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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 17, 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. Fundraiser planned for Bennett Memorial Scholarship Community members are invited to save the date for a Ryan Bennett Memo- rial Scholarship fundraiser planned for March 25 at the Heppner Elks Lodge. The event will include dinner and a silent auc- tion. Money raised will go to fund a scholarship in memory of the late Ryan Bennett of Heppner. “While Ryan’s time with us was far too short, we hope to celebrate his life into the future,” said one event coordinator. More details will fol- low. To donate auction items, monetary gifts or time, call Amber Schlaich at 509-629-1114 or Sue Gibbs at 541-991-1070. Bunco ‘girls’ night out’ to beneit Ione preschool Area women are invited to a girls’ night out with an evening of Bunco at the Ione Legion Hall this Thursday, February 18. The evening will begin with a “chat, sip n’ snack” at 6 p.m. The game will begin at 7 p.m.; buy-in is $20. Finger food and lemonade will be provided, but participants should feel free to bring more. The evening will also include prizes, rafles items and a preschool art silent auction. All proceeds will beneit Creative Care Preschool in Ione. Marriage Licenses Honor Flight invites WWII vets on 2016 D.C. trip Honor Flight of Eastern Oregon invites more World War II veterans to travel on Honor Flight trips to Wash- ington, DC during 2016. The nonprofit Bend Heroes Foundation operates Honor Flight of Eastern Or- egon and has honored 505 World War II veterans with free four-day trips to the nation’s capital since 2010. Veterans and their guardians visit the national World War II Memorial and 10 other veterans’ memori- als. World War II veterans are eligible to travel provid- ing they served anywhere in the Armed Forces during World War II, live in any of the 17 Oregon counties east of the Cascades, have not visited the national World War II Memorial in the past, are able to travel and are accompanied by a guard- ian. Full-time medical staff is available during the trip. The use of wheelchairs, walkers and portable oxy- gen by veterans is allowed. Guardians can be family members or friends and must be able to assist vet- erans by pushing wheel- chairs and walking reason- able distances with them. The guardian fee is about $1,250 and covers all ex- penses for the four-day trip. World War II veter- ans and their guardians interested in traveling on the May 11-15 trip should contact the Bend Heroes Foundation immediately. A September trip can be scheduled if more veterans apply than can be honored during the May trip. For more information or to apply, visit www. bendheroes.org or contact Yvonne Drury, Bend Heroes Foundation Vice President/ Secretary at 541.390.4231, yvonnedrury@hotmail. com, or Darla Rozelle, Bend Heroes Foundation Director at 541.419.0007, rthreads@uci.net. Register early for Remembrance Walk The Friends Help Friends Committee would like to remind everyone that the annual Remembrance Walk/5K Run is planned for Saturday, March 19. The event will begin with a social hour and registration; the walk/run will begin at 9:30 a.m. While participants may register the morning of the walk/run, pre-registration for the walk/run is request- ed, as it makes the morning of the event go much more smoothly. As an incen- tive to register early, the committee will offer door prizes for those who pre- register. Prizes will include gas cards, as well as meal and drink cards. Friends Helping Friends is again asking for a $5 donation per walker or runner, as well as a $5 donation per shamrock. Children accompanied by adults are free. For donor convenience, there is a drop location inside Heppner City Hall for fundraiser stubs and donations. Due to limited supplies, Feb. 29 will be the last day to order shamrocks. For more information on the walk or shamrocks, contact Susan Hisler at 541-676- 5878. For information on the run, email Janelle El- lis at origanelle@hotmail. com. Anyone wanting a Heppner or drop them off at photo shamrock needs to Heppner Windwave in care mail photos to Hisler at of Sandy Matthews. 