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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 24, 2021 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ Published weekly by Sykes Publishing and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve.net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $31 in Morrow County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere; $31 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising 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 column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $6.05 per column inch. 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 require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). 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 or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. 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. Good News Only By Doris Brosnan Lookin’ good, Bank of Eastern Oregon. They did replace their sign on Main Street, and the new one provides the correct time, the temperature, and, additionally, the day of the week and the date. We didn’t have to wait after all for the finishing touches on the median strips between new side- walks and new pavement. On Gale Street last Wednes- day, some clay-red cement was poured, smoothed, segmented and stamped with a pattern called slate. A good start to a nice look. The weather didn’t cooper- ate, so the new look had to be covered with plastic to protect it from the cold rain while it cured. The Ione Library has a new website. The address is still ionelibrary.com, but the site has been completely rebuilt. It’s a work in prog- ress and new content will be added as time goes on. “Come visit...” the librar- ians shout. They are still looking for eligible children in the district to enroll in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Per census data, there should be 27 children under the age of five, and they’re still looking for the 10 who are not registered to receive free books. Reg- istration forms are available at the library and on the website. Take a few minutes to jot down your good news, add to the many minutes of smiles that the readers of “Good News Only” will experience. 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. “I am pleased to an- nounce that the Board of Directors of BEO Bancorp has voted to declare a $1 per share dividend for 2021. The dividend will be paid to shareholders of record as of December 10, 2021, pay- able on or before December 15, 2021,” said President and CEO Jeff Bailey. According to Board Chairman Joe Gonzales, Jr., “BEO Bancorp has paid a dividend 35 of the past 36 years. Dividends reflect the financial stability and profitability of the bank. We are very happy to be able to provide this dividend to our shareholders.” “The dividend of $1 per share compares to a $0.95 dividend paid in 2020; an increase of 5.26 percent. The board of directors and employees work hard to im- prove the overall strength of the bank, add value to our shareholders, as well as provide the brand of banking that our customers appreciate and expect from Bank of Eastern Oregon,” said Bailey. He concluded by saying, “The support of our shareholders, commu- nities and employees have made it possible for us to continue to be successful.” Graduates awarded scholarships BEO Bancorp announces dividend for 2021 The South Morrow County Scholarship Com- mittee has awarded 22 scholarships to former Ione High School and Heppner High graduates to further their post-secondary educa- tion either at a trade school, two or four year university/ college or graduate school. The recipients will receive $2,050 each to help with tuition, supplies, books, rent or other expenses. The recipients are Madison Combe, Jessica Kempken, Hannah Pad- berg, Morgan Correa, Matt Orem, Sophie Grant, Kaden Clark, Kellen Grant, Car- son Brosnan, Alyse Wentz, Jason Rea, Morgan Orem, Jaiden Mahoney, Maddie Lindsay, Jorden Sweeney, Jacee Currin, Claire Grieb, Casey Fletcher, Kolby Cur- rin, Evan Kollman, Megan Doherty and Cami VanArs- dale. Annual Giving Tree to be available soon By Hannah Finch The local Neighbor- hood Center is entering its busy season as the holidays grow closer. Throughout the year, the center offers a variety of services that aim towards helping those in need financially. With Christmas just around the corner, it’s about time for the Giving Tree to be put up in the Heppner grocery store. The Giving Tree is an annual tradition that the community takes part in. It’s a Christmas tree with tags on its branches, where each tag is designated for an anonymous family. Com- munity members are able to take the tags and pur- chase gifts for this family, and then take these gifts to the Neighborhood Center. There, the center will dis- tribute the purchased gifts to the families. “It’s all anonymous,” says Lisa Patton, Coordi- nator of the Neighborhood Center. “The information is between my assistant and I only.” Working closely alongside Patton is Kelly Fritz, Assistant Coordina- tor. “We create the tags, and include how many kids there are, a toy that they would like and their clothing sizes,” Patton says. “Sometimes people will take the tags but not be able to shop. They’ll give funds to the Neighborhood Center so that we can do the shopping instead.” The Giving Tree is for children 0-18 years old. Print & Mailing Services *Design *Print Sykes Publishing *Mail 541-676-9228 Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Choosing a Local Plan Means Faster & Personalized Service! Moderna, Pfizer & Flu Vaccines Available Now. Call to Ask About Boosters. The parents come in and fill out an application, and their tag then goes up on the tree. Applications were due on Monday, November 22, but they will accept late applications. Applications can be found inside the Neighborhood Center. The Giving Tree will be put up in the grocery store on Wednesday, November 24 in the early afternoon and will stay up until the week before Christmas. The Neighborhood Center will ALL NEWS AND close early on Wednesday ADVERTISEMENT at 2 p.m. They will also be closed Thanksgiving Day. DEADLINE: “We’re putting the tree up early so that people have the time for Black Fri- day shopping. It also gives people more time if they ordered