TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, November 8, 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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4-H club members
sew up service
project
Local 4-H sewing project members show off some of the 60
cardiac monitor pockets that they helped to sew last Friday
morning. The red, green and white pockets are attached to
a belt and will be used in the cardiac rehab center at Good
Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston. Pictured (L-R): Harley and
K.C. Anderson, Brionna and Jolene Serrano, Katie Spivey and
Kylie Boor. Those not pictured who also sewed pockets include
Hannah Palmer, project coordinator Marlene Pointer and 4-H
leaders Nancy Jepsen and Bobbi Childers.-Contributed photo
MCHD announces
holiday closure
Morrow County Health
District has announced that
Pioneer Memorial Clinic in
Heppner, Irrigon Medical
Clinic and the Ione Com-
munity Clinic will be closed
on Friday, Nov. 10 for Vet-
eran’s Day. Laboratory and
radiology departments at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
will also be closed that day
for non-emergent outpatient
services.
Catholic men to
hold fall dinner
meeting
The men of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Heppner
and St. William’s Catholic Church of Ione will hold their
fall dinner meeting and memorial mass Wednesday, Nov.
15. The memorial mass for the deceased men of the par-
ish will be held at 6 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
followed by dinner and a meeting in the parish hall.
Last chance for pies
The Heppner FBLA
chapter is selling pies for
the holiday season and this
week is the last opportunity
to order one. Varieties in-
clude pumpkin, three berry,
apple, cherry, peach or Oreo
for $15; or lemon ice box
or pecan for $18. All pies,
except for pumpkin and
pecan, will be uncooked
and frozen.
The last day to order at
the school is Thursday, Nov.
9 by 4 p.m. Last minute or-
ders can be called into Mrs.
Collins at 541-676-8037.
The pies will be delivered
Nov. 20.
Obituaries
Elizabeth P. “Betty”
McDonald
Elizabeth P. “Betty” McDonald Roberts of Col-
McDonald, 91, formerly of fax, WA as well as great
Heppner, died peacefully grandchildren, Franklin
at the Haven House Re- and Dori Ordway and great-
tirement Center in Fossil, great-grandchildren, Wyatt
OR, from natural causes Ordway and Riley Roberts.
on Sunday Oc. 29,
Over the years
2017. A funeral mass
Betty enjoyed
was held on Monday,
bowling, playing
Nov. 6 at St. Patrick’s
pool, crocheting,
Catholic Church with
knitting, walking
concluding service
every day, going
and interment fol-
to lunch with her
lowing at the Hep- Elizabeth P. lady friends and
pner Masonic Cem- McDonald
especially watch-
etery.
ing baseball on TV.
She was born on Mar. She always had an open
26, 1926 in Heppner, one house for out of town fam-
of seven children of Wil- ily while living across from
liam and Catherin “Ka- the courthouse in Heppner
tie” Brennan Cunningham. and raised peonies for the
She grew up and attended family to use for decorating
school in Heppner, gradu- graves on Memorial Day.
ating from Heppner High She was very active in the
School in 1944. Following St. Patrick’s altar society,
high school, she worked as helping with activities for
a bookkeeper for J.C. Pen- many years.
ney’s and as a clerk in Phil’s
She is survived by her
Pharmacy drug store.
daughter, Sandy, grand-
She met Lewis Leo children Robby, Robin and
McDonald of Hardman dur- Rhonda, great-grandchil-
ing this time and they were dren, Franklin and Dori and
married on June 23, 1946 great-great-grandchildren,
in St. Patrick’s Catholic Wyatt and Riley as well as
Church in Heppner. While her last living sibling, Bob
Lewis worked in logging, Cunningham of Ontario,
Betty began working for OR and numerous nieces
the State of Oregon Adult and nephews.
and Family Services in
She was preceded in
Heppner. She worked for death by her parents, her
many years, only taking husband Lewis in 1969 and
time off to raise her children her son, Sherrill in 1984 as
and then returning to work well as siblings, Bill Cun-
in 1957 in the Heppner, ningham in 2002, Mary
Boardman and Hermiston Blettell in 1989, Kay Cox in
offices to which she com- 1965, Helen Moyer in 1948
muted daily for many years and Rose Hams in 1972.
while living in Heppner,
Memorial contribu-
finally retiring in 1988.
tions may be made to St.
