TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
The Oficial 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
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
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CBSGA annual
meeting report
The Columbia-Blue
Senior Golf Association
Board of Directors met in
Arlington at China Creek
Golf Course on Nov. 2.
Oficers for 2016 were
elected and approved as
follows: president, Dave
Messenger, Condon; vice
president, Tom Hoskot, Ar-
lington; past president, John
Edmundson, Heppner; sec-
retary, Doug Wilson, Con-
don; treasurer, Mike Kyles,
Athena; results chairman,
Earl Fishburn, Heppner;
and handicap chairman,
Rich Hess, The Dalles.
The 2016 tournament
schedule was approved as
follows:
April 11 – The Dalles
Country Club
May 9 – Willow Creek
Country Club, Heppner
June 13 – Condon Golf
Course
July 11 – Beacon Rock
Golf Course, North Bonn-
eville
August 8 – Big River
Golf Course, Umatilla
September 12 – Indian
Creek Golf Course, Hood
River
October 10 – Milton-
Freewater Golf Course
Special Play – TBA
The dues for 2016 re-
main the same at $85 per
member, payable to John
Edmundson by February
1, 2016.
Upon completion of
the meeting, the board
adjourned for lunch and
a round of golf in cool,
breezy but good conditions.
Grange holiday
bazaar this Saturday
The second annual holiday bazaar at the Lexington
Grange is planned for this Saturday, Nov. 14, from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will include not only shopping
opportunities with local vendors, but also rafles, compli-
mentary coffee, and a soup feed that features soup, roll,
cookie and a drink for $6.
Entry fee is $2 or two canned food items for a local
charity. The Lexington Grange is located at 66296 Mar-
quardt Rd, Lexington.
Neighborhood
center prepares for a
season of giving
Center closed Thanksgiving
Day
The Neighborhood
Center would like to remind
patrons that it will be closed
Thanksgiving Day and will
reopen Friday, Nov. 27.
The Christmas Giving
Tree will once again be at
Heppner Family Foods.
Anyone struggling this sea-
son and needing help from
Santa (or who knows of
a family who is), please
come see Lisa Patton at the
Neighborhood Center to
pick up the forms. Sign-up
sheets must be turned in
before Friday, Nov. 27.
Finally, November
food boxes will include
regular food (chicken, ham-
burger, a dozen eggs, soup,
etc.) along with food to
help prepare a Thanksgiv-
ing meal.
FLU
CLINIC
Friday, November 13th
Heppner
City Hall
1 pm - 6 pm
F ree Flu
shots
For those with
no insurance
MORROW COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
120 S. Main St.- P.O. Box 799 - Heppner, OR 97836 - (541) 676-5421
Deadline for news and advertising:
Monday at 5 p.m.
Obituaries
Nellie ‘Fay’ Pierce
Nellie “Fay” Pierce,
97, of Heppner, died Satur-
day, November 7, 2015 at
the Willow Creek Terrace
Assisted Living Facility
in Heppner. Memorial ser-
vice was held Wednesday,
November 11, at 11 a.m. at
the Heppner United Meth-
odist Church. Concluding
service with military honors
followed at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery.
Fay was born June 28,
1918 at Woodville, OK,
to Frank and Nellie Fay
(Wells) Baker. The family
moved to Tulsa, OK, where
she graduated from Tulsa
High School. She then at-
tended Baylor University
School of Nursing in Dal-
las, TX, where she gradu-
ated in 1941.
Immediately follow-
ing the bombing of
Pearl Harbor, Fay
volunteered for the
Army Corps. She
was a volunteer for
overseas service
in the Army Nurse
Corp, serving in Nellie
Australia and New Pierce
Guinea. While in
Australia, she met Eugene
“Gene” Pierce. The couple
was married on August 4,
1943 at the Church of Eng-
land in Sydney, Australia.
Following her honorable
discharge she continued to
work in the nursing ield for
many years.
