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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 14,2012 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner G A ZETTE-TIM ES U.S.P.S. 240-420 M orrow C ounty’s Hom e-O w ned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical maner at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3 ,1 1 7 9 . Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at I** W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676- 9221. Fa* (541) 676-9211. E-mail editorarapidserve net or davidarapidserve net Web site: www heppner net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97*36. Subscriptions: $ 2 9 in Morrow County; $23 senior rate (in Morrow County 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 p.m Cost lor a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost lor classified ad is 5 0 f per word Cost lor 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 publc/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 G T 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 wntten 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 ~ Letters to the Editor The Heppner Gazette rimes will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name o f 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 o f statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card o f Thanks” at a cost o f $ 10. High school youth honor vets To the Editor: The program at the high school for veterans was out standing. 1 was very proud of the students for the respect they showed our vets. They seemed to really enjoy it all, even serving the lunch. We were all kindly welcomed and, at the finish, without prompting, they stood and gave our vets a great round of applause. Good job students, Mary Jean McCabe, Heppner G T 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 G T 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 All invited to local Thanksgiving meal Everyone is invited to attend the annual com munity Thanksgiving din ner on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22, begin ning at 1 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, 460 N. Gale St. in Heppner. The dinner will be com plete with all the Thanks- giving trimmings and there is no charge to attend. People who would like to participate, but who can not attend the dinner at the church, may call Shelli Britt, 541-676-5478, to have meals delivered or for more information. 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Heppner; sisters, Smith He g rad u ated Vicki and husband from Heppner High School Randy Rayburn of Heppner, in 1984. He served in the Rebecca and husband An U.S. Army, stationed at dre Percy-Genovese of San Fort Bragg, N.C. He was Francisco, CA; and four employed at the Kinzua nieces and nephews. Mill in Heppner and then Funeral services are worked for Kirby selling pending. vacuum cleaners. Death Notice William H. I. “ Bill” Padberg J r — William H. I. “Bill” Padberg Jr., 88, longtime Lexington resident, died Jo rd y n Kay R olan— Alyssa Garber Rolan and Sunday, November 11, 2012 at Pioneer Memorial Hos pital. A memorial service will be held Friday, November Cody Rolan of Hep 16, at 11 a.m. at the Lexington Community Church. A pner announce the complete obituary will follow in next week’s Heppner birth o f a daughter, Gazette-Times. Sweeney Mortuary is in charge o f ar Jordyn Kay Rolan. rangements. Jordyn was bom No vember 8, 2012 at 11:34 p.m. at Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston, OR. She weighed six pounds, Jordyn Kay Rolan six ounces and was Community members a detailed message with 19-1/2 inches long. She joins older brother Parker Ro who could use a little help name, address and phone lan, 3. Aunt Rheannon Garber was present for the birth; keeping food on the table number. grandparents are Angel and Tim Garber of Heppner. this month are invited to This gift o f food is Needy residents offered free food -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE CHRISTMAS IS JUST, AROUND THE CORNER!} Randy Ray Smith Birth announcement pick up a free box of food this Sunday, Nov. 18, from 2-4 p.m. at the All Saints parking lot right behind the Neighborhood Center, no questions asked. De ing a year in the planning livery to the home-bound stage and several months can be arranged by calling in design. The cemetery 541-676-9970 and leaving district decided to use all lo cal contractors for the job— cement for the concrete base was purchased from Miller Concrete, MarKel Manufacturing of Heppner The Sew Fantastic 4-H built the steel frame and Blue Mountain Construc Club held its first meeting tion Services, owned by of the new club year this Heppner man Rod Wilson, past Thursday afternoon, Nov. 8, at the lone Com did the construction. “ (We) expect it to munity Church. Sewing assistant Nancy be very enduring,” says Wolff. “We wanted to do Anderson taught everyone how to sew a pinwheel/star it right.” They had hoped to have design quilt block from col it up and running in time for orful Christmas fabric piec Veteran’s Day, but a few es that she provided. All the final details remain, such members were able to finish as placement of the