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Rand) Dallon Osborn
Obituaries
Elmer S. Ladd
The funeral for Elmer S Ladd
was Saturday at the United Church
o f Chrut in lone Concluding service
and vault interment followed at High
V iew Cemetery near lone
Mr Ladd. 6$. o f lone, died o f
cancer Wednesday, July 12. 1989,
at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner
He was bom Oct 10. 1923 at
Stockton. C a lif to Elmer and Qllic
Davis Ladd He grew up in the
Stockton area and attended school
there
Mr Ladd joined the service dur
ing W orld W ar II. serving with the
I S Manne Corps After returning
from the Marines, he earned on the
family farming operations in San
Joaquin and Fresno counties
On Feb 14. 1900. he married
Lorraine Mackado on the ladd
Ranch in Stockton They moved to
Oregon in 1970 and began farming
on a ranch near lone
Mr l.add was a life member o f the
Ruth l>ocus Chapter o f Eastern Star,
the Marine Memorial Club in San
Francisco, the Condon Elks Lodge
and was a member o f the Morning
Star Masonic Lodge, the Stockton
Scottish Rite Bodies and the Hen All
Shrine in California and also served
many years on the Morrow County
Fair Committee
Survivors include his w ife, at the
hom e; son. Richard o f lone;
daughter Sylvia o f lone, step
daughter, Christine Sullivan o f
Suisun, C alif, sister, Wilma Ladd
Martin o f Condon.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the lone Public Library ,
P O Box 125. lone. OR 97843 or
the Eastern Star Cancer Research
Fund, c/o Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen.
P.O Box 413, lone. O R 97843.
Sweeney Mortuary , Heppner was
in charge o f arrangements
Chief Rathbun’s
Tips
Common suspicious activities
1-when a person or vehicle stays in
the same location for a long or
unusual period o f time. 2-a person
behaves stran gely o r whose
movements are unusual. 3-a vehicle
(car. truck, van. etc) frequently driv
ing around your block or within
specific areas. 4 persons carrying,
concealing or attempting to conceal
something suspicious.
A graveside service was held
Tuesday afternoon June 27, at the
Bums Cemetery for Randy Dallon
Osborn, 24. o f Hermiston He was
killed early Sunday morning June 25
in a one car accident near Seneca
Osborn was bom Mas 6, 1965 in
Burns He was the son o f Gary
Osborn, who preceded him in death
July 23, 1966, an Mattie Jewel
(O w en) Cason o f Carlin. N o
He left Bums when he wav in se
cond grade to live in Heppner. but
returned to attend Crane Union High
School and Bums Union High
School
He had worked the past couple o f
years for Land s Photography in
Hermiston His hobby was also
photography
H onorary
bearers
fo r the
graveside service were Harold
Gibson. Lucky Carr, Danny Barr
ington,
B ill
O w n e.
H arold
W oodruff. Wayne Lewis. Scott
Schocn and Bruce Dunn
Osborn is survived by his mother
Jewell Cason o f Carlin. N ev.;
grandparents Cher Osborn o f rural
Bums and Ed and Inis Owen o f Mt
Hom e. Idaho , brother Wayne
Lewis o f Milton Freewater, and
sister
Renee
Schoen
of
Milton Freewater
Randy Osborn
Hospital Notes
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner reports admitting and
discharging the following patients
during the past week
Juanita Carmichael, Heppner-
admittcd July 8. discharged July 17.
Ed Dick, Heppner admitted July
9. discharged July 14.
Judie I jughlin. Heppner admitted
July I I . discharged July 14;
Helen Salter. lone admitted July
14. discharged July 15
Rukv Roberts was discharged on
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Grandparents arc Dick and I ou
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Great grandparents arc Hank and
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I'm learning what being alone is all
about.
