TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Obituaries
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Gary Earl Bingham
Heppner
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The doctor’s in the
house at HUMC
The Chrismons are all
on the tree and the Love
candle will be lit during the
fourth week of Advent at
Heppner United Methodist
Church. Rick Drake will
lead the service with his
message, “The Doctor’s In
the House.”
The HUMC choir, un
der the direction o f Jean
Brazell, will sing Give
Thanks with a G rateful
Heart. Hymns will include
O Come All Ye Faithful,
Come Thou Almighty King
and To God Be the Glory.
Scripture from 2 Samuel
and Romans will be read
by liturgist Carolyn Willey.
Following the service
a fellowship time that in
cludes refreshments will
be held.
Service begins at 10:30
a.m. All are welcome. The
Heppner United Methodist
Church is located at 175
West Church St. For more
inform ation check them
out on Facebook, call 541-
676-9224 or e-mail hep-
pneroregonm ethodists@
gmail.com.
Nazarene Church to
hold Christmas Eve
service
Heppner Church of the Nazarene will have a Christ
mas Eve candlight service with the children’s choir on
Wednesday, Dec. 24, at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Methodists schedule
Christmas Eve service
The Heppner United
Methodist Church will hold
a Christmas Eve service on
Dec. 24. Refreshments will
be served during fellowship
time, which begins at 6:30
p.m., with the service to
follow at 7 p.m.
Services will be led
by Pastor Patty Nance and
Liturgist Peggy Fishbum,
and music will be under
the direction of Jean Bra
zell. For more information,
check out the church on
Facebook, call 541-676-
9224 or e-mail heppnero-
regonmethodists@ gmail.
com. The Heppner United
Methodist Church is locat
ed at 175 West Church St.
Marriage Licenses
Gary Earl Bingham of Bay, OR on October 12,
Madras, OR passed
1951 to Earl and
away from conges-
Betty Bingham,
tive heart failure
Gary served in
in B end, OR on
the Junior ROTC
December 7, 2014
during high school
at the age of 63. A H
at Marshfield High
m emorial service
School and in the
will be held on De- ^
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cember 20 at 3 p.m. Bingham
from 1970-1976.
at the Cornerstone
He began his
Baptist Church in Madras, life-long career in law en-
Gary was bom in Coos forcement at North Bend
The next lunch meeting
o f the Heppner Chamber
o f Commerce will be the
chamber’s annual luncheon
on Thursday, Jan. 8, from
noon to 1 p.m. The annual
meeting will be held in the
St. Patrick’s Senior Center
dining room.
Cost of lunch is $10;
Pudding on the Ritz will
cater. Chamber lunch at
tendees are asked to RSVP
at 541-676-5536 no later
than Monday, Dec. 29, to
guarantee a lunch.
C ham ber E xecutive
Director Sheryll Bates also
announced that, due to the
w eather cancellation o f
the Dec. 4 lunch meeting,
nominations for the expir
ing term board positions
were not officially closed.
By default, they have been
closed and new chamber
board officers and direc
tors for 2015 are: President,
John Gould; First VP, Kim
Cutsforth; Second VP, Dan
Grigg; and Treasurer: Taw
ny Miles. Directors are Jeff
Bailey, Matt Combe, Bert
Houweling, Tawny Miles,
Ann Murray and Nancy
Snider.
Tickets for the Hep
pner Chamber’s Town and
Country Community Event
on Thursday, January 15,
will be available for pur
chase starting Monday,
Dec. 29.
CELEBRATE HEPPNER
an iPad Mini, a Samsung
32” LED HDTV, and a
nine-inch RCA Personal
DVD Player, while those
who enter the raffle drawing
have the chance to win an
Xbox 360 or a seven-inch
RCA Mercury Tablet.
Rewards at the $10
level include $10 gift cer
tificates from Cornerstone,
$15 M urray’s espresso
cards, a six-pack of cin
namon rolls from Willow
Creek Diner, Drillmaster
Rotary 80-piece tool kit,
Skullcandy earbuds, or
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be in the prize containers
before 7:15.
The evening will cul
minate at 7:30 p.m. with the
announcement o f reward
card winners, as well as
the drawing winners for the
penny and Christmas raffle
items.
In case an evening of
food and fun with neighbors
isn’t enough of an incen
tive, the prizes this year
are also an enticement to
come celebrate Christmas
with the rest o f Heppner.
Penny board prizes include
five batik fat quarters from
Artisan Village.
Entries at the $20 level
could win gift certificates
from Peterson’s Jewelers,
Devin Oil, Temple Vetiri-
nary Clinic, The Barn or
Bucknum’s; a gift certificate
for a 30-minute massage;
sterling silver twisted wire
earrings with Swarovski
crystals; or Drillmaster 18
volt, 3/8 Cordless Drill
with 18V NiCd battery and
charger.
