Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 6, 2021 -- THREE
A View from the Hill
By Doris Brosnan
The residents of Wil-
low Creek Terrace view this
public expression import-
ant: They really appreciate
their wonderful gifts from
the local “Santa” and the
“Willow Creek Terrace An-
gels,” and they also thank
their families for helping
greatly with the “Twelve
Days of Christmas” activ-
ities last month.
Another activity that
added some daily fun from
December 4 through the
31 st was the “Search for
Santa.” Each day, Santa
could be found somewhere
in the Terrace, and the par-
ticipants in the search could
feel the friendly competi-
tive atmosphere building
each day when a resident
would find Santa and get the
find registered. Going into
the last days of the activity,
two residents were tied, but
one resident did edge ahead
and was the winner of a
special gift.
Also last month, some
residents journeyed down
to Main Street to watch
the holiday light parade
and then enjoyed a tour
of the outdoor decorations
on Heppner homes. Some
residents also participat-
ed in the New Year’s Eve
games at the Terrace and
then watched the ball-drop
on TV. Interaction with
neighbors and optimism
for the future created a fes-
tive atmosphere. January
1, 2021 was greeted by all
with some foods symbolic
of characteristics hoped for
in the new year and with the
wonderful crab provided
for the celebration again by
Colin and Erin Anderson.
Another shout-out of ap-
preciation went up for the
Andersons.
This last Monday was
designated by someone as
“National Thank God It’s
Monday” day. For residents
who wanted, it was also
the day they were thankful
for the Covid-19 vaccine,
as they took turns being
inoculated.
Yesterday was “Bird
Day,” so discussion of birds
and observations of feath-
ered friends at the Ter-
race feeders are especially
timely. Today, discussion
focused partly on the Wheel
of Fortune, which has been
on TV since 1975. (Have
Pat Sajak and Vanna White
aged?) Elvis Presley and his
“outlandish display” on TV
will surely be remembered
this Friday, when his birth-
day is remembered (1935).
Next week will be “Nation-
al Pizza Week,” so a variety
of pizzas will be featured,
and Heppner’s firemen will
be honored, as their day of
recognition falls on Sunday,
the 10 th . On the 20 th , “Na-
tional Maintenance Day,”
the Terrace’s maintenance
staff will receive special
recognition. Next Friday’s
“National Hat Day” will
be an opportunity for in-
terested residents and staff
to don some interesting
chapeaus, some of which
will have been decorated
during the week to make
some stunning appearances
at the dinner tables.
The last week of Janu-
ary may be filled with more
compliments than usual as
everyone is invited to car-
ry “National Compliment
Day” on the 24 th through
the entire week. Surely a
positive feature that will
give a positive boost to the
beginning of what everyone
hopes will be a positive
year. Individuals who are
interested in becoming a
part of this positive envi-
ronment as residents or as
staff members are encour-
aged to call 541-676-0004
for information. Of course,
residents and staff view
positive as much more use-
ful, enjoyable, and encour-
aging than negative.
Phone and Internet Discounts
Available to CenturyLink Customers
The Oregon Public Utility Commission designated
CenturyLink as an Eligible Telecommunications
Carrier within its service area for universal service
purposes. CenturyLink’s basic local service rates
for residential voice lines are $21.00-$21.43 per
month and business services are $28.00-$32.00
per month. Specific rates will be provided upon
request.
CenturyLink participates in a government benefit
program (Lifeline) to make residential telephone
or broadband service more affordable to eligible
low-income individuals and families. Eligible
customers are those that meet eligibility standards
as defined by the FCC and state commissions.
Residents who live on federally recognized Tribal
Lands may qualify for additional Tribal benefits
if they participate in certain additional federal
eligibility programs. The Lifeline discount is
available for only one telephone or qualifying
broadband service per household, which can be
either a wireline or wireless service. Broadband
speeds must be 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps
upload or faster to qualify.
A household is defined for the purposes of the
Lifeline program as any individual or group of
individuals who live together at the same address
and share income and expenses. Lifeline service
is not transferable, and only eligible consumers
may enroll in the program. Consumers who
willfully make false statements in order to obtain
Lifeline telephone or broadband service can be
punished by fine or imprisonment and can be
barred from the program.
If you live in a CenturyLink service area, please
call 1-855-954-6546 or visit centurylink.com/
lifeline with questions or to request an application
for the Lifeline program.
