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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 19, 2022 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. 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Obituaries Frederick J. “Rocky” Gurr, Jr. Frederick J. “Rocky” er believeth in him should Gurr Jr. of Lexington, Or- not perish, but have ever- egon, was born on March lasting life”. 17, 1946, in Redding, Cali- He is survived by his fornia to parents Frederick wife, Joann Gurr; son, Gurr, Sr. and Nel- Michael, and wife, lie (Cox) Gurr. He Kim; daughters, died on January 7, Tami and her hus- 2022 in Hermiston, band Frank, Joella Oregon at the age and her husband, of 75 years. Larry, and Tonya and Rocky com- her husband, Randy; pleted high school Frederick J. 13 grandchildren; 20 and in 1969 he Gurr, Jr. great grandchildren joined the United and four great-great States Marine Corps. He grandchildren. served until his honorable Rocky was preceded discharge in 1971. Rocky in death by his parents and had several careers during a son, Marvin. his lifetime, including log- A graveside service ging, commercial fishing with military honors was for over 30 years, a truck held on Tuesday, January driver and served as an As- 18, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.. at sembly of God pastor. He Willamette National Cem- enjoyed hunting and fish- etery, Portland, Oregon. ing and “above all he loved Friends are invited to God and his entire family.” share memories of Rocky Rocky’s favorite bible with his family at burns- verse (John 3:16) was “For mortuaryhermiston.com God so loved the world, Burns Mortuary of that he gave his only be- Hermiston, Oregon was in gotten Son, that whosoev- care of arrangements. Wayne Bourrie ~ 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. Call to repentence To the Editor: This column will not consider what is happen- ing to America and the world in response to the Covid 19 pandemic, but rather why. In the 1960’s America and the western world experienced a cul- tural revolution. Moral, re- ligious and legal traditions practiced since before America became a nation were declared unconsti- tutional. The Supreme Court in just over one de- cade, beginning in 1962 declared public prayer (1962), public reading of the Bible (1964), pub- lished posting of the Ten Commandments (1967), and protecting the sanctity of life in the womb (1973), unconstitutional. This ac- tivist Supreme Court re- pudiated 170 years of Su- preme Court decisions and removed the God of Amer- ica’s forefathers from our schools, our government, our institutions, our way of life. These Supreme Court justices were politicians. Only one, Potter Stewart, had federal Constitutional experience. Every metric: divorce rates, unmarried couples, violent crime, high school graduation rates, sexual abuse of chil- dren, illegal drug use, sex trade of children and teen agers, corruption in public office, has negatively sky- rocketed. America basi- cally divorced itself from the God of our forefathers, the only God of the Bible and prayer, with devastat- ing results. “Almighty God, we acknowledge our depen- dence upon Thee, and we beg thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country” was the exact prayer ruled uncon- stitutional in 1962. Since 1962: Americans, our par- ents, our teachers, and our country are now ruled by constitutional edicts out- side of God's blessing and the evidence of national rejection of God has been heartbreaking, especially for our children. Our fore- fathers warned their pos- terity of the consequences of rejecting God; compro- mise, lack of diligence, and the failure of courage in the face of ever present humanism and tyranny. What has been the re- sponse of Bible believing churches in the face of this assault on the Bible, prayer, the sanctity of life in America? How did the Wayne Bourrie, 68, and Jamie Coller of Bella of North Powder, met his Vista, Arkansas; Joe and Savior on January 14, Kim Bourrie of South Jor- 2022. “Wayne was known dan, Utah; stepdaughters, by all who loved him as Ami Halvorson and Jen- a man of integrity, kind- ni Rounsville-Heaton; 11 ness, and overwhelming grandchildren; his broth- generosity. He val- er Larry and wife ued people and ex- Barbara Bourrie pressed that in how of Caldwell, and well he cared for his special friend, them, modeling the Diane Aichele of character of Christ Haines. in whom he put A celebration Wayne strong faith.” to honor Wayne A lifelong Or- Bourrie will be held at 10 egon resident, a.m. on Saturday, Wayne was born to Hen- January 22, at First Bap- ALL NEWS AND ry and Grace Bourrie in tist Church of Haines, 714 ADVERTISEMENT Elgin on March 9, 1953, Cole St. All memorial con- and attended high school tributions may be made to DEADLINE: in Hermiston. He married Rachel Pregnancy Center, Christy Bradley in 1975 PO Box 1086, Baker City, MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. and together they had three OR 97814. children. He worked as a millwright and at various carpentry jobs throughout the Northwest. In 1993, he married The- resa Heaton and began his general contracting busi- ness in Baker City. The ultimate outdoorsman, he loved hunting, fishing and serving his community. 