At the $50 level, re
wards cards could win par-
ticipants gift cards from
Hamley’s, Heppner Fam
ily Foods or Brannon Auto
Repair; a children’s rocking
chair, a Plantronics Marque
2 Bluetooth universal head
set; Remington oiling and
cleaning kit; or a Motorola
Bluetooth Headset.
These are simply a few
of the prizes available; the
list is too long to publish
in full. Check around area
businesses for the entire list
of donated goodies to be
had at this year’s Celebrate
Heppner Christmas Event.
OMSI’s Magic Planet in orbit at the
Heppner library
“The Magic Planet is
amazing. It captivates the
senses,” says Nate Lesi-
uk, program developer for
OMSI’s Earth From Space
program. “People are fas
cinated by it. Here at the
museum, we call it ’eye
candy.’”
Where can you find
this three-foot globe with
dazzling displays and video
Films projected onto its
inside surface? At the Hep
pner library, but only until
Dec. 23. The librarians will
gladly show you how fasci
nating this program is.
The travelling display
is a smaller version of the
Science on a Sphere exhibit
at the Oregon Museum of
CHRISTMAS
COOKIES
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& STO CK ING
STUFFER IDEAS!
opportunities available in
this positive youth devel
opment program, contact
the OSU Extension Ser
vice in Morrow County
at 541-676-9642; visit the
website at www.extension.
oregonstate.edu/morrow;
follow them on social me
dia—Facebook at Morrow
County 4-H Oregon, Insta-
gram@morrow4h; or email
Ashley.Jones@oregonstate.
edu.
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Science and industry in
Portland. The globe itself
sits on top of a projector
and is connected to a laptop
programmed by NASA to
show dozens o f moving
pages and programs as the
globe lights up and spins.
People of all ages can
control the Magic Planet
to show any of dozens of
brilliantly-colored displays
such as Earth’s city lights,
climate change, tsunamis,
wind streams, ocean cur
rents, geographic features,
and much more, including
videos about Earth that are
projected onto the globe’s
surface.
Community lunch on
Tuesday next week
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FLORAL" Centerp ieces,
Saturday December 20th,
poinsettias, hostess gifts,
table decor & more
Tom & Jerry Party
4 PM SUNDAY
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Bingham; his daughters.
Sherry Short and Joann
Bingham; son-in-law Jason
Short; grandchildren Justin
Short and Brian Nelson;
and sisters Cynthia Hank-
witz and Wendy Helling.
In lieu of flowers, do
nations can be made to the
Wounded Warriors Project
online or by calling 904-
296-7350.
Next chamber lunch will be annual
meeting
cookies, butterscotch gin
The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the gerbread cookies, classic
spritz cookies, no-chill sug
following report of marriage licenses:
December 11,2014: -Everardo Leon Sanchez, 60, of ar cookies, peppermint Ore
gon cookie balls and peanut
Irrigon and Ofelia Balcazar Michel, 55, of Irrigon.
butter reindeer cookies.
This workshop was the
HURRY and fill out your treasure hunt list!
second part of a citizen
Drawing December 1 Bth
ship series Morrow County
4-H
is hosting with fund
a t Heppner’s Christmas event
ing from the Oregon 4-H
Foundation. For more in
GREAT GIFT
formation on 4-H and the
GIFT C E R TIF IC A T E S ,
CO FFEE CA R DS -$ 3 .5 0 , $ 1 5 OR $ 2 5 ,
G O U R M ET F O O D S , SPECIALTY F O O D S,
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Police Department, contin
ued at Heppner City Police
and retired as a Deputy
Sheriff at Jefferson County
Jail in Madras.
Gary was an avid Se
attle Seahawks fan, had a
love of hunting and military
history, and enjoyed play
ing pinochle.
He is survived by his
wife o f 42 years, Jenny
The community lunch at St. Patrick’s Senior Center
will be served next Tuesday, Dec. 23, rather than on
Wednesday, due to the Christmas holiday.
Nazarene and Seventh-day Adventist church mem
bers will serve a meal of roast beef, mashed potatoes,
green beans, green salad, hot rolls, spice cake, milk,
coffee and tea.
Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject
to change.
PLEASE JO IN US!
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would
like to invite
the public
to attend a
reception for
Com m issioner
Ken Grieb
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DRINK SPECIALS- O range Stick M ocha
Egg N og Latte - P u m p k in Frap p e
Roast Beef Buffet
H O L ID A Y H O U R S -
Pinner 6 :0 0 pm
OPEIM C H R ISTM AS EVE 9 A M -5 P M
CLOSED C H R ISTM AS D AY
DECEM BER 2 6 T H OPEN 9 A M -6 P M
M e m b e r s & o u t o f to w n
g u e s t s o n ly
D ecem b er 24, 2 0 1 4
at the Morrow Comity Courthouse
^ 10:00 a.m . t o 12:00 p .t iv ^
^ l o m e congratulate Ken on his ir
r two terms in office following his
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