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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 18, 2010 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner G A Z E T T E -T IM E S 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. E-mail: editor(o)rapidserve.net or david'urapidserve 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 Morgan.............................................................................................. Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m Cost for a display ad is $5 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 $5.75 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 (he bme of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after Iasi date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: 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 written 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. Member’s son from Morrow County wins Union Plus scholarship Welsh, the AFSCME A d vantage Coordinator for the natio n al union in W ashington, D.C., stated that G rego ry’s application was evaluated according to academic ability, character, letters of Jacob re c o m m e n d a tio n G r e g o r y is th e and a 500-word es son o f Local 2479 Jacob Greg (M orrow C ounty) ory hopes to say. Overall, the 121 member Alan Greg be a heavy scholarship winners ory. He graduated e q u i p m e n t represented 42 dif from Heppner High and c r a n e f e re n t A F L -C IO S c h o o l th is p a s t o p e r a t o r . unions. G regory’s -Contributed s c h o la r s h ip w as June. S u s a n Photo worth $500. J a c o b G re g o ry , the son o f an Oregon AF- SCME member, is one o f 121 recipi ents nationwide o f a Union Plus Edu cation Foundation Scholarship. $11 million bond to appear on Boardman November ballot The Board o f Di rectors for the Boardman Rural Fire Protection Dis tric t voted unanim ously in favor of placing an $11 million General Obligation Bond on the November 2, 2010, ballot at its regular board m eeting Thursday evening. W ith voter a p proval o f the funds, the dis trict would build a new fire station, pay off its current debt obligation, and replace an aging ladder truck While an attem pt to pass a similar bond two years ago narrowly failed, board member Jerry John son is optimistic the com m unity w ill support the bond this time around. “We are good stew ards o f the tax payer’s mon ey, and have never asked for funds beyond what they already pay towards having the district,” Johnson said. “We are not increasing the amount we asked for last time. We are convinced the new fire station would bring added value to the commu nity in a myriad o f ways, especially as a long term training center, and would be something we could all be truly proud of.” Twelve years ago, by a vote of the people, the Boardman Rural Fire Pro tection District annexed the City o f Boardman to create a more efficient fire depart ment. In the years since, the BRFPD has seen its community and fire district grow beyond its expecta tions. The current BRFPD building is at m axim um capacity. Built in 1973, it was remodeled in 1998 to help with growth. Since the station was originally built, Sam Boardman Elementary and Windy River Elemen tary have been constructed across the street. There is no room for expansion at the current location. A new sta tion would include updated training facilities that could be utilized by the BRFPD and other local emergency services. A key component in the board’s view is the opportunity this funding could provide for a Fire Sci- ence/EMT college program. In this type o f program, 15 students work and live at the fire station on an internship, which is a requirement for their degrees. At the same time, these students would also do shift work while at the station and provide em ergency fire and EMS calls when not attending classes. These interns could aid staffing levels at the district, which could then potentially provide 24/7 service, 365 days a year, to the community without having to pay for additional staff. The current structure does not have room for this type of program. Community Bible Church to host m ission’s presentation The Community Bible Church in Lexington will host a mission's presentation by Kellie Hodges on August Ladies Play Day was held on Tuesday, August 22 at 6 p.m. Hodges is with a group o f young adults in Vir 10, at the Willow Creek Country Club. Results are as ginia on a mission trip and will be returning Saturday. follows: Sunday evening she will be sharing with the community August 10 