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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 17, 2021 -- THREE Obituaries ~ Letters to the Editor ~ John C Breidenbach Michael (Mike) Rene Meligan John C Breidenbach Job Corp as a forestry in- was born April 24, 1937 structor for ten years. After to Richard (Dick) and Jean retirement, John moved back to Heppner. Breidenbach in Mc- John’s last pro- Cleary, WA where fession was that of he became the old- a school bus driver, er brother to sister, continuing his long Bobbette and brother, involvement with Rick. John graduat- the youth right up ed from Elma High to his death. “His School in 1956. John C As a result of de- Breidenbach calm and steady personality was veloping a love for the well suited for outdoors, John chose both driving nasty wildfire firefighting as roads and curbing vocation, serving for occasionally un- 35 years, before retir- ruly children. It was ing from the U.S. For- also through this est Service in 1989. During fire season, he was last profession that he met the crew boss of a fire line and married the love of his that could stretch up to life, Jennifer Thompson twelve miles. This meant he Cote in 2018. The happi- was constantly hiking back ness, joy and love he and and forth, over rough ter- Jen found in one another rain, helping where needed was an incredible thing to and giving on the spot train- watch unfold,” a family ing. He also kept a watchful member said. John passed away at eye on the weather, smoke and the fire itself. During Providence St. Mary’s hos- the off season, he was re- pital in Walla Walla, WA on sponsible for training and October 26, 2020. In addition to his wife, certifications, ordering food and the maintenance of the Jennifer and children, Lela buildings and firefighting Rogers, John Alan Breiden- equipment. John always bach and Howard Breiden- enjoyed teaching others bach, he is survived by about working in and caring eight grandchildren, and two great grandchildren, as for the outdoors. In 1960, he married well as his sister, Bobbette Linda Nevitt, with whom Fowler, brother Richard, he had two children, Lela and brother-in-law Richard Jean and John Alan. They Rich Nevitt. He was preceded in lived in Forks, WA until 1974, before he transferred death by his parents; wives, to another job in Heppner. Linda and Cindy; daughter, In 1978, Linda passed away Rosalie; son-in-law, Gary and he became a single dad Rogers and brother-in-law, David Nevitt. to two teenagers. A memorial service In 1979, John married Mary Lucinda (Cindy) will be held May 1, 2021 at Reed Ledington, where he 1 p.m. at the Christian Life gained two more children, Center, located at 535 Mor- Rosalie and Howard. John gan St, Heppner. There will moved his family to Estaca- be a reception afterwards. da, OR in 1979, where he Please RSVP. worked at the Timberlake Tim Jones Tim Jones was born in Santa Rosa, CA on June 2, 1962 and died at Lake Stephens, WA February 9, 2021. He is survived by a son, Zachery Jones, Portland, OR; parents, David and Roberta Jones, Irrigon, OR; sister and brother-in-law, Terrie and Mark Cutsforth, Kennewick, WA and broth- er, David Jones Jr., Nampa, ID. Jones graduated with the class of 1980 at Hep- pner High School. He was employed as a blueprint designer at Cable Com. in Woodland, WA. No services are planned at this time. Area Pastors are invited to share Easter messages in the March 31 issue of the Heppner Gazette-Times. The deadline to submit your message is March 29 at 5:00pm Stop in the Heppner Gazette office or email 188 W Willow Street Heppner, OR Michael (Mike) Rene volved with the 3-D print- Meligan, 64, passed away ing industry, and invented a February 26, 2021, at his simple, yet elegant coupler home in Heppner. He was device which solved a ma- jor issue for those the beloved son of “maker” machines. Jack & Jo Meligan, His product was suc- also of Heppner. cessful and was sold Mike was born and shipped to hun- February 6, 1957 in dreds of customers Palo Alto, CA. His across the U.S. and early formative years were spent in Fre- Michael Rene Europe. At the time of his mont, CA, where he Meligan passing, Mike was attended kindergar- ten through the 5 th grade. attempting to build and test His family moved to S.E. his novel design for a wind Portland in October 1968. turbine blade that could Mike was a 1975 graduate operate in extremely low- of Centennial High School wind conditions. In addition to his par- in Gresham, OR, where he excelled in music (saxo- ents, Mike is survived by phone) and art, as well as his older brother, Jack L. metal, wood and electronics Meligan; sister-in-law, Kathleen; nieces, Heather studies. After high school, Mike Meligan-Burson and Jen- pursued his artistic passions na Meligan; grand-niece, by quickly becoming one Aria Belle Bouey and of Portland’s best custom grand-nephews, Derek and painters of cars and motor- Aaron Burson, who all live cycles. Around 1990, his in the Portland area. Mike was pre-deceased lungs were seriously in- jured when he inadvertently by his baby sister, Marcia inhaled caustic fumes from Jo, in 1979. A graveside family me- a newly introduced catalyt- ic automotive paint. After morial service took place receiving an out-of-court at Heppner Cemetery on settlement from Dupont for March 11, 2021. An Irish their failure to warn, Mike wake followed at a private started a screen-printing location. “Mike, until we can all business. In 2000, Mike and his meet again, may God hold long-time partner, Shelley you in the palm of His hand. Hillborn, relocated to the Say hello to Marci and all Heppner area and were the grandparents, aunts, un- married in 2005. The mar- cles, cousins and friends for riage ended in 2007. Mike us. We’ll be seeing you …” “A golden heart stopped eventually operated an au- tomotive body shop in Hep- beating, hardworking hands pner until his health caused at rest. God broke our hearts him to close the business. to prove to us He only takes Mike spent the last 10 the best.” (A traditional years perfecting several Irish poem.) inventions. He became in- Climate Change To the editor: The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from the Consul- ate at Bergen, Norway. Reports from fish- ermen, seal hunters and explorers all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto unheard-of temperatures in the Arctic zone. Exploration expedi- tions report that scarcely any ice has been met as for north as 81 degrees 29 minutes. Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the editor@rapidserve.net K2 Aerial provides agricultural spraying of pesticides and broad cast spreading of dry materials such as seed or fertilizer. gulf stream still very warm. Great masses of ice have been replaced by mo- raines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many points well-known glaciers have entirely dis- appeared. Very few seals and no whitefish are found in the eastern Arctic, while vast shoals of herring and smelts, which have nev- er before ventured so far north, and being encoun- tered in the old seal fishing grounds. Within a few years it is predicted that due to the ice melt the sea will rise and make most coast cities uninhabitable. I must apologize. I ne- glected to mention that this report is from Nov. 2, 1922, as reported by the Associ- ated Press and published in the Washington Post 98 years ago. This must have been caused by the Model T Ford’s emissions or pos- sibly from horse and cattle farts. “The Range Maga- zine,” Spring 2021 (Submitted by Al Os- min, Heppner) The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. 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. Email to editor@rapidserve.net or upload to Heppner.net. Honoring Mike Meligan To the editor: This column is written in honor of the late Mike Meligan, his family and friends, entitled 24/7. Mike understood our times (1 Chr. 12:32) at the end of our age when knowledge shall increase (Daniel 12:4). America and Great Britain controlled the ma- jor sea gates of the world before WW2 and that is a major reason the Allied Forces won the war. Both Great Britain and America turned from their Chris- tian heritage and covenant commitments to God after the war and neither nation has secured a victorious military outcome since. Great Britain lost control of the Suez Canal, Singapore, Hong Kong, Cyprus, the Cape of Good Hope, Malta, the Gulf of Aden and Sri Lanka. America has lost control of the major gate of the world, the Panama Canal, plus most of our sea gates in SE Asia which Chi- na has turned into their own military armada. These sea gates, where 90 percent of the national produce of the world must pass through, were a blessing from God prophesied upon Great Brit- ain and America in the Bible. That blessing has turned to a curse because America and Great Britain have turned their back on the God of their fathers. Those sea gates are now controlled by Communist and Islamic powers that hate America and deny the God of the Bible. This will not end well and burying our head in the ground will not make this reality go away. Donald Trump recog- nized the ominous threat China posed to the free world and reversed decades of appeasement. China and the Obama socialist/com- munists in America worked in tandem to usurp our constitution and historic voting integrity to steal the election and place a pro- communist, pro-Islamic, anti-Israel puppet as Pres- ident. Barack Obama said it best, “If I could make an arrangement where I had a stand in, a front man or front woman…and I could deliver all the lines…” (Live, Stephen Colbert, Nov. 20) There is a very serious consequence to kicking God, prayer, the Bible and the Ten Commandments out of our schools, our government and media and entertainment industry. America and Americans are now at the mercy of 1) anti American politicians that hate our Christian her- itage, 2) activist courts that rule according to politically correct dictates, 3) despotic foreign nations that hate America and enslave their own people, 4) a satanic Red Chinese system of torture and sexual abuse ter- rorism of innocent Ulghurs, Christians, Buddhists and Tibetan women. Do not doubt this satanic horror is coming to America if America does not repent and turn back to God. What must America and Americans do to re- store our liberty, Christian heritage, and our constitu- tional republic? There is only one power on earth and the heavens that is able to defeat the wickedness that is rising on every horizon. Jesus Christ was the source of power and the only God of our American fathers. We have lost our way through ignorance, compromise, deception and/or rebellion. When Thomas asked Jesus, “How can we know the way?” Jesus responded, “I am the way, the truth and the life, no man come to the father except through me.” (John 14:5,6) This was Mike Meligan’s ministry to America and the world. May his 24/7 commitment to ministry online with a passion for reaching lost souls for Jesus Christ be an example and inspiration to all. We may not be able to change the world, but we can change our destiny one life, one family, one community, one school, one county at a time. The way to hope and victory is through repentance and turning back to the only true God of the Bible. I have witnessed more than one true saint of God tell me Heppner will be a sanctuary city in the time to come. There are many commit- ted Christian churches not only in Heppner but Mor- row County as well. These churches will minister truth and hope to those sincere- ly seeking. Restoring our liberty, Christian heritage and way of life begins with a personal commitment and relationship with Jesus Christ. There is no other way, no other hope and no other avenue for victory in this life and eternal life in the hereafter. 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