Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 24, 2018 -- TWO
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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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CBEC schedules
annual meeting
The annual luncheon
meeting of Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative, Inc.
is scheduled for Thursday,
Nov. 1 at the Gilliam Coun-
ty Fairgrounds in Condon.
Registration begins at 11:15
a.m., with lunch served at
noon.
The annual meeting
and election of directors
will follow the lunch. The
guest speaker will be Ted
Case, executive director of
the Oregon Rural Electric
Cooperatives Assn. Door
prizes will be awarded. All
members are welcome to
attend and learn about their
electric co-op.
Chamber lunch
meeting
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce will be held Thursday, Nov. 1 at noon, in the
Heppner City Hall conference room. This meeting will
be for all entities reports.
Bucknum’s will be catering the lunch for $10 per
person. RSVP’s are required.
The meeting location is accessible to persons with
disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing
impaired or for other accommodations for persons with
disabilities should be made at least 48 hours before the
meeting to Sheryll Bates at 541-676-5536.
Drama club changes
Rudolph W. “Rudy” performance dates
Bergstrom
Obituaries
Rudolph W. “Rudy”
Bergstrom, 83 of Ione, died
Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018 at
Heppner. A memorial ser-
vice with military honors
will be held Saturday, Oct.
27 at 11 a.m. at the Val-
by Lutheran Church with
potluck to follow. Private
inurnment will take place at
the Gooseberry Cemetery.
Rudy was born March
12, 1935 in Portland, OR,
the son of Eric W. “Bill”
and Anna K. Peterson Berg-
strom. He attended school
in Portland for four years,
then the family moved to
Ione where he graduated
from high school in 1935.
He attended Oregon State
University in Corvallis for
a time before entering the
military. Rudy served with
the United States Army and
following his honorable
discharge returned to the
family ranch at Gooseberry
near Ione.
On March 2, 1974 he
married Jacqueline “Jackie”
Lewis at Ione. The couple
made their home at the
family ranch at Gooseber-
ry. Jackie preceded him in
death in 2015.
Rudy was an active
member of the Heppner
B.P.O.E. Lodge #358 and
had served as a past exalted
ruler. He was also a mem-
ber of the Oregon Wheat
League and received the
honor of conservation man
of the year in 1968.
He is survived by his
daughter, Erika Bergstrom
of Sherwood, OR; step-
sons, Michael Conklin of
Cheney, WA and David
Kempas of Prineville, OR.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Hep-
pner Elks Foundation, PO
Box 494, Heppner, OR.
The online condolence
book is available at www.
sweeneymortuary.com.
Community lunch menu
Christian Life/Firelight volunteers will serve lunch
on Wednesday, October 31 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
Lunch will be worms and eyeballs, purple people eater
salad, slime with slugs, witch’s fingers and devil’s food
cake for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Festival of Psalms – Psalm
24 (John Ness Beck) with
R. Lee Friese, Music/Di-
rector/Conductor.
Everyone is invited to
this free event. Donations
will be accepted.
Its always a
good time for
wine and design
Burlap Wreath with
interchangeable
seasonal
attachments.
Oct 29th 6pm Must
prepay at Murrays to
hold slot $30
217 North Main St., Heppner Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
www.murraysdrug.com
Early entries will help with
starting the show on time
and help to prevent 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, teams may
also recruit a sponsor.
Prizes will be awarded
to members of the three
top-scoring teams. Partici-
pants will be eligible to win
door prizes throughout the
evening and baskets will be
raffled by the daycare.
Free movie to be
shown
This month’s free movie
night at All Saints Parish
Hall will take place Friday,
Oct. 26. Given the length of
this month’s movie, it will
begin a half hour earlier
than usual, at 6:30 p.m.
The film is rated PG
and features a well-known
boy who discovered on his
11 th birthday that he was a
wizard. Pizza will be served
and everyone is welcome
to attend.
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Pictured left to right starting with front row: Hunter Houck,
Daemon Worden, Felix Matthew, Faith Futter, Austin Moses,
Leo Waite, Stephany Dubry, Madison Palmer, Hannah Palm-
er, Hannah Finch, Tyson Vawser, Trevor Antonucci, Madelyn
Nichols, Roen Waite and Christian Dubry.
The Heppner Junior/
Senior High School dra-
ma club will present Rob-
in Hood on Oct. 29 and
30 at 7 p.m. at the high
school cafetorium. The per-
formance was previously
scheduled for Oct. 23 and
24. Admission is $1 per
person.
Cooking class
scheduled
The vegetarian cooking class for this month will be
held Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Heppner SDA Church, 560
Minor Street. A Holiday Gathering is the theme and rec-
ipes and samples will be available.
