TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 28,2012
Area families get
gifts of food
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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Volunteers survey some of the 60 boxes of foods handed out
last Sunday. Pictured are (clockwise from front): Patricia
Hughes, Irene Plocharsky, Cherry Webber, Merilee McDowell,
Dan Sharp, CJ Hutenrhen. Bill McDowell, Neva and David
V ern o n C lif fo rd
DeMayo, Jean Damon, Pauline Matheny, Mary Eleanor Gil Christopherson, 90, passed
man, Joan Robison, Karen Debuque and April Sykes. -Con
away March 15,2012 in Wood-
tributed photo
Families in need
of a little extra assistance
over spring break recently
received a helping hand in
the form of groceries from a
group of local churches.
The idea started
with a group o f women
within the shared ministry
o f All Saints Episcopal
Kendall
and Hope Lutheran in Hep
A lice M atte so n —
pner, but soon expanded
Jodie and Ryan Mat
to churches throughout
teson o f Pendleton
the Willow Creek Valley.
announce the birth
Under the leadership of
o f a daughter, Ken
Pastor Katy A nderson,
dall Alice Matteson.
Merilee McDowell, Barb
She was bom Febru
Orwick,
Cherry Webber.
ary 22 at 4:20 p.m.
George
Nairns
and others,
at St. Anthony Hos
Kendall Alice Matteson
the
churches
banded
to
pital in Pendleton.
gether
to
collect
groceries
She weighed seven
Grandparents are for those in need. Boxes
pounds, 14 ounces and was
20.5 inches long. She joins Phil and Kathy Carlson, containing food staples
an older sister, two-year-old and Chuck and Sherry Mat such as bread, peanut but
ter, jelly, fruit, soup, cereal,
teson, all of Heppner.
Kamryn.
juice and tuna were then
handed out on Sunday,
March 25 at the All Saints
parking lot in Heppner.
The e v e n t w as
scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m.,
but Naims said all of their
Birth Announcement
Everyone loves an
Irish girl
60 boxes of groceries were
spoken for by 3:30 p.m.
People were invited to stop
by the parking lot to pick
up a box with “no strings
attached and no questions
asked,” but Nairns said
they were also told of peo
ple who were not able to
stop by or who might not
be comfortable asking for
help. Volunteers then deliv
ered boxes of food to those
residents.
The food drive was
a repeat of a similar event
last fall, which met with
more success than the plan
ners had anticipated.
“We did it last fall
and recognized a greater
need in the com m unity
than we had realized,” said
Nairns, one of the volun
teers. "We realized we have
working families in our
community that can’t quite
make ends meet. There are
elderly residents who also
need assistance from time
to time.”
Ranger District
recruits youth
The Uma t i l l a
National Forest Heppneif
Ranger District is recruiting
four Youth Conservation
Corps (YCC) enrol lees for
a six to eight week period of
employment from June 18
through August 10.
Young men and
women, ages 15 through
18, who are permanent resi
dents of the United States.
Youths must not reach age
19 during the term of em
ployment in the program.
YCC enrollees will
participate in field-going
activities such as noxious
weed removal, fence re
moval and construction,
trail maintenance, camp
ground maintenance, slash
piling, and fireline con
struction around logged
You are invited to the
George Koffler
Farewell Retirement Reception
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units in the Heppner Ranger
District.
Enrollees are re
sponsible for their own
room and board and for
transportation to and from
the Forest Service Office
in Heppner. Enrollees are
responsible. The YCC pro
gram pays $8.80 per hour.
A pplicants must
complete and submit an ap
plication and medical his
tory to the Heppner Ranger
District, PO Box 7, 117
S. Main St., Heppner, OR
97836. The application
and medical history must
be received by 2 p.m. on
April 16.
A pplications are
available at the Heppner
office and the supervisor’s
office in Pendleton, or at
Heppner, lone, Irrigon and
Riverside high schools.
Selections will be
made on a random basis
on April 16 at 4 p.m. at the
Heppner office. Applicants
are welcome to be pres
ent during the selection
process. All applicants will
be notified by mail of their
selection status.
For more informa
tion, contact Becky Wese-
man, Heppner Ranger Dis
trict, 541-676-9187.
He was preceded in
death by: his parents; his wife,
Dorothy; and his children,
burn, OR. Celebra
Caroline, Charles and, more
tion o f Life services
recently, Debra. He
will be held March
is now with this be
31 at the Donald Fire
loved wife, whom
he loved and missed
Hall in Donald, OR
at 2 p.m.
so much.
