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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 6, 2019 -- THREE February wettest Gerald (Jerry) Allen on record Davidson Obituaries Gerald (Jerry) Allen Davidson passed away at his home on Jan. 16. He was born Sept. 28, 1944 in Pendleton to George Davidson and Anna Marie Johnston. He was raised by his grandmother, Mabel Davidson on the farm out of Ione. He graduated from Ione High School in 1962. Jerry married Judy Morgan in 1964 and they moved to Portland in 1965 where he was a diesel mechanic for several different truck companies. They had two children, Duane Davidson and LaDawna Rider (Bob). According to a family member, Davidson enjoyed his six grandkids and four great-grandkids. He was preceded in death by his brother, Michael; parents and grandmother. The fami- ly will hold a celebration of life this summer, with a date and time to be provided at a later date. Larry Dwight Day Larry Dwight Day, 83, formerly of Pilot Rock, died Sunday, March 3 at his home in Heppner. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 9 at 11 a.m. at the Christian Life Center in Heppner. A reception will immediately follow the service and the public is invited. Day was born July 11, 1935 at Lyman, NE, the son of Abrey and Alice West Day. The family moved to Oregon when Larry was six months old. They lived in Oregon City and Molalla where he graduated from Molalla High School. Larry worked as a sheet metal worker and was self-employed. On March 14, 1969 he married Charlene O’Brien at Ore- gon City. March 14, 2019 would have been the 50 th wedding anniversary for Charlene and Larry. He loved hunting, spending time with family and friends, going to the mountains, following the grandkids and great-grand- kids sports activities and time spent in his shop. Larry is survived by his wife, Charlene Day of Heppner; stepsons, Rusty Britt and his wife Kathy of Lexington, Rick Britt and his wife Shelli of Heppner; step-daughter Mindy Britt Costner, also of Heppner; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and sisters, Caroline Day and Cheryl Alphin. Memorial contributions may be made to Pioneer Memorial Hospital, PO Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836 or Pioneer Memorial Hospice, PO Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836 or to your favorite charity. The online condolence book is available at www. sweeneymortuary.com. Chamber Chatter Wednesday, March 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Agriculture Energy and Processing Job Fair at the SAGE Center. Stop by and learn about local career opportunities, meet with employers who are actively hiring and identify educa- tion and training for high demand positions. Fridays, March 8, 22 and 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Heppner City Hall, Free In-Person Tax Preparation Service. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free tax preparation to any- one of any age, especially for those 50 or older or can’t afford paid tax preparation. Saturday, March 9, 15 th Annual Bob Baker Memo- rial Texas Hold’em Poker, Bingo and Bunco Fundrais- er at the Ione American Le- gion Hall. Doors open at 5 p.m. for meal and bake sale, 6 p.m. sign up to play and at 6:30 p.m. play begins. Poker buy in, with re-buy available until 7:30 p.m., is $40 and Bunco buy in is $10. Bingo is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Bunco from 7:30 to 9. There will be a pig and beef raffle with two drawings each for ½ pork and beef, cut and wrapped. Raffle tickets selling for $1 each or six for $5 are available at Ione Market, Ione MCGG, at the door or from Legion and Auxiliary members. Saturday, March 9, Wildhorse 24 th Anniversary Fireworks show. March 14-17, 37 th An- nual Heppner’s Wee Bit O’ Ireland St. Patrick’s celebration. The event will begin with Father Con- don’s play on Thursday, March 14 at 7 p.m. at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish Hall. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. Contact the Heppner Cham- ber for information on en- tering or registering for the Team Bed Races, O’Planky Races, Road Bowling and Welly Toss. Community lunch menu United Methodist volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, March 13 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will be corned beef and cabbage, potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, orange beets and rye bread. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Time to celebrate! Join us to celebrate the According to prelim- inary data received by NOAA’s National Weath- er Service in Pendleton, temperatures at Heppner averaged much colder than normal during the month of February. The average tempera- ture was 28.1 degrees which was 9.7 degrees below nor- mal. High temperatures av- eraged 34.8 degrees, which was 12.6 degrees below normal. The highest was 53 degrees on the 3 rd . Low temperatures averaged 21.3 degrees, which was 6.9 degrees below normal. The lowest was 8 degrees, on the 6 th . This was the 4 th cold- est February on record. The coldest was 22.4 degrees in 1936. There were 26 days with the low temperature below 32 degrees. There were 10 days when the high temperature stayed below 32 degrees. Precipitation totaled 3.20 inches during Febru- ary, which was 2.08 inches above normal. Measurable precipitation, at least .01 inch, was received on 23 days with the heaviest, 0.53 inches reported on the 24 th . Precipitation this year has reached 4.26 inches, which is 1.67 inches above normal. This was the wet- test February on record. The previous wettest was 2.69 inches in 2000. Since October, the water year pre- cipitation at Heppner has been 8.27 inches, which is 1.62 inches above normal. Snowfall totaled 31 inches with at least 1 inch of snow reported on 9 days. The heaviest snowfall was 5.5 inches reported on the 24 th . The greatest depth of snow on the ground was 13 inches on the 28 th . The highest wind gust was 50 mph which occurred on the 12 th . The outlook for March from NOAA’s