TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Velma B. Haskins Felt
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Heppner library
announces new
books for January
The Oregon Trail Li-
brary District Heppner
Branch has announced the
following new books for
January 2018:
Fiction: The Book
Stops Here – Kate Carl-
isle, End Game – David
Baldacci, Year One – Nora
Roberts, The Rooster Bar –
John Grisham, Firefly Cove
– T. Davis Bunn, Fools and
Mortals – Bernard Corn-
well, Heather, The Totality
– Matthew Weiner, Night-
blind – Ragnar Jonasson,
Origin – Dan Brown, The
Chalk Man – C. J. Tudor,
The Wife Between Us -
Greer Hendricks, A Distant
Heart – Sonali Dev, Darker
– E. L. James, The Story of
Arthur Truluv – Elizabeth
Berg, Sisters – Lily Tuck,
The Fortunes – Peter Ho
Davies, The O’Malleys of
Texas – Dusty Richards,
I Know a Secret – Tess
Gerritsen, High desert –
Wayne D. Overholser, Way-
ward – Blake Crouch, Lilac
Lane – Sherryl Woods, The
Trapped Girl – Robert Du-
goni, Dark Chapter – Win-
nie M. Li.
Non-Fiction: Ranger
Games – Ben Blum, Prai-
rie Fires – Caroline Fraser,
Rover – Andrew Grant, The
Secret Life of Flies – Erica
McAlister.
Chamber lunch
meeting
The next lunch meet-
ing of the Heppner Cham-
ber of Commerce will be
held at noon on Thursday,
Feb. 1, in the Heppner City
Hall conference room. This
meeting will be all entities
reports.
Cost of lunch is $10
and chamber lunch attend-
ees are asked to RSVP at
541-676-5536. Bucknum’s
will be catering the lunch,
serving Southwest chicken
Obituaries
Velma B. Haskins
Felt, known as Granny
since a very young age,
passed away on Tuesday,
Jan. 23 at the age of 93.
Granny was born in
Dillard, OR on July 3,
1924 to Velton and Vivian
Hedgepeth Haskins. She
was raised in Merrill, OR.
She had six siblings, Virgin-
ia Moore and her husband
Scoot, Lee Haskins and his
wife Velda, Delmer Haskins
and his wife Peggy, Merle
Haskins and his wife Carol,
Wes Haskins and his wife
Shirley, and Dale Haskins,
who all preceded her in
death except sisters-in-law
Peggy and Velda.
She married Axel
“Lucky” Felt in Reno, NV
on Oct. 25, 1943. Lucky
passed away on Apr. 21,
1994 in Heppner. Dur-
CBEC town hall
meeting to be held
Columbia Basin Elec-
tric Cooperative will be
holding a membership town
hall meeting on Wednesday,
Feb. 7 at the Ione American
Legion Hall at 6:30 p.m.
All members are invited
to attend this informational
presentation regarding what
is currently happening in
the service territory. Thom-
as Wolff, General Manager,
will speak about changes
that are currently underway
in the area. Topics of dis-
cussion will include, but are
not limited to: The Wheat-
ridge Nextera Wind project,
fiber to the rural home high
First
Friday
Friends
of Jesus
to meet
First Friday Friends
of Jesus will meet Friday,
Feb. 2 from 8:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. at the All Saints
Parish Hall on the corner of
Church and Gale in Hep-
pner. All children, ages
four to 12, are welcome
and there is no cost to at-
tend. The morning will be
filled with Bible stories,
games, music and crafts.
A free lunch is served. For
more information call the
Shared Ministry office at
541-676-9970.
February 14th
5:00PM-9:00PM
$35 per person
DINNER INCLUDES:
Soup or salad with rustic rolls
(Entree) choose from
•Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Meatloaf
speed broadband initia-
tive, energy efficiency and
conservation opportunities,
renewable energy projects
on the drawing board and
recent substation upgrades.
According to a news
release, CBEC states that
it is the goal of Columbia
Basin Electric Coopera-
tive to keep the members
informed and educated on
what their Cooperative is
doing for them.
Members are invited to
come and listen and have
an opportunity to ask ques-
tions on topics of concern.
Bag sale at the
Neighborhood
Center
The Neighborhood
Center is having a $15 bag
salad with chipotle ranch sale on Wednesday, Feb. 7
dressing, garlic toast and from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The bag sale will include all
cookies.
The meeting location is
accessible to persons with
disabilities. A request for an
interpreter for the hearing
impaired or for other ac-
commodations for persons
with disabilities should be
made at least 48 hours be-
fore the meeting to Sheryll
Bates at 541-676-5536.
