FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 27,1991
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F i s h i n ’ With
Bruce and Ben
1 just love a fishin’ trip. It doesn't
matter if it’s for steelhead on the
Grande Ronde at Troy, for trout on the
Lostine above Lap Over or for Walleye
;on the Columbia out of Boardman.
These are all great places for action,
photos and maybe the material to write
a story for one of those slick outdoors
magazines.
So when Bruce and Ben dropped in
to the coffee shop before daylight say
ing “ They’re really knocking them
dead at the John Day,” it didn’t take
me long to round up a camera and beg
to go along. I knew it would be a great
trip.
Bruce has a nice big boat and a new pickup to tow it with. Ben’s in
the real estate business. Both are old pilots, republicans and pretty dedicated
fishermen. It had the makings of a fishin trip worth writing about.
They’d planned to go up above McNary Dam before Bruce’s friend Tom
had told him the night before that they were catching a lot of steelhead
at the mouth of the John Day. Tom had heard that from his brother-in-law
whose neighbor had been there just a couple of days before. You just can’t
beat a tip like that.
The back seat in Bruce’s new stretch cab pickup wasn’t too roomy, but
if you sit cross ways and jam a coat or two against the side it’s OK for
a short ride. It’s farther than I remembered to the mouth of the John Day.
We only stopped once. Bruce didn’t act so happy I was along when I an
nounced that we should stop someplace so I could get a steelhead tag. But
not to waste the occasion, Ben bought a handful of gosh-awfol looking
lures that precipitated enough conversation to get us on down the road to
the boat launch.
The big motor on Bruce’s big boat took us up the river to the end of
the slack water in short order and sure enough, there were half a dozen
other boats working the run. Then we found the little trolling motor smoked
a lot. and the breeze was just right to blow in right under the canopy where
I had to sit. Bruce grumbled, Ben laughed and I mostly choked the whole
day.
Right away. Bruce hooked a nice bright steelhead and it jumped and
dived and fought like a trooper. I dropped my pole, grabbed my camera
and was ready for when this first fish came to the surface. Ben stepped
in someone’s tackle box in his haste to get the net and Bruce set down
on the drag.
Boy. this was going to be a fishing trip to remember.
Just as that bright steelie broke the water arm’s length from the boat,
I clicked a picture, Ben stabbed with the net but Bruce’s rod went straight
in the air. He was gone.
Bruce broke the stunned silence with a whine about losing his favorite
lure and then turned on Ben something about being so heavy handed with
the net. Ben seized the opportunity and snapped at Bruce about not know
ing how to tie a knot in a fish line. I quietly hid my camera with the pic
ture in a relatively safe place in the bottom of the boat.
Bruce fumbled in the spilled tackle box for some new terminal tackle
and was soon putting along, ready for another strike. After an hour and
a half we decided the bite was off and started watching the other boats
to see if they knew something we didn’t. They didn’t. Everytime we’d
pass one close enough to bail, we’d ask about luck and get the same palms
up shrug. But what fishermen say is not a very reliable source of informa
tion, so we still fished and watched.
It was the same as my other fishin’ trips. When I ask a local about the
fishin' I always hear “ Ya should’ve been here yesterday...”
As the day wore on the conversation roamed like a wild animal. Politics,
walleye fishin’. women, salmon fishin’, real estate development, deep sea
fishin'. Between Bruce and Ben they had had every political, business and
woman problem known to man. And they’d caught millions of every kind
of fish that swims. At least I had a picture of the one that got away.
I was ill prepared for lunch time on the John Day River, what with the
closest restaurant 35 miles away. Bruce had planned this trip a little better
than I had. He had lunch, all I had was the picture. He dug out a loaf
of bread, a package of lunch meat and even found ajar of sandwich spread.
I ate two sandwiches to make sure the $2 he demanded was well spent.
Ben. being a regular, didn’t have to pay.
By mid afternoon, we were fixing to leave when a fellow in another
boat caught a fish. We agreed he was pretty cruel, to us at least, playing
the big fellow as long as he did. Finally netted and into the boat, it was
a nice silver and crimson sided steelie cut short in his trip upriver. We
fished another two hours without as much as a nibble, but Ben and Bruce
told all about several hundred hours at the controls of some airplane or
another over the past 50 years.
All day. Ben and Bruce had taken turns with the tiller on the smoky
trolling motor. So when they got the boat loaded for the trip home, I felt
compelled to help tie down the canvas cover. It looked pretty good, from
my side, anyway. Bruce walked around and grunted and we were finally
homeward bound. At least I didn't come home empty handed. I had a pic
ture even if I didn’t have a story
We'd no more than got out of the slip and started down the highway
when the canvas came off the boat. I just sat in the cramped back seat
and let Bruce and Ben redo it. Bruce agreed that was a good idea.
At home that night, I developed my picture, the only thing anybody had
come home with, of consequence. Fishin’ with Bruce and Ben is always
rewarding, a great way to frit away a whole day. At least this time I had
a picture.
