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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 20, 2022 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Ione FFA places at District Shop Skills contest 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. Church to hold bake sale Looking for a reason or at least a good excuse to get some delicious home- made goodies? Then come to the Ione Park on Sunday May 1, 2022, for the May Day bake sale hosted by Ione Community Church. All proceeds will go for needed supplies and food for Ukraine and Afghan refugees. The bake sale will be held from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. and comes complete with good fellowship, coffee and knowing your donations are supporting hungry children and fami- lies fighting oppression and displacement in Ukraine and Afghanistan. Cemetery meeting rescheduled again The April 12 meeting of Heppner Cemetery Mainte- nance District was rescheduled due to medical and weath- er reasons to Tuesday, April 19. That meeting has now been rescheduled again to Thursday, April 21 at 4:30 pm in the Agriculture Office Building at 430 W Linden Way. Pictured (L-R): Jolene Serrano, Kelly Doherty, Madison Orem, Grace Ogden, Sam Valle, Taylor Rollins, Carter Eynetich, Carson Eynetich, Gary Walls and Martin Mendoza. -Con- tributed photo. Members of the Ione FFA Chapter competed well at the Blue Mountain District FFA Shop Skills contest this past week at BMCC. “It was the first time since 2017 that Ione FFA attended the event,” said FFA advisor, Erin Heideman. “I am incredibly proud of the perseverance of our members and their hard work.” Placing in the advanced tractor driving contest were 1 st place, Gary Walls, 2 nd place, Carson Eynetich and 4 th place, Sam Valle. In the beginning tractor driving in 1 st place was Carter Eynetich and 2 nd place, Martin Mendoza. Other winners included 3 rd place advanced wiring, Gary Walls, 2 nd place Arc welding, Carson Eynetich and 7 th place floral design, Kelly Doherty. The floral design team, the first ever for Ione, earned 3 rd place overall and included Grace Ogden, Madison Orem, Kelly Doherty and Jolene Serrano. FFA, once known as Future Farmers of America and changed its name to just the National FFA Organiza- tion in 1989, is the largest youth leadership organiza- tion in the United States. Go to www.oregonffa.com to learn more about this or- ganization and follow Ione FFA on Facebook. Sale scheduled at Holly Rebekah Lodge Holly Rebekah Lodge is gearing up for a Craft/ Vendor sale in conjunction with the May Day Festivi- ties to be held in Lexington on May 7. Starting at 10 a.m. and going until 2 p.m., the following vendors will Good News Only By Doris Brosnan It might have been a first? Elks’ Easter egg hunt in the snow. Organizers Colin and Erin Anderson needn’t have worried about whether or not egg hunters would show up at the foot- ball field last Saturday. A great number from the four age groups, beginning at zero, were undeterred by the falling snow, adding to what was already on the ground. The Easter Bunny was active, which might have helped it stay warmer, and was there for pictures. When not hunting for the eggs, some plastic-filled with surprises and some wrapped sweets, some of the attendees had fun in snowball skirmishes. A metal detector cannot find them, but some undiscov- ered eggs just might show up as the snow melts. What a fine look “127 Main” has added to Hep- pner’s Main Street. The off-white front with black, bold lettering makes a real “Uptown” statement. Brings a smile to visualize the difference in other Main Street store fronts that could be made by other entrepre- neurial thinkers like Cam Sweeney. Our community knows what a gift she is, and our Saturday visitors were for- tunate to have had Peggy Fishburn willing to vol- unteer at our museum. Al- though the museum will not open for another month or so, Peggy agreed to open it and kept it open for four and a half hours for twenty-two guests from the Spokane and Portland areas. Peggy reports that all those vis- itors are descendants of the “Jones” family who perished in the 1903 Flood, with the exception of one wee one-year-old boy who was saved from the rushing water. As he was carried by the flood past the Methodist Church, a young moth- er who had just lost her child to the strong current, was able to reach him and hang on. “Had she not been successful in saving your great-great grandfather, none of you, none of us, would be here today.” they learned from a family mem- ber who knows the history. The group also visited the Methodist Church and the cemetery. Our community also welcomes two individuals who will be two more great assets. Kane Sweeney, HHS and OSU graduate, has returned and taken a job with the Umatilla/Morrow County Circuit Court. His fiancé, Haille Lantz, has joined him and is subbing in the schools, working as a teacher assistant at Heppner Daycare, and volunteer- ing with the HJHS Drama Club, assisting with stage management and set design for their upcoming spring production. (Kane held a strong interest in drama while at HHS and OSU and has already been ap- proached about participat- ing in a possible “Dinner at the Cemetery” production in 2023.) In case someone missed the news, April Herzog wants to bring to readers’ attention that Shirley Rugg will celebrate her 93 rd birth- day this Friday, the 22 nd . April is impressed with what she calls Shirley’s combination of “grit and compassion, like whiskey in a teacup.” Birthday greet- ings sent to PO Box 157 can still reach the birthday girl. Lots of jobs are listed on the employment-op- portunities list kept by the Chamber of Commerce, on its web site and available at the office on Main Street. Thanks to the contrib- utors to this column, it has continued for another week. To add to readers’ interest and pleasure, you really should take a few minutes to contribute your positive tidbit to dbrosnan123@ gmail.com or call 541-223- 1490, right? Here’s hoping that some good news comes to everyone reading this. be set up and ready to dis- play their wares Mary Mutt, Pam Norton and Charlotte Wiser, JoAnn Shannon, David and Carmelita Wil- liams, Julie Baker, Petra Payne, Daniel Jepsen, Jean- nie Collins, Hailey Winters, Brown House Coffee (Lau- ra Winters), Kaitlyn Zinter, DeAnna Plum, Parkland Jewelry, Lacy Hines, Jess Schiller, Chelsey Geer, Karen McAninch, Kirstin Espinola and Nicki Berg- strom. The lodge will also be serving a lunch of soup (cream of broccoli, cream of potato and taco), din- ner roll, cookie and coffee available for $5. Cinnamon Morrow County Justice of the Peace, Glen Diehl, has rolls will also be available released the following Justice Court report: for $3. -Daniel E. Reyes, 41, Heppner, was convicted of driving while suspended, fine $440. -Kenneth M. Stookey, 59, Heppner, was convicted of driving uninsured, fine $265; no operator’s license, fine $265; and failure to drive within lane, fine $265. Justice Court Report Farmers market to hold vendors’ meeting Willow Creek Farmers Market will hold a vendors’ meeting Tuesday, April 26, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at Flood Town Books, 413 N. Main St., Heppner. All vendors and interested vendors are en- couraged to attend. For more information, email willowcreekfm@ gmail.com or call Andrea Di Salvo at 757-285-5792. Do You Have Something to Share? Our newly updated website makes it easy to: •Submit news •Submit birth, engagement and wedding announcements •Send us photos •Submit letters to the editor •Place ads •Start a new subscription www.heppner.net Weekly deadline for all news and advertising is Monday at 5pm. 188 W Willow, Heppner • 541-676-9228 ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Celebration of Life for Ryan Neal The family of Ryan Neal has been touched deeply by the outpouring of love, care and concern after our loss. Thank you for reaching out, we have been uplifted by hearing from each and every one of you. A celebration of life will be held outdoors May 7, 2022, at 3 p.m. Marker 40 Golf Club, 78873 Toms Camp Road Boardman, Oregon. Gary, Kathy, Rochelle, Ari and Sonja
