Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 30, 2019 -- THREE
Death Notices
Ione YAC to hold
Senior golfers enjoy Fiesta fundraiser
playing conditions
A View from the Green
Louis A. Carlson – Louis A. Carlson, 89, longtime
Morrow County resident died, Monday, October 21 at
Bend, OR. He was born February 6, 1930 at Ione.
A celebration of Louie’s life will be held November
22 at 4 p.m. at the Ione Legion Hall. A private family
graveside service will be held at the Valby Cemetery
Senior golfers from
near Ione.
Willow Creek Country
A complete obituary will follow at a later date. Swee- Club enjoyed great weather,
ney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of arrangements.
lunch and playing condi-
tions at the Columbia-Blue
Geraldine Joann Robison Weister – Geraldine
Senior Golf Association
Joann Robison Weister, 79, of Heppner died Thursday,
tournament on October
October 24 in Heppner. She was born on December 5,
14 held at the par 60 Mil-
1939 at Heppner. A graveside memorial service will be
ton-Freewater golf course.
held Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. at the Vinson Cemetery in Vinson,
Winners from Willow
OR. A meal will follow for family and friends at the
Creek in the Columbia
Heppner Elks Lodge at 1 p.m.
Division (handicap 13 and
A complete obituary will follow in next week’s Ga-
below) were Dennis Peck
zette-Times. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of
taking fourth in gross with
arrangements.
a score of 75, Duane Disque
in fifth with 77 and Rick
Johnson and Barry Munkers
tying for sixth with 78. John
McCabe was second in net
with 62 and Tom Shear was
sixth with 67.
Blue Division (hand-
icap 14 to 18) winners in
Virginia “Tobie” Wil- grandchildren. The last few
liams, 81, of Elgin, passed years in her home, she par-
away on Wednesday, Oc- ticularly appreciated time
tober 23, 2019, at Grande sitting on her patio in her
favorite swing.
Ronde Hospital.
Tobie is survived By Cami VanArsdale
A Celebration of
by her sons, Brent (Le-
Life will be held
November 11 marks the
one) Williams of Elgin, day that people all over the
at the Elgin Stam-
OR, and Keith (Stepha- country honor and celebrate
pede Hall on Sat-
nie) Williams of Island our veterans. Heppner High
urday, November
City, OR; daughters, School has hosted a Veter-
2, 2019 at 2 p.m. Virginia
Kelly (Glen) Griffith an’s Day Program every
Casual dress is “Tobie”
of Ione, OR and Kanda year since 2001 to do just
preferred by the Williams
(Steve) Gresham of that. This year the program
family.
Tobie was born on Elgin, OR; brother, Larry will be held on November
March 15, 1938, in La (Betty) Thompson of Elgin, 7 at Heppner High School.
Grande, OR to Emmett and OR; six grandchildren; 12
In the morning, high
Eva Mae (Rollins) Thomp- great-grandchildren; and school students get the
son. She lived on Cricket many nieces and nephews. opportunity to talk with
Flat as a child and resided She was preceded in death the veterans. At 10:30 a.m.,
in Elgin, OR all of her life. by her husband, Chuck; her all of the students, staff
She attended Elgin High parents, Emmett and Eva
School. She married Chuck Thompson; and her sis-
Williams on July 3, 1956. ters, Peggy Kennedy, Dixie
Tobie’s interests in- Stanton, and Bobbie Horn.
The family requests in
cluded playing guitar, piano
and organ. She enjoyed lieu of flowers, memorial
hunting and fishing. She contributions can be made
especially enjoyed watch- to the Elgin Stampeders,
ing school sporting events PO Box 397, Elgin, OR
For 20 years Heppner
and traveling to grandkids’ 97827.
Elementary School has had
Online condolences a chess club that has been
and many school aged kids’
sporting events all around may be made to the family run by volunteers, however,
the northwest. She loved at www.lovelandfuneral- more volunteers are needed.
spending time with her chapel.com.
Not only does the club need
grandchildren and great
volunteers who know how
to play chess, but volunteers
to help handout snacks, be
on crosswalk duty, and
encourage children to play
fair. Some of the volunteers
The November session four to 12 are invited to a have learned how to play
of First Friday Friends of morning filled with Bible chess and others just like to
Jesus will be held this Fri- stories, crafts, games and a help children.
day, November 1, from free lunch.
The club currently has
More information is some grandparents who
8:30 a.m. to noon at the All
Saints Parish Hall on the available by calling the generously donate snacks
corner of Church and Gale Hopeful Saints Ministry each year.
streets in Heppner. Kids age office at 541-676-9970.
Chess Mates meets on
Mondays and Wednesdays
from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.
“Maybe you can only come
Heppner High School FBLA (Future Business Lead- on Mondays, maybe you
ers of America) students are encouraging fans to wear can only come Wednesdays
pink at the football game to be held Friday at 7 p.m. in or maybe you can come
honor of Breast Cancer Awareness.
both days,” said a club
spokesperson. “Sometimes
Obituaries
Virginia “Tobie”
Williams
the gross category were
Jim Swanson and Mark
Schlichting in a tie for sec-
ond with 78 and Steve John-
ston taking sixth with 82.
John Edmundson took first
in net with 59 and Dave
Creswick came in third
with 64.
In the Senior Division
(handicap 19 and above)
Ralph Walker took second
in gross with 84 and Mike
Sweek was fifth with 92. In
net Gene Orwick was third
with 62 and Tom Martin
was fifth with a score of 70.
