TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Funeral Notice
Clifford W. Green - Clifford W. Green, 74, of
Heppner passed away on Sept. 5, 2017 at his home. A
memorial service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 11
a.m. at the Heppner United Methodist Church. Sweeney
Mortuary of Heppner is in care of arrangements.
Free flu shots for
Veterans
The flu season is here,
and the Jonathan M. Wain-
wright Memorial VA Medi-
cal Center is holding a
walk-in flu shot clinic for
Boardman area Veterans
at the Boardman VA Tele-
health Clinic on Friday,
Oct. 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. (no shots offered from
12-12:30 p.m.).
Flu shots are free for all
A view from the hill
By Doris Brosnan
On Oct. 4, Willow
Creek Terrace celebrated
fifteen years of service.
Manager George Nairns
reports, “We have had the
honor and privilege of
sharing and serving in the
lives of many families, and
we are looking forward to
many more years of serving
Willow Creek Valley.” This
writer is surprised to real-
ize how many years have
passed since one woman’s
vision became such an im-
portant addition to our area.
“Thank you. May the future
continue to hold the Terrace
as a significant and positive
feature in the livability of
Willow Creek Valley.”
The jungle-like garden
behind Willow Creek Ter-
race continues to surprise
everyone on the hill with
its abundance, of tomatoes
and cucumbers in particu-
lar. Already the staff has
made several batches of re-
frigerator bread-and-butter
pickles. Other welcome sur-
prises have been the garden
gifts from area neighbors.
(Such a multi-use veg-
etable, the zucchini!) The
first-time donation of many,
many strawberries from
Hank and Debbie Howard
was especially surprising.
Marjorie Gorham
might never swear that she
is beyond being surprised,
since her family truly sur-
prised her on her Oct. 3
birthday. Marjorie expected
to, and did, share her cho-
sen birthday meal with her
Terrace neighbors and her
Veterans just by showing
valid identification. And
once again this year, VA is
partnering with Walgreens
to offer enrolled Veterans
free flu shots. If a Veteran
cannot make one of Walla
Walla VA’s flu shot clinics,
consider visiting your local
Saturday, Oct. 14 at 6
Walgreens to inquire about p.m., Heppner High School
getting a flu shot (some re- Booster Club annual din-
strictions may apply).
ner and auction at Heppner
Elks Lodge: Come out and
enjoy a great community
event and support HHS.
There will be food, raffle,
and silent and live auction
All Saints Episcopal green beans, hot rolls and items. More information to
and Hope and Valby vol- pumpkin spice cake for follow closer to the event.
Thursday, Oct. 26, 13 th
unteers will serve lunch dessert.
Milk is served at each Annual Soup Bowl Supper
on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at
St. Patrick’s Senior Center. meal. Suggested donation and Silent Auction spon-
Lunch will include stuffed is $3.50 per meal. Menu is sored by Domestic Violence
Services, Inc.: This event
pork chops, hot German subject to change.
will be held at Sisters Café,
potato salad, red cabbage,
308 N. Main Street, Pend-
leton. Call 541-276-3322 or
visit our website to register.
M o n d a y, O c t . 2 3
through Monday, Oct. 30,
Pumpkin Painting Contest
The Loop, Morrow County Transportation, will be at Murray’s. Participate
holding its quarterly meeting on Oct. 17 at 3 p.m. in the in the Painted Pumpkin
Ione Community Church located at 395 E. Main Street in Contest. Bring your painted
Ione. Items on the agenda for this public meeting include pumpkin into Murray’s for
revenue and expense reports, brokerage rides, 2017 OTA a chance to win a prize.
Conference, StrateGen software, destinations and other Winners will be announced
items. For more information contact Anita Pranger at on Oct. 31. Murray’s will
accept only painted pump-
541-676-5667.
kins. If they are carved, they
will be disqualified. Entries
will be displayed in the
front windows of the store.
Age group categories: five
and under; six-nine years
of age; 10-13 years of age
and 14 years of age and
older. For questions, con-
tact Stephanie at Murray’s
at 541-676-9158.
