TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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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be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
Neighborhood
center to hold sale
Obituaries
Herschel David
McCurry
Herschel David Mc-
Curry, 77, of Heppner, died
S u n d a y,
Mar. 25 at
his home.
A private
celebration
of life ser-
vice will be
Herschel
held in his
David
honor.
McCurry
Her-
schel was
born Jan. 7, 1941 at Sen-
eca, SC, the son of Benja-
min and Lucy Quarles Mc-
Curry. He graduated from
Clemson High School and
attended Clemson College.
He was a Vietnam vet-
eran, serving in the Navy
aboard the U.S.S. Mer-
rick. Herschel was self-
employed as a truck driver.
As a child he lived in
Seneca, South Carolina, but
during his Navy career he
fell in love with the state of
Oregon, living in Portland,
Lakeview and Heppner.
On Dec. 18, 1969, Her-
schel married Judy Kay
Fricks in Waycross, GA.
Herschel is survived by
his wife Judy, of Heppner;
daughter, Melissa McCurry,
son, David McCurry and
his wife Michelle, daughter,
Michele McCurry-Webb
and her husband Donny,
daughter, Kimberly Mc-
Curry-Weathers and her
husband William; grand-
children, Cameron, Gibson,
Tresslyn, Erica, Taylor,
Lauren, Trevor, Kelsie,
Gunnar, Kannan and Pistol,
and one great-grandchild,
Natasha.
Walla Walla commu-
nity Hospice and Pioneer
Memorial Hospice pro-
vided care and support.
The online condolence
book is available at swee-
neymortuary.com.
Community
breakfast planned
for Easter morning
The Neighborhood
Center’s $15 bag sale will
be held Wednesday, Apr. 4
from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Everyone is invited to come
in and fill a brown bag with
clothing, shoes and books
for $15. All other items in
the store are 50 percent off.
Donations of gently
used clothing and house-
hold items are accepted
Monday through Friday
until closing. The Neigh-
borhood Center is located
at 441 N Main Street in
Heppner. For additional
information regarding ser-
vices provided please call
The Heppner Nazarene church, 335 Gilmore St, will
541-676-5024.
The CAPECO food be serving a community breakfast immediately following
truck delivery is scheduled the Sunrise service on Easter morning. Fellowship will
be provided along with food and coffee.
for Tuesday, Apr. 17.
The Sunrise service begins at 7 a.m. in the grandstand
at Les Payne Field.
me” watercolor painting,
a reverse glass painting or
painting on cotton cloth
in an embroidery hoop on
Monday, Apr. 9 from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at the fairgrounds
annex.
begin at 8:30 a.m.
For additional informa-
tion or for those interested
in a future class for portrait
painting, call Betty Mills at
541-676-5546.
Painting class offered Churches to hold
Morrow County Cre-
Cost for the class is
ative Arts and Crafts will $20 for non-members and
host a class for a “follow free to members. Setup will Good Friday service
A collaboration of the area churches will host a Good
Friday service at 7 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 30 at the Heppner
Christian Church, 295 N Gale St.
Shared Ministry, Hope and All saints, Nazarene,
Christian Life Center, Willow Creek Baptist and Heppner
Christian welcome the community to attend.
Morrow SWCD to meet Bank of Eastern
Oregon supports
schools
The Morrow SWCD will hold its regular board of
directors meeting on Tuesday, Apr. 3 at the Ag Service
Center, 430 W Linden Way, Heppner, beginning at 6 p.m.
Agenda items include minutes of the previous meeting,
financial reports, partner reports, staff reports and an
Bank of Eastern Or-
update on changes to directors zones and the district map.
egon
has announced its
Meetings of the Morrow SWCD are open to the
school
mascot debit card
public.
program contributed over
$11,000 to Morrow County
high school associated stu-
dent body (ASB) organiza-
tions in 2017.
Initiated in September
2013, the Bank of Eastern
Oregon mascot debit card
♦ Egg supplies
program serves the Hep-
pner, Riverside, Irrigon
♦ Candy
and Ione high school as-
♦ Hallmark
sociate student body pro-
grams. In 2018 the service
♦ Potted Plants
is expanding to support the
and More
ASB programs of Weston-
McEwen High school in
Athena. Since inception,
the school mascot debit
card program has contrib-
uted over $27,000 to these
ASB programs.
The program generates
five cents per transaction
performed with each school
Happy Easter
EGG-CELLENT SELECTION
OF EASTER ITEMS!
WE HAVE:
NOW
HIRING
DRIVERS
mascot card to that schools
program and the $10 an-
nual renewal fee for each
card also goes directly to
the ASB.
