TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Obituaries
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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elsewhere; $30 student subscriptions.
David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
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meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines
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responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will
be placed in the classiieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
Births
Rita Josephine
McNamee—Abe and
Kristi McNamee an-
nounce the birth of a
daughter, Rita Jose-
phine McNamee. She
was born December
15, 2015 at 7:58 a.m.
at St. Anthony Hos-
pital in Pendleton,
OR. She weighed 6 Rita Josephine McNamee
pounds, 2 ounces and
was 19 inches long.
Rita joins sister Klynn McNamee, 7, and brothers
James McNamee, 5, and Richard McNamee, 3.
Grandparents are Bob and Pam Warden of Heppner
and Pat and Vickie McNamee of Irrigon. Great-grand-
parents are Grace Morin, Portland, OR and Josephine
McNamee, Madras, OR.
First Friday Friends
of Jesus this week
The January session of First Friday Friends of Jesus
will be held this Friday, Jan. 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
the All Saints Parish Hall. Children ages four through 12
are invited for a morning illed with Bible stories, crafts,
games and a free lunch. Newcomers are always welcome.
More information is available by calling the ofice of the
Shared Ministry of Hope Lutheran Church and All Saints
Episcopal Church at 541-676-9970.
Evelyn Daniels Johnston Campbell
Evelyn Daniels
Johnston Camp-
bell, 78, formerly
of Ione, died Thurs-
day, December 17,
at Samaritan Albany
General Hospital.
Evelyn
A Celebration of Campbell
Life will be held at
1 p.m., January 16,
at First Christian
Church, 432 Ferry
St. SW, Albany, OR.
She was born
to Don and Blanche
Daniels March 6,
1937 in Waterloo,
OR and graduated
becher wish list include:
school supplies such as
small dry erase boards, dry
erase markers, plastic clip
boards, reams of standard
printer paper, lamination
plastic sheets, #2 pencils,
glue bottles and glue sticks,
markers, crayons, sharpies,
designer pocket folders and
spiral notebooks, air drying
clay, window art replace-
ment paint, acrylic and
watercolor paints (tubes or
Chamber lunch
meeting
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
Center dining room. Also at the meeting, the Heppner
High School choir, directed by Rick Drake, will provide
special musical entertainment.
Cost of lunch is $10; Alvin Liu with Gateway Café
will cater. Chamber lunch attendees are asked to RSVP
at 541-676-5536 no later than the Wednesday before to
accommodate enough food and seating.
EQIP signup
deadline fast
approaching
The USDA Natural Re-
sources Conservation Ser-
vice (NRCS) offers techni-
cal and inancial assistance
to private landowners and
producers interested in pre-
serving natural resources on
the land.
NRCS has established
priority working area in
the Lower Little Butter
Creek and Sandhollow wa-
tersheds.
Assistance may be
available to help landown-
ers implement conservation
activities such as fence in-
stallation, prescribed graz-
ing, spring development
and more on rangeland.
Applications for fund-
ing must be completed and
received by Jan. 16. Contact
the local NRCS office to
learn more, 541-676-5021.
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
Church, and finally First
Christian Church of Albany.
Fisher Funeral Home
is handling arrangements.
Online condolences for
the family may be posted at
www.fisherfuneralhome.
com.
Shared Ministry celebrates another
new well
This Sunday, Jan. 10,
the Shared Ministry of Hope
Lutheran Church and All
Saints Episcopal Church
will celebrate completion
of their ifth well through
Living Water International
at All Saints Parish Hall be-
ginning at 4 p.m. Everyone
is welcome. The celebra-
tion will include a potluck
featuring Haitian foods,
photos and stories from
Haiti, and a small bazaar
with Haitian crafts for sale,
with proceeds being applied
to the churches’ ongoing
well-drilling ministry.
I n N o v e m b e r, t h e
Shared Ministry’s mission
team participated in drill-
ing this new well for a
small village outside of
Cap Haitien on the northern
coast of Haiti. In addition to
well-drilling, team mem-
From left: Micah Anderson, Katy Anderson, Taylor Disque, Robanai Disque, Living Water trip
addition Jon from California, Joel Peterson, Janet Greenup, Living Water trip addition J.C.
from California, Diana Sharp, Greg Greenup and Dan Sharp. –Contributed photo
bers spent time with local ries through an interpreter.
residents teaching hygiene There was little time to tour
practices and Bible sto- the countryside, but even
from the inside of a crowd-
ed minivan team members
could see the contrasts in
this physically beautiful but
financially impoverished
country.
