TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
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Obituaries
Robert V. ‘Bob’ Hubbard
Robert V. “Bob” Hub-
bard, 79, of Ione died Fri-
day, August 18, 2017 at
Ione. A Celebration of Life
with military honors will be
held on Saturday, Septem-
ber 2, at 2 p.m. at the Ione
American Legion Hall.
He was born January
23, 1938 at Dayton, WA, the
son of Van and Loree Brill
Hubbard. Shortly thereafter,
the family moved to Ione
where he was raised and
attended school, graduating
in 1956. Bob then entered father, which was called T
the military, serving
& C Storage. Bob
two years with the
continued farming
United States Army.
for other farmers
Upon his return he
and also ran a rural
enrolled in Eastern
mail route out of
Oregon College in
Ione for many years.
La Grande. After
Bob was a
college he began
great supporter of
V.
farming, but in the Robert
the schools, differ-
“Bob”
late 1960s his fam- Hubbard
ent organizations
ily sold the farm
and many causes in
and Bob moved into
Ione. He began do-
town. He then went into a ing a voluntary cleanup of
grain bin business with his the roadways around Ione,
A View from the Hill
Chamber lunch
meeting
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be an all entities report at noon on
Thursday, Sept. 7, in Heppner City Hall conference room.
Cost of lunch is $10; Gateway Cafe will cater. Be-
cause of the upcoming holiday, chamber lunch attendees
are asked to RSVP at 541-676-5536 by Sept. 1 to guar-
antee a lunch.
First Friday Friends
of Jesus this week
This year’s first session
of First Friday Friends of
Jesus is coming up this
Friday, Sept. 1 and every
first Friday of the month
during the school year. Kids
in the community ages four
through sixth grade are
invited to a morning filled
with Bible stories, games
and crafts.
The fun begins at 8:30
a.m. at the All Saints parish
hall (corner of Church and
Gale in Heppner) and con-
cludes at 12:30 p.m. A free
lunch is served and there is
no cost to attend.
Newcomers are wel-
come throughout the year.
Parents or guardians are
asked to stop in and com-
plete a current registra-
tion form whenever a child
attends for the first time
during this school year.
To preregister or for more
information, parents may
call the office of the Shared
Ministry of Hope Lutheran
Church and All Saints Epis-
copal Church at 541-676-
9970.
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the
following report of marriage licenses:
Aug. 23, 2017: -Michael John Hammons, 44, of
Heppner and Angelina Marie Nelson, 35, of Heppner.
Aug. 24, 2017: -Katherine Elizabeth Dillon, 26, of
Umatilla and Benjamin Joseph Adams, 27, of Umatilla.
Justice Court Report
Morrow County Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer has
released the following Justice Court report:
-Douglas L. Gillum, 58, Portland, was convicted of
violation of basic rule 31+, 96/55 mph, $435 fine.
-Joseph T. Paul, 54, Pendleton, was convicted of
exceeding maximum size, $110 fine.
-Sharon L. Kennedy, 69, Ione, was convicted of
violation of basic rule, 80/55 mph, $260 fine.
After Harvest Party
Community Gathering
LIVE IC
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FUN
DINNE
WCT residents prepare to watch the solar eclipse Aug. 21.
-Contributed photo
By Doris Brosnan
After months of plan-
ning and hard work, the
view out the front windows
of Willow Creek Terrace
has developed into an invit-
ing extension of the front
lawn. Residents and visi-
tors are welcomed on the
approach, to the meander-
ing sidewalks through an
expanse of cooling grass,
a variety of foliage in eye-
catching berms, and furni-
ture that says, “Come relax
and spend some time!” The
Community on the Hill will
celebrate the completion
of this project during the
evening on Thursday with
the many volunteers and
donors—including the Hep-
pner High School football
team, who laid the sod—
who made the vision come
to life.
The newly developed
area has already been used
by Residents. On Aug. 21
it was a perfect spot for the
viewing of the solar eclipse.
All but three Residents
pulled up chairs, put on
their viewing glasses and
settled down for the almost-
two-hour show while they
enjoyed refreshments. They
also had made some view-
ing boxes for a different
experience.
A celebratory evening
is a fine way to end this
month that has included
“the dog days of summer.”
It has, however, also of-
fered some days that were
not too hot for enjoying
the out-of-doors. Two such
days featured a trip to the
Morrow County Fair, which
four Residents appreciated,
and the day of the rodeo
parade. Two Residents,
Mary Eleanor Gilman and
Carolyn Hall, rode the Ter-
race float entry because
their “roots grow deep in
Morrow County.” Gilman is
a life-long resident, born at
home on Willow Creek, and
Hall was raised in Ione and
was a princess on the Mor-
row County rodeo court of
1955. They brought home
the honor of having been
recognized as an outstand-
ing “Court and Royalty”
entry.
The interest of a few
Residents in rodeos and
horses led Jayme Pettibone,
a member of the Staff, to
bringing by her horse re-
cently. The Residents who
enjoyed being able to pet,
talk to and enjoy the scent
of the horse also declined to
saddle up for rides.
Under 90-plus-degree
days have also allowed
some searching through
the “jungle” in the Ter-
race’s elevated garden.
