SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Christmas is about your whole life
This article repre
sents the Spirit of Christmas
better that anything I have
seen written in a long time.
We at The C om m unity
Bible Church in Lexing
ton, would like to wish you
a Merry Christmas. Our
prayer is that you will ex
perience the true meaning
of Christmas not just on De
cember 25*, but throughout
the year. If it were just for
one day, it would not really
be a celebration of God’s
love. Christmas is about
your whole life. Love is not
something we just give or
receive, it is something we
do because of what God did
and still does for us.
Ruth went to her
mail box and there was only
one letter. She picked it up
and looked at it before open
ing, but then she looked at
the envelope again. There
was no stamp, no postmark,
only her name and address.
She read the letter:
Dear Ruth:
I’m going to be in
your neighborhood Satur
day afternoon and I’d like
to stop by for a visit.
Love Always, Je
sus
Her hands were
shaking as she placed the
letter on the table. “Why
would the Lord want to visit
me? I’m nobody special.
I don’t have anything to
offer.”
With that thought,
Ruth remembered her emp
ty kitchen cabinets. “Oh
my goodness, I really don’t
have anything to offer. I’ll
have to run down to the
store and buy something
for dinner.” She reached for
her purse and counted out
its contents, $5.40. “Well, I
can get some bread and cold
cuts, at least.”
She threw on her
coat and hurried out the
door. A lo af o f French
bread, a half-pound o f
sliced turkey, and a carton
of milk...leaving Ruth with
grand total $.12 to last her
until Monday. Nonetheless,
she felt good as she headed
home, her meager offerings
tucked under her arm.
“Hey lady, can you
help us, lady?”
R uth had been
so absorbed in her dinner
plans, she hadn’t even no
ticed two figures huddled
in the alleyway. A man and
a woman, both o f them
dressed in little more than
rags. “Look lady, I ain’t
got a job, ya know, and my
wife and I have been living
out here on the street, and,
wel:, now it’s getting cold
and we’re getting kind of
hungry and, well, if you
could help us. Lady, we’d
really appreciate it.”
R uth lo o k ed at
them both. They w ere
dirty, they smelled bad and
frankly, she was certain
that they could get some
kind of work if they really
wanted to. “Sir, I’d like to
help you,
but I ’m a poor
woman myself. All I have
is a few cold cuts and some
bread, and I’m having an
important guest for dinner
tonight and I was planning
on serving that to Him.”
“Yeah, well, okay
lady, I understand. Thanks
anyway.” The man put his
arm around the woman’s
shoulders, turned and head
ed back into the alley.
As she w atched
them leave, Ruth felt a fa
miliar twinge in her heart.
“Sir, w ait!” The couple
HHS Class of ’68 to hold 60th birthday party
stopped and turned as she
ran down the alley after
them. “Look, why don’t you
take this food. I’ll figure out
something else to serve my
guest.” She handed the man
her grocery bag.
“Thank you lady.
Thank you very much!”
“Yes, thank you!”
It was the man’s wife, and
Ruth could see now that
she was shivering. “You
know. I’ve got another coat
at home. Here, why don’t
you take this one.” Ruth
unbuttoned her jacket and
slipped it over the woman’s
shoulders. Then smiling,
she turned and walked back
to the street...without her
coat and with nothing to
serve her guest.
“Thank you lady,
thank you very much!”
Ruth was chilled
by the time she reached
her front door, and worried
too. The Lord was coming
to visit and she didn’t have
anything to offer Him. She
fumbled through her purse
for the door key. But as she
did, she noticed another
Pictured are: Front Row - Susan (Starks) Johnston, Debbie (Young) Dubuque, Norita Mar-
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Stockard, Alvin Vinson, Matt Hughes, Dave Hall, Steve Pettyjohn, Randy Stillman, Russell
Kilkenny, and Jenny (Blake) Weaver. -Contributed Photo
The Heppner High
School Class of 1968 held
“60"’” birthday party in Lincoln
City at the Chinook Winds Re
sort and Casino the weekend
of September 24-26.
Twenty-four mem
bers and former members of
the Heppner Class and three
members from the lone Class
of ’68 were present.
Christmas is a time
to live the love o f God
through our interactions
with everyone with whom
we come in to contact.
Christmas is a time
to exchange gifts with those
we love, as a way to give
to others the love God has
given to us - a loving which
is unconditional, indiscrim
inate, unceasing.
Christmas is a time'
to come together as a com
munity in table fellowship
and good cheer; to share
kindness and goodw ill,
especially to those who are
less fortunate.
Christmas is a time
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mailman doesn’t usually
come twice in one day.” She
took the envelope out of the
box and opened it.
Dear Ruth:
It was so good to
see you again. Thank you
for the lovely meal. And
thank you, too, for the beau
tiful coat.
Love Always Je
sus
The air was still
cold, but even \yithout her
coat, Ruth no longer no
ticed.
