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• „ VEBBNNNNNNNUNNMNNI Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 8, 1992 - FIVE Corrections In the June 24, 1992 issue of the Heppner Gazette-Times the Sheriff s office reported that Michael Glenn Smith of Heppner was arrested on June 15, 1992 on the basis of a warrant issued by Hermiston District Court for failure to appear on a game viola tion. The District Attorney’s of fice has since learned that Mr. Smith had, in fact, appeared and taken care of the game violation prior to the warrant being issued. However, due to an error in the filing of the citation, a warrant was mistakenly ordered. Mr. Smith should not have been arrested. The District Attorney’s office and the Sheriffs office apologize for any inconvenience caused to Mr. Smith. Market Report Complim ents of the Morrow County Grain Growers July Aug Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. Tuesday, July 7, 1992 Soft White *4.24/‘4.00 *3.98 *3.99/*4.00 *4.0l/*4.02 Bariev *100 *101 /* 102 * 103/* 104 r ---- ------- j Now Open! j | E rn ie ’s j Health Dept. Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hugh««, chamber manager The Morrow County Health« Dept, lists the following schedule for the month of July: July 9-blood pressures and im munizations, 8:30 a.m-4:30 p.m, Heppner office; July 14-blood pressures and immunizations, 1-4 p.m., Irrigon county office; July 16-blood pressures and immunizations, 8:30 a.m-4:30 p.m. Heppner office; June 2 l-blood pressures, noon-12:30p.m. Bank of Eastern Oregon kitchen, lone branch, im munizations and blood pressures, 1:30-4 p.m. Boardman City Hall; July 22-blood pressures, 11 a. m.-noon, Heppner Sr. Center; July 23-blood pressures and immunizations, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m. Heppner office; July 28-blood pressures and immunizations, 1-4 p.m., blood pressures and immunizations; July 30-blood pressures and immunizations, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Heppner office. Wranglers plan July playdays The Heppner Wranglers Sad dle Club completed their June playdays on Friday, June 26. Members have shown an in terest in having July playdays. Playdays will be held July 12, 19 and 26 at the Wrangler arena beginning at 6 p.m. “ This is a good summer activi ty for the family so come and join us,” said a club spokesperson. Heppner is beginning to “ pop up” here, there and everywhere. Hot off the press is “ The Best Free Historic Attractions in Oregon and Washington” . Our Morrow County Museum and Hardman Ghost Town, as well a» the chamber listing are included in this publication. If you haven’t visited the museum recently, do so. Many people coming for the past weekend’s class reunions were pleasantly surprised and plan to make a return visit. Mar sha has agreed to have the museum open during the Vintage M otorCycle visit and the chamber of commerce “ Steak Out” on Thursday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m. city park. Steak dinner with all the trimming tickets are available by calling the Chamber office 676-5536. Cham ber members look forw ard to welcoming British Columbia visitors with a fun evening in the park. Fifty tickets are available, and need to be purchased in ad vance, first come, first served. Proceeds will go towards addi tional promotion for the community. Programs scheduled for the re mainder of July at Chamber are: July 14-Forest Service, related to evening Town Hall meeting, how a fire would affect Heppner; Ju ly 21-Kevin Erich, our medical facilities; and July 28-Dennis Maloney on the Eastern Oregon A lliance and Sagebrush Coalition. Thought for the week: “ A small town is a place where mass transportation means giving so meone a ride to church.” j Authentic ] Italian Cooking Valby church plans ice cream social Spaghetti Meatball Sandwich Pizza Whole or by the slice Eat Here Or To Go! The second annual old-time ice cream social is scheduled for Sunday, July 26 at 6 p.m. at the Valby Lutheran Church located on the Ione-Gooseberry Road. The public is invited to enjoy ice cream served from old-time crank-type freezers with a choice of many toppings. An evening of fun is planned with short skits, music, a barber shop quartet, jokes and group singing of old- time songs reminiscent of the ice cream “ feeds” of yesteryear. Worship service will be at 4:30 p.m. instead of the regular 9 a.m. service. The event is co sponsored by AAL for the pur pose of church building repair. “ The people who came last year enjoyed it so much that we have decided to make it an annual a ffa ir,” said a church spokesperson. Valby, an historic country church, was built by Swedish set tlers and dedicated in 1886. Garden club plans picnic In the back o f Bud’s Pub Heppner Hrs.: 12 to 10 p.m. Tues.