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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 17,2010 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC 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 K-mail: editorfurapidserve net or davidiurapidserve 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 $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 504 per word Cost tor Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5 75 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 Obituaries Obituaries are published in the Heppner G T 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 written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor M UST be signed by the author The Heppner G T wiH not publish unsigned letters All letters M UST include the author's address and phone number for use by the GT office The G T reserves the right to edit letters The G T 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. Wyden to hold town meeting in Boardman ~ HEPPNER - Jessie Murl "Stubby” Rogers, 98, of Heppner died Saturday, February 13, 2010 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. At her request no public service will be held. She was bom September 27, 1911 at McMin nville, Oregon the daughter of Frank and Cora Kilgore High. She attended Walnut Hill School in McMinnville through the eighth grade. On July 3, 1926 she married Kenneth Buck Rogers. Shortly after their marriage they built their own home on 20 acres between Yamhill and New berg where they lived and loved for almost 60 years. It was a loving home where family and friends would stop by and have a meal and visit. Their door was always open and a wel come always ready. She spent her life raising and loving kids, dogs, calves, and chickens; whoever and whatever needed her. They lived there until Buck’s death in Feb ruary of 1996. After the death of her husband. Stubby moved to Eastern Oregon to live with her great-nephew Thomas L. Camarillo. She settled with Tom and his family in lone, Oregon. She remained with them until 2004 when she moved to the Willow Creek Assisted Living Facility in Heppner. Memorial contributions may be made to Wil low Creek Terrace Assisted Living, 400 Frank Gilliam Drive, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Kollman joins Community Bank U.S. Senator Ron Wyden will hold a town meet ing on Sunday, February 21, at 1 p.m. at the Port of Mor row’s riverfront room in Boardman. For more information call 541-330-9142. Chamber lunch meeting to be held This week’s cham ber lunch meeting will be held at the City Hall begin ning at noon. On the agenda will be a conference call with Representative Greg Smith. Willow Creek Din er will be catering the lunch. The cost for lunch is $9. Upcoming m eet ings February 25: Mi crosoft Windows 7 pre sentation by Pat Struthers during C ham ber Lunch meeting. There will also be a Windows 7 presentation offered to the community at 7 p.m. at City Hall. March 4: “All Enti ties” Reports March 11: County update ¡Ò intizz 6 h.m The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name o f the sender along w ith a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card o f Thanks” at a cost o f $ 10. No shortage of food to Heppner A representative from CAPECO (Community Ac tion Program East Central Oregon), Karen Wagner, spoke recently to the Chamber of Commerce and an article was written in the Gazette-Times regarding her comments on food distribution and supply in our area. To state some facts and ease some people’s minds, we would like to let you know that you have a very secure food supply coming into Heppner. We have a total of seven to nine trucks of food supplies arriving weekly to service our grocery store. At no time has there ever been a shortage of food or beverage. Yes, from time to time we sell out of certain items, but we can assure you that you will continue to have food supplies in Hep pner. The distribution center that delivers the majority of our groceries is URM, a wholesale distribution center in Spokane, WA. This distributor supplies groceries to over 350 grocery stores and also services many restaurants and small delis. There is no shortage of food or trucks to Hep pner. Also to reply to the comment that “we have the first generation of kids who are going to live shorter lives than their parents” is ridiculous. Our children and grand children will live longer, healthier lives because of the production of healthy varieties of fresh foods including organics which are widely available. This recent message from CAPECO seems like another scare tactic from the government to make you, as a small town citizen, feel less secure. This grant of $350,000 in stimulus funds would be better spent by distributing it to the East Central Oregon communities... better yet, give it back and pay down the deficit. As you