FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 6, 1992
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Obituaries
Margaret A. Wright
The funeral for Margaret A.
Wright was held at the United
Methodist Church in Fossil on
Saturday, May 2. Private com
mittal services were held at the
Mayville Cemetery.
Mrs. Wright, 72, of Fossil,
died Monday, April 27, 1992 at
Pacific Community Hospital in
Newport.
She was bom May 24, 1919 at
Condon to George and Robena
Smith Parman. She grew up on
the farm her grandfather had
homesteaded in 1889. She attend
ed local schools and later
graduated from Oregon State
University with a degree in home
economics.
On Jan. 12, 1942 she married
Jack L. Smith at Payette, Idaho.
They lived on the Smith family
farm near Mayville until his death
in 1970.
She was actively involved with
her three sons in the operation of
the family centennial farms near
Condon and Mayville. She helped
organize and promote the sale of
Oregon wheat in Japan and South
America.
In September 1979 she married
Herb Wright of Fossil and
became active in Fossil com
munity affairs.
She had served as secretary of
the Wheeler County Tourism and
Economic Development Com
mission and as a member of the
Fossil Elderly Housing Commis
sion; the Fossil United Methodist
Church and the Gilliam County
Births
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Kyle Wayne Tayloe-a son
Kyle Wayne was bom to Cindy
and Don Tayloe of bums on April
27, 1992. The baby weighed 7
lbs. 14 dz.
Grandparents are Chuck and
Marti Mitchell of Heppner.
Rachelle Marie Knieriem-a
daughter Rachelle Marie was
born to Wendi and Randy
Knieriem of Bums on May 1,
1992. The baby weighed 8 lbs.
3'/i oz.
Grandparents are Chuck and
Marti Mitchell, Heppner and Roy
and Delores Knieriem, Burns.
Justin Burkett Key-a son
Justin Burkett was bom to Shel
ly and Tim Key of lone on April
24, 1992 at Good Shepherd Com
munity Hospital in Hermiston.
The baby weighed 9 lbs. 9 oz.
Historical Society. She had serv
ed on the Board of Directors of
Condon Grain Growers and as a
trustee of the Pacific International
Livestock Exposition had been a
member of the Oregon Wheat
Growers League, Oregon Cat
tlemans Association and Agri-
Business Council of Oregon, she
had served statewide with the
Oregon Historical Society, the
State Scholarship Commission
and most recently was chair of the
State Ethics Commission.
Survivors include her husband.
Herb at the home; sons Roger
Smith, Loyd Smith and Gordon
Smith, all of the Condon area;
daughter Janet Pihas of Portland;
stepdaughter Pat Maclnnes of
Fossil; sisters, Janet Kirkpatrick
of Portland and Jean Stranix of
Corvallis; 10 grandchildren and
two great grandchildren. A sister
Mildred, also died earlier.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Fossil Ambulance
Fund, PO Box 467, Fossil,
Oregon 97830.
Sweeney Mortuary, Condon
was in charge of arrangements.
Luis A. Villegas
Recitation of the rosary for
Luis A. Villegas was held Sun
day, May 3 at the chapel at Bums
Mortuary in Hermiston. Mass of
Christian Burial was held Mon
day at Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church in Hermiston
with burial at Desert Lawn
Memorial Cemetery in Irrigon.
Mr. Villegas, 42, Irrispn died
Tuesday, April 2 8 |mf992 it'
Oregon Health Sciences Univer
sity Hospital in Portland.
He was born July 23, 1949 at
Michaucan, Mexico and had been
a resident of Irrigon for 13 years.
He was employed by Pacific
Northwest
Farming
of
Boardman.
He loved animals, especially
roosters, which he raised.
Survivors include his parents
Jose B. and Margarita Ambriz
Villegas of Irrigon; sons, Luis of
Irrigon and Gerado and David
both of Hermiston; daughters
Louisa,
M argarita
and
AnaMaria, all of Hermiston and
Lupe in Mexico; brothers Julian
o f Irrigon and G ilbert of
Umatilla; sisters Celia of Mexico
and Juana of Hermiston and one
grandchild.
Bums Mortuary, Hermiston,
was in charge of arrangements.
