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Published every WadnaMay and entered a» second claw matter at the
fost Office at Heppner Oregon under the Act of March J, 1879
Sc* und Class postage paid at Meppner. Oregon Office at 147 West Willow
Street Telephone 503 1 678 9228
Address communications to the llrppner (¿alette Times. P O Bo* 137.
Hropoer, Oregon 9783«
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Klleen Saling
Office Manager
Sandy H a iti
Newspaper Fdilor
Mary Ann C erullo
Graphics Department
Joyce Hughes
Typesetter
Marcy Bacon
Darkroom Technician
David and April Sykett, Publisher»
Viola Faye Gray in lleppner They
engaged in wheat farming in the
social ridge area for a number of
years They moved to the Blackhor
se Canyon area east of Lexington in
1941 where (hey have resided until
hi* death
He was a lifetime resident of this
area and a member of the la-xinglon
Grange and the Oregon Wheat
league
Survivors include hi* wife Faye
Buhl of la-xington sons Ihck Buhl of
Boseburg and Skip Buhl of Her
miston. mother Klva Buhl of Hep
pner a brother Norman Buhl of
llermiston and five grandchildren
Contribution* for those who wish
may tie made to the Pioneer Mem
orial Nursing Home
Sweeney Mortuary, lleppner, is in
care of arrangements
Obituaries
Herbert Bauer
Herbert Bauer. «3. of Ml Vernon,
died Wednesday May I. in Fox
Valley
He was born June 27, 1921. in
Havelock. N D
Mr Bauer was a member of Flks
Dodge and American l-egion
He
had served over the year* as a
Scoutmaster. 4 II leader, and church
elder
He was a veteran of World War II
serving in the I S Army from July
1942 through December 1945
Survivors include a son Neal
Hauer of L o n g Creek
two
daughters Marcy Bacon of Meppner
and Karen Dive of Baker two
sisters Krtima Ball of Corvallis and
M artha l.isius of Kedmond
a
brother, otto Bauer of Bend and six
grandchildren
Mr Bauer was preceded in ilealh
by his parents and two brother*
Funeral services were held Sat
unlay. May 4. at Driskill s Memorial
Chapel iri John Day with the Kev
Jeff Cheifet/ officiating John Day
Flks laxlge and American la'gion
also took part in the services
Interment was at Canyon City ('em
etery
Casket bearers were Jim Cannon
Busty Painter. Bill Porflly. Bay
P o rter. James Wood, and Fd
Schmidt
Honorary Casket hearers were
Boh Spruol. Ivan Porflly. George
Cannon. Bay Bichardson. Hale
Lemons Wayne Slulesman Arm«-
Zimmerman John Clark anil Bill
Thompson
Darlene Devin
Darlene Devin. 52. died Monday
May 6. 1985. at a hospital in The
Dalles following a brief illness
tiraveside sorv ices were held at 11
a m Friday . May 10 at the
Arlington Cemetery
Mrs Devin had been an Arlington
resident the past seven years living
formerly in Crescent City. Myrtle
Creek and Coos Bay
She was born Oct 30 1912 at
Condon, the daughter of Charles
Harold and Dorothy iW illabyi Wil
kins
She and her husband operated the
Devin Oil Company in Arlington
Mrs Devin had Ixx-n active in the
Coos Bay and Mvrlle Creek Ladies
of Klks and was also an avid bridge
player
Survivors include her husband.
Glenn II Devin. Arlington son Du k
(i of lleppner
daughter Diane
Mr* Alan Mi Naughton of Sunny
side Wash and six grandchildren
Two brothers. Carrol and Dick
W ilkins Ixilh ol the Arlington! ondon
area, died earlier
Memorial contributions may lx*
made to the Arlington Ambulance
fund
Arrangements were in care of
Smith Callaway Chapel. The Dalles
L.E. .(Buck! Buhl
Graveside service for l . K (Buck’
Buhl will he held at 2 p m . Thurx
day, May 16. at the la'xingtnn
Cemetery with vault burial to follow
Officiating will lx' the Bev Wesley
Sackmann with musical selections
News bit
t.s the Rev i eBay Wot net!
Mr Buhl. 7 t died Monday evening
at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
lleppner
He was txirn November
17. 1911 in lleppner, the son of Otto
undFIva Hunt > Buhl He attended
school in la-xington and graduated
from la-xington High School in 1932
He was married June 29. 1932. to
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Equity for fathers
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Norme Mulkey of lone was a 6500
winner in the Oregon Stale lottery
Tuesday evening
She purchased
the lucky ticket at Central Market
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To the Fditor.