Low gross of the field was Nancy Propheter. Low the impact this trip has made. The evening promises to net of the field was Pat Dougherty. Least Putts o f the Field be entertaining, encouraging and enlightening. The evening will include a recap o f the mission was Virginia Grant. work completed, special m uiil performed by Hodges, and Flight A winners: low gross was Jan Paustian. Flight C winners: low gross was Luvilla Son- some group singing, followed by refreshments. Community Bible Church is located at 160 “B” stegard. Street in Lexington. Ladies Play Day Results Former HHS grad spending summer break volunteering in Guatemalan clinics, classrooms For many college students, summer break is a time for flipping burgers at a part-time job or lounging by an outdoor pool. Hep pner resident and Seattle Pacific University freshman Sarah Ballard’s experience is currently a bit different as she is spending part of her sum m er break on a short-term mission project in Guatemala. Ballard is spending August 9 through Septem ber 6 working with America L atin a, an o rg an iz atio n fo cu sed on health care, e d u c atio n , and co m m u nity outreach in Guatemala. A lo n g w ith e ig h t o th er students, she is volunteer ing in a number o f differ ent program s, including medical clinics and school classrooms. Ballard’s trip is part o f SPRINT (Seattle Pacific Reachout International), a short-term m issions pro gram for students. SPRINT has been organizing student short-term mission trips all over the world for the past 24 years. Students m ust raise their own money for airfare, training, room and board, and team expenses. Founded in 1891, Seattle Pacific University is a p rem iere C h ristian university that equips peo ple to engage the culture and change the world. Its com prehensive academ ic program serves 4,000 un dergraduate and graduate students. Safety corridor between Irrigon and Umatilla to receive safety improvements A s ix -m ile s e c tion o f the Columbia River Highway (US 730) between Irrigon and Umatilla was designated a traffic safety corridor in 2003. The safety corridor signage along the route helps raise awareness o f the a re a ’s high crash rate and is a reminder for motorists to use extra cau tion. Since the route re c e iv e d the d e sig n a tio n , the Oregon Department o f Transportation and other transportation stakehold ers have been working to secure funding for safety im p ro v em en t alo n g the route. 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More project information will be relayed later this year. “Because it takes time to design and secure funding for long term im provem ents, labeling the highway section as a safety corridor was a first steps in helping to improve traffic safety,” said ODOT Public Inform ation Officer Tom Strandberg. “The ‘safety cor rid o r’ and ‘lights on for safety’ signs are meant to encourage motorists to pay closer attention to traffic laws and drive more cau tiously,” Strandberg said. Safety corridors are stretches of state and local highways with an incidence o f traffic crashes higher than the statewide average for that type o f roadway. In n o rth e a st O r egon there are two separate safety corridors, the one on U.S. 730 and another on O regon H ighw ay 11 between Milton-Freewater and the W ashington state line. A dozen highway sec tions are designated safety corridors throughout the state. For m ore inform a tion on O regon’s Traffic Safety Corridor Program, including a safety corridor in fo rm atio n al brochure, visit the ODOT Web site at w w w .oregon.gov/O D O T/ TS/roadw ay safety, shtm 1. Office desk, credenza and chair Nearly brand new All for only $850 Contact David Sykes Heppner Gazette-Times • 541-676-9228 / Obituaries Neita Lucile McGhee N e i t a L u c i l e ning full-time ministry in M c G h e e d ie d A u g u s t Toronto, KS. After serving 9, 2010 in her hom e in faithfully together in four to Clarkes, Oregon of five churches in the pancreatic cancer Kansas Conference at the age o f 92. o f the church they S e rv ic e s w ill be m oved to O regon held in the Canby in 1957 where they Church of the Naza- s e rv e d c h u rc h e s rene on August 19, in Yoncalla, H ep at 1 p.m. pner, C ave Ju n c Neita Lucile M r s . tio n and W ilder- McGhee M cG hee w as the ville, and M olalla wife o f Rev. Austin and Clarkes. Both L. M cG hee w ho served A ustin and N eita fell in as pastor o f the Heppner love with the beauty and the United M ethodist Church people o f the Clarkes area, from 1960 to 1962. While and retired there