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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 29,2010 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 P ub lished w eekly by S y k e s P u b lish in g, L L C and entered as periodical matter at the Post O ffice at Heppner. O r e g o n under the A c t o f M a r c h 3 .1 ¿7 9 . Period ical postage paid at Heppner, O re gon. O ffice at 188 W W illo w Street. Telephone (5 4 1 ) 6 76 - 9228. F a x (5 4 1 ) 6 76 -9 2 1 1. E -m ail: editor(dirapidserve.net or d a v id ia rap id se rve net. W eb site: w w w heppner net Postm aster send address ch ange s to the H eppner G azette-T im es, P.O. B o x 3 37 , H eppner, O r e g o n 9 7 8 3 6 . S u b scrip tio n s: $ 2 7 in M o r r o w C ounty, $ 2 1 senior rate (in M o r r o w C o u n ty o nly; 62 ye ars or older); $33 elsew here; $ 27 student subscriptions. D a v id S y k e s ................... ............................................................... Pub lisher A u tu m n M o r g a n .................................................................................. Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p m. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost ter a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 50< per word Cost ter Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $ 5 7 5 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 alter 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 U S T be signed by the author The Heppner G T will not publish unsigned letters All letters M U S T include the author s address and phone number for use by the G T office The GT reserves the right to edit letters The G T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks wiU be placed in the classifieds under ’Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. 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To find out more about how you can access LeamingExpress Library, call your local Oregon Trail Library District library in Boardman, Heppner or Irrigon or stop by and ask one o f the library staff members for more information. n/¡ All remaining Christmas items This week only! floppy Neit The Pharmacy will be closing at 5:00 pm and the store will be closing at 6:00 pm on New Y ear's Eve ^Closed Jon my 1st P rink S pecials ! % ^ Muwwj'i Dfluj Eggnog Latte $3.25 Eggnog Frappe $3.50 Large 217 North Main • H ® ppn«r • Phon® 676-91S8 • Floral 670-9420 Serving Heppner, Lexington a ione VI/VVL L E T T E R I N G Obituary Obituary Jeanne Sandra Diane Wolfsen M . Johnson Jeanne M. Johnson, years were spent at a Bible 77, o f Lonerock, tra in in g c e n te r in d ie d W e d n es southeast Portland. day, D ecem ber After Bible school, 22, 2010, at her she attended Port home. A memo land State U niver rial service was sity for four years, held on Wednes majoring in second day, D ecem ber ary education. After 29, 2010, at the leav in g PSU , she Heppner Chris worked at a Port tian Church in Jeanne M.Johnson land credit bureau H eppner, O r until 1974, when egon. A grave she bought a telephone an side service will be held 11 swering service, which she a.m. Thursday, December owned and operated for the 30, 2010, at the Lonerock next 11 years. Cemetery. In 1979 she married Mrs. Johnson was Don Johnson and the couple born February 18, 1933, settled down in Lonerock in during the depression at 1985. Following his death M u lle n , N e b ra sk a , the she continued to live in the daughter o f W illiam and small town for the remain H elen Folk M ills. She der of her life, maintaining attended grade school in a lively interest in family, N orth P latte, N ebraska, friends, and her church. until the age o f 10. In 1943, Mrs. J o h n s o n she and her family moved served on the L onerock to Vancouver, Washington City C ouncil and was a where her father was em m em ber o f the H eppner ployed at the Kaiser ship Christian Church. yards during the final years She is survived by o f World War II. her children, Andrew Bee After the war, her be, Aaron Beebe, andAletta family bought property in Capes; and two sisters, Pat Gresham to be near their Hill and Betty Kinsky. fa v o rite p rea c h e r. She M em orial contri finished her basic educa butions may be made to the tion there, graduating from Heppner Christian Church, Gresham High School in P.O. Box 158, H eppner, 1951. Led by her Christian Oregon 