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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 15, 2015 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow 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. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve. net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $30 in Morrow County; $24 senior rate (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 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. Tailgate Trio in Heppner Sunday Tailgate Trio Summer music returns to Heppner City Park this Sunday, July 19, from 5 to 7 p.m., featuring The Tailgate Trio from La Grande. Three gifted musicians who have played both together and separately in various configurations for decades came together as a trio during a wet and windy tailgate party at EOU last fall. “We play three much-maligned instruments in the same band—an accordion, dulcimer and the banjo. None of us play bagpipes so we added the ukulele in many of its forms as well,” says Sharon Porter, band member. The band builds its repertoire of Parisian, Cajun, Irish, Russian, East European and American folk music partly around the accordion, which Matt Cooper recently took up after nearly 50 years as a classical and jazz pianist. This concert series is sponsored by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District and facilitated by the Shared Ministry of Hope Lutheran Church and All Saints Episcopal Church. Supper, including pulled pork sand- wiches, will be available for purchase to raise funds for the Shared Ministry’s mission trip to Haiti in November (for which there are a few openings; call 541-676-9970 for more information). Chamber lunch meeting The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be on Thursday, July 16, at noon in Hep- pner City Hall conference room. Sandy Matthews will speak on the recent trip she and her father, Don Bennett, took to Washington, D.C. Cost of lunch is $10; Bucknum’s will cater. An RSVP is required; chamber lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at 541-676-5536 no later than the Wednesday before to guarantee a lunch. Obituaries Robert Clayton Kelly Robert Clayton Kelly, 92, of Mesquite, NV passed away January 28, 2015. Bob will have a military funeral at the Willamette National Cemetery in Port- land, OR this Friday, July 17, at 3 p.m. He was born July 26, 1922 in San Diego, CA to Albert Clayton Kelly and Meta Andersen Kelly. The family moved to Daven- port, IA in 1927, where Bob graduated from Davenport High School. Following high school, Bob graduated from the California Maritime Acad- emy. He was commissioned as an Ensign USNR and as an ensign in the U.S. Mari- time Service. He worked as a shipboard engineer during World War II in the South Pacific. In 1950, Bob gradu- ated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science in geology and entered active duty in the Navy at the beginning of the Korean conflict. In that same year he married Ma- rylou Ferguson of Heppner. After his Navy duty, he was employed by the Sea Lift Command as a shipboard engineer, sailing between the Pacific Coast and the Pacific Rim area. He retired from the Naval Reserves in 1967 as a Lieutenant Com- mander. In 1955, Bob gradu- ated from the University of Washington with a master’s degree in business admin- istration. From 1955-67 he worked in management positions for Scott Paper Company and the Boeing Company. In 1968 Bob was hired as an instructor at Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) in Pend- leton, OR. He was later ap- pointed Dean of Instruction. Bob worked as dean until his retirement in 1987. Bob was an active member of the Al Kader Shriners, Heppner Elk’s Lodge, and a life member of the Masons. Bob’s wife, Marylou, passed away in 1980. He married Starla Jewell in 1986. The couple lived in Northern Virginia for many years before retiring to Mesquite in 2005. Bob enjoyed the weather and golf courses. He continued his lifelong interest in busi- ness and economics, as well as history. He was a world traveler and loved nothing better than a trip to a new country and learning about the history and geology of the area, and any golfing opportunities. He is survived by his wife, Starla; his daugh- ters, Luanne Hurl (Jim) and Shannon Kelly; three stepchildren; four grand- children; four step-grand- children; and seven great- grandchildren. working on a wheat ranch from this time of family in Washington, he decided vacations spent camping to return on his own to and fishing at Redfish Lake Heppner, where he lived in Idaho. In 1972, Al left Allstate with the Gonty family and and moved with his was able to graduate wife and daugh- from Heppner High ters to the Portland School in 1954. He area, where he was married Nancy An- a Farmers Insurance derson of Heppner agent for 37 years. in 1958 and went He and Nancy later on to graduate from divorced. He sub- Eastern Oregon Albert “Al” sequently remar- College in 1959. L. Parent ried and was active After taking with his step-sons classes toward a in youth sports, coaching graduate degree at the Uni- baseball and acting as an versity of Oregon, in 1962 umpire at high school and Al began a career in the college games. That mar- insurance industry with riage ended in divorce. Allstate Insurance, where Upon retirement in 2008, he he received numerous sales moved