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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 29, 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 SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ 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. Neighborhood Center bag sale July 6 The Neighborhood Center will hold its monthly $10 bag sale on Wednesday, July 6. Bag sale includes all clothing and shoes. All other merchandise is 50 percent off. Please donate any paper and plastic bags you don’t need for the food pantry. The Neighborhood Center is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The food pantry closes at 4 p.m. Located at 441 N. Main Street, Heppner. Catholic men to meet The men of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Heppner and St. William’s Catholic Church of Ione will hold their irst Friday of the month meeting on Friday, July 1, at the parish ofice in Heppner. The meeting will start at 6:45 a.m. and will be followed by irst Friday Mass at 7:30 a.m. HHS Class of ’58 plans get-together The Heppner High School Class of 1958 will have a luncheon on Friday, July 15, at 11:30 a.m. at Sweet Productions, 233 North Main, Heppner. Classmates as well as acquaintances and friends are encouraged to attend; those planning on attending are asked to RSVP to Judie Laughlin, 541-676-9781. Anyone who has a preference on their lunch should let Jodi at Sweet Productions know at 541-626-1440. All attendees are asked to bring photos, especially of their families and activities EOU announces spring dean’s list LA GRANDE, OR—Jasmine Dixon and Jaqueline Juarez of Ione were among the 515 students named to the Eastern Oregon University dean’s list for the 2016 spring term, the university has announced. Qualifying students achieve and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale while completing a minimum of 12 hours of graded coursework for the duration of the term. We Have A Complete Section of new mugs in Stock The Republic of Tea is on its way WE WILL BE CLOSED JULY 4TH! HAVE A SAFE & HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY STOP IN AND PICK UP YOUR FLAGS & DECORATIONS MARK YOUR CALENDAR! MURRAY'S WINE TASTING THURSDAY, AUGUST 18TH The View from the Green WCCC ladies host nine-hole invitational The Willow Creek Country Club ladies held their Nine-Hole Invita- tional on June 21. Forty-one women, representing six clubs from Walla Walla, La Grande and the Tri Cities, were guests of the WCCC Ladies Club. The champions over- all were Nancy Propheter (WCCC) low gross of the field and Corol Mitchell (WCCC) low net of the ield. Awards also were given to each club. Local win- ners from WCCC were Pat Edmundson with low gross and Betty Burns and Pat Dougherty, who tied for low net. Local special play awards went to Nancy Propheter for long drive and long putt and Betty Burns for KP second shot. Corol Mitchell had a birdie on hole #3. Breakfast and lunch were served to guests and members, with rafles, door prizes and gifts awarded. Young golfers place in regional event Last week nine local junior golfers competed in the PGA Central Washing- ton Chapter tournament, which was held at Pend- leton Country Club. Golf- ers who participated were Landon Mitchell, Kellen Grant, Hunter Greenup, Logan Grieb, Jake Lindsay, Dan Bretsch, Cason Mitch- ell, Nicole Propheter and Claire Grieb. Kellen Grant shot an 86 to win the boys’ 13-14 year old division. Logan Grieb ired a 76 on the day to finish in first place in the 15-17 age group. Jake Lindsay and Dan Bretsch tied for second place in that division. On the girls’ side of things, Nicole Propheter took irst place in the 13-14 age group and Claire Grieb inished second in the 15-17 age group. Most of the other golf- ers in the tournament were from Hermiston and the Tri-Cities area. The next CWCPGA event will be held at the Moses Lake Country Club. Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Elizabeth M. “Betty” Bailey—Elizabeth M. “Betty” Bailey, 79, of Heppner died Friday, June 24, 2016 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. She was born June 16, 1937 at Reedsburg, WI. A memorial service will be held July 9 at 11 a.m. at the Heppner Nazarene Church. A complete obituary will follow in next week’s Heppner Gazette-Times. