Loved ones at war remembered
The Heppner
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VOL 109 NO. 4
Wednesday, January 23, 1991
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Outstanding individuals and
business honored at banquet
Bill Rawlins
C laudia Hughes
C ham ber m anager C laudia
Hughes has been selected 1990
Woman of the Year and Bill Rawlins
1990 Man of the Year by the Hepp
ner Chamber of Commerce, lone
schools Principal Dick Allen was
picked as Educator/Citizen of the
Year and Court Street Market was
named for Business of the Year.
They were honored at the annual
Town and Country Banquet held on
Friday, Jan. 18, at the Heppner Elks
Club.
Hughes, who works parttime as
Chamber of Commerce manager,
spearheaded, along with Heppner
Mayor Cara Costa, local a r
rangements for Cycle III Oregon, in
which over 2,000 cyclists spent the
night in Heppner as part of a bicy
cle tour of the state. Hughes has been
involved in the cattle industry and
has held several offices in the Mor
row County CattleWomen’s associa
tion and served as CattleWomen’s
secretary. She also co-charied a
trade show in conjunction with the
national Beef Cookoff when it was
held in Portland two years ago. She
is still involved in beef promotion,
serving as state chairman.
Last year Hughes co-chaired
Heppner’s annual St. Patrick’s
celebration and she has been active
in planning festivities for the Irish
weekend for the past several years.
Hughes has been active in All
Saints Episcopal Church in Heppner
and has been involved in 4-H and the
county fair. She worked for many
years as Morrow County Extension
secretary. She is also a member of
the Morrow County Tourism com
mittee and the Vision 2000 economic
planning group.
Hughes graduated from Mac-High
in Milton-Freewater and attended
OSU. She came to Heppner in 1965.
when she married her husband
Merlin. They have a married son.
Kevin, who is involved in the fami
ly cattle ranching business (now
fourth generation) on Buttercreek.
and a daughter, Kimberly, who is at
tending school at Eastern Oregon
State College
Rawlins, an avid gardener, has
been superintendent of the grains
department of the Morrow County
Fair and has been primary caretaker
of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church
the state fair booth for Morrow
County, and he and his wife provid
ed flowers and plants for the Mor
row County Fairgrounds. He has
served on the Heppner Library
Board and is a member of the St.
Patrick Church Holy Name Society,
the American Dahlia Society and the
Heppner Garden Club.
A 4-H Father of the Year. Rawlins
and his wife have four grown
children, Tom. Carol, John and
Charlie, and two grandchildren.
Bom and raised in Monticello, Min
nesota. Rawlins attended Oregon
State University.
Coming to Morrow County in
1938. he ranched until his retirement
in 1978. After his retirement he
worked as a school bus driver and
custodian and is still growing
beautiful dahlias and garden pro
duce. which he often shares with
others.
Dick Allen has been principal of
the lone schools for the past six years
and has found time to be very active
in community affairs. A past presi
dent and current vice president of
ICABO, the lone Community and
Business Organization, he is also a
little league coach, a member of the
grounds, both for the past 30 years
For many years he has worked on
Dick Allen
lone Lions Club, the Heppner Elks
Club and has worked on youth pro
grams for the Elks.
Prior to moving to lone Allen and
his family lived in Spray where he
was active in the community,
coaching little league an serving on
the Spray Rodeo Board. He and his
family are members of the lone
United Church of Christ and are ac
tive in its annual fund-raising
auction.
Allen was bom in the town of Kin-
zua and graduated from Wheeler
High School. He received a
bachelor’s degree from Oregon Col
lege of Education at Monmouth and
his master’s degree in 1982 from
Portland State. He taught school at
Fossil and Salem and has been a
school administrator for 12 years.
Allen and his wife, Jannie. have
two children, Elizabeth, nine and
Steve 12.
Court Street Market owners. Jack
and Ruth Maben were honored for
increasing business hours and mer
chandise to accomodate townspeople
after Central Market, the other
grocery store in Heppner, was
destroyed in a fire, Feb. 3, 1990.
Everyone in the Heppner-Ione-
Lexington community has been
touched somehow by the war in the
Persian Gulf that began Wednesday,
January 16, 1991 with U S. air
strikes on Iraq—but none more than
those families in the area who have
sons and husbands in the Gulf.
Geri and Carl Martin, Heppner,
have two sons and a son-in-law in the
Gulf and anticipate the transfer of a
third son to the Middle East.
Corporal John A. Martin.
USMC, 537-58-0588, CSSD14 1st
FSSG, MCAS El Toro 92709
(Desert Shield) is a Marine Corps
engineer with a support unit in the
Middle East. John, who just turned
25, graduated from Heppner High
School in 1984.
