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Our most grateful sincere THANK YOU
to all of the amazing community we live
in for helping us find Sebastian, Sunday
morning He is the 2 yr old son of David
and Kitija Berntsen from Sweden. David
was our exchange student in 2009 and
went to HHS and played football here.
They are visiting and while playing with
our grandkids outside our house went
missing right before dark Saturday night.
He was found this Sunday by Jim Lankford
near where Jim and Debbie live outside
of Heppner. There were about 100 people
searching for him as well and life flight and
out of state rescue teams. Thank you so
much to Morrow County Sheriiffs Office
for coordinating and to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital for his care after he was found.
For The prayer chains that went out across
the country we will be forever grateful.
Praise God for his mercy to us!
Sincerely,
Ann and John Murray
177 N. Main
P.O. Box 337
Heppner, OR 97836
Chris@sykesrealestate.net
Broker
Chris Sykes
541-215-2274
$239,000
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