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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 24, 2024 The Official Newspaper 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 Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 177 N Main St. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 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 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 $15 Obituaries Keith Eugene Lewis Keith Eugene Lewis, 92 a long time Heppner res- ident passed away July 14th , 2024 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Keith was born January 25, 1932 in Baker City, Oregon. The son of William Lewis and Alma Bernice Baisley. Keith’s early years were spent in North Powder on the fam- ily dairy. He graduated from North Powder High School. After school he joined the Navy where he served on the USS Iowa during the Korean war. He returned to join the Ore- gon State Police. In 1954 He married Fern Gordon. Their daughter, Teresa Ann Lewis Vaughan was born in 1955. Keith was stationed in Ontario, Oregon and the family lived there until they moved to Baker City, Oregon in 1972 following an OSP promotion to lieu- tenant. Keith traveled with Teresa as she high school rodeoed with great success. After winning the Miss High School Rodeo com- petition they traveled to the national competition where Teresa placed near the top. The two were very close and enjoyed many adven- tures together. In 1982 Keith married Sharon Bryant. This union brought her children Kathy Cutsforth Fullmer, Kim Cutsforth Coil and Kraig Cutsforth into his life and he fostered great relation- ships them all. After his retirement in 1983 they bought a farm in Heppner Oregon and settled there. Keith served The Or- egon State Police for 27 years. He spent much of this time as an investigative detective, retiring as a Cap- tain. He was well liked by all his fellow troupers and had many fond memories of his work and fellow troup- ers. Keith began a second career as an investigator for the Oregon Lottery. He did this for several years commuting to Salem for the occasional meetings. Keith had many interests. He was an avid outdoors- man enjoying fishing and hunting. He took great pride in his bird dogs. He owned several race horses. He instilled these passions in his grandchildren, these grandchildren were a great source of joy for Keith. He attended their sporting events spent holidays and vacations with them, and the families went many times to Hawaii where they all enjoyed the beaches and family time together. He will be remembered most for kindness to all, even temperament and sense of humor. His heartly laugh will be with us always. Keith was preceded in death by his daughter Teresa Vaughan, his step children Kathy Cutsforth Fulmer and Kraig Cuts- forth. Keith is survived by his wife Sharon Bryant Lewis, his son in law Char- lie Vaughan, stepdaugh- ter Kim Cutsforth Coil (Jay), Grandchildren: Sam Vaughan (Allison), Kate Hansen (Gus), Pat Vaughan, Maggie Armato, Joe Ar- mato, Kelsey Cutsforth, great grandchildren: Nora Vaughan, Adler Vaughan, and Jack Hansen. A grave side service will be held at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery Satur- day July 27 at 11:00. There will be a luncheon to follow at the Heppner Elks Club. Those wanting to re- member Keith can donate to The Heppner Elks Club PO box 494 Heppner, OR 978326 or Willow Creek Terrace Assisted Living, 400 Frank Gilliam Dr, Hep- pner, OR 97836 Sweeney Mortuary is in care of arrangements. You may sign the online condo- lence book at http://www. sweeneymortuary.com Father Thankachan Joseph Give to the lord generously Today’s readings invite us to reflect: Have I a hunger for the word of God, sure that He will satisfy my need as He fed the five thousand in the wilderness out of noth- ing? Do we feel any active solidarity for such people who experience spiritual hunger for the Word of God? The Second Book of Kings (4:42-44) speaks of the Prophet Elisha, who lived in the ninth century B.C., the successor of the mighty prophet Elijah. Today’s Eli- sha story takes place during a time of famine. The peo- ple bring some food for the prophet, the man of God, but the prophet directs the food be given to the people instead. There is a huge number of people, so his servant hesitates to take the meager food – bread – to the peo- ple. The servant protests that the task is impossible, yet the prophet insists, and the people are fed with a small amount of food, and, in fact, food is left over. The bread was the bread of the first fruits, which was meant to be offered to God. But