Thursday, Oct. 26, 13 th
Annual Soup Bowl Supper
and Silent Auction spon-
sored by Domestic Violence
Chamber Chatter
Community lunch
menu
The Loop to hold
meeting
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daughter, Karen, and son-
in-law, Tom Wolff. They
had managed, however,
to keep secret that grand-
daughter Ashley had come
to deliver her birthday wish
in person! A truly delighted
and surprised grandmother!
On one day this week,
the residents will be sur-
prised by a fire drill. This
is National Fire Prevention
Week and the week during
which the Terrace facility
chooses to perform a semi-
annual, mandatory drill.
Though sometimes viewed
as an inconvenient exercise,
the residents understand its
importance, and they take
this opportunity to suggest
to readers that they hold fire
drills in their homes and
have specific escape plans
established.
Maybe, though difficult
to believe, to add some lev-
ity, someone at the morning
discussion on Friday will
be able to come up with a
“Silly Saying” related to
fire? (For instance, “When
tempted to ‘fight fire with
fire,’ remember that the
Fire Department usually
uses water.”) That will be
Silly Sayings Day, so par-
ticipants will be sharing
and probably wondering
where and how some “old
sayings” originated. (How
much truth can be in “fire in
the heart sends smoke into
the head”?)
A serious topic on the
17 th will be breast cancer,
as October is Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, and the
17 th is National Wear Pink
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sChool
Booster CluB
Dinner & AuCtion
sAturDAy, oCtoBer 14th
heppner elks CluB
Dinner 6:30
AuCtion: 7:30
General admission
for the dinner
$15/person
$65/ family.
VIP Tables $400 each, Includes 6 dinner
tickets, 2 bottles of Wine, Personal Server
Call Melissa Lindsay
to reserve your table 541-561-0234
live AuCtion penny BoArD
silent AuCtion rAffle
Services, Inc.: This event
will be held at Sisters Café,
308 N. Main Street, Pend-
leton. Call 541-276-3322 or
visit our website to register.
S a t u r d a y, N o v. 4
through Saturday, Nov. 12,
OHV Park to host special
youth elk hunt, spike only.
Applicants must be a Mor-
row or Grant County resi-
dent, have a valid hunting
license, current hunter’s
education certificate or be
participating in the men-
tored youth hunter program
and be 12 to 17 years of age.
All applications must be
returned by Thursday, Oct.
12 at 5 p.m. to the Morrow
County Public Works office
in Lexington. Applicants
will be selected by a draw
and reviewed at Morrow
County court. For more
information, call Morrow
County Parks at 541-989-
9500.
Sunday, Dec. 10 at
6:30 p.m., Free Community
Concert with Christopher
Duffley. This event is being
sponsored by Community
Counseling Solutions and
will be held at Heppner
High School. Concessions
will be organized by the
FBLA Club and will offer
light dinner selections and
will open at 5 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 10 at 6
p.m., Heppner Christmas
Event at Morrow County
Fairgrounds. More infor-
mation available soon
“MUG” YOUR BOSS!”
BOSS DAY OCTOBER 16TH
SPECIAL COFFEE CUP & BALLOON
STARTING AT $15
Ca rd s for every occa sion
NEW MUSTANG
HOODIES IN STOCK!
pumpkin painting contest
Bring in your painted pumpkin Oct.
23-30 for a chance to win a prize!!
Day. Readers are invited to
join the Community on the
Hill as wearers of pink.
And the next week will
see some craziness return
to the dining room of the
Terrace, on “Frankenstein
Friday,” the day when the
lunch menu will feature
such gruesome items as
eyeballs, fingers, and other
Halloweenish identifiers in
place of familiar, tasty dish-
es. That will begin the fun
that the residents and staff
have every October. On
Monday, the 30 th , they will
host the annual Halloween
party for the Heppner Day
Care and Preschool chil-
dren, now being planned
with new HDC director,
Katelynn Adams. On Hal-
loween, everyone will be
ready to be frightened by
little ghouls and ghosts and
delighted by super heroes,
super princesses and fair-
ies. The ubiquitous orange
pumpkin shirts and treats
will await the visitors.