I've heard o f loneliness for years but
just hearing about it is not the same as
when it comes home to roost W e'd
been nurried 22 years just two weeks
ago Harold is now 18. through high
school and hound for college this fall
by Mark Hagi-ll
Laurel will be a sophomore, a JV
cheerleader and has just discovered
So you wanna he a professional tour
boys.
narnent fisherman’ Yeah, like those
1 remember many o f the good times
hass pros we see on TV those hovs
those early college days when we
have it made Like when we watch Rav M
counted our pennies to buy a loaf o f
By Ed Glenn
ScoCt, President of Bass Anglers Sport
bread or a package o f hot dogs, the '55
sman Societv ( B A S S ) , hand one o f f i w / *
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Chevy wc had with the floor shift she
them a check to the tune- o f 6 « or 7 0 *
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had io m d i u w M i learning to use.
thousand dollars at the end o f a tour
the law school days like the time wc were snowed in and sewed quilt tops
nament just for doing what manv o f us
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until we used up every scrap o f thread in the house
Jo for recreation
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We went fishing for steclhcad one time early on I'd been before enough
“ There is no one I know or have
limes to verify the 200 h ours per fish average, she hardly knew which
hoard o f that goes into tournament
end o f the pole to hold She stayed in the car and read while I played and
fishing that's successful at it that does it |ust for the money or lust for
landed a nice one hut when 1 finally talked her in to trying it. she caught
the glamour or just for the prestige,“ said B A S S pro Kcnaud Pelletier
her first on the second cast
as he cast his huzzhait toward some shoreline cover " Y o u just can't make
I guess I never told her how much I appreciated her sympathy when
it that way. you won't last long
I tclt hurt about something, her laughter when I made a bad joke, nor her
W e were fishing a slough o f the Columbia Kiser near Pelletier's home
mere presence when I felt ulonc
town o f Longview. Washington I was on assignment for a national bass
She's really one o f those "Super M o m 's” with always enough time to
fishing publication and was counting on Pelletier to provide important
run one o f the kids to a hall game or play practice, to help w uh homework
research information as well as some mitstjnding photo opportunities He
and lo meet out discipline when it was needed And still time to keep house
delivered, in true tournament tashion
and cook and sew and garden She made time to go to court with me once
Cast after repeated side arm cast was made into the thick shoreline tangle,
m a while, to help bottle wine and lend a hand at the Box Company Late
under overhanging limbs, around fallen trees, into isolated clearings in
ly she's lound time to pull weeds, harvest and pack herbs, at the Herb
weedbeds Ami each cast. Pelletier’ s blac k surface gurglcr plopped softly
Farm And prune grapevines, why she's the best grapevine prunor
down levs than an inch fn»m its intended target When I wasn't taking photos
anywhere about
o f Pelletier or the three pound largcmouth Kiss that was consistently smack
And for the last 15 years or so she's had time to pursue a career Her
ing his hait. I was flinging a black buzzhait as well N o w . I consider myscll
real love is history And she so loves history that teaching it toothers gives
a pretty fair bass fisherman. having competed in a tournament circuit
special satisfaction Especially when she can teach it in a way that it is
myself, ami take pride in my ability to lire well aimed casts into likely
relevant to some o f the problems our young people face today and will
looking bass cover But this day it was not to he
hue throughout their lifetime
“ W'hm>ps, I'm hung u p ," I said, embarrassed that the near wccdless
I guess you can sec why 1 feel lonely now that she's gone
bait had become entangled in a prolusion of dead limbs poking from water's
I should have known it was coming. There were plenty ol signs I look
surface
back now and can see that she's been planning to leave for several months
Pelletier mashed the foot control o f the electric trolling at the how ofj
And I suppose to some extent. I encourage her to go When tw o people
his elegant Ranger boat and maneuvered us into a position that allowed
live together as long as we have, I guess they become a little less sensitive
me to free my wayward lure
to the others needs and wants.
" Y o u have to have a real lose for the sport itself." Pelletier continued
Take the lawn for example W e've lived out here on the hill east of town
¡"O therwise you couldn't dedicate yourself to the sacrifices you have to|
for nine years now and she's wanted a nice lawn and flower beds and such
make, like the long hours o f driving, being away from your family, ami
ever since I could never sec much profit to be made from a lawn, only
the money that it costs you to participate in any major professional lour.'' j
a lot o f hard work keeping it growing, green and mowed So I'v e been
W hat it costs money ’ And here we thought hundreds ol sponsors were
slow in doing any lawn work She'd like it lo he much more and I surely
: hanging these guys' door down to help pay their way In truth, sponsors
wish now I'd have found the time
arc interested only in winners ami contenders, it's up to the angler to achieve-
Ihe pujicr work She's neat and orderly, well organized I'm much more
this recognition first, out o f his own pocket
inclined to look for the big picture and miss the details For seats I had
" I t can he quite a financial strain," Pelletier said "T h ere arc a lot of!