I was really getting excited by the time I pulled the negative out of the
developing tank. Normally I let film dry before I handle it but this called
for an early peak through the magnifying glass.
Now don’t get ahead of me about this picture. You're thinking that it
might be badly out of focus or terribly over exposed. Maybe I left the
lens cap on or even forgot to put film in the camera.
But the fact is, it's a perfect picture of a bright shiny steelhead, riding
high in the water with Bruce's bright red lure still tied tight to his line.
No mistake about it. this is « great picture of the one that got awav.
Too bad I didn’t get a story to go with it.
Lady Elks
The Heppner Elks ladies will
be decorating the Elks club for
Christmas on Tuesday, Dec. 3,
at 7 p.m. Everyone is urged to
turn out to help decorate.
»rate club
ladies are also reminded to
bring their food to sell at the Ar-
ti factory Craft Sale between 8 and
10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at
the fairgrounds.
Justice Court
Report
Obituaries
Victor A. Lovgren
Victor Arthur Lovgren, 83,
H eppner,
died
M onday,
November 18, 1991 in Pendleton.
A memorial service was held
Friday, November 22 at the Elks
Lodge in Heppner.
Mr. Lovgren was bom March
2, 1908 to Frank and Hannah
Engstrom Lovgren on the fami
ly farm at Eightmile. He attend
ed schools in Heppner.
On Nov. 19, 1933, he married
Jessie McDaniel. After the death
of his parents in 1938, he and his
wife raised his five youngest
brothers and sisters and continued
to farm the family ranch until
1955 when they moved to Louis
Creek, B.C., Canada. They
returned to Heppner in 1958. His
wife died in 1974.
Mr. Lovgren was a member of
the Heppner Elks Lodge 358.
Survivors include a daughter,
Donna Peterson of Pendleton; a
son, Larry Lovgren of Louis
Creek, B .C .; sisters, Erma
Keithley and Gladys Alderman
both of Heppner; Edna Har-
shman, of Walla Walla, WA.;
and Betty Way of The Dalles;
brothers A1 Marshall and Robert,
all of Heppner and Tim of Red
ding, CA; six grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren. Two
brothers Marion and James, two
sisters Frances and Irene and a
son, Arthur, all died earlier.
Bums Mortuary, Pendleton
was in charge of arrangements.
Madeline E. Currin
Funeral services for Madeline
E. Currin were held Nov. 20 at
Bishop F uneral Chapel in
Pendleton. Vault interment was
at Olney Cemetery, Pendleton.
Mrs. Currin, 71, of Pendleton,
died Monday, Nov. 18, 1991 at
Delamarter Care Center in
Pendleton.
She was bom Oct. 12, 1920 at
Pendleton to Floyd and Etta
Baker Patton. She grew up in the
Helix area and attended school
tehre until her senior year which
she completed at LaGrande High
School. After graduation in 1939,
she attended Oregon State
University, graduating in 1943.
She was a member of the Alpha
Gamma Delta Sorority at OSU.
She was employed as a
secretary for various firms at
locations in the northwest and
Canada before she returned to
Pendleton in the early 1950s. She
was a legal secretary in the law
office of Kilkenny and Fabre until
her marriage to Ralph Currin on
April 19, 1956.
After her marriage she became
a homemaker and was active in
community affairs. She was a
member of the Pendleton Com
munity Hospital Auxiliary and
served on the board of directors
and was involved in the Pendleton
Round-Up and served as court
chaperone in 1964 and 1965.
The Currins moved from
Pendleton to Hermiston in 1981.
Survivors include her husband
at the home; brother Marshall
Patton and sister, Eloise Kilby,
both of Pendleton. Two sisters
Mary Whestone and Vanita
Wyland, died earlier.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the American Cancer
