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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, July 2,2014
Obituaries
T he Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Marvin V. Casebeer
H eppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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David Sykes ........................................................................................... Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo
.................................................................................. Editor
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be placed in the classifieds under 'Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10
Gates, Newman
announce engagement
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( harissa (¿ates and Jim Newman.
Charissa Gates and Jim
Newman of Pendleton are
happy to announce their
upcoming marriage. The
couple plans to unite their
fam ilies in an outdoor
wedding ceremony at lone
City Park on Saturday,
August 2, at 11 a m.
Over the past 12 years.
Charissa and Jim say they
have built a strong family
foundation. Their plans
to m arry w ill so lid ify
their commitment to each
other and to their children.
Emily. 16, Christopher. 15,
Sierra, 8, and Xander, 5,
say they are very excited
to “get married," and will
participate in the ceremony.
C harissa is a 2001
graduate o f lone High
School. She is currently
e n ro lle d in th e B lue
M ountain C o m m u n ity
College/ Oregon Health &
~
Science University nursing
program. She was accepted
into the program w hile
working at Blue Mountain
Recovery Center, which
closed in March o f this
year. Her parents are Tom
and Arlynda Gates of lone.
Jim graduated from
Mt. Hood C om m unity
College with his general
education degree in 1995.
He is currently a purchasing
manager at Keystone RV,
LLC. He is also a volunteer
for Pendleton Cattle Baron’s
Association. His mother.
Karen Newman, resides in
Phoenix AZ.
The happy co u p le
w ishes to invite family
and friends to “save the
date” and share their special
day with them. A formal
invitation will appear in
area newspapers closer to
the wedding date.
THE IO N E 4 T H O F JU L Y C E L E B R A T IO N
C O M M IT T E E W O U L D LIKE T O T H A N K THE
F O L L O W IN G F O R TH EIR S U P P O R T :
Smitty’s A c e Hardware, Morrow County Parks,
Morrow County Unified Rec Disk, Morrow County,
Bank of Eastern Oregon, The Gazette Times, KOHU/
The Q, KUMA/K-WHEAT, The Hermiston Herald and
the East Oregonian.
Thank you to all those businesses and individuals
w ho helped sponsor: 1000 Yard TV Shoot
Red, White & Blues Poker/ C ribbage Tournament
& BBQ Chicken Dinner
Marvin V. Casebeer,
96, died Wednesday, June
25. 2014 at his hom e
in P rairie City, OR. A
g raveside service with
m ilitary honors will be
held 11 a.m. Thursday, July
3, at the Heppner Masonic
C em etery. A m em orial
service will follow at noon
at the 1 leppner Elks Lodge,
with a reception and meal
at the lodge immediately
following the memorial.
H e w a s b o rn on
A pril 13, 1918 at Sand
Hollow, near Heppner, the
son o f Alvin and Prudy
Holcomb Casebeer. After
attending several schools
he graduated from Heppner
High School.
Sometime after
graduation, he owned a
bus ro u te th ro u g h o u t
Eastern Oregon. He drove
the route until he enlisted
in the U.S. Army in 1942.
He bravely served under
General George S. Patton
in the African - European
theater during World War 11.
After returning home,
he married and raised a
family. In the late '50s
he met Ruth Ann Bovard
and they were married at
Heppner on July 1, 1958.
They lived happily for 55
years until her death in
2013.
Marvin worked
in the logging industry
doing various jobs both in
Heppner and Bates, OR.
He was very involved
and loved his community,
volunteering in various
organizations. He served
as a city commissioner, and
was involved in Community
Connections and Northeast
Oregon Housing Authority
for 20-plus years. He led the
Senior Citizens program in
Prairie City up to the time
of his death.
Marvin was a lifelong
m e m b e r o f b o th th e
A m erican L egion and
Veterans of Foreign wars.
He was an active member
of the Heppner BPOE #358
for 69 years.
He leaves a daughter,
Kat hy T h om pson and
h e r h u s b a n d Da v i d ;
s i s t e r s , A l v i n a a nd
Joyce; grandchildren and
spouses, Lori and Michael,
M atthew and Rebecca;
great-grandchildren, Kala,
S hane, Skyl a, H arley,
Miranda, Christian. Adam,
M ichael and M cKinzie;
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
Marvin was preceded
in death by his wife, Ruth
Ann; his only son, Marvin
C asebeer; and a sister,
Gladys.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Prairie
Ci t y S e n i o r Ci t i z e n s
Program . PO Box 873,
Prairie City, OR 97869.
Sweeney Mortuary' of
Heppner is in charge o f
arrangements.
Methodist church
welcomes new pastor
H e p p n e r U n i t e d Grande.
M ethodist Chur ch will
Lamb is originally from
welcome a new pastor on England and has been a lay
Sunday m orning. Mike speaker for many years.
Lamb, a Lay Pastor w ith the His first service will be
Northeast Oregon
held Sunday, July
United M ethodist
6, at the Heppner
C ooperative, will
United M ethodist
serve the Heppner
Chur ch, 175 W.
c h u r c h t wi c e a
Ch u r c h St. His
mont h from July
sermon is entitled
through September,
“Oh, this Modern
a c c o r d i n g t o Mike Lamb
G eneration.” The
Lowell Greathouse,
service begins at
District Superintendent. 10:30 a.m. and will be
The N o rth east O regon follow ed by a pot l uck
Cooperative is based in La lunch. All are welcome.