together in Heppner, She played the on three acres with a beauti organ at the church, taught ful view o f Mt. Hood. Mr. Sunday School, helped with McGhee died on June 17, youth group functions and 1989 after a long struggle was active in the Methodist with Parkinson’s disease. Women’s Society o f Chris Neita was an excel tian Service (WSCS). lent pianist and known for Neita was bom as her love of poetry and the Neita Lucile Foiles on De m any quotes that were a cember 12, 1917 in a Meth part of her daily life. She odist parsonage in Fulton, often wrote poems for her KS. She was the daughter of family on their birthdays Rev. Earl Raymond Foiles and special occasions and and his wife Esther Rachel wrote very well. She did the (Whitwam). Her father was daily crossword everyday also a minister o f the Meth over the last 20 years and odist Church. had an amazing knowledge She married Austin o f the m odern w orld be Leonard M cGhee on De cause o f it. cember 12, 1935 (her 18,h Mrs. McGhee was birthday). They were mar preceded in death by: her ried for over 50 years. Their h u sb a n d ; her only son, first pastorate was in a small Larry A. McGhee; her par church in Parker, CO which ents; and brother, Charles they served while he attend Foiles. ed Iliff School of Theology She is survived by: in Denver. Because this was her sister Earline Foiles o f the midst o f the depression Iola, KS; four daughters and the church was hard pressed their spouses, M elba and to pay them - so they also Harold Hauser o f G resh ran the local Parker News am, C heryl and Rodney newspaper, setting the type Ayers o f Lynchberg, VA, by hand on a linotype from Dana and Don Reynolds of their basem ent. The cur Woodbum, and Kerry and rent 2010 Parker News is John Rietmann of lone; 14 printed in a modem build grandchildren; and numer ing across the street from ous great-grandchildren. the old parsonage. M e m o ria ls m ay > Mrs. McGhee and be m ade to the O regon her husband also ran a news Parkinson Foundation or paper in LaMonte, MO for the Providence Willamette a few years before begin Falls Hospice Program. Valetta Jo Burt A memorial gath partner Larissa of Heppner; ering for Valetta Jo Burt sister, Janet O ’Connor and will be held at 10 her husband Jim of a.m. Saturday, Au Moscow, ID; broth gust 21, 2010 at the er, Lael Umbarger Heppner City Park. and his w ife Kris Mrs. Burt, 65, died o f Reno, NV; six T hursday, July 1, grandchildren; and 2010 at Fleppner. n u m e ro u s n iec e s and nephew s and She is sur vived by: her hus cousins. Valetta Jo M em o rial band, A1 B urt o f Burt Heppner; sons, Al contributions may be made to Pioneer fred C. Burt and his wife Jeannie of Chapel Hill, Memorial Long Term Care TN, Tony Burt o f Portland, Unit, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, and A ndy B urt and his Oregon 97836. Britt completes ABA financial course S h e lli B ritt, a c ABA program. I congratu counting assistant at Bank late her on this accomplish o f Eastern Oregon, recently m en t,” said J e ff B ailey, received an Ameri president and CEO c a n I n s titu te o f o f the bank. “ I appreci Banking & Finance D ip lo m a , w h ic h ate the o rg a n iz a was awarded by The tion’s willingness to continue investing Am erican Bankers Association. To re in my career. I am looking forward to ceive the diploma, putting into prac B ritt c o m p le te d , Shelli Britt over a two-year on tice new skills I’ve learned to provide line study program, 11 courses to include prin the best service and con ciples of banking, analyzing tinued commitment to the financial statements, finan bank," said Britt. cial accounting, economics B ritt s ta rte d her for bankers, law and bank ban k in g c a re e r in 1992 ing applications, consumer as a teller in the Heppner lending, general account branch. She also provided ing, accounting 1, business se rv ic es as v au lt teller, communications, business operations supervisor, and law, and teller update. loan processing, until she “The bank would transferred to the operations like to acknowledge Shelli’s center in her current ac dedication and perseverance counts payable position. in completing the rigorous Shelli and her hus coursework and obtaining band, Rick, live in Heppner her diplom a through the and they have two sons. Community Lunch Menu Christian Life Center members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, August 25, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The menu will include beef enchiladas, rice and beans, green salad, fruit juice, hot rolls, and flan.
