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7:2+HSSQHU*D]HWWH7LPHV+HSSQHU2UHJRQWednesday, December 27, 2023 7KH2൶FLDO1HZVSDSHU of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES 0XVWDQJER\VORVH to Pirates 57-50 %LQJRDW5HEHNDK/RGJH /DQGRQ0LWFKHOOWDNHVWKHEDOOXSFRXUWYV5LYHU- side.3KRWRE\7\O\QQ&LPPL\RWWL DG driver takes a wrong turn U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 6($5&+2/'&23,(62)7+(+(331(5*$=(77(7,0(621/,1( KWWSRUHJRQQHZVXRUHJRQHGX Published weekly by Sykes Publishing and entered as periodical matter at the Post 2൶FHDW+HSSQHU2UHJRQXQGHUWKH$FWRI0DUFK3HULRGLFDOSRVWDJHSDLG DW+HSSQHU2UHJRQ2൶FHDW10DLQ6W7HOHSKRQH )D[ (PDLO HGLWRU#UDSLGVHUYHQHW RU V\NHVFKULV#KRWPDLOFRP :HE VLWH www.heppner.net. 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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 In an unfortunate turn of events, a cargo truck for Dollar General found itself on the wrong path during its route. The driver, for rea- sons yet to be determined, took the misguided decision to venture up Chase Street in Heppner. However, as luck would have it, a vig- +2/<)$0,/<02'(/)25 7+(02'(51)$0,/,(672 IMITATE $//1(:6$1'$'9(57,6(0(17'($'/,1( 021'$<6$730 for BINGO will remain the same at 50 cents a card or SHUSDFNHWRIFDUGV Sometime during BINGO, a drawing of those playing will be held for a free 10- game packet of BINGO cards each month (except May which is Memorial Day weekend). This fami- ly-friendly afternoon begins at 3 pm on December 31 at the Odd Fellow Hall on Main Street in Lexington. A cargo truck for Dollar General traveling up Chase St. -Contributed Photo )DWKHU7KDQNDFKDQ-RVHSK 6W0DU\¶V&DWKROLF&KXUFK:DVFR Our celebrations are not ending on Christmas Day. For the Church, Christmas continues, and immedi- ately after Christmas day, we celebrate the feast of the Holy family because Christmas is a family feast and God comes to us in the family. Today, every family can look up WRWKH+RO\IDPLO\DVWKHPRGHOIDPLO\7KH¿UVWUHDGLQJ RIWKHGD\LVWDNHQIURPWKHERRNRI*HQHVLV 3) wherein we see Abraham being blessed by the Lord for obedience to God. This reading should increase our trust in God. Abraham simply believed that his ancestries would be like the sand of the sea and the stars of the sky, God would multiply his descendants. He was advanced in his age. As was his wife, Sarah. But they believed in God undoubtedly. Their lives should become an example for all of us at this particular time when we are faced by war and uneasiness around us. The Gospel of the day is from Luke (2:22-40), which de- VFULEHVWKH-HZLVKWUDGLWLRQRISXUL¿FDWLRQDIWHUDFKLOG¶V ELUWK%HLQJWKHIHDVWRIWKH+RO\)DPLO\ZHVKDOOUHÀHFW on the lifestyles of Joseph and Mary. &RXSOH LQ &RPPXQLRQ ZLWK WKH /RUG The ordinary life of Joseph began with the struggle for his daily bread. He set up his carpentry and worked day in and day out. Mary also worked without sparing herself in order to keep her house in good condition and to help Joseph. She turned the millstone and carried water. She washed, cooked, swept, and sewed. But she did everything with her motherly love. Although Mary and Joseph were busy with their daily chores, both of them found time to be with the Lord. I am sure we are all busy with our daily activities. 'RZH¿QGWLPHWREHZLWKWKH/RUGDVWKLVFRXSOHZDV" With numerous tasks of the day, they never failed to be in communion with God. Their work and prayers went side by side. )RUJLYLQJ&RXSOHV This Holy family was the poorest, most modest, most silent family in that miserable village of Nazareth. In Nazareth, there was a group of people who came around Joseph and Mary’s family and looked up to them as a model family. But there was another group who sneered at them. They tried to annoy and lay snares for them. They gathered around Joseph with gossip and calumny and urged him to retaliate, even to speak about the pregnancy of Mary. But Joseph, a strong descendant of David, would always just shake his head, looking at Mary and Jesus. If the argument became heated, Mary’s eyes could brim with tears of pity, and Jesus with rightful authority would intervene and cut the discussion short, “…we must forgive! Forgive, not once but seventy times seven.” Many of our existing family issues can be exter- minated or eased if our married couples have the mind and heart of Joseph and Mary. Couple Spent Time Together: Holy family was not VSDUHGIURPWKHSUREOHPVDQGGL൶FXOWLHVRIGD\WRGD\ life. But their love, prayers, devotion, and commitment in life and work kept them united. They, in the midst of troubles, smiled at those who looked at them despairing- ly and prayed for them. We can mold our family thusly. Children and youth have shared with me that they are QRWJHWWLQJVX൶FLHQWDWWHQWLRQORYHDQGFRQFHUQIURP their parents. They would wish to be born again as some electronic gadgets (cell phones, laptops, etc.) because nowadays many parents, after their day of work, spent too much of their time with gadgets instead of with the family. -HVXVZKRLVGLYLQHWKHVRQRI*RGPDGHÀHVKZKHQ+H grew, began helping His Father Joseph and Mother Mary according to His own capacity. Jesus at the age of twelve attracted everyone by His concentration in prayer and