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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 3,2008 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Harlan D. Dunaway Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S . 240-420 M orrow C ounty ’s H om e-O w ned W eekly N ew spaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 E-mail: editoru rapidserse net or david^rapidserve net. Web site: www.heppner net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner (iazette-Times, P.O Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $27 in Morrow County; $21 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $33 elsewhere; $27 student subscriptions. David Sykes.................................................................................................... Publisher Autumn M organ.................................................................................................. Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p m. For Advertising advertsing deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $4 90 per column inch Cost tor classified ad is 504 per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost tor 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 bme of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required) For Obituaries 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 tor 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 C hange a S ubscription • Place a C lassified A d • Subm it a N ew s Story • View Real E state for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! • Christmas trees for sale at lone Community School lone Community School’s ASB will be holding a Christmas Tree Sale December 5-6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the lone High School greenhouse. Trees are $30 each. MC Creative Arts and Crafts news -M o rro w C o u n ty C reative A rts and C rafts will gather at the fair annex on December 11 for a day o f finishing paintings and designing Christmas cards. Any project that needs to be done can be worked on from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. or 6 p.m. Guests are welcome to join the group for a day of creative arts and crafts. -A Christmas party will be held at Sharon Har rison’s home on December 18. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. A meeting will be held following the gift exchange and goodies. Each member is asked to bring a $10 gift and a treat o f candy, cook ies, or choice of a Christmas goodie. Members may bring a guest as som e o f next year’s projects will be on ~ the agenda. Dues are $ 10 per year payable in January. -A w orkshop with Robert Walton is scheduled for A pril 21, 22 and 23. Anyone interested in taking the workshop may contact Trish Sweeney at 676-9226 or Betty Miller at 676-5546. Classes will be a mountain and lake with fall colors and the reflection o f a cabin in the lake. The workshop must be paid for by February 22. The workshop if for mem bers and anyone interested in painting under Robert Walton. W alton has done murals in Heppner and is a member o f the Oil Painters o f America. Those w ish in g to attend are asked to sign up early. Harlan D. Dunaway, 62, o f Lexington died Mon day, December 1, at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Satur day, December 6, at the Lexington Baptist Church. A complete obituary will follow in next week’s paper. Sweeney Mortuary o f Heppner is in charge o f ar rangements. Chamber Luncheon scheduled The Chamber Lunch meeting will be held Thurs day, December 4, at noon at John’s Place for $9. On the agenda will be the “All Entities Report” and update on nominations for open and renewing board positions. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP to the Chamber office at 676-5536 by the end o f business on Wednesday so a head count can be taken for seating and meals. Red Hat Society to meet The Red Hat Society will hold a no-host luncheon at noon, on Thursday, December 11, at Sweet Productions Ice Cream Parlour. ICC to host missionaries from Mission Aviation Fellowship On Sunday, Decem ber 7, the lone Community C hurch will be w elcom ing Chris and Joy Konop to present a discussion o f th e ir upcom ing m ission assignm ent with M ission Aviation Fellowship to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Konops will be speaking at Ione Commu nity Church during a special coffee hour at noon, imme diately following the regular worship service. The public is invited to attend. Chris and Joy Konop were accepted by MAF to serve as a pilot/mechanic family in August and are now in the process o f com pleting their training and establishing the required support network before they can be deployed to the Dem ocratic Republic of Congo. M ission A viation F e llo w