to a 200-acre ranch awards and promotions in Grand Ronde, where he while working at offices in happily owned and oper- Salem, Oregon City, Boise and Spokane. His daughters ated Cody’s Hay and Cattle have many fond memories Co. until he passed away. He was preceded in death by his parents; broth- er, Leslie; and sister, Joyce. He is survived by: daughters, Lisa Parent of Portland, Shelly Parent and husband Steve Korsness of Sherwood, and Alison Parent of Berlin, Germa- ny; stepsons Matt Gehrke of Gladstone and Geoff Gehrke and partner Donna Kirkpatrick of Panama City, FL; and eight grandchil- dren. Al loved Eastern Or- egon, the high desert and the western lifestyle. He remained grateful to the end of his life for the home he found in Heppner and in that spirit his family returns him there to rest. Adamson’s Sheridan Funeral Home of Sheridan is in charge of the arrange- ments. Albert ‘Al’ L. Parent Albert “Al” Parent, 79, died Thursday, June 18, 2015 at his home in Grand Ronde, OR. A graveside service will be held Tues- day, July 21, at 3 p.m. at the Heppner Masonic Cem- etery. Al was born November 3, 1935 in West Plains, MO to Orville and Myrtha Marie Parent. His family moved frequently, settling for a time in the Spokane area, before moving to Hep- pner in 1951, where he hoped they would remain. Tragedy struck, however, in November of 1952 when Al’s brother, Leslie, died at age 11 of a congenital heart defect and the family subsequently splintered. Al then lived and attended high school in Prineville until the end of his junior year. After a summer spent HHS alumni ‘celebrate A visit to Nazareth at the 60s’ this weekend VBS next week The Heppner High ture Museum in Heppner School Class of 1965 will be hosting a “Celebrate the 60s” class reunion this weekend in Heppner. Every Heppner High School class from the 60s, as well as friends and fami- lies, has been invited to join in the celebration. Friday, July 24, the group will have a no-host parmesan chicken dinner at the Elks Lodge from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, July 25, it will be time to tee off at Willow Creek Country Club for a time of golf, pizza, drinks and fellowship from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants are asked to bring chairs. That afternoon, Mor- row County Museum and Morrow County Agricul- will be open 12-4 p.m. That evening, a dinner and dance is planned back at the Heppner Elks Lodge. Social hour begins at 5 p.m. Reser- vations are required for din- ner and a program, which will run from 6-8 p.m. From 8 p.m. until midnight, the evening will be all about 60s music, featuring alumni karaoke talent. Sunday, July 26, the group will finish off the weekend with worship at Heppner City Park, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Again, at- tendees are asked to bring chairs. Contact Stuart Dick, 541-377-5451, or Ken Evans, 541-922-3849, for more information. THE LANDING RESTAURANT We Are Back to Business as Usual! We would like to say: To Heppner Community , OHV Guests, Forest Service and Employees for understanding our circumstances. Appreciation Night Saturday, July 18 Prime Rib $18.95 Reservations Req uired Landing at Morrow County OHV Park Hours: mon-Sat 8am-8pm Sunday 8am-6pm 541-969-3822 find us on facebook www.facebook.com/TheLandingLodge Community children ages four to 12 are invited to visit “Hometown Nazareth, Where Jesus was a Kid”— a week of vacation Bible school sponsored by five Heppner churches (Bap- tist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist and Nazarene) beginning Monday, July 20, through Friday, July 24, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church and the adjacent parsonage lawn. A free supper will be served to the children each night, and parents are in- vited to attend the final wrap-up session on Friday evening, followed by an ice-cream social. There is no cost to at- tend, but parents will need to complete a registration form for each child. Those who would like to pre- register their children will find a VBS registration table at Music in the Park on Sunday, July 19. Shared Ministry plans for well-drilling mission trip Drilling wells for peo- ple in parts of the world where clean water is scarce has been a goal of the Shared Ministry of All Saints Episcopal and Hope Lutheran churches in Hep- pner. The next mission trip will be to Haiti this fall. There are openings available in the 12-person team going to Haiti Oct. 31 through Nov. 6 of this year. The trip is made through Living Water International. The team will participate in the actual drilling process and teach hygiene practices to the local people. The trip will require payment of $1,900, which covers all expenses includ- ing air travel, food and lodging. Fundraisers, some of which have already oc- curred, will offset some of the cost. To get more informa- tion, or to be added to the list, please contact the Shared Ministry office at 676-9970. Community lunch menu On Wednesday, July 22, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center, local volunteers will serve a meal that will include build- your-own chef’s salad with croutons, garlic toast and melons. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Murray's Gift Registry Laurie Murray & Sean Wood Wedding - September 5 Kelly Nelson Baby Shower - July 17 Murray's Drug, 217 N. Main, Heppner • Phone 676-9158