TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, March 9,2011
O bitu aries
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
H eppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.PS. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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Dtvid Sykes................................................................................................ Publisher
Autumn Morgan.............................................................................................. Editor
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Birth Announcement
C a th e rin e
A d e lia L in d s a y -
Barney and Kimberly
Lindsay of Lexington
announce the birth o f
a daughter, Catherine
A delia Lindsay, on
March 2,2011.
At birth she
weighed 10 pounds,
four ounces.
. . . . ^ 5 j o i n s Catherine Adelia Lindsay
s ib lin g s K a e ly n ,
Alex, and Brian.
Grandparents are Larry and Corrine Lindsay of
Lexington and Kay Collins o f Oak Ridge.
Sykes appointed planning
association board member
David Sykes o f Heppner was appointed to the
Board of Directors o f the Oregon Chapter o f the Ameri
can Planning Association at its monthly meeting Friday
in Wilsonville.
Sykes, who is chairman o f the Morrow County
Planning Commission, was named to an at-large position
on the board.
The chapter’s mission is to carry out the objec
tives o f the American Planning Association and to pro
mote the art and science o f planning in Oregon.
Cornerstone Gallery announces
opening of drive-thru window
Cornerstone Gallery and Gifts announces the
grand opening o f their new drive-thru window.
Beginning Monday, March 14, customers will
be able to order any menu item from your car. The menu
includes espresso drinks, frappes, smoothies, or any Pa-
nini sandwiches. An expanded menu will include Greek
yogurt, granola and fruit parfait, biscuits and gravy, and
more. Cornerstone Gallery and Gifts is open from 7 a.m.
to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Wolff named to OSU Dean’s List
Oregon State U niversity recently released it
Dean’s List for fall term 2010. Included was Ashley Wolff
o f Heppner. Wolff was also named to the University Honor
Roll, earning a position in the top 10 (10%) percent o f
Students at O.S.U., and was recognized as one o f the top
School o f Business students for fall term.
The 2010 H eppner High graduate has been
accepted into Alpha Kappa Psi, the national honorary
business fraternity.
S t. P a tr ic k 's
S c h e d u le
March 18th 7:30am - 7:00pm
March 19th 7:30am - 6:00pm
. March 20th 9:00am - 1:00pm
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Serving H»ppn»r Lexington A Ion»
Georgena Beryl McDaniel
G e o rg e n a B ery l
McDaniel was bom on the
January 20, 1950 in Pend
leton. She passed away in
Salem in February.
Georgena was the
daughter o f Carl and Sylvia
McDaniel.
C a r l M c D a n ie l
worked for the US Fish and
Wildlife Service in Morrow
and Gilliam Counties for
many years as a hunter and
trapper. In 1944 the M c
Daniels moved to Heppner
from Condon.
P rior to that Mr.
McDaniel worked for the
US Forest Service on the
W allo w a -W h itm a n N a
tional Forest. During WWII
Mrs. McDaniel worked for
the Umatilla National For
est as a lookout at Madison
Butte and Tamarack Look
out Stations. Mrs. McDaniel
also worked in the Morrow
County Sheriff’s office, the
tax office and was elected
Morrow County Treasurer,
a position she held until her
retirement.
G eorgena attend
ed th e H e p p n e r P u b lic
S ch o o ls, and e sp ecially
loved Mrs. Katherine Hosk
ins, who taught Special Ed
classes. Georgena moved
to Portland and then Salem,
where she was employed
by G oodw ill for a tim e.
She was a member o f the
Methodist Church through
out her life.
G eorgena is sur
vived by: her mother Syl
via, her siste r C aro ly n ,
her nephew Doug, and her
nieces Andrea and Leslie
and their children.
A private graveside
service at the Heppner Ma
sonic Cemetery will be held
in the spring.
Charley H. Padberg
C h arley H. Pad- In 1972 they m oved to
berg, 81, o f Walla Walla, Dayton, Washington where
W ashington, form erly o f he worked as a mechanic
L e x in g to n , d ie d
on farm equipment.
Saturday, March 5,
The couple has re
2011 at St. M ary’s
sided in Walla Walla
M edical C enter in
since 1994.
Walla Walla. View
M r. P a d
ing and visitation
berg was a member
will be from 10 a.m.
o f the Elks Lodge,
until noon on Sat
the O dd Fellow s,
urday, March 12. A Charley H.
and the Veterans o f
graveside service Padberg
Foreign Wars. He
with m ilitary hon
also enjoyed hunt
ors will follow at 1 p.m. ing and fishing.
