone a happy holiday and a wonderful new year. HEPPNER ELKS 358 6 7 6 -‘>1SI - "Where Frienth Meet" 142 N o r t h M a in Sunday, December 31st - jveh • m acs eve p .m rv W J Crab Feed Dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. Music to follow! Foster care volunteers needed V olunteers are needed now for foster care reviews in Morrow County. Local community members serve one day every other month to provide oversight and case review of children in fo ste r care. As co u rt appointed volunteers, they meet as a board and work to ensure every child lives in a safe, sec u re , healthy, permanent home, preserving families whenever possible. No special skills are required - only a sincere interest in helping the abused and neglected children and youth of this community. Interested applicants with re la te d o r u n ique life experiences are encouraged to apply. The Citizen Review B oard m eets the fourth Monday every other month. Training for this volunteer position is provided. Limited funds are available to help meet costs associated with volunteering such as day care, mileage, etc. Interested volunteers may contact Toni Sloan at (541) 276-5520 or Kelly M errick, volunteer coordinator at (503) 731- 4578 or by e-m ail at KellyMMerrick@ojd.stale.ifr.us for an information packet. PGE employees exemplify season of giving This year, Portland General Electric employees and retirees set a new record for th eir g en ero sity and pledged $ 10,412 (including PGE's 50 percent match) to nonprofit groups located in Morrow County during the company’s annual Employee Giving Campaign. "The dedication and co m p assio n of PGE employees and retirees never ceases to amaze me,” said Peggy Fow ler, C EO and president of PGE. "The record-setting $1.4 million raised in this y e a r's Em ployee G iving Campaign will go a long way in a ssistin g n o n p ro fit organizations that are greatly d eserv in g o f fin a n c ial support.” The 2006 PGE Employee Giving Campaign totals $ 1,411,128, up almost 15 percent from the previous record of $1,228,992 set in 2005. P G E 's 2,700 employees and more than 1,000 retirees can designate any charitable nonprofit or accredited school to receive th e ir p led g es, and PGE matches their contributions by 50 percent. The four- week campaign concluded Oct. 31. Since the company match program started in 1998, PGE employees and retirees have contributed more than $7.4 million to their communities through the E m ployee G iving Campaign. For 2006, donations are being distributed to 797 diverse groups, two thirds of which are located in Oregon. Top recipients include: Providence Cancer Center; Oregon Food Bank, Inc.; Doembecher Children's H o sp ital F o u n d atio n ; Em anuel M edical C enter Foundation Oregon Burn C en ter; O regon P ublic Broadcasting; SOLV; United Way o f the C o lu m b ia- Willamette; PGE Foundation Community 10 Ism; Oregon HEAT; and United Way of Columbia County. A sam p lin g o f sch o o ls and n o n p ro fit organizations in M orrow County that are receiving donations from this year's Employee Giving Campaign include: -Grants awarded in Boardman: $375 donated to Boardman Senior Citizens, Inc.; $390 d o n ated to Columbia River Emergency M edical T ech n ician Association; $1,521 donated to N orth M orrow Community Foundation, Inc. -Grants awarded in Heppner: $ 156 donated to 4- H Wild Riders Hbrse Club; $624 donated to Heppner Day C are, In c.; $156 donated to Morrow County H ealth D istric t; $156 donated to N eighborhood C enter of South M orrow County, Inc. -Grants awarded in lone: $180 donated to lone Community Agri-Business Organization; $450 donated to lone Creative Care Pre- School; $5,144 donated to lone Education Foundation. -Grants awarded in Irrigon: $1,260 donated to Irrigon-Boardman E m erg en cy A ssistan ce Center. In ad d itio n to making monetary donations to th e ir fa v o rite o rg a n iz a tio n s, PGE employees and retirees also give of their personal time. D uring 2006 alone, PGE volunteers will have logged approximately 90,000 hours with their favorite nonprofit organizations. Obituaries Cordelia E. LaRue Cordelia E. LaRue, Hermiston, died December 19, 2006. She was 88. At her request, there will be no service. A private inurnment will be held at Hermiston Cemetery. M rs. LaR ue was born M ay 14, 1918, in Tempe, Ariz., to Henry and Amanda Neeley Thompson where she was raised and atte n d ed sch o o ls. She married Eldon P. LaRue on June 1, 1936, in Tucson, A riz. T hey m oved to H erm isto n in 1965 and operated the La Rue Dairy for 38 years. Mrs. LaRue enjoyed 011 p a in tin g and her grandchildren and g reat grandchildren. She is survived by daughter, Deanne Hiatt of Irrigon; sons, Robert LaRue o f Post Falls, Idaho, and Wesley LaRue of Corvallis; sister. Ora West; brother, Jan ies T h o m p so n ; six grandchildren;and ^ g r e a t grandchildren. Mrs. LaRue was preceded in death by her p a re n ts, h er h u sb an d , a b ro th er, R aym ond, and sisters, Edna and Opal. M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to the Tri City Chaplaincy H ospice, 2108 W. Entiat Ave., K ennew ick, Wash., 99336. