TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 17, 2021
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
Lathrop voted 4-H
Leader of the Year
Kacee Lathrop, 4-H
leader
for Grow Em’ &
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Show Em’ 4-H Club from
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Heppner, was voted the
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ciation presents a Leader of
David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
the Year award to volunteer
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
4-H leaders who have been
Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising
nominated by 4-H members
All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m.
For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per
and families in the county.
column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to
This year, the association
100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $6.05 per column inch.
recognized Kacee Lathrop,
For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi-
cation must be specified. Affidavits must be requested at the time of submission. Affidavits
an individual who repeated-
require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be
ly goes above and beyond
specified if required).
for their club members and
For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to
meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines
county 4-H association.
or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space
“For several years,
for the obituary.
For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner
Lathrop has put others first
GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone
serving the 4-H youth and
number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not
families of her club. Her
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.
expertise has been in the
hog barn, but her club is
branching, however, be-
yond hogs to include sheep
and goats as well. Lathrop
works her tail off for the
benefit of her club and
community, continually
giving. Many times, you
Edna “Marie” Kellogg, Cardinals sidelines and can find her cleaning wash
77, of Ione, died peacefully bleachers.
racks and coming back to
at her home on Friday, No-
Marie is survived by the grounds to help rake
vember 12, 2021. A grave- her children, Robyn Skaggs show ring chips. Her club
side service will be held at of Irrigon, Jeff Ball and
10 a.m. on Friday, Novem- his wife Armida of Bea-
ber 19, 2021, at the
verton, Kevin Ball
Heppner Masonic
and his wife Tricia By Doris Brosnan
Cemetery.
of Fayetteville, GA
Once in a while a re-
Marie’s birth-
and Dawn Eynetich minder is helpful: Some
date was January 20,
and her husband Jeff people do not Facebook,
1944, and she was
of Ione; her sister, Twitter or Instagram. So,
one of three daugh-
Rita Britt and her sharing one’s good “tidbits”
ters and a son, born Edna
husband Roger; a in the Gazette-Times can
“Marie”
to Ellis and Betty Kellogg
brother, Rick Petty- mean reaching even more
Hughes Pettyjohn.
john; grandchildren, readers than one would
She was born and
RJ, Jonathan, Jere- by submitting only to any
raised in Heppner where my, Joshua, Megan, Carson of those mediums. Spread
she graduated from Hep- and Carter as well as three your good news farther and
pner High School.
great-grandchildren.
wider by including it in the
Her true passion was
She was preceded in Gazette.
supporting her grandkids. death by her parents, Ellis
Two upcoming events
She loved attending their and Betty Pettyjohn and a are good indications of
sporting events and every- sister, Marilyn Kellogg.
some pre-pandemic nor-
thing they were involved in.
Sweeney Mortuary of malcy returning to our
Therefore, memorial contri- Heppner is in care of ar- community: This Satur-
butions may be made to the rangements. The online day, the Inland Northwest
Cardinal Booster Club, PO condolence book is avail- Musicians will present the
Box 402, Ione, OR 97843. able at www.sweeneymor- Willow Creek Symphony in
She will be missed on the tuary.com.
concert in the Gilliam-Bis-
bee building at 4 p.m., so
mark your calendars. And
next month, on December
-Pink Friday Main the events being planned 16, the Chamber’s Christ-
Street shopping event will are a Christmas crafters Ar- mas event will return, so
be held Friday, November tifactory bazaar, Christmas keep your eyes open for the
19 from 3 to 7 p.m.
craft afternoon, “Searching return of rewards cards that
-Inland Northwest Mu- for Christmas” scavenger one can receive by shop-
sicians presents the Willow hunt, story time with Santa ping locally and then use at
Creek Symphony, Saturday, and Mrs. Claus, an all ages the event in attempts to win
November 20 at the Gilliam coloring contest, the shop any of many donated items.
This Friday, the 19 th ,
and Bisbee Building at 4 local rewards card raffle,
p.m.
Parent Teacher Club dessert is designated Pink Friday,
-Rural Women’s Busi- bake sale, Polar Express a time from 3 to 7 p.m. to
ness Summit free virtual movie night, Christmas shop locally, support our
conference, December 8, light contest, Christmas local businesses and maybe
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. light parade, a snowball win some prizes.
