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KOI K - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 4, 1W0 __ The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow ON PA The Heppner « i" x-w y GAZETTE-TIMES Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper U S P S 240-420 Published t?ver> Wednesdat and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid .it Heppner, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228. \ddress communications to the Heppner (>a/ette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Hepp ner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $12 in Morrow, Wheeler, (iilliam and Grant Counties; $23 elsewhere. Joyce Hughes .............................................................Office Manager, Typesetting April Sykes ............................................................................................. News Editor Keth Rafferty.......................................................................... Graphics Department Becky Etans .......................................................................... Graphics Department Monique P a r r e l...................................................................................... Distribution Kay Kene Q u alls............................................................................................. Bindery David and April Sykes, Publishers Heppner High School announces honor roll Academic awards have been an nounced for the third nine-week grading period at Heppner High School. Named to the honor roll by earn ing a 3.33 GPA or above were: Seniors: Carri Brownfield. Angie Currin. Jennifer Currin. Mike Gor man. Dan Lindsay. Dean Munkers, Jody O'Donnell, Casey Pedro. Lana Schmidt. Kim Stookey and Kevin Tucker (4.). Juniors: Nikki Brisbois, Melanie Gates. Amy Greenup, Scott Johnston, Jacob Maben. Jeanie Pat terson and Shannon Zumwalt. Sophomores were: Kim Johnston and Nina Tucker. Freshmen included: Kathy Ander son. Sherry Bingham. Jeremy Clark, Mark Conklin, Shawn Cutsforth, Lance Marvin, Peter Pearson (4 ), T.R. Riehl. Alecia Tarnasky and Laurel Webber-Gray (4.). Honorable mention (3. to 3.33 GPA) included: Seniors: Brian Brazell, Eric Con nor. Kelly McLaughlin, Ryan Miller, Teri Piper and Cory Rill; Juniors: Rosalie Breidenbach. A1 Burt, Tricia Coe, Bill Hays, Bob Krein, Jay Michael, Rick Osmin, Ken Wallace and Becca Wicklund; Sophomores: Christy Corwin and Hiroki Tanaka; Freshmen: Dean Handbury, Jeremy Maddem, Shane Munkers and Stephanie Wright. Improvement awards were given to seniors-Brian Brazell Niki Ham den and Chuck Peck; juniors-Ted Brittner, A1 Burt. Larry Cecil, Tim Davidson, Shawn Eng, Melanie Gates, Tiffany Harrison, Jacob Maben and Jodi Wilson; sophomores-Jason Britt, Charlie Rathbun. Rhonda Rhinehart, Stacy Wilson, Kirsti Winters and A.J. Wright and freshman-Kathy Anderson. lone schools announce honor roll lone Middle and High Schools have announced their honor rolls for the third nine-week session: Sixth grade A Honor Roll: Melissa McElligott, Lynde Minster, Marie Tworek. Becky Wagenblast. B Honor Roll: Kevin Casey and John Doherty . Seventh grade A honor roll: Bridge» McElligott. Tammy Nolan and Cynda Stevens. B honor roll: Kim Bedortha. Sean Casey. Willie DeBoer, Jason Halvorsen. Becky Picknell. Casey Spivey and Jessica Stefanl. Eighth grade A honor roll: Truitt Greenup. Heidi Orem and April Taylor. B honor roll: Micheál Green and Jason Proudfoot. Freshmen A honor roll: Jannie Cupps, Ryan Halvorsen, Crystal Minster and David Wagenblast. B honor roll: Danielle Stefani. Sophomore A honor roll: Nancy MOrter (4.) and Amy Pointer (4.) B honor roll: Kristine Bedortha, Travis Greenup. Heidi Nelson, Eric Orem, Brent Sheirbon and Chisana Warren. Juniors B honor roll: Fumika Matsui. Seniors A honor roll: Jo Cupps, Linda Morter (4.), Melissa Rowell, Renee Van Leersum and Amy Wagenblast. B honor roll: Bryan Basford and Mary Cupps. The Adventures of Grazelda & Clem (After Hours) 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Grazelda jumped out o f bed,"It’s five o'clock Clem, I'm running down to > l i l l e r ‘ *< > l i n i > l ; i r t & C h e v r o n . I'm going to pick you up some fishing stuff, gas, snacks and beverages so you can go fishing today ."Clem i pondered Oh, oh. this is spooky. How ' come you're gonna be so nice to me Grazelda?" i As she planned her two day shopping trip to Portland, Grazelda \ crooned, "No reason my love, you just deserve a fun fun day.” GoasttoGoast TO OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS WE APOLOGIZE For the outages and backorders you may have experienced in our store lately. Although this situation was beyond our con trol. it hurts us to be unable to service your needs. THE GOOD NEWS The situation has been resolved and we ex pect to see our fill rate improve to normal by the end o f April. Please be patient with us a little longer and we will both benefit. We Appreciate Your Business Cliff