The couple resided in
Pendleton, OR, where she
worked at St. An-
thony Hospital. In
1957 they moved to
Heppner, where she
continued nursing at
Pioneer Memorial
Hospital. In 1995
“Fay” they retired to Ken-
newick, WA.
Fay is survived
by her son, Greg Pierce, of
Monmouth, OR; daughters,
Mary Pierce of The Dalles,
OR, Martha McQuinn of
Pendleton and Molly Rhea
of Heppner; sister, Sylvia
“Boots” Dalby of Foley,
AL; brother, Dick Baker of
Tulsa, OK; and 10 grand-
children and nine great-
grandchildren.
Fay was preceded
in death by her husband,
Gene, in 2007 and a son,
Mike Pierce, in 2008.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Heifer
International (to aid in hun-
ger and poverty), 1 World
Avenue, Little Rock, AR
72202 or to Smile Train Inc.
(to aid in charity medical
procedures), 41 Madison
Ave., 28 th Floor, New York,
NY 10010.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in charge of ar-
rangements.
Mr. Bill’s traveling trivia show returns to
Heppner
The Heppner Day Care
will again sponsor, on Nov.
20 beginning at 7 p.m.
at the Elks Club, the fun
and entertaining Mr. Bill’s
traveling trivia show. The
event as a fundraiser for the
nonproit organization.
Entry forms are avail-
able at Heppner Day Care
or on the table at the post
ofice. Though teams may
enter on the evening of
the show, early entries are
strongly encouraged. A
table will be reserved with
the team name for every
early entry, and early entries
will help with starting the
show on time and help to
prevent delays at the door.
The entry fee for each
team is $150, which breaks
down to just $25 per person
on a team of the allowed
and suggested six members.
Though individual
team members often pay
their own entry fees, anoth-
er suggestion is to recruit a
sponsor for one’s team. A
team can have from one to
six members.
The members of the
A View from the Hill
By Doris Brosnan
Willow Creek Terrace
viewed October as one
month that highlights the
diversity of interests in
America and still begs the
question: “How do some of
these interests end up with
special recognition on the
national calendar?” Days
devoted to foods: Home-
made Cookie Day, Apple
Betty Day, Angel Food
Cake Day, Cake Decorat-
ing Day, Boston Cream
Pie Day. Days celebrating
zaniness: Mad Hatter’s
Day, Silly Sayings Day,
Halloween. And, of course,
some serious topics: Co-
lumbus Day, Fireighters,
the Navy, Learn-a-Word,
Pastoral Care, United Na-
tions, Make-a-Difference.
Some designated days
could be viewed with vari-
ous attitudes: Bosses Day,
Mothers-in-Law Day...?
The November calen-
dar continues to provide the
morning discussion group
topics to ponder and days
that offer residents reason
to celebrate with some tasty
treats.
The men had a good
laugh when asked last week
if they wanted to take over
the kitchen on Men Make
Dinner Day (5 th ) – thanks
but no thanks! (That might
have been a wise decision
important to this week’s
Senior Safety Week?) And
everyone enjoyed a chuckle
on International Tongue
Twister Day (7 th ).
Some other topics this
month: world kindness
(13 th ), recycling (14 th ), hik-
ing (17 th ), Mickey Mouse’s
1928 birthday (18 th ), smok-
ing (19 th ), games, puzzles,
family, the Bible (22 nd -28 th ),
individual talents (21 st ),
small business (28 th ), and
square dancing (29 th ) – How
many other generations
three top-scoring teams
at Mr. Bill’s will receive
prizes, as well as bragging
rights, but every participant
will have an equal opportu-
nity to win a door prize at
some point in the evening.
The day care also will be
rafling some baskets.
Participants are re-
minded not to use phones
to look up answers; desig-
nated individuals will be
watching.
“This fundraiser is
critical to the operation of
Heppner Day Care,” says
know what that last one is?
