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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 17,2008 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 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 editor u rapidserve net or davidtu rapidserve net Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO 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 pm For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $4 90 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 50< per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5 50 per column inch For Public/Legal Notices public) legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 pm Dates for pub lication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time 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 wntten 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 for 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 Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Birth Announcement Kaitlyn Elizabeth Dolphin - Chris and Erika Dol phin announce the birth o f a daughter, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Dolphin on December 15 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI. At birth she weighed seven pounds, 12 ounces and was 21 inches in length. Grandparents are Jackie and Rudy Bergstrom o f lone. Birth Announcement Tru Piper Halvorsen - Ryan and Mollie Halvorsen o f Henderson, NV announce the birth of their daughter, Tru Piper Halvorsen. She was bom on November 3,2008 at St. Rose Sienna Hospital. At birth she weighed nine pounds, two ounces and was 20 V 2 inches in length. She joins a sister, Ziya, at home. Grandparents are Frank and Cathy Halvorsen of lone and Steve and Joyce Schneider o f Henderson, NV. Great-grandparents are Laurel Cannon o f lone and Dot Halvorsen o f lone. Christmas schedules announced for St. Patrick’s and St. William’s Catholic Churches Obituaries Norbert Dale Herschell N orbert Dale Her tiring after 28 years. He was schell, known to his family an avid fisherman and deer and friends as Swede, made hunter. Known as a “jack the final crossing on Decem o f all trades,” Swede knew cars and trucks best ber 15,2008 to join his wife and son. and spent much o f his career as a me- Born D e chanic. He retired in cember 4, 1923 at 1986 to care for his home in the 200 wife, Eleanor, who block o f Buchan was fighting a losing an Street, Swede battle with cancer. In was raised in and 1979 his son Bruce a ro u n d T o p ek a fell and lived as a and Lecom pton, quadriplegic until K S. He serv ed Norbert Dale he too, crossed over as a PFC in the in June 2004. Infantry Division Herschell S w e d e is o f the Army from 1943 to 1945, w here he survived by: a sister, Iona learned the bakery skills Spencer o f Big Springs; two which served him well when daughters, Verla and Dayle he opened a bakery in Hep o f Topeka and Tecumseh; pner. He was a member o f and plenty o f nieces and the American Legion. nephews. W hile w orking in He w ill be buried Topeka, Ks after his stint in in the Clinton Lake cem the military, he met and mar etery beside his wife and ried Eleanor Marie Blevins son where he will be able on S eptem ber 12, 1949. to watch the sunrise/sunset They moved from Topeka to over the lake and walk down Portland where his parents, to the lake to fish whenever George Clark Herschell and he wants. Bessie Luella Glenn Her Funeral services will schell, and several siblings be held at 1:00 p.m. Thurs were living at the time. Two day at Newcomer Funeral daughters, Verla Marie Her H om e, Topeka, KS. The schell and Dayle Ann Her family will receive friends schell were bom in Portland. from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday H is son, W illiam B ruce at the funeral home. Herschell was bom in 1958, M em o rial c o n tri while Swede was running butions may be made to the bakery in Heppner. S.C .A .R .S., P.O. Box 22 Both his wife, El A uburn, KS 66401, M id eanor, and son, Bruce, pre land Hospice Care, 200 SW ceded him in death in April Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 1987 and June 2004. 66606, or to the organization In 1964 the fam of the donor’s choice. ily moved back to Kansas To leave a special and have been residents in message for the family on Tecumseh since that time. line, visit www.Newcomer- Swede worked for Champ- Topeka.com. ney Wrecking Company, re- St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and St. William’s Catholic Church announce their Christmas schedules: St. Patrick’s Wednesday, December 24 - Christmas carols at 8:30 p.m.; Blessing o f the Nativity scene and vigil mass at 9 p.m. Thursday, D ecem ber 25 - N ativity mass and Christmas carols at 11 a.m. St. William’s Thursday, D ecem ber 25 - N ativity mass and Christmas carols at 8:45 a.m. Sykes, Anderson announce engagement Christopher Sykes