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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1986)
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I m a lilla W heeler 4 (¡¡U la n i lo u n llr v 111 r lv r w h r r e I ilr r n ''.lim i' S an d» M u lti M a re » H a ró n M a rtr S lr u lh r r a O fflc r M a n a R rr N r t t t p a p r r K d llo r G ra p h ic s l l r p a r i m r n l T . t p r a r llr r David ami Aprii S\k»*s. Publishers Obituaries Vera Ellen Hietmann Vera F I ten Hietmann was born in lone. December II. 1902 She died a I P ltn r rr Memorial Hospital in llrpp nrr Sunday March 16 al I hr age of 83 A native o( lone. Vera married Victor Hietmann in 1925 She and her husband farmed north of lone for many years She was a member of the lone United Church of Chrial and ha» nerved at a deaconess for II year» She is also a member of the Hebe kah'* and the Willows Grange She was a charter member of the lone American la-gum Host No 95 Auxi liary and had la-en active in this for 58 years She organized the North lone Irn provrmenl Club in 1930 by inviting ■even nfhoi n ^g M 1*1* women In tier home to start the club which later became the lone Topic Club and organized the lone City Library in 19X1 which it still maintains She has worked 56 years in this organization and was the only remaining active charter member During the years her three child ren were in school, she served on the lone Sc hool Hoard She helped start the lone l*TA and while she was president. the organization started the first school hot lunch program and an auction to finance the pro grain She is survived bv two sons. Bob and Hill Hietmann both of lone, a daughter Ruby Ann Kohde. of Krn newick Wji.^asetr’ Tirol hers. Gene Kngeliit.Tn of Milqaukie. and Joe Kngelmanof lone, two sisters. Huby Holx-rts of lone and Kern Turner of Baker, eight grandchildren, and four great grandchildren She was preceded in death by her husband, Victor in I'M» and a sister Zelma Morrison Funeral services will tie W'ednes day. March 19 at 2 p m at the lone United Church of Christ Burial will follow at the High View Cemetery in lone f or those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to the IU CC or to the heart fund Burns Mortuary, llermiston. in care of arrangements Lennie Hawk Word has been received of the death of la-nme llawk at his home in Craig. Colorado Hawk died Monday, Feb 10. 1986 The funeral was held in Denver A native of Fossil, he was born November 27. 1921. the son of Lester and Lennie (En ya rt > llawk lie was one of 13 children On November 8, 1948. he married Myra Chandler They were divorced in June 1961 After serving in the Navy Hawk worked in trucking most of his life lie worked for companies in Denver and also did long haul trucking in many states He retired in September 1985 and moved to Craig, where he raised hog' Surviving are sons Hay of Love- land. Colorado, and Don of I’arker. Colorado, daughter Kda Detnpcy of Brule, Nebraska, four brothers John of Fossil, I’erry of Heppner. Harold of (.aCrande. and Wayne of llermiston. seven sisters Viola W'hitacker of Portland, Mary Gun ther of Heppner. Bonnie McIntyre of O ntario, C a lifornia. Klenor McNamara of Sidney Montana, and Ida Johnson. Isabel Hookout. and Grace Herriman. all of llermiston There are five grandchildren A brother died earlier Dellie Matlock Dellie Wright Matlock. H4. of Fortland. formerly of the Heppner area, died Friday, March 14. I9H6 at a Fortland hospital She was born at Fight Mile near Heppner on D m 38 1981, the daughter of Sylvanus and Lulu (Munkers) Wright Site attended schools in Hardman. Monument and Heppner On Nov I, 1921. she married William Fred Matlock at Heppner The couple operated a dairy south of lone until 1924 when they moved to the Bend area to operate a hay farm In 1927. they returned to la*xington where Mrs Matlock did cooking in cook houses in the harvest fields in 1183 they moved to The Duties where Mrs Matlock worked in