TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
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Obituaries
Janetbelle Roberts
Turner
Janetbelle Roberts
Turner, was born in Salina,
Kansas on June 30, 1924.
She passed away peacefully
with her family by her side
on March 16, 2018.
She graduated from the
University of Oregon with
a BA in Education, where
she was a member of Kappa
Kappa Gamma Sorority.
She was also a member of
the Daughters of the Amer-
ican Revolution, Order
of the Eastern Star (Hep-
pner), St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church and Daughters of
the King in Auburn.
She and Don Turner
were married in Trinity
Episcopal Church in Port-
land, OR, September 1945.
They settled in Portland un-
til 1956 when they moved
to Heppner, where they as-
sumed operation of the fam-
ily wheat and cattle ranch.
Ginny Daley, her daughter,
said, “Mom always said
her happiest years were
the ranch years. She had a
green thumb and cultivated
a huge vegetable garden.”
According to Daley, she
would often tell the kids ‘go
out and pick me a salad.”
At the age of 82, she
moved to Auburn, CA to
live with her daughter and
son-in-law. She quickly as-
similated into the commu-
nity where she participated
in many activities. She
especially
enjoyed
volunteer-
ing at the
St. Luke’s
Victo -
r i a n A t - Janetbelle
tic Thrift Roberts
Turner
Shop.
She is
survived
by her daughter Ginny Lou
Daley (Jim); daughter-in-
law Teresa Turner and son
Tom Turner (Collin).
Turner is also survived
by ten grandchildren:
Don Burpee, Mike Bur-
pee (Paige), Krista Keeler
(Andy), Ben Turner, Zack
Turner, Sydney Turner,
Hunter Turner, Luke Turn-
er, Jina Roediger and Jeff
Daley (Christie) and six
great-grandchildren: Lo-
gan Burpee, Reed Keeler,
James Roediger, Grayson
Daley, Haddon Daley and
Shepherd Daley.
She was predeceased
by her husband Don Turner,
and son, Jeff Turner.
A memorial gathering
is planned for later this
spring. Her ashes will be
returned to the family plot
in Heppner. The family
requests offerings in mem-
ory of Janet be sent to St.
Luke’s Episcopal Church,
124 Orange Street, Auburn,
Lady golfers to
begin season
The WCCC Ladies golf group will begin their season
with a breakfast meeting at 9 a.m. on Apr. 3 and a golf
scramble beginning at 10 a.m.
Apr. 2 will be a workday at the Willow Creek golf
course beginning at 9 a.m.
Ione Library to
hold meeting
Pastors invited to
submit Easter
messages to G-T
Area pastors are invited to submit Easter messages to
the Heppner Gazette-Times for publication in the March
28 newspaper. Deadline for submission is Monday,
March 26.
Messages may be emailed to editor@rapidserve.net,
mailed to Gazette-Times at P.O. Box 337, Heppner, OR
97836, faxed to 541-676-9211 or brought into the Gazette-
Times office, 188 W. Willow in Heppner.
Gift boxes of food
available Sunday
Food boxes will be
available at the All Saints
Episcopal Church parking
lot at the corner of Gale and
Church Streets in Heppner
on Sunday, Mar. 25 from
2 to 4 p.m. Everyone who
would like to participate is
welcome.
The boxes will be filled
with canned and packaged
foods, fresh food items and
hygiene supplies. The event
is coordinated by Hope
Lutheran and All Saints
Episcopal churches with
additional assistance from
other area churches.
Those in need of a box
and are unable to attend at
that time should call the
church office at 541-676-
9970 and leave contact
information to request de-
livery.
Lexington council
members, Bill Beard, Shei-
la Miller and Bobbi Gordon
accepted the resignation of
town recorder, Janette El-
drige at the regular council
meeting held on March 13
at the Lexington town hall.
Council members have
received applications and
will begin interviewing for
the position the week of
Mar. 19.
