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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 4,2012 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner Obituaries Memorial quilt _____________ presented to MCHD Loa McElligott 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: editoria)rapidserve net or david(q)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 Andrea Di Salvo............................................................................................. Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p m For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost tot 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 M UST be signed by the author The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters M UST include the author s address and phone number for use by the GT office The G T reserves the hght 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 'C a rd of Thanks' at a cost of $10. January First Friday rescheduled First Friday Friends of Jesus, sponsored monthly by Hope Lutheran Church and All Saints Episcopal Church, will become a “Second Friday” event in January only, because school is in session on January 6. On Friday, January 13, children ages four through 12 are invited to All Saints, on the comer of Church and Gale, for a morning filled with Bible stories, skits, crafts and games. The fun begins at 8 a.m. and continues until noon. Free lunch is served, More information is available by calling the church office at 541-676-9970. (L-R): Cheryl Tallman, Barb Coiner and Shirley McCarl stand by the Oonna Schonbachler memorial quilt they helped to cre ate. The quilt currently hangs in the hall at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. -Contributedphoto The Morrow Coun ty Health District was re cently presented with a memorial quilt in honor of Donna Schonbachler. The quilt, titled “1 Believe in Angels,” was created by local women Cheryl Tallman, Barb Coin er, Shirley McCarl, Bonnie Wenberg, Cynthia Wen- berg, Kathy Skinner, Tonya Jones and Sheena Shank. It will be hung at Pioneer Memorial Hospital each year during the Christmas season. Schonbachler was a Home Health and Hospice nurse for the health district for 19 years; she passed away in 2008. Her service had a lasting impact on countless individuals. That service, and her love of an gels, inspired the quilters to sew and embellish the beau tiful, angel-themed quilt. C heryl Tallm an, who presented the quilt during a hospital event, rem inded those present o f Schonbachler’s many admirable characteristics. Schonbachler, she said, was com passionate, un derstanding, reliable and always willing to help oth ers. She also helped others find the positive in any situation. During her pre sentation, Tallman encour aged listeners to remember Schonbachler’s character and follow her example of serving others. Fitness classes jump- Jazzercise classes start Biggest Winner offered The Com m unity will be held on Mondays Health Improvement Part nership (CHIP) o f Mor row County is encouraging residents to participate in fitness classes offered si multaneously with the Big gest Winner program. Cindy Sumner will be teaching two five-week sessions and one four-week session of aerobic dance at the Morrow County Fair grounds, mostly Tuesday and Thursday evenings, beginning January 3. The cost is $25 for five weeks and $20 for four weeks. Call 541-989- 8514 for a complete schedule and to register for the class. Todd B u ch h o lz and Jean Cassidy will be teaching beginning and intermediate yoga classes beginning January 10 at Hope Lutheran Church, 675 S Alfalfa, Heppner from 6:30 to 8 p.m.. Call 541 - 521-4249 for information or to register. B lue M o u n tain Community College will be offering the following w inter term community classes: C ircu it train in g and Wednesdays at River side High School from 6 -7 p.m. beginning January 9. Cost is $49. Space is limited. Strength training will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at Riverside High School beginning January 10. Cost is $49. Space is limited. Zumba and strength training will be held in Ir- rigon. Jazzercise will be held in lone and Heppner. Inform ation is pending. Interested students should visit the BMCC website at www.bluecc.edu. Click on “ S tudents” and then “Schedule o f Classes” to see the details. Call 541- 422-7040 or 541-481-2099, or email Anne Morter at am orter@ bluecc.edu for more information. I f you are more inclined to get a group to gether for a less structured physical activity, please contact Patti at 503-867- 6745, and CHIP will help you spread the word to like- minded individuals. Blue Moun tain Community College will offer two sessions of Jazzercise in conjunction with the Community Health Improvement Partnership (CH IP) B iggest Winner program. In lone, Jazzercise will be offered on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at lone High School. The class will start Monday, January 9 and run through March 14. The cost is $49. Orissa Burghard is the instructor. A Saturday morn ing session is scheduled in Heppner with the loca tion yet to be determined. Class will meet on Saturday mornings from 8-9 a.m. from Janaury 14 through March 17. The cost is $29. This fun fitness class is primarily low-im pact. Students should bring their own mat, two- to five- pound weights, and exercise tube or band if available. Jazzercise classes consist o f a three- to five-minute warm up, a 25-35 minute aerobic section and about 15 minutes o f abdominal, gluteus/leg and upper torso strength work. Interested students are urged to pre-register at www.bluecc.edu, as mini mum enro llm ents m ust be met to hold the class. Contact Anne Morter, Mor row County coordinator for BMCC, at 541-422-7040 with questions or for regis tration assistance. Community lunch menu Elohim Covenant Church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, January 11 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include Swiss steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, tossed salad, hot rolls, and chocolate peanut butter parfait. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Kinzua lunch planned County residents The next meeting of the Kinzua lunch group will be January 20 at the Big Timber Café in Fossil at graduate from EOU 11:30 a.m. D rink S peciali - P eanut B utter C up M ocha $3.75 H ot A pple C ider $2.00 W edding Tables Brooke & Randy Camine Saturday ; January 7th Luke Murray & Kathleen Dierkes Saturday, January 7th Muftiay'j D jhiq - 217 North Man S t. Hoopiar • Phono «78-915* • F lo * «76-942« H i Serving Morrow, Wh—I f l Gilliam countiw Slno 1959 Two county residents graduated from Eastern Oregon University recently. Alyssa Schaible of Board- man graduated with a Bachelor o f Science in business administration. Laura Eddy of Irrigon graduated Cum Laude with a Master of Arts in teaching. EOU awarded 540 undergraduate degrees and 87 master's degrees during the 2010-11 academic year. Loa Beaucham p M cElligott, 88, o f lone passed away peacefully on Christmas evening sur rounded by family. Recita tion of the Rosary was held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at St. William’s Catholic Church in lone. Funeral Mass was held 11 a.m. Friday, De cember 30 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hep pner, with concluding ser vice and burial following at High View Cemetery in lone. A gathering and meal at the lone Legion Hall fol lowed the burial. Loa was bom Oc tober 19, 1923 in Sitka, AK to Felix and Teresa Witz Beauchamp. As a young child, she moved with her family to Ashland, OR and then to Portland, where she attended Llewellyn Grade School and W ashington High School. Following high school, she attended the University of Portland, where she graduated in 1945 with a Bachelor o f Science in nursing. She then worked at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Portland for two years. While at university, she met her future husband, Charles Richard “ D ick” McElligott. They were mar ried April 10, 1947 after he returned from service in the Army Air Corp and gradu ated from the University o f Portland. They moved to the farm south of lone, w here they raised their family. She also worked as a registered nurse at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. T o g e th e r w ith Dick, Loa’s priorities in life were raising responsible children who valued family, education, community and service. She was a devoted member o f St. William’s Catholic Church in lone. She w as lo v e d greatly; she will be missed deeply and remembered joyously. She is survived by: her 12 children, John (Lisa) of Lakeland, FL; Jim (Ei leen) of lone; Tom (Laura) of Heppner; Joe (Jeri) of lone; Annie Hull (David) o f Helena, MT; M elissa Sherlock (Jeff) o f H ele na, MT; M aryPat Boger (Will) o f Fairbanks, AK; Charles (Tina) of Spokane, WA; C atherine Garman (Charles) of Columbia City, OR; Daniel (Patty) of Bel levue, WA; Martha Tevault (Scott) of Portland, OR and Dick (Jenni) o f Salem, OR. In addition, she is survived by 42 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren (and counting), and numerous nieces and nephews. Loa was preceded in death by her husband, Dick, in 2006, short of their 60th wedding anniversary. She was also proceeded in death by her siblings, Robert Beauchamp, Norma Cosgrove, Felix Beauchamp and Bonnie Terleski. At her request, me morial contributions may be made to Medical Teams International, PO Box 10, Portland, OR 97207; Pio neer Memorial Hospital, PO Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836; or a charity of choice. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner was in charge of arrangements. SWCD & MCLG plan joint meeting The Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and Mor row C ounty L iv esto ck Growers (MCLG) will hold their 24th annual joint pro gram at 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 12 at St. Patrick’s parish hall, 560 Jones St., in Heppner. The afternoon pro gram includes information on Ventenata, a winter an nual grass much like Medu- sahead rye, that can reduce perennial forage grasses by 50% or more within a few growing seasons. Dr. Timo thy Prather, weed ecology specialist from the U ni versity of Idaho, has been invited to share outcomes of test plots for herbicide and fertilization treatments. Steve Cherry, re gional wildlife biologist with Oregon Department o f Fish & W ildlife, and Rod Childers, chair of the Oregon Cattlemen Associa tion Wolf Committee, will provide an update on wolf reintroduction. Local staff o f Mor row SWCD and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will pro- vide information on exist ing and planned programs and projects in the county to protect and im prove water quality, improve and increase habitat for mule deer and upland birds, and improve grazing lands. M orrow SW CD and MCLG will host lunch for attendees o f the a f ternoon program begin ning at 12:15 p.m.; a reply is requested by Monday, January 9 to be sure there is adequate food. RSVP to Morrow SWCD at 541- 676-5452 or the Morrow County Extension office at 541-676-9642. The Mor r ow SWCD will hold their reg ular and annual meeting beginning at 10 a.m. at the same location. Agenda items include approval o f previous minutes, finan cial report, partner reports, grants update and staff re ports. The MCLG w ill hold their annual meeting follow ing the afternoon program. All meetings of the Morrow SWCD are open to the public. Holly Rebekah card Park district to hold party meeting Holly Rebekah Lodge will host their monthly Willow Creek Park District will hold a regular card party this Saturday, January 7 at the Lodge Hall in board meeting Tuesday, January 10 at 6 p.m. The meeting Lexington. The evening of cards will start at 7 p.m. and will be held at Heritage Land Company’s office at 178 will include snacks. The cost is $5 per person; the public Main Street in Heppner. is invited.
