Holt set to retire from Juvenile Department
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Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library
University o f Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
By Autumn Morgan
Carolyn Holt only
planned to stay one year
w hen she took on a part-time
job at the Juvenile Depart
ment in Heppner. But that
one year kept stretching out
until now as, 35 years later.
Holt is set to retire. Her last
official day will be January
31,2008.
As a young child
Holt always knew that she
wanted to help others when
she grew up. In college she
studied nursing but quickly
decided that it was not the
profession she w anted to
pursue. She changed her
major to sociology and in
1972 received her BA in
Sociology from Walla Walla
College in Washington.
W hile in sc h o o l,
Holt had geared all her train
ing toward w orking with
adults but upon graduating
in June received training
from the juvenile system in
Washington. In September
o f 1972, just a few months
after graduation, a part-time
job opened up here in Hep
pner and Holt decided to try
it out. After one year o f part-
time work the department
went to full-time status and
Holt decided to stay on.
Holt, the daughter
o f Homer and Lola Davis,
was raised in Lone Rock
and graduated from Condon
Carolyn Holt’s will retire from the Juvenile Department in Hep
pner after 35 years. -Photo by Autumn Morgan
High School. She married
Chuck Holt in 1977. She has
one son, Shawn, in Fruit-
land, ID.
After her retirement.
Holt and her husband plan
to move to Weiser, ID to be
near their new' granddaugh
ter and pursue hobbies.
A replacem ent has
not yet been named to take
Holt’s place but interviews
w ill begin at the end o f the
month.
A caroling we will go
VOL. 126
NO. 52
8 Pages
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Shelton named new pastor at
lone Community Church
By Autumn Morgan
lo n e C o m m u n ity
Church called Stacy Shel
ton as their new minister.
Her first day was December
2, 2007.
For the past seven
years the 36 year old has
been the associate pastor
at Murray Hills Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ)
in Beaverton. Shelton was
interested in moving on and
received a recom m enda
tion from a regional pastor
about lone. Shelton said she
was drawn to lone Com
munity Church because it
was a multi-denominational
church and is affiliated with
the N ational A ssociation
o f C ongregational C hris
tian Churches, the United
Church o f Christ, and the
Christian Church (Disciples
o f Christ).
Shelton and her hus
band, Jason Reid, are ex
pecting their first child in
February and thought lone
would be a great place to
raise a child. “ I was im
pressed by the school and
the people that live in lone,”
said Shelton. “The people
o f lone have been so inten
tional about their education
in general.”
Born to Don and
Linda Shelton in Antioch,
CA, Shelton lived in Colo
rado Springs, CO from ages
2-10, and then in Bakersfield,
CA until she graduated from
high school. She received
her bachelor’s degree from
Bethany C ollege in West
Virginia and in 2000 gradu
ated from Pacific School of
Religion in Berkeley, CA
with a Masters o f Divinity.
Shelton learned the
day in and out details o f
what the ministerial profes
sion would entail from her
father who is also a minister.
“ I love people and I love
God,” said Shelton. “Being
HF.S «-third graders recently visited the Willow Creek Assisted Living. The students sang
carols to the residents.
Bates joins Chamber as new executive director
By Autumn Morgan
Stacy Shelton
a minister was a way that 1
could make a livelihood off
o f those two things.”
S h elto n w an ts to
spend her first year visit
ing in homes and getting to
know the town so she can
understand what the town
wants and needs.
lo n e C o m m u n ity
Church has services at 11
a.m. on Sundays with Sun
day School at 9:45 a.m. The
youth group meets at 7 p.m.
on Wednesdays.
Dear Santa ...
On January 2, 2008,
Sheryll Bates will join the
Heppner Chamber o f Com
merce as the new executive
director. She will be taking
the place o f Terry Baker
who resigned in October.
B ates said she is
looking forward to begin
ning her new job. She will
be in charge o f planning
Cham ber events, fielding
calls with regards to what
is happening in the Heppner
area, fundraising and will
work with the St. Patrick’s
committee to help put to
gether St. P a trick ’s Day
events. Bates will also be
in charge of setting up the
weekly Chamber lunches,
including lining up speak
ers and getting the agenda
ready.
Bates was born in
Portland to Roy and Helen
Black and was raised in Ash
land. She has two daugh
ters, Tiffany, a teacher in
lssaquah, WA, and Tamara,
a massage therapist in Port
land. She enjoys spending
time on the boat with her
husband and w orking at
Sheryll Bates
her W eekenders Clothing
business.
Bates has lived in
1 leppner for the last one and
a half years since marrying
her husband. Dale. She said
the couple was trying to
determine who would move
once they were married but
she decided to stay in Hep
pner once she saw how tied
to the community her soon
to be husband was. “ I knew'
this was where God wanted
us to be,” said Bates.
Currently Bates is
w orking in Pendleton at
Regence Blue Cross Blue
Shield o f Oregon on a sales
team as an administrative
specialist w here she has
been for the last year and a
half. Before moving to Hep
pner she worked for 17 years
at Regence BCBS ofOregon
as an executive assistant in
Portland.
“Bates was chosen
by the Chamber Board o f
D irectors because o f her
valuable experience,” said
Board Member Nancy Sny
der. “She has an extensive
b ack g ro u n d in term s o f
event planning and has had a
number o f years experience
in doing the types o f things
need for this job. She has
experience in working for a
larger group o f people and
answering to a board.
Bates said that she
enjoys living in Heppner but
has not been able to get very
involved in the community
since she travels every day
to Pendleton. “ Heppner is
a great com m unity and I
want to capitalize on that
and be a part o f that,” said
Bates. “ 1 want to be more
involved with city events
and get to know' people. I
want to make a difference
in the community.”
Closed for New Years Day
The Heppner Gazette-Times will be closed on Tuesday,
January 1. The deadline for news a rticle s and
advertisem ents will be Friday, December 2b.
Preschoolers at Heppner
Daycare Inc. recently dropped
their letters to Santa at the
Heppner Post Office. The let
ters were dropped in the “Out
of Town” slot so they would he
sure to reach the North Pole.
-Photo by Autumn Morgan
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