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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 8,2014 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Carol K. Anderson Porter 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 Fa* (541) 676-921 ■ E-mail: editor!«>rapidserve net or davidf« rapidserve net Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-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. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost lor a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 50« 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 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 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 the classifieds under "Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10 Correction: G-T Trophy Corner Las! week’s G-T Trophy Corner incorrectly stated that Tiffany Akers resides in Irrigon. Tiffany Akers, 12, of Boardman shot her first doe on Dec. I during the Morrow County Youth Hunt at Green Wood Resources in Boardman. -Contributed photo Community lunch menu Amazing Grace Fellowship church members will serve lunch on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include chicken pot pie, green salad. French bread and brownies. Willow Creek Baptist and Elohim Covenant church members will serve lunch on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Lunch will include pulled pork sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, carrot salad, apple sauce and cookies. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Chamber lunch meeting Upcoming Cabin Fever concerts feature local talent T he a n n u a l J o h n W ambeke and F rien d s Cabin Fever music and variety shows may offer a cure for the winter doldrums for the entire family. The four upcom ing shows—three in Hermiston and ohe in Pendleton—also include vocalists with local ties, Joe Lindsey and David Bates, along with fiddler Eric Jepsen. Now in its sixth year, the 2014 C abin F ever Concert series offers a pair of Dutch oven dinner shows Friday, Jan. 17, and Saturday, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m., as wel 1 as a regular matinee show Sunday, Jan. 19, at 3 p.m., all at the Hermiston Conference Center. 415 S. Highway 395 in Hermiston. In addition, Wambeke and F rien d s w ill tak e the show to the road for a benefit performance at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton on behalf of Jeremy Miller, who is fighting pancreatic cancer. Miller, who performed with the Absolutely Nobody a cappella quartet, is the son o f David Miller, former music director at BMCC. The benefit performance in Pendleton is on Saturday night, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. at the Pioneer Hall Theatre. Jo e L in d s e y o f L e x in g to n , a fo rm e r m em ber o f A bsolutely Nobody, will join with other past quartet members, David Bates o f Sisters, OR (son of Dale Bates of Heppner), Cory Cooley, and Micah Barton, in the fundraising performance in Pendleton only. Quartet m em bers L indsay and Cooley will perform as a duet at the Hermiston shows, Other features o f the event include the Frazier W am beke Trio as the show ’s house band, the continued antics of Thelma (Wambeke) and Eunice (Pat Ward) in an episode of “The Dating Game,” the vocal talent of Stacy Cooley, and other guests. The Saturday night dinner show is sold out; however, tickets are still av ailab le for the other three performances. Tickets can be purchased at the H erm iston C onference Center or the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce, or bycalling541-701-7014or 541-314-3751. Friday night Dutch oven dinner tickets are $35 in advance. Sunday matinee tickets are $10 each or $25/family and can be purchased at the door, The cost for the benefit performance in Pendleton and as a magazine editor. in death by her step-father, Throughout her life, Ervin Anderson. She is su rv iv ed by her she pursued her sons, Richard Porter interest in writing o f Palo Alto, CA short stories and and Cory P orter collecting antiques. (Nicole DeWeese) In retirement, she of Los Angeles, as enjoyed read in g well as two sisters. and v is its from Carol K. her sons and other A n d e r s o n Dee (Jim) Erdmann o f A u m s v ille family members and Porter and Nancy (Phil) friends. In a d d itio n to her McLennan of Hillsboro and parents, she was preceded their families. Funeral Notice Donald A. Cole— Donald A. Cole, 74. of Baker City died at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City on Jan. 4, 2014. His memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 18, at 11 a.m. at the Baker City Christian Church with Pastor Jesse Whitford officiating. