TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Death
Notice
Elizabeth J. Allen, 36, of Portland, a former Ione
resident, died Sunday, March 4, 2018, at Portland.
She was born September 11, 1981, at Bend, OR. No
services are planned at this time.
Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of arrange-
ments.
St. Pat’s Three-on-three
basketball tournament
to be held March 16
The Heppner St.
Patrick’s Day three-on-
three basketball tournament
will be held again this year
on Friday night, March 16,
at Heppner High School
starting a 6 p.m.
Te a m s n e e d t o
show up by 5:30 p.m. to
register and warm up. Each
team can have three or four
people on it and the tourna-
ment is open to both boys’
and girls’ teams with sev-
eral age division brackets.
Winning teams will receive
awards.
The tournament
is hosted by the Heppner
Mustang goys’ basketball
team. For more information
or to pre-register, contact
coach Jeremy Rosenbalm at
jeremy.rosebalm@morrow.
k12.or.us.
Cost is $10 per
player.
AWANA Club plans events
The local AWANA Bi-
ble Club is planning some
special events for March
and April. On Sunday
afternoons, March 11 and
18 from 3-5 p.m., the club
will have a two-week video
lesson series entitled “Why
Do We Celebrate Easter”.
During spring break
week from school, club
will not be held on Sun-
day, March 25, or April 1.
However, there will be a
joint AWANA roller skat-
ing party in Hermiston on
Wednesday night, March
28 from 6– 8 p.m. with the
Boardman and Stanfield
AWANA Clubs.
Club will resume on
April 8, and conclude on
April 15 with the annual
AWANA Grand Prix Race
and Awards.
AWANA is the joint
effort of several local
churches. Children from
kindergarten through the
sixth grade are welcome to
attend the club which meets
at Willow Creek Baptist
Church at 560 Minor Street.
Essential oils classes
planned at library
The Oregon Trail Library in Heppner has sched-
uled a series of classes on essential oils. The classes, lead
by Anna McElligott, are free and open to the public.
Classes are as follows: Essential Oils-Tuesday,
March 13, 6 p.m.; Kids and Essential Oils, Wednesday,
March 21, 6 p.m.; Toxin Free Living with Essential Oils,
Wednesday, April 4, 6 p.m.; Taking Care of Mom and
Baby with Essential Oils, Tuesday, April 10, 6 p.m.; Boost
Your Immune System with Essential Oils, Wednesday,
April 18, 6 p.m.; and Essential Oils and Beauty, Tuesday,
April 24, 6 p.m.
Commissioner Russell
appointed to state
recreation committee
Morrow County
bers who review and es-
Commissioner Don Rus-
tablish a priority
sell has been ap-
list for the Land
pointed to the
and Water Con-
Oregon Outdoor
servation Fund
Recreation Com-
Grant Program.
mittee represent-
Russell said he
ing counties east
was pleased to
of the Cascades.
have received the
The appointment
appointment and
was made by Or-
looked forward to
egon Parks and
serving. “I think
Recreation De-
this will be ben-
partment Direc- County Commis-
eficial to Morrow
tor Lisa Sumption sioner Don Russell
County.” He said
last week. It will
county parks rely
be a four-year term.
on state grants for some of
The committee is
their funding for improve-
composed of nine mem-
ments and operations.
ST. PAT’S WEEKEND
-Continued from PAGE ONE
(previously known as
the KUMA Coffee Hour)
and make sure to visit the
Morrow County Heritage
and Agricultural Museums;
Leprechaun Run for those
children in grades K-6
and a “O’Planky and Bed
Race Team Relays before
the Great Green Parade
which is scheduled to
start at 1 p.m. Following
the parade there will be
other activities, including
bouncy
houses
and
other
inflatable
units
for preschool children
through High School at
the HES Gym from 1:30-
5:30p.m. at the “Bouncin’
Leprechauns Fun Zone”.
