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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 16,2013 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 Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676- 9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 F,-mail: editorKr rapidserve.net or david iirapidserve net Web site: www heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette- Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $29 in Morrow County, $23 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $35 elsewhere; $29 student subscriptions. David Sy kcs ................................................................. 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 S5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 50t 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: publlc/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 Obituanes 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 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 right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in Ihe classifieds under 'Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. Shared ministry hosts free movie night The next free movie night hosted by the Shared Ministry of Hope Lutheran Church and All Saints Episcopal Church will be held this Friday, Oct. 18, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Hope (comer of Alfalfa and Cowins in Heppner). This month’s feature, rated PG, portrays a journey of spiritual re-awakening and self-discovery, and includesa visual feast of the Spanish countryside, For information about the movie title and cast, please call the shared ministry office at 541-676- 9970. Cham ber lunch m eeting The next reg u larly scheduled lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be an all entities report on Thursday, Nov. 7, at noon in the St. P atrick's Senior Center dining room. Thursday, Oct. 17, will be a special chamber lunch for those local merchants who participated in the recent custom er service training. The meetings on Oct. 24 and Oct. 31 have been cancelled. Cost of lunch is $10. Chamber lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at 541 - 676-5536 no later than the Wednesday before to guarantee a lunch. The Heppner chamber would also like to welcome new member Julie DeLoach with Sew On Et Cetera and the new pastor at Heppner Christian Church, Lloyd Love. M arriage Licenses The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the following report of marriage licenses: October 10, 2013: -Matthew Lee McCabe. 23, of Lincoln, NE and Teonna Linnel Vandever, 23, of Lincoln. C om m unity lunch m enu Willow Creek Baptist and Elohim Covenant church members will serve lunch on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal w ill be breakfast for lunch and will include scrambled eggs; ham, bacon and sausage; hash browns; citrus salad; sliced tomatoes; biscuits and gravy; and cinnamon rolls. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Columbia Basin Electric C o-O p Annual Photography Contest ENTRIES ACCEPTED AT CONDON AND HEPPNER OFFICES NOW THRU NOVEMBER 7TH AT 5:00 PM Entries must be photographs, either standard or digital, color or black-and-white, and taken within the C.B.E.C, service territory, with some indication or reference to electricity or electrical infrastructure. TWO ENTRY CLASSES: People / Animals Landscapes / General interest The same photo may be entered in both classes if desired, but a copy for each class will be required. 8 x 1 0 photos are preferred, but smaller entries are allowed. ~ Letters to the Editor ~ the Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor w ith the follow ing 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. BMCC bond would support necessary college technology To the Editor: 1 hereby add my voice to those urging support of the bond for Blue Mountain Community College, which would continue the present tax at the same rate while adding programs, buildings and improvements throughout the college district. While others have spoken of the exciting, regionally- relevant programs and the buildings needed for them that the bond would allow, I would like to address an equally-important issue at stake: the college’s information technology (IT) master plan. The meticulously planned upgrade funded by the bond would ensure that IT services and infrastructure “will keep abreast o f an evolving technology landscape, allow for a collaborative learning environment, provide seamless access to data, be upgradeable, and meet the needs o f the College community today and tomorrow.” While not a program or building that can be “seen,” IT can certainly be felt in every area of the college’s operations. As a BMCC board member, 1 recently attended the national conference of the Association o f Community College Trustees in Seattle. Everyone I heard addressed the need for integrated data systems and dependable support for distance learning. If BMCC is to continue its essential role in education and workforce training in the 21s1 century, it simply must have the necessary technological support to do so. Your vote will make the difference. Thank you in advance for voting yes for BMCC, for our students, and for Eastern Oregon. (s) Lea Mathieu, lone Funeral Notice Creston O. Robinson —Cres*on O. Robinson, 91, of Heppner, died August 4. 