and Breana Anderson Christopher Sykes and Breana Anderson, both o f Pendleton, along w ith th eir parents, Randy and Barbara A nderson o f Condon, Barbara Sorenson o f Wisconsin and David and April Sykes o f Heppner, an nounce their engagement to be married. Christopher is a 1996 graduate o f Heppner High School. He attended Walla Walla Community College and Blue Mountain Community College. He is the owner o f Rapid Print print shop in Pendleton. Breana is a 2002 graduate o f Condon High School. She is a student at Eastern Oregon University, majoring in elementary education. The couple plans a February 28,2009, wedding at the Free Methodist Church in Pendleton. Public meetings scheduled on the West-End OHV Project postponed The Heppner Ranger District is postponing three public meetings scheduled for H eppner, Fossil and Monument due to the haz- ardous weather conditions and will reschedule after the Howe’s About Gifts will be holding their grand New Year, announced Tom opening on Thursday, December 18. The gift shop is M afera, Heppner D istrict located inside Howe’s About Pizza and carries a variety Ranger. The meetings, origi o f gifts. nally set for December 17, Store hours are from 10:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. 18, and 22, were to discuss the five alternatives devel oped for the West End OHV Project Draft Environmental P e te rs o n ’s Assessment (EA). This lily at St. Patrick's Catholic Church decided to make “ W e’ll reschedule J e w e le r s w ill b e its appearance just before Heppner’s first winter snow. the meetings in January and -Photo by Autumn Morgan hope that the road conditions o p e n on S u n d ays will have improved enough to ensure a better turnout,” D e c e m b e r 14 & 2 1 Howe’s About Gifts to hold grand opening A bloom before the snow N ow O pen Sundays! Area pastors invited to submit Christmas messages fro m 1 2 :0 0 to 4 :0 0 p .m . All area pastors are invited to submit Christmas messages to be run in the December 24 edition o f the Celebrate Heppner Christmas! Colemine Hill closed for season H eppner G azette-T im es. M essages can be dropped off at the GT office, faxed to The Morrow County 676-9211, or emailed to edi- Public Works Department tor@rapidserve.net no later has announced that as o f De that Friday, December 19. cember 15, Colemine Hill is closed for the season. S to p by M u rra ys Thursday and check out all our g reat Christm as g ifts and specials 4444444444444444444II Lots o f Christm as flo ra l centerpieces Shop in Heppner and earn your reward cards for each purchase at M urray’s C*M broJbt C l^ rltf**** Hay For Sale Blue Grass Straw Wheat Straw 3 x 4 Bales Small Bales Horse Hay Available Delivery Available Tygh Campbell 5 4 1 -7 0 1 -4 4 0 4 HEPPNER REWARDS CARD iso Worth of Merchandise Nam * 44 444 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 4 O p e n S u n d a y »2-5 pumi. Plaau Print C losings 5 p m . C h r istm a s E ve O p e n a g a in 9 a.m . F rid a y D e c e m b e r 26 p r e s c r ip t io n s d e p a r t m e n t o p e n «2-6 p.m . % M umujm DjttlJ 217 North Main • Heppner • Phona 676-9154 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Heppner, Lexington & lone KENNY ECKMAN AND JUDY ECKMAN ALONG WITH DAVID AND PATTY MATHENY INVITE YOU TO SHARE IN THE JOY OF THE MARRIAGE UNITING THEIR CHILDREN S a A a U 9 e a tt to. SJtOHO jbcuUci SATURDAY, THE TWENTIETH OF DECEMBER AT TWO O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH HEPPNER, OREGON RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY MORROW COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS said Mafera. A copy o f the West End O H V P ro je c t A rea D raft Environm ental A s sessment is available at thé District Office at 117 South Main Street in Heppner. The Draft EA will also be avail able online at: http://www. fs.fed.us/r6/um a/projects/ readroom/. M ore inform ation about the West End OHV Project can be found on the Umatilla National For est website at http://www. fs.fed.us/r6/uma/ or by con tacting Janet Plocharsky, Heppner District Planner at 541-676-2148. Marriages M o rro w C o u n ty Clerk Bobbi Childers has released the following re port o f m arriage licenses issued: -December 8: Gary Lee K roske, 60, Irrigon, and Kami Ilene Kroske, 40, Irrigon. Weather Report By the City of Heppner For the month of November ll/l 11/2 11/3 11/4 11/5 11/6 11/7 11/8 11/9 11/10 11/11 11/12 11/13 11/14 11/15 11/16 11/17 11/18 11/19 11/20 11/21 11/22 11/23 11/24 11/25 11/26 11/27 11/28 11 29 11/30 High 68 66 60 59 48 50 58 66 60 54 54 65 69 57 50 55 63 57 57 43 51 57 47 47 42 45 43 44 51 62 Low 50 47 38 40 35 37 39 41 43 42 39 45 47 30 33 34 34 32 39 31 32 34 28 24 25 28 30 31 39 42 Precip. .01 .01 .00 .22 .00 .11 .01 .00 .07 .04 .02 .09 .07 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .07 .03 .00 .00 .00 .02 .00 .00 .01 .01