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American dream under assault
To the editor:
This column is written
in honor of late Linda Lui,
a local champion of faith
in God and commitment to
serve Jesus Christ faithfully
and honorably in our local
community and around the
world.
The American dream:
liberty, freedom and one
nation under God is under
assault as never before in
the history of the Republic.
America has endured mul-
tiple endangering ordeals in
its heritage, most notably
the Civil War, the Second
World War and now the
worldwide COVID police
state. Never in America’s
storied history has the fate
of the Republic faced such
a divided and imperiled
future. What has happened
to America to produce such
division, confusion, rioting,
chaos and enmity amidst
the citizens?
This column will exam-
ine the cherished enshrined
hero of the first great Amer-
ican challenge, the War
of Independence. General
George Washington be-
came the first President
of the United States, and
until now none doubted
he was the Father of the
Republic. What the current
press, media and academia
is presenting about George
Washington and how his
heritage is being critically
undermined in America
today reveals why America
is in peril today. Statues of
George Washington that
represent the veneration of
a grateful nation are being
torn down and desecrated
across the burning cities
of America. Schools for
centuries have instilled in
students the cherished val-
ues of Washington; love and
honor for God and country,
defending liberty and free-
dom, honoring and teaching
prayer, the Bible and the
Ten Commandments. These
same institutions of higher
education, all started with
a love for God, the Bible
and our Republic, are now
erasing and desecrating
Washington’s name, pic-
tures and heritage. Accord-
ing to the leftist/socialist
elitist rulers of Facebook,
news media and our pres-
ent school system George
Washington’s heritage was
won on the backs of hu-
man trafficking because
Washington owned slaves.
According to these expert
fact checkers, Washington
was not even a good general
because he lost more battles
than he won. Accordingly,
everything Washington did
must be re-evaluated by a
progressive standard that
fits the anti-American pro
globalist game plan. We
are witnessing the results of
this game plan in America
in the present fraudulent
presidential election.
Who was George
Washington, what were his
standards, and why does it
matter? We have virtually
four generations of Amer-
ican students educated in
this progressive system that
want to trash our Chris-
tian heritage and instill a
new globalist government
of socialism/communism.
Our courts, congress and
government agencies are
about to carry out this new
world order and end our
Republic as founded by
George Washington and
like-minded Christian patri-
ots. These traitors, parading
as Americans, do not have a
shred of the virtue, integrity
or courage of the man they
claim was a slave human
trafficker.
George Washington
was much beloved by his
black workers (slaves).
They were well taken care
of, well fed, well-educated
especially in the precepts
of the Bible. Unfortunately,
the slaves on Washington’s
plantation were partially
owned by another estate.
Washington had no legal
authority to release them
because of intermarriage.
To free only half would tear
families apart. There was
Obituaries
Frances Ann
Slocum Dion
Frances Dion, 81, of
Heppner died peacefully in
her sleep Thursday, Decem-
ber 3, 2020. She was born
May 13, 1939 in Heppner,
OR the third child of Law-
rence and Frieda Slocum.
Frances graduated from
Heppner High School in
1957 where she was in-
volved in marching band,
volleyball, student body
and cheerleading. She was
also a member of the Rain-
bow for Girls club.
She moved to the Port-
land area in 1963 and was
a loving mother, raising her
three children there. She
worked for Dow Chemical,
retiring in 2005.
Frances returned to
Heppner in 2007 where
she enjoyed gardening,
Wednesday lunches at the
senior center, daily walks
with friends and visits with
her sister, Carolyn Cuts-
forth of Rhea Creek.
Frances is survived by
her son, Will Applegate;
daughter, Tena Apple-
gate-Chavez; son in law,
Mo Chavez; granddaugh-
ters, Steffani Chavez and
Emily Chavez; brother,
Peter Slocum; sisters, Car-
olyn Cutsforth, Mary Neher
and Nancy Nelsen and best
friends and loving com-
panions, Chloe, Bubba and
Gracie.
Her family noted, “We
would like to express our
gratitude to Karen of Tem-
ple Veterinary for her help
in rehoming our mother’s
loving pets.”
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in care of ar-
rangements. You May sign
the online condolence book
at www.sweeneymortuary.
com.
Justice Court Report
Morrow County Justice of the Peace, Glen Diehl, has
released the following Justice Court report:
- Corey R. Smith, 37, Stanfield, was convicted of
failure to yield to emergency vehicle, fine $133.