Climate Pre- diction Center calls for below normal temperatures and near normal precipita- tion. Normal highs for Hep- pner rise from 51.0 degrees at the start of March to 58.0 degrees at the end of March. Normal lows rise from 30.0 degrees to 36.0 degrees. The 30-year normal precip- itation is 1.52 inches. Heppner Elks 142 N Main Street Heppner RSVP to josie.j.miller@ gmail.com or 541-705-5799 Adelynn Grace Wimer – Jimmy and Heidi Wimer, Hep- pner, announce the birth of a daughter, Adelynn Grace Wimer. Adelynn was born Feb. 25 at 10:38 p.m. at Kadlec Hospital in Richland, WA, weigh- ing 7 pounds, 6 ounc- es and measuring 19 inches long. Maternal grand- parents are Randy and Adelynn Grace Wimer Joni Scharfenberg, Fairbanks, AK. Robert Patrick (Bobby) Kilkenny – Conor and Gabi Kilkenny of Port- land, OR announce the birth of a son, Robert Patrick (Bob- by) Kilkenny. Bobby was born Feb. 25 in Portland, weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounc- es. He joins an older brother Mac, 4. Grandparents are John and Diane Kilkenny, Heppner Robert Patrick (Bobby) Kilkenny and Dick and Kathy McGregor, Portland. Great grandparents are Vesta Kilkenny, Portland; Loren Henderson, Florida; the late Bob Kilkenny, Heppner and the late June Hammons, Kennewick, WA. Remembrance walk to happen rain or shine The annual Friends Helping Friends Remem- brance Walk and social hour will be held no matter what the weather brings. Due to colored photos that could be ruined by rain or moisture, shams will be put out in the Methodist Church basement if necessary. If the The Morrow County wire sculptures of wreaths weather cooperates, shams Creative Artists will be in and crosses done by JoAnn will be hung on Friday as the front part of the St. Pat- and Don Shannon. usual. rick’s Senior Center at 190 Dave Williams will Those planning to N. Main St. from 10 a.m. to have wood items and leath- 5 p.m. Friday, March 15 and er billfolds and Carmen from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Williams will have cro- Saturday, March 16. Some cheted towels, blankets and artists will be in the front pillows. Darla Hanson will room and some will be in have a variety of different the front hall. paintings. Hopeful Saints Min- Items for sale will in- Everyone is invited to istry will hold an Ash clude dressed teddy bears, stop by to see what the local Wednesday service with fairy wands and barbed- people are doing. communion and the impo- sition of ashes on Mar. 6 at 6 p.m. at the Episcopal building on the corner of Church and Gale. Also at the Episcopal building, beginning Mar. 13 The Heppner Cemetery Maintenance District will and continuing throughout hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 12 at 5:30 Lent, there will be a weekly p.m. Agenda items include minutes of previous meeting, gathering at 6 p.m. for soup, financial report, 19/20 budget discussion and cemetery a brief study and vespers. operations. Everyone is welcome to The meeting will be held at the Ag Service Building attend. conference room at 430 W Linden Way. Meetings of Wednesday, Mar. 6, the Heppner Cemetery Maintenance District are open to marks the beginning of the the public according to ORS 192.640(1). For additional season of Lent, a 40-day pe- information, contact Janet Greenup at 541-561-6768. riod when many Christians Arts and crafts for sale during St. Pat’s attend the event should pre-register by mailing reg- istration forms to Kathi Dickenson, Box 566, Hep- pner, OR 97836. The cost is $5 per person, with children accompanied by an adult free. Participants will be required to sign-in Saturday morning and pick up their commemorative Remem- brance bracelet. Bracelets must be worn by all who participate in the event. Ash Wednesday service to be held Cemetery district meeting scheduled Irish coffee hour and CEILI scheduled The Irish Coffee hour will be held upstairs in the Elks Lodge from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Mar. 16 and will be led by Tom Melton with jokes and stories shared by Rep. Greg Walden, attorney Bill Kuhn and Father Condon. Whiskey for Breakfast will entertain with Irish songs and the leprechauns will make an appearance. Joe Lindsay and other Irishmen or family will be singing and the Irish Brogue Con- test (Blarney) will allow the audience to tell the best blarney stories for a chance to win gold coins. The CEILI will run from 2 to 4 p.m. and will also include entertainment from Whiskey for Break- fast, Joe Lindsay and a few songs from Tiller’s Folly. One button winner will be drawn at the CEILI. Birthday of Joe Miller Chamber lunch meeting March 9th 1pm Births The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday, March 7 at noon at the Heppner City Hall conference room. It will be all entities reports. Lunch will be provided by Breaking Grounds for $10 per person. The menu will be a taco salad and a cookie. 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. set aside time to reassess their lives in preparation for Easter. The first day of Lent is known as Ash Wednesday, named for the ashes that trace the sign of the cross on a person’s forehead with sobering words from Genesis: Re- member that you are dust and to dust you shall return. If the imposition of ashes is a meaningful sign, but you cannot attend an Ash Wednesday service, look for “Ashes to Go” on Main Street Wednesday, Mar. 6 between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. Three-on-three tournament returns The 4 th annual St. Pat- rick’s Day three-on-three basketball tournament, hosted by the Heppner Mus- tang boys’ basketball teams, will be held Friday, Mar. 15 at the Heppner High School gymnasium at 5 p.m. Doors open and regis- tration will begin at 4:30 with game play at 5 p.m. Each team is allowed three or four players and the cost to participate is $10 per player. The event is open to anyone, third grade through adult. The tournament is a major fundraiser for the boys’ basketball teams and everyone is invited to at- tend. 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