56504 Little Butter Cr. Rd. Local piano students recognized at music festival Above left: Reiah and Roen Waite. Above right: Hannah, Madison and Rylee Palmer. -Con- tributed photos The annual Oregon Music Teachers Associa- tion (OMTA) Bach festival took place Saturday, Feb. 6, in Pendleton. Five local students par- ticipated—Reiah and Roen Waite, and Hannah, Madi- son and Rylee Palmer. Madison Palmer was chosen to play at the OMTA state recital held in Corval- lis. Hannah Palmer and Reiah Waite each received honorable mention. There were 80 partici- pants in this year’s festival. Meeting planned for Morrow County arts and crafts Morrow County Cre- ally, members are asked to ative Arts and Crafts is bring a list of the work that The Morrow County Clerk’s ofice has released the getting ready for its arts they will have for sale. Also on the agenda are and crafts sale during the following report of marriage licenses: classes for this year. Artists Heppner St. Patrick’s cel- February 11, 2016: -Kenneth Allen McCullough, 72, Bob Walton and Betty Jean ebration. All members are of Boardman and Lorraine Cunningham, 77, of Irrigon. asked to attend a meeting Billups will be doing class- on Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. at the es in the Tri-Cities in April, Mustang Diner. Addition- and local classes could also An article in last week’s Gazette stated that the iling deadline for the May 17, 2016 primary election is March 8 for Morrow County Judge, which is iled with the Sec- retary of State, and March 10 for all other positions iled through the Morrow County Clerk’s ofice. The county clerk’s ofice has informed the G-T that the iling deadline is March 8, 2016 for all open Morrow County positions. The editor apologizes for the error. The men at Heppner Christian Church will be serv- ing up a community breakfast Sunday, Feb. 21, starting at 8:30 a.m. and running until 10 a.m. The breakfast is Michael A. “Mike” Ferguison--Michael A. “Mike” free and everyone is invited. At 10 a.m., the church will show the inal video from Ferguison, 33, died Feb. 12, 2016 at his home in Stan- ield. A celebration of life potluck gathering will be held the series by Institute for Creation Research “Unlocking Friday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m. at the Oregon National Guard the Mysteries of Genesis.” The community is also invited Armory, 900 SE Columbia Dr., Hermiston. Burns Mor- to stay and watch the video if interested. tuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. Correction be planned for that time. Members are invited to do an internet search under each artist’s name to get ideas for classes, including snow scenes, elk, etc. The subject will be the decision of the group attending the meeting. Also under consider- ation will be craft classes. The public is invited. Anyone interested in class- es should attend the meet- ing or call Betty Mills at 541-676-5546. Community breakfast PHONE SCAM ing for the same thing—a reports of any of payout,” Sandoval said. planned at Christian ceived these scam phone calls to “If you receive a similar Morrow County residents call claiming your services Church recently, CBEC General may be cut, do not...ever Death Notice Community lunch menu -Continued from PAGE ONE Manager Thomas Wolff said consumers still need to be wary. Sandoval agreed. “They may change in the information they use, with more and more using actual companies or agen- cies you recognize—even your local police depart- ment—but they are all look- send money, wire money or provide bank information.” Anyone who receives one of these calls may re- port it to MCSO at 541-676- 5317. Anyone concerned or who has questions about their electric utilities or ser- vices should contact CBEC at 541-676-9146. Willow Creek Baptist Church volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at St. Patrick’s Senior Cen- ter. Lunch will include ish and chips, coleslaw, sunshine The Ione Library District Board of Directors will hold its carrots, garlic bread and brownies. monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 25, beginning at 10:30 Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is a.m. Meetings are held at the Ione Public Library, 385 W. 2nd $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Street. The public is welcome to attend. Ione library board to meet PER Tim and Beth Dickenson cordially invite you to the 119th Elks Annual themed “Sweethearts Ball” Where: Heppner Elks Lodge #358 142 N. Main St. Heppner When: Saturday, February 20th Times: Ladies Tea 2 p.m. Lodge 3 p.m. Dinner 6 p.m. Live Music 8 p.m., Featuring Live music by Luke Basile and Frazer Wambeke RSVP: Heppner Elks; PO Box 494 Heppner, OR 97836; elks358@ centurytel.net ; 541-676-9181 D A W E T N Your Household Hazardous Waste look for label marked “Warning” and “Danger” Turn Them In! FREE Friday April 1, 2016 , Road Department Yard, Lexington 365 W. Hwy 74, Lexington, OR 97839 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Items not accepted: Empty containers, Ammunition, explosives, biological waste and radio active waste. Question please call 541-989-9500
