TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 3,2008
Obituaries
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Harlan D. Dunaway
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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
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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.
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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
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Financial Advisor
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an independent registered broker-dealer, member FINRA, SIPC, not affiliated
with Bank of Eastern Oregon, its affiliates, divisions, or subsidiaries.
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a registered investment advisor.
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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.
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