- Mark R. Peterson, 29, Eugene, OR, was convicted
of violation of basic rule, fine $265.
- Eric T. Ramirez, 32, Austin, TX, was convicted of
violation of basic rule, fine $165.
no institution at that time
to incorporate slaves into
society, therefore Washing-
ton laid out a plan to free
his slaves at great personal
expense. Washington set
up a program to care for
the slave families at his
expense as they were being
incorporated into society.
Washington died before
the program was carried
out, however his estate
paid wages, benefits and
pensions to former slave
families and their progeny
until as late as 1833, over
thirty years after he died.
The truth is George
Washington was not just
rightly honored as the Fa-
ther of America he was a
man of impeccable moral
character and courage. He
was not just a great Amer-
ican, he was one of the
greatest men that ever lived
in any epoch of history.
The fact that his heritage
has been rewritten to fit the
anti-God global socialist/
communist agenda of an il-
legitimate corrupt politician
that has fraudulently stolen
an American presidential
election will cause severe
ramifications that will spell
tyranny and oppression for
all the citizens of the world.
What standards, vir-
tues, morals and character
values of George Wash-
ington have been stolen
from American and world
students and citizens that
are desperately needed to
restore liberty, justice and
freedom in America and the
world today?
1) George Washing-
ton drew his purpose, his
courage, his commitment,
his honor from God, the
same God of the Bible that
our forefathers dedicated
their lives to. In his private
prayer book called Daily
Sacrifices he wrote, “Let me
live according to those holy
rules which Thou hast this
day prescribed in thy holy
word…Direct me in the true
object, Jesus Christ the way,
the truth, and the life. Bless
oh Lord all the people of
this land.” (Benjamin Hart,
Faith and Freedom, p. 278).
2) George Washing-
ton’s courage in armed
conflict was legendary long
before the War of Indepen-
dence. During the French
and Indian War at the Battle
of Fort Duquesne the chief
and ruler over all the Indian
tribes trained all their rifles
and sought to kill Wash-
ington as he alone led the
charge. “Quick let your aim
be certain, and he dies. Our
rifles were leveled, rifles
but for him knew not how
to miss…Twas all in vain, a
power far mightier than him
shielded him from harm.
He cannot die in battle…
The Great Spirit protects
this man and guides his
destinies. He will become
the chief of nations, and
a people yet unborn will
hail him the founder of a
mighty nation.” (Hart, op.
cit. p. 235). George Wash-
ington was chosen by God
to deliver America from
the greatest military power
on earth. The sun never
set on the mighty British
empire. Their armies ruled
the world, and their navies
ruled the seas, but they were
no match for one fearless
Christian man that loved
America, that loved liberty,
that loved God.
All the pages of this
newspaper could not do
justice to the impeccable
integrity and moral cour-
age of George Washington.
It is a disgrace upon our
nation and the silence of
the church of the present
hour that Americans have
been lied to and deceived
regarding George Washing-
ton and our Christian heri-
tage and our moral purpose
and responsibility to serve
God as a nation. Stand my
fellow American patriots.
Put your faith and trust in
the Lord Jesus Christ as did
our nation’s father, George
Washington. The battle be-
longs to God.
Stuart Dick, Irrigon
Morrow County
summer internships
now open for
applications
The Port of Morrow, in
partnership with regional
industries, is announcing
over 50 summer internships
available for the summer
2021 season. Prospective
interns can choose from a
diverse set of opportunities
that include farming, food
processing, education, busi-
ness, information technolo-
gy, workforce development,
and more.
Columbia Works was
established to link regional
employers with high school
and college students who
are looking to gain expe-
rience in their prospective
career field.
Columbia Works is
part of the Oregon Works
network that has seen suc-
cess in different regions
across the state. Initially de-
signed by the McMinnville
Economic Development
Partnership, the model has
been adapted to fit Morrow
County business needs.
“We are excited to see
continued growth of our
summer internship pro-
gram,” says Kalie Davis,
workforce training manag-
er at the Port of Morrow.
“We are fortunate to have
so many businesses that
see the value in providing
internship opportunities.”
Columbia Works is
promoting internship op-
portunities from thirteen
employers this year. The
positions are listed online at
www.columbiaworks.org.
The application period is
open through April 1, 2021.
“Columbia Works pro-
vides a great avenue to
introduce young profes-
sionals to Morrow County,”
Davis shares. “We have
many diverse careers avail-
able and this program helps
highlight those opportuni-
ties.”
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