Betty and Lewis raised Patrick’s Church, PO Box
two children, Sherrill Mc- 633, Heppner, OR 97836
Donald, who passed away or to the donor’s choice of
in 1984 and Sandy Ord- charity.
way of Spray. She greatly
Sweeney Mortuary of
enjoyed her grandchildren, Heppner is in care of ar-
Robby and Robin Ordway, rangements.
both of Spray and Rhonda
Mr. Bill’s Traveling
Trivia Show returns
to Heppner
.
Heppner Day Care will
again sponsor, on Nov. 17,
beginning at 7 p.m. at the
Elks Club, the fun and en-
tertaining trivia show as a
fundraiser for the nonprofit
organization.
Entry forms are avail-
able at Heppner Day Care
or on the table at the post of-
fice. Participants also have
the option to register their
team on the Facebook event
page that can be found on
the Heppner Day Care page.
Though teams may enter on
the evening of the show,
early entries are strongly
encouraged. A table will
be reserved with the team
name for every early entry.
Early entries will assist with
starting the show on time
and preventing delays at the
door. The entry fee for each
team is $150, which breaks
down to just $25 per person
on a team of the allowed
and suggested six members.
Though individual team
members often pay their
own entry fees, it is possible
to recruit a sponsor.
The members of the
three top-scoring teams
at Mr. Bill’s will receive
prizes, as well as bragging
rights. Every participant
will have an equal opportu-
nity to win a door prize at
some point in the evening.
The day care will also be
raffling baskets of interest-
ing contents. Please pick up
a form and return it to the
day care as soon as you can.
HEPPNER JR./SR. HIGH
SCHOOL PRESENTS:
by Todd Wallinger
NOVEMBER 9th at 7pm
NOVEMBER 11th at 7pm
Heppner High School Cafetorium
Admission: $2.00
TWO
ANCES
PERFORM
Participating in the play are:
Hannah Palmer, Reiah Waite, Eddie Ellsworth,
Roen Waite, Genevieve Smith, Christian Dubry,
Leo Waite, Felix Matthew, Aimee Martin, Heidi
McClaren, Trevor Antonucci, Madison Palmer,
Stephanie Dubry, Brianne Smith.
The City of Heppner would
like to remind everyone to
insulate their water
meters this winter.
to protect from freez-
ing . contact The City for
assistance. The city will
charge those who
have uninsulated
meters that be-
come frozen will be
charged $75.00 + for
repairs and supplies .
A view from the hill
By Doris Brosnan
S o m e s p o o k y, u n -
healthy bugs were out and
about before Halloween,
pulling their tricks on some
of the children at Heppner
Day Care, so they couldn’t
go to the Willow Creek
Terrace’s annual Halloween
Party. The community on
the hill delivered the treat
bags prepared for them
to the day care facility.
The residents and staff still
enjoyed their Halloween
evening in their pumpkin
t-shirts, giving trick-or-
treaters bags of peanut-
butter popcorn, stickers and
candy.
A source of October/
Halloween entertainment
for the terrace staff through-
out the month was their
game of Hide-the-Hallow-
een-Rat. Several years ago,
they played the game with
a Halloween Snake, but
manager George Nairns
stored the snake somewhere
after the game ended and
did such a good job, it has
yet to be found; thus, the rat
replacement. Nairns begins
the game on Oct 1 by hiding
the rat somewhere in the
common work areas of the
Terrace. She has to give the
finder of the rat a candy bar,
and that finder then hides
the rat with the process
being repeated throughout
the month. This year, the
rat was hidden and found
seventeen times. Some-
times discovery is almost
immediate, sometimes it
can take several days.
Response to calls
through the new paging
system installed at the Ter-
race is immediate and the
system’s additional features
are earning praise from the
staff. Two recent additions
to the staff, Ella McCor-
mick and Brittany Boothe,
joined in time for training
with the new system, and
manager Nairns reports that
both young, part-time em-
ployees are great workers.
