TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 28, 2025
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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Spiritually Speaking
Heppner’s Naomi Propheter
placed in the top 10 at the
state golf tournament last
week. -Contributed photo
Heppner High School
freshman Naomi Proph-
eter took ninth place at the
OSAA 1A/2A/3A/4A Golf
State Championships in
Corvallis May 19. Proph-
eter earned her place in the
state tournament by placing
second individually in the
4A/3A/2A/1A-SD6 Spe-
cial District 6 tournament
May 13.
The Heppner High
School golf team has been
full of new faces the past
couple of years, which of-
fers hope for the future of
Heppner’s golf program,
but not a lot of veteran ex-
perience on the green.
While the Mustangs
didn’t make it to state as
a team, golf coach Donald
Matthews wrote in a Face-
book post that he was proud
of all the members of team
for the hard work they put
in this year.
“Proud of all the kids
on a great season and Nao-
mi for placing in the top 10
at the state tournament as
a freshman!” he wrote. “It
was really fun to watch.”
Hisler signs to run
track with EOU
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Father Thankachan Joseph
Ascension: An invitation to
mount the throne of God
This Sunday, the Church celebrates the Ascension of
the Lord. While preparing, I remembered a story:
An extremely poor family, the Carpenters, lived in
the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. The oldest
boy was given education in the city, with the help of some
family friends who generously financed his studies when
they realized he wanted to become a doctor. Carpenter
graduated with honors but declined all job offers to prac-
tice medicine in the city. He decided to go back to the
mountains, where there were many sick people and few
doctors. For many years he ministered to the sick. Some
paid, most couldn’t. He gave his absolute best and helped
everyone he could. In his old age he was in broken health
himself and almost penniless. Two small rooms above the
town grocery store were his home and office. At the foot of
the creaky stairs leading up to his office was a sign: “Dr.
Carpenter is upstairs.” One morning someone climbed
those stairs and found their devoted doctor dead. The
entire community was plunged into grief. They wanted to
erect some kind of monument for him, but they decided
to simply write these words on a large tombstone: “Dr.
Carpenter is upstairs.”
What is the Ascension of Jesus? Forty days after Jesus
rose from the dead, He ascended into Heaven, a moment
of prodigious celebration. All the angels gathered around
Him and asked about His life and mission on Earth. Jesus
was glad to share His wonderful experience of living
with mankind: His life struggle with priests and rulers on
Earth and how they condemned Him to death on a cross
because He stood for the cause of the subalterns and the
marginalized of the society; how He failed to impart the
love of the Father to the priestly clan, their refusal to be-
lieve in God, and finally His dying on the cross for their
salvation. The Lord has already built a bridge between
Heaven and Earth. He has come and lived with us and set
connectivity between God and human beings.
Why did Jesus Ascend to the father? In Paul’s letter
to Philippians he wrote, “Our Lord Jesus Christ ascended
to receive the glory due to Him as the victor over sin and
death” (2:8-9). Jesus in the Gospel of John states several
times that He needs to ascend to the Father in order for
the Advocate to come to us, and He reminds us that He
ascended to the Father to prepare rooms for us, to wel-
come us all back to Heaven (14:2).
How to make Ascension possible in our life? Paul’s
letter to Colossians gives us this intact message: “So if
you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are
above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things
that are on earth.” This reminds believers that ascension
is possible for everyone. He suggests three ways to ascend
to the father:
1) Material Ascension: With the Ascension of our
Lord Jesus Christ, we are being led to material freedom.
Poverty is converted to riches, scarcity to abundance.
The works of our hands are blessed (Deut. 28:12; Psalm
90:17). When we look at the lives of most saints, we see
exceptionally good examples of material ascension in
their lives—Saints like Francis of Assisi, who was born
into a noble business family, but who became poor and
chaste because his love of Christ made him leave aside
everything and follow Christ.
2) Mind Ascension: There is an old proverb: “A
sound mind dwells in a sound body.” When our minds
are engaged in material things and things of this world,
we can say that we are in a mental slavery, which leads to
acute depression, worry, anxiety, fear. Mostly the “haves”
are more involved in things of this world and attached to
things of this place.
3) Sensual Ascension: There is a tendency in the
present world to waste so much time with social media,
to take pleasure in that which feeds our sense organs. Our
eyes and ears need to be controlled to ascend above this
world of sensual pleasures.
On this Ascension Day, we remember: “Dr Carpenter
is upstairs!” But unlike the doctor boy who died, Jesus—
the Divine Doctor of our souls—is alive and continues to
heal people and bring salvation to all people! The Lord
invites everyone on this day to ascend from our present
style of life to Him.
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Heppner senior Hallee Hisler signed her letter of intent to run
for EOU last week. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
Heppner graduating
senior Hallee Hisler has
signed with Eastern Oregon
University to run with the
Mountaineers.
Hisler officially signed
her letter of intent to com-
pete for the Mountaineers
in both indoor and out-
door track in a ceremony
Wednesday, May 21, at
Heppner High School.
The Heppner senior
has been making her mark
in sprints and mid-distance
running throughout her
high school career, even
breaking school records
that have stood for years.
Heading into the 2A
track and field state cham-
pionship this week, she is
ranked fourth in the state
in the 100 meter, second in
the 200 meter and third in
the 400 meter—all three of
which she will compete in
at the state meet after she
qualified for them at the
district meet last week.
Hisler plans to attend
EOU to become a dental
hygienist.
MCSD awaits election
outcome
-Continued from PAGE ONE Program. The bond would
Cole and MCSD Su-
perintendent Matt Combe
acknowledged that passing
the bond was more than a
year-long effort and they
appreciate the work of the
Community Bond Advisory
Committee (CBAC), school
board members, district
administrators, members of
the district facility and busi-
ness departments, teach-
ers, school staffs, Wenaha
Group and InterMountain
ESD Communications for
all their work.
“It has truly been a
huge team effort across our
district to evaluate facilities,
develop projects and inform
our community about the
need for this bond. We
appreciate everyone who
worked on it,” Combe said.
The bond would raise
$204.4 million, and the dis-
trict would receive a $6 mil-
lion matching grant from
the Oregon School Capital
Improvement Matching
Morrow
SWCD to
meet
Morrow SWCD will
meet Tuesday, June 3rd
beginning at 6pm at the Ag
Service Center in Heppner.
To join via Zoom or con-
ference call, please contact
the SWCD beforehand at
541-676-5452. Meetings
of the Morrow SWCD are
open to the public.
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levy rate may differ.
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about bond election results
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district Facebook page.
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