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I TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Christian Life Center welcomes new pastor, celebrates reopening June 29 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow C ounty’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and enlercd as periodical matter at the Post ()ffice at Heppner. < tregon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 922* Fax (541) 676-9211 K-mail editor «rapidserve net or david'u rapidserve net Web site www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $30 in Morrow County; $24 senior rale (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older), $36 elsewhere; $30 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 for a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 5 0 i 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 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 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 nght 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 Right to Life meeting set A Morrow County Chapter of Oregon Right to Life meeting is set for Monday, June 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Patrick's Parish Hall in Heppner. The public is invited to attend. For more information call Becky Cherry, 541-676- 5975. Clough graduates summa cum laude from OHSU Stephanie Clough. Portland, graduated summa cum laude from the Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing in ceremonies June 2. The daughter of Karen Clough of Heppner, she is a graduate of Heppner High School and the University of Oregon with a degree in biology. Marriage Licenses The Morrow County Clerk's office has released the following report of marriage licenses: -June 12: Richard Joseph Negrete, 31, Boardman, and Scharrie Maryann Wood, 28, Boardman. -June 16: Nathan Joe Kennedy, 25, Lexington, and Kasandra Lynn Stark, 27, Lexington. r A F un in the S un ! Summer Toys and Accessories C ome in an d check o ut C aram el C o c o n u t M a c c h ia to $ 4 . 0 0 S trawberry M elon I talian S oda $ 3 .0 0 WEDDING TABLES Jim Schlaich & Casey Mähen & Amber Steinhoff Katie Britt ing June 21, 2014 June 28, 2014 Kevin Drake & Keith Scott & Brittany Farrell Lynan Bingh am Shower June 22, 2014 Wedding July IQ, 2014 Nichole Gihhs & Cody High mg July 5, 2014 Nath an Kennedy & Kasandra Starli Wedding July 12,2014 Wedding July 17,2014 INC 217 North Main St„ L, Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 C ham ber lunch m eeting MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. I “ We saw this sign that said, 'N o services until fu rth e r n o tic e ,’” David recalls. He called the A ssem blies o f God Lead Pastor o f Church Development Lee McCloud and asked, “What’s going on with this 'no services’ in Heppner?” “That question started the ball rolling,” David says. “He basically said, 'You want to change that?” David is officially an interim pastor. The couple says they d o n ’t know how long they will be in Heppner—after all, they’ve already tried to retire at least once—but they come with no time limit in place. “ We hope to be a blessing,” says David. “We do not mean to distract from other churches or take people away from any other church. We hope to add to the spiritual life here. We’re not here to compete with anybody. We just hope to be a blessing to anybody who might need a pastor or a church.” D avid Jenkins w ill begin his pastorship in Heppner June 29; Sunday school will begin at 9:30 a.m. following by a church service at 10:30 a.m. A potluck will follow the service that day. A Bible study is also planned for Sunday evenings at 6 p.m. As a side note, former C h ris tia n L ife C en ter pastor Tim and Myma Van C leave’s three youngest children. Kristen, Daniel and Betheny, will also be on hand June 29 to help David and Sharon Jenkins with worship. Kristen just recently graduated from nursing school and will spend the next school year working in Africa as a nurse. Kristen has been leading worship with her siblings at Bethel C hurch in P e n d le to n . Daniel just graduated from Pendleton High School and plans on going to school to work toward a degree in computer science. Bethany will be a junior next year at Pendleton High School. Jonathon and Joyce Chen, formerly of Heppner, w ill also be a part of the group. Jonathon is currently attending Rice U n iv e r s ity , w o rk in g towards being involved in medical missions. Joyce will be a junior at Pendleton High School this coming school year. “Christian Life Center has had a major impact on their lives while growing up in Heppner and they just want to come back to help pay back some o f that investment from folks in that church and community and help assist in the church’s reopening,” says Tim Van Cleave. Heppner day care makes summer plans projects on Tuesdays. June 24, children will be making a snow-globe aquarium. July 22 will be Christmas in July, and children are invited to wear Christmas colors or themed summer clothing, or use their imaginations. August 5, it will be time to “get ready for fair!” as children don suspenders, pigtails and other country- themed clothing. The day care is open Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; child care cost is $2.50 an hour. They do ask that families call ahead to reserve a spot. Over the Tee Cup Community lunch menu G R A H A M LINDSEY BILLY COOK I / DOC BITE HARRIS | ^ JAKE ROY \ ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE;! David and Sharon Jenkins The board and staff at Heppner Day Care say they have a fun and eventful summer planned, and hope children will come and join in the fun. To name a few of the activities, M onday and W ednesday aftern o o n s are pool days. Wednesday mornings, children will go to story time at the library. The center is also putting in a garden, so children will have the opportunity to help take care of plants, watch them grow, and eat the fresh vegetables. Teachers have planned The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of some exciting lessons and Commerce will