TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, December 23, 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
Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the
Post Ofice at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage
paid at Heppner, Oregon. Ofice at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
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Local students make
OSU Honor Roll
CORVALLIS, Ore.—
Several local students are
among those who have been
named to the Scholastic
Honor Roll for fall term at
Oregon State University.
A total of 1,009 stu-
dents earned straight-A
(4.0). Another 3,982 earned
a B-plus (3.5) or better to
make the listing. To be on
the honor roll, students
must carry at least 12 grad-
ed hours of course work.
Students on the Honor
Roll included (by town):
Ione—Straight-A Av-
erage: Oskar M. Peterson,
sophomore, pre-mechanical
engineering. With 3.5 or
Better: August H. Peterson,
sophomore, pre-civil engi-
neering; Mary V. Rietmann,
senior, human development
and family science.
Heppner—With 3.5
or Better: Maggie K. Col-
lins, junior, agricultural
sciences; Donald G. Mat-
thews, senior, business ad-
ministration.
Boardman—With 3.5
or Better: Alejandra Men-
doza, senior, mathemat-
ics; Maria G. Rodriguez,
sophomore, university ex-
ploratory studies.
Irrigon—With 3.5 or
Better: Adriana Sanchez,
senior, accountancy.
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County
Clerk’s ofice has released
the following report of mar-
riage licenses:
December 16, 2015:
-Sabino Ramirez Alvarez,
40, of Stanfield, OR and
Aida Diaz, 45, of Board-
man.
December 17, 2015:
-Felipe Ceja Murguia, 55,
of Umatilla, OR and Maria
Guadalupe Alvarez Mejia,
35, of Umatilla.
December 18, 2015:
-Michael John McCabe, 31,
of Hermiston and Chelsea
Ann Britt, 28, of Hermis-
ton.
Chamber to hold
annual meeting
Funds being collected Refugee to speak at
Ione church
for funeral, medical
Blema Fangamou, who spent years in a refugee camp
in Africa, will discuss his experience and God’s role in
expenses for local man his deliverance at Ione Community Church on Sunday,
Funds are being collected to help pay for the inal
medical expenses and funeral expenses of local man
Daniel “Dhel” Hibbard.
Hibbard, 64, of Heppner passed away Saturday, Dec.
19, after a prolonged illness.
Collection jars are set up at the Heppner Shell mini
mart and at other locations throughout Heppner.
A bank account has also been set up in Hibbard’s
name at the Bank of Eastern Oregon Heppner branch for
those wishing to contribute.
An obituary for Mr. Hibbard will appear in a future
edition of the Gazette.
Dec. 27, at 11 a.m.
Fangamou was targeted for death in the civil war in
his home country, Guinea-Bissau, in 1998. He made his
way mainly on foot to a United Nations refugee camp
in Benin, more than 2,000 miles away. His wife and six
children also had to lee. Their story is documented in the
2013 book “God Doesn’t Write with a Pen” by Christi
Lynn Pauline.
He now lives and works in Boardman, and supports
a medical clinic in his former refugee camp. Everyone is
invited to the worship service; the scripture reading for
the day reminds us that the infant Jesus and his family
were also once refugees.
Plan ahead for Remembrance Walk
shamrocks
Shamrock orders due in January this year
The Friends Helping
Friends committee has an-
nounced that it has started
its plans for the 2016 St. Pat-
rick’s Day Remembrance
Walk/Run fundraiser. The
committee is also asking
that people plan ahead to
order remembrance sham-
rocks in January.
The committee holds
the event to carry on the
legacy of Donna Schon-
bachler, Pioneer Memorial
Home Health and Hospice
nurse and dear friend.
“Donna instilled into
all of us her example of
striving to make a differ-
ence in our community,”
said one committee mem-
ber. “For such a tiny lady,
her will to live was huge
and the life she lived while
battling cancer was an in-
spiration to all.”
To date, approximately
$35,000 has been raised
for local organizations, in-
cluding: Pioneer Memorial
Hospital, Pioneer Memorial
Emergency Room, Pioneer
Memorial Home Health
and Hospice, Willow Creek
Terrace, St. Patrick’s Se-
nior Center, South Morrow
County ire and ambulance,
BPOE 358 Elk’s Lodge
ladies, St. Patrick’s Day
Committee, and Heppner
Day Care.
