TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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Ione Ed
Foundation
Dinner
October 8
The 20th annual Ione
Education
Foundation
Dinner and Auction is
planned for the evening
of Saturday, October 8, at
the Ione American Legion
Hall. Doors will open at 5
p.m. for the annual meet-
ing and social hour, with
dinner at 6 p.m., followed
by the live auction at 7
p.m.
The evening also offers a
small silent auction and
one or two raffle items.
The Ione Education Foun-
dation is currently seeking
auction items. Anyone
interested in donating an
item for the main live auc-
tion should contact Joe
Rietmann at (541)379-
1568 or Joe McElligott
at (541)701-7757 no later
than Thursday, October 6,
to let them know what you
plan to donate.
The dinner menu this year
will consist of smoked
brisket or chicken, roast-
ed potatoes, garden salad,
baked beans, dinner roll
and dessert. The meal
includes two beverages:
your choice of beer, wine,
or soft drinks. Dinner
ticket prices are $30 for
adults, $15 for children
ages seven-12, and chil-
dren six and under are
free. Ticket sales will be
limited to 250 and may be
purchased in advance at
Bank of Eastern Oregon
in Ione. Tickets may also
be purchased at the door,
if available. Tickets may
be reserved by calling the
bank at (541)422-7466.
The board has two direc-
tor positions up for elec-
tion, currently held by
Cultural
Coalition
Deadline
Oct. 1
The
Morrow
County Cultural Coalition
is accepting applications
that are due October 1. The
Cultural Coalition supports
arts and cultural events
across Morrow County.
Application ma-
terials can be found on
the Cultural Coalition’s
facebook page or on the
Morrow County Treasur-
er’s page. Contact Andrea
Nelson at mc.culturalcoali-
tion@gmail.com or (541)
720-4399 for more infor-
mation.
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Martin Medina and Jill
Martin. Both have chosen
to renew for another three-
year term. A vote of these
positions will occur at the
annual meeting at 5 p.m.
on October 8.
“Your support of
the Ione Education Foun-
dation makes a difference
to the students at Ione
Community School,” said
an IEF news release. “Ione
has a tradition of graduat-
ing students that have been
successful in all aspects of
life. The small school at-
mosphere, as well as com-
munity involvement in the
education process, gives
Ione students pride in their
community and the knowl-
edge that people care about
their future.”
“Anyone who has not paid
dues to the Ione Educa-
tion Foundation for 2022
please join us now in sup-
port of Ione Community
School,” said an IEF re-
lease. The Ione Education
Foundation operates on a
calendar year of January
through December. Dues
received any time in 2022
will become available to
the school in January of
2023 as Tier Two Grants,
which support a variety
of classroom instruction
needs and enhances stu-
dent’s learning opportuni-
ties inside and outside of
the classroom. Adult dues
are $50; student dues are
$20
Gifts in excess of dues
will be used to fund Tier
One Grants, said the IEF.
Checks may be made pay-
able to Ione Education
Foundation and mailed
to P.O. Box 61, Ione, OR
97843. The Ione Educa-
tion Foundation is a 501(c)
(3) nonprofit corporation.
“Contributions may be tax
deductible.”
Historical
Society to
meet
The Morrow County His-
torical Society’s annual
meeting will be held Sun-
day, October 2, at 2 p.m.
at the Morrow County Ad-
ministrative Building in
Irrigon in the Don Eppen-
bach Conference Room.
The meeting will be pre-
sided over by MCHS
Vice-President, Don Ep-
penbach.
Current and past issues of
the MC Chronicles will be
available for sale. All are
invited and new members
Spiritually Speaking
Father Thankachan Joseph
St. Patrick Catholic Church Heppner
Spiritually Speaking
Father Thankachan Joseph
St. Patrick Catholic Church Heppner
I am remembering an old anecdote that you might have
heard: After several months of severe drought in the vil-
lage, the parish priest asked everybody to come together
to pray for rain, to assemble at the nearby mountain. The
priest noticed a boy in the middle of the group, wrapped
up in warm clothes and covered by a raincoat. The priest
asked him, “Are you crazy? It has not rained in this
region for several months and you will die of the heat
climbing the mountain!” Then the innocent lad replied,
“Father, I have a cold. If we are going to pray to God
for rain, can you imagine the climb back down? The
downpouring is going to be so heavy, it is better to be
prepared. At that very moment, a roar was heard in the
sky and the first drops of the rain began to fall. The faith
of the boy was enough to work a miracle that thousands
of men and women were praying for.
We have to examine ourselves occasionally and
question if we have the faith of this little child. Too of-
ten we realize that we live in a culture in which nobody
believes anybody; our actions are profit-oriented rather
than faith-oriented; we look at each other and wonder
how he or she will be useful for me and my business. We
lose our faith and lead meaningless lives. Today’s scrip-
ture readings reveal the basic lessons of faith and teach
us how we can live by faith in God and live meaningful
lives.
In the book of Prophet Habakkuk (1:2-3; 2:
2-4), the prophet and God are conversing. The prophet
is crabby about the violence and destruction that disturb
Judah. Then God asks the prophet to write his message
clearly on tablets, the writing material then in use, so
that everyone can read it. God tells the prophet that faith
and trust in God will give the just man strength and life
in the trials that are to come. The righteous will be saved
because of his faith in God. Similarly, St. Paul writes to
Timothy (1:6-8, 13-14) urging him to preserve faith in
Christ. Paul reminds Timothy to rekindle the gift of God
that is within each of us. He says that God did not give
us the spirit of timidity, but the spirit of power, love,
and self-control. Both these readings tell us that faith is
something we should live by.