He wa s
Vernon is
bom on Nov. 6,1921
survived by: his two
to Ernest and Ada Vernon
daughters, G loria
(Agee) Christopher Clifford
K lim asch esk y o f
son. The oldest o f Christopherson M ilton-Freewater,
three boys, he was
OR and Kathy Olsen
bom near lone.
of Donald, OR; his brothers,
Vernon married Dor Ernest “Ernie” Christopher
othy May Brady on April 23, son o f Columbia Falls, MT
1940 in College Place, WA. and Ersel Christopherson of
Both were raised in the lone Woodburn and brother-in-law,
area, and they lived primarily Melvin Brady of Milton-Free
in Eastern Oregon, where their water, OR. He is also survived
children were bom, until they by grandchildren, Arlynda
moved to Donald in 1965. Gates o f lone; Arietta Arn-
They owned several business spiger of Lexington; Christie
es; he delivered the Oregonian Kelly o f Donald; M ichael
and Statesman and ran a recy Luna of Hubbard, OR; Ricky
cling business throughout the Luna of Kingston, ID; Keith
years. He was known as “Vem Olsen o f McMinnville, OR;
the Paperman.” Vem was ac Alicia Rippey o f Portland,
tive with the Donald City Fire TN and Marissa Kovach of
Department for more than 40 Redmond, OR. He had 14
years and was the mayor of great-grandchildren and seven
Donald in the 70s. He lived great-great grandchildren.
his last years at R honda’s
Vem’s wishes were
Adult Foster Care Home in for any donations to go to the
W oodburn, OR, w here he Donald City Fire Department,
received tender loving care by 20909 Feller St NE, Donald,
Rhonda and her staff.
OR 97020.
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BMCC offers
investment classes
Bl ue Mo u n t a i n
Community College will
offer a three-part educa
tion course this April to
help residents of Morrow
County plan and save for
retirement.
The three-part se
ries of classes will cover the
topics of Investment Basics,
Retirement Basics and Re
tirement Income Planning.
The courses complement
one another and can be
taken as a series or inde
pendently, depending on
individual knowledge and
needs.
The classes will be
taught by Rita Van Schoi-
ack, a financial advisor who
is owner of Blue Mountain
Investment Management.
The goal of the courses is
to help attendees gain the
skills to estimate how much
money they need to retire,
learn how to create retire
ment goals, review invest
ment basics and more.
The classes will
meet in the large confer
ence room o f the Petty
john Building, 430 West
Linden Way in Heppner.
The classes will be held on
Monday evenings from 7
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Invest
ment Basics will be April
9; Retirement Basics; April
23 and Retirement Income
Planning, April 30.
There is no charge
to attend but workbooks
can be purchased for $5.
A dvance registration is
required. Call Anne Morter
at 541-422-7040 or e-mail
her at amorter@bluecc.edu.
Students may also register
online at www.bluecc.edu.
Senior issues forum
planned
A community fo in Heppner on Wednesday,
rum on issues affecting se April 4. at l p.m.
nior citizens will be held at
The forum will be
St. Patrick’s Senior Center a discussion o f the Area
Agency on Aging’s (AAA)
plan for senior services for
the next four years. The
forum is part of the AAA
planning process to ensure
services offered to seniors
Rita Van Schoiack are those they need most.
The AAA works in
Financial Advisor
Umatilla and Morrow coun
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ties to help people aged 60
and over find the services
• Investment Management
they need to remain living
• Retirement Plan “Rollovers”
as independently as pos
• Retirement Planning
sible. Such services include
• IRA’s
the senior meals program,
• Tax Advantaged Investments
in-home services, informa
• Bonds, Stocks, Mutual Funds
tion and assistance, and the
• Investment Consulting and Guidance
Family Caregiver Support
• Investments for Retirement Income
Program.
For an Appointment Call: 541-676-5226
E veryone is en
Toll Free: 1-866-325-5326
couraged to be involved in
determining what those 60
The Pettyjohn Building, 430 W. Linden Way Heppner, OR 97836
and over will need to live
rita@bluemountaininvest.com
their
best lives. There will
Serv
Securities and Investment t Advisory Services
offered through Multi-Financial
be a drawing for a door
Securities Corp Mem ber FINRA/SIPC Blue Mountain Investment
Management l LC is not affiliated with Multi-Financial Securities Corp
prize as well as coffee.
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BEO Heppner Branch Lobby
Thursday, March 29, 2012
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cake, coffee, and punch
(Please join ns in wishing
(jeorge the very 6est!
B ank o f
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for all family and friends
will be held at 11 a.m. on
March 31 at Salt Creek
Cemetery in Dallas, OR,
followed by a memorial
lunch at Abby’s Pizza, 174
W. Ellendale, Dallas, OR.
Vernon Clifford
Christopherson
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J e re m ia h “ J a y ”
Jewett Brown, 66, died Jan
uary 11, 2012, in Heppner,
OR, his favorite “frontier
town,” from health issues
related to diabetes.
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Alaina Watson of La Grande, daughter of Heather Watson,
shows off her traditional Irish dress during the Wee Bit O'
Ireland celebration in Heppner. The dress was given to Alaina's
grandmama by a close family friend. It had belonged to the
man’s wife; they had purchased the dress in Cork County,
Ireland. Alaina instantly fell in love with the dress, so her
grandmama hemmed it (without cutting it) so the girl could
wear it on St. Paddy’s Day and for other Celtic festivals she
loves visiting. As Alaina grows taller, the hem will slowly be let
out to grow with her. -Contributedphoto
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