Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 5, 2018 -- TWO
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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paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-
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County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere;
$31 student subscriptions.
David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to
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specified if required).
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meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines
or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space
for the obituary.
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GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone
number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. 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.
Funeral Notice
Chamber announcements, events
Now through Thursday,
Dec. 13 rewards cards will
be distributed for local pur-
chases from participating
merchants. Reward card
denominations of $10, $20
and $50 will be given out in
the amount of purchase (ex-
cept for items not eligible,
depending on merchant).
The Heppner Celebrate
Christmas event will be
held Thursday, Dec. 13 at 6
p.m. at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds. A spaghetti
dinner will be available for
purchase as well as pictures
with Santa, Mrs. Claus and
their elves for $5 per pic-
ture. There will be a penny
board and raffle items and
opportunities to win prizes
and support the chamber.
Now through Dec.
20, Canned Food Drive
at Wheatland Insurance.
Wheatland will be collect-
ing canned foods that will
be donated to the Neigh-
borhood Center for distri-
bution. All 11 Wheatland
branches are accepting
canned goods or a monetary
donation.
Now through Thursday,
Dec. 13, Heppner Junior/
Senior High School Na-
tional Honor Society will be
holding a coat drive. New
or gently used coats may be
dropped at Murray’s Drug,
Heppner Market Fresh or
Heppner Jr Sr High School.
Now through Monday,
Dec. 17, a Giving Tree is
set up at Heppner Market
Fresh Foods for the Neigh-
borhood Center. Choose
a gift tag from the giving
tree, purchase a gift and
drop off the unwrapped gift
with the tag attached to the
Neighborhood Center no
later than Dec. 17.
Tags from the Les
Schwab Tire Center Giv-
ing Tree to purchase a gift
for foster children are still
available. Stop by and se-
lect a tag, purchase a gift
and make sure it is back to
Les Schwab no later than
Friday, Dec. 7.
Van Liew-Vendetti join
in marriage
Care, will be held at St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church
Parish Hall. Those inter-
ested in being a vendor at
this annual bazaar should
contact Andrea Nelson at
541-720-4399 or check the
Heppner Day Care Face-
book page. The cost for
vendors is $20 for a table
and two chairs.
Nominations are open
for Heppner Chamber’s
Annual Town and Country
Community Awards Event.
Nominations are being ac-
cepted for the Business of
the Year, Woman of the
Year, Man of the Year, Cit-
izen-Educator of the Year,
Youth Award and Life-
time Achievement Award.
Forms may be picked up
at the Bank of Eastern Or-
egon, Heppner City Hall,
Community Bank, Hep-
pner Chamber and Kuhn
First Friday Friends of
Jesus planned Friday
The December session
of First Friday Friends of
Jesus will be held this Fri-
day, December 7, from 8:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the All
Saints Parish Hall. All chil-
dren in the community are
Krista Leigh Vendetti
and James Marshall Van
Liew joined together in
marriage on October 6,
2018, at the Sunrise Am-
phitheater near Boulder,
CO.
Krista is the daughter
of Rhonda Roberts and
Tom Vendetti of Colorado.
James is the son of Dan and
WIN
Sandra Van Liew of Hep-
pner, OR. Krista’s brother,
Justin Gindro, officiated the
wedding.
The bride is employed
by Work for Progress and
the groom owns Fairlane
Auto Repair in Longmont,
CO. The couple honey-
mooned in Costa Rica and
lives in Broomfield, CO.
Enter Your Christmas
Wish List for your
chance to win one of
2 $100 Gift Cards
Drawing December 24th
TIME TO GET YOUR
REWARDS CARDS!!
Celebrate Heppner
Christmas Event
December 13th!
High Dose Flu Vaccines & Shingles
Vaccines Available. Call for appointment
Want to know when your prescription is ready
for pick up? Ask for text notifications!
invited to enjoy a morning
filled with Christmas sto-
ries, songs, activities and a
free lunch. More informa-
tion is available by calling
the office of Hope Saints
Ministry at 541-676-9970.
www.murraysdrug.com
Santa, Ms. Claus & Scrooge pose for a picture at the
2017 Celebrate Heppner Christmas Event
Law Office, by calling the
Chamber at 541-676-5536
or emailing heppnercham-
ber@centurytel.net. Com-
pleted nomination forms
can be dropped off at the
Heppner Chamber or Kuhn
Law offices by Jan. 11.
Town and Country will
be held Thursday, Feb. 7,
starting at 6 p.m. at the Mor-
row County Fairgrounds.
Tickets will be available for
sale beginning Friday, Jan.
4, 2019.
Community lunch menu
Christian Life/Firelight volunteers will serve lunch on
Wednesday, December 12 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
Lunch will be roast chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy,
roasted vegetable medley, cucumber salad, hot rolls and
tiramisu for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Christmas Music Fest
New library book list planned in Heppner
The new book list for
the Heppner Branch of
the Oregon Trail Library
includes the following
books: Fiction-“Christmas
Cake Murder” by Joanne
Fluke, “Where the Bullets
Fly” by Terrence McCauley,
“Red War” by Kyle Mills,
“Liar, Liar” by Lisa Jackson
and “Terror in Gunsight:
A Circle V Western” by
Lauran Paine; and Non-
Fiction-“Onions Etcetera”
by Kate Winslow.