Two of the local busi-
Contact the Condon Cham- drop, and wine and design.
ber of Commerce to reg- Anyone interested in partic- nesses on Main Street are
ister.
ipating should contact the examples of the good news
-Heppner Chamber of chamber at 541-676-5536 for our community not-
Commerce is planning a or email heppnerchamber@ ed in the past: New ad-
ditions to our shopping
variety of live and online gmail.com.
options have been started
events in December. So far
by young returnees with
plans for their families and
for our community’s future
– Flood Town Books and
Sage Clothing Co.
Obituaries
Edna “Marie”
Kellogg
Chamber Chatter
Pink friday
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Kacee Lathrop, 4-H Leader
of the Year.
members can always count
on her to be their steady,
their role model and their
number one fan,” said the
press release.
“It is volunteers like
Kacee, who are the greatest
influences in our county
4-H program,” said 4-H
educator, Erin Heideman.
“Kacee is one of those
people who continually
shows up to help and leads
her club members to do the
same. I am so grateful for
her involvement and skill.”
To find out how you can
get involved with Morrow
County 4-H visit; https://
extension.oregonstate.
edu/4h/morrow or call the
OSU Extension Office in
Heppner at 541-676-9642.
Catholic Church to
celebrate building
anniversary
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church in Heppner will be
celebrating the 50 th anniver-
sary of its church building
on Sunday, November 21.
After 11 a.m. Mass with
Bishop Liam Cary, there
Thanksgiving food
boxes to be
distributed
Thanksgiving food
boxes will be distributed at
the Hopeful Saints Minis-
try Parish Hall on Sunday,
November 21 from 2 to 3
p.m. (or until the boxes are
gone). The Gift of Food is
in gratitude for God’s abun-
dant blessings for those
Good News Only
Women business own-
ers might benefit from par-
ticipation in a free virtual
conference next month on
the 8 th , a great opportunity
to gather helpful informa-
tion. JoAnna at the cham-
ber office has conference
details.
Sheridan Tarnasky is
enjoying her three-hour
turns at Flood Town at least
twice weekly when she can
share her love of reading
with customers. She espe-
cially likes opportunities
to talk to visitors, who
often have questions about
the area, questions she can
usually answer with details.
Corrie Jo (17) and An-
drew (13) Lindsay, daughter
and son of Joe and Leann,
will again perform in the
Nutcracker ballet staged
by the Pendleton Ballet
Theatre next month. Both
Lindsays have appeared
in this holiday favorite for
seven years, but this year’s
roles will be firsts for both
of them. Corrie Jo, whose
previous three performanc-
es were as a Sugar Plum,
will be Mother Ginger. And
Andrew will perform as the
Nutcracker. Tickets will
soon be available for the
performances at the BMCC
Theater on December 2 and
3 at 7 p.m. and on Decem-
ber 4 and 5 at 2 p.m.
Despite the heavy rain-
fall, Marcia Kemp’s two
youngest granddaughters,
Madison (15) and Natalie
(12) visited the Lexington
will be a catered luncheon
at the Parish Hall with dis-
plays of photos, a timeline
and a presentation by the
youth of the Parish. The
public is welcomed.
Cemetery and started a
Veteran’s Day tradition this
year. On Veteran’s Day,
they put American flags
(they worked at some jobs
for Grandma Marcia to pay
for them) on the graves of
our servicemen, includ-
ing their great-grandfather,
Stan Kemp, who served in
WW2. Since Veterans Day
is a school holiday, they
plan on returning to the
cemetery every year, hon-
oring our veterans.
Population of Hep-
pner this Saturday may be
considerably lower than
normal, as the HHS foot-
ball team will be playing
a semi-final game with
Coquille in McMinnville.
Good luck Mustangs.
Weston-McEwen spec-
tators at last Saturday’s
game were a terrific ex-
ample of strong, consistent
support for their team, de-
spite the game scores, as
who could use a little help
feeding their families this
holiday season.
Boxes filled with
canned and fresh food and
hygiene supplies are limited
to one per household, with
no questions asked. Those
wanting to pick up a box
should do so at the back
door of the Episcopal and
Lutheran Church on the
corner of Church and Gale
Streets behind the Neigh-
borhood Center.
No contact delivery
is available for those who
are home-bound by calling
541-676-9970 and leaving
a message with their name,
address and phone number.
their half of the bleachers
resounded with voices of
young and old, active par-
ticipation superb.
Any positive that brings
a smile to your face, wheth-
er brief or long-lasting, can
bring a smile to the readers’
faces, too, so please send
your good-news tidbits be-
fore Monday afternoon to
dbrosnan123@gmail.com,
or call 541-676-5382 or
541-223-1490, or stop me
on the street.
Here’s hoping that
some good news comes to
everyone reading this.
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