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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. March 28,2007 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County o f Morrow M o r r o w C o u n ty s tu d e n ts to a tte n d W a rd s to c e le b r a te 5 0 th a n n iv e r sa r y O r e g o n W r itin g F e stiv a l Heppner The Morrow County from p u b lish ed O regon D eborah School D istric t w ill be au th o rs sending seventeen students Hopkinson. Chris Crutcher, U.S.P.S. 240-420 from grades four through and Barbara Drake. They twelve to the 23rd annual will have a chance to share M orrow County's H om e-O w ned Weekly N ew spaper Oregon W riting Festival. their own writing samples as Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act ot March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. This year’s event will be held well as read and learn from Office at I88W W illow Street Telephone I$41) 676-9228. Fax (M l 1676-9211. h- on Saturday, April 21. at talented peers in hands-on tnail cditorCurapidserve net or davidCu heppner net Website: www heppner net Post Portland State University in workshop-centered settings. master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Tiines. P.O. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 9783b Subscriptions: $26 in Morrow County; $20 senior rate (in Morrow A cco rd in g to P o rtlan d . The O regon County only; 62 years or older); $32 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions OCTE, the following list Writing Festival is sponsored David S y k e s.....................................................................................................Publisher Autumn M organ................................................................................................... Editor by the Oregon Council of describes the anticipated All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Teachers of English (OCTE) g o als and o u tco m es for For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m. Cost for a display ad is $4 90 per and consistently proves to he those attending the day-long column inch Cost for classified ao is 50c per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $ t0 up to 100 an ex trem ely rew ard in g event: accenting writing as words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5 50 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi e x p erien ce for th o se in an art, craft and basic skill cation must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits for Oregon students, grades attendance. require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be to 12; h o n o rin g It is anticipated that 4 specified if required). For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to more than one thousand outstanding student writers; meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines students from across the recognizing writing teachers or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space state will be attending and for high level stu d en t for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author The Heppner sharing in the day’s exciting ach iev em en t in w ritin g ; GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author's address and and enriching activ ities. e n co u rag in g e ffe ctiv e phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is Sponsored and overseen by c lassro o m p ractices and 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 the Morrow County School home support to improve District Talented and Gifted w ritin g ; in creasin g the On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.nel • Start or C hange a Subscription Program , the D istric t interest and involvement of • P lace a C lassified A d • Subm it a N ew s Story p ro v id es the fu n d in g , stu d en ts and teachers in • V iew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes in clu d in g lo d g in g , writing; promoting writing • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations tra n sp o rta tio n , and activities and festivals in • Pree Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! ex p en ses, re q u ire d for local d is tric ts and students and Talented and com m unities; connecting Eye safety poster contest winners announced G ifted C o o rd in a to r student writers with Oregon C olin A nderson, Eye P oster ch airm an , has chaperones to attend this authors and other student announced the winners of this year’s eye safety poster enriching event. writers. contest for students in Heppner and lone Elementary At this festiv al Schools. students and staff will hear . Heppner: Makenzi Hughes, first place; Macy Gibbs, second place; and Annette Rathburn, third place. lone: Joel Stillman, first place; Brittany Simpson, Information from organizations and businesses for second place; and Jaqueline Juarez, third place. the Heppner Donation Directory is now being edited for Makenzi Hughes’ poster was selected first place overall and went to the district competition where she the purpose of making the entries clear and consistent. This work will prepare the information for being placed third. She will travel on to the state level for further input into the directory that will be located in an electronic judging. All the winners will receive a savings bond from file at the Heppner branch of the Oregon Trail Library the Heppner Elks Lodge for their efforts. Chairman District. Any business or organization that would still like Anderson would like to thank the schools and teachers for to add its information to the directory should contact John their participation in this worthy program. Edmundson, project manager, at 676-5177. GAZETTE-TIMES Last call for donation directory Obituaries L o r n a B o rm a n worked on various ranches in M orrow C ounty until 1948, when they moved into Heppner, and Lorna started w ork at the H ep p n er Cleaners. In 1955, she began w ork for the JC Penney Company. In 1970 the store in Heppner closed, so Loma took a tra n sfe r to the Yakima, WA store, as her husband, Dick, was disabled. She retired from the Yakima store in 1981. After retirement, she was very in te re ste d in genealogy and traced many of her family lines and also of her husband’s family. She liked to make contact with cousins and families that she discovered while doing the research. She enjoyed many interests such as sewing, em broidery, cro ch et, oil painting, and gardening, all Lorna Borman. 