instead of offering it to God, Elisha gives it to the people. The miraculous food is a sign of God’s concern for His people. The leftovers stress God’s generosity. In Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians (4:1-6), Paul pleads with the Ephesians to live a life in keeping with the Gospel, placing special emphasis on the need for unity and harmony. We must do everything possible to preserve the unity of spirit among us by our words and/ or deeds. Paul further emphasizes that there is one body, one spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all. This oneness of faith should lead us to share all we have with others so that we might witness to our faith in action. The Gospel reading from John (6:1-15) narrates the faithful, merciful, and compassionate heart of the Lord as He feeds the hungry and needy. (Many of us may not have experienced physical hunger, but there are many people in the world who are dying of hunger and malnutrition at this very moment.) Jesus, “the new El- isha,” replicates the miracle of Elisha. He feeds more than five thousand people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. John tells us that the crowds were huge – about five thousand men, with perhaps double the number of women and children. Jesus says to Phillip, “What are we going to do? How are we going to feed them?” Jesus knew what He was going to do but He is testing His disciples. Phillip, with his calculating mind, is working out the solution: “You just buy the food, but where are you going to get so much food in this place? Just one piece of bread for each one would probably cost hundreds of denarii. How are we going to manage?” An- drew, with a practical bent of mind, suggests a solution: a boy with five loaves of bread and two fish. But what use is that for this large crowd? Jesus is ready to take the little that is offered by the boy and work with it. He is not asking for huge resources beyond our means, but He seeks generous people who are ready to share the little they have. Jesus asks His disciples to divide and share the bread with the multitude, and as they break bread and share, more and more is available until everyone has more than enough. Jesus then says, “Please collect the leftovers,” and they collect twelve basketfuls. Jesus must have given them to the little boy; after all it was his bread and his fish that made it all possible. Why was Jesus interested in the leftovers? Wasn’t the big happening all that mattered? Jesus is also the God of small things! Every small detail counts in God’s eyes! Jesus needs what we can bring Him, even if not much. Little is always much in the hands of Christ. The miracle continues through us every time we give ourselves faith to the Lord. He takes our limited re- sources, blesses them, multiplies them, and distributes them to His people, and paradoxically, we still find more left over for ourselves – either in psychic satisfaction, a sense of fulfillment, or inner peace. The right question to ask of the Lord is not, “Where shall we find this or that? Instead, we should ask, “What is it I have that you want to multiply? Updates on the Snake and Monkey Creek fires -Continued from PAGE ONE 54,228 acres Total Personnel: 876 Crews: 10 Engines: 125 Dozers: 17 Helicopters: 5 Weather: High tem- peratures in the mid-90s up to 100 degrees in the val- leys. Relative Humidities in the teens. Light winds. Dry and breezy conditions are forecasted for Wednesday and Thursday. Operations: Firefight- ers continued firing oper- ations along Highway 19 in an effort to secure the southwest corner and stop the southern progression of this wildfire. According to Operations Section Chief Dan Trapenese, the west flank off of Forest Road 25 is one of the last areas of open line. Today, aerial ignitions using a helicopter to drop incendiary devices will be implemented to burn large pockets of unburned fuel within control lines. A few spot fires occurred last night on the west side of the fire, but a group of lo- cal landowners supporting the incident are expected to have them lined this morning. HRD temporarily closed -Continued from PAGE ONE the Heppner Ranger District OFH to host Bingo July 28 th Are you tired of the smoke and heat? Grab a friend and go have a yum- my meal at the Odd Fellow Hall in Lexington, where it will be cool, this Sunday July 28 th at 3pm for only $5. This month it will be a va- Spiritually Speaking riety of sandwiches, green salad and chips. Following the meal at 3:30 BINGO will be held. A packet of 10 cards is available for $5 where you have a chance to win from a variety of prizes. pner