The Columbia-Blue
Senior Golf Association
will hold its annual meeting
at China Creek Golf Course
in Arlington on November
4 at 10 a.m.
The Ione Communi-
ty Clinic Youth Advisory
Council will hold a fies-
ta fundraiser at the Ione
Legion hall on Sunday,
November 3. Doors will
open at 5:30 for the taco
dinner. Tickets will be $8
for adults and $5 for youth
10 and under.
In addition to the taco
dinner, the group will be
raffling a homemade quilt-
ed wall hanging for $2 per
ticket. The raffle is to earn
money for supplies for their
Comfort Closet.
The Comfort Closet is
a space with hygiene items
available for students and
community members in
need for free. Items includ-
ed in the closet are soap,
body washes, deodorant,
toothbrushes, toothpaste,
feminine hygiene products,
laundry soaps and other
personal care items.
The YAC are youth
ambassadors for the Ione
Community Clinic who ad-
vocate for health and well-
ness programs in school and
the community.
Catholic men to
hold First Friday
meeting
The men of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Heppner
and St. William’s Catholic Church of Ione will hold their
First Friday of the month meeting on Friday, November
1, at the parish office in Heppner. The meeting will start
at 6:45 a.m. and will be followed by First Friday Mass
and veterans report to the at 7:30 a.m.
gym where there will be a
keynote speaker, roll call
and music performances
by Heppner students. All
community members and
veterans are welcome to
Heppner Daycare is families of south Morrow
attend this portion of the seeking another member for County for decades and is
program.
their board of directors. Be- seeking a board member
The veterans and a ing a board member means who would like to help
guest are invited to a com- having input in daycare continue their tradition of
plimentary lunch following decisions and supporting education, care and com-
the program. For additional the community.
munity they continued.
information contact Mrs.
For additional infor-
Families with children
Bowman at 541-676-9138. who have used daycare/ mation or to apply for the
preschool are aware of what position contact the daycare
a vital asset it is to the com- directly or email the board
munity said a source. Hep- at heppnerdaycareboard@
pner Daycare has served gmail.com.
Veterans to be
celebrated
Daycare seeks
board member
Volunteers needed
to help with Chess
Mates
First Friday Friends
of Jesus this Friday
Fans to wear pink
we have high school and
junior high students who
come from 3:45 till 4:15
p.m., which helps us a lot.
This year we have almost
40 students.”
“This quote: ‘Give a
child a toy and he’ll play
for a day. Teach a child
chess and he’ll play for
a lifetime’ is a very true
statement. Please consider
being part of teaching a
child something they can
do for a lifetime,“ said the
spokesperson.
Chess Mates is free for
all students and they even
get a free t-shirt when join-
ing the club.
For more information
or to volunteer, call Deb
Campbell at Heppner Ele-
mentary School, 541-676-
9128 ext. 2630, or Mary-
Ann Elguézabal at 209
404-9072.
Peter Pan presented
in Ione
The Traveling Lantern
Theatre Company present-
ed “Peter Pan” to about 60
children and 10 adults at the
elementary gym on October
23. The program was inter-
active with parts played by
Traveling Lantern people
and some parts played by
children chosen from the
audience.
The program was spon-
sored by the Ione Topic
Club and the Ione Public
Library and they usually
sponsor two programs per
year. The Traveling Lantern
will return with “The Lion,
the Witch and the Ward-
robe” in February.
Mobile Wi-Fi hotspots available for
MURRAY'S 2020
offers 15 mobile wireless library director, says she is
at library ly hotspots
for checkout (five excited that OTLD can of-
MEDICARE PART D PLANS checkout
Oregon Trail Library library card holders to ac- at each branch). These units fer this service for patrons.
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Shingles shots available at the pharmacy.
District now offers mobile
Wi-Fi hotspots for check-
out. The library mobile
hotspot program allows
cess unlimited, high-speed
Internet service anywhere a
T-Mobile signal can be re-
ceived. The library current-
N eighborhood C eNter
C aNNed F ood d rive
Monday, November 4th, 2019
Please have your food donations on your porch with
your porch light on between 5:30-6:30 PM.
www.murraysdrug.com
“Internet service is taken
for granted. Unfortunately
many people do not have
access to internet at home.
These hotspots will al-
low access from your own
home.”
Patrons may access the
OTLD catalog on the web-
site oregontrail.ploud.net,
if you have any questions
please visit or call your
local branch.
Our local high school kids will pick up your donations in
Heppner and Lexington and deliver them to the
Neighborhood Center.
The Neighborhood Center is open
Monday through Friday
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Wheatland is hosting our annual food drive. We will
Saturdays 1 pm - 4 pm
be accepting donations of non-perishable food items
441 N Main St
throughout November and December. Please stop by
Heppner, OR 97836
your local Heppner and Ione offices and help us help
(541) 676-5024
Find us on Facebook!
our neighbors in need. All donations will be donated
facebook.com/nhcenter97836
to the Neighborhood Center and distributed
throughout South Morrow County.
Office hours 8 – 5 Monday – Friday
Bag Sale
217 North Main St., Heppner Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
can offer up to 4G LTE
service and are perfect for
travel, schoolwork, job
hunting, and more.
With a generous dona-
tion from Lamb Weston,
the hotspots have been
funded for a year. Patrons
can check out a hotspot
for an initial three weeks.
Hotspots can be renewed
twice, if no holds have
been placed. Kathy Street,
Wednesday, November 6th
$15 first bag - Additional bags $10
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50% off all household items