A few days ago Oregon celebrated
laiw Day At the same time a story
appeared on the high cost of divorce,
upward to 630 non
How can we
celebrate a system that throws
divorcing parents into a room with
the express purpose of waging a war
over the care of their children
Fvidently the Oregon Slate Bar
wishes to continue watching the
fight
During a Senate hearing on SB 537.
a bill on yomt custody the Family
Law Section of the Oregon State Bar
submitted testimony, written by
Stephen Shepard opposing joint
custody Joint custixly has a proven
track record in 12 other states in
reducing the acrimony and violence
of divorce and custody disputes ll
also has cut the courtroom battles
and the resultant legal lees in half
The- apparent message is keep the
iMltles. keep the fees
cjuite frankly I would lx* emtiar
rassed to submit the arguments
presented as logical or meaningful
Tlie practicing lawyers in this stale
should hang their heads in shame if
Shepards remarks are representa
live of their views
The Family l-aw testimony said
that having two parents fight over
the children is not good for the
children, yet the current system
creates an adversarial situation for
(«alcnls who want the*»- children
catch 22
fam ily Law is currently
one step above dueling and it looks
like the Bar wants it that way
Shepard throws out such ridiculous
statements
like
"constant
battle* what if one parent wants
the child to stay up until lo p m
while one parent wants 8 p m
and
ime parent wants the child to finish
dinner and the other parent doc*
not can Shepard be serious
Dues
he think joint custudy requires
hourly phone calls
There are
other contention* that fly in the face
of current society like insinuating
that women are to stay home with
the children or that a parent onlv
wants joint custody to blackmail''
the other parent
In one grand paragraph the Kam
ily Law Section seems to claim to be
export* on families and their best
interests and then claim lo be
unbiased after all for 675 to 6150 an
hour they will take either side Is it
true a gixxl lawyer will defend you to
your last dollar
Do we believe a
Washington County judge who said
"this is a courtroom logic isn't
necessary here
Do all lawyers in Oregon support
the Family laiw position
I would
like to believe some attorneys are
proud of their profession and take
justice seriously They Ix-tter send
the message soon
Sincerely.
John V\ esl
Appreciates Legion posts
To the editor
tin behalf ol the Frank Bobinson
family and those that have served
their country especially in foreign
wars I would like to express appre
nation and gratitude to the lleppner
and lone American 1-egion Hosts for
the military graveside service for
krank Bobinson
The large contingency of veterans
lent dignity, pride and honor to the
memory of Frank Bobinson A"«
were a tremendous encouragement
to the family and friends
As a minister committed to serve
J«-sus Christ let us never forget the
freedom we all enjoy was paid for by
tlx- courage and off times blixxl of
those that have committed themsel
vox to serve their country
Thank you men for continuing to
volunteer your lime for our country
and brethren
s Bev Stuart Dick
Meetings slated
at Port offices
( Correction
To the editor
America is blessed with many
natural resources and the great«**!
resource «if all is the youth of our
country I ’m writing this letter to
inform the people of one of these
outstanding youth* and ask for help
in obtaining a life time of memories
for her
The person I'm writing of is Miss
Stephanie Payne of Heppn«*r If any
of you haven t had the chance to
meet Stephanie or her family, you
are missing quite an exp«-rience
After talking with Stephanie I only
hopr my two boys can grow up to lx-
as personable, knowledgeable and
perceptive as she is What a treat,
and it is nice knowing America is in
great hands with such youth*
Stephanie is one ol sume 80 youths
from Washington and < Iregon chosen
to participate in a Irackmeet held in
China this summer
She n«*eds to
raise 61.795 by June 7 in order to
make the trip We lleppner Flks
laxlge No l at are try mg lo help her
reach this anal We have aooroach
Abhors dog abu.se
To the editor
My question to the stupid irre
sponsible colli heart«-«! slob who
dumpeil the doberman female puppy
on the highway this side of Thr«*«'
Mile on May 3 is. what could lx-
more cru«-l and low down inhu
mane
It raineil and hailed hard
that day and the pixir helpless
frightened ha by t«x»k refuge next to a
rock crib and cried and burked and
begged for It s d«-ceitful owner to
come tiack and get it
It is galvanized gall and dexpu
able lor a ( h i son with such a
hunk« upt conscience to dump thi-ir
unwanted animals to rm-
and
expect me lo do their dirty work lor
' h«-m
Since I can t stand to see animals
uhus«*d they give me the choice of
| m v mg for a spa v job and adding her
lotnv already ov er loadi-d dog home
or taking her out and shooting her
I would like lo remind people who
think of abandoning animals on the
George Koffler t.t was promoted lo
