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T W O - H eppner G azette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 7,2012 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Frances M. Smouse Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES F ra n c e s M arie the Lexington Grange, 4-H Smouse, 99, of lone, died clubs and other community I uesday, February 28,2012 activities. She was a tal ented musician and at Pioneer Memo played violin for rial Hospital. A fu various occasions, neral service was including at Pioneer held 11 a.m. Sat Memorial Nursing urday, March 3 at Home, where she the lone Commu lived at her pass nity Church with ing. Frances was concluding service F ra n c e s active in the lone and burial follow Smouse Community Church ing at High View and blessed them with her Cemetery. She was bom June gift of music, singing and 6, 1912 in Tacoma, WA, the helping with many activi daughter of Fred and Ella ties, including the church Fowler Burgoyne. The fam auction. She enjoyed road ily lived in Deer Lodge, MT trips, the Oregon coast and for a while before moving picking huckleberries, and to Oregon City, OR, where appreciated nature and ani she attended Eastham Grade mals, especially her cats. Survivors include: School. The family then moved to Portland, OR, h er so n s, K enneth L. where she attended Wash Smouse of lone and Carl F. ington High School. After Smouse of Hermiston. She was preced her father died, Frances and her mother had a pie ed in death by: her par bakery in Portland during ents; husband, Kenneth J. Smouse; daughter, Cherilyn the depression. Frances met Ken Smouse and brother, Fred neth Smouse at Central Burgoyne. M em o rial c o n Christian Church in Port land, where they were mar tributions may be made ried on February 28, 1942. to the lone Community They lived in Portland at Church, PO Box 346, lone, the time but soon moved OR 97843, to the Special to the family farm near Olympics o f Oregon, PO lone. The couple had three Box 2886, Portland, OR children, Kenneth, Cherilyn 97208-2886 or to The Arc, 1825 K St. NW Suite 1200, and Carl. She was active in Washington. DC 20006. Sweeney Mortuary the Eastern Star, where she went through all the of Heppner is in charge of levels of office, as well as arrangements. U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow C ounty's Hom e-Owned Weekly N ew spaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing. LLt and entered as periodical maner at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March J, I *79 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 f.-mail editor a rapidserve net or davidia rapidserve net Website www.hcppncr.net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $27 in Morrow County; $21 senior rale (in Morrow County only; 65 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 for a display ad ~ is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 5 0 i 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 dale 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 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 will be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. Carlson, Gleason engaged PS Northwest Research Station in La Grande. Kyle is the son of Phil and Kathy Carlson of Heppner. He graduated from Heppner High School in 2006 and received a B achelor o f Science in agricultural business man ag em en t from O regon State University in 2011. He works as a fieldman at Sand Hollow Ag Supply in Hermiston. The couple will ex change vows on June 16, 2012 in Henderson, NV. £ lone library board to meet Featuring Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Sports at the Pendleton Convention Center March 9-11 FH 5pm■ 9pm • Sat 10am■ 6pm • Sm lO sn ■ 4pm Atkitts S5.00 • Students $3.00 • Kids under 12 are FREE! NUMEROUS SENIUM F0B THE SPOHTSHAI Including: Concealed Weapons Class i ~777¿M tÁe Enter for a chance to win sponsored by: prizes 7/o>uv Content Saturday and Sunday for information and pre-registration call 541-571-4600 Introduction to Packing with Horses and Mules Saturday 12:00 - 2:00 pm Dutch Oven Cooking Wolves In Oregon by & sta ff odf w 1-2 P M Saturday & Sunday CONTESTS & RAFFLES WITH QUALITY PRIZES! DOOR PRIZES: 3 RIFLES! VCW P KELLY LUMBER su pply . Vl»aHSoitfir O utdoor sponsored by: * Ski club faces stiff winds, fresh snow Members of the Nordic ski club faced brisk winds on Feb. 25, but fresh snow made lip for it. After parking at the junction of Road 53/21, the group skied east. A light snow fell after lunch as they made our way back along the 750 Road. The days participants were (L-R): Dan Van Liew, Sherry Ewing, Molly Rhea, Luanne Brownfield, Jonathan Enz, Christy Crowell, Bill Ewing and John Edmundson. The group will meet next Friday morning in Hood River for their trip to Cloud Cap. Heppner Elementary School staff and students celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday on Thursday, March I by reading his books together. Older students read with the younger students, and some students won Dr. Seuss books and DVDs. The Cat in the Hat also made an appearance and shared the love of reading with the students. (L-R): Suzy Cason, Keegin Chitty, the Cat in the Hat, Landon Mitchell, Keegan Gibbs and Cason Mitchell. ÖRE« ÎOW Organized by the Pendleton City Club. All proceeds go to local youth activities. Morrow County Citizens, I would like to endorse Kandy Boyd for Morrow County Commissioner. Position 1. I've had the privilege of Kandy’s working in my office for the last seven years as Chief Deputy of Elections. In all honesty, 1 can say that Kandy is a wonderful asset in my office. She has a lot to offer. Please consider her when casting your vote in May. Bobbi Childers, Morrow County Clerk The boots are set to fly on St. Patrick's Day. E veryone is re minded to get teams entered and, if preferred, come by and throw as an individual and bring the kids. The event will be held on Willow Street be tween Murray’s Drug and The Artisan Village. Team play begins at 10:30 a.m. and contin ues until 12:30 p.m. Any one who wants a time pre scheduled for their team should submit their form to Sheryll at the Chamber of Commerce office by Thurs day, March 15 at noon. A $20 registration fee will be charged for team play. The fees collected fund the prizes and supplies for the event. Individual play be gins for all—kids, teenagers and adults—at 1:30 p.m. Age brackets are available for kids, two to 12; teens, 13-17; and adults, 18 and The lone Community Agri-Business Organiza tion (ICABO) will hold its annual meeting Thursday, March 8 at the lone Legion Hall. The no-host bar will open at 6 p.m. with dinner The Board of Directors of the lone Library Dis to follow at 7 p.m. All interested in attending were asked trict will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, March 13, to RSVP by March 4. at 2 p.m. at the lone Public Library. Contact Betty Gray at 541-422-7335 or Stacy The purpose of this meeting is to consider a Miller at 541-422-7410 for more information. resolution regarding a permanent tax rate limit. All are invited to attend. £ ¿ ? ¿ Á (£ ¿ v u u í ¿ C Elect Boyd in May -Contributed photo -Contributed photo ICABO to meet The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Kditor with the following criteria met; letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the sender along w ith 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 of $ 10. Cat in the Hat seen at HES Brenda Gleason and kvle Carlson B ren d a C a itlin Gleason of La Grande, OR and Kyle Scott Carlson of Hermiston, OR announce their engagement. B re n d a is th e daughter o f Kevin and Cathy Gleason o f Dorris, CA. She graduated from Butte Valley High School in 2006 and received a Bach elor of Science in computer science/multimedia stud ies from Eastern Oregon University in 2011. She works as an office automa tion assistant at the Pacific Letters to the Editor ~ C ontesi EHI] i o p » L r Prizes! i Boots in the air 2012 over, including men and women. The kids’ throwing area is down the block from the adults and can be seen from Main Street. All kids will receive a prize. Teens will win a prize with throw of 20 feet or more. Women w ill re ceive a prize for throws of 30 feet or more. Men will receive a prize for throws o f 40 feet or more. Indi vidual play for kids, teens and adults is free. Team cham pion ships will be held at 3:30 p.m. The top three teams will compete for various prizes, and the winner of the competition will have their team name added to the Traveling Boot Award. The H e p p ne r C ham ber o f Com m erce encourages everyone to turn out for the boot throw ing, wearing the green and enjoying the St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Chamber lunch meeting The next meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday, March 8, at noon at All Saints Episcopal Church in Heppner. The speaker will be Deborah Hayward, Work force Development Director from CAPECO, who will come and give an update of what services they offer, particularly in this com munity. Greg Smith also will give a five-minute in troduction o f “The Morrow Pacific Project” by Greg Smith and Ambre Energy North America, Inc. Cost o f lunch is $9. Heppner Family Foods will cater. P articip an ts are asked to RSVP for chamber lunch meetings the Wednes day before. Marriage Licenses The Morrow County Clerk has issued the follow ing marriage licenses: March 1: -Gregory Alan Hall, 41, o f Boardman and Kerry Bennett Muniz, 42, of Boardman. Please join us in wishing Mike and Rachel Ehrsam a VERY Happy 25th Birthday and Happy 3rd Anniversary! Mike 03/15* Rachel03/12 »Anniversary03/21 You both are such a blessing and we love and miss you very much and wish we could be there with you. Dad, Mom, Cecily. Heath. Ayden, Grandma and Aunt Trudy^/