“This program is a
great way for local fans to
show support for their local
school and demonstrates
the bank’s commitment
to helping our local com-
munities prosper through a
robust activities program at
every school. We encourage
everyone in the surrounding
communities to sign up for
a mascot card supporting
their school… as you can
see, five cents per transac-
tion adds up,” said Gary
Propheter, EVP and Chief
Operations Officer.
For more information
and to get your school card,
visit your local Bank of
Eastern Oregon branch.
Leon Jay Ball
Leon Jay Ball, 70, died
Mar. 21 at Monument, OR.
He was born Apr. 22, 1947
at Pendleton to Leon Elmer
Ball and Eugenia Elenore
Biddle Ball.
Leon attended high
school in Heppner and
served two years in the
Army. He was employed as
a lineman for 10 years with
Portland General Electric
and 25 years with Umatilla
Electric, retiring in 2005.
Survivors include his
father, Leon, and brother
Randy Wayne Ball, both of
Heppner. He was preceded
in death by
his mother,
Eugenia
“Jean” Ball,
and brother
Gary Otis
Ball.
He en- Leon Jay Ball
joyed hunt-
ing, fishing, four-wheeling
and spending time in the
mountains.
No service is planned at
this time. Disposition was
by cremation.
~ Letters to the Editor ~
The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following
criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the
sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your
address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone
number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper.
Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not
responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks
will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
St. Pat’s visitors enjoy
festivities despite problems
To the Editor,
We just want to let the
townspeople know how
much we enjoyed the St.
Patrick’s Day festivities
and our trip from Idaho
Falls was worth it. To all
who worked on the parade,
good job.
There was one down-
side to our long-planned
trip, with the way one of
your merchants treated us.
In Dec. 2017, my husband
began searching for the
perfect birthday party for
me and found Heppner. Dan
found the Northwestern
Motel and RV Park. I called
the first week in Dec. and
spoke with someone, re-
serving the Leaves and Tree
room. I called again two
weeks later to reconfirm
as we were now mapping
out a 10-day trip and get-
ting very excited. I told the
person answering we would
call again on March 16 th as
we got closer to Heppner.
On Friday, about 5 p.m. I
called and the employee
was very confused about
our reservation and said he
would have to call me back
in 15 minutes. I refreshed
his memory about the reser-
vation. Dan and I knew then
we no longer had a room.
The person called back
saying, “My son worked the
desk yesterday and some-
body called and cancelled
the reservation, putting
their name on it. He just
thought it was you.” He
said, “Sorry about the mix
up, I just don’t want you to
drive three more hours for
nothing.” I asked him if he
could help us find another
room. He said, “You want
me to make a reservation
for you?” I said yes. He
said, “There are a couple
other places, just call.”
It was getting later and
dark. Dan and I were not fa-
miliar with the area, but we
knew we had to find help.
We started a search and
called the Oxford Suites
getting Jake, who was on
duty. He was perfect and
got us in and the stress dis-
sipated.
We visited Heppner on
Saturday for my birthday
party and it was obvious to
the locals we were visitors.
We had our dog with us and
so many people introduced
themselves and welcomed
us. We told some of them
about our experience at
the hotel. The opinion was
if you own the only hotel,
you can treat anybody any
way. A few mentioned we
were probably sold out for
a bigger rate.
We left Heppner with
good feelings after all, but
just wanted to let everyone
know how one merchant
treated us.
Dan and Teresa
Wallace
Idaho Falls, ID
Historical Society
to meet
The quarterly meeting for the Morrow County His-
torical Society will be held Apr. 8 at 2 p.m. at Two Old
Hags Pizza in Heppner.
Topics of discussion on the agenda will include field
trips for 2018 and progress on the 2018 Chronicles to be
published this summer.
Community lunch menu
Christian Life Center volunteers will serve lunch on
Wednesday, Apr. 4 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch
will be ranch cheddar chicken, garlic mashed potatoes,
roasted broccoli and carrots, sliced tomatoes and hot rolls.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
V ETERANS
-Veterans
-Spouses
-Seniors
PUBLIC MEETING
Wednesday April 4th
9:30 a.m - Irrigon Library
9:30 a.m. Senior Tax Deferral and Veteran
Tax Exemption - Morrow Co. Tax Assessors Office
10 a.m. Willamette National Cemetery Presentation
Veteran/Family Burial Benefits - Traci Logan
10:45 a.m. Oregon Veterans Home, The
Dalles Michael Springston, Program Director will present
information on the facility and answer questions.
11:15 p.m. Senior Scams- Don't be a victim!
- Sergeant Bryan Maess
(If there is time) VA Healthcare Tips- Morrow County
Veterans Services