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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 13, 2016 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- 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 classiied ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classiied 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 speciied. Afidavits must be required at the time of submission. Afidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be speciied 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 ofice. 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 classiieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. EOU announces fall term dean’s list LA GRANDE, Ore.—Three local students were among the 541 students Eastern Oregon University named to the dean’s list for fall term 2015. Earning the distinction were Justin Bailey, Heppner, Jaqueline Juarez, Ione, and Joseph Doherty, Lexington. Qualifying students achieve and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale while com- pleting a minimum of 12 hours of graded coursework for the duration of the term. Chamber lunch meeting The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be an all entities report on Thursday, Feb. 4, at noon in Heppner City Hall conference room. 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. Community lunch menu St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will include pork chops, stufing and gravy, green beans, sliced tomatoes, hot rolls, and banana cream pie. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Obituaries Randolph E. ‘Randy’ Lott Randolph E. “Randy” Lott, 91, of Heppner, died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Pioneer Memorial Hos- pital in Heppner. Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, January 14, at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Heppner. Concluding service with military honors will follow at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. He was born September 15, 1924 at Hattiesburg, MS the son of Clarence and Edna Rainey Lott. He was raised and attended school at Hattiesburg, where he graduated from high school in 1942. Randy then en- tered the Army Air Corps, where he was a light of- ficer and flew B-24 Lib- oped the Rasmussen-Lott erator Bombers. Following addition, which included his honorable discharge in Willow View Drive and 1946 he moved to several homes. He Walla Walla, WA. enjoyed golfing, It was there that he gardening, travel- met his future wife. ing and spending On August 17, 1946 time with his family. he married Bernice He was a member Kennedy at Walla of the Heppner Elks Walla. In 1948 the Randolph E. Lodge and the Wil- couple moved to “Randy” Lott low Creek Country Lexington, where Club. He will be he began working for Redd remembered as a gener- Leonard at the Lexington ous and caring person who Implement Company. In helped many people in 1958 Randy opened Lott’s many ways. Electric Appliance Store in Survivors include his Heppner. He retired from wife, Bernice Lott of Hep- the store in 1996. pner; son, Michael Lott of In 1973 Randy devel- Portland; daughter, Patti Clinton Kenneth ‘Ken’ Peck Clinton Kenneth “Ken” Peck died on Saturday, Jan- uary 2, 2016 in Heppner. A lifelong resident of Morrow County, he was 96 years old. A memorial service will be held on February 2 at 11 a.m. at the Lexington Airport. Clinton K. Peck was born on February 2, 1919, on the family wheat farm near Lexington. He was the first child of George N. Peck and Emma Millet Peck. His brother Ellwynne was born two years later and both boys grew up on the family farm and at- tended school in Lexington. Kenneth graduated from Lexington High School in 1937, and en- rolled at Oregon State Col- lege (now Oregon State University) that fall. Fol- lowing his graduation in May 1942 with a F.S. degree in Forestry, he went to Navy Midshipmen’s School and then was assigned to service aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, where he was a gunnery oficer for 40 mm. antiaircraft guns. He remained on the Enter- prise (“The Big E”) until the end of World War II in 1945. In July 1943 when the Enterprise steamed into the Bremerton Naval Yard for repairs, Kenneth mar- ried his college sweetheart, Lucile Urey. Early in 1946 they moved to the family farm in Lexington, where Clinton took over the day- to-day farming operation from his parents. Kenneth was very interested in progressive farming methods, new vari- eties of crops, and soil con- servation practices. He took great pride in his nearly weed-free fields. He was one of the irst farmers in Morrow County to lay out his wheat ields in contour strips to control soil ero- sion, and one of the first beef ranchers to raise Black Angus beef cattle. In 1956 he was named Oregon’s Soil Conservation Man of the Year. Kenneth and Lucile had two children, Stephen (born 1946) and Martha (born 1948), who became the third generation to grow up on the family wheat farm. In 1988 the Peck farm was designated as a “Century Farm” in recognition of 100 years of continuous