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. Barbara Ann Grohs Barbara Ann Grohs died Dec. 14, 2006. She was 80. A celebration o f life service will he held at noon Saturday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Umatilla. Mrs. Grohs was bom A pril 18, 1926, in B ak e rsfie ld , C a lif., to W illiam L. H ubner and Jamima Mahler Hubner. She grew up in Arcadia,Calif. In May of 1947, she married Glenn Pitts in St. L ouis, M o. T hey later divorced. She married Bob Jo h n so n in 1951. They divorced in 1962. In 1963, she married Cletus Grohs. He died in 1990 and she reunited with Glenn Pitts. She was a Lam b- W eston em ployee for 22 years. She is survived by her children, Robyn Faust of Boardman, Jeffery Johnson, Curtis Grohs, Dennis Grohs, all o f Springfield, David G rohs o f Yucaipa C alif., Michael Grohs of Coburg and Kim Dyer of Umatilla; 12 grandchildren; 25 great g ra n d c h ild re n ; and tw o great-great grandchildren. *0. S p e e d and a c c u r a c y are key to im proving your p rod uctivity. O ur E Z -G u id e ' P lu s lig h tb a r s y s te m u s e s the la te s t G P S te c h n o lo g y to m ake a c c u r a c y during tu rn s and c u rv e s e a s ie r than e ve r before. It h e lp s you sta y on ta rg e t during field p re p a ra tio n , c h e m ic a l or fe rtiliz e r a p p lic a tio n s , or a ir s e e d in g s. M e a su re its va lu e in te rm s of hours of your tim e, yield per a cre and d o llars added to your bottom line. • Improve coverage - Reduce operator fatigue • Reduce skips and overlaps • No stopping to count rows • Work in any lighting or weather conditions • Reduce fuel costs • Sunlight-readable graphical LCD screen Keep on the right co u rse with the EZ-Guide* Plus lightbar from C a se IH STOP IN AND SEE US TODAY FOR MORE INFORMATION Morrow County Grain Growers L e x i n g t o n 9 8 9 -8 2 2 1 • 1 - 8 0 0 - 4 5 2 - 7 3 9 6 For farm equipment, vtett our web ilte at www m eu net I „SEE OUR BIG AFÎER- CHRISTMAS SALE! UJe M Ham Gteai Samngô! ^ M im j ' ì D/ouj 217 North Main. Heppner Phona 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving the Heppner. Lexington and lone communities Carol Lee Ford Carol Lee Ford, Irrigon, d ied D ec. 18, 2006, at Oregon Health and Science U n iv e rsity H o sp ital in Portland, after a long battle w ith m y e lo d y sp lastic syndrom e (bone marrow transplant). She was 56. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m . F rid ay at Columbia View Community Church in Irrigon. Burial will follow at D esert Law n Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Ford was horn June 1,1950, in Coulee City, Wash., to Leonard Elija and D olly Faye B en efield Hamilton. She g ra d u a ted from U m a tilla H igh S ch o o l, atten d ed Blue M ountain C om m unity C ollege and w orked for the city o f Irrigon and Watts Brothers Fertilizer. On Nov. 12, 1976, she married Larry Leonard Ford in Reno, Nev., and returned to Irrigon. Mrs. Ford was a member of the Umatilla Baptist Church and the Hermiston Ladies A u x iliary . She en jo y ed sewing, reading and music. She is su rv iv ed by her husband; father; daughters Andrea Roberts of Irrigon and Jaim e A llen o f Vancouver. W ash.; sister L inda K in n ib u rg h o f Vancouver, Wash.; and three g ra n d c h ild re n . She was preceded in death by her m other, D olly Faye Benefield Hamilton. B urns M o rtu ary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. SWCD, Livestock Growers plan meeting i «♦ * The Morrow SWCD and M orrow C ounty Livestock Growers will hold a jo in t annual m eeting program on T hursday, January 11, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge. The d ra ft agenda in clu d es in fo rm atio n on Ethanol and bio-fuels and an ethanol plant being built at the Port o f M orrow ; Heppner High School Vo-ag stu d en ts w ill give a p re se n ta tio n on recen t activities; Frank O'Leary, Oregon Rangeland Trust, will provide information on the trust; Columbia Plateau P h easan ts F o rev e r w ill update attendees on past and p lan n ed a c tiv itie s; and Jordan Maley will discuss quality control and food security in the ag industry, along with information on in frared p ro tein testin g technology and a review of the Gilliam County Specialty W heat program . A fter a short break the two groups will hold their individual business meetings. The program will provide information for all agricultural producers. The program and meetings are open to the p u b lic and everyone is invited to attend. Sykes appointed to county planning commission The Morrow County C o u rt last W ednesday appointed David Sykes of H eppner to the M orrow C o u n ty Planning Commission. Sykes is the o w n er o f the H ep p n er G azette-Tim es newspaper and Sykes Real Estate. He will serve on the commission from January, 2007 until December of 2010.
