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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 2, 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 Jimmy Leon Bowles Jimmy Leon Bowles, 75, was born on July 3 rd , 1949, in Brigham City, Utah, to John and Laura Bowles. Leon had a large family and was one of 12 children. Leon passed away in his sleep at his residence in Heppner on September 20 th 2024. Leon was married to Ida Rayburn for 42 years and had three sons, John (Hepper), Jason (Heppner) and David (Deceased). Leon and family lived in Banks, Oregon, for many years and in Heppner for the last 20 years. Leon had 13 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. He enjoyed being a grandpa. Leon liked the outdoors and was an animal lover. He once even trained a minia- ture rooster named Rojo to be a family pet. He enjoyed music, fishing, gardening, and taking care of animals. It would be hard to find a better fisherman. Leon was the kind of person who would give you the shirt off his back. He lived his life the way he wanted and on his own terms. He was a friend to all he met and will be missed by many. Marriages September MC marriage license Issues before Sheena Ma- rie Shank, 38, and Peter Niles Benjamin Wenberg, 43. Issued on September 16 th , Travas George Kam- merzell, 20, and Christine Taylor Hickey, 19. Morrow SWCD to meet Morrow SWCD will meet Tuesday, October 8th beginning at 6pm at the Port of Morrow Riverfront Center, 2 Marine Dr NE, Boardman, OR. To join via Zoom or conference call, please contact the SWCD beforehand at 541-676- 5452. Meetings of the Mor- row SWCD are open to the public. October OTLD happenings It’s the Great Hal- low-Read on Beanstack! Log in to your Beanstack account to get registered for October’s Beanstack Reading Challenge. Call 541-676-9964 for more information about setting up your FREE Beanstack account and be ready for Hallow-Read! Get fresh ideas and inspirations for fall from over 600 home and garden magazines on Library2Go! Use the Libby app on your phone, computer, or other electronic device to check out magazines for any sub- ject. The issue you want, always available. October is the official start to the spooky sea- son! Like a ghost picking out its favorite sheet, Tum- bleBooks has you covered! Check out some of our spookiest books this month by visiting OTLD’s Kid’s Page and clicking on the TumbleBooks link. Down- load the TumbleBooks app for quick and easy access. Our Pre-school Sto- rytimes will be held on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10:30 am. Come in for a pre-lunch of exploring and reading! New books this month: Adult Fiction: A Happi- er Life: A Novel - Kristy Woodson Harvey. Aventu- rine on the Bailgate - Anne Britting Oleson. Bad Riv- er - Marc Cameron. Bear Gulch - B. N. Rundell. Gun Thunder - Carson Mc- Cloud. Love at First Book: A Novel - Jenn McKinlay. Murder at Vinland - Alys- sa Maxwell. Nice Work, Nora November - Julia London. No Paw to Stand On - Laurie Cass. Red Sky Mourning: A Thriller - Jack Carr. The House in The Ce- rulean Sea - TJ Klune. The League of Gentlewomen Witches - India Holton. The Rose Arbor: A Novel - Rhys Bowen. The Sign of Four spirits - Vicki Delany. Adult Non-Fiction: The Sock Project: Colorful, Cool Socks to Knit and Show Off - Summer Lee. Ione & Arlington volleyball schedule Oct. 3 rd v. Sherman County 9V/JV), in Ione at 5pm. Ar- lington departs at 3.15pm. Oct. 4 th JV tournament in Arlington at 1pm, Ione departs at 11:15am. Oct. 5 th v. Klickitat/Glen- wood (V/JV), in Arlington at 11am, Ione departs at 9am. Oct 10 th v. Bickleton (V), South Wasco (V/JV) (Se- nior Night) in Arlington at 5pm, 6:30pm, and 8pm(JV). Ione departs at 3:15pm. Oct 14 th v. Heppner-JV2 in Heppner at 6pm. Arlington departs at 4pm, Ione departs at 5pm. Oct 15 th v. Wheeler County (V/JV) in Arlington at 5pm. Ione departs at 3:15pm. \ Oct 19 th Rally on the River Tournament (V) at UCC-Roseburg, time TBD, departure TBD. Oct 23 rd District Play- Games, place, time, and departure TBD. Oct 26 th District Tourna- ment in The Dalles at 10am, departure TBD. The SMCSC announces scholarships, open until the 17th The South Morrow County Scholarship Com- mittee is pleased to an- nounce three scholarships that are available. Each scholarship is open from now until 4:00pm on Octo- ber 17 th , 2024. To receive the link for the application, please email Brandi Swee- ney at brandi.sweeney@ morrowsd.org The South Morrow County Scholarship Com- mittee is offering this post-secondary or graduate program scholarship to former graduates of Ione Community School and Heppner High School. The scholarship funds are to help students pay for tui- tion, program fees, books, supplies, rent and other expenses. Students must be entering their Sophomore, Junior, or Senior Year of Community College or University or Graduate Pro- gram. Students must have a 2.5 GPA or higher and an unofficial transcript and current class schedule or verification of enrollment must be included to apply. The South Morrow County Scholarship Com- mittee is offering this Trade School Scholarship to post-graduates of Ione Community School and Heppner High School. The scholarship funds are to help students pay for program fees, books, sup- plies, rent and other ex- penses. Students must be currently enrolled in any trade school program at least one year after their high school graduation. The Beth Slottee Memorial Scholarship is available to former Heppner High School Graduates entering their Junior, Senior year or Graduate School at an accredited college and is based on academic achieve- ment and chosen field of study. Students must have a 2.5 GPA or higher and an unofficial transcript and current class schedule or verification of enrollment must be included to apply. The student must be major- ing or minoring in Music, but if no applicants are available, it may be award- ed to a student majoring or minoring in Education. The funds may be used for tuition, program fees, books, supplies, rent or other expenses. SMCNC Holiday Food Drive The Neighborhood Center is preparing for the holiday season. This time of year is difficult for some families. These families currently meet the require- ments for monthly food boxes. We can all help to make everyone’s holiday pleasant. The Neighborhood Center, with the help of most of the high school athletes, will hold the an- nual food drive on October 25th. The Heppner High School athletes will be out looking for your usable food donations between 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. Please leave your porch light on as a signal to the students to pick up your donations. If you prefer, you can leave full bags at your door, al- lowing the teens to simply ‘grab and go.’ Please try to give us- able (current) food for a holiday meal. Suggested donations may include yams, green beans, Jell-O, cranberries, potatoes, gra- vy mixes, marshmallows, pumpkin, rolls, and turkey. Remember, these families may also be feeding guests for breakfast, so consider donating items like sau- sage, bread, cereal, and milk. All donations will be weighed at the Neighbor- hood Center. Let’s see how generous we can be! Hunter’s Night October 3rd Steak Dinner starting at 6:00 pm Main Raffle is a Bergara Sierra .300 PRC Rifle Spiritually Speaking Father Thankachan Joseph The Importance of Marriage This Sunday’s readings talk about the bond of love that marriage creates between a man and a woman, a bond that God does not seek to be broken. Marriage! We have witnessed it on several occasions, or we relive the feelings and the meanings of it when we take part in a marriage, understanding and reliving the marriage cove- nant that some of you have already embarked upon. The readings today speak to us about the creation of man and woman and their union with one another in mar- riage. Today it is difficult to speak about marriage be- cause our culture is against the Christian idea of mar- riage. We come to this Eucharist as isolated individuals. But the Eucharist, properly understood and celebrated, creates a bond of love between us. Christ does not wish to see this bond broken. But unfortunately, through our selfishness and isolationism, we often do break it. The first reading today is from the Book of Gen- esis (2:18-24), which speaks of the creation of the first woman of the world. The Lord God said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable part- ner for him.” So, he created woman as the partner for man, to be with him and to support and assist him in all his endeavours with support and encouragement. “I will make a helper suited to him” (2:18). He becomes complete only when he is joined with the woman, and the bond that joins them is love. Love is not just a feel- ing or emotion. It is a lifelong decision, a commitment to another person to live together through thick and thin, “for better or worse, for richer or for poorer, in sick- ness and in health,” until death. This union of man and woman is best expressed in the conjugal union. This act naturally brings forth children that ensures the posterity of humanity. Soon we are going to celebrate the wed- ding of the jubilarians of our church. Every time I cele- brate the Mass for the Wedding Jubilee Anniversaries of couples, I always look at their original wedding photo. What I invariably notice is that on the day of their wed- ding, they looked totally different from each other. But after 25, 50, 75 years of living together, everybody can see that they now actually look like brother and sister! This is what our Lord said: “They are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” (Mk 10:8-9). Jesus made clear that from the very beginning of creation, God has never allowed divorce. The second reading from the Letter to the He- brews (2:9-11) addresses the target group of people who are probably converts from Judaism, many of whom may also have been priests or Levites. After becoming Christians, because of the difficult circumstances of the time, they had to abandon Jerusalem, the holy city, and seek refuge elsewhere. In their exile they look back with nostalgia on the splendor of the cult they played a part in prior to their conversion. They feel deceived and are tempted to give up their new faith, in which they are not yet well grounded. They are also discontented from the persecution they suffer because of their new faith. Obvi- ously, they need help, and in particular, a clear doctrine to bolster their faith and enable them to cope with temp- tation. The Gospel of Mark (10:2-16) stresses the impor- tance of marriage. Through this exhortation, Jesus wants us to understand that divorce is not acceptable in God’s plan. It is important that we recognize again that Jesus is arguing against a culture in which divorce was easy and not challenged, which is remarkably like our modern scenario. For Jesus, marriage is clearly a gift from God. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Marriage is also about having children, not just for coming together and living together. Progeny is an important aspect of marriage. Nowadays people are going against the plan that God envisaged for man and woman. We who live and understand Christ’s values have an enormous task of evangelization to do in our modern world. Even sim- ply to state the truth about how our Holy Scriptures and our Christian tradition see marriage is highly offensive to many people. Our challenge is first to live the teach- ings of Jesus and the Church and then to speak fearlessly about God’s plan for marriage and children. Let us walk with the Lord. DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5PM Lots of General Raffle Prizes Lunch & Dinner Menu Specials 10/3 - 10/9 Thursday - spaghetti & meatballs with a roll Friday - Chicken fried steak sandwich on Texas toast with hashbrowns Saturday - Buffalo chicken salad Sunday - open 11-9pm. 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