be Thursday, June 19, at noon in Heppner City Hall conference room. Kimberly Lindsay will give an update of Community Counseling Solutions. Cost of lunch is $10; Bucknum's will cater. Chamber The 18 ladies who lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at 541-676-5536 no showed up at Willow Creek later than the Wednesday before. Country Club June 10 had great w eather for their morning o f golf. Taking St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish members will serve lunch low gross of the field was on Wednesday, June 25, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Nancy Propheter. Low net The meal will include hot, open-faced turkey sandwiches; of the field went to Betty mashed potatoes and gravy; mixed vegetables; sliced Bums, while Eva Kilkenny tomatoes; cranberry sauce; and pumpkin bake. Milk is had least putts. For flight A, Virginia served at each meal. Grant had low gross and Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject KP, Pat Edmundson had low to change. net, Corol Mitchell least Six area churches will be hosting a free vacation Bible school (VBS) for children ages four through 12 beginning Monday, June 23, and continuing through Friday, June 27. The VBS will be held again this year at Hope Lutheran Church and on the adjacent parsonage lawn. Each session will begin with a light supper at 5:30 p.m. and conclude at 8 p.m. “Weird Animals” will help children learn that Jesus’ love is “one of a kind” and no one is excluded. For more information, contact one of these sponsoring churches: Hope Lutheran, All Saints Episcopal. United Methodist, Nazarene, Amazing Grace Fellowship and Willow Creek Baptist. e T n h e r s h o w I june 25 BUCKNUM ’SI ^ M m Dm l Wallowa, OR in 1969. They spent a couple o f years there before returning to the Parkdale area. “In the course of things. I’ve done a lot o f things o u tsid e o f p a stu rin g — worked in logging, as a ranch hand, a saw mill, plywood mill, section hand on U.P. (Union Pacific), railroad clerk, general train man, locomotive engineer,” D avid Jenkins recalls. Sharon spent the tim e raising their two children and working as a medical secretary. Somewhere in there— p erh ap s in the 1980s, they agree—they went as m issionaries to Central Indian Bible College in South Dakota, where David taught for four years and served as academic dean for two, while Sharon served as admissions director and registrar. T h e c o u p le th e n returned to the Mt. Hood area, where he worked for the railroad and pastored; Sharon spent the next 15 years as a church secretary in Hood River. D avid “ re tire d ” in 2001.. .or not. He spent two years as a “substitute” mail carrier, as well as spending a year as an interim pastor in Vemonia, OR. He also kept busy volunteering work on a new church building and working their eight-acre hobby farm. Sharon joined him in this semi-retirement in 2007, hoping to pursue her passions of reading and horseback riding. They are both leaving retirem ent behind for the moment to come to Heppner.. .which is perhaps the most interesting part of the story. “ We ju s t got bored sitting around the house one day,” says David. “We decided to get in the car and go for a drive.” They passed through Heppner around dark, so decided to stop and spend the night. The next day, they drove by the Christian Life Center. Heppner churches plan VBS OUR NEW CHANGES! edging Bv Andrea Di Salvo S u n d ay , Ju n e 29, Heppner’s Christian Life Center will celebrate its reopening as it welcomes a new pastor, David Jenkins, and his wife, Sharon. David, 76, and Sharon, 74, say they are coming out of retirement to reopen the church and get it back on its feet after being closed for several months. They hail most recently from Parkdale, OR, in Hood River County; however, their w anderings have taken them farther afield and back again. D avid was born in Wyoming, but his family moved to the Hood River Valley before he was old enough to remember. Since then, he says, he's lived and worked many places but “always gravitated back there.” He graduated from Odell High School in 1956. Sharon was born and raised in Alhambra, CA, graduating from San Juan High School in 1957. She worked as a clerk typist in the governor’s office in Sacramento before leaving in 1960 to attend Bethany Bible College in Santa Cruz, CA. That was where she met David, also a student. They both graduated in 1964; they were married after graduation and he took his first pastoral post that summer at a small church in Hereford, OR, south of Baker City. David Jenkins notes that it has been 50 years this month since he received his m inisterial c r e d e n tia ls w ith th e Assemblies of God church. “That makes me sound so o ld ,” he jokes. “ I ’m really young at heart.” After a couple of years in Hereford, the couple left and he attended the University o f Oregon in Eugene, graduating with a m a s te r ’s d e g re e in education in 1967. David taught public school for a couple of years before quitting and taking on a pastoral position in M S H O W S TA R TS A T 7 PM I » putts, and Eva Kilkenny long drive overall. For flight B. Jan Paustian and Sarah Rucker tied for low gross, and Lorrene Montgomery had low net. For flight C, Pat Dougherty took low gross, Judy Harris had low net and Jennifer Jaca had least putts. In other events, Nancy Propheter and Jennifer Jaca had chip-ins; Propheter also had a birdie. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. If Y O U h ave a fam ily m em ber w ho suffers from gam bling addiction, Y O U can also receive F R E E treat m ent even if the g am bler is not receiving treatm ent. If you are a resident of M orrow County and you wish to take ad van tag e of the services ab o ve or d e sire m ore inform ation. P lease call any of the following num bers to set up a LO C A L appointm ent or just to talk: Bobby FHarris @ 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 9 2 5 or 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5 Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) @ 541-678-9161
