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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 21,2009 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S.PS. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekl\ 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(arapidserve net or david(u rapidserve.net. Web site, www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-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 pm For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m. Cost tor a display ad is $4 90 per column inch Cost tor classified ad is 50* per word Cost tor 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 p m 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). 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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! Obituaries George A. Steagall George A. Steagall, o f Heppner; son, George Steagall II o f Salem; 90, o f H ep p n er daughters, Brenda d ie d S a tu rd a y , Ratcliff and her hus January 17, 2009 band John o f Vale, at Columbia Basin and Vicky Duvall C are F acility in and h er h u sb an d The Dalles. R ick o f R o w lett, He w as TX; brother, Robert born February 5, Steagall o f L eba 1918 in Spray, the non; sisters, Virgin son o f Thomas D. ia Sitton o f Fossil, and C ora Shoun George A. Steagall Eunice Strudgron of Steagall. He was Erie, PA, and Irene raised and attend ed school in Spray where he Clark o f Sacramento, CA; graduated from high school. three granddaughters; four He served in the U nited great-grandchildren; and States Army during World numerous nieces and neph War 11 and was honorably ews. discharged in 1945. He w as p reced ed On April 17, 1946 he in death by: a son Thomas married Anna Mae Parson in “Tommy” Steagall; broth Harlan, K Y. The couple lived ers, David Steagall, Earl in South Morrow County all Steagall, and Willie Steagall; o f their married lives. Mr. and sisters, Mary Kauts, and Steagall worked for several Vera Steagall. area farmers before starting Funeral service with employment at Kinzua Pine military honors for Mr. Stea Mills in Heppner. He retired gall will be held at 11 a.m. from Kinzua in 1980 after on Friday, January 23, at nearly forty years with the the Heppner Elks Lodge. A private burial will follow company. Mr. Steagall enjoyed at the H eppner M asonic rodeos and racing horses, Cemetery. Memorial contribu w hich w ere his favorite anim als, he also enjoyed tions may be made to the hunting with his brothers charity o f your choice. Sweeney Mortuary and raising domestic cats. Survivors include: o f Heppner is in charge o f his wife, Anna Mae Steagall arrangements. Annual Robert Burns Supper to be held in Condon The 12th annual Robert Burns Supper event is scheduled for Saturday, January 24, at 2 p.m. at the Condon Elks Lodge. The lodge is located at 117 S. Main Street in Condon. The Robert Bums Supper will feature bagpipers from Athena, Pendleton, Arlington, Condon, Carson, WA, Portland, McMinnville, and Redmond; along with readings and recitations o f Bums poetry, anecdotes o f lo cal Scottish family histories, a meal o f haggis, neeps and tatties, copious toasts to the Immortal Poet and others, a short bread contest chaired by lone’s Jannie Allen, and at an appropriate evening hour, an occasional tradition has been a ‘haggis toss’ on Main Street. This is a fun winter-time social diversion, a time to honor Scotland’s Poet Laureate (Robert Bums will be 250 years old Jan. 25,2009), and to honor the Scottish heritage o f long-time Gilliam County families. Kinzua Lunch Group celebrates 10 years Kinzua Lunch Group w ill hold th eir 10th y ear meeting on February 20 at G ee’s in Prineville. In 1999 the group learned that a life long friend had term inal cancer. She didn’t look sick so it was hard to accept. However it did make the group realize how much time had slipped away w ithout keeping in to u ch . So m any w asted years gone by. The group started m eeting for lunch every once in a while. Gradually other friends joined in and then in October the group d ecid ed to m eet once a month and whoever could come was welcom e. The first monthly meeting was in October of 1999. Now 10 years later the group is still meeting on L-R: Eric Jepsen and Alex Carlson played violin in the Oregon All-State Orchestra Concert. -Contributed Photo T w o lo n e H ig h School students, Alex Carl son and Eric Jepsen, were among one hundred music students selected by audition last fall to perform this past w eekend in the A ll-State H igh School O rch estra. The concert was held at the Huit Center o f Performing Arts in Eugene on Sunday afternoon, January 18. The A ll-S tate O r chestra was conducted this year by Donald Schleicher, a music professor and di rector o f the University o f Illinois Orchestra in Urbana- Champaign. Schleicher has conducted o rchestras all over the world. The All- State Concert in Eugene also featured perform ances by the All-State Choirs, Band, and Wind Ensemble. The concert was the conclusion and highlight o f the Oregon Music Educators Associa- tion annual state conven tion. Alex and Eric and the other music group mem bers trav eled to Eugene early on Friday, January 16, and spent many intensive hours o f rehearsal together at the U o f O campus in final preparation for the concert. The orchestra performed a contemporary piece entitled Shortcut Home by composer Dana Wilson, followed by Toccata and Fugue in d-mi- nor by J. S. Bach, and con cluded with Tschaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien - which earned a standing ovation from the audience. There were students from