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I TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 11,2013 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Jones donate hand crafted wood art for Hospice fundraiser U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical mancr at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1179 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at IS* W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9221. Fax (541) 676-9211. b-mail: editoro'ripidserve net or davidiairapidserve net Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Ga/cnc-Times, PO. 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 Sykes..... .........................................................................................Publisher Andrea Di Salvo. ........ ....................................................................................Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m 504 per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to tOO words Cost for a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch For Pubtic/Legal Notices public/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 written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary For Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor M U ST be signed by the author The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters M UST 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 Sharon and Dick Jones with their handcrafted wooden art responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks will Dick and Sharon Jones have generously donated a p ie c e o f w ood a rt, handcrafted by Dick, to Pioneer Memorial Hospice to be used as fundraiser. The Hospice volunteers The city of lone will hold its annual Christinas open will raffle the wood art, house on Wednesday, December 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 with the proceeds to be used p.m. and will include refreshments and door prizes at to fund Hospice community local businesses. education. Those who Everyone is invited to attend. can n o t m ake it out to purchase tickets may join be placed in the classifieds under ‘ Card of Thanks’ at a cost of $10 lone plans Christmas open house Community lunch menu United Methodist Church members willserve lunch on Wednesday, December 18, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include pork chops, scallop ed p otatoes, three bean salad, m ixed vegetables and French bread. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Marriage Licenses The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the following report of marriage licenses: December 5: -Lance Robert Bose, 19, Boardman, and Catherine Louise Groce, 17, Umatilla. -Cruz J. Castellanos, 29, Pasco, WA, and Maria Dejesus Covarrubia, 26, Irrigon. 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 o f statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks” at a cost o f $10. Be Alert For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is ~ Letters to the Editor ~ the raffle by calling Pioneer Memorial Hospice at 541 - 676-2946 or sending a check to Hospice Raffle, c/o Pioneer Memorial Hospice at PO Box 9, Heppner. They will only need a name and phone number and they will see the appropriate number o f tickets get in the raffle tub. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. The drawing will be held just before Christmas. To the Editor: As our nation moves further away from its roots and original intent, religious and political, we must be alert. We must be alert by educating ourselves and wc must be determined to stand for these foundational beliefs and principles. God’s perfect and unchangeable Wore says in part, "and having done all, to stand” (Ephesians 6:13). Let us take up the armor of God in face of preseni and coming opposition. The Creche Festival has been one such way of doing this. My appreciation to and support for all those who have taken part. (s)Melissa Jo Monacc Heppner, OR 97836 Julie Ashbeck to retire from school district M o rro w C o u n ty since September of 1990, School D i s t r i c t plans to retire at the end of S u p e rin te n d e n t the school year. D irk D ir k s e n She has been the a n n o u n c e d the district’s executive retirement of long s e c r e ta r y and tim e em ployee, human resources J u lie A sh b eck , person. during the district’s D i r k s e n re g u la r sch o o l said th a t a fte r d istrict m eeting Julie Ashbeck her retirem en t, at Sam Boardman E rin S to c k e r, E lem en tary S chool in Irrigon Elementary School Mark Mulvihill, superintendent of the Umatilla- Boardman Monday night. principal, will serve in the Morrow County Education Service District, will speak at D irk se n sa id the human resources capacity this Thursday’s Chamber of Commerce luncheon starting Ashbeck, who has been and the district will hire an at 12 p.m. with the district for 23 years, executive secretary. Willow Creek Diner will be catering lunch and will be serving: a turkey/Swiss Sandwich on a homemade roll, with lettuce, tomato and pickle, broccoli salad, homemade potato chips and a maple bar. Cost is $10. The lone Library District Board of Directors will hold Those planning to attend should RSVP their their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, December 19 attendance no later than noon on Wed., Dec. 11, to at 2:30 pm. The meeting will be held at the lone Public guarantee a lunch. Library, 385 W. Second Street in lone. The public is __ welcome to qjtend. # - ESD superintendent to speak at Chamber luncheon lone Library Board to meet S n o w S a m a r ita n s trik e s Former Lex resident earns H e p p n e r re s id e n c e prestigious aviation award F orm er L exington resident Greg Leyva has received the prestigious Wr i ght Brothers “ M a ste r P ilo t” aw ard from the Department o f T ransportatio n Federal Aviation Administration for his 50 years of “dedicated service in aviation safety.” He was recognized at the Pacific Northwest Aerial Applications Convention held at the Couer d’Alene Resort, Couer d'Alene, ID, on November 4. He was “recognized for his contributions to building and maintaining the safest aviation system in the world through practicing and promoting safe aircraft flight operations for more than 50 consecutive years.” He r e c e iv e d h is commercial applicator’s license at 20 years old and made it a lifetime career. “Few pilots start that young or stay with it long enough to put in 50 years of service. To receive such an award is a rarity,” said a news release. To his surprise, his whole family, including his wife, Barbara, and his Wish list registry drawing December 19th at Heppner1 s Christmas ever WE WILL BE OPEN, TWO SUNDAYS IN DECEMBER! children and their spouses, Lauren Leyva, Leann and K evin L eyva, W ilbur, WA, Richard and Melinda Rhodes, Keller, Texas, Staci and Mike Williams, Moses Lake, WA, and D ennis Leyva, Mesa, Arizona, were on hand for the ceremony. Leyva, now of Wilbur, WA, is the brother-in-law o f Pat Dougherty and is married to her sister Barbara. He was raised in Lexington and attended school there before transferring to lone and graduating there. His father was a spray pilot with Gar Aviation in Lexington. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Edda Mae Lovgren of Heppner found a pleasant surprise at her house following the recent big snow and cold snap. A good Samaritan, who still remains anonymous, cleaned off her sidewalks and the entry to her garage, for which she was very surprised and grateful. Edda Mae says that it would have been difficult to leave her home without the kind contribution. WE N O W OFFER Babe Ruth Bar raffle December 18 ON THE 15TH & 22\ 11AM -4PM LOTS Of GREAT GIFT IDEAS! F in e w in e s e l e c t io n C U ST O M G IF T B A S K E T S G if t & c o f f e e c a r d s M AKE G R E A T ST O C K IN G STU FFERES! 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