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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-
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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.
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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
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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-
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on the lifestyles of Joseph and Mary.
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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.
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With numerous tasks of the day, they never failed to be
in communion with God. Their work and prayers went
side by side.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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had 3 assists. Mason Orem
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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
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George and Logan Turner.
Tripp Stewart chipped in 5
points, Jackson Coiner had
4 and with 3 points was
Keaton Coiner.
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