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
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presented to MCHD Loa McElligott
GAZETTE-TIMES
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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
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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.