Iresli fruit pack at Stadelman Fruit Co and worked in brine cherries for Hudson House and The Dalles Cher ry Growers The couple later moved to Beaver ton where they purchased a shoe repair business Since her husband's death in 1963. Mrs Matlock has made her home in Fortland near two of her four daughters She is survived by daughters. Lulu ( Mrs Lyle) Cole and Betty Mrs George) Wilson of Fortland. Carol i Mrs Hubert Wasson of Zigzag and Juanita Mrs Michael) Ignow ski of The Dalles eight grandchild ren and five great grandchildren A graveside funeral was held in Monument Tuesday. March 18 Contributions may be made to the senior < citizen building fund or a charity "t too Heppner Police Report The Heppner Police Dept reports handling the following business during the past week March II 7 22 a m Dog Com plaint, II 12 Assist Morrow County Sheriff's Office. 2 15 p m Assist Oregon Stale Police. II 17 p m Request Officer lor Security Check March 12 2 32 a m assist ambulance 3 30 Take Theft He port March 14 6 48 False A la rm . March 15 12 Mi Motorist Assis lance March 16 II 43 Request Officer for Security Check Correction Fa ir and Itodeo Premium books will be printed differently this year with the fair committee expected to sell advertising to pay $6txi in printing costs Premiums and par ade costs are lister) as a llo.ixx) expense Part of this explanation was left out of the county budget story in the February 26 issue of the new spa per We regret the error For Easter and for after. Easter Lilies Now Available Delivery to Heppner. lone & Lexington H eppner To lb«* Kditor In a r«-cenl issue of the Heppner Gazelle Times Regina Coirs sub milled a letter (o (he Fditor con cerning the teachers of Morrow County and their salaries I appears to me that Mrs Coles is only seeing things from a single dimmension Her point of view is based on (he taxpayers' side, she isn't getting a view of the whole picture Since Mrs Coles leaches her children al home, she do«-*n't realize the importance of the lea chers of Morrow County to the kids of public schools I'm sure that ll would lie a different story if her kuls were in a public school She then might have a different view on teachers and their wag«-s Being a senior at lone High Scool. I have com«- to believe that teachers are worth their pay I myself, feel I hat they could stand to be paid more alter all. their efforts extend past the classroom They are always there when students need their help An education is one of (hr most important goals in life, and without teachers, there wouldn't be an edu cation to be had There shouidn I have to be a price lag on education on the other hand, you gel what you pay lor The teachers are being paid to leach the younger grner at ion and they re doing a good job of II Without them, where would we be’ If you want the younger ones to have a good education, please vole in favor of the money in this year's budget i s ' Kim Hendricks. Senior lone High School Many work to formulate budget i To the Kditor As I make the rounds of different groups in our several communities explaining the budget and giving credit to the different district com millees who helped formulate some part of th<- budget, I have found people to lie amazed at not only the number of lay citizens involved hut also at the depth of their involve ment So for everyone to know the following lists of individuals deserve a great deal of credit (or helping with the budget for next year and we thank them Sincerely, s ¡Doyle McCaslin Superintendent Morrow County Si H im , I llislrtcl (•roups W ho llr lp r d Dev eliip the 19X6-X7 Budget Boardman Irngon Advisory Com mittee Mary lam Carlson. Sue Gibson. John Jensen, G«-orge K«-n ney, Dick Nuttbrock. John W'enholz H e p p n e r L e x in g to n A d v is o ry Committee Jean Brazell. Peggy Fish b u rn . Diana Hoelt, M arcia Kemp. George Kofflcr. Dean Hob inson Harley Sager tone Lexington Advisory Com mitt«-«- George Miller Julie Nelson. Marvin