In other business, Lo-
rene Montgomery, a local
resident asked the council
what could be done to clean
up a lot near her prop-
erty that has been used as a
dumping ground for quite
some time. She reported
there are old RVs on the
site as well as debris from
a tree that fell during a wind
storm. The tree appeared to
have fallen elsewhere and
the debris was piled on the
empty lot. After discussion,
it was decided to locate the
legal owner and ask them to
clean it up.
Maintenance manager,
Ed Dickenson reported
the new fire siren has been
ordered and should arrive
soon. He also reported that
he is gearing up for spring
and summer mowing sea-
son and has been getting
equipment ready to go.
Vouchers are available
for spring cleanup on the
weekend of April 14 and
15. Residents may pick up
a voucher at the town hall.
The town council has
been asked to review op-
tions for replacing water
meters with new ones that
can be read electronically.
A demonstration of the
meters, equipment and soft-
ware is scheduled.
Lexington town
recorder resigns
St. Patrick’s button
winners announced
The winners drawn from people who purchased this
year’s St. Patrick’s buttons are Billie White from Trout-
dale and Jan Paustian from Heppner. Each will receive a
check for $100. One drawing was held during the CEILI
and the other at the main entertainment, both on Saturday.
Community lunch menu
All Saints, Hope and Valby volunteers will serve
lunch on Wednesday, Mar. 28 at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. Lunch will be baked ham, mashed potatoes,
roasted Brussel sprouts, Waldorf salad, hot rolls and cake
for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Ecumenical salad
supper to be held
Local ladies are in-
vited to attend the annual
ecumenical salad supper
at the St. Patrick’s Parish
hall on Apr. 9 at 6 p.m. The
The Ione Library District board of directors will hold guest speaker will be Mary
its monthly meeting on Monday, Mar. 26 at 6 p.m. The Ann Kerr, an author from
meeting will be held at the Ione Public Library, 385 W Yakima, WA.
Second St and the public is welcome to attend.
Ladies
are asked to
bring a sal-
ad to share.
Dessert and
a beverage
will be pro- Mary Ann
Kerr
vided.
Concert scheduled
Than you for helping
make our
IRISH FEST
a success.
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The Desert Praise Quartet, a southern gospel group
from Richland, WA, is performing in a concert at the Hep-
pner Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 560 Minor Street,
Heppner, on Saturday, Mar. 24 at 11 a.m.
Everyone is welcome to attend the concert and gospel
hour, as well as the potluck to follow.
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Ione Oregon. 97843
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Welcome
A view from the hill
By Doris Brosnan
If memory serves cor-
rectly, Carolyn Hall en-
joyed sunny skies and near-
60-degree weather on her
birthday this month. On
the 5 th , Carolyn shared her
celebration with family and
Terrace friends at her birth-
day luncheon. After its bold
reminder on St. Pat’s week-
end that it is still the boss,
the weather now seems
to be agreeing that spring
has officially returned, by
mixing some spring storms
with the return of some of
those sunny skies over the
Terrace.
One amenity at the Ter-
race is the small hair sa-
lon, where two hair stylists
come on a regular basis to
keep some of the residents’
locks looking stylish. One
need only to contact the
staff for the phone numbers
of the two professionals to
make a choice and set up
appointments that fit their
needs.
Wanting to look their
best may have been on the
minds of the residents who
participated in the Wee Bit
O’ Ireland activities down-
town last weekend.
Five residents attended
the Thursday evening pro-
duction of “Searching for
Meaning” at St. Patrick’s
Parish hall. The unanimous
review seems to be, “It was
meaningful - illustrating
how God can change a life
- and it was entertaining.
Fine performances by all
and an outstanding debut by
Andrew Lindsay.” The resi-
dents send their congratula-
tions to Fr. Gerry Condon,
co-producers and actors for
another successful start to
the weekend celebration.