Great growing weather has
resulted in an enclosure of
huge tomato and cucumber
plants. Somewhere within
their foliage are some pep-
per plants and some beets.
Community lunch menu
All Saints Episcopal and Hope and Valby Lutheran
volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at
St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will include chicken
alfredo, egg noodles, seven-layer salad, sunshine carrots,
garlic bread and cinnamon roll apple pie for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
.
For information please contact Exalted Ruler Justin
Hoeft at jc_hoeft@hotmail.com or 541-379-1530
encouraging everyone to
join them by reciting the
Pledge of Allegiance on
Sept. 15 at 11 a.m., to co-
ordinate with others across
our nation. Some discussion
participants might decide to
try to locate an old friend
after that topic is explored
on the 16 th . Hunting and
fishing experiences will
probably bring some smiles
on the 23 rd , and then some
more serious designations
will round out the month’s
morning discussions: Gold
Star Mothers’ Day (24 th ),
Ancestors’ Day (27 th ), and
Native American Day (29 th ).
Of course, some foods
have their days of recogni-
tion in September, though
fewer than usual, so the
menus will feature the fol-
lowing: Coffee Ice Cream
(Sept. 6), Chocolate (13 th ),
the Ice Cream Cone (22 nd
as of 1903), and Apple
Dumplings (24 th ). The din-
The Heppner High Mustang football team were among the
many volunteers who made the renovations to the Willow
Creek Terrace’s front lawn area a reality. -Contributed photo
calendar. Labor Day will
be a good one for discuss-
ing their variety of jobs, as
well as the importance of
the labor force to America’s
development. NFL season
begins on Thursday, Sept.
7, so some football fans will
begin sharing some Thurs-
day evenings in the sun
room. Grandparents’ Day,
on the 10 th , will be an op-
portunity to share remem-
brances and maybe brag
a bit about grandkids and
greats. The National Day
of Service shares the 11 th
with Patriot Day, so these
two ideas will be the morn-
ing’s focus. Remember the
Waltons? The conversation
on the 14 th will be about that
family—with strong values
and morals—that began to
entertain us in 1972. Just
one day later, the Terrace
will again participate in the
“Pledge Across America,”
so Residents and Staff are
ing tables will certainly
feature many more desserts
throughout the month, in-
cluding zucchini bread and
cake, made from the dona-
tions from kind neighbors.
The September birth-
day girls will be selecting
their favorite menus on the
fourth and the 11 th , when
Bonnie Gates and then
Barbara Struthers celebrate
their special days with the
Terrace neighbors and their
families.
The Friday-morning
Brain Games have recently
featured a new activity:
Word Searches. The group
is enjoying these challeng-
es. The one that will be a
snap to figure out, though,
will be the one that includes
“a four-letter word that
means ‘look’ and “a seven-
letter word that means ‘the
great place to live.’ Obvi-
ously, “view” and “Terrace”
will be those two words!
YOU’RE INVITED!
R Ione Music in the Park Presents
Come join the fun and give
AFTER HARVEST
thanks to our fellow citizens!
CELEBRATION
Celebrate the
September
16th
hard work of our
Saturday,
community
Heppner Elks
September 9th
6:30pm - Dinner Steak, baked potatoes,
4:00-8:00pm
veggie, salad, rolls $15 per person
8:00 pm - Live Music by The Staci Lynn
Ione American
and Marshall Turner Duo
Legion Hall
Open to all Elks members, guests and potential or
prospective members. Applications for membership in
the Elks will be available to those over 21 years of age.
The Community has en-
joyed cucumbers—sliced,
in salads, as bread and but-
ter pickles—and has found
some peppers. But tomatoes
are just now ripening, and
time will tell what the beets
have been doing. This re-
porter tried to work through
the jungle for a cucumber
to take home but gave up
empty-handed.
The garden crops are
safe from the resident
bunny, but the plants in
the flowerbeds provide a
smorgasbord for the cute
little nibbler. Recently, on
a walk-about, Marjorie
Gorham shared several
minutes of silent commu-
nication with the rabbit,
which showed no fear as it
seemed to study her.
September will bring
cooler weather. It will also
bring some of those “spe-
cial, designated days of cel-
ebration” that appear on the
picking up bottles, debris
and garbage.
Survivors include his
sisters, Lillian Boyce of
Hermiston and Peggy Con-
nor of Heppner, and numer-
ous nieces and nephews.
Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to the
Ione Educational Founda-
tion, PO Box 61, Ione, OR
97843.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in charge of ar-
rangements.
Music by
Frank Carlson
Everyone invited
Bring drinks and finger foods
Sponsored by Morrow County Unified
Recreation District &
Ione Library Board
HOLIDAY CLOSURE
ANNOUNCEMENT
Pioneer Memorial Clinic in Hep-
pner, Irrigon Medical Clinic and
the Ione Community Clinic will be
closed on Monday, September
4th for Labor Day.
Laboratory and Radiology depart-
ments at Pioneer Memorial Hospi-
tal will also be closed that day for
non-emergent outpatient services.
Have a safe and fun Holiday!