PadlM-rg. Keith Hea. Paul Tews Bisk Management Committee Dwayne Carroll Boardman Irngon George K «filer. Heppner ' x i Ihiyle McCaslin. Irrigon Jerry Me Kill gott. lone. Marvin Padberg. lone <x> Mick Tolar. Boardman John W'enholz. Irrigon Transportation Committee (x> Bill Adams. Heppner i x > Jim Bier lleppner Kddic Hrosnan. Heppner Je rry Hascall. Boardm an. Rob Mahoney Heppner x Doyle Me Caslin. Irrigon (x> Kverett Moore Boardman Perry M or ter, lone Marvin Padberg lone, Irv Bauch, la-xington. Keith Hea. lone. Joe Stevens, Boardman Don Weivoda, Irrigon Computer Kducation Committee Jackie Allstolt Heppner (x ) Boh Dee ter. Boardman Pam Dockrn. Boardman John Jensen Board man Bill Kuhn. Heppner; (x> Vick M archek. Boardm an M aryann McKlligotl. lone. <x> Chuck Starr, la-xinglon. Brisk Tucker. lexing ton xi Brenda Weygandt, Hep pner Pauline Winter, Heppner Population and Building Study Committee Max Hellherg. Irrigon. John Jensen. Boardman. Boh Ma honey. Heppner >x> Vic Marchck. Boardman. Hay Michaels. Hoard man, G«-orge Miller, lone <xi Chuck Starr. Lexington. Joe Ste vens. Boardman Budget Committee Dwayne Car roll. Bd Member, Irrigon. Bill Doherty. Bd Member At Large. T y le r llansell. Chinn . Irrig o n . Jerry Heal). Vice Chinn . lleppner. Handy Hughes, Bd Vice Chmn . Ia-xington. Clint Krebs, lone. Bob Mahoney, Bd Member, Heppner. Jerry McKIligott, Bd Member. At lairge. Jo«- Stevens. Bd Chmn , Boardman Jack Strege, Boardman v Staff Member l rges support of March 25 sch(x>l levy To the Kditor i have not noticed a level of effort equal to last year being expended to assure passage of the 198*. 87 school budget My fear is that without substantial promotion Morrow C«u nty residents w ill not turn out lor the election That can mean defeat hy default, tiecause it seems every p*-rxon who do«** not support the school budget makes a special effort to vote against it That is not so ol supporters For some reason many persons who support the schools but are not invo|v«-d in the process fail to make the effort to vole on election day unless prodded by active sup porters It behooves us all to know the issues and get behind all of our schools If you have not studied Ihe propos«-d budget, you may b«- inter ested to know that the Morrow County School tax rate p«-r 11,000 of assessed prop«-rty value for 1985 86 was $8 75 Th«- 1986 87 rate is pro posed to lx- $9 66 By way of com pa r ison the lowest rate in Umatilla County for 85 86 was 113 72 and the high<>st was 123 70 Arlington and Condon were 117 31 and »20 97 resp ectively The average for th«- sur rounding area was 117 13 We look pretty good by cost comparison I. for one. am proud of our schools and i>f the persons graduated from them It you are loo, then make the effort to vole for the budget Hemind someone else to v ote loo Remember that one of the greatest gifts we can give the world is educated children net and services We rannoi afford to cut services The levy proposed constitutes a tax rat* of 1« 95 per ( l ooo of assessed property value This is a reduction of 0 32 per 11.000 trom last year This means that the city s Uses will be less overall for 1986*7 than this past year Your budget committee has work ed long and hard to present you with the best possible working budget I urge you to vote "y e t'' on the City of Heppm-r Operating Budget March 25 Your support is greatly ne«-ded Sincerely. (s iCara Costa Mayor P~^e in band brings us together To ae Kditor The community of lone is to be commended for their pride and support of the band program for their school As diriHdor of music for lone Schools, it was my pnviledge to rehearse and conduct the lone School and Community Band for this year's St Patricks Day parade I was really impress«*d by (he hard work of my fifth and sixth grade hand students (which made up two thirds of the group) You made a tine representation of your town Your School and Community are very proud of you Congratulations A special thank