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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 3, 2007 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post OBice at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 187V Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 188 W. Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 E-mail: editor « rapidserse net or david«/ heppner.net Web site: www. heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Ga/ette-Times, PO. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon V7836 Subscriptions: $26 in Morrow County; $20 senior rate (in Morrow County only. 62 ears or older); $32 elsewhere, $26 student subscriptions Publisher David Sykes............ Autumn Morgan, .... Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 pm 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 50< 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 Public/Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for pub lication 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 Obituanes 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 Change a Subscription • [Mace a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Chamber looking for decorations The Heppner Cham ber needs your help. The Chamber needs to borrow old cowboy hats, boots, saddles, bridles, and tack for an event being planned for October 20. The items will be for decoration purposes only and will not be used by the general public. Items will not be needed until October 17th. Anyone willing to lend these items for a few days can call Terry at the Chamber office (676-5536). Please mark each item clearly with your name and phone num ber. O yster feed enjoyed by m any Morrow County School District announces open committee positions The Morrow County School District announces open positions on the Com munity Education Commit tees in Boardman, Irrigon, and Heppner. These com mittees are in place to pro vide input and advice to the Board o f Directors through their principals concerning the district’s schools in the following areas: work with adm inistration on in itia tives to improve schools in their community; serve as a sounding board to the prin cipals concerning the pro grams and curricula o f the schools; provide a critical eye to the facilities, so that maintenance can be planned for and changes anticipated; SMART seeks volunteers SMART’S vision is an Oregon where every child can read and is empowered to succeed. Isn't that a nice image to have: a whole state where all of the children can read and feel they can reach their goals in life? Not all o f our chil dren are able to read at their grade level, however. But you can make a difference. SMART (Start Mak ing a Reader Today) is seek ing adult volunteers to read one on one with children in kindergarten through third grade who are in need o f literacy support. By just vol unteering one hour a week, you can provide encourage ment and a good example for these children. Heppner Elementary OIL PUMP Vi GALLON CONTAINERS ON SALE $49.00 M orrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 • 1 -800-452-7396 •! is in need o f two more vol unteers on Monday from 2-3 p.m., four more volunteers on Tuesdays from 1:30-2:30 p.m., and three more volun teers on Wednesday from 2-3 p.m. SMART is also looking for people to read from 8-8:30 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays. We don't teach reading, we just share the enjoyment a good book can give. The students who are in the pro gram take home new books each month. Anyone available to read for one hour a week or would like more informa tion can contact Barb Moore at 676-9128 or 676-5272. Sessions run from October through April. Heppner Donation Directory report The 2002 Heppner Community Strategic Plan included a strategy under the quality of life goal which stated, “Establish a commu nity foundation to assist in funding small community- oriented development proj ects.” Before moving for ward with establishing a co m m u n ity fo u n d a tio n , A pproxim ately 300 people were served at the Hardm an some preliminary work was O yster Feed on Saturday, O ctober 29. Dinner w as pre needed as follows: pared and served by Valby Lutheran Church. H eppner -Prepare a list of or High School FFA students also helped serve. ganizations and businesses in the Heppner community that make donations to vari D ivorces ous worthy projects. -Obtain information -Cody Lee Bellamy and Svitlana Y. Belamy filed from each organization and for divorce on October I. business as to their spe cific interests and purposes and their procedures for HEPPNER responding to requests. Booster Club -A nalyze the data obtained the organi AUCTION AND STEAK FEED zations and from businesses and make a determination as to October 13th whether a general purpose com m unity foundation is Heppner Elks Lodge actually needed to fulfill Dinner at 6:00 p.m. unmet needs in the Heppner community. $12.00 A PLATE During the past year, two additional foundations (Includes Steak, Baked Potato, Salad, Bread, Dessert) have obtained non-profit 501.c3 status: A dopt-A - Main Auction Teacher Program; and Wil Starts at 8:00 p.m. low Creek Valley Economic Auctioneer: Ken Grieb Development Group. Auction items include 32” HP Flat Screen TV The addition of two 7” Portable Dynex DVD Player more 501 ,c3 non-profit foun Browning A-Bolt 25 WSSM w/composite stock dations to the community’s previously existing 501. Also a silent auction and raffle c3 non-profit foundations, and the pattern o f giving to Proceeds help with extras for extra curricular activities at worthy activities by com Heppner High, from sports to hand honor society and drama munity organizations and businesses, has led to the oh- FOR 2 provide input to the board on requested item s; and d issem inate inform ation to their respective co m m unities through reports delivered to the committees during the meetings from the Board of Directors and the superintendent. Interested persons must live in the attendance areas of Boardman, Irrigon or Heppner and be a reg istered voter in order to be eligible for appointm ent. Interested persons need to prov ide a letter of interest no later than Friday, October 5, to: Mark Burrows, Morrow County School District, P.O. Box 368, Lexington, OR 97839. Fur farm equipment, rtilt ear web site at www mcK net servation