meditations on the Scriptures. The questions He asked, the remarks and comments with which He illustrated His narratives astonished everyone. The baby Jesus of Bethlehem invites every one of us today to be like Him, always obedient to the parents and to live life as He lived and showed to us. He was always interested in doing the will of His Father. In our present-day society, if the chil- dren are obedient and respectful of their parents and the parents attentive to our children, we can also make our families after the example of the Holy Family. Holly Rebekah Lodge will be starting the New Year with a bang, only on New Year’s Eve. They will be holding their regular din- ner and BINGO with some changes for this month only. The Lodge is asking every- one to bring an appetizer of their choice to share for this non-alcoholic celebration. In exchange for this, there will be no charge for the meal this month. The cost ilant community member intervened just in the nick of time, preventing the truck from reaching the cemetery. Realizing their mistake, the driver had no other option but to reverse the entire length of Chase Street. 'ඈ<ඈඎ+ൺඏൾ6ඈආൾඍඁංඇඍඈ 6ඁൺඋൾ" Caden George going up for a shot against River- side.3KRWRE\7\O\QQ&LPPL\RWWL The Heppner Mustang boys’ basketball team lost their last two games before the Christmas break. The Mustangs were defeated by the Riverside Pirates 57-50 and then lost to the Dufur Rangers by the score of 58-48. The Mustangs have an overall record of RQ WKLV VHDVRQ VR IDU The Mustangs next action will be on December 27, 28 and 29th at the 2A East- West Preview Tournament which will be held at the Pendleton Convention Cen- ter. The Mustangs will take on the Kennedy Trojans on Wednesday, the Knappa Loggers on Thursday, and the Vernonia Loggers on Friday. All Heppner boy’s games are scheduled for 4:30 in the afternoon. In the game with the third ranked 3A Riverside Pirates, the Mustangs trailed the entire game after their brief 5-4 lead early in WKH¿UVWTXDUWHU7KH3LUDWHV WRRN D OHDG LQWR WKH second quarter and then extended that lead to 31-22 at the half. The Mustangs trailed by as many as 14 points in the third. They then cut into that lead and trailed 44-38 as the buzzer sounded ending the third quarter. The Mustangs worked hard at closing the gap in the fourth quarter and pulled within two points of the Pirates at 52-50 with two minutes to play in the game. Heppner couldn›t get any closer than that and they lost by the score of 57-50. Landon Mitchell led the team in scoring with 14 points. He also had 5 rebounds and 2 assists in the game. Caden George was QH[W ZLWK SRLQWV UH- bounds and 4 assists for the team. Scoring 9 points and hauling down 8 rebounds was Thomas Bales. Ma- son Orem had a good all- around game with 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 assists and a steal for the Mustangs. Marty Medina ZDVQH[WZLWKSRLQWVDQG 3 rebounds while Keaton Coiner scored 2 points and recorded 2 rebounds. In the JV boys game, Heppner defeated the Pi- rates 32-29. Caylan Proud- foot led the team with 9 points and Logan Turner had 8. Alakae Rodriguez VFRUHGDQG.HDWRQ&RLQ- er tallied 5 points. With 2 points each were Caleb George and Tripp Stewart. The Mustangs traveled to Dufur and just couldn›t get anything to go their way. They trailed early in the game and were playing catch up throughout the entire contest. Dufur led 17-7 at the end of the ¿UVW TXDUWHU DQG DW halftime. Heppner trailed at one point in the third quarter by 19 points. The Mustangs cut that lead to 9 points midway through the fourth quarter but just couldn’t get any closer and lost the game by the score of 58-48. Mitchell once again led the team in scoring with 15. He also had 4 rebounds, 1 block and had a steal in the game. Caden George recorded 10 points, 3 rebounds and dished out 3 assists. Cameron Proudfoot ¿OOHGXSWKHVWDUWVKHHWZLWK SRLQWV UHERXQGV DQG had 3 assists. Mason Orem VFRUHG SRLQWV KDG UH- bounds and 3 assists for the Mustangs. Thomas Bales had 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 blocked shot and a steal. Scoring 2 points and having 3 rebounds in the game was Keaton Coiner. The Heppner JV boys team got another win as the defeated Dufur by the score of 49-34. Leading the way in scoring was Caylan Proudfoot with 17 points. Alakae Rodriguez was next with 8 and with SRLQWV HDFK ZHUH &DOHE George and Logan Turner. Tripp Stewart chipped in 5 points, Jackson Coiner had 4 and with 3 points was Keaton Coiner. WWW.HEPPNER.NET Sɲɟɪɦɱ1ɢɴɰ$ɡɳɢɯɱɦɰɦɫɤ $ɫɫɬɲɫɠɢɪɢɫɱɰ /ɢɱɱɢɯɰ7ɬ7ɥɢ(ɡɦɱɬɯ 6ɢɫɡ8ɰ3ɥɬɱɬɰ 6ɱɞɯɱ$1ɢɴ6ɲɟɰɠɯɦɭɱɦɬɫ 2ඎඋඇൾඐඅඒඎඉൽൺඍൾൽඐൾൻඌංඍൾආൺൾඌංඍൾൺඌඒඍඈ •Submit news •Submit birth, engagement and wedding announcements •Send us photos •Submit letters to the editor •Place ads •Start a new subscription ඐඐඐඁൾඉඉඇൾඋඇൾඍ Weekly deadline for all news and advertising is Monday at 5pm. 10DLQ6W+HSSQHU9228 Lunch & Dinner Specials 12/28 - 1/03 *Thursday.LHOEDVDDQGMRMRV *FridayFKLFNHQQRRGOHVRXSDQGVDODG *Saturday - Pulled pork sliders & *RXGDELWHV *Sunday - opening at 3pm. Tomato Soup DQG JULOOHG KDP DQG FKHHVH :KLWH HOHSKDQW gift exchange at 8:30 pm. 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