Society, Box 404, Pendleton, or
to a charity of choice directly or
through Bishop Funeral Chapel,
131 SE Byers, Pendleton.
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the
following business during the past
week:
James Wesley Carter, Jr., 40,
Milwaukie-No Controlled Elk
Tag, $56 fine;
Bernard Frank Michels, 56,
Portland-No Controlled Elk Tag,
$56 fine;
Paul Erwin Mershon, 38,
Corbett-No Valid Controlled Elk
Tag, $56 fine;
Lance Joseph Marietta, 34,
Portland-No Upland Game Bird
Stamp, $56 fine;
Dale Richard Harris, 59, The
Dalles-Violation of the Basic
Rule, 25 mph in a 55 mph zone,
$68 fine;
Dennis James Combs, 47,
Stevenson,
W A .-Sw itched
License Plate, $108 fine;
Gayle (NMN) Pickerill, 68,
Klamath Falls-Vehicle Registra
tion Permit, $22 fine;
Robert Leroy Gerke, 54,
Prineville-Vehicle License Ex
pired, $18 fine;
Scott Bryant Fletcher, 30,
Oregon City-No Safety Chains
(towed trailer), $22 fine;
Howard Eugene Crowell Jr.,
39, Ione-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed Limit, 70 mph in a
55 mph zone, $47 fine
Steven John Hopper, 43, Can
yon City-Excessive Noise, $33
fine;
John Robert McConnell, 33,
Ione-Driving Uninsured, $22
fine; Vehicle Registration Permit
Expired, $22 fine;
Randy Dale Rayburn, 26,
Heppner-Vehicle Registration
Permit Expired, $33 fine;
Gary Warren Richards, 53,
Lexington-No Safety Chains
(towed trailer), $22 fine;
Loren Edwin Aldous, 35,
Redm ond-V iolation
of
Cooperative Road Closure, $36
fine;
Robert Gary Austin, 50,
Portland-No Upland Game Bird
Stamp, $56 fine;
Darrel Frank Spiesschaert, 49,
Eugene-No Controlled Elk Tag,
$56 fine;
Ralph Edwin Rose, 80, Oregon
City-No Valid Controlled Elk
Tag, $56 fine;
M ark Allen C arter, 19,
Portland-No Controlled Elk Tag,
$56 fine.
Market Report
Com pftm cnts of tbo M orrow County G n in Growora
Clever Crafters
Thurs. Dec. 5 -Ladies Night
Dinner 6:30 p.m.
Lodge 8 p.m. Chicken Casserole
Joe & Bonnie
Fri. Dec. 6 - William’s Going Away Party
Music by Forest Service Group
Social Hour 6:30 p.m.
Potluck Dinner 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 7 -
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Elks Ladies Artifactory food sale
Tom & Jerry Party 6 p.m.
Members & Out of Town Guests Only
Stew Dinner
Music by Forest Service Group
Toy Dance Bring a Toy
Marriage Licenses
The Clerk’s office at the cour
thouse in Heppner reports issu
ing the following marriage
licenses during the past week:
November 19: Richard Allan
Basford, 22, lone; and
Shannon Virginia Ross, 19,
lone.
[eppner Elks 358
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Lisa Jurney wishes family and
friends back home seasons
greetings and a happy new year.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Jumey, Boardman.
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ching the foliowing business dur
ing the past week:
November 19: Morrow Coun
ty deputy responded to the Board-
man area for a report of proper
ty damaged;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Lexington area
for an animal problem;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
a report of property damage;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Travis Lane Thomas, 20,
Boardman, for Burglary II and
Theft I. Thomas was transported
to Benton County Jail.
November 21: Morrow Coun
ty deputy responded to the Irrigon
area for a report of a possible in
toxicated driver. Deputy was
unable to locate driver;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
a motor vehicle accident. There
were no injuries;
M orrow County deputy
responded to 1-84, east bound at
Patterson Ferry for a one vehicle
rollover. One fem ale was
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital.
November 22: Morrow Coun
ty Sheriff s office dispatched the
Boardman ambulance to the
Nomad for a male with stomach
pains. Male was transported to
Good Shepherd Hospital;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice dispatched the Arlington am
bulance to the Bordelly residence
on Shane Drive for a patient. Pa
tient was transported to Mid Col
umbia Hospital in The Dalles;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice dispatched the Boardman fire
department to a vehicle fire on
Patterson Ferry Road. Fire
department was unable to locate
vehicle;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice dispatched the Roardman fire
department to a stove fire at the
West Glenn Addition in Board-
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Nov. 20 - 26, 1991
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Sheriff’s Report
man. Fire was secured;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Boardman rest
area for a request for a motorist
assist. Deputy was unable to
locate vehicle.
November 23: Morrow Coun
ty deputy made contact with an
Irrigon resident in regards to
phone harassment;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the area of Paul
Smith road in Boardman for a
report of cattle at large. Investiga
tion is continuing;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Russell John Britt, 31,
Lexington for maintaining a dog
as a public nuisance. Britt was
cited and released;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Boardman area
for a report of erratic driver.
Deputy was unable to locate
driver.
November 24: Morrow Coun
ty deputy responded to 1-84, mile
post 171 for a non-injury motor
vehicle accident;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested David Wayne Crouley, 32,
Portland, for Driving While
Suspended felony, Attempt to
Elude, Possession of less than one
ounce of marijuana. Crouley was
lodged at Wasco County;
Morrow County Sheriff s of
fice responded to Hwy. 74,
Heppner junction for a report of
suspicious circumstances.
November 25: Morrow Coun
ty Sheriffs office dispatched the
Fossil ambulance to the Haven
House for a transport of a female
with an unknown problem;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice dispatched the Heppner am
bulance to 545 E. Matlock, for a
man down with unknown in
juries. Transport was made to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital;
M orrow County deputies
responded 4th St. W., in Irrigon
to assist the Umatilla ambulance
with a report of a hit and run vic
tim. Male was transported to
Good Shepherd Hospital with
minor injuries.
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