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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 4, 2023 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Father Thankachan Joseph St. Mary’s Catholic Church Wasco 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: In Morrow County $35/year. Outside Morrow County $40/year. In County Senior Rate (65 years or older) $30/ year. 9 month Student student subscriptions $35/year. Chris Sykes ...............................................................................................Publisher Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor Cindi Doherty.........................................................................................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 $5.50 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $15 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $6.00 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. Obituaries Sharon Kay Miller Sharon Kay Miller, ( S h u - S h u ) , passed away on Septem- ber 15, 2023, at Good Sa- maritan Hospital in Port- land, Oregon surrounded by many family members and close friends. She was 50 years old. She was born on August 28, 1973, in Hermiston, Oregon to Francis Dewayne Robinson and Marion Lee (Poorman) Robinson. Sharon loved Heppner and was very active in the community. She was a member of the following: Parent Teacher Club, Heppner Community Foundation, and the Willow Creek Baptist Church. She was also a huge supporter and cheerleader for the Heppner schools and sports programs. Sharon contributed her time and energy to the Heppner Booster Club, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, as well as many others. Sha- ron was preceded in death by her father, Francis De- Spiritually Speaking wayne Robinson, a brother, Thomas Allen Hamman, and her grandparents Frank and Ruth Robinson. Survi- vors include her husband Ryan Lee Miller, children: Tyler Lee Robinson (Car- oline Francis Robinson), and Kooper Fordyce Mill- er, grandchildren: Olivia RaeAnne Robinson, Ryan Kay Robinson and niece/ stepdaughter/exchange stu- dent Savannah Poorman, Siblings: Thomas Allen Hammon, Robert Mark Hammon (Andrea), Scott Timothy Poorman, Robert Jason Poorman (Patty), Chadd Norman Robinson, Zachariah Edwar Brown (Ariel) and many nieces and nephews. Sharon’s Celebration of Life will be held at the Morrow County Fairgrounds, on October 14, 2023, at 5 p.m. with a dinner to follow. Memorial contributions may be made to the club of your choice, to the Heppner Booster Club, PO Box 917, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary is in care of arrangements. You may sign the online condolence book at www. sweeneymortuary.com. ~ G-T Trophy Corner ~ The Heppner Gazette Times would like to see pictures of your trophy animals from this hunting season. Please send a photo along with your name, age, town you live in, location of the hunt and a description of the animal to editor@ rapidserve.net, upload to Heppner.net or text to 541-215-2274. What you like to choose in life This Sunday we have the parable of the wicked tenants. I am sure you are following the news about the political arena of our nation. It is hard to read today’s parable and not think about our nation’s financial mess. The parable of the tenants in the vineyard describes very well-greed, reckless ambition, and astounding misman- agement. The parable of the tenants in the vineyard allows us to examine our own lives and how we are carrying out the trust placed on us by Christ Himself at the Sacrament of Baptism. In this parable, Jesus addresses the issue of trust. He tells about a landowner who plants a vineyard and equips it with everything necessary to produce excel- lent wine. Then - and this is the crucial point - he leases it to tenants. As we shall see, the tenants make a hash of it - and they are brought to judgment. In the reading from Paul’s Letter to the Philippians, Paul tells us, “Have no anxiety at all.” (Phil 4:6) We perhaps smile at those words. When someone says not to worry, it can sound very funny – a person so blindly optimistic that they imagine bad things can never happen. Well, that is hardly the case with Paul. He faced trials few of us could even imagine. A partial list includes an escape involving being lowered over the side of a building in a basket, public whippings, shipwrecks, snake bites, im- prisonment, and bodily ailments – particularly, afflictions of the eye. Yet in this letter, written toward the end of his life, Paul, who faced all these troubles in his life, says, “Have no anxiety at all.” He had the real experience of walking with Christ. In his reprimand to cast aside worry, Paul was echo- ing Jesus. At the Last Supper, knowing fully well that the next morning He would face public humiliation and unspeakable tortures, Jesus told His disciples, “Do not let your hearts be troubled” (Jn. 14:1). We can ask how it is possible to obey such a command. And let’s be clear. Paul and Jesus are not making a pious suggestion; they are giving a command. Have no anxiety at all. Do not let your hearts be troubled. All of us would like to be free from worries, but it seems impossible. We have financial problems, family difficulties, work deadlines, and health concerns – not to mention worries about what is happen- ing in our world: natural disasters, societal breakdown, wars, economic turmoil, and so on. When Paul says to have no anxieties, when Jesus tells us not to be troubled, it does not mean to ignore reality. What it means is that we take a different approach to our troubles. The Gospel reading of this Sunday is from Matthew (21:33-43). Through this parable of the wicked tenants, Jesus addresses the issue of trust. He tells about a land- owner who plants a vineyard and equips it with everything necessary to produce an excellent crop of grapes. But before the harvest’s crucial point, a contract takes place. He leases it to tenants and expects from them a lease agreement including his share. As we see, the tenants make a hash of it. Their greed and unnecessary longing for others’ goods ruin their whole lives. Who are the tenants of this parable whom the Lord tries to present before us? They are not just people who lived a long time ago. Nor are they only those given enormous responsibilities - like bank managers and the guys on Wall Street. No, brothers and sisters, the tenants are you and me. Those who are the baptized Christians. From the parable of the wicked tenants, we can sum up these ideas for our lives. God always loves us unconditionally and even accepts our rejection of Him. God cannot change us unless we choose to let God change us. Sometimes when our lives are a mess, all we can do is ask God, “Help me.” That is enough. But when we blame the mess on God and reject God, then God cannot help us unless we have some openness to Him. So, the message of the readings today is very clear: choose God and pray to God with complete confidence. If we reject God, He cannot go against our own free will which He gave us. God’s choice is always love! Our choice is up to us. 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