The members of Valby
Lutheran Church made a
substantial contribution to
the cost of this well and
sent one team member on
the trip—Joel Peterson. St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church
also contributed, and sent
team members Greg and
Janet Greenup. The Shared
From left: Mission Trippers Micah Anderson, Dan Sharp,
Taylor Disque and Joel Peterson, with a Haitian driller in the Ministry was represented
by team members Robanai
background. –Contributed photo
Math students to collect donations for
Doernbecher
Heppner High School
math students will be col-
lecting donations for Doern-
becher Children’s Hospital
in Portland Jan. 12 through
Feb. 12. Drop boxes will be
available at Murray’s Drug
and Heppner Family Foods.
The students are encourag-
ing donations of school
supplies, books, toys and
games. All donations must
be new.
Items on the Doern-
from Albany Union High
School in 1955.
She retired as a Judicial
Assistant for the State of
Oregon in Eugene.
Evelyn was a member
of the Eugene and Glen-
wood Christian churches,
then the Ione Community
palettes), fabric paint, and
paintables such as water
color paper, canvas, masks,
boxes and t-shirts. The hos-
pital also asks for popular,
award winning or clas-
sic books for kindergarten
through 12 th grade, and gift
cards to popular stores.
Cash and checks
(made out to Heppner High
School) will also be ac-
cepted. Monies will go to
purchase needed items.
The students also will
be sewing blankets in the
HHS library on Feb. 3 and
Feb. 9 from 4-8 p.m. for
those who want to partici-
pate. Blankets also must be
made from new material
with sewn edges and no
knotted edges.
Contact Troy Morgan
at HHS for more details,
541-676-9138.
ELL, reading night
promises to be a
scream
Disque and her son Taylor,
Katy Anderson and her son
Micah, and Dan and Diana
Sharp.
The mission trippers
say they are grateful for the
support they received from
this community through a
year’s worth of fundraisers,
the privilege of providing
clean water for the Hai-
tians who quickly became
friends, and the opportunity
to experience another cul-
ture and climate.
More information
about Sunday’s celebration
and other activities of the
Shared Ministry is available
by calling the church ofice
at 541-676-9970.
Chamber Chatter
Thursday, Jan. 14 – 6
p.m. – Heppner Chamber’s
Town and Country Com-
munity Awards Event: This
year’s event is sponsored
by Invenergy, LLC dba
Willow Creek Energy (gold
sponsor) and Northwest
Farm Credit Services (sil-
ver sponsor). Come out
and help the community
recognize and celebrate the
Man of the Year; Woman
of the Year; Business of
the Year; Citizen-Educator
of the Year; Youth Award
and Lifetime Achievement
Award. Pudding on the Ritz
will cater the evening meal
MILES &
and will be serving prime
rib with au jus and horse-
radish sauce; baked pota-
toes with sour cream, but-
ter and bacon; dilly green
beans; cranberry pecan
romaine salad; rustic bread;
pumpkin dessert square
for dessert; and beverage.
Tickets are now available
for purchase of $20 per per-
son at the Bank of Eastern
Oregon, chamber office/
city hall, Community Bank
and Murray’s Drug. Please
purchase your tickets early
so we can make sure we
have enough food and seat-
ing for everyone.
MILES OF SMILES
“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ELL/read-
ing night!” is the theme next Tuesday evening, Jan. 12,
at Heppner Elementary School. The evening’s events will
begin at 6 p.m. in the HES library.
Parents, students and friends of the Morrow County
School District are invited to attend a night illed with ice
cream, entertainment and chance to learn more about the
English Language Learners (ELL) and Heroes programs.
Community lunch
menu
Willow Creek Baptist Church members will serve
lunch on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. Lunch will include parmesan crusted ish, rice
pilaf, sunshine carrots, green salad, garlic bread sticks
and cinnamon pudding.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
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