and Cindy ’ coast to coast W e Know O ur STUFF 676-9961 The Sheriffs office at the cour thouse in Heppner reports dispat ching the following business during the past week: March 27: Morrow County depu ty began investigation of a theft of services in the Democrat Gulch are south of Heppner; Morrow County deputy respond ed to assist with a juvenile problem in Irrigon. March 30: Morrow County Sheriffs office responded to the Boardman area to assist Boardman Police department investigate a report of a burglary in progress. No further action was taken; Morrow County Sheriff s office dispatched the Heppner fire depart ment to the St. Patrick’s Hotel for a fire alarm that had gone off. It was a false alarm; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Heppner ambulance to the St. Patrick’s Hotel for an 81 year old male with an unknown illness; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Heppner ambulance to a residence three miles east of Morgan for a male with an unknown injury; Morrow County deputy respond ed to the Irrigon area for a report of dogs killing sheep. Investigations are continuing; Morrow County deputy respond ed to the Irrigon area for a report of a juvenile problem. March 31: Morrow County Sheriff s office assisted Oregon State Police with a one vehicle accident in volving an animal on Hwy 730; Morrow County deputy began in vestigation of a burglary in the Ir rigon area. Investigation is continuing; Morrow County Sheriffs office responded to a dog problem in the Riverview Park area in Irrigon. Pro blem was resolved; Morrow County Sheriff s office dispatched the Heppner fire depart ment to an alarm at St. Patrick’s Hotel. Turned out to be a false alarm; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Boardman ambulance to a residence in Boardman for an 80 year old female with an unknown il lness. Patient was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital and then on to Pendleton. April 1: Morrow County deputy responded to the lone ajea and began investigation of vandalism in lone. Graffiti was painted on the school; Morrow County Sheriff s office dispatched Heppner ambulance to the lone area for a male with an unknown illness. Patient was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital; Morrow County Sheriffs office assisted Oregon State Police in a traffic problem. April 2: Morrow County Sheriff s office dispatched the Boardman am bulance to a residence on Kunze Road in Boardman. One male was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital with an unknown illness; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched a semi truck was on fire on 1-84 at mile post 165, westbound near the Port of Morrow exit. There were no injuries; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Heppner fire depart ment to an alarm at St. Patrick’s Hotel. False alarm; Morrow County deputy respond ed to a residence outside the city limits to investigate a report of shots being fired. Problem was resolved. Justice Court Report The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex in Heppner reports handling the following business dur ing the past week: Alan Lee Roberts. 28, Echo-No Helmet. $16 fine; Michael D. Lynch, 31, Heppner- Operator’s License Suspended. $441 fine; Kimberly Sue Hendricks. 21, Lexington-O perator's License Suspended. $141 fine; Michael Lee Stookey, 29, Heppner-Violation of the Basic Rule, 41 mph in a 25 mph zone, $65 bail forfeited; Gary Michael Monaghan, 41, Carson, W ash.-No Fire Ex tinguisher. $65 bail forfeited; Timothy John Hays, Prineville- Minor In Possession. $197 fine; Craig Angell. Heppncr-Theft 11, $590 fine, six months in jail. ($300 and six months in jail suspended) one year probation with no further viola- tions. attend mental health program; Carl Richard Bork, Heppner- Theft II, Criminal Mischief II, $983.30 fine. 90 days in jail ($250 and 90 days in jail suspended) one year probation with no further viola- tions of the law; Troy Dunaway, Heppner Theft II, 365 days in jail (360 suspended) one year probation with no further viola- tions of the law Innuendo Obituaries Sheriff’s Report Eula Bloodsworth A graveside funeral service for Eula Bloodsworth was held at the Lexington Cemetery on April 1. Mrs. Bloodsworth, 85, of Lex ington, died Tuesday, March 27, 1990, at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Heppner. She was bom Jan. 29, 1905, near Lostine to Edward and Fodia Bright Crossler. She married Charles H. Bloodsworth on June 22, 1929, in La Grande. They spent many years liv ing on farms in Wallowa County and in 1944 they moved to Touchet, Wash. A year later they settled on a farm on Willow Creek between Heppner and Lexington. Mr. Bloodsworth died in 1969. Mrs. Bloodsworth continued to live at the home and was active with the Lex ington Christian Church and the Rebekah Lodge. Survivors include a daughter. Iris Campbell of Lexington; sons Jim of Lexington and Bill of Hermiston; sister