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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 25,2012 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by S)kes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical mancr at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3 ,1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at US W Willow Street. Telephone (5 4 1 ) 676- 9221. Fax (341)676-9211. E-mail: editorgrapidserve.net or david'arapiilserve net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO Box 337. Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $29 in M oitow Counts; $23 senior rale (in Morrow Count) only; 65 years or older); $35 elsewhere; $29 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 pm Cost for a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost tor classified ad is 50* per word Cost tor Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost tor a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch For Pubfic/legaf Notices pubkcAegal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for pub lication must be specified Affidavits must be reguired at the tone 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 m the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines Fam ilies wishing to include inform ation not included m the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary wntten in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary For Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author The Heppner GT w il not publish unsigned letters. A ll letters MUST include the author's address and phone number for use by the GT office The GT reserves the right to edit letters The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under 'Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. Letters to the Editor ~ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the sender along with 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 of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks" at a cost of $10. Breaking out of the mold Terry M. Rottini Obituaries Springs, UT for 12 Terry M. Rot years prior to mov tini, 55, of Mur ing to Murray. ray, UT died Friday, She is survived July 20, 2012 at by: her companion, her home in Mur Bobby Mathews ray after a lengthy of Murray; sons, illness. Cremation Shawn Wilson and has taken place. Terry M wife Stacy of Or Memorial services R o ttin i egon, and Travis will be conduct ed at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and Troy Wilson of Rock July 28, at Fox Funeral Springs; brother, Kirby Home, 2800 Commercial Rogers and wife Sha Way, Rock Springs, UT. ron; sister, Cindy Phillips Terry was bom October 26, and husband Joe of Rock 1956 in Salt Lake City, UT, Springs and Linda Thomp the daughter of Harold Jack son and husband Charles Allen and Marian J. Hilton of Idaho; eight grandchil dren; eight nieces and eight Allen. She graduated from Hep nephews. pner High School in Hepp She w as p re c e d ner with the class of 1974. ed in death by: her par Her interests were rock ents, grandparents and hunting, cam ping and one uncle, Craig Welch. spending time with family. Condolences for family can She was a resident of Rock be left at www.foxfh.com. Honor military during fair This year, to go with the theme, the fair is honoring active military personnel by showing the county’s pride in those serving for their country. The Morrow County Fair would like residents to submit 8x10 photos of active military personnel to display during fair, along with the person’s name and some information about them, if possible. An ad dress for people to write to them is also encouraged. Anyone with a picture to display is asked to drop it by the Fair Office by Aug. 6. Anyone who has a photo but can’t provide it by that date may contact Ren’ee Yocom at mcfair@ co.morrow.or.us or 541- 676-9474 to make arrange ments. If military personnel show up in uniform during the fair, they will receive free fair passes. My family would like to recognize John and Cathy Marick at the Willow Creek Diner and Bakery for break ing out of the mold and introducing a healthier, and deli cious, style of dining to the Heppner area. We have tried many different things on the menu and have liked all of them. We don’t eat only vegetarian or vegan-style diets but are very impressed with the efforts and accomplishments of the diner in making such a healthy choice so delicious that the change of ingredients is hardly noticed. We en courage everyone to give this style a try. We would say you will not be disappointed; you will, more than likely, find a new favorite. The United Methodist Ida has been a member Thank you, Church ladies will be hold of the Methodist church for Ivy and Iva Lou Zimmerman ing a yard sale in Ida Farra’s many years; she has also honor this Friday, July 27, owned and operated Farra’s from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Shoe Shop for more than Heppner United Methodist 65 years. Thirteen ladies were son took the low net; Pat Church basement. A plant Proceeds from the sales on the field for a humid but Dougherty and Bernice Lott sale will also be held in the will be donated to the Meth thunder-free day of play had the least putts. yard. odist church. at Willow Creek Country Second low gross were Club on Tuesday, July 17. Alene Rucker and Pat Ad- Play for the day was a mundson. Low net were modified Chapman. Lynnea Sargent and Su Low gross of the field zanne Jepsen; second low was held by Eva Kilkenny net were Karen Thompson and Melissa Coiner. Jackie and Jill Martin. The next meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Com Allstott and Pat Edmund- merce will take place Thursday, July 26 at noon in the St. Patrick’s Senior Center dining room. Cost of lunch is $9; Murray’s Drug will cater. Guest speakers will be Judge Terry Tallman and Com missioners Ken Grieb and Leann Rea from the Morrow County Court. Participants are asked to RSVP no later than the July is a five-Sunday month, which means it is time Wednesday before. for hand puppets at Heppner United Methodist Church. This Sunday, July 29, at 