TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 17,2010
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Wyden to hold town
meeting in Boardman
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. Details will also
be announced at the Satur
day-morning Coffee Hour.
Spectators are welcome at
the event but are cautioned
to remain a safe distance
from the action because the
bowls are heavy and have
been known to break bones
in unfortunate situations.
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