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception in the fellowship hall at the church following the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Baker City Christian Church or The Heppner Elks Lodge, 1 l,h Hour Club through Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel. 1500 Dewey Ave.. Baker City. OR 97814. Top: John Wambeke on guitar and Eric Jepsen on fiddle at a past Cabin Fever performance. Bottom: Absolutely Nobody quartet members Cory Cooley (left) and Joe Lindsay (right). -Contributed photos is $30, and those wanting fundraiser are advised to to attend the Pendleton purchase tickets in advance. -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE been a part of it.” CHECK OUT ^vlvurravj s GOURMET SOUPS DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS * 2013 Prescription Profiles available upon request Ask at the pharmacy for more information LAST WEEK! A 5 0 % o ff S ta te U n iv e rs ity and the U niversity o f New H am pshire, w here she received a Bachelor of Arts in English. In 1964, she married C la re n c e P o rter. The m arriage later ended in divorce. She spent many years in M innesota and New Hampshire but returned to Oregon upon her retirement from a career spent mainly in business software sales KATIE IN HAITI This week’s lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be the annual luncheon on Thursday, Jan. 9, from noon to 1 p.m. in the St. Patrick’s Senior Center dining room. The theme for this year’s luncheon is “Heppner Magic, It’s the People.” This year will also feature music provided by Andrea Grigg on the flute and Natalie Grigg on the violin. Costoflunch is $ 10; Alvin Liu of Cornerstone Gallery will cater. Town and Country tickets will also be available for purchase for $20, so anyone who doesn't have tickets by then can plan on purchasing them at the annual luncheon. Christmas i Assorteti Jewelry Carol Anderson Porter, 72, passed away on January 3,2014 in Jacksonville, OR after a lengthy illness. In accordance w ith her request there will be no memorial service. She w as b o rn on D ecem ber 10, 1941 to the late Harold and Ale; a Anderson of F.ightmile and 1 leppner. She graduated from H eppner H igh School and a tte n d e d O reg o n VI PRICE SALE ^ M umuj ' j Dm. 217 North Mam S t . Heppnar • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 alive and had a dry IV. They brought him to our facility,” recalls Heath. “The amazing volunteer and Haitian nurses, docs and radiology department were able to turn this little guy’s life around. When I left he was a plump, happy little baby and was going to do just fine. “He received more love by us volunteers then any baby could ever hope for. It was a treat to get off work and go see the little guy. It goes to show what amazing things Project Medishare can do with what little they have. I am so proud to have Baby Bernard is one shining example among a multitude of memories that Heath says will stay with her the rest of her life. “There are so many experiences; it’s hard to get them all in one paragraph. 1 want people to know it’s an amazing place, not a scary place,” she says. “People there are incredibly humble and full of life. They work so hard for so little and I think Americans could learn a lot from a culture A young boy fishing in the ocean off Haiti. -Contributedphoto o p p o rtu n itie s , can be w e b s ite , h ttp ://w w w . like that.” M ore in fo rm a tio n found on the organization’s projectmedishare.org/. on P ro ject M edishare, as w ell as v o lu n te e r SWCD, MCLG to Parks committee to hold joint meeting meet The Morrow County Parks Committee will meet Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 1 p.m. at the Route 74 restaurant. 350 Highway 74, lone. This will be a regularly-scheduled parks meeting to discuss events, maintenance and vacant committee positions. G U E SS W HO'S R N IN G 6 0 9 U U ES- 1) 2 0 1 2 - N ew G ran dpa 3) 2 0 1 3 - R etired a fter 4 0 y r s w ith th e ^ s a m e c o m p a n y '* 5 ) S ea h a w k s Fan e proposed agenda includes Soil Health in Morrow County, Blue-Green Algae, W olf U pdate, W ildlife Habitat Program Update, Clean Water Act Update and Grazing Management. The MCLG annual m eeting w ill begin at 3:30 p.m. The m eeting will include an Oregon Cattlemen update and a p re s e n ta tio n on b eef cattle research by Dr. Tim DelCurto. | 2 ) 2 0 1 3 - M a rried to tbe~ sam e w om an fo r 40 yrs 4 ) A w eso m e Father & H u sb a n d The 2014 joint SWCD and M o rro w C o u n ty Livestock Grower program will take place Friday, Jan. 17, at the St. P atrick's C ath o lic P arish H all, Heppner. The Morrow SWCD monthly meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by the SWCD annual meeting at 11:15 a.m. and lunch at 11:30 a.m. The joint program will take place from 12:30-3:30 p.m. The If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. If Y O U have a family member who suffers from gambling addiction. Y O U can also receive FR E E treat ment even if the gambler is not receiving treatment If you are a resident of Morrow County and you wish to take advantage of the services above or de sire more information. Please call any of the following numbers to set up a LOCAL appointment or just to talk: Bobby Harris @ 5 4 1 -67 6 -9 9 2 5 or 541-25 6 -0 1 7 5 Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) <9 541-676-9161 OR 1-877-695-4648 (1-888-MYLIMIT) I I » )