The Heppner wres
tling team competed in two
wrestling meets during the
past week. The first was
Thursday night at home in
a four-way dual with Hep
pner, Riverside, Irrigon,
and Pomeroy, WA. Heppner
won two of the three match
ups, losing first to Pomeroy
then winning the next two
by defeating Irrigon and
a short-handed Riverside.
Pomeroy won all three of
its team contests. The Riv
erside versus Irrigon dual
The Community Bible
ended in a tied score.
Church in Lexington
On Saturday the
Mustangs competed in the
Mac Hi Christmas tour
nament. The tournament
to celebrate the birth of Je included the teams of Mac
sus, God’s Son in the sing- Hi, Walla Walla, Baker,
ing of religious carols auckiil^ePPn~r’ lm 8on> ar*4 ^Ine
to warm the soul and-W letn^Eagle. Mac Hi easily won
of each other through the its own tournament with an
singing of secular holiday overwhelming number of
competitors and at least one
songs.
On behalf of ev in every weight class final
eryone who is involved in except 285 lbs. Heppner
Heppner United Methodist finished fourth overall and
Church, I want to wish you at the top of the three small
schools.
a Merry Christmas.
Of the eleven Mus
Pastor Jonathan Enz
tangs
that
competed that
Heppner United Method
day,
seven
advanced to
ist Church
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Library in memory of Dorothy
Wilson who was a sister to
class member Alvin Vinson.
Jim Sherman, Bon
nie Christensen, and John
Van Winkle helped put the
“Birthday” together.
The class is spanning
a 45th reunion in Heppner in
2013.
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Christmas is a reminder to all
I am bringing you
good news of great joy for
all people; to you is bom
this day a Savior, who is the
Messiah, the Lord! Luke
2 : 10-11
Christmas is a re
minder to all - those who
have opened their heart and
soul to God and those who
have yet to do so - that God
so loves the world that He
gave His only Son.
Christmas is a time
to thank God for the love
God extends to everyone,
every day, especially those
who daily call upon God
to protect them and guide
them.
Friday night was a
casual get-together at the Sea
Food Bar and Grill at the Re
sort. A Saturday night banquet
and Sunday morning brunch
was held at the Chinook Winds
Golf Course.
Classmates made do
nations which they decided to
split between Heppner High
School and The Oregon Trail
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BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
M o r r o w C o u nty P u b u c
w orks
the cham pionship semi
finals without suffering a
loss. Two of those seven,
freshman Jared Lemmon
and senior Jarreid Miller,
pinned their opponent and
qualified for the tournament
championships.
Lemmon went on
to claim a gold medal by
defeating the top seeded
112 lb. Mac Hi contender
5-3. Miller finished with a
silver medal at 135 lbs.
Freshman Treston
Maben and sophomore Ja
cob Moore both had strong
days finishing in fourth
place of their weight class
es.
Alex Smith, Clay
ton Cook, Wade Matthew,
A ndrew B ara, G arrett
Gibbs, and Tim Nelson also
won matches and scored
team points for the Mus
tangs. Cook’s win was one
of the most exciting of the
day going three overtime
periods before he came out
on top 6-5 with an escape.
T he team n ex t
competes in back to back
tournaments on December
29 and 30, first in Pomeroy,
WA, then in Imbler.
IO N E S C H O O L D IS T R IC T
-Continued from Page of 2010-2011 anticipated
ONE revenue had been updated
IVUdvihiU told ¿he, »to reflect the reduction in
board that the district needs
to adapt to the 21s1 century
and communicate with its
patrons the way that they
communicate now. Cost for
the district w ould be around
$795 per year.
- d is c u s s e d th e
school district’s and char
ter school’s average yearly
progress reports;
-discussed the im
peding increase in math
CUT scores required of
students and new national
standards coming in 2014;
-approved policies
concerning student trans
portation services, proof of
vehicle liability insurance,
student conduct on school
buses, discipline proce
dures for district-approved
student transportation and
use of district activity ve
hicles for student transpor
tation and learned o f the
subsequent change required
in the student handbooks;
-discussed update
of the charter;
-h e a rd the fo l
lowing financial update
as of November 30: the
district collected $112,369
in basic school support and
$441,915 in property taxes;
learned that the statement
state school support. The
increased State Fiscal Sta
bilization Fund money and
the Federal Education Job
money will be used to help
backfill the state shortfall,
said Beth O-Hanlon of the
ESD. Two general fund cost
centers, the intermediate
cost center with higher than
anticipated substitute costs,
and the technology cost
center, continue to be over
budget, said O’Hanlon. She
said that the correct amount
for the Umatilla-Morrow
ESD technology contract
was not input in the budget
document. She said all of
the funds running a deficit
balance are supported by
grants or transfers. She also
said that UMESD (now
changed to InterMountain
ESD) was gathering data
for the lone School District
Site Council to analyze and
develop an action plan in
January. Once the district
has submitted a complet
ed E-CIP to the state, the
Title reimbursement can
be ordered. Federal REAP
money has been ordered
and money has been re
ceived from the Morrow
County Unified Recreation
District.
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