The Sheriff s office at the cour
thouse building in Heppner
reports dispatching the following
business during the past week;
April 28: Morrow County
deputy contacted a resident on
Black Horse Canyon regarding a
suspicious vehicle in the area;
Morrow County deputies con
tacted an lone resident regarding
her missing vehicle. Vehicle was
returned;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
a report of an assault. Call was
unfounded.
April 29: Morrow County
deputy responded to the Irrigon
area for a report of a suspicious
vehicle in the area. Investigation
is continuing;
Morrow County Sheriff s of
fice dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to the east bound rest
area for one male with an illness.
Male was transported to the
Boardman Clinic;
M orrow County deputy
responded to a motor vehicle ac
cident on Fuller Canyon Road.
Two females were transported by
private vehicle to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice dispatched the Heppner am
bulance to the cafeteria of the
Heppner Junior High school. One
female with injuries was
transported to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice responded to the Irrigon area
for a juvenile problem;
Morrow County deputy con
tacted an lone resident regarding
telephone harassment. Investiga
tion is continuing;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested George Phillips Murphy,
21, on a Umatilla City warrant,
Failure to Pay Fine. Murphy was
transported and released to
Umatilla Police Dept.
April 30: Morrow County
deputy responded to a family
dispute in Irrigon;
M orrow County deputy
responded to an Irrigon resident
to investigate an animal problem;
M orrow County deputy
responded to Tower Road South,
exit 159. Cows were on the road;
Morrow County deputy con
tacted a Boardman resident with
an emergency message;
M orrow County deputy
responded to an lone resident
regarding a dispute over a
barricade.
May 1: Morrow County depu
ty contacted a Boardman resident
with an emergency message.
May 2: M orrow County
Sheriffs office dispatched the
Arlington ambulance to a motor
vehicle accident on 1-84, mile
post 124 east bound. Four pa
tients were transported to Mid
Columbia Medical Center;
M orrow County deputy
responded to an Irrigon resident
to investigate a report on a possi
ble child abuse. Investigation
continues;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area to
investigate a report of a possible
drunk driver.
May 3: Morrow County depu
ty responded to the Boardman
area for an animal problem. A
bull was loose on the road;
Morrow County deputy receiv
ed a report of a motor vehicle ac
cident on Hwy. 730 mile post
177. Vehicle had sheered off a
power pole and was still running
upon officers arrival but no one
was around;
M orrow County deputy
responsed to the Irrigon area to
take a report of a stolen vehicle.
Vehicle was recovered;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Boardman area
for a report of shots being fired;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
a disturbance. Deputy was unable
to locate anything.
May 4; Morrow County depu
ty responded to the Irrigon area
for a neighborhood disturbance;
M orrow County deputy
responded to Rod’s Market to in
vestigate possible crim inal
mischief. Michael R. Snyder, 21,
was arrested and transported to
Benton County Jail;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area to
investigate a possible report of a
reckless driver. Investigation is
continuing;
M orrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area for
a family disturbance.
D.A.’s Report
The District Attorney’s office
at the courthouse in Heppner
reports handling the following
business during the past week:
Corey Owen, 23, Hilltop Drive
Boardman, plead guilty to first-
degree theft in Morrow County
Circuit Court on April 24 in
Heppner. According to Wallace,
Owen admitted to receiving pro
perty stolen from a building own
ed by Longview Fibre in
Boardman.
Owen was placed on two years’
formal probation and ordered to
serve 90 custody units. As a fur
ther condition of probation he
was ordered to have no contact
with persons associated with
criminal activity and to pay a $40
victim-witness assessment.
Mustangs
trounce Pirates
By Andy Ashbeck
Same Old Story
You know me pretty well. It would
have been impossible to write this col
umn nearly every week for almost four
years without baring a bit of my soul.
I’ve just been looking through some
of those old pieces and, not surprising
ly, I’ve found some that put even me
to sleep.
There were some good ones though,
some issues that really laid out how I
felt than and how 1 feel now. Most of
those pieces told you a great deal about
me. You know, for example, that I’m
married to Frances, a school teacher.
I wrote her a birthday message on July
19, 1989. You know that son Harold
has graduated from Riverside, anends
BMCC and will go on to Oregon State.
