TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 3, 2019
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Births
Heppner
Adelaide Ruth
Jepsen – Daniel and
Bethany Jepsen of
Boardman announce
the birth of a daughter
born Sunday, March
24 at Kadlec Hospital
in Richland, WA.
Adelaide weighed
7 pounds, 13 ounc-
es and was 19 inches
long. She joins two
older sisters, Laurelee,
5 and Anna, 3.
Grandparents are
Bill and Nancy Jepsen Adelaide Ruth Jepsen
of Heppner and Art
Robinson of Cave Junction, OR. Her great-grandmother
is Suzanne Jepsen of Hermiston.
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Petitions show Wenberg
support
To the editor:
The huge numbers who
have signed the petition
in support of Dr. Wenberg
are a testament to the com-
munity’s recognition of
the many ways that he has
served the people of Mor-
row County. There is no
doubt that he is valued and
wanted as an emergency
room doctor at the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital and I am
certain the Morrow County
Health District will be in
agreement when they see
the wide range of people re-
questing that he is retained.
The pending legal is-
sues regard Dr. Wenberg’s
plea to one count of federal
tax evasion. These petitions
will also clarify that this
community, although rela-
tively small in numbers, is
large in its advocation that
it is known by the court
that Dr. Wenberg has been
and remains a respected
member of Morrow County.
And for those who have
not yet seen one of the
petitions, they will now
be at various sites and it
is important that everyone
let their voice be heard by
signing then, because our
silence is never golden
to any court proceedings.
The more people who let
it be known that they want
Dr. Wenberg treated with
compassion and are asking
for a resolution that would
not adversely affect his con-
tinuing to serve as the ex-
cellent medical doctor that
he is, I am of the opinion
that this will be seriously
taken into consideration by
the court.
A community is not
a community unless we
stand together in supporting
Dr. Wenberg. We are not
just some of those eastern
Oregon small towns, with-
out any impact on what
happens. Together we can
have a positive influence
on the outcome of his legal
issues. I greatly appreciate
all those who are supporting
Dr. Wenberg and I look for-
ward to the others who will
be joining us.
Pat Walker
Heppner
Pastors invited to
submit Easter
messages to G-T
Area pastors are invit-
ed to submit Easter mes-
sages to the Heppner Ga-
zette-Times for publication
in the April 17 newspaper.
Deadline for submission is
Monday, April 15.
Messages may be
The Howard and Beth
Bryant Foundation, along
with grants from the Wild-
horse Foundation, Willow
Creek Valley Economic
Development Group and
anonymous donors have
combined funds to build the
new batting and pitching
practice building for the
Heppner High School girls’
softball team on Riverside
Ave. in Heppner.
Allstott Construction is
building the facility on land
donated by Morrow County
Grain Growers, expecting
completion around the end
of April. Inclement weather
delayed construction and
plans for use this season.
The building will also in-
clude storage for equipment
to replace the storage trailer
that is now in place.
Kim Cutsforth, project
manager, said the facility
will be owned by the school
district and there are plans
to build another near the
high school next year for
the boys’ team.
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Willow Creek Baptist volunteers will serve lunch on
zette-Times office, 188 W.
Wednesday, April 10 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch
Willow in Heppner.
will be chicken alfredo, sunshine carrots, broccoli salad,
garlic bread and triple chocolate pudding for dessert.
Milk, coffee and tea is served at each meal. Suggested
donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Community lunch
menu
Chamber to host
candidate’s forum
The Heppner Chamber
will host a candidate’s fo-
rum for the Port of Morrow
commissioner, position five
on Thursday, Apr. 11 from
noon to 1 p.m. in the Hep-
pner City Hall conference
room.
Lunch will be catered
Softball practice
building being built
Justice Court
Report
by Tacos Hometown for
$10 per person and RSVPs
are required. RSVP your
choice of beef or chick-
en burrito to the Heppner
Morrow County Justice of the Peace, Ann Spicer, has
Chamber at 541-676-5536
released
the following Justice Court report:
or email heppnerchamber@
-Nathan
Powell Packer, 45, The Dalles, was convicted
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of
failure
to
drive within lane, fine $265.
Tuesday, Apr. 9.
First Friday Friends Marriage Licenses
of Jesus rescheduled
The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the
following report of marriage licenses:
March 13, 2019: - Braxton Adams, 32, Heppner and
Due to school being in information contact the Iva Jean Zimmerman, 32, Heppner.
session the first two Fridays Hopeful Saints Ministry
March 25, 2019: - Shawn Ira Rule, 33, Heppner and
in April and the first Friday office at 541-676-9970.
Barbra Jean Keslar, 41, Heppner.
in May First Friday Friends
of Jesus will instead hold a
special year-end wrap-up
session on Friday, April 26.
HealthyMC.org
The special session will
be held from 8:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. at the All Saints
Parish Hall. For additional
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CASA fundraiser to be held
The Umatilla Morrow
CASA program will be
hosting its second annual
CASA fundraiser “When in
Rome” from 6 to 9 p.m. at
the Hermiston Community
Center, 415 S Hwy 395 in
Hermiston on April 27. The
Italian dinner and dueling
pianos event will also in-
clude cheese tasting and a
silent auction.
Umatilla Morrow CA-
SA’s mission and purpose
is for trained volunteers to
advocate for safe, perma-
nent, loving homes for all
foster children in Umatil-
la and Morrow Counties.
Currently there are over
200 children in foster care
within local communities
and the organization hopes
to have an advocate for each
one of them by 2020.
The goal for this event
is to raise money for the
recruitment and training
of new CASA volunteers
to serve more foster care
children. Tickets are on sale
for $40 each at the Uma-
tilla-Morrow Head Start
(UMCHS) main office, 110
NE 4 th St, Hermiston.
Public Class
with
Tom Sanders,
Respiratory Therapist
Thank You
From the food that fed us, to the cards and flowers that said we're 'think-
ing of you', to the prayers that sustained us, and the arms that embraced
us, we would like to express a sincere thank you to all of our family and
friends for the many acts of kindness shown to us during the loss of our
mom and grandma, June Crowell. A special thank you to Morrow County
Health District, Ambulance crew, for their quick response and profession-
alism. To Eileen and the staff at lone Community Clinic for the endless
amount of support and love to her and to our family. To Dr. Wenberg and
the staff at Pioneer Memorial Hospital for their love, and concern for her.
To the staff at Regency for your skilled care and who loved her as much
as we did, thanks for your tender care. To the staff at Willow Creek Ter-
race, thank you for welcoming her into the place she would call home. To
the staff at St. Vincent Hospital and Pastoral Services who comforted her
and cared for us in her final days, we appreciate your generous offerings.
To Pat and Trisha at Sweeney Mortuary, thank you for your kind, gentle,
compassionate care. If you have not personally received a 'thank you'
from our family, please let us know!
The family of June Crowell
Gene and Kristy, Karen, Sharon and Brian, and families
Thursday, April 18th
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Pioneer Memorial Clinic
Conference Room
564 E Pioneer Dr.
Heppner, OR 97836
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