97836. spirit, she then journeyed to Sweeney Mortuary Ottumwa, Iowa, for the first o f Heppner is in charge of o f four years o f Bible edu arrangements. cation. The remaining three The M orrow Soil and W ater C onservation District held their annual conservation poster con test en titled “C o n serv a tion Habits=Healthy Habi tats” with Morrow County Schools. This year’s theme again emphasized the im portance of protecting and m anaging our natural re sources. The first place win ners o f the county contest com peted in the Oregon A sso c ia tio n o f C o n se r vation D istrict contest in October as follows: Demi Schmidt, Heppner Elemen tary School, Shanna Back- man Irrigon Junior/Senior High School, and Rebecca Jepsen, lone School Dis trict. Jepsen placed first in the state competition and will receive a $50 savings bond from OACD and will com pete on the national level in February, 2010. C o n te st w in n ers in c lu d e the fo llo w in g : second-third grade: first place-Hayden John Qualls, second place-Jaiden M a honey, third place-D iana Healy, all Heppner Elemen tary School; fourth-sixth grade: first place-D em i Schm idt, second p lace- Destiny Owens, third place- Tim Gould, all Heppner El ementary School; seventh- ninth grade: first place- Shanna Backman, second p lace-Jen n ifer W orking, Irrigon Junior/Senior High School, third place-Julianne Carlson, lone School Dis trict; 10,h l2,h grade: first place-Rebecca Jepsen, lone S chool D istrict, second place-A lo n d ra R am irez, R iv ersid e Ju n io r/S e n io r High School, third place- S tephanie M edina, lone School District. Holly Rebekah Lodge is hosting a New Year’s Eve pinochle party at the Lodge Hall in Lex ington. The cost is $6 per person which will include finger foods throughout the evening. Players are invited to bring finger foods. The New Year will be celebrated at midnight (Eastern Stan dard Time). This is a non alcohol party. Play begins at 7 p.m. and takes the place o f the January card party. Merilee McDowell with the Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District; second-third grade winners: first place-Hayden John Qualls, second place-Jaiden Mahoney, third place-Diana Healy; fourth-sixth grade winners: first place-Demi Schmidt, third place-Tim Gould, second place-Destiny Owens. 10,h-12,k Grade: first place-Rebecca Jepsen 7th-9th grade: 3rd place-Julianne Carl- fright), lone Schools, second place-Alondra son, lone Schools Rameriz, Riverside Junior/Senior High School (not pictured); third place-Stephanie Medina (left), lone Schools. Right photo: Seventh-ninth grade winners (left to right): first place-Shanna Back- man, second place-Jennifer Working. •Karaoke- Sta rtin g a t 9 : 0 0 Heppner G m z o t t o -T I m o * I B B W m *t W i ll o w • B 7 B -9 2 2 B Rebekahs to host New Year’s Eve pinochle party Morrow County students shine in conservation poster contest Come bring in the New Year at Taylor's! Ready-to-apply graphics and latter ing can ha applied to a variety off surfaces and offer flexibility whlls serving a wide range of usea. Vinyl is ready for application. Great for windowa, reglatration numbers, com pany's logo, eto. Sandra Diane Wolf- her life back. She has lived sen passed away the last three years in Menifee, Ca. to the fullest. on December 22, She was 2010, at the age preceded in death by of 67. Sandra was both of her parents. bom on December Sandra is survived 17, 1943, to Jack by her husband, and Patricia Lee. William Wolfsen of She mar lone, Oregon, two ried William Allen brothers, Tom Lee Wolfsen on March of Smith River, Cal 17, 1963. She ifornia and David worked as the Sandra Diane Wolfsen Lee of Hermiston, head accountant Oregon; a sister, for the Seventh-day Adventist Linda Democko of Bradenton, Church in Spokane, Washing CA; two daughters, Diane Os- ton, until her retirement. She hane of Hermiston and Yvonne was very active in her church Morter of lone, Oregon; four and Pathfinder group. She grandchildren, Brittnee Des- loved to travel, backpack, hike Bouillons of Hermiston, Beka and bicycle. DesBouillons of Spokane, In 2003 she and her Washington, and Austin and husband moved into a fifth MaLinda Morter o f lone, wheel and began to RV full Oregon. time. Many medical problems A memorial service and weight caused her disabil will be planned for the spring ity. 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