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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 18,2009 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Morgan honored for 40 years of dedication I S J « . 2411-420 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« rapidserse net ordavidiurapidserve.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 Morgan..................................................................................................... Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p m. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost tor 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 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) For Obituanes 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 Announcements Jim Swanson presents Virgil Morgan with a plaque for 40 years of dedication to the lone athletic program. -Photo by Theresa Crawford Virgil Morgan was recently honored with a plaque for his 40 years of dedication to the lone athletic pro gram. Morgan first began running the clock for lone’s basketball games in 1969, Jim Swanson’s senior year. Since that first year, he has ran the clocks, kept the stats, refereed, kept books, ran chains, and anything else needed for any sporting event in lone. The bottom of the plaque reads: “Virgil, stop the clock.” The inscription is in reference to an old time clock that lone used to have that had a malfunction and would not stop running. Morgan would always say “1 am trying” and then, with the right touch, it would stop. Free child safety seat clinic to be held Kennedy Keaton Burleigh - Brian and Lind say Burleigh of Gresham announce the birth of a daugh ter, Kennedy Keaton Burleigh, on February 3, 2009. She was bom at 6:17 a.m. and weighed eight pounds, A free Child Safety Seat Clinic will be held at the four ounces and was 20 V* inches in length. Kinzua Site (Heppner Fire Station #2) on Saturday, Kennedy joins her two year old sister, Addison February Mill 2 1, from noon-4 p.m. Kinuza Mill Site is located Paige Burleigh. at Mile Post 43 on Highway 74 in Heppner. Grandparents are Phil and Dianne Greif of For more information call Gillian at the Morrow Elgin, Vicki Greif of Gresham, and Jeff and Cheryl County Sheriff’s Office at 676-5317 or contact The Child Burleigh of Lake Oswego. Safety Resource Center at 800-722-1315 or visit them Gabrielle Ann Wagenblast - Sara and David online at www.childsafetyseat.org. Wagenblast of Spokane, WA announce the birth of a daughter, Gabrielle Ann Wagenblast. She was born on January 15, 2009 at Holy A Farmer’s Market Organization meeting will be Family Hospital in Spokane. At birth she weighed eight held Thursday, February 26 at 5 p.m. at City Hall. Anyone pounds, seven ounces and was 20 inches in length. interested in this organization is welcome to attend. She joins a 20 month old sister, Jocelyn Wagen blast. Grandparents are Steve and Vicki Wagenblast of Lexington and Paul and Jan Machtolf of Spokane. Great-grandparents are Frances Bardenhagen of The Members of Mor held at the Stable Restau Dalles, Lee Wagenblast of Hermiston, and Ann and row County Creative Arts rant at 1 p.m. as a no-host Tom Machtolf of Spokane. and Crafts are making plans luncheon. Walton Workshops for the St. Pat’s sale at Les Schwab Tire Center in the is also being planned for store front. The sale will be April 20-22 at the Fair An held Friday, March 13, and nex. The cost is $45 per day. Classes must be paid in Willow Creek Valley Economic Development Saturday, March 14. advance and payment is due Those who have sold Group will host this week’s Chamber Luncheon Meeting on February 19. WCVEDG will also be holding their an before may contact Betty at the February 26 meeting nual meeting. The meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. - 1 Christman at 989-8534 to let to ensure that payment to her know how much space the artist can be made by p.m. at the Senior Center. Guest speaker Kimberly Lindsay will be speaking is needed. Those interested March 1. A mountain painting in the sale can attend the on the Secured Residential Treatment Facility. February 26 meeting for of Mt. Hood with a green meadow is planned. details. The meeting will be St. Patrick’s Parish members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, February 25. The menu will include scram bled eggs with assorted meats, hash browns, tomato juice, The Hospital Foun and the Earl and Hazel Wil stewed apples, biscuits and gravy, and cinnamon rolls. dation, at its recent annual son scholarships. All appli meeting, elected officers cants will be considered for and directors for the com both scholarships. However, only one Wolff Scholarship ing years. The directors of the is awarded each year. So, ( ^ 278 N. Main, Heppner foundation are Betty Brown, after determining the winner / We se ll Residences. Ranches, and Recreation Linda Larue, Melissa Lind of the Wolff scholarship, the say, Sheree Mahoney, Larry rest of the applications will (541) 676-5049, (541) 980-3465 Mills, Shannon Miller, and be considered for the Wilson www.heritageland.net,www.farmseller.com Glen Ward. Officers elected Scholarships. www.eastoregonrealestate.com The criteria for both were Larry Mills, presi of these scholarships are: the dent, Shannon Miller, vice South Morrow County’s Number One Real Estate Company president, and Linda Larue, applicant must be a resident treasurer. of Morrow County for six The Hospital Foun months at the time of ap dation has