Irene Lathrop of Lostine; 10 grandchildren and 20 great grand children. A brother, Melvin and a sister, Marie Woods, also died earlier. Memorial contributions may be made to Pioneer Memorial Hospital, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, was in charge of arrangements. It has been interesting to watch the unfolding scene of the Neighborhood Center. A great deal of public exposure has been devoted to the financial plight of the center, which by some accounts has been aggravated by the reduction in the County’s contribution. As County Judge Louis Carlson has pointed out, the Neighborhood Center is not a branch or division of county government. It is instead an indepen dent agency with a variety ot sources of funding of w hich the County is on ly one. In the annual budget process, which begins sometime early in the calendar year, Morrow County proposed to reduce funding from $10,000 to $8,000. That decision was prompted, in part, by a request from the Irrigon-Boardman Emergency Assistance folks for some funding of their own. While the two organizations are ditterent, and do things ditterently, they do provide some of the same social services. The Neighborhood Center primarily serves the south part of the county and the Irrigon-Boardman Emergency Assistance primarily serves the north part of the county. So in the budget process, the county decided to increase its funding for these kinds of social services from $10,000 to $13,000 and then change the allocation from $10,000 for the south end and -0- for the north end to $8,000 in the south and $5,000 in the north. That meant for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990, the county s con tribution to the Neighborhood Center would be reduced from $10,000 per year to $8,000 per year. The $ 10.000 budgeted for the current year which does not end until June 30, 1990. was not changed nor was there any reason to think it would be changed. In response to that change in funding for the next fiscal year (that doesn t start until July 1) the Neighborhood Center threatened to close April 1, giving the impression that the closure decision was in some way related to the county’s plan for funding next year. The further impression was that it was because of the upstart Irrigon-Boardman Emergency Assistance program that the closure was necessary With the threatened closure April 1. and the public fervor that that an nouncement must have caused, the County Court changed their budget from $8,000 to $9,000 and now, almost miraculously, we hear that the Neighborhood Center will not only operate beyond April 1, but will operate all next year as well. I must compliment the folks at Neighborhood Center for creating the innuendo that the upstarts in the north were getting their money so that they would have to close. It was a further coup to create such an emergen cy over an April 1 closure that funding for the year that doesn't begin for another three months was adjusted upward. Somebody knows a lot about how to create and apply policital pressure I can’t believe that whatever financial problems might have prompted the threatened April 1 closure were even remotely related to the change in funding for the next fiscal year. If there were such serious problems, it does not appear the whole story has been told. I can’t believe that financial problems leading to an April 1 closure would be cured by an increase of $1.000 for the next fiscal year. Maybe all of that story hasn’t been told either. As I see it, it was quite a snow job. Fay K. Ashbaugh Fay K. Ashbaugh of Southeast Portland died Thursday, March 21, of congestive heart failure at a Southwest Portland care center. She was 88. Private services were held at the Portland Memorial Mausoleum. Mrs. Ashbaugh was born October 5, 1902, to Mr. and Mrs. George Kirk at Hardman. She attended grammar and high school at Hard man. Her father was a blacksmith in Hardman and the surrounding area. She married her husband Clair after graduating from high school. Clair was in a retail business at the time of their marriage and they were working at the store when their home caught fire and burned. They lost everything before they even had a chance to live in their home. They moved to Vancouver, Washington in 1922, back to Hard man and then to Heppner in 1934. They moved to Portland in 1941 where they resided since. They have been married for 72 years. She is survived by her husband Clair (Dutch). 93; three children. Lois Redding, Lowell Ashbaugh and George Ashbaugh, all of Portland; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Loa McElligott is St Jude bike-a-thon coordinator Coordinator for this year’s St. Jude’s bike-a-thon is Loa McElligott. The bike-a-thon will be HIGH LIFTING _____Births Andre Julian Rauch-a son. An dre, was born to Chris and Kathy Rauch, Lexington on March 29 at Vancouver Memorial Hospital in Vancouver, Wash. 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