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7:2+HSSQHU*D]HWWH7LPHV+HSSQHU2UHJRQWednesday, November 8, 2023 7KH2൶FLDO1HZVSDSHU of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow 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 2൶FHDW+HSSQHU2UHJRQXQGHUWKH$FWRI0DUFK3HULRGLFDOSRVWDJHSDLG DW+HSSQHU2UHJRQ2൶FHDW10DLQ6W7HOHSKRQH )D[ 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or sykeschris@hotmail.com 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 Annalynn Black ............................................................................................ 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 $5.50 per FROXPQLQFK&RVWIRUFODVVL¿HGDGLVSHUZRUG&RVWIRU&DUGRI7KDQNVLVXSWR ZRUGV&RVWIRUDFODVVL¿HGGLVSOD\DGLVSHUFROXPQLQFK For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi- FDWLRQPXVWEHVSHFL¿HG$I¿GDYLWVPXVWEHUHTXHVWHGDWWKHWLPHRIVXEPLVVLRQ$I¿GDYLWV UHTXLUHWKUHHZHHNVWRSURFHVVDIWHUODVWGDWHRISXEOLFDWLRQ DVRRQHUUHWXUQGDWHPXVWEH VSHFL¿HGLIUHTXLUHG )RU2ELWXDULHV2ELWXDULHVDUHSXEOLVKHGLQWKH+HSSQHU*7DWQRFKDUJHDQGDUHHGLWHGWR meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. )RU/HWWHUVWRWKH(GLWRU/HWWHUVWRWKH(GLWRU0867EHVLJQHGE\WKHDXWKRU7KH+HSSQHU *7ZLOOQRWSXEOLVKXQVLJQHGOHWWHUV$OOOHWWHUV0867LQFOXGHWKHDXWKRU¶VDGGUHVVDQGSKRQH QXPEHUIRUXVHE\WKH*7RI¿FH7KH*7UHVHUYHVWKHULJKWWRHGLWOHWWHUV7KH*7LVQRW UHVSRQVLEOHIRUDFFXUDF\RIVWDWHPHQWVPDGHLQOHWWHUV$Q\OHWWHUVH[SUHVVLQJWKDQNVZLOOEH SODFHGLQWKHFODVVL¿HGVXQGHU³&DUGRI7KDQNV´DWDFRVWRI Spiritually Speaking Father Thankachan Joseph St. Mary’s Catholic Church Wasco BE PREPARED AND BE WISE ALWAYS We are invited to recall the great event that will take place both at the end of our life and at the end of time: Christ will certainly come. The message running through this week’s Gospel reading is: “Be wise! Be prepared!” We are asked to form a truly Christian mentality about how we ought to live in this world so that we shall be best prepared for life in the world to come. The reading from the book of Wisdom (6:12-16) is an invitation to all to become truly wise. The reading H[SODLQVWRXVZKDWLVWUXHZLVGRPDQGKRZHDFKFDQ¿QG it. We say that God is Wisdom, God is Power, God is Life, and God is Love. If we substitute the word “Wisdom” IRUWKHZRUG³*RG´WKHPHDQLQJRIWRGD\¶V¿UVWUHDGLQJ becomes clearer to all of us: “God is bright and does not grow dim. He makes truly wise those who love Him.” One is truly wise who tries to discover what God wants and to carry out His wishes. God guides such a person until they safely reach heaven. 7KH*RVSHOSDVVDJHLVWDNHQIURPWKH¿IWKGLVFRXUVH found in the Gospel of St. Matthew. Through the parable of the wedding attendants, Jesus tries to convey a lesson IRU&KULVWLDQVRIDOOWLPHVGRQRWEHOLNHWKH¿YHIRROLVK virgins in the parable. It means avoiding all sorts of lazi- ness, sluggish ways, and sloth from one’s life and striving toward the kingdom of God with vigilance and prudence. To understand the Parable of the Ten Virgins, we must know the Jewish traditions regarding marriage celebra- tions. Usually, their wedding celebrations last for seven days. On any one of these days, the bridegroom will come with his relatives and friends to the bride’s house. Only the best man will know the exact day of their arrival, a secret reserved to him only. As the invited guests await the arrival of the bridegroom and his party at the bride’s house, they continue the celebratory mood. The awaited did not arrive at the expected time. This explains the reason for the shortage of wine at the wedding in Cana. ,QWKHSDUDEOHZKHQWKH¿YHLPSUXGHQWYLUJLQV prayed to open the door for them, the response was “I do not know you.” Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount has mentioned this (Matthew 7:21-23). A disciple or a believ- er should not be unprepared, seeing the oil with others: There is no meaning in expecting God’s grace thinking that others in my family are going to church for me or praying for me, etc. Let’s go deeply into the inner meaning of each of the various elements mentioned in the parable: a) Christ is the bridegroom. b) The wedding banquet represents God’s kingdom in heaven. c) The bridesmaids represent Chris- tians waiting for the return of Christ, which will take place at the end of their lives. Each one must decide in his or her own life what to be - a wise or a foolish Christian. At Baptism, each one of us received as God’s gift, a lamp brightly lit, well provided with oil. The lamp represents both the Life in the Spirit and the gift of Faith in Christ, which ought to light our way through the darkness of this world. We must keep on adding oil to our lamp lest it goes out. The oil is none other than a true Christian life. To conclude the real meaning of this parable, Jesus just reminds each and every one of us not to be like the Pharisees and the scribes as the Lord describes them in chapter 23; He describes them with the seven nega- tives that aptly describe them. The Lord describes them as hypocrites because they become a burden to fellow human beings with innumerable descriptions of the laws and not reaching out to rescue their