sh ip ( MAF) was founded in 1945 by a group o f World War II pilots who reco g n ized the need for aviation services in remote areas o f the world and who felt called to missionary ser vice. The new organization, founded as “Christian Air men’s Mission Fellowship” flew its first flight in 1946 with a 13 year old biplane. They delivered two mission workers to a remote location in Mexico. Today they have a fleet o f 52 aircraft, serv ing in 51 countries that, in 2007 alone, executed 37,821 flights, logged 2.9 million miles, transported 120,350 passengers and delivered 11.2 million tons of cargo on 1,700 rough, unimproved dirt and grass airstrips or wa terways. They estimate that this service saved 65,991 travel days over what would be required to transport the same goods and people by any other means available in these remote areas. However, this is just the beginning o f the services that they provide. They also work with disaster re lie f agencies, provide communi cations services to mission aries in remote areas, and are establishing a Learning Technologies m inistry to provide distance education and technology services to both missionary and indig enous families. Their 2008 budget is $38.3 m illion, all sup ported by contributions from churches and individuals around the world. They are headquartered in Nampa, ID. For more information regarding this organization visit the MAF website at www.maf.org. BEO FINANCIAL SERVICES Free Medicare Part D - Prescription Drug Plan Assistance Coming to Your Town Morrow County Health District will be offering Free Medicare Part D consultation appointments during the month of December to help you determine the best prescription plan for your specific needs. Plans change each year so it’s important to review vour coverage each year! Morrow County Health District Staff will be scheduling appointments to meet with local residents in the following towns: IRA’s * Life Insurance * Long Term Care * Pension Rollovers * Retirement Planning * Long Term Financial Needs * 0 Russ Murfitt Financial Advisor Securities related products and services made available through BEO Financial Services are offered by Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., an independent registered broker-dealer, member FINRA, SIPC, not affiliated with Bank of Eastern Oregon, its affiliates, divisions, or subsidiaries. Advisory services offered through Pearson Financial Group, a registered investment advisor. • • • • • H eppner - D ecember 2nd, 9™, 16™ a 29™ P io n e e r M em o r ia l H o s p it a l B oardman - D ecember 11 ™ a 18™ B o a r d m a n A m b u l a n c e H all Not a Deposit of Bank of Eastern Oregon. Not FDIC Insured. Not Insured by any Federal Government Agency. Not Guaranteed by Bank of Eastern Oregon. May Go Down in Value. Home Office: 279 N. Main St., Heppner, OR 97836 * 541-676-9127 e m ail: rm u rfitt o roY alaa.com For an appointm ent in your area, call Bank of Eastern Oregon. I one - D ecember 4™ a 1 5 th I o n e C omm unity C h u r c h IRRIGON - DECEMBER 1^8(8™ irrig o n F ire H all Arbonne Open House Please call 676-2930 or 1-800-737-4113 Ext. 2930 Mon-Fri, 9 - 5 and schedule your consultation appointment. Sunday. December 7th, 1:00-4:00 pm Bev Sherman’s House @ 205 Willow View Drive “Holiday Gifts, Door Prizes, Stocking Stuffers” ^ iiiiiiim m im im m iiiim im iiiim iim iiiiiiiiiiiim ib = O n behalf of the Am erican Legion, post 87, E I would like to thank H eppner High School, = Mr. Stone, G inger Bowm an, Mrs. Robinson, E Mrs. Collins and all the other staff and E students for the great program put on for E the V eterans on V eterans R em em brance E day. Thank you for the delicious m eal served to the V eterans and spouses. = E E 30 y e a r s i n t h e i n s u r IN D U S T R Y IN IO N E , J l M S W A N S O N H A S D E C ID E D T O R E T IR E F R O M W H E A T L A N D A fter n ea r ly P le a s e join u s in congratulating J im to W h eatlan d . A n open h o use w ill B E H O L D IN G J I M ’ S H O N O R O N T H U R S D A Y E ad sp o n so red by Morrow County Grain G row ers =r 111111111 ii j — iF Standing with the Mormons for marriage Letter to the editor: Karen England, spokesperson for Capitol Resource Institute recently advised that thousands o f traditional marriage supporters have been victimized by the self- described “tolerant” opponents o f California’s Proposition 8, which constitutionally defined marriage as one man and one woman. During the campaign, reports poured in from across the state o f voters’ Yes on Proposition 8 signs being vandalized or stolen. Yes on Proposition 8 staff members’ homes as well as many churches continue to be targets o f vandalism, theft, and demonstrations across the country. “ Destroying and stealing personal property-this is