TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 20, 2022
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Ione FFA places at
District Shop Skills
contest
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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.
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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