you to Brian and Katie Doherty for adding horns and to Michelle Papineau for not only playing hut helping with the organ ■ration I cannot say thank you enough to the wonderful group of parents and community members who played and donated their time and efforts George and Nancy Miller. Ken Nelson. Tom Bedortha. Rick Mins ter. Susans Stillman. Hill Sheirbon. Don Papineau. and Richard Ladd W'e couldn't have done it without you You have taught an invaluable lesson to our young people about the wonderful qualities of music VJusu Kducators National Confer ence has proclaimed March as "Music in Our Schools Month" Our theme this year is "Music Brings Us Together” lone School and Com munity - you proved It to be true *s » Geneva Mathews Music Director, lone Schools Sheriff’s Report Justice Court Report The Morrow County Sheriff's Off ice reports handling or dispatching the following business during the past week March II. 3 10 p m an Irrigon resident reported Thett of a » 1.200 buggy from his yard 10 23 p m Morrow County Sheriff's Office ar r«-sted Mark Kdward Soule. 24. Irrigon on a llermiston Municipal Warrant for Parking Wrong Side of Street He posted bail and was released March 12 2 29 a m -a Heppner imhulance transported a male with an illness to Pioneer Memorial Hospital. 4 14 p in Morrow County Sheriff's Office arri-sti-d Virginia Forrar Sheram. 62. Lexington, for allegedly Driving Under the Influ ence of Intoxicants She was releas ed on her own recognizance March 13 6 55 a m a Boardman ambulance transported a subject with an illness from Lincoln Square Apts to the North Morrow Medical Clinic and then on to Good Shepherd Hospital in llermiston March 15 2 48 a m Morrow- County Sheriff's Office arrest«Hl Larry Allan Suchy, 31. Irngon for allegedly Driving While Suspended Morrow County Justice Court at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppn}£ t^JJ4ildbog »he (ollow tng business during the past week Herbert Terrel Hughes. Heppner Exceeding the Maximum Speed 65 mph in a 55 mph zone). »13 fine Rick Gerald Rea. Heppner E x ceeding the Maximum Sp«-«-d 66 mph in a 55 mph zone). »30 fine Darcy Ann Coil Heppner Exceed ing the Maximum Sp«-ed - 70 mph in a 55 mph zone). »30 fine Richard Alexander Riehl. Hepp ner Exceeding the Maximum Speed (75 mph in a 55 m ph zone), 136 fine William Melvin Alsup Hermiston- Exceeding the Maximum Speed 66 mph in a 55 mph zone). 124 James Ray Lankford, Heppner Exceeding the Maximum Speed 68 mph in a 55 mph zone). »30 fine Stephen Ray Peck. lone-Exceed- ing the Maximum Speed '73 mph in a 55 mph zone). 130 fine Stephen Ray Peck, lone Exceed ing the Maximum Speed -70 mph in a 55 mph zone). »30 tine Christopher Alan Murray. Lexing ton-Driving Prohibited Area. 117 fine Merry E DeSpain. Heppner Driv ing on Sidewalk. »17 fine Raoul Charles Constantin. Hepp ner Exceeding the Maximum Sp«*o<l <6Smph in a 55 mph zone). 113 fine William Michael Smith. Heppner' Exceeding the Maximum Speed (67 mph in a 55 mph zone). 130 fine James Rayner Dent, llermiston No Mud Flaps. »13 fine Denny Boyce Nave. Heppner No W hicle License. »13 fine Rebecca Doherty Tullís. Heppner Exceeding the Maximum Speed 69 mph in a 55 mph zone), »30 fine Thomas Allen Hamman. Lexmg ton-Careless Driving. 1110 fine Kennelh Dean Grav«-», Heppner Minor in Possession by consump tion. »57 fine D .A .’s Report Th«- Morrow County District Attor nay's office reports handling the following business during the past week Konnit- Scott Mayes. 20. Hermis ton. entered a plea of Not Guilty to Criminal Mischief I before Judge Italph Currin on March 14.1 986 Charles Leon Walker. 22, Irrigon. ( s i J o h n l. Bristow entered a plea o( Not Guilty to lone. O H Driving While Revoked Felony be tore Judge Ralph Currin on March 14. 1986 nothing left to trim tail programs Rodney John Duff. 32. Umatilla, Fact number two.is that if pro was arraigned on March 14. 