Of course, the Octo-
ber calendar will be inter-
spersed with several inter-
esting morning discussions
and some celebrations of
good foods. One especially
good food – possibly not
listed in the basic food
groups chart but, nonethe-
less, an important one – will
be a treat every Wednesday
afternoon. At 3:30 p.m.,
everyone who likes ice
cream and conversation is
invited to the living room
for the “Community Social
Hour,” the opportunity to
discuss events and people
featured in the Gazette
Times while enjoying a
bowl of ice cream.
Moving into the Wil-
low Creek Terrace in time
for some of last month’s
events and this Hallow-
eenish month’s activities
is Ron Peck. Ron reports
that the Terrace is proving
to be a fine place to live as
he learns more and more
about opportunities on the
hill. He was already famil-
iar with Heppner, since he
was raised nearby and at-
tended both Lexington and
Heppner schools. He re-
cently returned to Heppner
from The Dalles, where he
worked for over twenty-
eight years for the State
Highway Department.
The welcome mat is
out, amid the many entry-
area flower pots still in full
summer bloom. (How do
they do that?!) And a new
service-related feature that
the Terrace can now offer
is the wireless nurses’ call
system. It is as familiar to
the Residents as their pre-
vious system, but will pro-
vide definite, time-related
improvements in use by
the staff over the previous
system.
Improvements on the
hill might not be visible to
the casual eye, but closer
looks around the Terrace
reveal the efforts of the
administration and staff to
make life more and more
comfortable and rewarding,
and the residents can view
these efforts with apprecia-
tion.
Lila Killingbeck to
be featured quilter
Lila Killingbeck has been
chosen as the featured
quilter for the 13 th annual
Boardman quilt show to be
held on Friday and Satur-
day, Oct. 13 and 14 from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
Boardman Senior Center.
Admission is $3. In addi-
tion to quilt displays, the
event includes demonstra-
tions, fabric and quilting
supply vendors, hourly
door prizes, raffle quilts and
show awards.
Killingbeck grew up in
La Grande in a family of
quilters and completed her
first quilt at the age of 15. In
addition to quilting, she en-
joys hiking, camping, and
all outdoor activities. She
and her family moved to
Hermiston for her husband,
Thad’s, employment. Dur-
ing the years her husband
was employed by the Mor-
row County School District,
she worked for Dr. John
Page and Dr. Spike, Oregon
Potato, Rivercrest Farms
and the City of Boardman.
She has since retired.
Boardman Quilt Show
welcomes all entries, in-
Lila Killingbeck -Photo by
Kathy Hyder
cluding keepsake heirloom
quilts, contemporary quilts,
wall hangings and other
quilted items. There will
be one “People’s Choice”
recognition for youth and
adult entries. There is no
fee to display quilts.
Quilts will be accepted
Thursday, Oct. 12 from 3-5
p.m. at the Boardman Se-
nior Center or up until 4:30
p.m. at Aunty Ida’s Quilt
Shop, 435 W. Hermiston
Ave., Hermiston.
For more informa-
tion or for a registration
form, call 541-481-9426
or tlkranch@centurytel.net.
Forms can also be picked up
benefits- To explo
at Aunty for
Ida’s.
Charges filed
against Hurtado
Efren
Hurtado,
26, will be
charged
with un-
lawful
use of a
weapon,
menacing
Efren
and carry-
Hurtado Jr.
ing a con-
cealed weapon for allegedly
pointing a gun at a deputy
in late September. He is cur-
rently lodged in the Uma-
tilla County Jail.
Hurtado was shot by
a Morrow County Sher-
iff’s Office Deputy in the
early hours of Sept. 22 in a
parked Chevy Tahoe on the
westbound side of Interstate
84 near the Boardman exit.
If you served in the
military, you may
qualify for benefits-
To explore your options
call today! 541-922-6420
Morrow County
Veterans Services
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