Ranger District and two other large wildfires (Cougar Creek and Battle Mountain Complex) burn- ing in the Umatilla National Forest, compounded by multiple active large wild- fires burning across the re- gion, firefighting resources are stretched thin. Forest officials have implemented closure for public and fire- fighter safety. This closure means that the public is prohibited from entering lands, roads, trails, and recreational facil- ities in the Heppner Ranger District. Access to county, state, or federal roadways will not be affected by this order. Good News Only by Doris Brosnan “Since my name (should be with a y, not an e) appeared in the paper two times, I thought I should offer an update!” said Monty Crum last week. Some readers might be curious to know Monty’s plans for the Highway 74 Café building: Purchased for the purpose of providing temporary office space for a company planning some work in Ione, the building has been reroofed and mold has been removed. After the expected temporary use, the building will be for sale. “In fact, it is for sale now,” Crum notes. Even though it remains almost totally equipped for a restaurant, “I don’t plan to run a restaurant,” he says, or any other business, although a few other businesses that would be useful in Ione come to mind. Now, inquiring minds know! Thirteen area women – Ione, Lexington, Condon, Heppner, Arlington – enjoyed their monthly “Happy Birthday Lunch” at the Elks Lodge last Thursday. This month’s honored were Karen Thompson and Betty Gray. July is also Chef Heath Colvin’s birthday month, so these appreciative patrons included him in the celebration with a card and a financial gift. Area friends were happy to have Karen Haguewood include them in her eleven-day (9 th -20 th ) visit from Arizona. Karen spent some of her time in LaGrande with family, able to be with six of her eight grandchildren and enjoy two of her great grandchildren. Betty Gray hosted her daughter, Deloy, for the July 4 celebration in Ione and headed for Deloy’s family home in Seattle the next day. She was able to stay a week to enjoy the family and celebrate her birthday with them. Short or long Good News depends on readers who offer a tidbit or not. Please take a few minutes to add yours for the pleasure of the GT readers. Send to dbrosnan123@gmail.com or call 541-223-1490. Here’s hoping that good news comes to everyone reading this. Baking and canning fair competitions Bev Sherman creating one of her famous apple pies, with Cal overseeing the process. - Contributed Photo No county fair is com- plete without the food depart- ments full of baked and canned goods. The cookies, cakes, pies and breads are meant to be eaten fresh from the oven, while the pickles, jams and applesauce can be stored for the months to come. Superintendents of the Foods Department, Karen Clough and Karen Smith-Grif- fith are pleased to announce some additional prizes that have been added for 2024. The Judge’s Choice Award in- cludes a $25 cash award given by Morrow County, and a gift certificate from Linsey Hanna of Hinton Creek Bakery. The “Amazing Apple Pie Contest” honoring Bev Sherman is sponsored by Bev’s daugh- ters, Jan Huddleston and Barb Watkins. A special gift will be awarded to the winning pie. For youth entries, Whitney Haguewood of Cross Hill Confections is sponsoring the Cupcake Wars with prizes for winners in the two age groups. The Morrow County Wheat Growers contests make use of a plentiful staple of Eastern Oregon gardens, zucchini. The adult contest is a chocolate zucchini cake with a first and second prize, and the youth contest zucchini muffins with chocolate chips sports first, second and third. Both contest awards are cash prizes spon- sored by local wheat ranchers, Snow-McElligott. Another new addition to the awards is a $25 award for the baker with the most ribbons. This prize is donated by Jake Lind- say, President of the Morrow County Wheat Growers. The Superintendents, Karen and Karen, say, “Bake it happen at the MoCo Fair!” In the Canning De- partment, Superintendent Jan- nie Allen notes there are sever- al new prizes this year. In addi- tion to the Judge’s Choice $25 from Morrow County, there is a $25 prize for the best dill pickles, donated by the Molly Rill family, and $25 for the best vegetable salsa sponsored by the Elguezabal family. The best sauerkraut will receive bratwurst from Neiffer Ranch, while there is a special Su- perintendent’s Choice award and the outstanding exhibitor in the Canning section. The best youth entries will receive cookie mixes in Mason jars and the best soups win Mason jars with soup mixes.
