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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 12,2013 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner Morter, Myers exchange vows Obituaries Francis Paul Stack GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 2 4 0 -4 2 0 M o r r o w C o u n t y ’s H o m e - O w n e d W e e k ly N e w s p a p e r Published w e e k !) by Sykes P u blishing. L L C and entered as p e rio d ic a l m atter at the Post O ffic e at H eppner. ( )regon under the A c t o f M arch 3 ,1 8 7 9 P e riodica l postage paid at Heppner, O regon O ffic e at 188 W. W illo w Street, telephone (5 4 1 ) 676- 9228. Fax (5 4 1 ) 676-9211. E -m a il: e d ito ru rapidserve net o r d a v id 'u rapidserve. net. W eb site: w w w .heppner.net. Postm aster send address changes to the H eppner G aaette-1 im es, P.O. B o x 337, H eppner. 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For Obituaries Obituanes are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines Families wishing to include information nol included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary W itten 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 will not publish unsigned letters All letters MUST include the author s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the hght to edit letters 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 Area youth invited to dig into reading Summer reading program features ‘All things underground' All things underground will be explored this sum mer at the Oregon Trail Library District libraries in Boardman, Heppner and Irrigon at the “ Dig Into Reading” summer reading program. Activities may include programs about dinosaurs, ancient Egypt, caves and rocks, animals that live underground, and more. The 2013 Sum m er Reading program is open to young people, toddler through young adult, with programs, prize drawings, story hours and more. Reg istration for Dig Into Read ing began on Tuesday, June 11 ; programs begin Friday, June 14 at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call the OTLD Heppner branch at 541 -676-9964. All programs are free of charge. lone grad leads team to CrossFit World Games A team from CrossFit in Carson, CA. CrossFit Fort Vancouver in Washing Fort Vancouver finished ton won the Cross- first in five of the Fit Games North seven events and w e s t R e g io n a l second in the other championship and two to win with a earned a spot in low score of nine the CrossFit World points, 17 fewer Games. C rossFit than the second- Fort Vancouver is Adam Neiffer place team. owned by Adam “ We’ve been Neiffer, the son of Duane fortunate to have a super- and Linda Neiffer of lone. supportive and motivated Neiffer, a 2002 lone gradu gym community at CrossFit ate, also served as team Fort Vancouver,” Neiffer captain during the event. said, crediting the daily The Fort Vancouver dedication o f team mem team will advance to the bers and others at the gym C rossF it G am es w orld for the competitive suc cham pionsh ip s in July cess. Cham ber lunch meeting Kricket Nicholson with United Way of Umatilla and Morrow Counties will be the speaker at this week’s Hep pner Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting; she will be speaking on the benefits and services the Morrow County communities receive from United Way. The meeting will take place Thursday, June 13, at noon in the St. Patrick’s Senior Center dining room. Lunch expense is $10; Heppner Family Foods will cater. Lunch attendees are asked to RSVP no later than the Wednesday before. Please note that this will be the last regular chamber lunch meeting for the month of June. The next meeting will be an all entities report on July 11. Matt and Julie Myers Julie Morter of Great Falls, MT and Matt My ers of Big Sandy, MT ex changed vows last month in a May 5, 2013 outdoor ceremony at Beacon Hill in Spokane, WA. Pastor Rod Hardin officiated. The bride wore a silk fit and flare gown with a sweetheart neckline. The wedding party in cluded maid of honor Sarah Miller, friend of the bride, from Great Falls, and best man Aaron Myers, brother o f the groom, from Big Sandy. The bride was also at tended by Courtney Morter, sister-in-law of the bride, of Hermiston; Chelsie Morter, sister of the bride, of Cos ta Mesa, CA; and Kailey Morter, sister of the bride, of Kirkland, WA. Flower girls were cousins of the bride Grace and Paige Gru- enwald of Hermiston, and Moira Di Salvo o f Lex ington. The groom’s attendants were Chris Myers, brother of the groom, of Big Sandy; Mason Ophus, friend of the June 2, 2013, was an exciting day for the pa rishioners o f St. Patrick’s Catholic Church as they celebrated three very im portant events. First, it was the Feast of Corpus Christi, when Catholics celebrate the tra dition and belief in the Real Presence o f Jesus in the Eucharist. Secondly, six faith- filled boys made their first Holy Communion. Last, but certainly not least, the church’s newly arrived blessing from India, Father Kumar, celebrated his birthday. For Dillan Doyle, Adan Guerra, John Lindsay, Ryan June is “National Home Ownership Month.” BEO Mortgage Division invites you to an Open H ouse @ 269 N . Main Street, Heppner Come see our newly-remodeled offices! Lindsay, Jett Stewart and Daemon Worden, this joy ful and sacred event was a day to be forever trea sured. The students worked with their teachers, Joe Lindsay and Mary Ann Elguèzabal, to learn the many, many requirements for the sacrament of pen ance and the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. When the students were having a bit of trouble learning the Ten Commandments, the seven sacraments and the precepts of the church, Joe Lindsay set the information to music. Quite remarkably, they learned the material in a jiffy. The boys read the prayer intentions and also brought up the gifts during the offertory. Dillan carried a beautiful golden box rep resenting the gift of grace that each would receive. Daemon carried wheat from A Bunco fundraiser to benefit Relay for Life will be held Wednesday, June 19, at 6 p.m. at the lone Le- Teresa Bedortha & Anna Wedding !Kgfresf merits Served. 