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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 27,2010 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner 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. E-mail: editoniiirapidserve.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 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 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 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. Auditions for Missoula Children’s Theatre production to be held Picture from last year's performance of the Princess and the Pea in lone are dust bunnies (L-R) Marlee Mitchell, Cody Fletcher, Eva Martin and Gracie Orem. -Contributed Photo An audition w ill be held for the M issoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) production of Alice in Won derland on M onday, N o vember 8, in the Heppner High School cafeteria. Those auditioning should arrive by 4 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. There are roles for those students Kinder garten through 12th grade. Approximately 50-60 local students will be cast to ap pear in the show with the MCT Tour Actor/Director. Some o f the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately fol lowing the audition. Among the roles to be cast are three Alices of varying size, her sister Mar garet, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the Queen o f Hearts, the King o f Hearts, the Knave o f Hearts, the Cheshire Cats, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Flower Band, Cards and Lobsters. S tu d e n ts, K in d e rg a rte n through 12th grades are enco u rag ed to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Assistant direc tors will also be cast to aid in rehearsals throughout the week and to take on essential backstage respon sibilities. The Missoula Chil dren’s Theatre touring pro ductions are complete with costum es, scenery, props and makeup. MCT Tour Ac- tor/Directors will conduct rehearsals Monday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each day. A full dress rehearsal will be held Friday at 3 p.m. Alice in Wonder land will be presented on Friday, November 12, at 7 p.m. in the Heppner High School Cafeteria. The Mis soula C hildren’s Theatre residency in H eppner is made possible by the Mor row County Unified Recre ation District with support from Heppner Friends o f the Library. For more infor mation, call Kami Combe at 541-676-0995. Community Lunch Menu St. Patrick’s Parish members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, November 3, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The menu will include tuna salad sandwiches, com chowder, green salad with tomatoes, fruit cocktail, and apple crisp. Menu is subject to change. Don't forget Halloween! This Sunday October 31st W e have- Fun things to W ear Candy & More! Yo cream flavors of the week! -Country Vanilla -Boysenberry Check out the new Mustang sweatshirts Go Mustangs! D r in k S p e c ia l s ! Chocolate Truffle Mocha $3.25 Gingerbread Chai Tea $3.00 Chicken Noodle Soup $4.00 M umujm Djtuf 217 North Main • Heppner • Phone 676 91 SO • Floral 676-942« Serving Heppner, Lexington A lone I Arthur Eldon Kelley Lee Ellen McLeod Wagenblast Arthur Eldon Kel roaming the mountains and ley was reunited with his valley’s of Eastern Oregon, beloved wife Irene on Oc W ashington, and Idaho, h u n tin g , fish in g , tober 21, 2010. He and living o ff the passed away at his land. There were no home after a valiant “ vacations” at the battle with Parkin Kelley home, only son’s Disease at the hunting and fish age o f 85 years. ing trips and all o f A rt w as bom on December Arthur Eldon the holiday dinners Kelley ultimately centered 25, 1924 in Girard, around the latest KS to parents, Carl and Mina Kelley. Part o f his “hunt” or “secret” fishing childhood was spent in Mc hole story. Art definitely Call, ID where Art devel passed his love o f the out oped a lifelong passion for doors, hunting, and fishing hunting and fishing as well on to his sons. as many wonderful memo Art was preceded ries. Art graduated from in death by: his wife, Irene; Pendleton High School and son, Gary; brother, Gene; then served in the United and his parents, Carl and States Navy during WWI1. Mina. After the War, Art attended He is survived by: Eastern Oregon State Col six children, Corinne, Mi lege, where he met his wife chael, D avid, K athleen, o f 59 years, Irene