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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
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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
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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
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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
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