TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 17,2008
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Autumn M organ................................................................................................... Editor
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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
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Lots o f Christm as flo ra l
centerpieces
Shop in Heppner and
earn your reward cards
for each purchase at
M urray’s
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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43
44
51
62
Low
50
47
38
40
35
37
39
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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
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