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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 27, 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 Frances Louise West (Francie) Spiritually Speaking Father Thankachan Joseph First Sunday of advent: stay awake After Thanksgiving celebrations, we will begin the new liturgical year marking the Advent season. It is time to wait for the Messiah, our Savior. The Thanksgiving ceremony is an occasion for all of us to thank the Lord for all the blessings and graces we have received from the affectionate and loving Heavenly Father. I would like to begin this week’s reflection with a small quiz I used to use: Imagine that you are sleeping. You are dreaming. A huge wild animal is chasing you. You try to run away, and you see a tiger coming in front of you. You turn, but every side you turn to, you find a ferocious animal coming to attack you. How can you escape? The answer: Wake up. This is what all the Scrip- ture readings of the week are trying to teach us. Advent is a time to prepare for the coming of the Lord. Gener- ally, we understand His coming at Christmas, which re- calls His historical birth 2000 years ago, and His coming on the Last Day. The season of Advent reminds us of our waiting for the second coming of Christ. As we wait for the second coming of the Lord, the second reading of the week is our central focus, from the letter to the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2). The Thessalonians, Paul writes, were ob- sessed with the nearness of the second coming of Christ. In Paul’s second letter to them, Paul reprimands them for giving up work and living in idleness (2 Thess 3:6- 15). Apparently, some of them thought that the Lord’s coming was so near that there was no point in provid- ing for the future. Such excesses on the part of believers gave non-believers the impression that the second com- ing of Christ was a fear factor fabricated by Christian preachers to scare people into accepting the faith. Paul’s opponents in Thessalonica were making such claims. The enemies of the church in Thessalonica were saying that Paul’s teaching that Jesus would come back to take His followers with Him was Paul’s own fabrication. To support their case, they point out that some of the first Christians who thought that Jesus was coming back to take them with Him were already dead. In other words, they were deceived in their belief. Paul’s response is that their death does not mean that they will suffer any dis- advantage when Christ comes. At Christ’s coming, the dead will rise and, together with the living, they will meet the Lord in mid-air (1 Thess 4:13-18). The Gospel reading is taken from the last chap- ter of Luke (21:25-28, 34-36), just before the passion narrative in which Jesus is teaching in the Temple. We hear Jesus speak to His disciples about the need for vig- ilance and prayer as they wait for the coming of the Son of Man in glory. This passage marks the conclusion of a lengthy dialogue in which Jesus predicts the devastation of the Temple in Jerusalem, cautions about the persecu- tion and tribulations to follow, and identifies the signs that will signal the coming of the Son of Man in glory. Watchfulness is the slogan of Advent. A funny an- ecdote comes to my mind to describe this particular aspect: A drunkard went for a Sunday Mass, listening to a long dull sermon. Feeling still hungover and tired, he finally nodded off hoping no one would notice. The priest had been watching him all along and at the end of the sermon he decided to make an example out of him. “Whoever in this room would like a place in heaven, please stand up,” he exclaimed. The whole room stood up except, of course, for one. Obviously displeased, the priest said loudly, “And he who would like to find a place in hell, please stand up.” The man, catching only the last part, sleepily stood up, only to find that he was the only one standing up. Confused and embarrassed, he said, “I don’t know what we are voting on here, fa- ther, but it sure seems like you and me are the only ones standing for it.” We will now begin the season of Advent—the coming of our Lord. Watchfulness is the keyword for this season. We always need to be watchful for the com- ing of the Lord. This coming Sunday marks the begin- ning of the season of Advent, a time of preparation, a time of great expectation and great anticipation. ly, especially her grandchil- dren. She was an active part of their lives, taking them to the ranch, attending Vaca- tion Bible School, playing in the hot tub, swimming, and teaching them how to cook. She and Jim were always present at 4-H and FFA events, sitting proudly in the stands with beaming smiles, supporting their grandkids with love and encouragement. Francie was a beloved m o t h e r, g r a n d m o t h e r, great-grandmother, and friend. She is survived by her children: Mark, Dean, Rona (Marty), Karen (Rocky), Tamara, Susie, and George (Sebrina), along with her grandchildren: Tanner, Colter, Jessica, Da- vid, Paul, Luke, Dominic, Nicole, and Katie, and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Jim, and her brother Mick. A memorial service to celebrate Francie’s life was held on Saturday, Novem- ber 23, 2024, at 11:00 AM at the Methodist Church of Arlington in Arlington, OR. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that dona- tions be made in Francie’s memory to the Gilliam County Auction Commit- tee, PO Box 471, Arlington, OR 97812. Francie’s legacy of love, devotion to family, and generous spirit will be remembered by all who knew her. Her impact on the lives of her family, friends, The Heppner Gazette Times will be closed Thursday and community will contin- the 28th and Friday the 29th for the holiday. ue to be felt for generations WWW.HEPPNER.NET to come. Please leave your con- Submit News, Advertising dolence messages for the & Announcements family at sweeneypayton- Letters To The Editor mortuary.com. February 4, 1940 – No- vember 12, 2024. Frances Louise West, known to all as Francie, passed away peacefully on November 12, 2024, at the age of 84. She was born on February 4, 1940, in Wasco County, Oregon, to Dorothy Marga- ret Fouts of South Dakota and Virgil Owen West of Oregon. A proud homemak- er, Francie dedicated her life to caring for her fam- ily. She was known for cooking three hot meals a day, sewing, and creating beautiful quilts. She spent many years making special clothes for her daughter Rona, including a side sad- dle dress and a May Day dress. Sewing and quilting were her passions, and she also enjoyed painting pic- tures. Francie loved to play bridge and golf, and her adventurous spirit took her and Jim on many memora- ble trips around the world. Together, they traveled to Australia, Ireland, Den- mark, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Italy, Washington D.C., and Canada. She was also the proud Gilliam County Fair Grand Marshal and served as the Gilliam County Rodeo Queen. Above all, Francie was deeply devoted to her fami- Submit News, Advertising & Announcements Letters To The Editor Send Us Photos Start A New Subscription ATTENTION HUNTERS!! The Heppner Gazette-Times wants pictures of your trophy animals! Stop by 177 N Main Street in Heppner, email - editor@rapidserve.net upload at heppner.net or text photos to 541-215-2274. Good News Only by Doris Brosnan Reports are positive about the festive Friday shop- ping last week followed by the music at the ag museum and the lighting of the trees in Heritage Park! Good to hear positives about community activities. The high school football teams had good runs this past season and are to be congratulated. We now turn our attention to winter’s indoor sports, getting ready to support the basketball teams and wrestling teams! Last Saturday found this writer and life-long friend Shirley George in Redmond for a reunion of the Edie, Florence, Kip, Doris, and Bob Morris siblings and the families’ next generation. The weather cooperated for traveling (some five and six hours), so thirty-five attend- ees were able to enjoy three hours of catch-up conversa- tions, photo ops, Mazatlán dishes, and promises to do it again soon, to do it during a more optimum season, and to try to catch more of the missing thirteen nieces and nephews with open schedules. Thanksgiving is certainly the holiday that invites us to recognize our reasons to be thankful, and apparently about 88 million Americans will be sharing these rea- sons around tables filled with turkeys and accompanying dishes. About 45 million turkeys are sold for Thanksgiv- ing, with hams running in second place. Wherever you are, whatever you will be eating, you are wished a truly happy time-out from work/responsibilities/stress/cares/ worries for time with friends/family, and for counting reasons to be thankful. What did the turkey say to the turkey hunter? (“Quack, quack!”) What do you call rain on Turkey Day? (Fowl weather.) 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Happy Thanksgiving Friday - Ham, corn, mashed potato’s & gravy, with a roll Saturday - Grilled ham & cheese with potato soup Sunday - Turkey & pepperjack deli sandwich with deep fried green beans Monday - General Tso chicken, fried rice, & egg roll Tuesday - 1/4lb hamburger with mac n cheese Tuesday night 6-9pm $2 hard shell tacos Wednesday - Turkey bacon craisin salad