2013 in Pendleton, OR. He was bom in Hardman, OR on August 28, 1921. A Celebration of Life with military honors will be held Saturday, October 19, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge. M em berships available for therapy pool B e g in n in g N ov. 1 Willow Creek Water Park’s warm-water therapy pool will be open to people with m em berships. The m em bership will allow users to come to the pool at any tim e, based on reservations. “ We w anted to try so m eth in g that w ould in c re a se usage o f the therapy pool, but staffing it full-tim e was not an option.” said Willow Creek Park District Board member Skip Matthews. “With the membership plan, people will be able to use the pool most any time they choose at a reasonable price.” The park district will be selling memberships for spa use beginning Oct. 21. Membership will cost $40 for a single and $75 for a family per month. The members will then be given a key to the therapy pool and family bath. Reservations can be made for use up to a week at a time. The pool will be available for use from 5 a m. to 10 p.m. Members may bring guests; however, they will be charged the regular pool rate of $4 per guest. Members will need to sign an application and agree to certain terms and conditions of use. C o n ta c t Ma t t h e ws or call the pool phone at 541-676-5752 and leave a message for additional information. Additionally, people can stop by the pool from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Oct. 28 through Oct. 30 to sign up or check out the pool and ask questions. D om estic Violence Services holds 5K Fundraiser planned for Taylor A fundraiser to benefit H eppner woman Crysti Taylor is planned for Oct. 17. Taylor was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatments in Kennewick, WA. The event will be held at the Heppner Elks Club and will begin with a baked potato/chili feed from 6-7 p.m., $ 10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under, with an auction to follow from 7-8 p.m. In addition to items lis te d in la st w e e k ’s paper, further items for the auction include: $50 gift c e rtific a te for oil change - Brannon’s Auto; Afghan - Nadine Toombs; Afghan - Sam VanDoom; Wratchet tie downs - D & L Auto; Emergency car kit - Les Schwab; Leather wallet case for Samsung Galaxy S4 - US Cellular; Leather w allet case for Sam . G alaxy S3 - US Cellular; Seattle Seahawks computer case, fits IPad - US Cellular; Koolcase for IDM1NI (Blue) - US C ellu lar; K oolcase for IDMINI (Lime Green) - US Cellular; Coffee cards and gifts - Cornerstone Gallery; and $40 pool/spa gift certificate to Willow Creek Water Park - Dave and Rhonda Winters. Donations also may be made directly to Taylor’s medical fund account at Bank of Eastern Oregon. Q uestions, call Rhonda W inters at 676-9294 or Shelli Britt at 676-5478. Twenty-five runners and walkers turned out for the first annual Domestic Violence Awareness 5K Walk/Run held in Boardman last weekend. Coordinators said they had a good turnout for both participants and volunteers for the event, which helped raise awareness and support for Domestic Violence Services, Inc. DVS provides 24-hour crisis assessment, emergency shelter, peer support, support groups, referrals, emergency transportation, abuse assessment, and advocacy and community education in Umatilla and Morrow counties; the event raised $1,080 for the program. Above: Some of the participants in the 5K walk/run. Below: A few of the volunteers who helped make the event happen. -Contributedphotos Parks meeting cancelled The scheduled quarterly meeting for the Morrow County Parks Committee set for Oct. 22 has been cancelled. The next scheduled meeting will be in January, 2014. All committee members will be notified of the time and the place of the next meeting. COME IN AN D SEE OUR NEW LUNCH BISTRO MENU Daily Soups Now Available! Monday - Chicken <S" Noodle Soup Tuesday - Navy Bean Soup Wednesday - Potato Soup Thursday - Vegetable Bee! Soup Friday - Vicki s Choice BM CC bond info m eeting planned An i n f o r m a t i o n a l me e t i n g on the Blue Mount ai n Co mmu n i t y College bond is planned for Sunday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. in room H2 at the lone Community School. Lea Mat hi eu, who serves on the board o f directors at BMCC and is a member o f the BMCC Bond Political Acti on Committee, will show a short video and attempt to answer any questions voters may have about the bond on the upcoming ballot. Anyone with questions pr i o r to the me e t i n g should email Mathieu at leamathieu@mac.com. Prizes Awarded in each class Prizes- $50 for first place $35 for second place $15 for third place Parents of K-4th Graders! O ur Annual H oliday Design C ontest Is On! Designs Due At Local Branches By 11/04/13. Entrants will agree to allow Columbia Basin Electric Co-Op to enlarge, frame, and permanently display winning entries at C B.E.C.’s discretion, with no compensation or value paid. Appropriate recognition will be noted of entrant. All entrants must be members / consumers of Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc. No single entrant may submit more than four (4) entries in any one class. Winner Gets $125 Plus Other Perks! Pick Up Entry Forms At Your Local Branch! Member FDIC www c o m m u n ity b a n k n e t c o m WE MAKE BANNERS & SIGNS For additional inform ation: Call Penny Woodson of C.B.E.C.’s Heppner office at 676-9146 or email: pennyw@columbiabasin.cc Serving Morrow, Wheeler ft Gilliam counties Since 19S9 Heppner Gazette-Times Phone: 541-676-9228 Fax: 541-676-9211 »