the position of manager of the
ll«-ppner branch of the bank Koffler
has lx-en a vice president for two
years and was formerly the assis
tarit m anager of the Heppner
Branch
Before joining the Bank of Flaslern
Oregon in August. 1979. Koffler
worked two years for a Portland
firm and taught math and health for
five years at Heppner High Schixil
Pre-register
for V B S
Landfill closed
the Morrow County laindfill will
lx- closed Sunday, May 27. for
Memorial Day and the Pioneer
Picnic, announced the Morrow
County Dept of Public Works
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A story in the April 17 Gazette
Tim«-s alxiut the April Morrow Coun
ly school Ixiard meeting contained
an error concerning the use of the
west half of the school district bus
yard for parking during the county
fair and rixleo
The item should
have read
"The School Board discussed the
Fair Board's r«*<(uc*t for a use of a
portion of the schixzl bus parking lot
adjacent to the fairgrounds
A
motion was mad«* to approve use of
the west half of the lot for parking
during the fair and rtxleo. but the
motion di«*d for lack of a second "
No a p p ro va l fo r p a rk in g on the tius
lot has lx*en made by the sc I h k i I
highways or any place, "it is against
th«- law
This act to d«-fenseless
animals is one of the most insidious
and cruel crimes committed by
humans Not only d«x-s th«- animal
suff«-r but the mental misery and
anguish must lx- Ix-yond man *
comprehension
Why mil spay or neuter your
animals and save the tax pavers the
price ol an animal p«iund and its
upkeep
While on the subject <d abused
animals I would suggest all (xsiple
with chaine«l (x-ts to check the chain
and collar situation
To allow
choke chains to tangle and cut into
the Ib-sh is a hl«l«-ous crime or to let
a «log outgrow the si/«- of its c«illar
Txsl «logs need water anil shade in
hot weather at all times
As Dio Ia*wis once said, "we must
not exp**ct l«xi much from men It is
the dog that siamls lor fidelity and
sacrifice The tx-st (girl of man is
the dog in him
s laus W inchest i t
Heppner man promoted
A portion of a story in last week s
A regular meeting of the I ’ort of
(taper alxmt drug arrests in Board
Morrow Commission is scheduled
man was incorrect
for I p m . Wednesday. May 22. at
Bolx-rl K Totnlins«»n was charg«-d
the Port Offices No I Marine Drive,
with one count of delivery of a
Boardman
controlled substance and one count
A Port of Morrow Budget Com
of conspiracy to deliver a controlled
miltex- meeting will tx-gm at 6 30 substance
p m . May 22 with a tour of port
Calvin Lynn Thomason was char
owned lands The budget m«-eling
ged with four i-ounts of delivery of a
will begin at 7 30 p m The public is »controlled substance and one count
welcome to atl«-nd said a Port
of possession of a controlled sub
spokesperson
Comments are in
stance
vit«-d and encouraged
The newspaper regrets the error
Memorial Day
ed various businesses and «rrganiza
tion* for money to help Stephanie
The response has been super but we
have a long way to go
Several fund raising activ ities are
being planned to help Stephanie
Doug Lowe of Bucknum » Tavern ti
working ««! a Fishing D«-rby and
Baffle Buzz Lynch of Cal's Cafe A
taxing«- is working on a breakfast
sprcial to go along with the Fishing
Derby The Flks laxlge is raffling
off a 12 *p«-«-d bicycle ami Stephanie
is working on some projects of her
own Please support the*«- activities
and in doing so help Stephanie gel to
China
If we have missed y«>ur buxines* or
organization, we apologize
but.
please don't mis* out on helping
Stephanie Call the Bank of Fastern
Oregon, lleppner Branch and make
your donation tixiay
If any ques
tions arise f«*el fr«*e to call me.
Stephanie, or The Meppner Klks
Dxlgr
Thanks for your support
s Bon Bowman
lleppner Flks luxlge No 158
George Koffler
Pr«*sid«-nt of the Bank of Fastern
Oregon.
G II
Pierson
has
anriounc«Hl that effective January 1.
It s time again to pre register for
the Methixlist Fpsicopal Lutheran
sponsored Vacation Bible Schixil
Students ncixl lo lx- registered lx-
fore June 2 so that materials can he
ordered and class«*s arranged To
pre register your child, call Patti
McAlpin. 676-9812
Teachers and helpers are also
nix-d«-d for 111«- June 17 21 scheduled
VBS those wishing lo volunteer
should contact Mc-Alpm
Q aravelle
by BULOVA
board
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Michelle Aaron daughter of Mr
and Mrs John Aaron <»f Heppn«-r. is
among 12 juniors at Pacific Uni
versity who have tx-en named "Grey
Gowns (or the traditional May 19
commencement
Aaron is majoring in Business
Administration at Pacific
The Grey Gowns are the lop
scholars in the junior class and are
asked to assist at the commence
menl service for the seniors and
graduate d«*gree recipients
they
will help with the processional and
recessional and general ushering
and other duties for the commence
menl at 2 30 p m May 19 in the
Pacific Athletic Center for the 2«i
graduates
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