10:30 a.m., Harry, Pete and Squeak will be helping church attendees receive the mes sage. The church invites all who are young at heart to help celebrate God’s love through puppetry. Methodists to hold yard sale Over the Tee Cup Chamber lunch meeting Puppets in the pulpit Kinzua lunch group It was a small group that gathered July 20 at the Apple Peddler in Prineville. Those who enjoyed the lunch were Bob and Peg Nelson, Bob and MaryLee Britt, Bill Ledford and daughter-in-law Marilyn Ledford, Montell McDonald, and Marilyn Garcia. The next lunch will be August 17 at Service Creek. /'Happy Sweet Blake A n n Community invited to outdoor worship The community is in vited to join All Saints Episcopal Church and Hope Lutheran Church in an out door worship service to be held this Sunday, July 29, at the new Hager Park picnic shelter beginning at 10 a.m. The informal commu nion service will be fol lowed by a barbecue and potluck. Hamburgers, hot dogs, beverages and din- nerware will be provided. Those who attend are en couraged, but not required, to bring lawn chairs and a salad or dessert to share. For more information, call the shared ministry of fice at 541-676-9970. Love Grandpa Bill, Grandma Cindy & Malay Deadline for legal and Classified Advertising Monday at 5:00 pm JJjJjJjL L i .», l l i - Ju LiL Q -S - ■«»■.«« - . . r.a. cvk kw ilj i m v xt Mildred “Millie” Cook Kitzmiller Mildred “Millie” Cook er and grandmother. She Kitzmiller, 58, an award looked forward to relaxing winning real estate agent trips to the beach at Lincoln and beloved wife, mother City, OR with her family. and grandmother, died in Millie took great delight in Portland, OR on July 7, just being with her family. 2012. With grace, she cou Whether her children, Tom rageously battled cancer and Tasha, were toddlers or until her death. adults, she would often say, M illie was born in “Let’s curl up in bed and Heppner on July watch a movie,” 16, 1953 to Miles or “Let’s all go lay “Puddy” Cook and in bed and I’ll tell H azel L am bert you a story.” Millie Cook. loved her children A dedicated and her grandchild professional who just as God had loved her work, V lild re d created them, and M illie found her “ M illie ” Cook always encouraged calling as a real es K itz m ille r them to be who tate agent 11 years God created them ago. She served her clients to be. She never judged with integrity and never en and she always loved. She couraged them to purchase protected her children, but homes that were beyond gave them enough space their means. Despite the so that they could become recent economic and real self-sufficient adults. estate downturn, Millie She was also not afraid closed enough business to to acknowledge her own win the President’s Elite imperfections, which really Award in 2009, 2010 and made her the perfect mother 2011 from John L. Scott Re and grandmother. She gave alty. Although hers was the her children and grandchild only name on these awards, the most valuable thing a she would always be quick parent or grandparent can to acknowledge the team of give—her time and full people who worked for her attention. When playing and helped her obtain these with her granddaughter, achievements. Thomasina, Millie would In addition to her career be as silly as Thomasina as a real estate agent, Mil wanted and would elicit the lie found joy in a number loudest laughs one could of other things. First, she ever hear from a baby or was an avid gardener. Her toddler. She read book after respect for life and nature book to Thomasina without manifested itself in a gift for tiring and did everything creating lush and beautiful she could to be with Thom landscapes. Millie had just asina. Thomasina even cre the right touch when it came ated a unique name for this to gardening. She knew special person in her life— when to provide extra care “Grandma Meme.” to her plants and she knew Faithful, supportive when to leave them alone. and loving, kind, honest Not only did she love and empathic, not only was plants, but she also loved she an excellent mother and animals. She wouldn’t ex grandmother, but she was terminate a large family also an excellent friend. of frogs that had inhabited Her loss will be felt deeply her outdoor fountain, even by many. A Christian and a though their loud croaking beloved wife, mother and kept her own family awake grandmother, she is sur at night. vived by: her husband, John M illie also dem on Kitzmiller of Oregon City, strated her compassion for OR; her son, Thomas Hilts animals through her dedica of Portland; her daughter, tion to Family Dogs New Tasha Giacomazzi of Port Life Shelter, a no-kill dog land; her granddaughter, shelter dedicated to rescu Thomasina Hilts of Port ing and re-homing needy land; her mother. Hazel Lux dogs regardless of age, of Salem, OR; her sisters, breed or history. She served Patty Kempke of Portland, as secretary on the board of Margie Agee of Drum directors and visited often mond, MT, Mary Cook of to provide any help that the Portland, Carolyn O’Neill shelter needed, whether it of Happy Valley, OR, Dar was playing with the dogs lene Waldo of Salem, OR or completing administra and Jackie Herman of Sa tive tasks. Most important, lem; and her dogs, Buffy however, Millie provided and Sophie. the encouragement, love In lieu of flow ers, and support that her daugh please consider a contribu ter, Tasha, needed to have tion to Family Dogs New the strength and confidence Life Shelter located at 9101 to follow her dream and S.E. Stanley Avenue, Port start this organization that land, OR 97206. Family has now saved more than Dogs New Life Shelter can 8,000 dogs. also be found at www.fami- Above all else, Millie lydogsnewlife.org. cherished her roles as moth- Heppner city The Heppner City Council will meet in an open session at 5:30 p.m. on July 30, 2012 at Heppner City Hall. The purpose of the meeting is to continue a work session on the proposed new personnel manual. Located In th e R olling H ills n ear Hardm an. This rem ote location is p e rfe c t for your p rivate functions. 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