Not working at all right
now is the facility’s oven.
This long-lasting situa-
tion results from not being
able to get a replacement
part, but will be remedied
soon with a replacement
commercial-grade oven. In
the meantime, staff creativ-
ity, a small toaster oven and
surface-prepared foods are
resulting in some fine menu
entrees.
On the menu last Thurs-
day were items chosen by
the men. Since Nov. 2 is
Men Cook Dinner Day, and
since the men could not be
cajoled into that task, they
were consulted for menu
ideas instead.
Since then, everyone
has celebrated the sand-
wich (Nov. 3) but will not
celebrate another food until
the 21 st , which is Ginger-
bread Day. Thanksgiving
will be celebrated with
the traditional turkey-and-
trimmings menu. The Ter-
race expects to host sev-
eral families for their feast.
November will end with
French Toast Day (28 th ) and
Chocolate Day (29 th ).
November activities
will add some variety to
life on the hill, with each
day beginning with a new
topic of conversation. For
example: Daylight Sav-
ings Time and the need to
spring forward, fall back
was questioned on the 5 th ,
and the staff checked and
changed batteries in ev-
eryone’s clock. Maybe a
wee bit of politics entered
conversation on General
Election Day, the 7 th , but
more enjoyably entertain-
ing will be Tongue Twister
Day (10 th ), when each per-
son will draw a tongue
twister from a hat and try to
say it flawlessly more than
once. (A short, easy one
for readers to try: Freckle-
faced Freddie fidgets.) Our
Veterans will be the topic
on the 11 th , and among the
flags and other decorations,
Roice Fulleton will be of-
fered special recognition.
On World Kindness
Day on the 13 th , everyone
will be encouraged to prac-
tice acts of kindness and a
share log will be available
for entries from individu-
als who want to share their
experiences of offering,
receiving and/or witnessing
acts of kindness.
Many memories will be
shared during morning dis-
cussion on the Teddy Bear’s
Birthday (14 th ), but conver-
sation and memory-sharing
will occur outside, weather-
permitting, on Take a Hike
Day, Nov. 17. The newly
landscaped front yard will
be ideal for meandering.
Family PJ Night will
be a new experience on the
hill on the 18 th . Residents
will be encouraged to wear
their PJs to dinner that eve-
ning, when breakfast will
be served.
Another new special
day this year will fall on
the 22 nd . Tie One On Day
is not what some readers
might at first imagine, but
is a long-celebrated day in
England on which a person
bakes a bread, wraps it
and ties the wrap with rib-
bon, inserts a prayer on a
slip of paper and gives the
bread to someone special.
The Terrace neighborhood
neighbors might want to
be watching for something
special on the 22 nd .
Not on a national cal-
endar but prominent on the
Terrace calendar is Mary
Eleanor Gilman’s birthday
on the 23 rd . Mary Eleanor
will be celebrating by pro-
viding one of her favorite
menus with the Terrace
community.
Another activity new
to the Terrace’s aware-
ness is the Save the Record
Player Day on the 27 th ,
the day when the commu-
nity might be able to enjoy
some of manager Nairns’s
vinyl’s. That final week of
this month will celebrate
Game and Puzzle Week,
with a new game each day
culminating with bragging
rights for the most success-
ful participating residents.
And another birthday
will sew up the month for
another year. On the 30 th ,
Flossie Watkins will enjoy
her choice of birthday foods
and invite some family to
join her and her Terrace
neighbors. These birth-
day celebrations are the
very best celebrations each
month at Willow Creek
Terrace.
Community lunch
Methodist volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday,
Nov. 15, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will include
roast pork casserole, red cabbage, Waldorf salad, garlic
bread and brownies for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Thanksgiving/Christmas Bazaar
Saturday, November 11th, 9am-3pm
St. Patrick's Senior Center in Heppner
GIFTS - DECORATIONS - TREATS
LUNCH AVAILABLE: Soup, hot dogs and sausage dogs
For information on event or becoming a vendor
call Jo Ann at 541-676-8957.