A Christmas Music
Fest is being planned for
Sunday, December 16, be-
ginning at 3 p.m. at Hope
Lutheran Church (near the
dam). Caroling around the
community and a chili sup-
per will follow.
Musicians willing to
share their gifts are invited
to contact Pastor Katy An-
derson as soon as possible
by calling 541-676-9970.
Power outage canceled
Daycare to hold annual
Columbia Basin Elec- 7 has been canceled.
Josh Coiner, assistant
tric
Cooperative, Inc., in
holiday bazaar in Heppner Heppner
has received word manager of operations,
The Heppner Day
Care will host the annual
Artifactory Holiday Bazaar
once again this year. The
Artifactory will be at St.
Patrick’s Parish Hall this
Saturday, December 8, from
9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
that the previously sched-
Over 20 vendors uled outage for December
will be displaying their
wares and a hot soup lunch,
sponsored by the women of
the St. Patrick’s Catholic
Morrow County Clerk
Church, will be be avail- Bobbi Childers has released
able.
information on following
marriage licenses issued in
November:
-Hannah Raylynn
Valby Lutheran Church
Valby Road
Ione Oregon. 97843
Church Services 1st
& 3rd Sundays
Available for:
Weddings ♦ Funerals
Family Events
said that the outage will be
scheduled at a later date.
Marriages
Old
Country
Church
All are
Welcome
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
217 North Main St., Heppner Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
Pastor Katy Anderson at
541-676-9970.
Nominations are open
for Heppner Chamber’s
Annual Town and Country
Community Awards Event.
Nominations are being ac-
cepted for the Business of
the Year, Woman of the
Year, Man of the Year, Cit-
izen-Educator of the Year,
Youth Award and Life-
time Achievement Award.
Forms can be picked up at
the Bank of Eastern Ore-
gon, City Hall, Community
Bank, Heppner Chamber
and Kuhn Law Office or by
calling the Chamber at 541-
676-5536 or emailing hep-
pnerchamber@centurytel.
net. Completed nomination
forms can be dropped off
at the Heppner Chamber or
Kuhn Law offices by Jan.
11. The event will be held
Thursday, Feb. 7, starting at
6 p.m. at the Morrow Coun-
ty Fairgrounds. Tickets will
be available for sale begin-
ning Friday, Jan. 4, 2019.
Celebrate Christmas event December 13
Cary Scott Davis, 68, Heppner, died Sunday, De-
cember 2, 2018, at his home. He was born on January
26, 1950, at Pendleton, Oregon.
The Heppner Celebrate
A graveside memorial service with military honors
will be held on Friday, December 7, 2018, at 1 p.m. at the Christmas event will be
held Thursday, Dec. 13 at 6
Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Oregon.
p.m. at the Morrow County
Sweeney Mortuary is in care of arrangements.
Fairgrounds. A spaghetti
dinner will be available for
purchase as well as pictures
with Santa, Mrs. Claus and
their elves for $5 per pic-
ture. There will be a penny
board and raffle items and
opportunities to win prizes
and support the chamber.
Now through Thursday,
Dec. 13 rewards cards will
be distributed for local pur-
chases from participating
merchants. Reward card
denominations of $10, $20
and $50 will be given out in
the amount of purchase (ex-
cept for items not eligible,
depending on merchant).
Saturday, Dec. 8, from
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the
Artifactory Holiday Bazaar,
sponsored by Heppner Day
Krista and James Van Liew
Friday, Dec. 7 from
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,
First Friday Friends of
Jesus program at the All
Saints Parish Hall. This
program is for children
from ages four to 12 and a
free lunch is included.
Saturday, Dec. 8 from
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.,
Artifactory Holiday Bazaar
sponsored by Heppner Day
Care at St. Patrick’s Cath-
olic Church Parish Hall.
Those interested in being
a vendor at this annual ba-
zaar should contact Andrea
Nelson at 541-720-4399
or check the Heppner Day
Care Facebook page. The
cost for vendors is $20 for
a table and two chairs.
Sunday, Dec. 16 at 3
p.m., Christmas Music Fest
at Hope Lutheran Church.
There will be a Christmas
music program followed
by community caroling and
chili. Musicians who would
like to be added to the pro-
gram are invited to contact
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
Jones, 24, Heppner, and
Devon Hunter Rea, Hep-
pner, 24;
-Curtis Scott Thomp-
son, 32, Lexington, and
Dejah Larae Haskett, 33,
Lexington.
Justice Court Report
Justice of the Peace
Ann Spicer has released the
following court report:
-Arthur Lee Meteall,
53, Daville, OR, Violation
of the Basic Rule, 75 mph in
a 55 mph zone, $165.
-JD Lehn, 19, Lexing-
ton, Driving Uninsured,
$265 fine.
-Kevin Lee Tate, 58,
Pendleton, OR, VBR, 75
mph in a 55 mph zone,
$165.
-Gary C. Langevin, 59,
Ione, VBR, 76 mph in a 55
mph zone, $265.
-Rodolfo Garcia, 67,
Heppner, VBR, 78 mph in
a 55 mph zone, $265.
-Myron Rill, 90, Othel-
lo, WA, VBR 81 mph in a
55 mph zone, $265.
-Jeremy Whitney, 37,
St. Paul, OR, Failure to
immediately Validate Big
Game Tag, $115 fine; Fail-
ure to Attach Big Game Tag
in Plain Sight, warning.
-David Farah, Heppner,
Criminal Trespass II Viola-
tion, $440 fine.