TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 9, 2022
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Bank of Eastern
Oregon partners
with local schools
Bank of Eastern Ore-
gon recently announced its
school mascot debit card
program contributed over
$8,400 to participating area
high schools in 2021.
“The school mascot
cards provide much needed
extra funding for these stu-
dent body programs,” said
Becky Kindle, EVP and
Chief Operations Officer.
Initiated in September
2013, the Bank of Eastern
Oregon mascot debit card
program serves the high
school associated student
body programs of Heppner,
Riverside, Irrigon, Ione,
Condon and Weston-McE-
wen, Oregon, and Colfax,
Washington,
The program generates
$0.05 per transaction per-
formed with each school
mascot card to that school’s
program and the annual
renewal fee for each card
($10) also goes directly to
the ASB.
“Bank of Eastern Or-
egon is committed to sup-
porting our rural communi-
ties and their schools. The
mascot cards are a great
way for fans to show their
mascot spirit and help gen-
erate funds for local high
school ASB accounts.
We encourage every-
one in the surrounding com-
munities of Heppner, Ione,
Boardman, Irrigon, Athena
and Condon to sign up at
their local BEO branch for
a mascot card. It’s easy and
a great way to contribute to
these student body accounts
in support of future activi-
ties,” said Kindle.
Cattle Barons
Weekend
scholarships
available
Pendleton Cattle Bar-
ons Weekend scholarship
program is available for ap-
plicants again this year. Cat-
tle Barons scholarships are
available to young adults
who are enrolled in or will
be enrolled in undergradu-
ate or graduate studies in
the field of agriculture. Ap-
plicants must be from the
eastern Oregon counties of
Umatilla, Morrow, Grant,
Baker, Wallowa, Union
and Walla Walla County of
eastern Washington.
Applications for the
scholarships are due by
March 15, 2022. Applica-
tions are available on the
Cattle Barons website -
https://www.cattlebarons.
net/.
Included with the op-
portunity to apply for the
scholarships from Cattle
Barons is one scholarship
offered in coordination with
Protect the Harvest a long-
time supporter of Cattle
Barons Weekend. Appli-
cation for the Protect the
Harvest scholarship can
also be found on the Cattle
Barons website.
In 2021 Cattle Barons
awarded $7,500 in schol-
arships to deserving young
adults involved in agricul-
tural studies. Final award of
the scholarships, including
the Protect the Harvest
scholarship, will be made
during the Cattle Barons
event to be held April 29
and 30 at the Pendleton
Convention Center and
associated event locations.
More information
about the Pendleton Cattle
Baron’s Weekend schol-
arship programs and the
events of the April week-
end can be found at https://
www.cattlebarons.net/.
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
~ Letters to the Editor ~
Good News Only
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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.
Truth and knowledge
censored
To the editor:
“My people are de-
stroyed for lack of knowl-
edge.” (Hosea 4:6). The
prophet Hosea was ex-
horting his people in Is-
rael to make corrections
because “they had rejected
knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6).
The knowledge Israel had
rejected was the Godly
heritage established by their
forefathers. “For the Lord
has a controversy with the
inhabitants of the land, be-
cause there is no truth, nor
mercy, nor knowledge of
God in the land.” (Hosea
4:1).
The Hebrew word for
destroyed is to fail, or per-
ish, to be brought to silence,
to be undone. This word
of prophecy had a double
purpose, to the immediate
inhabitants of the land and
the inhabitants of the land
at the end of the age. To-
day in America there is a
conspiracy to deny truth,
mercy and knowledge of
God in the land. The same
verdict is true in most of the
world today.
G o d ’s p e o p l e , t h e
church of Jesus Christ in
America, are being de-
stroyed in a manner they
know not, brought to si-
lence, undone, failing their
calling. Truth and knowl-
edge have been censored
on virtually every media
outlet, Facebook, Twitter,
Sportify, Instagram, the
national news and even
commercial outlets like
Airbnb and GoFundMe
have censored and denied
access to all who are not
politically correct.
Jesus warned at the end
of the age there would be
great tribulation, “such as
not since the beginning of
the world.” (Matt. 24:21).
The censorship of knowl-
edge is destroying the world
as we know it, especially
the body of Christ. A prime
example is the stealing of
funds designated for pro-
testing truckers in Canada
by GoFundMe. Airbnb has
cancelled occupancy for
Michele Malcom because
of her conservative val-
ues. Instagram, Facebook,
Twitter, etc. all censor any
knowledge that exposed
their pro vaccine agenda.
The most egregious and
life destroying example is
the censorship of truth re-
garding the Covid vaccina-
tion and booster shots. Ins-
tagram and Facebook have
barred Robert Kennedy Jr.
“For spreading Vaccine
Misinformation.” (npr.org
Feb. 11, 21) If you google
Bill Gates and his multiple
decades of forced vaccina-
tions to control population
you will only find articles
defending his Depopulation
Agenda. “For twenty years
Bill Gates and his founda-
tion…have been vaccinat-
ing foremost children by
the millions in remote areas
of poor countries, mostly
in Africa and Asia.” (Peter
Koenig, Global Research,
April 18, 20). Most of the
vaccination programs have
caused disastrous results,
causing the very illness (po-
lio in India) and sterilizing
young women in Kenya…
without the informed con-
sent of parents or children
and backed by the Gates
controlled ten billion dollar
commitment to the World
Health Organization. (Ibid,
Koenig, 4/20).