gifts online.” When it’s time to give the gifts, the Neighborhood Center will call the parent and let them know that their gifts are ready. The parent can come pick up the gifts and if they aren’t able to, the Neighborhood Center will deliver them. The parent is then able to distribute the gifts to their WWW.HEPPNER.NET families themselves, so it’s Submit News, Advertising & Announcements like they were able to give Letters To The Editor the gifts. Send Us Photos “We’re basically San- Start A New Subscription ta’s elves,” says Patton. “We want to make sure that every kid gets a gift at Christmas.” MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. ~ G-T Trophy Corner ~ Heppner Condon Boardman (541) 676-9158 (541) 256-1200 (541) 481-9474 www.MurraysDrug.com The Heppner Gazette Times would like to see pictures of your trophy animals from this hunting season. Please send a photo along with your name, age, town you live in, location of the hunt and a description of the animal to editor@ rapidserve.net, upload to Heppner.net or text to 541-980-6674. Taylor Palmateer, 13, Mount Vernon, with her 325 class bull she got out of Starkey. ~ Letters to the Editor ~ 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. Media lies and misinformation To the editor; The national press, woke media, and deluded sports icons lies and misin- formation regarding Kyle Rittenhouse has further divided America and these lies are igniting destructive protests across America. The woke media, press, and Hollywood divas are the enemy of the America Re- public continuing to ignite violence amidst an easily misled and gullible public. Here are the lies cour- tesy of the New York Post: 1. Rittenhouse killed two BLM protesters. All three men were white men shot in self-defense during vi- olent riots. 2. Rittenhouse crossed state lines. His fa- ther and most of his family lived in Kenosha, 20 miles from his home in Antioch, IL. He worked in Kenosha where he volunteered to guard a used car lot after 100 cars were torched the night before after police abandoned Kenosha to the rioters. Imagine that, a 17 year American patriot will- ing to defend a car dealer when Kenosha police were not, and the governor re- fused to call in the National Guard. 3. Rittenhouse took an AR-15 across state lines causing him to be accused of “terrorist tourism.” His rifle was kept in a safe in Kenosha. 4. The gun was illegal. Under Wisconsin law Rittenhouse was en- titled to own the AR. 5. Rittenhouse’s mother drove him across state lines to the riot. His mother never went to the riot in Keno- sha. 6. Rittenhouse was a “seventeen-year-old kid just running around shoot- ing and killing protesters” MSNBC’S Joe Scarbor- ough. Film footage clearly demonstrated Rittenhouse was defending property and in self-defense shot three rioters. 7. Rittenhouse was a “white supremacist” and “vigilante” as labeled continuously by the woke press and the Biden White House. There was virtually no evidence presented to justify these false charges. 8. He flashed “white pow- er signs” with the Proud Boys. No evidence veri- fying this false charge. 9. Rittenhouse wore surgical gloves to cover his crimes. Rittenhouse wore surgical gloves because he provid- ed first aid to victims of the violent protesters. 10. Judge Bruce Schroeder is a Trump racist biased in favor of Republicans and Ritten- house. Judge Schroeder is a Democrat, appointed by a Democratic Governor and ran as Democrat for the Wisconsin Senate. Pray that Rittenhouse files charges against all that falsely, slanderous- ly and heinously leveled accusations against him in the press and media. Nothing less will cause these liars, sold out sports icons like Lebron James and the rest of the media sophistry operatives to be censored and held account- able for the woke attack on our Republic. These woke media outlets, elected deep state politicians and de- luded sports icons are the enemy of our American Republic. Rittenhouse’s not guilty verdict is proof our forefathers understood the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms would be the red line of defense against a tyrannical government. When the gov- ernment fears the people there will be liberty for all. Stuart Dick, Irrigon Chamber Chatter -Rural Women’s Busi- ness Summit free virtual conference, December 8, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Contact the Condon Cham- ber of Commerce to reg- ister. The Heppner Cham- ber’s Christmas schedule: -Thursday, December 9 at 7 p.m., painting party at the Heppner Christian Church. -Saturday, December 11, Artifactory Bazaar at the Gilliam and Bisbee build- ing, sponsored by Heppner Daycare. -Sunday, December 12, 5 to 7 p.m., “Searching for Christ in Christmas” wise man scavenger hunt spon- sored by Hospice. -Monday, December 13, Christmas trivia night at Flood Town Bookstore. -Tuesday, December 14, Merry Grinchmas party at Flood Town Bookstore. -Wednesday, December 15, Wine and Design event at Murray’s Drug. -Thursday, December 16, 6 to 9 p.m., Chamber of Commerce hosts Cel- ebrate Christmas event at the fairgrounds. Included at the event will be the Re- wards Card raffle, all ages coloring contest, Santa and Mrs. Claus and the Parent Teacher Club bake sale. Pick up coloring pages at the chamber office or city hall lobby. Return to the chamber office by Decem- ber 13. -Friday, December 17, Polar Express at the Sage Center. -Saturday, December 18, dedication ceremony for Thomson Square. Mex- ican hot chocolate will be served courtesy of Tacos Hometown. -Saturday, December 18, the Heppner Outreach Council hosts the Night- light Parade and snowball drop. -Heppner Chamber of Commerce is holding a Christmas home decorating contest. Participants must live inside the Heppner city limits and names and addresses must be sub- mitted to the chamber by December 13 with judging to take place December 14. Categories will include Vic- torian: old fashioned, tradi- tional and nostalgic holiday display; Clark Griswold: excessive use of lights and decorations; and crazy in- flatables: must have three or more inflatables to qualify. For additional informa- tion or for anyone interested in participating contact the chamber at 541-676-5536 or email heppnerchamber@ gmail.com. Additional de- tails will follow next week.