JOIN US AT
ROUTE 74 FOR
VALENTINE'S DAY
ing their 50 years togeth-
er they resided in Grants
Pass, Klamath Falls, Mer-
rill, Redmond, Madras,
Gresham,
Umatilla,
Hermiston
and Hep-
pner, all in
Oregon as
well as Jal,
Velma B.
NM.
Gran- Haskins Felt
ny worked
at Lewis’ Dime Store,
the Dairy Store and then
wrapped meat at the Mer-
rill Meat Company, all in
Merrill. After moving to
Madras, she worked at Er-
ickson’s Department Store.
While in Hermiston, she
worked at Burnham’s De-
partment Store and the But-
ton Hole. After moving to
Heppner, she worked at the
clothing items, shoes and
books. All other merchan-
dise is 50 percent off the
same day.
The Neighborhood
Center is located at 441
N Main Street in Heppner.
The staff would like to
remind everyone that do-
nations of brown bags and
plastic bags are always
needed and appreciated.
Fabric Store owned by Jerry
and JoyceKay Hollomon.
She enjoyed making
and decorating cakes for
all occasions, always from
scratch. Her family and
friends said she was a won-
derful cook and they ben-
efitted by receiving goodies
regularly.
Her joy all her life was
children, from her siblings
to grandkids, great-grand-
kids and many neighbor-
hood children.
Granny is survived by
her son Willard Felt and
his wife Susan, their chil-
dren Todd, Monica and
her husband Kendall, Matt
and Jake; daughter Donna
Osmin and her husband Al,
their children Jess Osmin
and his wife Staci, Rick
Osmin and his wife Amy;
13 great-grandchildren and
two great-great-grandchil-
dren.
Granny spent her last
10 years in Willow Creek
Terrace Assisted Living and
Pioneer Memorial Nursing
Home.
A memorial service
will be held at a later date.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Willow
Creek Terrace, 400 Frank
Gilliam Drive, Heppner,
OR 97836 or to Pioneer
Memorial Nursing Home,
PO Box 9, Heppner, OR
97836 or to the Shriner’s
Hospital for Children, 3101
SW Sam Jackson Park
Road, Portland, OR 97239
or to your favorite charity.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in care of ar-
rangements.
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letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under
“Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
Government can’t think
for themselves
To the editor:
In regard to the story in
the link below, I would like
to post this letter.
http://www.american-
libertyreport.com/articles/
the-fisa-memo-what-we-
know-so-far/
Those who have been
working for the government
for any extended period of
time have never learned, or
have forgotten, to think for
themselves. Their job has
always been a set template
of what to do, when to do
it, and never to question it,
so when something new or
different comes along they
refer back to the template
and if the question is not
answered there, the ques-
tion or situation must be
either radical, irrelevant or
wrong. We cannot expect
lifer government employees
to accept anything new that
they have not been trained
on, or anything that actually
comes from the people they
are supposed to serve. The
sad thing is that these gov-
ernment drones are teach-
ing that same SOP to our
youth, who can get a tem-
porary (at least) entry level
position at the government
which pays twice what
they can get in the private
sector entry level. And so,
the beat has gone on for
the last 30+ years. Trump
comes along and turns the
template upside down and
they hate him for the mes-
sage he delivers from all of
us working people.
I can hear the piper
coming down the street.
Can you?
Tim K. Smith
Hines, OR
Community lunch
menu
Nazarene volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday,
Feb. 7 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will be navy
beans and ham, coleslaw, sliced tomatoes, corn muffins
and cherry cake for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Rebekah
Lodge to
host
Conservation
pinochle solutions offered
party
Holly Rebekah Lodge
will host their monthly pi-
nochle card party on Feb. 3
at the Lodge in Lexington.
The cost to play is $5 per
person and the public is
invited. Play will begin at
7 p.m.
Served with potato choice and fresh vegetables
The USDA Natural
Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) is your lo-
cal resource for innovative
conservation solutions to
improve the land and pro-
tect your way of life. NRCS
offers technical and finan-
cial assistance to private
landowners and producers
interested in preserving
natural resources on the
land.
Assistance may be
available to help implement
the following conservation
activities on forestland:
forest stand improvement,
forest slash treatment, fuel
breaks and tree and shrub
pruning. Applications will
be accepted through Mar.
16.
Contact your local
NRCS field office at 541-
676-5021 to learn more
about how NRCS may ben-
efit you and your land.
•New York Strip Steak (10oz)
Served with bang bang shrimp, potato choice & fresh vegetables
•Heavenly Halibut Filet
s erved with potato choice and fresh vegetables
Dessert Included
Regular Menu Also Available
Reservations Recommended
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FREE Vegetarian
Cooking
Class
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February 5th 6th and 7th
from 7:00-8:00pm
at Heppner SDA Church
560 Minor Street, Heppner
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Questions- Erik (541) 922-8697.