The Gates Foundation
has been sued by gov-
ernments (Kenya, India,
Philippines) to no avail as
Gates, Fauci and Big Phar-
ma control the politics of
the courts of the onetime
free nations of the world.
“No truth, no mercy, no
knowledge of God in the
land.” (Hosea 4:6) Accord-
ing to Bill Gates “If we
are doing a real good job
vaccinating children, health
care and reproductive ser-
vices we could reduce the
world population by 10 to
15 percent.” (Bill Gates,
Innovation to Zero, TED
show, 2010)
The knowledge and
truth regarding Gates, Fauci
and their vaccine depopu-
lation agenda that has been
censored as ‘misinforma-
tion’ is destroying God’s
creation. In Europe today
there have been “38,983
deaths and 3,530,362 in-
juries through Jan. 29, 22
due to Covid Vaccinations.”
(Brian Shilhavy, Editor,
Health Impact News, Feb.
4, 22, see Eudra Viligence)
The knowledge and truth
of the depopulation agen-
da in America has been
censored and debunked
as ‘misinformation,’ ‘anti
vaxxers,’ ‘conspiracy nut
cases.’ Since Covid 19
vaccinations were insti-
tuted in America “deaths
among people aged 18 to
49 increased more than 40
percent in the 12 months
ending October 20, 21 com-
pared to the same period in
2018-19.” (Epoch Times,
death certificate data, CDC,
JAN. 12,22) “My people
are being destroyed for lack
of knowledge” in America
because the censored num-
bers of death and vaccine
injuries are worse here than
any place in the world.
The covid vaccines and
booster shot are destroy-
ing, i.e., making sick and
silencing (some forever),
multitudes of trusting cit-
izens of our planet. Jesus
taught “if you continue
in my word, then you are
my disciples indeed. And
you shall know the truth
and the truth shall set you
free.” (John 8:31,32) Stay
vigilant my brethren, our
God is for us.
Stuart Dick, Irrigon
Umpqua peppermint ice cream gets delivered to Heppner.
Pictured: Tina Davidson, Gary and Barb Watkins.
-Contributed photos.
By Doris Brosnan
JoAnna Lamb has good
news to share: Five small,
local entrepreneurs now
display products for sale at
the Chamber office, so we
are invited to stop in for a
look and to shop. Liberty
Grains from the Jepsen
Farm in Ione sells whole
wheat grains and flour.
Wright Designs by Kirst
is from Kirstin Espinola
from Ione. She sells hand-
sewn purses, bags, assorted
sundries from headbands
to aprons and tumblers.
Jeanie’s Jams and Jellies
are from Jean Collins from
Heppner, locally made pre-
serves. Browne House cof-
fee has their specialty roasts
here while they are doing
their remodel and I have
a fresh pot made daily for
sampling. Barn Quilts come
from Shannon Hill out of
Condon. She is a fine artist
who creates hand-painted
heritage designs on pan-
els that you can display
anywhere. All of this is
available at the Chamber
office Monday through Fri-
day from 8-5. Sometimes I
might wander away, but I’m
usually not very far away or
gone for very long.
Other small businesses
and those with the entrepre-
neurial spirit are welcome
to join in with a yearly
Chamber membership.
In Monica Powell’s
“tidbit,” she has passed
on proof of the truth in
some well-known adages:
“Where there is a will, there
is a way.” “Little things
mean a lot.” “Never give
up.” When Tina and Chris
Davidson, Barb Watkins,
and Monica whined a lit-
tle on Facebook because
Heppner had no Umpqua
peppermint ice cream (had
to be Umpqua) – a shortage
and only made as flavor-of-
the-month in December,
Monica’s son Brad, who
lives in Glide, posted a
picture of himself eating a
big bowl of the ice cream.
Of course, comments flew
across the internet, “possi-
bly a threat or two.” Brad
felt badly and possibly felt
some pressure to make
up. His wife, Judy, who
is caring and persistent,
got on it, searching stores
around their area. Eventual-
ly, she was able to find four
half-gallons of Umpqua
peppermint ice cream to
put in a cooler with dry ice,
and they drove seven hours
last weekend to bring the
treasure to the now “hap-
py campers with tummies
full,” and they also have
some in a freezer. Monica
says, “It is little caring
things that make your heart
warm.” And she thanks
Brad and Judy for coming
through for this mama once
again, making our day.
Contributors hope that
their tidbits have brought
smiles to readers’ faces,
brought a small positive in-
terlude to their days. If you
have something positive to
share, please send your tid-
bit to dbrosnan123@gmail.
com, or call 541-676-5382
or 541-223-1490.
Thank you to our con-
tributors this week. Here’s
hoping that some good
news comes to everyone
reading this.
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