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Disque to address grief support group The local grief support group will meet at noon on Thursday, July 7, at Sweet Productions in Heppner. The speaker for July meeting will be Robanai Disque. Disque has been in the medical ield since 1976 and has dealt with a wide variety of situations, as well as hav- ing many experiences as a young person that prepared her for her profession. She is a registered nurse and previous director of home health and hospice, and will be able to answer many questions for the group. The informal grief support group meets the irst Thursday of every month at noon at Sweet Productions. ‘Slipshod’ at Music in the Park July 10 Patriotic concert planned tomorrow in Heppner Thursday, June 30, at 6:30 p.m., the Inland Northwest Musicians will present in Heppner “A Tribute to Our Nation’s Heritage” featuring Carolyn Mildenberger and Lonnie Shurtleff, a popular duo with many major appear- ances throughout the Paciic Northwest. Everyone is invited to grab a blanket or lawn chair and gather in Heppner City Park that evening for a tribute to the U.S. military in preparation for the Fourth of July; Matt Snook and Steve Blanchard of Slipshod. -Contributed a variety of great music is planned. The concert is funded by the Morrow County Uniied photo The next concert in “Their mastery of the Recreation District. Heppner’s Music in the bluegrass/folk genre is any- Park series will be held on thing but slipshod. This Sunday, July 10, from 5 to Blanchard-Snook pairing is 7 p.m. at Heppner City Park a wonderful balance of luid on Main Street. instrumentals, strong vocals This month, entertain- and good humor,” says ment will be provided by Debby Kooy, director of the a bluegrass duo known as George Washington Coffee Slipshod, with Matt Snook House, George Bluegrass on dobro and banjo and Festival. Steve Blanchard on guitar Heppner ’s summer and mandolin. Matt and Music in the Park series is Steve met as members of funded through the Morrow the Northwest Bluegrass County Uniied Recreation community and became District, and facilitated fast friends and picking by the Shared Ministry of partners. They have simi- Hope Lutheran Church Heppner wrestler Cord Flynn wrestled at the Western lar musical styles, yet they and All Saints Episcopal. Regional Finals last week in Pocatello, ID. Wrestlers and teams draw on many different Food will be available for from 11 western states—Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, influences like Gordon purchase to help fund the Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and Lightfoot, Norman Blake, Shared Ministry’s efforts Idaho—competed in the three-day event. Simon and Garfunkel and to provide clean water to Weighing in at 210 pounds, Flynn competed in the Tim O’Brien. They enjoy thirsty people around the 220-pound division. Flynn reached the inals with wins over Alaska, Utah and California but came up short in a close entertaining audiences with world. In the event of rain, the match against Arizona to receive a silver medal in the inals. humor and a diverse range of music including origi- concert will be moved to the -Contributed photo nals, familiar melodies and All Saints Parish Hall at the dynamic instrumentals. corner of Church and Gale. Flynn wins silver at regional Saturday & Sunday Breakfast Buffet A.Y.C.E. ONLY $7.95 PRIME RIB $21.95 or NY STEAK $19.95 IONE FIRE TRUCK FOR SALE every Saturday night Reservations are Required FILLING UP QUICKLY ! GET YOUR RESERVATION THIS SUNDAY'S MEAL WILL BE $6.95 PORK LOIN DINNER! Landing Lodge at Morrow County OHV Park 217 North Main St., Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Death Notices Hours: tues-Sat 8am-8pm Sunday 8am-5pm Closed Mondays 541-969-3822 find us on facebook www.facebook.com/TheLandingLodge Bids will be accepted for a 1990 Chevy Cab Chassis 3500, dual 4x4, 454 engine, 4 speed, low miles. Can be seen at the Ione Fire Hall on Main Street in Ione. For more informaion contact Virgil at 541- 256-0256 or Ed at 541-701-7801. Bids must be received prior to July 11, 2016 at IRFPD, PO Box 6, Ione, OR 97843.