The street activities
topped off by the Great
Green Parade were enter-
taining and five residents
enjoyed these, protected
from the inclement weather
that chilled everyone on the
streets. When one observer
noted that Heppner’s wet
St. Pat’s Day was followed
by a sunny day, Manager
Nairns pointed out that
Ireland is called the “Em-
erald Isle” for a reason. An
internet search revealed
this report from Ireland:
Very cold this weekend
with wind chill and icy
patches. Snow showers also
but some areas staying dry,
especially the northwest.
Temperatures will plum-
met to -3C tonight and it
will feel colder in the east
to northeasterly wind. Cold
and windy with a significant
wind chill in fresh to strong
and blustery easterly winds.
Dry in many areas this af-
ternoon, but there will be
scattered, mainly light hail
or sleet showers in eastern
counties, with snow on high
ground.”
Though everyone is
Irish on St. Patrick’s Day,
the residents at morning
discussion next Monday
might offer a different idea
of the perfect holiday. That
will be Make Up Your Own
Holiday day, which will
encourage imaginations
to run wild. Maybe one or
more suggestions will catch
on and be celebrated in the
future by the community on
the hill.
Everyone was encour-
aged to submit a favorite
oatmeal-cookie recipe at
the morning conversation
on the 18 th . That day was
designated Oatmeal Cookie
Bakeoff day and some of
the recipes will eventually
end up for taste-testing at
the dining tables. Naturally,
each recipe will require
more than the tasting of just
one cookie.
This week included
Children’s Poetry Day and
the morning conversation
focused on favorite child-
hood poems and poems
written by individuals when
younger. And speaking of
young, the 22 nd is As Young
As You Feel Day, so some
residents might be demon-
strating a variety of youth-
ful maneuvers. On Friday,
readers of this column are
invited to bring puppies that
are friendly and house-bro-
ken to the Terrace for visits
on Puppy Day. Surely, that
morning discussion will
bring memories of puppies
from the past.
Most of this month’s
days will include the rou-
tine and welcomed activi-
ties brought to the Terrace
by caring and sharing indi-
viduals and organizations
who volunteer weekly. No
more birthday celebrations
this month, but a few spe-
cial menu additions will
still be cause for wee cel-
ebrations – what’s not to
like about peanut clusters,
potato chips, chocolate
covered raisins and taters?
And what’s not to like
about changing seasons?
On the first full day of
spring, the residents and
staff view the greening of
the grass and the sprout-
ing of the perennial plants
as great reasons to be op-
timistic about being out
and about very soon. They
know they will soon be
viewing the results of their
planting of seeds for later
transplanting to the flower
pots and flower beds.
Individuals who might
want to check out accom-
modations at the Terrace,
move in, contribute their
special days to the birthday-
celebration calendar, and
get in on some of the ameni-
ties on the Hill should call
541-676-0004. Three apart-
ments are now available.
SCHOLARSHIPS
-Continued from PAGE ONE
their goals and was honored
as national Track Coach of
the Year.
This fund awards one
$1,000 scholarship to a
college-bound Ione High
School senior based on
demonstrated academic
achievement and commu-
nity involvement, with pref-
erence given to students
who have participated in
the Ione High School track
program.
Students must be con-
tinuing their education at a
community college, trade
school or four-year college
or university. Applicants
must have a minimum 3.0
accumulated GPA, have
attended Ione High School
all four years of high school
and shown involvement in
community activities.
T h e S t . P a t r i c k ’s
committee will be hold-
ing a wrap up meeting on
Wednesday, Apr. 4 at 6
p.m. at the Heppner City
Hall conference room. The
committee will review the
events and activities of this
year’s St. Patrick’s Wee Bit
O’ Ireland and begin plan-
ning for next year.
Community members
are invited to attend to
share their ideas and to
get involved in the future
planning of this community
event.
Pizza and beverage will
be served. Please RSVP no
later than Tuesday, Apr. 3
to the Heppner Chamber at
541-676-5536 or by email
at heppnerchamber@cen-
turytel.net.
St. Patrick’s
wrap-up scheduled