91, of Pendleton, died Saturday, M arch 24, 2007 at W illow brook Terrhce Nursing Home in Pendleton. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 30, at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Mrs. Borman was born November 15, 1915 at Morton. Minnesota to Clare and Lela Pomeroy Patton. At a young age she moved to Stevensville, MT and then to Lexington. She attended the L exington and Rhea Creek Schools and Heppner High School through her sophom ore year, leaving school to work on the home ranch. On May 5, 1934, she married Richard R. Borman at Heppner. They lived and CASH BACK GET $5.00 CASH BACK WHEN YOU BUY TWO 2Vi GALLON CONTAINERS OF CENEX* DIESEL ENGINE OIL, UNIVERSAL TRACTOR FLUID OR GEAR LUBE. Oil must be purchased between March I and March $1, 2007 at a Cenex' retailer ou r ftm v corns rmouen.- O lm * n « brantf oi CHS Glen and Joyce Ward G len and Joyce “ B uschke” Ward will he c e le b ra tin g th e ir 5 0 ,h anniversary on Saturday, March 31, from 2 until 6 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge. The W ards w ere married March 31, 1957 at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. The ceremony was p erfo rm ed by P atrick J. Gaire. Glen worked for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for 39 years and Jo y ce w orked fro the Morrow County Tax Office, Birth announcement Cooper Tison Lavender-A son, Cooper Tison, was bom to Jason and Tina Lavender of Pflugerville, TX. on January 18, 2007, at Seton Medical Center in Austin. TX. The baby weighed 71bs., 13 oz. and measured 20 inches long. He joins a brother. Jackson, 2 Vz, at home. Grandparents are Tony and Verina Schiller of Pflugerville and Ronnie and Sandra Lavender of Austin. Great-grandparents are Ray and Norma French of Heppner, Marilyn Schiller and the late Boh Schiller of Echo, Gladys Hall and the late Lloyd D. Hall Sr. of Waco, TX, and Wallace C. and Mamie Lavender of Hewitt, TX. M S W a lk in H e p p n e r to b e h e ld A p r il 21 sorts of crafts, bowling, and rock collecting. She was a member of the H ep p n er R ebekah Lodge, D aughters o f the A m erican R ev o lu tio n . Colonial Dames of the 17'h C entury, D au g h ters o f American Colonists, Yakima Valley Genealogy Society, Sons and D au g h ters o f O regon P io n e e rs, Mayflower Society, and was a member of the Broadway Christian Church in Yakima, WA and the First Church of God in Pendleton. In 2000, she moved to Pendleton to live with her daughter. Survivors include daughter, Lynda Dunlap of Pendleton; grandson, Dyrk Dunlap of Hermiston; grand daughter, Lori LaRue o f S cap p o o se; g reat- g ra n d so n s, Jaco b y and C ayben M arsh all, and Z achary LaRue; brother, Calvin Cox of Box Elder, SD; sister, Rachel Nord of Ft. C o llin s, CO ; and 12 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her h u sb an d , D ick; a baby d a u g h ter; and b ro th er, Howard Patton. M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to Pioneer Humane Society, PO Box 1876, Pendleton. OR 97801. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Pictured are participants from the 2006 MS Walk in Heppner. Once again it is time for the MS Walk in Heppner. Last year was a phenomenal year with 117 walkers raising $12,540 to help find a cure for MS. This year’s walk will take place on Saturday, April 21, with a fund raising goal of $ 14,000. The registration/ check-in begins at 8 a.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church on Church and Gale Street, and the walk begins at 9 a.m. downtown at the city park. The MS Walk is the largest fund raiser for the O regon C h ap ter o f the National MS Society, the funds provide direct services and p ro g ram s for an estimated 7,000 people with MS and their families within O reg o n and SW Washington. T h ere is no re g is tra tio n fee for participants but walkers are asked to raise a minimum of $25 per person. They can earn prizes for outstanding fundraising, starting with a t- shirt for raising $50. If you bring $50 the day of the walk you will be eligible for a t- shirt that day while supplies last. Following tradition there will be a free pancake/ ham breakfast served at the church for the walkers and volunteers after the walk. T his y e ar sev eral local b usinesses have donated raffle items for the event. Each walker will receive a free raffle tick et at registration and the winning nu m b ers w ill be draw n during the breakfast. Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease o f the c en tral n erv o u s system . E very hour in the US, someone is newly diagnosed w ith MS. MS is often referred to as a “prime of lif e ” d isea se b ecau se it strikes most people between the ages of 20-50 years. MS AN A M ER ICAN R EVO LU TIO N CENEX Cash Rebate Form (ifM rrx M * rrh I t 7007 T h e Sim ple W ay T o B u y A N e w C a r: - K n o w W hat T h e D e a le r Is M ak in g - - K n o w W hat Y o u A r e Paying - CITY STATI. DP I f MAR sroei option until the end o f March Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 1-800-452-7396 For farm equipment, visit our web site at www mc05.net then the Pioneer Memorial Hospital until retirement, The couple has three children, Ron and CeCe Ward of Gresham, Sandra and Lee Rice of Hermiston, and Judi and Kimo Gabriel of Hermiston. T hey have six grandchildren. 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Join us for the MS Walk. W alkers and v o lu n te e rs can re g iste r o n lin e at w w w .m sw alkoregon.com , by phone 1 -8(X) FIGHT MS or you can pick-up MS Walk brochures in town at various businesses. If you have any q u e stio n s you can also contact Heppner co-chairs: Merilee McDowell at 541- 676-5238, Joan Basile at 541-676-5832. Divorces M orrow C ounty District Circuit Court has released the fo llo w in g report: -S uzanne M olina, 61, o f B oardm an and Manuel Ramos Castanieda, 28, o f M exico filed for divorce on March 8, 2007. C U STO M BANNERS Heppner (»azette-Times 676-9228