Saturday at the Lexington
Survivors include:
Cemetery.
his wife Darlene M. Pad
Mr. Padberg was berg o f Walla Walla; daugh
bom July 9, 1929 in Hep ter, Debra K. M artinez of
pner, the son o f Oris and Clackamas; and sons, Larry
Catie Fridley Padberg. He L. Padberg o f Prescott, WA,
was raised and attended and Kenneth J. Padberg of
school at Lexington where The Dalles.
he grad u ated from high
He was preceded
school. He entered the mili in death by his parents, a
tary on January 17, 1951 brother Elden Padberg, and
and w as h onorably d is a sister Doris Vinson.
charged from the Army in
M em orial contri
August o f 1956.
butions may be made to the
O n Ja n u a ry 14, Am erican Lung A ssocia
1956 he married Darlene tion, 7420 SW Bridgeport
M. B aker at L exington. Road #200, Portland, Or
The couple continued to egon 97224-7790.
live in Lexington w here
Sweeney Mortuary
Charley worked at the fam o f Heppner is in charge of
ily business, Padberg Ma arrangements.
chinery and Im plem ent.
Going Beyond: Life Interrupted
Sim ulcast to be held at HES
On April 1-2, Life-
Way Women will present
G oing B eyond: Life In
terrupted sim ulcast w ith
Priscilla Shirer at Heppner
E lem en tary School. On
Friday the doors open at 6
p.m. and the simulcast will
be from 7-9:30 p.m. On
Saturday the doors open at
8 a.m. and the simulcast is
from 9 a.m .-12:30 p.m.
T he ev en t c o m
bines Bible teaching with
worship and prayer time, as
Shirer encourages women
to go beyond the everyday,
ordinary life to a soul-sat
isfying walk with Christ.
P a rtic ip a n ts w ill leav e
knowing that the challenge
to take their relationship
with God to the next level
is worth every effort.
A wife and mother
of three young sons, Shirer
u n d e rsta n d s the u n iq u e
needs and daily stresses of
overworked women whose
lives seem to be hanging
together by a thread. Her
goal is to help women in
all seasons o f life, from all
backgrounds, see how ap
plicable the Bible is to their
daily situations.
A n th o n y E v a n s
will lead the worship ser
vice via simulcast.
There will be fel
lowship, refreshments, and
cushioned chairs at this free
event.
For more informa
tion call 541-676-9202 or
541-676-5552.
Shuttle bus available for boxing event
Elinor Elizabeth Cohn Shank
E lin o r E lizab eth
Cohn Shank passed away
on February 17, 2011.
She w as born in
Portland, Oregon on July
14, 1910 to the late Phil
lip and H enrietta Cohn;
and was the sister o f the
late Harold A. and Henry
P. Cohn each o f Heppner,
Oregon.
Elinor grew up in
H e p p n e r and m oved to
P o rtlan d in 1924 w here
she graduated from Grant
High School. She attended
O regon N orm al school
in M onm outh, O regon,
and later taught kindergar
ten at the N eighborhood
H ouse, in Portland. She
married her late husband,
Edward A. Shank, and from
1937-1958, Elinor and Ted
liv e d in C oos Bay, O r
egon, where they owned the
Buster Brown Shoe Store,
and the O regon W oolen
Stores, mens’ retail clothing
stores, located in Coos Bay
and Klamath Falls. In 1958
they returned to Portland,
where Elinor remained until
her death.
E lin o r ded icated
her life to community ser
vice, political causes, the
written word, and regular
exercise. She was one o f
the original founders o f the
Coos Bay chapter o f the
League of Women Voters,
and w as fortunate to sit
next to Martin Luther King
at a National Urban League
dinner meeting in Portland.
Her profound writing skills
in an OpEd piece to Time
Magazine garnered a cov
eted letter from the First
Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.
In the late sixties, Elinor
served as a staff member in
the New Careers program,
a poverty program funded
by the Office o f Equal Op
portunity, under the aegis of
the Department o f labor.
Am ong her other
affiliations were wom en’s
organizations; B ’nai B ’rith
Women, the Business and
Professional Women, and
Second Harvest Food Bank.
Elinor also owned and oper
ated a retail antique shop.
She wrote numerous short
stories on food and travel,
and with accreditation from
Portland State University,
she tutored English as a
second language to v is
iting fo reig n u n iv ersity
students.
In the w in ter o f
1990, E lin o r Shank a u
thored an early childhood
memoir, Looking Back at
Heppner, that was published
in the O regon H istorical
Quarterly. In 2009, she was
chosen from hundreds o f
people to chronicle her life
story in an interview with
her granddaughter, M ary
Shank Rockman, for Sto-
ryCorps, The Conversation
o f a Lifetime, presented by
National Public Radio. Her
interview is housed in the
Library o f Congress.