VanBev- Daniel, and Timothy; nine eren. g ran d c h ild re n , M organ, Art and Irene lived Ben, Jam es, K ate, Erin, in Pilot Rock for 15 years. Dustan, Emerald, Rebecca, He worked at Pilot Rock and Brittany; four great Lum ber where he devel grandchildren, Morgan III, oped much o f his know l Zoe, M arlin, and Lailla; edge of the lumber indus brother, Jack Kelley and try, which helped him im wife Vickie, Pendleton; and mensely in his next career 16 nieces and nephews. The family appre in the real estate business. A rt and Irene m oved to ciates Dr. John and Dr. Hermiston in 1961 where Ricketts of Hermiston, and Art started his real estate the staff o f the Willowbrook business, specializing in Terrace Nursing Home in farms and ranches. Art was Pendleton, for all o f their very successful and was special care and help to one o f the few fortunate Art in his final days. The people who get to work at family also appreciates the som ething they love. Art wonderful neighbors and was also a wheat rancher friends who were so good h im s e lf in the H eppner to Art and the family. A memorial service area. He owned a ranch at the top o f Blackhorse Can will be held on Saturday, yon, now owned by Colin November 6, at 1 p.m. at Anderson, and also a ranch Bums Mortuary Chapel in at 8 mile, now owned by Hermiston. A private fam ily John Flynn. Art and Irene raised burial will be held at the a family of 7 children. Aside H erm iston C em etery in from family, Art’s greatest Hermiston. love was hunting and fish- T he c o n d o le n c e ing. Irene always said that book can be signed at www. Art was bom in the wrong burnsm ortuaryherm iston. century, as he should have com. been a “Mountain Man” in Bums Mortuary o f the 1800’s and would have Hermiston is in charge o f loved nothing more than the arrangements. Operation Christmas Child Gift Box Project underway This year Willow Creek Baptist Church will be p a rtic ip a tin g in O p eration C hristm as Child, an international m inistry o f Franklin Graham with the Sam aritan’s Purse or ganization. Operation C hrist mas Child’s goal is to share the love o f C h rist w ith hurting children around the world in over 130 countries. L ast year, eight m illion children received shoe box gifts through OCC. Gift- filled shoe boxes are distrib uted to those most needy, who otherwise would not receive any Christmas gift. S h o e b o x e s a re stuffed with toys, school supplies, candy, practical hygiene items and neces sities. Anyone interested is more than welcome to participate. Boxes can be brought to Willow Creek Church any Sunday on or before the morning o f Sun day, November 21. There also is a drop box at Keith and Deana Price’s home at 565 NW Gale Street. The boxes w ill be d eliv ered to Pendleton, one o f 2700 drop off locations around the United States. Anyone who would like to participate by pack ing a gift box or have any questions can contact Re becca Jepsen at 541-676- 5244. You can also visit the website at www.samari- tanspurse.org. Lee Ellen McLeod Wagenblast, 90, a longtime L exington-area resident, passed away at her home at Rose Arbor Assisted Liv ing in Hermiston, Monday, O ctober 25, 2010. M rs. W agenblast’s funeral will be at the lone Community Church at 11 a.m. on Sat urday, October 30, with in ternment at the Grass Valley Cemetery at 3 p.m. Lee was bom Au gust 25,1920, to Alexander and Zeta Andrews McLeod on her grandparents’ home stead outside o f Kent. The youngest daughter, she had four older sisters and three younger brothers. She at tended country schools, arriving by buggy, sleigh, or h o rse b a c k g iv en the weather, before moving to Moro in the eighth grade, g ra d u a tin g from M oro High in 1939. While a high schooler, Lee lettered in volleyball and half-court basketball. She met her fu ture husband, Alvin Wagen blast, at a T hanksgiving dance in Grass Valley. Lee and Alvin mar ried September 15,1940, at her parents’ home in Moro and lived in The D alles before A lvin’s enlistm ent as a cadet pilot in the Army Air Force. Lee traveled with Alvin during his training for two years, moving from air base to air base throughout the U nited States. A fter the war, the W agenblasts moved back to The Dalles, buying a ranch below Lex ington on Willow Creek in 1949, L ee’s home for the next 58 years. A wonderful story teller with an exceptionally w ell-developed sense o f humor, Lee was also very active in club work