There will be CEILI from
2-4 p.m., Ewe-Do-Bingo
and O’Ducky Race; Road
Bowling has been moved
to Saturday, starting at 3
p.m., with registration at
2:30 p.m. and will be held
out at Balm Fork Road as in
the past. So if you haven’t
put your team together,
stop by and pick up a form
at the Chamber office. The
evening will close out with
some great entertainment:
“The Old Time Fiddlers”
will be performing at the
Fairgrounds Dance Hall,
starting at 6:30 p.m; there
will be a local children’s
Talent Show from 6-7:20
p.m. and “CrossStrung
and their Dancers” will be
performing starting at 7:30
p.m. at the St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church Parish
Hall. So make sure you
come ready to enjoy some
great music. The Wee
Hours O’Benefit Breakfast
will be served at the Old
Fire Hall on Willow Street
from 9 pm. – 3 a.m. so stop
and have an early breakfast
and donate to a great cause.
Sunday will offer
up Heppner Christian
Church’s
Fundraiser
Breakfast served at the
Heppner Christian Church
from 7:30-9:30 a.m.;
there is no charge for the
breakfast, but a donation
will be appreciated to help
support “Hope2Liberia”;
and this will be your final
chance to watch the Sheep
Dog Trials.
The St. Patrick’s
Committee hopes you will
participate in as much of
the weekend as you can!
For more information, call
541-676-5536, visit www.
heppnerchamber.com or
visit us on facebook at
“St. Patrick’s Celebration
Heppner Oregon USA”.
We are looking forward to
seeing you … don’t forget
to wear your green (or there
will be lots of selection for
you to buy). Whether you
are Irish when you come,
you will certainly be Irish
when you leave… so come
and join us for a great
weekend.
Arts and crafts for
sale during St. Pat’s
The Morrow Coun-
ty Creative Artists will be
at a new place during the
St. Patrick’s Celebration
in Heppner. Members will
have items for sale in the
front part of the St. Patrick’s
Senior Center at 190 N.
Main St. from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Friday, March 16, and
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Saturday, March 17.
Some of the artists
will be in the front room
and some will be in the hall.
Items for sale will
include sterling silver jew-
elry and ball point pens by
Dennis Wall and dressed
stuffed animals, crocheted
top towels, decorations,
jelly and, new this year,
doggie clothes by Don and
JoAnn Shannon.
Dave Williams will
have wood items, leather
and jewelry and Carmen
Williams will have cro-
cheted towels, blankets
and stuffed animals. Darla
Hanson will have a variety
of different mediums of
paintings.
“Our local people
are very creative,” com-
mented a group spokes-
person.
Obituaries
Barbara Struthers
Barbara Jeanne Patrick’s Senior Hotel in
Struthers, 96, of Heppner, Heppner in 1989.
Ralph died in 2001,
Ore., died March 2, 2018, in
Pendleton, Ore. Recitation and Barbara remained in
of the Rosary will be held the senior hotel until 2012,
Friday, March 9, at 7 p.m. when she moved to Willow
at St. Patrick’s Catholic Creek Terrace assisted liv-
Church in Heppner. A fu- ing facility in Heppner.
Barbara was a
neral mass will be held Sat-
homemaker her
urday, March 10,
entire life, and en-
at 11 a.m. at St.
joyed gardening,
Patrick’s Catho-
painting, knitting
lic Church, with
and sewing. She
a luncheon to
volunteered exten-
follow at the
sively in the com-
church parish
munity, including
hall. Barbara’s
Camp Fire, OSU
ashes will be in-
Extension Ser-
terred Saturday,
March 10, at 3 Barbara Struthers vice and 4-H, the
Heppner Neigh-
p.m. in St. Jo-
seph’s Catholic Cemetery borhood Center and the
altar society of the Catholic
in Condon, Ore.
