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
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David Sykes............
Autumn Morgan,
.... Editor
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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-
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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.
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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.