fellow beings. Jesus also signals His followers to be alert and vigilant always and constantly. The Lord tells His followers to be on JXDUGOLNHWKH¿YHZLVHYLUJLQVDQGQRWWREHOLNHWKH¿YH foolish ones. To summarize the parable, He admonishes His followers to be like the wise virgins be useful and be fruit-bearing; be committed and hardworking, creative, LQYHQWLYHGLOLJHQWHWFOLNHWKH¿YHZLVHYLUJLQVRIWKH parable. Morrow County Marriage license Ethan Rey Greer (24) and Alysun Kaylynn Ma- FRPEHU ¿OHGIRUWKHLUPDUULDJHOLFHQVHRQ2FW th in Morrow County. Memories of a Veteran South Morrrow County In 1926, a 37-year-old widow, my grandmother, was left with eight chil- dren, seven sons, and one daughter, when her husband died, leaving her with over 2,000 acres of a dry-land wheat ranch in Morrow and Gilliam Counties. The ranch house and barn are still located in west Morrow County, west of Ione. This is over a century-old ranch now. In just a few years, the family and country were beset by the depression. The family survived during the Depression because they had cattle, chickens, and milk cows. The boys plant- ed and harvested wheat and barley all this time. My Grandmother was able to hold the ranch together when many others were forced to sell. In 1926 Lawrence was the oldest son, 17 years of age. Charlies was next in line at 15. With this crew, she managed to hold things together into WWII, when she sent FIVE of those boys off to the military of the United States. Lawrence was a sol- dier in the US Army. He landed in Europe just after Normandy, slogged his way across Europe and fortu- nately, he returned without a scratch. Charlie was in the Navy, on a ship, in the English Channel during the invasion. Bob (my father) was in WKH3DFL¿F7KHDWHUDQGZDV badly injured and ended up spending over a year in the hospitals in California. Hebert was next in line and joined the Army Air Force. +HZDVWKHÀLJKWHQJLQHHU on a B-29 that was shot down, over Belgium, and he was killed. Bill was the last to serve, in the U.S. Army Giving a lot of credit to Lawrence, Charlie the two older boys, Bob, and Her- bert, and the two youngest boys, George and Andy - who ran the ranch while their older brothers served in the military. It was a big job and Sue helped my grandmother every step of the way. All the seven boys were very knowledgeable and able to fix anything and everything. After the war, Lawrence stayed at home and took over the operation of the wheat ranch. My Dad’s stay in the hospital was a long one. He was in a full-body cast for some time, then an up- SHUERG\FDVWDQG¿QDOO\D neck cast brace. After his recovery, he worked at the Heppner Ga- zette-Times for a short pe- riod. He was not supposed to do any heavy labor. And, other than answering a few questions, we know very little of my dad’s wartime experiences. We know that he didn’t ever eat Spam af- ter the war, and he was not a hunter. My mother told us that he did not like to talk about the war. It was really a sad time when Herbert was killed as he and my dad were “Irish Twins,” with my dad being the oldest. Dad told us the story of Grandpa William charter- ing a train from California to move his large family and equipment to eastern Oregon. Robert H. Davidson WWW.HEPPNER.NET Sɲɟɪɦɱ1ɢɴɰ$ɡɳɢɯɱɦɰɦɫɤ $ɫɫɬɲɫɠɢɪɢɫɱɰ /ɢɱɱɢɯɰ7ɬ7ɥɢ(ɡɦɱɬɯ 6ɢɫɡ8ɰ3ɥɬɱɬɰ 6ɱɞɯɱ$1ɢɴ6ɲɟɰɠɯɦɭɱɦɬɫ Senior Matters through the room as Sage Garden Preschool sang Hal- loween favorites for those who were dining on sloppy joes and tater tots. Some of our seniors even showed they were still children at heart donning very creative costumes. Whether it’s witches, zombies, barn- yard animals, or classic monsters, the diversity of costumes weaved its web through the hearts of those attending and gave the per- fect opportunity for all to un-chain their alter egos and immerse themselves in the spirit of the day. Se- nior’s Matter invites se- niors and friends to attend our weekly lunches. Ione, Lexington, and Heppner area residents, age 60 and above, are free. Age 5 and under are free. All the in-betweeners are invited to donate $5. South Morrow Co Seniors Matter, PO Box 241, 190 N Main St. Hep- pner, OR 97836. Jerry Conklin, jconk- lin692@gmail.com Contact: Jackie Alle- man 541-667-7865 Jackie Alleman Children from the Heppner Daycare gather around the candy bowl at the Heppner Senior Center. - Contributed Photo Chatter and laughter ¿OOHG WKH 6W 3DW¶V GLQLQJ room on Halloween Tues- day as preschool guests paraded through the tables of grandmas and grand- pas in their festive cos- tumes. Seniors Matter hosted Heppner Preschool and Sage Garden Preschool children, who mysterious- ly had transformed into their favorite superheroes, gremlins, and fairy prin- cesses. Jodi Seagraves dec- orated Halloween-inspired cupcakes for each of the ghosts and goblins that at- WHQGHG(HULHPXVLFÀRDWHG CLAIM YOUR 14-DAY PORTABLE OXYGEN FOR YOUR ON-THE-GO LIFESTYLE RISK-FREE TRIAL 1 Call us toll-free at 1-855-839-0752 1 14-day risk-free trial- Return within 30 days of purchase for a full refund of purchase price. 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