The Remembrance
Walk, held on Saturday dur-
ing Heppner’s St. Patrick’s
Day Celebration, follows
a route lined with memory
shamrocks. These sham-
rocks are all handmade,
and are made from inancial
donations given in memory
of special loved ones. All
proceeds from the event go
back into the community.
This year, shamrock or-
ders need to be in by Janu-
ary. The shamrock supplier
is no longer in business and,
shamrock needs to mail
photos to Hisler at 56504
Little Butter Cr. Rd. Hep-
pner or drop them off at
Heppner Windwave in care
of Sandy Matthews.
“As families gather for
the holidays, this may be a
good time to ind photos,”
Hisler said.
Bank of EO employees get into
the spirit of giving
Bank of Eastern Oregon’s Heppner branch had a giving tree this year and adopted two area
families. Not satisied with that, they also ran a department competition to see who could
bring in the most non-perishables to donate to the Neighborhood Center. The bank’s Internet
Technology team won, donating several large boxes of food. “We were overwhelmed with the
generosity of our employees,” said BEO’s eMarketing Coordinator Audra Bunch. “Rhonda
Winters, Jim Bleth, Jeremy Arbogast and I hauled a huge truckload of food and gifts to the
Neighborhood Center earlier this week.” Pictured: IT employees Jeremy Arbogast, Kelley
Marvin and Jim Bleth. Not pictured: Laurie Barrow. –Contributed photo
Justice Court
Report
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce will be the chamber’s annual luncheon on
Thursday, Jan. 7, at noon in the St. Patrick’s Senior Cen-
ter dining room. The chamber will be sharing what it has
been involved in, and special musical entertainment will
Morrow County Justice
be provided by the Heppner High School choir.
of
the
Peace Ann Spicer
Cost of lunch is $10; Alvin Liu with Gateway Café
has
released
the following
will cater. Chamber lunch attendees are asked to RSVP
Justice
Court
report:
at 541-676-5536 no later than the Wednesday before to
-Jeanette
L. Willman,
guarantee a lunch.
32, of Pendleton, OR was
found guilty by default of
Violating the Basic Rule
75/55 and ined $160.
-Clint Wade Smith, 50,
of Oregon City, OR was
found guilty by default of
MILES & MILES OF SMILES
Hunting Prohibited Meth-
even though Murray’s Drug
has been helpful in obtain-
ing shamrocks, committee
members say there still are
a limited number of sham-
rocks available.
Those who wish to
have a shamrock made need
to contact Susan Hisler.
Anyone wanting a photo
od: Expandable Broadhead
and ined $110.
-Dino Fredrick Mar-
sango, 61, of White City,
OR was found guilty of
Take/Possession of Bully
Elk/No Elk Tag and was
ined $335.
-Thomas Grove Ilie,
67, of Hermiston was found
guilty of Operate Unsafe
Vehicle and was ined $260.
Community lunch menu
Hope and Valby Lutheran and All Saints Episcopal
church volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, Dec.
30, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will include
scrambled eggs; ham, bacon or sausage; hash browns;
Waldorf salad; sliced tomatoes; biscuits; and cinnamon
rolls.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Courthouse to close
early Christmas Eve
The Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner will
close at noon on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve.
SNOWMOBILE
ROUTES
-Continued from PAGE ONE tor to help facilitate winter
of Monday, from Cutsforth
Park to the top of Coalmine
Hill. The county will allow
over-snow vehicle travel on
this road during the closure
period. All closures will be
signed.
The Forest Service,
along with the 4-Corner
Snowmobile Club and Mor-
row County Public Works,
is continuing to operate
under a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) to
allow grooming on several
forest roads.
“Everyone is working
closely with the contrac-
recreation use in the area
during logging activities
and to ensure a safe and fun
winter recreation season,”
said Niesen.
Updated maps display-
ing the road closure and
groomed trail section can
be obtained on the Umatilla
National Forest website at
www.fs.usda.gov/umatilla.
Maps are also available at
the Heppner, Ukiah and
Pendleton ofices. For more
information, contact Lori
Seitz at the Heppner Ranger
District Office, 541-676-
9187.
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