Elinor was lover of
traveling and jazz music.
She once traveled on a jazz
cruise with Dizzy Giless-
pie and his w ife w hose
acquaintance she cherished
for many years afterward.
She was an avid collector
o f art, loved fashion, gar
dening, and word games. In
fact, she was a formidable
opponent o f high-scoring
Scrabble games. Her active
lifestyle was an inspiration
to all who knew her, includ
ing thrice weekly workouts
u n til ju s t a few m onths
before she passed. She will
be missed greatly.
Elinor is survived
by: h er lo v in g son, J o
seph Shank o f San Jose
California; daughter, Jayne
C ookson o f Eugene, Or
egon; grandchildren, Cathi
Cookson Rothman o f Hud
son, Ohio, Ted C ookson
o f Cairo, Egypt, and Mary
Shank Rockman and Molly
Seitel o f San Francisco,
California; and four great
g r a n d c h ild r e n H e a th e r
R o th m an o f N ew Y ork
City, and Nathan and Noah
Rockman, and Sofie Seitel
o f San Francisco, CA.
Valby Lutheran Church to
hold Lenten services
In preparation for
Easter, m id-w eek Lenten
serv ices w ill be held at
Valby Lutheran Church on
Wednesdays from March 9
through April 13.
A supper o f soup
and bread will be served
at 6:30 p.m., followed by
a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Ashes will be imposed on
March 9.
During Holy Week,
a solenyi Tenebrae service
w ill be held on M aundy
Thursday, A pril 21, at 7
p.m ., with no supper be
forehand.
S u n d ay se rv ic es
begin at Valby with Bible
study at 8:30 a.m. and wor
ship at 9:15 a.m. The cur
rent topic o f Bible study is
the parables o f Jesus.
Valby is a historic
church set in the w heat
fields south o f lone that is
open to everyone.
For directions or
questions contact Rev. Lea
Mathieu at 541-422-7215.
Mrs. O’Leary’s Irish beef
stew feed to be held March 18
On Friday, March 18, join your friends at Mrs.
O ’Leary’s Irish Beef Stew Feed sponsored by the Hep
pner United Methodist Church. It will be held at the Saint
Patrick’s Senior Center on Main Street in Heppner from
5-7 p.m.
The best beef stew, coleslaw, rolls, beverage and
a variety o f desserts will be served for $6-adults; $2 for
children 6-12; and free for children ages five and under.
Proceeds will help pay for the kitchen remodel
at die church.
A shuttle bus will be available for H eppner
Cham ber’s fourth annual Irish Boxing Event on Friday,
March 18. Those planning to attend can save some time
in finding a parking space and get door to door service
by riding the shuttle bus to the event.
The shuttle bus will be ready to pick up riders
at 6:15 p.m. by Heppner Family Foods. There will be a
“sign” posted to indicate where to meet the bus. The bus
will return riders back immediately following the event.
It’s time to get Heppner ready for the St. Pat’s
Donations will be appreciated.
celebration.
Residents and businesses along the state high
For more information call the Heppner Chamber
ways
through
town are encouraged to pick up and dispose
at 541-676-5536.
of any litter that is on their highway frontages.
Cleanup encouraged for
St. Pat’s celebration
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem,
help is available and that help Is FREE of charge.
If Y O U h a v e a fa m ily m e m b e r w h o s u ffe rs from
g a m b lin g ad d ictio n , Y O U c a n a ls o re c e iv e F R E E treat
m e n t e v e n if the g a m b le r is n ot re c e iv in g treatm ent.
If y o u a re a re sid e n t o f M o r r o w C o u n t y a n d y o u w is h
to ta k e a d v a n t a g e o f the s e r v ic e s a b o v e o r d e s ir e m o re
inform ation. P le a s e ca ll a n y o f the fo llo w in g n u m b e r s
to s e t u p a L O C A L a p p o in tm e n t o r ju st to talk:
B o b b y H a r r is @ 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 9 2 5 o r 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5
Com m unity C o u n se lin g Solutions ( C C S ) Q 541-676-9161
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Chamber lunch meeting
scheduled for Thursday
This week’s Chamber lunch meeting will be held
on Thursday, March 10, and will feature a conference call
with Representative Greg Smith.
M urray’s Drug will be catering lunch.
Those planning to attend weekly lunch meetings
are asked to RVSP no later than Wednesday morning o f
each week so enough food and seating can be accom
modated.
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