two scholarships plication; students must be "W here Friends M eet” available: the Dr. Wallace pursuing or intending to WolfTMemorial Scholarship pursue a career in a health Farmer’s market organization meeting to be held M.C. Creative Arts and Crafts planning for St. Pat’s WCVEDG to host Chamber lunch meeting Senior Center Menu % HEPPNER ELKS 358 6 7 6 -9 1 8 1 Virginia C. Jepsen Wood nent home was in Skokie, 1L, north of Chicago. She was Virginia C. Jepsen very active in the Trinity Lu Wood, 73, died Wednesday, theran Church in Evanston, February 4, 2009. IL. She was very V ir g in ia dedicated, serving Jepsen was bom in as a Sunday School Heppner on Janu teacher for more ary 31, 1936. She than 25 years for was the 6th child three generation of o f M atilda and young children. Walter Jepsen and She is sur spent her young vived by: her hus life on the Rhea Virginia C. band of 42 years, Creek Farm, lived Jepsen Henry Wood of Wood on a farm on Rhea Skokie IL; eight Creek, 12 miles brothers and sis from lone. ters, Elsie Baca of Fallston, A guardian angel MD, Laura “Betty” Mault placed her in a very lov of Coos Bay, Robert “Bob” ing home with Helen and Jepsen of Heppner, John Fred Nelson when she was Jepsen of lone, Mary Holtz a teenager. She graduated of Federal Way, WA, Anna from lone High School and Larson of Portland, Frank Emanuel School of Nursing Jepsen of Milton-Freewater, in Portland. She worked as and Evelyn Elder of Eu a RN for Broadway Medi gene. cal Clinic and Providence A memorial service Hospital operating room in was held on February 14, Portland. 2009 at Trinity Lutheran She married Henry Church, 3637 Golf Road, Wood on September 24, Evanston, IL 60203. 1966, leaving Portland for In lieu of flowers, Ohio and Illinois with job memorials may be sent to transfers. Her most perma Trinity Lutheran Church. Donna’s Tribute walk to be held March 14 The Donna Schon- Bucksbags.com. After log bachler Tribute fundraiser for Heppner Home Health or Heppner Hospice is off and running strong. The event will start off with a social hour at 8:30 a.m. at the Methodist Church on March 14, the Saturday morning of the Heppner St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. A short walk will follow at 9:30 a.m. around Heppner. All pre-registered t-shirts have been ordered. Anyone who has not ordered a t-shirt but wishes to can do so by going online to ging on, go to the spirit store and type in the username “Donna” and the password “Tribute”. The cost for the t-shirt is $10. Donations for Don na’s Tribute can be sent to Home Health or Hospice at Heppner Pioneer Memo rial Home Health/Hospice, Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836 through March. For more informa tion contact Susie Hisler at 676-5878, Kelly Boyer at 989-8510, or Kathi Dicken son at 676-9932. Heppner Legion Auxiliary News The Heppner Legion Auxiliary met February 10 to initiate two new members. Installing officer was Jean Strange. A meeting was held after the initiation and several projects were discussed for the upcoming months. One project in the works involves gathering names and addresses of local men and women in the military. Anyone with names and addresses is welcome to share them with the Auxiliary. A potluck is planned for March to commemorate the 90th birthday of the American Legion. Pioneer Memorial Hospital care scholarships available related field; applicants need for financial assis ^ Heritage Land Co. ■ r fjr .: Obituaries 142 N o r t h M a i n H eppner BPOE #358 Elks Annual Event must enroll in an appropriate school and course of study that will encompass a period of at least three months. The scholarship application must include the following information: the applicants age; fam ily status; personal goals; future employment plans; education background; em ployment background; and personal and employment references. The application also needs to include a brief personal budget reflecting tance, a personal letter stat ing why the applicant feels the scholarship should be granted, two letters of refer ence, and a current academic transcript. If the applicant has received a scholarship previously, a letter with edu cational update and grades must be included for the time frame applicable. Scholarship applica tions are due March 15 and should be sent to Pioneer Memorial Hospital Founda tion, P.O. Box 515, Heppner, OR 97836. FFA Alumni meeting to be held An FFA Alumni Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 24, at 7 p.m. in the Ag room at Heppner High School. Exalted Ruler Josh Coiner and his wife Melissa, cordially invite you to atten d the 1 1 2 th Elks Annual Event February 2 1 , 2 0 0 9 Ladies Tea and Social 2:30 p.m. Lodge 3:00 p.m. Dinner 6:30 p.m Baron of Beef & Pork Tenderloin Music and Dancing to follow Dress is Western or semi dressy Kinzua Mill Site (Heppner Fire station # 2 ) Mile Post 43, Hwy 74, Heppner Saturday, February 21, 12:00-4:00 P.M. Child Safety Seat Grief Recovery Group For those who have experienced the death of a spouse W h e n : L e b ru a rq 23, 20 0 9 imc: 6 :3 0 p.m. V V b e re : P lo n e e r M e m o r ia l H o s p i t H o s p ic e T r a in in g R o o m ; 4 out of 5 child safety seats are incorrectly used. Is Your child riding ssfely? Local Child Passenger Safety Seat Technicians can check your child’s safety seat during the free clinic. For more information call 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -5 3 1 7 o n th e lo w e r level 3 6 4 - P i o n e e r R )riv e H eppner 4 ^