a secretary to file and organize the jxipcrwork so I'v e developed the bad
young guys out there who arc great fishermen and aspire to fish proles
habit o f just letting the mail and bills and stuff pile up She has her papci
sionally. but don't really have the funds to do so It they don't have some
work all carefully filed, indexed, and organized so she knows |usi where
success fairly early on to get some sponsorship, it gets really tough,
everything is She's often disappointed that I don't do the same I'm go
financially
ing to try harder to do that
"U h . Rcnaud?"
But the fact remains, she's gone and I'm awful lonely
"O h . you're hung up again ’ No problem
Harold and I went to the movie last night But it wasn't a lot ol tun
"A n yw ay. I don't want to overplay the sacrifices.” Pelletier said, swing
Ihe seat next to me was empty There was no hand there to hold during
mg the boat around, "because I think they are outweighed by the rewards
the tender scenes, no familiar laugh at the funny parts, no one lo whisper
and satisfaction sou get from tournament fishing if you arc dedicated enough
ti^i why-p I wanted to comment That's what loneliness is I gupfe
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That great big California King<wiMcr bed was aw fully big last night and
Pelletier's rewards have been many I Nig recognized as » top competitor
™awfullW*H^'ty I didn’ t sleep well I wondcretflf it vvAfrM N* belter if Cd
in tournaments throughout ihe Northwest, his 1981 win ol the B A S S
roll out a sleeping bag on the floor When I got up this morning there was
Federation Western Regional championship ai Lake Powell earned him
no one bustling about in the kitchen laurel is away to camp. Harold was
an entry in the tamed BASS Masters Classic In 1988, alter competing
sleeping late and the house was so empty and lonely. I went lo town lor
fiercely in the B A S SM A S TI RS national professional circuit, including
coffee in the hope o f escaping this feeling
a big third place finish at the Missouri Invitational last tall. Pelletier has
Her birthday is on Wednesday And I have no way to get a gilt to her
again qualified for the Classic, to he held in August on the James River
I haven't been too gixxl about the cards and gilts on birihduys and an
in Virginia < >ut o f the hundreds ol pros in rh.it circuit. Pelletier finished
niversaries over the years and I know that has been a disappointment to
29th in the race tor Angler ol the Year
her She remembers someone's birthday on nearly every day ol the year
While Pelletier agrees that it is more difficult tor anglers from the Nor
I don't mind telling you that my Fruncic is gone and I'm lonesome for
thwest to get started in tournament bass fishing on the national level, he
her I want her back more than anything in ihe world
says that once established. Northwest fishermen often make good
She left on Sunday to go to summer salami And she'll lx- K r k on Friday
competitors
Welcome home. Dear, and Happy Birthday
"T h e quality o f the hass fishermen from the Northwest is equal lo lhai
id anyone in the country Since most lakes here are not just teeming with
bass like so many o f the good southern fisheries, Northwest fishermen
are used to the fact that they have to work harder and more deliberately
¡hank you for making my 50th Birthday so wonderful
for each bite and it nukes them better fishermen
and memorable. A special thank you to hale. Dona. (tene,
fYllctier repeatedly returned to the tact that lame and fortune isn't the
primary goal for the majority ol the tournament pros regardless of where
Henry, Margaret. Frank. Gregg, Kathy, Curtis, Melissa.
they 're from, that their true wealth is found in doing what they lose most
Mike, Stanley, Sandra, Joe. Jostc, Boh, Skip, Barbara.
"T h e guys that arc successful at making careers at it are the ones who
Shirley,
l Joy'd, Dorothy, Bev, Cal, Peggy, I a ' o , Ihe
do it because they want to be good at bass fishing," he said ' Ihe guys
Bowman's and thank you to everyone who helped me
that want to make a career out o f it because they foresee huge financial
rewards rarely make it
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