thirty-five different high schools in this year’s All State O rchestra. The two lone musicians were the only students from eastern Oregon in the group. Rietmanns honored as OSU Extension Cooperators of the Year According to Larry Lutcher, M orrow County Extension Agent, Joe and Donna Rietmann o f lone were recently honored as OSU Extension Cooperators o f the Year. Larry described the Rietmanns as caring, thoughtful and well engaged in the wheat industry. “Joe has participated for eight years on the Morrow County Advisory Committee and both he and Donna have enthusiastically cooperated in field research experiments that are of importance to producers in low rainfall zones,” Heppner United Methodist Church held their monthly free com said Lutcher. munity breakfast on Sunday, January 11. The breakfast is held on the second Sunday of every month. The community is invited to attend. Pictured left to right are breakfast workers: Dorine Enz, Samarra Vandoorn, Joyce Shepherd, and Jonathan Enz. -Contributed Photo M.C. Unified Recreation District to meet The Morrow County Unified Recreation District will meet Thursday, January 29, at 7 p.m. at the Morrow County Courthouse. _ . , _ DA’s Report Correction Board members were incorrectly identified last week. The correct names are listed below The Heppner Gazette-Times regrets the error The 2009 Heppner Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors was introduced last Thursday at the annual chamber luncheon. Left to right are Alvin Liu, Claire Sponseller, Tom Mafera. Daye Stone, President Jeff Bailey, Anne Murray, Nancy Snider and Lisanne Currin. Bailey will be serving his second year as president. - Photo by David Sykes Heppner High School’s eighth grade class and their parents will be hosting a soup feed on Thursday, January 23, at the 5 way Wrestling Tournament at HHS. The menu will include: soup, salad, breadstick, dessert and a drink for $5. Dinner will be served from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the home ec classroom Come and help support the eighth grade gradua tion fundraiser. a monthly basis for lunch and to visit. Our group has grown over the years, there has been 57 different wom en and 24 different men join in at some time or the other. The group has had as few as three and as many as 30. During the years the group has lost several dear friends and at the same time connected with numerous others. Anyone wishing to attend the monthly meeting may do so with the date and times printed both in the Times Journal and The Hep pner Gazette-Times. There were 22 gath ered at the Apple Peddler in Prineville on the January 16. L ouis (Yap) B enson and Bob Britt celebrated birthdays. Monthly community breakfast held 2009 Chamber board members installed HHS eighth graders to host soup feed lone High School students perform in All-State Orchestra Senior Center Menu M o rro w C o u n ty District Attorney Elizabeth Ballard has released the fol lowing report: -Jon Alvin Sanders, 47, was convicted o f Unlaw ful Possession o f Metham- phetamine, a class C felony, and was sentenced to 18 m onths probation, 90/30 sanction units, complete 80 hours o f community serv ice, other numerous conditions, and pay $ 1,408 in fines, fees and assessments. -K eith A llen A x- tell, 39, was convicted o f U nlaw ful P o ssessio n o f Methamphetamine, a class C felony, and Possession o f Marijuana within 1,000 feet, a class C misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 18 months probation, 90/30 sanction units, complete 80 hours of community service, other numerous conditions, and pay $1,553 in Fines, fees, and assessments. T-Ball, Minors and Majors sign-ups to be held Sign-ups for T-Ball and M inors and M ajors baseball and softball will be held February 10-12 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Heppner Neighborhood Center. Boys ages 5-12 and girls ages 5-16 are eligible to enroll to play. The fee is $30 per participant and $60 per fam- ily. After the February 28th deadline, the fee will be $40, no exceptions. All participants will need a current copy o f three documents showing the par ticipant’s physical address. For more informa tion contact Sandi Putman at 541-989-8469 or 541- 240-1761. Heppner FFA members participate in District Public Speaking Contest The H eppner FFA C hapter was well re p re sented at the District Public Speaking Contest on Thurs day, January 15, at Hermis- ton High. Zech Hintz placed third in reciting the FFA Creed; Brett Harrison re ceived second in Sophomore Public Speaking and will be moving on to the sectional com petition held in Feb ruary. Afton Clark (beg), Trent Cannon (adv), Justin Pranger (beg) and Devin Robinson (adv) all com peted in the Job Interview c o n tests. Ju stin P ranger earned a third place banner in the beginning category. They each had to create their own cover letter, resume, fill out an application and then were interviewed by community members from the area. OSU Wheat Production Seminar to be held The OSU W heat Production Seminar (W inter Grower Meeting) will be held Wednesday, January 28, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Willows Grange in lone. Lunch will be provided by the ladies of the Grange. H o p e /V a lb y /A ll Saints Church members will be serving lunch on Wednes day, January 28. The menu will include sauerbraten, Christmas pictures taken with Santa at the Celebrate Heppner Christmas Event potato dumplings, peas and carrots, fruit juice, hot rolls can be picked up at the Chamber Office. Call 676-5536 and make arrangements to pick and flat apple pie them up. Santa pictures ready for pick up
