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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 26,2011 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 M orrow C ounty’s H om e-O w ned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical maner 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: editorterapidserve net or davidiu rapidserve. net. Web site: www.heppner net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. 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 e Monday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $5 per column inch C ost for classified ad is 504 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 Pubkc/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 G T at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines Arbuckle Nordic Club holds weekend outing The Morrow Coun ty Planning Commission last Tuesday approved an expanded gun range near Irrigon owned by the Herm- iston Rod and Gun Club. The current gun range includes an area for shotgun shooting and skeet traps. The approved expan sion will allow the club to install a rife and handgun range. The rifle range will be 300 yards long and have a berm at the end to stop The Arbuckle Nordic Club had eight skiers for this weekend. shells. The berm will be The forecasted rain never showed and the group enjoyed a few 12 feet high and 25 feet in sun breaks through overcast skies. Temperatures were in the depth. There will be shoot 40’s. To get to decent snow, the group had to go out to the 53 road to the 5311. The club had their “charter member” along, 75 years young and still on his skis. -Contributed Photo or who wish to have the obituary wntten 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 GT office The G T reserves the right to edit letters The G T 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. McDowell and Burnside wed Brian and Danielle Burnside County planning commission approves Gun club rifle and handgun shooting BMCC offers retirement planning and investment courses Blue Mountain Com- munity College will have a three part education course to help residents of Morrow County plan and save for retirement. The classes are being offered as a three part series: Retirement Basics, Retirement Income Planning, and Invest- ment Basics. The courses complement one another and can be taken as a series or they can be taken independently de- pending on individual knowl- edge and needs. The classes will be taught by Rita Van Schoiack, a financial advisor who is owner of Blue Moun- tain Investment Management in Heppner. The goal o f the courses is to help attendees gain the skills to estimate how much money they need to retire, learn how to ere- ate retirement goals, review investment basics, and more, The series is being offered in February and will meet at the “Pettyjohn Building” in the large conference room, 430 W Linden Way, in Heppner. The classes meet from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on three Saturdays; Retirement Basics- February 12, Retire ment Income Planning-Febru- ary 19, and Investment Basics- February 26. .The classes are free and include a workbook, Advance registration is re quired. For more informa- tion call Anne Morter at (541) 422-7040 or e-mail her at am- orter@bluecc.edu. Students may also register online at www.bluecc.edu. Rita Van Schoiack is a financial advisor with Multi-Financial Securi- ties Corporation, member FINRA/SIPC. Hadley to retire from NRCS, open house to be held Danielle Marie McDowell and Brian Henry Burnside, both Eugene, OR, were married in a double Chet Hadley with the Natural Resources Con ring ceremony September 18, 2010, at the First Baptist servation Service (NRCS) has announced his retirement Church of Eugene. effective January 31. The Heppner Service Center Staff The bride is the daughter of Bill and Merilee will host an open house on Friday, January 28, from 1-3 McDowell, Heppner, OR. The groom is the son of Tom p.m. in the Heppner Service Center conference room. McElligott and Laura Bumside-McElligott, Heppner, and Hadley has been with the Natural Resources the late Howie Burnside. Conservation Service (NRCS) since 1992. He began Pastor Rudy Herr officiated. his career in the Pendleton Office as a soil conservation The bride was given in marriage by her par technician and later transferred to Heppner to work as a ents. biological science technician for the John Day Umatilla Maid of honor was Maggie Barnett, friend of the Basin which encompasses Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, bride, Eugene. Bridesmaids were Catherine McElligott, Grant and Wheeler Counties. sister of the groom, Eugene, Tara Mahoney and Kathryn Booth, both friends of the bride, Eugene. Fifth Sunday shared ministry Best man was Jake Cooper, Eugene, friend of services to be held at Hope Lutheran the groom. Groomsmen were Caleb McDaniel, Heppner, The shared ministry of Hope Lutheran Church Andrew Sykes, Pendleton, and Leland Rill, Eugene, all and All Saints Episcopal Church worships together friends of the groom. Kiara Burnside, the groom’s niece, Corvallis, OR, weekly, alternating between church buildings. The first was flower girl. Austin and Hunter Burnside, nephews of and third Sundays of the month, worship is held at the Lutheran Church, and the second and fourth Sundays the groom, Corvallis, were ring bearers. Dan Burnside, Corvallis, Robert McElligott, of the month, worship is held at the Episcopal Church. Portland, OR, and Brendan McElligott, Seattle, WA, all When a fifth Sunday of the month rolls around, as it does brothers of the groom, served as ushers. in January, the schedule varies. This month, worship on The bride wore a white strapless satin Casablanca January 30 will be held at Hope beginning at 10 a.m. ball gown with a dropped waist, featuring beading on the January 30 will also mark the beginning of two series of bodice, an organza overlay and a chapel-length train. She classes. At 8:45 a.m. on Sundays, there will be a study of wore an embroidered fingertip illusion veil with a blusher • 1 