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
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Chris Sykes ...............................................................................................Publisher
Annalynn Black ............................................................................................ Editor
Cindi Doherty.........................................................................................Advertising
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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.
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