'Enter to win a gift certificate. â FDIC Wagoner named to OBU honor roll Heppner resident Lacie Wagoner, a junior psychol ogy major, was named to Oklahoma Baptist University’s Dean’s Honor Roll for the spring 2013 semester. Students who achieve a grade point average between 3.4 and 3.69 are listed on the Dean’s Honor Roll. Bank of St. Patrick's Catholic Parish celebrated the first Communion of several young faithful on June 2. Front (R-L): First com municants Paul Lindsay, Adan Guerra, Dillan Doyle, Ryan Lindsay, Daemon Worden and Jett Stewart. Back (L-R): Father Kumar and Father Condon. Contributed photo his grandparents’ farm, representing the Bread of Christ. Jett carried a basket of grapes representing the Blood of Christ. Ryan car ried the collection basket. Adan carried the unconse crated hosts. Paul carried the water and wine. After Mass, a reception was held in the parish hall, with din ner and cake. gion Hall. Entry fee is $10 For more information, per person; participants are contact Sharon Rietmann also asked to bring a $5 gift at 541-422-7437. for raffle that night. Laurie Lindsay M urray You do not need to be a customer to win & no purchase necessary. BEO Mortgage Division - 1-877-472-6217 Member 60, of Athena, bom and raised in Heppner, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2013. Disposition was by cremation. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 22, at Heppner Masonic Cemetery. The Board of higher Education, Faculty and graduation students of Oregon State University College of Pharmacy announce that 10:00 a.m. ~ 4:00 p.m. Arietta Arm piger. Mortgage Manager Patricia Ann (H a rrc ll-A d la rd -B ra n n o n ) H a m den — Patricia Ann (Harrell-Adlard-Brannon) Hamden, Bunco fundraiser planned June 14, 2013 (standing) with loan processors, Funeral Notice St. Patrick’s celebrates first communion CELEBRATE. Come groom, of Big Sandy; and Drew Cummings, friend of the groom, of Lewistown, MT. The groom’s cousin, Aiden Tomlinson of Post Falls, ID, served as ring bearer. An outdoor reception with dinner and dancing followed the ceremony at Beacon Hill. After a wed ding trip to the Lodge at Whitefish Lake in Montana, the couple returned to Big Sandy to reside. Julie is the daughter of Roger and Carla Morter of Heppner. She is a gradu ate of Hermiston Christian School in Hermiston, OR and the University of Idaho in Moscow. After gradu ation, she worked at the Center for Mental Health in Great Falls. Matt is the son of Larry Myers of Big Sandy and Ju lie Myers of Great Falls. He graduated from Big Sandy High School and then at tended the University of Idaho and Montana State University in Bozeman be fore returning to Big Sandy to farm. Francis Paul Stack, 71, store in 2007 and retired of Boise, ID, formerly of later. The couple moved to Heppner, died at his home Boise in 2010. of heart failure on Thursday Francis enjoyed skiing morning May 30,2013. Ser and mountain climbing, vices were held at Boise’s scaling seven major peaks Morris Hill Cemetery at 3 in Washington and Oregon. p.m. on Friday, June 7, with Also, he liked hunting and reception follow fishing, and was an ing at Shepherd of avid reader all of the Valley Lutheran his life. He became Church. interested in wood F ra n c is w as working and built a raised on a small shop for his many wheat farm in Mon tools and projects. tana and began his Francis Paul He was a life-long education in the Stack member of the Lu nearby school, Mt. theran church and Vernon. For three served as president years, he attended school of the congregation at two in Kalispell, then returned churches. He was a Cub to graduate from Big San Scout and Boy Scout leader dy High School. He got a as his boys grew up, and a Bachelor o f Science degree member of the American in biology and chemistry Pharmaceutical Association from Pacific Lutheran Uni and Consulting Pharma versity before completing cists. Recently, he joined thee more years in phar Sons o f Norway, Gron- macy at the University of dahl Lodge, along with his wife. Montana. He was preceded in It was while at PLU that he met his wife, Karen death by parents Bert and Rae Lundell. The couple Lucille (Schlack) Stack of was married on Dec. 28, Big Sandy, MT; and broth 1963 in Portland, OR. ers, Donald Lee, age 58, Francis worked in the and Gary Willis, age 23. pharmacy profession for 42 He is survived by his years, in large chain stores, wife o f nearly 50 years, large and small indepen Karen; daughters, Michelle dents, and his own store. He (Steve) Bahnmiller of Big enjoyed mentoring several Sandy, Dara (Kevin) Coates pharmacy students through of Great Falls, MT; sons, the years. The couple re Sean (Tracy) and Jason turned to the family farm for (Trish) both of Boise; and seven years before opening eight grandchildren, Trevor, a small clinic pharmacy in Kalian, Tyce, Kennedy, Chester, where they lived Gavin, Layton, Aidan and for 20 years. He sold the Lauren. Oregon Stdte ^ university is a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Pharmacy Friday, June 14th Two thousand and thirteen o n e O'clock in the afternoon La Sells Stewart Center Austin Auditorium QQME-QELEBRA T.E WITH W Friday June 28 8:00 pm - - Bucknum’s Heppner \