Barbara was born Church. She was honored
September 11, 1921, on a with a Lifetime Achieve-
farm near Weston, Wyo- ment Award for Commu-
ming, to Charles and Hazel nity Service in 1998 by
(Hartz) Reilly. She was the the Heppner Chamber of
oldest of six children, grow- Commerce.
Barbara is sur-
ing up in Wyoming, Idaho
and Eastern Oregon. She vived by her son Ed (Ma-
married Ralph Struthers on rie) Struthers of Pendleton;
June 10, 1939, in Payette, brother Clayton (Lucy)
Idaho, and graduated from Reilly of Kuna, Idaho;
Vale High School in 1940. seven grandchildren; 13
Two children were born great-grandchildren; and 14
from this union, Evelyn in great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded
1940 and Edwin in 1944.
Barbara and Ralph in death by her husband of
lived in Hereford, Ore., un- 62 years, Ralph Struthers;
til 1951 when they moved daughter Evelyn McKin-
to Condon. In 1965 they ney; sisters Jackie Galla-
moved to southeast Oregon, gher and Margaret Linder;
living in Crane, Frenchglen and brothers Edwin and
and Juntura until Ralph’s Robert Reilly.
Memorial dona-
retirement in 1976. They
moved to Heppner in 1985 tions may be made to the
to be closer to their son Ed, American Cancer Society.
and were the first residents Sweeney Mortuary of Hep-
of the newly renovated St. pner is in care of arrange-
ments.
Bouncin’ Leprechauns
Fun Zone back again
The Heppner Day Care,
Heppner Chamber of
Commerce and City of
Heppner is once again
bringing in an event es-
pecially for kids during
the St. Patrick’s Day Cel-
ebration. Bouncin’ Lepre-
chauns Fun Zone will offer
a variety of bouncy hous-
es and carnival games, a
kid’s paradise! There will
be activities available for
children of all ages. Event
will take place Saturday,
March 17th from 1:30pm
to 5:30pm in the HES
gym. Admission for chil-
dren five and younger will
be $5.00 and children six
and older will be $10.00.
Admission is good for
the entire event. Children
must be accompanied by
an adult. We also ask that
all participants wear socks.
Library has new books
The Heppner
Branch of the Oregon Trail
Library District has the
following new books avail-
able:
Fiction-“The Girls in the
Picture” by Melanie Ben-
jamin, “Act of Revenge”
by Dale Brown, “Blood
Sisters” by Jane Corry,
“The Wanted” by Robert
Crais, “Still Me” by Jojo
Moyes; “Dark in Death” by
J. D. Robb, “Arms From the
Sea” by Rich Shapero, “Fall
From Grace” by Danielle
Steel, “Sour Creek Valley”
by Max Brand and “Rang-
er’s Revenge” by James J.
Griffin; and Non-fiction-
“Meditation for Fidgety
Skeptics” by Dan Harris.
Dinner to benefit Howard
A benefit pasta dinner and auction for DeRina
Howard of Heppner is planned for this Saturday, March
10, from 5:30-9 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Club.
DeRina is recovering from thyroid cancer and a
thyroidectocmy. Funds raised from the dinner and auction
will go toward her expenses.
The dinner will include pasta, Olive Garden
salad, bread sticks and dessert. Cost is $12 per person, $8
for children 12 and under or $40 for a family.
MURRAY'S IRISH BEER
AND WINE FEST
FRIDAY MARCH 16
8 pm -12 am
Join us for a 'Wee Welcome Home
Party" to start the weekend off!
Morrow County Fairgrounds
Food, Fun and Music No admission required
Music by DAN BURNS 3D PRODUCTIONS
MURRAY'S BEER AND WINE TICKETS
$5.00 EACH OR 5 FOR $20 - ID REQUIRED
Food and Non -alcoholic drinks available for
purchase by St. Patrick’s Altar Society
All ages welcome- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Morrow County Unified Recreation District will not be
sponsoring Murray’s Irish Beer and Wine Fest