TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Mildred Carolyn
Heppner
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Heppner - you stole my heart
Six years ago, at this time of year, I came to Hep
pner to become the pastor of the Heppner United Methodist
Church. Over the years 1 have found that this community
has become much more than a place to live and work: it
has become a true home to me. 1 would run out of space if
I tried to name all the wonderful folks who have embraced
me as their friend.
As June closes I will be moving, and you will be
welcoming a new pastor and his wife to town. May you
warm their hearts as you have warmed mine. And may my
future roads have a few turns in them that point my car back
to Heppner, if only for a friendly visit! God bless us all.
Pastor Keith Brudevold
^ ^ ^ M i l d r e d Carolyn
Hope died June 3, 2008 in
Florence.
Millie was bom July
16, 1928
in lone to
L eo n a rd
and Julia
C arlso n .
She was
active in
4-H and
the lone
c o m m u Mildred Carolyn
Hope
nity.
Millie met Bob Hope
on a blind date and they were
married six months later on
February 2, 1952. Together
they had three wonderful
daughters. Millie’s life is
a testament to the strength
of family and her steadfast
Christian faith and love.
She was a pianist,
chef extraordinaire, Camp
fire Girl leader, U of O for
eign exchange host, traveler,
event planner, loyal friend,
a faithful member of Emer
ald Baptist Church, “super
mom” and grandmother, a
true matriarch of the fam
ily. Millie is remembered
as a “mover and shaker”
and the “go to” person. She
was a kind, loving woman,
always cheerful and very
hard working. She showed
great courage, strength and
grace throughout her life.
Millie is survived
by: Bob, her husband of 56
years; their three daughters,
Sabrina Daniel (husband
Bob) of Florence, Cynthia
Hope (husband Kent) of
Seattle, WA, and Christy
Hope (husband Bruce) of
Medford; grandchildren
Brent, Kirsten, and Eric
Daniel, Anders and Toby
Hope-Young, and James
Com m ute vanpooling com ing
to South M orrow County
Have you been over
hearing the talk about van
pooling opportunities in
South Morrow County? It
is true and about to become
a reality.
Willow Creek Val
ley Economic Development
Group has been working on
this project and with the help
of funding from Morrow
County, it is now at the stage
of implementation. The goal
is to initially start vanpools
to transport those employees
who live in the South Mor
row County to their jobs
in North Morrow County,
Hermiston, Pendleton or
Tri-Cities.
What better time
with gas prices so high and
the cost of maintenance and
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personal vehicles than now
to bring vanpooling to the
South Morrow County.
There will be a com
munity meeting on Wednes
day, June 25, at 7 p.m. at
City Hall. Victor Spencer, a
representative from VPSI,
Inc., the company who will
be providing service, will be
here to go over the program
and answer any questions.
If you currently are
commuting, come and find
out if vanpooling might
work for you. The goal
would be to have at least
one vanpool on the road,
July 1, 2008. Mr. Spencer
will also be the speaker at
the Chamber Lunch meeting
next Thursday, June 26.
Mark your calendars
and plan on attending. For
more information contact
Sheryll Bates at the Cham
ber office at 676-5536.
Heppner First Christian Church
to hold Vacation Bible School
Heppner First Christian Church will be holding a
Vacation Bible School June 23-27 for children ages three
years through sixth grade from 6-8 p.m.
There will be games, stories, snacks, crafts and
prizes for everyone. Rick Thompson and his puppet,
Sidney, will be presenting a show on Thursday and Fri
day evening. They will present the evidence concerning
creation and evolution. Friday night will be for children
and adults.
This event is free of charge. For more information
or to register you child/children, please call CJ Johnson at
676-8729 or Carla Murphy at 676-5087.
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Customer Appreciation Day
at
tone Branch - Friday, June 20, 2008
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
BEO’s bank staff will be
grillin' burgers and dogs
and we'll have all the fixin's
just to show how much we
appreciate our customers!
“Come ‘n get it! ”
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Navy visits Heppner
Hope-Meek; a great-grand
son, Seth Holden; and her Elementary School
O bituaries
The Official Newspaper
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brother Louis Carlson (wife
Betty).
A celebration of life
will be held at Emerald
Baptist Church at 19th and
Patterson in Eugene on June
28 at 2 p.m. Burial will be
at Valby Lutheran Church
by the wheat fields of her
childhood home.
Kenneth Merlin
Keeling
Ken was born in
Snoqualmie Falls, WA on
January 14th 1943, to Ken
neth Homer Keeling and
Beatrice Evans. His parents
raised him and his brother
Donald Evan Keeling in the
woods near Opal Worksta
tion in Eastern Oregon.
He a t t e n d e d
high school in H epp
ner, where he lettered in
baseball. He was drafted
into the US Army where he
worked as a supply clerk. He
received a math degree from
Oregon State U niversi
ty. An avid outdoorsman,
he enjoyed hunting, fishing,
camping and playing crib-
bage.