1966 grams are cut we will all tie losers I before Judge Ralph Currin on Driv don't think we adults should risk ing While Revoked Felony Kntry of doing that to our children who are plea was set by court for March 21, such a great hunch of winners W'e 1986 have another Klks Scholarship win Kenneth la-«- Howard. 33. Hepp n«-r at the stale level We have a ner, entered a plea of Not Guilty to high p«-reentage of S«*nior* going on Burglary I before Judge Ralph to college W'e have the Riverside Currin on March 14 girls basketball team and th«- llrpp Francisco Jose Roa. 33. Irngon. ner boys basketball team winning entered a plea of Not Guilty to district and regional tournaments to Driving While Revoked Felony on get to the Slate tournament And March 14 before Judge Ralph Cur we have our State Champion Hepp rin ner girls basketball team Please vole yes on the Morrow County School Dist Hi budget Mar 25 (s iAloha DeSpain Support soh(x)l budget to keep winners To the Kditor We will be voting on our Morrow Co School Dist Hi budget next Tuesday Mar 25 We all cast our ballots after thoughtful consideration of the is sues and (acts This year the teacher contract dispute became an emotional issue for many people Hut it was resolved satisfactorily by the School Board and teacher repre sentalives I hope it rrmains just that, a resolved issue, not one that will obscure the (acts concerning the budget Fact number one is that the budget committee has already cut over 1261 . 18 X 1 from the budget origin ally presented to th«*m This budget is being presented (or your votr with r< C to C — <& We in Morrow County are in the enviable position of having a very low school tax rate second only to (Ilex when comparing 15 neighbor ing school districts in Umatilla and Gilliam counties Currently, our lax rale is »8 75 p«-r » 1,000 of valuation The propos«-d increase would bring it up to »9 66 which is still well under the rates of the remaining 14 sur rounding districts This proposal is a realistic one we should support without difficulty and will give our students the basics they need and des«-r»«- Please vole "y«-s" on March 25 Sincerely i s ' Sue Primdriioi O For gLawn & Garden ® I o O Fertilizer, Pesticides, | Lawnmowers, pj Tillers, All Q your needs. n We can h e lp yo u Complete Fried Chicken Dinner By Lexington Grange Members Sunday, March 30 1 p.m. Lexington Grange Hall Adults | 5 Children Pre school M o r r o w C o u n ty O ro ln G r o w e r « **• **•'>• W ro a , Ad Spnotorad ftv I M M II IN « ■ C to c - Coaat to Coast C to C — To the ih I i Ior As a member of the Morrow County School District Budget Com mittee. I strongly urge your support of the March 25 levy by voting "yes '* Numerous citizens county wide had a hand in developing this budget The requests were reviewed by loeal advisory boards after in d«-plh studies were made by various committees as to our needs Then, a substantial amount < *« > of the re quests were sliced off by the budget committee It can truly be said that this is a no (rills, no nonsense budget proposal The Country Rose^C * b 7 b -9 4 2 b Teachers important to county To Ihe Kditor The City of Heppner budget pre •rnted is oulside Ihe sis percent limitation by »25 M* After meeting with Ihe budget committee, the figure first presented over the sis percent base was reduced by about 150 uuo Some of the items cut from the budget include equipment police car rxpt-nse which is budgeted for the purchase of a new patrol car. books (or the library, paving m ater ials for our streets, and materials and supplies for our water depart ment There are no other line items which can be cut to come dow n to the lax base, except perhaps in person Support school budget The Teleflora Watering Can Bouquet' Fresh flowers m a ceramic watering can that s decorative and useful all year long We can deliver your Easter greeting across the street Or wire it across the United States and Canada O lU e flo ia Mayor explain** city budget .»»ul Ihr I «>i»ril\ n i M « h t «'V* i« « ,« « ,a FREE C to C J I