as a member o f the Lexington Grange, the Rebeccas, and the garden club. She taught Ecumenical Youth Group to hold bake sale The Ecumenical Youth Group will hold a bake sale on Friday, October 29, in front of Les Schwab Tire Center from 8-11 a.m. Bake sale to benefit Veterans9 Christmas Gift Shop to be held The American Le gion Auxiliary ladies will hold a bake sale on Friday, October 29, in front o f Hep pner Fam ily Food Store. All proceeds will go to pur chase gifts for the Veterans’ Christmas Gift Shop. The project has been dubbed “The Noel Spirit.” The Noel Spirit is loading its cars with new gift items on its way to the Veterans Home in The Dall es where they will be added to other items donated by other Auxiliary Units from around the area. This pro gram enables all veterans to Christmas shop for their family. The gift shop will be held December 4. A fter a room has been decorated in the Christ The next Morrow County Fair Board meeting will mas spirit, if able, the veter be held on November 21 at 5 p.m. at the fairgrounds. ans come and pick out gifts Fair board meeting announced Sunday School, was in- volved with the Heppner PTA during her sons’ school years, and never missed her children’s games in Hep pner nor, later, her grand children’s games in lone. Lee was at Cape Canaveral to w itness the launch o f the final flight of Apollo 13 and traveled extensively throughout North America. Her greatest love was fam ily, though, and spent much o f her time with her sisters and friends, some of whom she knew her full 90 years. Lee was preceded in death by: her husband Al vin; her parents, Alexander and Zeta; her sisters Anne S tev en s, H elen K ruger, Marie Martin, and Patricia Corw in; brothers, David and A lexander M cLeod; and great-grandchild Keira Wagenblast. She is survived by: her son S teven and his wife Vicki o f Lexington; son John o f the P h ilip pines; brother Corliss and wife Harriet o f Vancouver; sister-in-law Mary McLeod o f Gresham; niece Janice M artin W heelhouse and husband Jay o f Hermiston; nephew Bill M cLeod and wife Cathy o f Hermiston; numerous other nieces and nephews; seven grandchil dren, Amy Schmitt and hus band Ray o f Medical Lake, David Wagenblast and wife Sara o f Spokane, Becky Wagenblast, o f Lexington, Alexander W agenblast of Scottsdale, AZ, Charles and wife Kathryn o f Spokane Valley, Seth W agenblast o f A ustin, TX, and Max Wagenblast o f Tennessee; and 10 great-grandchildren. She will be dearly missed by all. Sweeney Mortuary o f Heppner is in charge of the arrangements. for their entire family. If the veteran is unable to attend the festivities, gift items are loaded on a cart and taken to their room where they are able to choose. These are then wrapped and mailed if necessary at no charge to the veteran. The Auxiliary will accept donations from any one who would like to par ticipate in this program . Items requested are towel sets, costume jewelry, wal lets and small kids’ toys. A good rule to follow is anything that you would like to receive as a gift. Items can be dropped off at the Neighborhood Center through November 9. For more informa tion contact Evelyn Sweek at 541-676-9483 or Joyce Ward at 541-676-9195. Kinzua Lunch Group meets Rita Van Schoiack Financial Advisor • Investment Management • Retirement Plan “Rollovers” • Retirement Planning • IRA’s • Tax Advantaged Investments • Bonds, Stocks , Mutual Funds • Investment Consulting and Guidance • Investments for Retirement Income The Kinzua Lunch Group met at the Apple Ped dler in Prineville October 15. Those attending were Ada and Ernie Schell, Cenone Benson, Lavelle and Mark Jel- lick, Kathy Brinkley, MaryLee and Bob Britt, Midge and John Geer, Montell McDonald, JeanAnn and OL Adams, Peggy and Harold Reed, Mary McClain, Sheridan and Tom Ledford, Tom Jordan and John McCulloch. The next meeting will be held November 19 at Service Creek at 11:30 a.m. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. Securities and Investment Advisory Services offered trirough Multi-Financial Securities Corp. Member FINRA/SIPC. Blue Mountain Investment Management LLC is not affiliated with Multi-Financial Securities Corp. If Y O U h a v e a fa m ily m e m b e r w h o su ffers from g a m b lin g a d d ic tio n , Y O U c a n als o re c e iv e F R E E tre a t m e n t e v e n if th e g a m b le r is not re ce iv in g tre a tm e n t. 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