farming by the same family. In addition to agricul- ture, Kenneth and his wife Lucile had many interests: genealogy, history, model railroading, Oregon ge- ology and archaeology, weather, skiing, and avia- tion. He particularly en- joyed U.S. Navy history and keeping in touch with his Navy shipmates from the USS Enterprise. In the 1960s Kenneth surveyed the terrain and promoted development of a ski area on Arbuckle Mountain. In 1980 he and Lucile earned their private pilot licenses, and enjoyed flying their Piper airplane around east- ern Oregon. They also both enjoyed travel and had visited all 50 of the United States and several of the Ca- nadian provinces. In Sep- tember 2015, accompanied by his son Stephen, Ken- neth was aboard the Honor Flight of military veterans from Oregon who traveled to Washington, D.C. Kenneth was a member of the Lexington Christian Church; Delta Tau Delta fraternity; Heppner Elks Pappas of Heppner; grand- children, Lance Lott, Jen- essa Lott, Conner Pappas and Emily Pappas; and sisters, Irene Kahler and Ethel McGee. He was preceded in death by a son, Donald Lott; his parents, Clarence and Edna Lott; a sister, Mary Lillian Aultman; and a brother Curtis Ray Lott. Memorial contributions for those who wish may be made to the Heppner High School, Jr./Sr. Athletic Fund, PO Box 67, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of ar- rangements. Lodge; the Heppner Ma- sonic Lodge; American Legion; Oregon Wheat Growers League; the Big E. Association; and the Starbottle Ski Club of Pend- leton. His wife Lucile passed away on May 9, 2015. He is survived by his son, Stephen Peck and his wife Kaye Peck of Walla Walla; daughter, Martha Andrews and her husband James E. of Portland; ive grandchildren, Jennifer Peck Dobson, Christopher P. Andrews, Hilary Peck Mahoney, Benjamin J. An- drews, and Joseph N. Peck; five great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and neph- ews; and two first cous- ins, George “Bud” Peck of Pendleton and Hubert “Bud” Millett of Junction City, OR. Memorial contributions in memory of Clinton Ken- neth Peck may be made to the South Morrow County Scholarship Fund, PO Box 367, Ione, OR 97843 or to the charity of your choice. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of ar- rangements. Cabin Fever show coming to Heppner this month Yankee & Milkhouse Candles- Select Scents 20% OFF Your Birthday Gift Headquarters! Great Selection of Baby & Children's Gifts Melissa & Doug • Star Wars Art Supplies & More The popular “Cabin Fever” variety show will be coming to Heppner this year at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31, in the Heppner El- ementary School gym. This will be the eighth annual show by John Wam- beke and Friends. The irst performance this year in Hermiston on Jan. 16 is already sold out, but tick- ets for the Heppner event, which includes a Dutch- oven dessert in the $15 ticket price, are currently Our Housewares Department is a Cook's Dream! 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For more info, search and Eunice.” Also show- cased will be the talents of Facebook for “Cabin Fever Jimmy Creason of Irrigon Concert.” and 11-year-old Abbi Her- Cultural Coalition announces award recipients Jewelry & Watches - European Soaps & Spa Items Let Us Create the Perfect Birthday Basket For That Special Someone! available at the Bank of Eastern Oregon in Heppner or Ione, at Cottage Flowers in Hermiston, or at the door. This year’s show is illed with music and hu- mor to break the winter doldrums. Stage band musicians include singer/ songwriter John Wambeke with son Frazer (piano/ vocals), former Heppner resident Luke Basile on bass, Derek Munson on drums, Pat Ward (vocals/ mandolin), and local iddler Eric Jepsen. Joe Lindsay of Heppner will team up with Cory Cooley for some vo- cal and comedy antics. John and Pat are back again with The Morrow County Cultural Coalition, sup- ported by Oregon’s Cul- Joe Lindsay in one of his tural Trust Foundation, humorous skits. –Contributed announces the following photo -January 13- HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! - F rom Y our F avorite D aughter grant recipients for 2016 projects in Morrow County schools and communities: Obo Addy Legacy Afri- can Drumming workshops and assemblies, Idaho Shakespeare Festival the- ater performances, Irrigon and Boardman Elementary schools Artist in Residence, Morrow County Historical Society Chronicles, Hamp- stead Stage Co., and Inland Northwest Musicians with performances in Boardman, Irrigon and Heppner. Applications for 2017 cultural-based activities in Morrow County are now being accepted. Projects supported in the past have also included quilting and art groups, art displays, historical library books, cultural entertainment, structures and kid’s activi- ties for parks. Grants can be awarded up to 50 percent of total project cost. For complete guidelines and application form, contact Susan Russell at 541-481-4277 or smsel@ hotmail.com. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISING DEADLINE IS MONDAY AT 5 P.M.