already- piecing and stitching the top purchased flag pole and the together for their eight-inch light fixture to keep the flag quilt square. They will fin ish the project at their next lit at night. Riney adds that there are also certain aspects they thought they had complete but that will have to be changed, such as closing in the top portion because By Aaron Smythe birds like to roost there. The lone Community “Rod did a beautiful Foods Group held a meet job,” he says. “It’s just one ing Oct. 28 at the lone Com o f those flaws we didn’t munity Church. think about.” M e m b e rs M o rg a n Riney says he expects Orem and Aaron Smythe, the kiosk to be both well along with leaders Claudia received and well treated. Smythe, Nancy Jepsen and “We’re very thankful Rebecca Jepsen, were pres our people are respecting ent. They made Spooky Spi it. A lot of cemeteries have problems with vandalism,” der Deviled Eggs, Eyeball says Riney. “We have more Eggs, Spider Web Frosted animal problems than any Mrs. Allen Bars and Happy thing. We have a deer prob Halloween Pumpkin Bars, lem here in the cemetery. which were served with They don’t cause a lot of Iced Spider Punch. problems; we’re glad we have them.” Aside from the deer and the birds, the directors agree that they hope the kiosk will be usefol for area residents The lone Legion Aux and visitors alike. iliary will hold its annual “We hope our patrons holiday bazaar this Satur find it helpful in future day, Nov. 17, from 9 a.m. to needs at the cem etery,” 4 p.m. at the lone American Wolff says. Legion Hall. A lunch of soup, roll and a dessert will be available for $5. Tables are still avail able forvendors; cost per Reward offered for CEMETERY KIOSK information A $500 reward is being offered for information lead ing to an arrest related to thefts in the Penland Lake area Oct. 31. Anyone with any information relating to the thefts should call the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office at 541- 676-5317. Obituaries with gravesite locations is kept inside the workshop right now, making it incon venient for anyone seeking information. When finished, the ki osk will serve as a bulletin board with a map o f the cemetery coded for graves- ites; it will also contain a notebook with alphabetized names and gravesite loca tions. A drawer will hold pencil and paper for jotting notes. Rising above the kiosk, a new, more visible flagpole will soar 24 hours a day within a beam of light. Both Wolff and Riney hasten to add that the new flagpole is an addition and not a replacement for the old flagpole closer to the center of the cemetery. That one will remain, though it has to be taken down at night due to lack of proper lighting. The whole structure from the base up cost ap proximately $4,000. Wolff says the cem etery, established in the 1860s, is a public cemetery, one of four managed by the Heppner Cemetery Mainte nance District. Others are Pleasant Point Cemetery on Little Butter Creek Road, Tippett Cemetery on Up per Big Butter Creek, and Upper Rhea Creek Pioneer Cemetery. Maintenance and im provements for the cemeter ies, such as the kiosk, come from tax dollars w ithin the district. The district is managed by three elected officers, George, Riney and Wolff, and has only one paid employee, Cemetery Superintendent Jim Rice, the person with whom the public generally has con tact. The kiosk has been two years in the making, includ W e w ill be closed . FOR THANKSGIVING Now taking reservations for holiday parties Route 7 4 Restaurant 3 5 0 E. Route 74,1IÖheJ 5 4 1 -4 2 2 -7 1 6 0 made possible by generous contributions from mem bers of the Shared Ministry of Hope Lutheran Church and All Saints Episcopal Church, a gift from Advan tage Dental, and a grant from the Diocese of Eastern Oregon. Sew Fantastic 4-H Club news meeting by quilting the top and bottom pieces to batting and then finishing the edges of the block to complete a decorative potholder. Members present in cluded: Emily and Amanda Rea, Morgan Orem, Sydney Stefani, Mackenzie Heide- man, Renee Peterson and M alinda Morter. Others who assisted were Nancy Jepsen, Bonnie Ball and Nathan Heideman. The next meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. at the church. 4-H club Halloween cooking fun All of it was served to about 20 members o f the community who came to watch Rebecca Jepson’s video presentation o f her trip to Uganda with Wheels for the World, which refur bishes wheel chairs, canes, walkers and crutches for distribution in developing countries. Anyone who would like to donate items to be refurbished can con tact the Jepsens at 541 -676- 5244. The next meeting will be held Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. lone Auxiliary to hold holiday bazaar table is $10. Set-up for vendors is Friday, Nov. 16, at 6-9 p.m. and Saturday morning at 8 a.m. To re serve a table, contact Becky Rietmann at 541-422-7230 or 541 -702-2040, or Sharon Rietmann at 541-422-7437 or 541-571-0738. PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF MILLIE H A N N A SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 18TH FROM 2:00-4:00PM AT THE ST. PATRICK’S SENIOR CENTER I CAKE. PUNCH AND COFFEE WILL BE SERVED