Foods with their designated
November days include the
vanilla cupcake (10 th ), pizza
(12 th ), fast food (16 th ), fudge
(20 th ), gingerbread (21 st ),
parfait (25 th ), French toast
(28 th ) and mousse (30 th ).
National Geography
Awareness Week begins on
the 16 th , and in preparation
for that, the dining room
now has a large wall map
of the world. Eventually,
the residents will contribute
to pinpointing places on the
map to which they have
traveled. Many morning
discussions will include
opportunities to talk about
these global locations.
T h e Te r r a c e w i l l
be busier than usual on
Thanksgiving, welcoming
families and friends who
choose to join residents
and staff for the day’s feast.
Before that, however, cel-
ebration will be in the air on
Mr. Bill’s Traveling Trivia
Show returns to Heppner
Nov. 20.
one board member. “Your
support is greatly appreci-
ated.”
the 23 rd when Mary Eleanor
Gilman shares her birthday
luncheon with neighbors.
And after Turkey Day, on
the 30 th , Floss Watkins will
be the honored birthday
girl.
Welcomed to the Com-
munity on the Hill in time
for this month’s activities
are new residents Ralph
and Beverly Norton. The
Nortons moved in on Nov.
2, so they are still becom-
ing familiar with their new
neighbors and learning
about the daily, weekly and
monthly activities available
at the Terrace, and the new
neighbors are becoming
familiar with the Nortons
and their special interests.
Two apartments remain
available, so residents may
soon be welcoming other
new neighbors, which they
always view with enthu-
siasm.
Ione Legion Auxiliary Local church to offer
plans holiday bazaar free meal on Mondays
The Ione American Legion Auxiliary’s ifth annual
holiday bazaar is planned for this Saturday, Nov. 14, from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ione Legion Hall.
Breakfast, coffee and hot chocolate available for pur-
chase from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., with soup, roll and dessert
available for purchase from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Children also are invited to come and get their pic-
tures taken with Santa.
The church members
Christian Life Center
will host a pot luck style provide the meal, so there’s
dinner for anybody who no obligation for those in
needs a meal every Monday need to bring anything. The
night from 6-8 p.m. or until church plans to continue
the food runs out, starting the weekly meals through
Nov. 16. It will be held in the end of the year and will
the back room at Howe’s reevaluate on Dec. 21 to see
About Pizza; A statement if it is beneicial to continue
from the church says Bev the service after the New
Howe has offered her build- Year. Church members say
There will be no lunch meeting of the Heppner Cham- ing for the event since it is a there will be prior notiica-
ber of Commerce on Thursday, Nov. 19. The next chamber central location in Heppner tion if they decide to con-
lunch meeting will be an all-entities report on Thursday, and easier to get to on foot tinue the meals.
Dec. 3, at noon in Heppner City Hall conference room. than the church is.
Cost of lunch is $10. Chamber lunch attendees are
asked to RSVP at 541-676-5536 no later than the Wednes-
day before to guarantee a lunch.
The chamber also welcomes its newest member,
Hope and Valby Lutheran and All Saints Episcopal
Elite Performance, with personal and itness trainer Blas church volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, Nov.
Elguezabal. He can be reached at 541-561-1642.
18, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
Lunch will include sweet and sour pork, rice, stir-
fried vegetables, cucumbers and onions, spring rolls, and
mocha tapioca.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50
per meal. Menu is subject to change.
November 15th from 12:30pm- 2:30pm
Chamber lunch meeting
Community lunch menu
Everyone is invited to an
Authentic Indian Dinner
Menu: Rice, Butter Chicken, Andhra Chicken
Curry, bread and Kesari Sweet Dessert.
St. Patrick’s parish hall
525 N. Gale Street, Heppner
The dinner is being held to raise
funds to renovate the parish hall.
Prices are $10 for adults and $5
for kids 10 and under.
Community
Thanksgiving Dinner
at All Saints Episcopal Church
Thanksgiving day at 1 PM
Contact: Shelli Britt #676-5478
Happy Thanksgiving