local grocery store we are proud to serve you, our community, and surrounding areas and we always welcome your input and suggestions. Bert and Kim Houweling Heppner Family Foods Let it be a change for the better 113th &âô ‘¡ P rim s Letters to the Editor ~ An open house was held at Community Bank on Tuesday, February 16, for new branch manager Amy Kollman. Prior to working at Community Bank, Kollman worked for nine years as a bookkeeper for Les Schwab in Heppner. She also worked for seven years at Bank of Eastern Oregon. Amy and her husband Brian have three children: Rylee, Evan, and Irelynn. - Photo by Autumn Morgan The Lexington Town Council wants to get a dif ferent city hall, but not provide a fire hall for “our” fire department. I believe the town council should hold a town hall meeting and see and listen to what the citizens of the town want. Don’t you? I believe the town council should provide a building for at least two of our fire trucks and all of the equipment that goes with the fire department. After all, it is the Town of Lexington Fire Department. If we are going to change, let it be a change for the better for the whole town and all of the citizens. John Edwards Lexington Saturday, ¡feßmwty, 2Cth Wolff named to dean’s List M M _________ at Gonzaga University Irish Road Bowling to HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 "Where Friends Meet" 142 North Main Kelsey M. Wolff, a sophomore from Heppner, was among the 710 students named to the Gonzaga Uni versity Dean’s List for fall semester 2009. Students must earn a 3.5 to 3.69 grade-point average to be listed. Healy delivers quilts to DHS February Special- 50% OFF Selected Items! S ee our selection g t iS x . P atr ic k ’ s D a y S w eatshirts New Items! % Mu/tttuj'i Dfflig Vance Kitira Candles New Picture Frames New Spring Gifts 217 North Main • Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Heppner, Lexington 6, Ione Helps Keep the Heat On Winter can be the most expensive time of the year. During the winter more accidents, more illness, a higher rate of unemployment and increased utility costs occur. For people who normally live on the brink, these types of added expenses can easily push them into financial crisis. CAPECO strives to deflect some of these costs of high heating bills for eligible households in south Morrow County by delivering the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP). Eligible households may receive a one-time payment which is paid to their heating vendor. Eligibility is based on the household total gross income for the last 30 days. For one person the income level would be $ 1,757 two people $2,298, three people $2,839, four people $3,380; five people $3,921; six people $4,461. There is an increase of $101.42 for each additional household member. CAPECO personnel will be in Heppner on Wednesday, 2/24/10. If you wish to apply for assistance you may do so by calling 1-800-752-1139, ext 121. Gwen Healy displays the quilts she made for the Department of Human Services. DHS gives the blankets to children when they are taken to foster care. Healy delivered eight blankets on Tuesday to DHS. She has been making quilts for the past 30 years. - Photo by Autumn Morgan Community Bank Introduces Our New Hermiston and Heppner Mortgage Originator be held March 14 H e p p n e r’s Irish Road Bowling event will draw the St. Patrick’s Day weekend celebration to a close on Sunday, March 14. Participants in this fifth-year event will gather on Sunday afternoon before the 1:30 activity commenc es. Participants must be 18 years old or older. This Irish sport that dates back to the 1600’s was played in America by the Irish troops in West Virginia during the Civil War. In recent years, a resurgence of interest in the sport has developed in both Ireland and the United States. Hep- p n er’s event has gained popularity since it was first offered in 2006, and entries are limited, so interested persons should pick up en try forms at the Chamber of Commerce office and return them, filled out, soon. Teams o f two to four members compete over a course of approximately one mile by tossing the iron-and-steel “bowls” that weigh 28-ounce and are slightly smaller in diameter than a tennis ball. The team that completes the course with the fewest tosses wins. In 2006, 2008 and 2009, teams of four won. In 2007, a team o f two won the competition. Each partici pant must pay $5 to play. The purse is then divided, with half going into the St. Patrick’s weekend fund and half being divided among the top three teams. Names of the winning team’s mem bers will be added to the trophy that is on display at City Hall. The starting point o f the course will be de termined and that informa tion will be available at the Information Booth on Main Street on Saturday, March 13. 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