Corporal Carl D. Martin II,
USMC, 537-58-0631, HMH463
MAG 16, FPO SF 96608-6017
(Desert Shield) is in a Marine Corps
helicopter unit in the Middle East.
Twenty-two years old, he graduated
from HHS in 1987.
The Martins son-in-law SSGT
Joseph D. Struthers USAF,
544-90-1603, P.O. Box 29 (SAC),
FPO SF 96685 is with a ground crew
at a B52 base in the Middle East. His
wife, Sarah Martin, is at Loring Air
Force Base in Maine. The couple
has two children, Aubry, 5, and
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Bradley 3. His parents are Maynard (L-R) Helen Riehl helps her daughter-in-law Michele Riehl hang
and Edna Struthers, Hermiston, a ribbon for Spc. Richard Riehl, on the wall at the R & W Drive
In.
formerly of Heppner.
he reported that the conditions were
Precision Castparts in Portland.
A third son of the Martins Pvt.
"very cold and rainy” there and that
Bill
and
Marj
Kenny
have
a
son,
Will
J.
M artin,
USMC,
he had been told very little about the
John,
who
is
stationed
in
Saudi
543-84-8171, Camp Pendleton,
war. He drives a Bradley tank.
Arabia near the city of Riyadh. A1C
CA., is now in Marine Corps motor
Twenty-three years old, Bruce,
John
M.
Kenny
541-17-2602,
transport advanced training prior to
whose
wife. Norma, is also in the
Desert
Shield,
US
CEN-
deployment to the Middle East.
service,
was stationed at Fort Riley,
TAF/SCX/EI,
APO
NY
09852,
is
in
Will, 20 years old, graduated from
communications, installing cable for Kansas. Norma is now at
HHS in 1989.
telephones and telephone lines. The Washington, D.C. “ I was a nervous
“ We hear from them from time to
Kennys got a call from him on Fri wreck,” said Connie. “ I was so glad
time,’’ said Carl Martin, an Oregon
State Policeman stationed in Hepp day, Jan. 18. Mrs. Kenny said that to hear his voice. We had a good
he seems to be in good spirits and visit. He was only supposed to talk
ner. “ I support the president and the
is doing fine and that he said that the five minutes, but he ended up talk
cause and we’re proud of the job the
ing about 35 minutes. His spirits are
soldiers
there are also watching
boys are doing.”
up.
So far so good.”
reports
of
the
war
on
CNN.
Twenty-
Helen Riehl, owner of the R & W
Jim
and Marie Boor, whose son,
one
years
old,
John
has
been
in
the
Drive In in Heppner with her hus
Spc.
Kevin
Bali 542-94-7322, B
Middle
bast
since
the
first
of
band Tom. is in the process of put
1/39
FHR
ABN,
XVIII ABN Corp,
December.
“
A
lot
of
people
are
ting up green ribbons in the
Arty,
APO
NY
09657,
say they have
thinking
about
them
(the
servicemen)
restaurant for all of the service men
not
heard
from
him
lately. “ My
and
he
has
a
good
attitude
about
it.
and women in the gulf. “ I chose
He’s done really well and we’re understanding is that he is in
green ribbons because yellow rib
proud of him. ” She said that he had Dhahran, Saudi Arabia,” said Mrs.
bons have been reflected in such a
been
scheduled to come home on Boor. Kevin, who has been in the ar
negative light, because of the anti
leave at Thanksgiving, but his leave my three years before his deploy
wt.. protests.” Mrs. Riehl said that
was cancelled with the Gulf crisis ment to the Middle East, is a
her husband saw on TV that their
"reader” on a howitzer, which is a
building.
son’s 2nd Armored Division arriv
Sgt. Brock Miller 519-80-1489, cannon which fires shells in a
ed in Saudi Arabia Saturday morn
647th MTCO, 176th MTBN. APO relatively high trajectory.
ing and that they had joined with a
Twenty-two years old, Kevin and
NY 09616, is the son of Dennis and
Marine unit just on the Kuwaiti-
Penny Miller, who own Miller’s his wife, Shannon, have a baby,
Saudi border. They were reported to
Mini Mart and Chevron in Heppner. Joshua, four months old. Joshua was
have a 200-mile road march to get
Brock, who is stationed 150 miles one week old when Kevin left for the
there, she said. Twenty-three year
from Kuwait, is involved in Middle East, said Mrs. Boor. Shan
old
Spc.
Richard
Riehl,
non is living in Walla Walla, WA.
hydraulics, working on machinery.