Ken joined the San-
tiam Pass Ski Patrol in 1969
(#4333), and he was asso
ciated with the Ski Patrol
for most of the succeeding
years, either as an active
member, or by providing
technical assistance with
projects undertaken by that
organization. In his many
years as an active member
of the Ski Patrol, he served
as patrol director, and in
other capacities including
instructor in ski mountain
eering and avalanche safety.
He loved rock climbing
and mountaineering, hang
gliding, caving, birding, and
competitive shooting.
He is survived by:
sons, Daniel Kenneth and
Robert Evans; grandson,
Avery Zappa Keeling; and
grandsons Tucker Shane,
Evan James, and Hayden
Sage Keeling.
Sorely missed by
family and friends, he died
with dignity on May 27,
2008.
Derek Campbell reads with first graders (left to right) Susie
Teeman, kuitlvn Martin, Cheyenne Smith, and Leo Waite.
-Contributed Photo
Will Wiley assists with a reading class. Pictured clockwise
are first graders Hayden Qualls, Tanner Holmquist, Gibson Mc-
Curry, Cason Mitchell, Zach Bred field, and Nicole Propheten
-Contributed Photo
By Mary Haguewood
Heppner Elementary
School was delighted when
the Navy “shipped” two vol
unteers to help out at school
for a day on May 20,h. Derek
Campbell, Gunners Mate, 2nd
Class, is the son of Kelly and
Deb Campbell of lone. Also
volunteering was Will Wi
ley, Interior Communica
tions Electrician, 2nd Class,
of Douglasville, Georgia.
Both men helped
with reading class, served
lunch, helped in the library,
and answered questions
about military life and their
jobs aboard the USS Ste
phen W. Groves, based out
of Mayport, FL.
Campbell and Wiley
have both been in the service
for almost six years. Their
suggestions for students
are: “Be flexible” and “The
only person keeping you
from achieving goals is
yourself.”
Birth Announcement
Reese Kathleen Weygandt - Annie and Evan
Weygandt of Oregon City announce the birth of their
daughter Reese Kathleen Weygandt on Friday, May 30,
2008 at Portland Providence Medical Center.
At birth she weighed six pounds, 10 ounces and
was 19 'A inches in length.
Grandparents are Paul and Susan Hisler of Hep
pner, Brenda Young of Salem, and John and Becky Wey
gandt of Summerville.
Great-grandparents are Kathleen Hisler of Heppner
and Kathryn Healy-Thome of Heppner.
Lexington man not silent about political beliefs
-Continued from P age one
wants to close the border
between US and Mexico,”
Nelson says of Paul. Con
cerning the border he says if
we can shut down the border
between two countries like
North and South Korea then
we can certainly secure our
own borders. “If they don’t
want to speak English let
them leave,” he adds.
Nelson, 69, served
five years in the Army as an
Army Ranger and a member
of the 101st Airborne. As
part of his service he was in
Korea for two years, where
he met and married his wife
Yung before leaving the
army in 1964 and spend
ing three years in the active
reserves.
“Democrats want
to open the border so they
can get Hispanics to vote
for them ,” Nelson says.
“Republicans want it open
so they can have cheap la
bor and break the back of
America and make us into
a third world country.”
“Our government
has also let the industry of
our own country go to other
countries where they have
cheap slave labor, and then
they send their products
back to us at a cheap price,
and the workers that are left
in America can't compete
with that,” he adds.
Nelson has no use
for most politicians. “When
we have politicians that
stand up and call our troops
murderers and other de
rogatory names, I would
like to meet with them,” he
says, “so they would know
what the real America is all
about.”
He says the educa
tion system has been sublim-
inally teaching our children
to hate America. “College
professors teach our chil
dren to think that this coun
try has been a bad country.
They are not taught pride in
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their country in most of the
schools. Much of the his
tory of the founding fathers
has disappeared along with
the history of the First and
Second World Wars. More
and more they are taught to
hate America.”
He says most Ameri
cans feel they are “owed”
by the government. “The
majority of Americans be
lieve they have entitlements
from the government. All
kinds of money is spent on
entitlements,” he points out,
“while a good many of the
people are so ignorant they
don’t realize the money is
coming out of the pockets
of hard working Americans.
That is the part that is social
ism,” he says referring to his
sign. “The part that is Fas
cist is that we have private
businesses and corporations
being told what they can
build, how they can build it
and if they can build it.” The
communism part, he says, is
the ability of the government
to send representative of its
agencies into our homes
and businesses without our
permission.
“I have a lot of Re
publican friends and Demo
crat friends and the sign
is not meant to denigrate
them,” Nelson says. “It’s
just what I believe.” But he
does admit the sign gets a
lot of attention. And, after
all, says Nelson, “That’s
freedom of speech.”