Corinthians held at the church where worship will occur, and carried a hand-tied bouquet of pink and white roses. and at 5 p.m. on Sundays, a study of the basic teachings Her gown was accented with a necklace of diamonds and * of the Lutheran church will be held at the parsonage. The pink sapphires. Her “something borrowed” was a pair of second class will be repeated at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays at diamond stud earrings belonging to her mother. the pastor’s office. The maid of honor wore a strapless pink tea- More information about shared ministry worship, length dress with a flared skirt and a chocolate brown events, and locations is available by calling the church sash and brown detail at the hem. The bridesmaids wore office at 541-676-9970. similar dresses, but in brown with pink sashes and pink detail. They carried hand-tied bouquets of pink roses. The flower girl wore an ankle-length dress in brown with a alentine s ay is coming soon pink sash. The groom wore a black tuxedo with a white vest, black tie and white boutonniere. The best man and groomsmen wore black tuxedos with brown vests and ties and pink boutonnieres. ill soon be here A catered dinner reception with a DJ and dancing followed the ceremony. Candies • Cards Merry Chandler of Heppner made the bouquets and boutonnieres, cut the cake and assisted with the • Gifts sweetie flowers, decorations and reception. Robin Legg, Sisters, OR, and Ann, Jessica and Jennifer Petzel, Denver, CO, also assisted. Prescription Taylor and Mackenzie Storer, Brentwood, CA , served as guest book attendants. Profiles for The square, three-tired cake was frosted with 2010 available white buttercream and featured the couple’s names and wedding date and the names of the bridal party inscribed upon request on it. It was topped with pink roses. The bride graduated from Heppner High School in 2001 and received a bachelor of arts degree in psy chology from the University of Oregon in 2005. She is employed as a nationally certified pharmacy technician at Bi-Mart Pharmacy in Eugene and is also a post-graduate Zebra Mocha $ 3.50 student at UO. Chocolate Italian Soda 62.25 The groom graduated from Heppner High School in 1998. He is employed as a crew boss with Miller Timber Services, a firefighting and timber services company in Philomath, OR. 217 North Main • Happnar • Phon# 676-915 i • Floral 676-9426 The couple plans a honeymoon trip to Oahu, Serving Heppner Lexington 4 lone Hawaii, in April. V ' D ! Monday, February 14th ______ ing benches on one end. The handgun range will be 90 feet long and its berm will also be 12 feet high by 25 feet wide. The shooting range is located along the Uma tilla and Morrow County line and is located between Highway 84 and the rail line. Planning commis sion members added con ditions that will assure that anyone using the range will have supervision. The club also has a club house, park ing and RV parking areas. Strandberg to speak at Chamber lunch meeting This week’s speaker at the Chamber lunch meet ing will be Tom Strandberg from ODOT to go over the scheduled projects for 2012-2015. The meeting will be held at City Hall, starting with lunch being served at noon. The lunch, catered by Heppner Family Foods, will cost $9. The upcoming meeting on February 3 will be an “All Entity Reports”. ~ Letters to the Editor ~ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name o f the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the 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 “Card o f Thanks” at a cost o f $ 10. Whatever happened to ‘Government of the People, by the People, and for the People? Letter to the Editor: Question, just what is the responsibility of elected representatives to the taxpayers whom they are elected to represent? Reading the EO 1/15/2011 article, ‘Wind Dispute Blows to Salem’ sadly indicates it’s a good thing Mor r o w C o u n t y r e r iH p n ts h a v p a S t a t p t anH I N p R n a rH n f Appeals (LUBA). The serious question is, why should taxpay ing private citizens need to pay legal council to defend themselves in an appeals court against a corporation (Invenergy) already heavily subsidized with both federal and state taxpayer dollars, plus the Morrow County (MC) taxes deferred by their Strategic Investment Program (SIP) agreement? Especially when MC Planning Com mission already ruled, and the corporation’s own study admitted, that their wind generators did exceed state mandated noise limits? What criteria can account for MC Court’s deci sion to allow Invenergy to continue with ‘business as usual’ when the court itself could not even agree whether a ruled-on, and admitted violation was a violation or simply an ‘infrequent and unusual event’? Is it not the burden of Invenergy to resolve the violation and prove that it has done so? Just what are private citizens to do? Faced by a heavy handed taxpayer subsidized corporation and ruled against by their own elected representatives, must they now pay legal council to get redress from both the well-funded corporation and their own elected representa tives? Or are they to simply ‘shut-up’ or ‘move-away’ if they have a grievance with an admitted ‘Industrial Noise Trespass’ into their own homes? Further, as a former county commissioner, a ‘citizen on-the-street’ recently advised me that the late December hearing on this subject was cancelled by the court at the last minute. Worse, the corporation was ad vised, but the citizens were not. They showed up for the meeting only to be told it was cancelled. W hatever happened to ‘Government o f the People, by the People, and for the People? Ray Grace Heppner Neighborhood Center receives donation W E&pre&so Specials- Muiftay'i Diuig Pastor Jonathan Enz, and Judy Cowett, a member of Heppner United Methodist Church and president of the Neighborhood Center board of directors, present a check in the amount of $250 to Janice Skaggs, executive director of the Neighborhood Center. The amount is the total of the money received in the United Methodist Christmas Eve Service. Contributed Photo