542-96-1586, HHC 1,41 2AD (Fwd)
The Millers last spoke to him on Maintaining good spirits, Mrs. Boor
Operation Desert Shield, APO NY
Thursday, Jan. 17. They called him said “ I’m doing really well. I’ve had
09758, repairs Bradley tanks in the
and then he was able to return their lots and lots of support. You have to
Gulf. His wife, Michele, and their
call. “ He sounded awfully tired,
believe in what they’re doing to have
son, Tyler, 15 months, just moved
bushed. " said Mrs. Miller. “ He said them over there. The support in
back to Heppner from Germany
they'd been filling sandbags and dig community—in lone, Lexington and
where he had been stationed.
ging.” Brock’s wife, who was also Heppner-has been great, not only
Michele and Tyler are now living
in the service, was discharged four for the families, but for the kids over
with her parents, Dexter and Corrine
days before he got his papers for there.”
Miles. “ I’m doing good,” said
Vivian McConnell, Heppner, said
deployment to the Gulf. She was
Michele, who said that the last time
able to get an honorable discharge that her son. Sgt. James E. McCon
she heard from him was when he left
nell. 209th MP Co 519th MP BN,
because of “ duress” because they
for the Gulf on Jan. 8. His mother
APO 09567-6310. was able to call
have two children to take care of,
echos the same sentiments, saying,
Kaisa, three, and PJ, one-and-a-half his sister and husband. Cindy and
“ I’m doing good. It’s an unfortunate
years Both Brock and his wife had Charlie Sumner. Lexington, about 2
reality. But you’ve got to stop evil
been stationed in Texas before the p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20. She said that
because it spreads like germs and I
Cindy and Charlie reported that Jim
Gulf War. Also in good spirits. Mrs.
believe Saddam Hussein is evil. It
Miller said that “ Brock felt we have is in Saudi Arabia and is “ okay” and
doesn't justify that war is always the
that he said that he would be going
a reason to be over there.”
way to go, but we’ve given him
Kit George said that he and his with a ground force as they go in to
(H ussein)
every
opportuni
wife, Shirley, who own the Sears battle. Jim and his wife. Shelly, have
ty.. .there’s lots of prayer power out
Catalog Store in Heppner have not an eight-month old son Tyler. A
there.”
1985 Heppner High School
heard from their son. Cam since he
Another son Robert, 22, who is an
graduate, he met his wife in Ger
left the Phillippines early in January.
Airman 1st Class stationed in
many where she was also stationed
In electronic com m unications
Spokane at the Air Force Base there,
with the Army. “ I hope they can
Robert C. George USS Anchorage,
is due to get out of the service in
wipe them out,” said Mrs. McCon
LSD 36, FPO San Francisco
August, 1991, but his time has
nell. “ We need to keep them con
9660-1734, is stationed on a ship that
already been extended to Sept, and
stantly in prayer. My husband
carries Marines. Twenty-four years
the possibility exists that he may also
old in December. Cam has been in (Charles) thinks that when they
go the Gulf. Robert’s wife, Cindy,
begin ground fighting there will be
the Navy three years. The Georges
of Montgomery, Ala., was just
are still unsure of their son’s posi a lot more casualties. He (Jim) told
discharged from the Air Force in Ju
Charlie they took out 100.000 Iraqi
tion. “ I don't know whether he went
ly. Robert works in heavy equipment
soldiers.” Mrs. McConnell said that
to the Gulf or the Red Sea,” said
and his wife was a weapons loader.
she is doing “ so far. so good, but
Kit.
They have a three-m onth-old
I have to watch how much I worry
Connie Eng of Lexington heard
daughter. Julieanne Helen says that
about it. because my blood pressure
from her son Spc. Bruce N. Eng
all of the Riehl boys are ’’looking
goes up. I have to watch my worry
539-84-4293, Operation Desert
forward to getting out of the military
ing and pray. They have to do what
Shield. C Co. 516 Infantry Reg.,
and getting into business together,”
they have to do and hope they get out
APO NY 09786. in the early hours
and adds that with their determina
of Tuesday, Jan. 22. She said that alive...You know if they start the
tion she expects that is exactly what
her son. who called at 12:30 a m., draft I have four other boys that
they will do. Her husband, Tom.
could go. But I hope it doesn’t come
ironically, grinds parts and does final
sounded "really good, cheery," and to that. I appreciate everyone's
quality control checks on parts that
was "in the middle of the desert prayers. I think that's why we’ve lost
will be used on tanks that may be us
somewhere in a tent.” She said that so few so far. God is intervening."
ed in the Gulf war. He works for
New Auto Loan Rates
L-R: Shannon W ickland, Jack and Ruth M aben accept aw ard
for ‘Business of the Y e ar' from Larry Mills.
HHS Booster club plans chili feed
The annual Heppner High School
Booster Club chili feed has been
planned for Friday, Feb. 1 from 4
to 7 p.m at the high school before
the Pilot Rock Varsity games
The menu will include chili, chili
dogs, hot dogs, baked potatoes, chili
potatoes, homemade bread and pies,
coffee and punch.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Ask us for details
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