In the Gospel of Luke (17:5-10), the apostles
approach Jesus and ask Him to “Increase our faith”
(17:5). Jesus tells His disciples that if you have the faith
the size of a mustard seed and you say to this mulberry
tree “be rooted up and be planted in the sea,” it will obey
you. This reminds us that if we dare to live by faith, we
will see many miracles happening in our lives. The gift
of faith can be taken as the greatest gift God has given
us. Faith is a very delicate gift that Paul once described
as something carried in fragile vessels. The apostles im-
plore Jesus to increase their faith because they felt that
it was too weak to ever live like what Jesus talks about.
But Jesus answered that genuine faith is what is needed,
not great faith. The stress is not on how much faith a
person has but on possessing genuine faith. The very
smallest amount of genuine faith, a faith as small as a
mustard seed, can do the impossible.
All the readings tell us that faith in God is to
be our way of life, the art of our lives. When deeply
rooted in faith in God, we will become like the just men
and women in the first reading. This faith will lead us
to be courageous and to witness Jesus in our day-to-day
lives. This art of faith will enable us to do all our duties
and lead a peaceful and happy life without complaining
about material profits and difficulties. To lead a mean-
ingful Christian life, let us live by our faith, gifted to
us through our baptism. “Only faith can guarantee the
blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of re-
alities that are unseen” (Heb. 11:1). May God bless
each one of us to lead a life of loyal servant who has
learned the art of faith, and to leap into the unknown
trusting that He will be at our side every time and every
moment.
Holly Rebekahs schedule events
The Holly Re-
bekah Lodge will be busy
in October. They have an-
nounced the return of the
monthly Pinochle night.
The date for the first night
of cards is Saturday, Oc-
tober 8, starting at 7pm.
This is open to the public.
The cost for an evening of
cards, dessert and prizes is
$5.
Thursday, October
sixth, will be the monthly
BUNCO party to which
everyone is invited to
come and play. The partic-
ipants will start rolling the
dice and “having a great
time at 6 p.m.”
Plans are under-
way for the annual Christ-
mas Bazaar which will be
held on December 3 from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Anyone
who would like to sign up
for a table space should
contact MaryKay Bellamy
at 541-379-3567 or LaRae
Kindle at 541-310-9499.
These events will
be held at the Odd Fellow
Building on the corner of
3rd and Main in Lexing-
ton.
The
Rebekah
Lodge is still doing the
ongoing fundraiser of col-
lecting bottles and cans for
their major project of reju-
venating the historic Odd
Fellow Hall in Lexington.
One may drop off your
recyclable plastic bottles
and aluminum cans to the
home of Edith Papineau in
Lexington or the home of
LaRae Kindle in Heppner.
The Lodge appreciates the
generosity of donations
they have been given.
Good News Only by Doris Brosnan
Drivers on Gale Street
have a smoother ride at
the Church Street inter-
section now that the man-
hole cover has been raised
to the level of the asphalt
surface.
Kathy
Turner,
who lives at the St. Pat-
rick Senior Apartments,
has three reasons to smile
when she shares her good
news with the GT readers:
She has decided that sim-
ply using her full name,
Kathleen Meligan Turner,
will help to distinguish
her and the other “Kathy
Turner,” who also lives in
Heppner, from each oth-
er. Kathleen cannot say
enough about her new
canine companion, “Mur-
lee,” who has been with
her since August 4, when
she went to the Hermis-
ton Pet Rescue facility
in search of a dog that
might be able to fill the
empty space left by her
previous dog. Just placed
for adoption that day, this
well-behaved, five-year-
old mixed breed is “the
best dog ever!” And Kath-
leen’s best news is that
her son Corey was able
to come for a visit from
Gladstone two weekends
ago. This two-plus-days’
stay was a first in one and
a half years!
Kevin Murray has
taken another immense
step in his journey toward
a career. In August, he
began classes in OHSU
Dental School. After the
four-year program, Kevin
expects to begin work as a
dentist in a rural setting.
Such a great family trip to
Ireland recently, the ances-
tral home of the Sweeneys,
had to hold some surprises
and humor. One came the
day the tour coach driver
suggested the scenic drive
to their next destination.
The secondary roads are
famously narrow. Al-
though, they passed only
one vehicle during the one-
and-a-half-hour drive, that
one resulted in the driver
having to steer consider-
ably away from the other
vehicle, which happened
to be a farm tractor. Ab-
solutely to the edge of the
road, a peat bog was being
harvested, which was ac-
tually fortunate, since the
tires on one side of the bus
sank into the bog, but the
six strong Irish men har-
vesting were able to push,
to heave the coach back
onto the road! (That partic-
ular group did not include
a “Sweeney.”)
Time to find and
dust off your lederhosen
and dirndl? Watch in the
GT for details of the Ok-
toberfest celebration that
Murrays plan to host on
October 8 at the Gilliam
and Bisbee Building. En-
tertainment and something
to pour into your stein
guaranteed.
If you forgot to share
your tidbit this week, fret
not! Just send it to dbros-
nan123@gmail.com
or
call 541-223-1490. It is
never too late to share!
Here’s hoping that some
good news comes to every-
one reading this.
Morrow County Public Health Department
(541) 676-5421 (541) 481-4200
Flu/Covid-19 Vaccine
*Boardman: Every Monday & Tuesday
8:00-12:00/1:00-5:00
*Heppner: Every Wednesday
8:00-12:00/1:00-5:00
*Extended evening hours
Heppner Bartholomew building till 6:00pm
Oct 19 & Oct 26
*Heppner Senior Center: October 20,2022
12:00pm-6:00pm
*Ione Community Clinic: Every Wednesday 9:30-3:00
Ione Community Church:
Oct 27,2022 4:00-7:00