that establishment o f a general purpose com munity foundation may not be needed in Heppner. But, there may still be need for a general purpose community foundation to provide seed money for proposed projects and local match for grant applications. However, the com piling of the Heppner Dona tion Directory has a benefi cial outcome in that it pro vides a centralized source o f inform ation about the donation interest o f com munity organizations and businesses, and the proce dures for making contact with them. A further benefit of the project is the creation o f a comprehensive list o f charitable entities in the Heppner community which are appropriate for consider ation in estate planning. The H eppner D o nation D irectory w ill be maintained at the Heppner Branch o f the Oregon Trail Library District in an elec tronic file under the control o f the library director. The directory’s use will be monitored in order to determine if is should be continued in respect to the amount o f its use. Also, the directory will remain open for corrections, additions and deletions. Obituaries Patricia L. “ P at” W right Funeral serv ices for fo rm er M orrow C ounty Public Health Nurse Patricia L. “Pat” Wright were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 29, at the United Methodist Church in Heppner. Con cluding service and burial followed at the Lexington C em etery. V iew ing was held between 1 and 5 p.m. Friday at Sweeney Mortuary in Heppner. Mrs. Wright, 73, of Lexington died Monday, September 24, 2007 at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend. She was bom Janu ary 11, 1934 on the family wheat ranch three miles from L exington, the daughter o f Adolf and Frieda Kurth M ajeske. She was raised and attended school at Lex ington where she graduated from high school in 1951. She then attended the Good Samaritan School o f Nurs ing in Portland where she graduated in 1954. She was a registered nurse and started working at the Gresham Community Hospital. From July of 1974 to December o f 1990 she served as the Morrow Coun ty Public Health Nurse. She touched many lives through out her nursing career. On N ovem ber 25, 1956 she married Harvey D. Wright at Heppner. The fam ily lived in Arlington, Ori ent, Gresham, Twin Falls, Idaho and Lexington. While the couple worked in the big city, they especially enjoyed their small farm in Orient, which provided their family with the experience of grow ing up on a farm. Mrs. Wright served on the M orrow C o u n ty School Board from 1981 to 1985. She also served on the Lexington City Council and was a member o f the American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed oil painting, knitting, sewing, rafting, reading, howling, garden ing and traveling. After she retired, Pat visited Australia, New Zealand and Alaska. S h e is s u rv iv e d by: her daughter, Sandy Putman o f Heppner; son, Mark Wright o f Nampa, ID; brother, Eugene Majeske o f Lexington; sister, Audrey M ounts o f Gresham; five grandchildren; two nieces; and one nephew. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harv ey Wright and her son, Chris Wright. Memorial contribu tions may be made to the Pioneer Memorial Hospital Fund, PO Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary o f Heppner is in charge o f arrangements. Sharon Peterson A graveside service for Sharon Peterson was held at 1 p.m. on Friday, September 28, at Condon Cemetery. Mrs. Peterson, 77, o f Condon, died Saturday, Sep tember 22,2007, at her home. She was bom Nov. 18, 1929, in Wallowa, to Edgar and Nora Crawford Denton. The family moved to Condon, where she graduated from high school. In 1947, she married her high school sweetheart, David Peterson, in Condon. They lived in Kinzua before moving to Portland. In 1954, they returned to Condon. M rs. P e te r s o n worked at the George Mc Kay Cleaners and then for C olum bia Basin Electric Co-op for 30 years. She was a mem ber o f the Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority. She is survived by: her sons, Steven Peterson o f Portland, Donald Peterson o f Fossil and Bruce Peterson o f Condon; sister Norma French o f Heppner; brother Frank Denton o f M ilton- F re e w a te r and H o w ard Denton o f Richland, WA.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by: sisters Eula, Ruby, Thelma, Inez, and Lorida; and brothers Harland and Raymond. M em o rial c o n tri butions may be made to Pioneer Memorial Hospice, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR, 97836. Sweeney Mortuary o f Condon was in charge o f arrangements. S enior C en ter M enu Christian Life Center church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, October 10. The menu will include meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, mixed veg gies, rolls, and cookies. Willow Creek Baptist Church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, October 17. The menu will include scrambled eggs and sausage, hashhrowns, stewed tomatoes, apples, biscuits and gravy, and cinna mon rolls. St. Patrick's Parish members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, October 24. The menu will include beef stew, peaches with cottage cheese, bread sticks, and apple crisp. United Methodist Church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, October 31. The menu will include seafood chowder, orange jello with carrots and oranges, bread bowl, and devil’s food cake. Card parties to resume at Holly Rebekah Lodge The monthly pinochle card parties hosted by Holly Rebekah Lodge in Lexington will start this Saturday, Oc tober 6, starting at 7 p.m. The cost is $5 per person. The fun-filled evening will include refreshments and prizes. Port of Morrow Heppner, Oregon Has applied for an Oregon Title V Air Operating Permit Renewal The Department o f Environmental Quality has conducted a preliminary review o f this application and is providing an opportunity for public comment For a copy o f the draft permit and a "Request for Comments" call Bonnie Hough at (541) 388-6146 extension 223 or call toll free in Oregon at 1-866-863-6668. For more information see the legal notice section o f this newspaper M arriages Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers has released the following re port o f m arriage licenses issued: -September 25: Kyle Lawrence Homer, 24, Herm- iston and Kim berly Noel Marlow, 22, Irrigon.