tolerance?” questioned Karen England, with Yes on Proposition 8. “What are opponents so scared o f that they are attempting to intimidate and silence us? Opponents o f Proposition 8 claim that we have nothing to fear about government-mandated same-sex marriage; it won’t impact our freedom of speech or religion. How can we believe them when they’re stealing our freedom o f speech from our own front lawns? This is the type o f intimidation and true intolerance we can expect without Proposition 8. This should be a wake-up call for every voter concerned about our precious First Amendment freedom s...” Since the election, the blogosphere and American cities have echoed with threats o f violence against Prop 8 supporters. ABC News reported that these protests are not isolated, but rather, a wider trend o f demonstrations from New York to Los Angeles targeting Mormons in par ticular. Opponents say that church leaders went too far in organizing their members and asking them to donate time and money to pass the initiative. Pro-homosexual critics o f the church even started an online hate campaign to identify, embarrass, and intimi date Mormons who supported the amendment to preserve traditional marriage. The Web site lists the name and hometown of each Mormon donor, in an attempt to expose the influence of the LDS church in the campaign. Richard Raddon, the director of the Los Angeles Film Festival has already lost his job and possibly his livelihood because of his privately held religious beliefs. Homosexual activist, Fred Karger has filed a nuisance lawsuit claiming that the Mormons violated election laws and calling for the revoca tion o f their tax-exempt status. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the person who initiated the Web campaign is Dante Atkins, an elected delegate to the state Democratic convention who said he’s the vice president of the Los Angeles County Young Democrats. Atkins said his goal was to “embarrass the opposition by pointing out and publicizing any con tributors they may have.” He said focusing on Mormons made sense. “If one religious group is putting close to the majority of the money and the effort into passing this proposition, it is fair to single them out.” While California’s small population o f Mormons (2%) played a vital role in Prop 8, other churches were also involved in the battle to protect marriage - including Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox Jews. Several nation ally known leaders have expressed their support, including Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Charles Colson of Prison Fellowship, Tony Perkins o f Family Research Council, Paul Weyrich of Free Congress Foundation, Rich ard Land o f the Southern Baptist Convention, and Gary Bauer o f American Values, the American Family Associa tion and others. The U.S. Conference o f Catholic Bishops has offered “prayerful support and steadfast solidarity” to the LDS church for its efforts on behalf o f Proposition 8. According to the Associated Press exit polls, 70% o f black voters and more than half o f Latino voters backed Prop 8, while whites and Asians were split. 90% o f vot ers who said they had no religious affiliation opposed the measure. O f the 70% o f voters who described themselves as Christian, two thirds backed the initiative, which passed by 52%. The Mormons have shown great courage, convic tion, and self-sacrifice on behalf of all pro-marriage and pro-family Americans. Rather than allow the Fred Karger’s, Dante Atkins’ and the Young Democrats to “single out” the Mormons for exercising their constitutionally protected rights, I urge all freedom loving Americans to stand united against these kinds o f tyrants. Intimidation and threats of retaliation have no place in an American election, and are contrary to our cherished principles and values. Posing as victims does not excuse victimizing others or demanding special rights at the expense o f others. The Preamble o f the U.S. Constitution empha sizes unity, justice, domestic tranquility and the “general welfare.” Those who resort to anarchy for simply not get ting their way on Election Day are traitors to everything America stands for, and the liberty and justice they are destroying is their own. Craig Myers, Executive Director Concerned Oregonians C en ter , I n c . on D e c e m b e r 31 s t , 2008. F O R A L L H IS H A R D W O R K A N D D E D IC A T IO N T h a n k you, E C o m m a n d e r Ed B ak er E The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. 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. a n c e in su r a n c e E E Letters to the Editor ~ D e c e m b e r 18 th from 10 a m to 3 pm W H E A T L A N D I N S U R A N C E IN IO N E . 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