The class is free for anyone interested in trying some
healthy vegetarian recipes. For questions or to make a
reservation, contact Cynthia at 541-561-9132.
Heppner Junior Senior
High School is in need
of a junior high wrestling
coach. “We have not had
any applicants and hope to
get the word out to anyone
who would like to help us,”
stated Athletic Director
Greg Grant.
The wrestling season
will begin practices in early
December and hold match-
es during January and Feb-
ruary. “We are hoping to
get someone onboard soon
so they can be prepared for
the season.”
If you are interested or
know of someone, please
contact HJSHS at 541-676-
9138.
MURRAY'S 2019
MEDICARE PART D PLANS Heppner library hosts
FLU
SILVERSCRIPT
VACCINES
EXPRESS SCRIPTS AVAILABLE
WELLCARE
NO RX
REQUIRED
AARP
(Symphonix - now transitioning to AARP)
CIGNA
AETNA
(First Health plans - transitioning to Aetna)
MUTUAL OF OMAHA
MODA HEALTH HMO
*Please note we are NOT a provider for Humana
The Heppner Daycare
will again sponsor Mr.
Bill’s Trivia, on Nov. 16 at 7
p.m. at the Elks Lodge. This
fundraiser for the daycare
promises to be a fun and
entertaining event, said a
spokesperson.
Entry forms are avail-
able at Heppner Daycare
or on the table at the post
office. Teams may also reg-
ister on the Heppner Day-
care Facebook event 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.
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.
HJSHS seeks
Festival of Psalms to wrestling coach
be held
Inland Northwest Musi-
cians Chorale will perform
Saturday, Oct. 27 at 4 p.m.
at the Heppner Elementary
School. The performances
will be Twelve Canticles
(Randall Thompson) and A
Trivia show returns
to Heppner
Halloween events
The Heppner branch of the Oregon Trail Library
District will be hosting two Halloween events on Thurs-
day this week.
Starting at 5:30 p.m. there will be a glow story time,,
all ages are welcome and encouraged to wear their Hal-
loween costumes. The teen Halloween party will kick off
at 6:30pm with music, games and a costume contest. All
teens are welcome to attend.
To the editor:
We would like to urge
all Heppner residents to
vote for Jim Kindle for
mayor. Jim is a passion-
ate citizen who wants to
actively work to make the
community of Heppner the
best it can be. We have both
been involved in numerous
organizations and events
with Jim and know first-
hand his responsibility, ded-
ication and commitment.
When Jim says he’ll get
something done, he does.
Jim has extensive expe-
rience working successfully
with all types of people in
a variety of environments.
He has been a community
volunteer for just about
everything and has volun-
teered as a firefighter for
many years. He is a member
of several organizations
including the HHS Booster
Club, the Elks and Odd-
Fellows.
Jim has spent a life-
time cultivating relation-
ships with leaders through-
out Heppner and Morrow
County as well as law en-
forcement. As a result, he
will be able to work with
them to get Heppner mov-
ing in the direction so many
of its residents desire. We
support Jim Kindle and ask
you to as well.
Vote Kindle for Mayor.
Sincerely,
Ken and Carri Grieb
Heppner
Renewable energy
to be discussed
The Morrow County
planning commission has
scheduled two work ses-
sions to consider a number
of renewable energy topics
on Oct. 30 and again on
Dec. 4, both starting at 6
p.m. at the Bartholomew
Building in Heppner. Both
are learning sessions for the
planning commission and
planning staff.
Guest speakers have
been invited to speak about
noise associated with re-
newable energy sources
and how renewable ener-
gy effects wildlife at the
December meeting. Other
topics of discussion will
be glare/glint, red lights at
night, view shed, setbacks
and financial assurance.
Renewable energy is
currently a big topic at the
planning department and
with the planning commis-
sion. Renewable energy
is energy that is collected
from renewable sources,
which are naturally replen-
ished on a human timescale,
such as sunlight, wind, rain,
tides, waves and geother-
mal heat.
Over the past decade,
Morrow County has seen
a number of wind projects
permitted and developed.
More recently, solar de-
velopment is being permit-
ted throughout the county.
Permits have been issued
by the county, the Ore-
gon Department of Energy
(ODOE) and the Energy
Siting Council (EFSC).
Haunted Heppner
Trick or Treat
Valby Lutheran Church
Wednesday,
Valby Road
October 31st
Ione Oregon. 97843
from 2:00 to 5:00 PM.
Church Services 1st
Come by Heppner
& 3rd Sundays
businesses for treats!
Available for:
Weddings ♦ Funerals
Family Events
Old
Country
Church
All are
Welcome
Participating store fronts will
display an orange sign that
says “Welcome to
Trick or Treat”.