Daughter Laurel will graduate from Riverside this year, we have a dog
and cat. You know a great deal about us all and how I feel about a lot
of issues. Take government for example:
On January 11, 1989, I wrote that “ Private ownership of land and con
trol of its use is one of the very cornerstones distinguishing us from the
nations of the world.” Since then the Soviet empire has collapsed and the
Russian people are regaining private ownership of land. More important
ly, they are regaining control of its use. Is that a lesson we could learn?
Part of government is the way we sort out the right to use water. You
might get the idea that water rights are a favorite subject of mine since
I wrote about them on December 2, 1989; February 28, 1990 and on
September 5, 1990, I defended the idea the first in time, first in right,
when allocating scarce water among water users. My soul is akin to all
water users in arid county where there is rarely enough.
Otherwise, governmental regulations have come under fire in a piece
called “ Free” on May 2, 1990, and government spending blasted on
September 26, 1990, in a piece called “ Too Bad We Don’t Have A
Chance.”
Economic development has always been close to this column. On June
28, 1989, Dorothy Krebs’ work as the first chair of the Morrow/Umatilla
County Regional Strategies Committee was applauded and the following
April 18, in a piece called “ We’re Real Pikers,” I listed what I think are
the important factors of desirable growth: taxable construction, favorable
impacts on business and agriculture, and addition to the potential for fur
ther growth and development.
In applying those criteria, I found development of secondary wood pro
ducts industries desirable in a piece “ Timber Is Done” on May 9, 1990,
but I found that a prison did not fit in an earlier article on August 2, 1989.
Favoring county involvement in its own economic development was the
subject of “ Great Experiment” on December 12, 1990.
1 guess I’ve always seen Morrow County as one whole unit, not the sum
of two diverse parts. I suggested a cross county visitation in “ Armistice
Day” of October 31, 1990 and again on December 19, 1990. In the earlier
of those pieces I wrote that population should not be the basis of distributing
county services, a position I continue to hold.
I’ve made a few blunders too. On January 18, 1989, I wrote about a
nightmare I had about the teacher’s strike. That led to an ill-advised ex
change of classified ads. But on April 19, 1989,1 apologized to Gary and
Marcia Kemp. Having regained some of my sensibilities. On September
6, 1989, I urged a “ no” vote on the school board recall election and ap
plauded that result on October 18. Finally, on March 27, 1991, I wrote
“ Crow Needs Salt” about how dedicated the school board is in pursuing
education in this county.
So there you have it. The author of this column is a known quantity.
The same over the years. There’s no chance now to put on a new set of
clothes and tell you what you want to hear. You’ve already readjust how
it is as I see it.________________________________________________
OSU professor to speak at dinner
There is still time for all friends
of OSU - parents, volunteers, or
alums to register to attend the
Golf & Gala Dinner on Wednes
day, May 13.
The ’92 fun golf tournament
will be repeated at Willow Creek
Country Club. Prizes will be
awarded to both men and women
for net and gross scores. The cost
is $2 for country club members
and $10 for non members. The
tournament starts at 1 p.m.
The evening dinner will begin
at the Heppner Elks Club with a
no-host social hour at 5:30 p.m.
A prime rib dinner will follow at
6:30 p.m. Price is $14.50 for the
dinner. Harold Kerr will be pre
sent to renew acquaintances with
friends. The program will include
comments from Dr. Michael
Mailen, professor of agricultural
and resource economics at OSU,
and from Betty Brose, director of
development, E.R. Jackman
Foundation.
Interested friends of OSU are
asked to respond to E.R. Jackman
foundation by April 17. for infor
mation, or a registration form,
contact the Extension office,
676-9642, prior to April 17.
The Mustangs hosted cross
country rivals Riverside Pirates
on Thursday April 30 and
defeated the Pirates 11-1.
The two teams met earlier this
season in Boardman, and Hepp
ner dropped two to the Pirates but
this time the Pirates danced to a
different tune.
Senior Jim Kindle started on
the mound for the Mustangs pit
ching the whole game giving up
three hits and one run and strik
ing out eight Pirate hitters. The
Pirates scored their only run in
Life * Auto * Home
the first inning. The Mustangs
Farm * Health ♦ Annuities
scored six runs in the fifth inn
ing to help 10-run the Pirates in-
the sixth.
The Mustangs combined for 10
hits lead by Scott Coe with three
The Morrow Soil and Water and Jason Britt with two. The
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