Struckmeier
graduates from basic
training
Air Force A irman Haley o f H e r m i s t o n , a n d
granddaughter o f
E. S t r u c k m e i e r
Cindy
Greenup of
g r a d u a t e d f r om
Lexington.
basic mi l i t ary
She is a 2011
t r ai ni ng at Joint
graduate
of Heppner
Base San Antonio-
Junior/Senior
High
L a c k l a n d , Sa n
School.
Antonio, TX.
The ai r man
S t r u c k m e i e r Haley E.
c
o
m
p l e t e d an
is the daughter o f Struckmeier
in
ten
siv e, eight-
Doni t a Counsel l
week program that
included training in military
discipline and studies, Air
Force core values, physical
fitness, and basic warfare
principles and skills.
Airmen who complete
basic training earn four
credits toward an associate
in applied science degree
through the Community
College of the Air Force.
AMAZING MUSIC UNE UP!!!
Perforutiing live at the lone Amphitheater
Friday, July 4, 2014
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Letters to the Editor ~
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 w ith 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 o f Thanks” at a cost o f $10.
Addressing
concerns over the
Neighborhood Center
Dear Editor,
The purpose for my letter is to clear up some of the
misconceptions that are circulating in the community. The
Neighborhood Center is a non-profit organization that is
to be governed by a board of directors from South County.
The Neighborhood Center exists to serve the needs of the
poor and low-income families in the community.
1 became very frustrated and decided to bring my
concerns of accessibility and accountability to the board. I
made it very clear that my concerns were not personal but
that, as a board member, 1 have a responsibility to identify
areas that 1 feel need consideration. The following are a
few of those concerns.
1. Board meetings would last 15 -20 minutes and no
real action would be taken.
2. When questions, requests or suggestions were
brought up, the reply was always, 'This is the way we
have always done it.’
3. Days and hours of operation; a 28-hour week,
benefits, closed Fridays and holidays.
4. Audit and board training to become a more effective
board.
5. We serve 67 low-income families at Christmas but
only do six to eight food boxes per month the rest of the
year. Where are these families the rest of the year?
6. Why are the churches giving out food boxes, if this
is our commitment to the community?
7. Documentation/receipts of donations.
8. Financial information provided showed that every
month the center was in a negative position. As a non
profit we are not going to make tons of money, but we
should not be showing a negative every month.
9. Funds from United Way and the county are not
guaranteed funds.
10. We requested a cash register with a tape instead of
a cash box, and a daily input sheet so we could evaluate
days of operation and changes, and make decisions on
how to be more efficient as a center.
11. Boxing/storing donations for a four-hour rummage
sale twice a year and then packing up leftover items and
sending them on to Yakima doesn’t make sense to me.
These are a few of the things that I brought up to the
board; 1 still feel these are things that need to be addressed.
My feeling is our mission is to be accessible/available to
those needing assistance in our community.
Sincerely,
(s) Arletha Brannon, Heppner
Tea Party is about
freedom, not politics
Letter to the Editor:
“This, too, shall pass.” Perhaps you have heard this
often repeated quote. Sadly, it can be said o f the Willow
Creek Tea Party. Not only is there lack of interest for
meeting attendance but there is lack o f community
attendance at public forums they present.
The Tea Party does not have a bias for any one of
the many political parties one can pick from today. We
do have conservative values which are in line with our
Founding Fathers, whose grave concern for this nation
was freedom.
Our candidate forums hosted candidates from all
parties so you could hear what they believed in, would
stand for. The turnout was a very small number of citizens.
We hosted a forum addressing water rights in the State of
Oregon—not a political issue, a people issue.
We tried to help people get registered to vote. We
didn’t try to tell them how to vote or who to vote for. We
just tried to help them know who was running and what
they stood for.
Another quote, “1 don’t discuss politics or religion.”
That is what has gotten our country into this mess. Our
freedoms have been taken away incrementally and no
one has been speaking up. Oh, we have talked about it
amongst ourselves but not spoken up.
The Tea Party is the voice for freedom, not for
politics. Why such judgment has been passed on the
Tea Party without anyone attending our meetings to get
informed is also indicative of the sad state we are in—
misinformed, ignorant and in bondage.
Just because it is said on mainstream TV or other
mainstream media does not make it so. If you like living
in America, enjoy it while you can because, at the rate
we are going, it can’t be free much longer.
(s) Norman L. Lee and Wanda J. Lee, Heppner
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Effective June 26, 2014, the Fire C h ie f
o f the C ity o f H e p p n e r is im posing a
C L O S E D S E A S O N fo r open burning
based on local fire safety concerns.
This burning ban is for the City of Heppner.
A re m in d e r that open burning also
includes a “ burn barrel.“
T h e closed season will rem ain in effect
until fu rth e r n o tice this fall as p e r ORS 478.960.
V
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HHS class
o f ’57 to
reunite
The Heppner High
School class o f 1957 will
be celebrating their 57,h
class reunion in the city
park on July 26.
Everyone is invited
to stop by and renew
old acquaintances and
memories.
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