10:00 AM “He took particular joy in Old Available for: blessing Rachel Pregnan- Country cy Center in Baker City Weddings • Funerals through generous dona- Church Family Events tions.” All Are “Wayne died as he 541-422-7300 Welcome lived, with dignity and with his eyes on Jesus.” When it's time to sell your house, He was preceded in death by his son, Samuel Wayne, Call Sykes Real Estate his parents, and his two South Morrow County's brothers, Bruce Bourrie No.1 Real Estate Business and Lance Cady. He is 188 W. Willow Phone: (541) 676-9228 P.O. Box 337 survived by his children, Heppner, OR 97836 Cell: (541) 980-6674 Travis Bourrie; Sarah david@sykesrealestate.net Fax: (541) 676-9211 church respond when the Supreme Court ruled a baby with a beating heart could be killed in its moth- er’s womb? In like man- ner, how has the church of Jesus Christ responded in the face of unconstitu- tional Covid edicts, church closures, and social dis- tancing/mask mandates that have made the church a ward of the state. The church has historically been the moral compass, the spiritual rudder that has kept America on course since the Mayflower com- pact in 1620. Americans and the world are search- ing for answers, why has the world been turned up- side down? The church can not keep responding with the same old, same old. These are the questions the Bible believing church has been unwilling to face and only a remnant few have demonstrated the courage to stand and obey Jesus Christ, the word of God in the flesh, the answer to this oppression. This message is a call to repentance to Ameri- ca, especially for the true church, the bride of Christ, to honor its commitment to God and his Word. Repent means to admit we have compromised as Chris- tians, we have disobeyed our Heavenly Father, we have yielded to fear and be- come cowards in the face of tyranny and evil. Re- pent means to turn around and face the giants that are destroying our country, our way of life and our faith in God. There is no other answer, no other hope than humbly returning to the only true Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ; the sovereign God of our forefathers, the creator and sustained of the universe. There is a reason the shadow of the cross of Je- sus Christ covers Heppner, Morrow County and East- ern Oregon every day as the sun shines. Our God loves us and will help us take out every Goliath if we will exercise our faith and return wholehearted- ly to Him. Faith without works is dead. We must act without fear against ev- ery stronghold that attacks our liberty and undermines our trust and faith in Jesus Christ. “Submit to God, resist the devil and he must flee.” ( James 4:7) Stuart Dick, Irrigon Make creek a better place To the Editor: When I crossed the bridge over the creek to- day, leaving school, I saw lots of trash. We need to find a solution to fix this problem. In conclusion, I think the community could work together to make the creek a better place for wildlife and picnics and other fun things. (s) Charlie Nelson, 8 years old Heppner Passing the “buck” To the Editor: As we are in yet anoth- er month of this pandemic, many things are coming to light. We know and have known the “vaccine” that is supposed to save the world is not working how they tell us it is. We can still get and give the Covid virus. Were we supposed to ever believe that this was the saving grace? Were we that blind that all we want- ed to do was follow the science? If you do not kill the virus completely you cannot rid the virus from the planet. It is not pos- sible to control a virus, it will mutate. We must learn to live with it. As we have with the last million years of viruses we have seen. But in the process of living with it, we must remember to live and not fear it. We must not fear the neighbor, the friend, the family. Be- cause even if you have had your shot, you are just as likely to spread that virus to any and everyone you encounter. So, what is the solu- tion? Wear a mask? No, covering your face in a paper mask, a gator, a pa- per bag, will not prevent anything. A virus is micro- scopic, even an n95 is not going to stop the spread of germs. I go out in pub- lic, and I see people with, without, or maybe even partly covered. Really? If you cover your mouth but not your nose, what is the point? We must still cover our children’s faces as they attend school. For what? They come home with no mask, they are out in public without one. What makes their school that dirty that they have to wear it there. If I can walk into 99 percent of the business- es without a mask, why can’t a child be granted the same respect? Now that this government has been shot down with lawsuits, they have decided to pass the buck to businesses to do their dirty work. If it’s illegal for the government to force the people, why does a business have that right to demand an EAU “vaccine”? With all these ques- tions, maybe we need to look deeper into whose hands are in whose pock- ets. If you sit back and watch who is still enforc- ing this nonsense, you will eventually see that these are the ones that are re- lying on their livelihood from government money (your tax payers’ money) Maybe they need to stand on their own with a back- bone and say, “No”. It has been said that the hospitals will stop report- ing COVID-19 deaths. Vaccinated or not, why? The government is trying to tidy this whole mess us be- fore the State of the Union (address). Don’t want to make anyone thinking that they screwed up for two years and now they are getting it controlled? And if they can “pass the buck” to businesses then it is no longer their fault if the vi- rus didn’t die. January 23 at 3 pm at the pizza shop is my next meeting for the Freedom of Choice. We can and we must Stay Loud and Stand Proud next to each other. Dawn Brosnan Heppner business cards envelopes checks letterheads forms mailers Sykes Publishing • 188 W Willow St, Heppner • 541-676-9228 • david@rapidserve.net Valby Lutheran Church Valby Road Ione Oregon. 97843 Church Services 1st & 3rd Sundays WWW.HEPPNER.NET Submit News, Advertising & Announcements Letters To The Editor Send Us Photos Start A New Subscription