-Sun. Bring this ad for $2 Off Lg. Pizza $1 Off Med. Pizza The Heppner Garden Club will have its potluck picnic on Sun- ln the Service Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Perry R. Wilson, son of Thomas and Dorthy Wilson, Heppner, recently re-enlisted for four years while serving with Special Opera tions Command, MacDill Air Force Base, FI. A 1980 graduate of Heppner High School, Wilson joined the Navy in August, 1980. BREAKFAST To welcome pilots of antique planes. Heppner Senior Center, Saturday, July 11,7:00 to 10:00 a.m .. Menu: home made biscuits, scrambled eggs, sausage gravy, potato patties, coffee, tea, orange juice, milk. All you can eat $3.75. Every One Invited. Proceeds go to Senior Center & Senior Meal Site Sponsored by GAR Aviation day, July 12 at the Gonty cabin beginning at 1 p.m. Hot dogs will be provided. WCCC Golf Flag Tournament July 5 , 1992 Women: first-Kristi Smalley; second-Helen Gilliam; third- Norma French; a tie for fourth- Suzanne Jepsen. Cyde Estes, Luvilla Sonstegard and Carol Norris; fifth-Peggy Fishbum; sixth-Betty Rietmann; seventh- Pat Edmundson; eighth-Debbie Gutierrez. Men: first-Howard Gilliam; second-Steve Rollis and Gene Sonstegard; third-Mike Doherty; fourth-Chad Skroch; fifth-Ray Reid; sixth-Howard Bryant; seventh-Howard Denton; eighth- John Edmundson. K.P. women-Betty Carlson and Kristi Smalley; men-Mike Doher ty and John Edmundson. Happy SO t h ^ 3 ;V Birthday To My Best Friend M icheál G ra y July 11 ■ From Your Good Friend, / * Bill Beaton Obituaries__ Dr. L.D. Tibbies Dr. L.D. Tibbies, 86, Hepp ner, died Friday July 3, 1992 at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Heppner. The funeral was held at the First Christian Church in Hepp ner on Tuesday, July 7. Con cluding service and vault inter ment followed at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Dr. Tibbies was born July 9, 1905 at Perry, Mo. son of William and Martha Olds Tib bies. The family later moved to Montana where he attended school. He graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine at Kirksville, MO., in 1931. He practiced at Maysville, MO., for two years. On September 28, 1933, he married Lota Temage at Kansas City, Kan. The couple moved to Heppner where he opened his of fice on June 15, 1934. He prac ticed at Heppner continuously un til his retirement in 1975. He was elected to the City Council in 1938 and served five years. He also served one year as mayor. He had served as presi dent of the Heppner Lions Club and the Heppner Morrow Coun ty Chamber of Commerce. He served on the Morrow County School Board and was a volunteer fireman for the city for some 20 years. Dr. Tibbies helped organize Little League baseball at Hepp ner and umpired for 15 years. He delivered more than 800 area babies. Besides his regular practice, he served as county health officer and as medical ex aminer for many years. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting and fishing and was an early conservationist in the area. Dr.Tibbies was named Mor row County Father of the Year in 1965 and in 1975 was selected General Practitioner of the Year by the Oregon chapter of the Col lege of General Practitioners in O steopathic Medicine and Surgery. He was a member of the Hepp ner Royal Arch Masons, chapter 26; life member of Heppner Lodge 69 AF & AM; a life member of the A1 Kader Shrine Temple and a member of the Ruth-Locust Chapter 32. Survivors include his wife, at home; sons, Lance Tibbies of Columbus, Ohio and Dr. Larry Tibbies, Portland; sisters Ruth M. Hough of San Diego, CA and M. Keturah Heron of Bozeman, Mont.; and four grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children, 3101 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, 97201 or the American Parkinson Disease Association, 60 Bay Street, Suite 411, Staten Island. NY 10301-2514. Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, was in charge of arrangements. Virgil Lawrence Esteb Virgil Lawrence Esteb, former resident of the lone area recent ly passed away at a nursing care center in Portland. Mr. Esteb was bom in Arleta. Multnomah County, on June 16, 1911 to Sam and Hilda Carlson Esteb. He was raised by his mother until he was 12. at which time poverty conditions in that home required his placement with his mother’s sister. Amanda War- field of lone. He attended school at lone and later higher education at Linfield College in McMinnville for two years. He received a degree in education from the University of Oregon. Mr. Esteb accepted a teaching position at Coos Bay High School in the English department. Later he moved to Salem to work as an adjuster with an insurance company. He m arried Ruth Mary Shimondle of Ironw ood, M ichigan. They had two children, Sally and Nancy. Moving to Eugene, he formed his own insurance company which he ran for 20 years before he retired. The Estebs moved to the San Diego area and traveled extensively throughout the world. Surviving are his wife Ruth, and daughters Sally Cureton of Alexandria. Virginia and Nancy Esteb of Portland; four grand children and a sister Hazel Holboke of Beaverton. Funeral services and interment will be held at Valby Lutheran Church on Saturday, July 25 at 5 p.m. Reverend Stan Hoobing will officiate. B irth s M anuel Flores M adrigal-a son Manuel Flores, was bom to Maria and Arturo Flores of Boardman on June 22, 1992 at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. The baby weighed 5 lbs. 15 oz. Sam antha M arie R odriguez- a daughter Samantha Marie was bom to Davia Dianna Haines of Boardman on June 24, 1992 at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. The baby weighed 9 lbs. Marriage Licenses The Morrow County Clerk’s office at the courthouse in Hepp ner reports issuing the following marriage licenses during the past week: July 1: Truman E. Messenger, 87, Lexington; and Marguerite Newman Webb, 89, Heppner; Terry Gene Gray, 22, Hepp ner; and Kellie Jo Brannon, 23, Heppner; Michael Shean Connell, 23, Boardman; and Angelic Dale Shorts, 17, Boardman. Justice Court Report The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Heppner reports handling the following business during the past week: Jay Arthur Coil, 3 1, Heppner- Vehicle Registration Expired, $11 fine; Operating Out of Class (class A license required), $11 fine. PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE The Morrow County Planning Com m ission w ill hold a public hearing on Monday, July 2 7 , 1992, at 7:30 p.m . at the Public W orks Building in Lexington, Oregon. A public hearing w ill be held on the follow ing: 1. The second o f three public hearings on Amendments to Goal 4 , Forest U se Zone and Plan to include mandated rules by the Oregon Legislature and/or con sideration o f other amendments deemed necessary by the Morrow County Planning Com m ission. Interested persons are invited to the hearing to express their view s. Written, signed statements w ill be considered. Reasons for approval or disapproval should be included in oral or written statements. Kent Goodyear, Chairman M orrow County Planning Commission Published: July 8, 1992 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE FOR NOMINATIONS FOR DIRECTOR OF MORROW SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT Notice is hereby served that nominations by petition may be made for positions of Director of the Morrow Soil and Water Con servation District. The following positions will expire this year and will be filled by election, on a nonpartisan ballot, at the November 3, 1992, General Election. Positions: Zone 2, 4 years; Zone 3 ,4 years; At Large, 4 years; At I.arge, 4 years. Information regarding zone boundaries, eligibility re quirem ents and copies of nominating petitions may be ob tained at the District Office located at 430 Heppner/Lex- ington Highway, Heppner, Oregon. Nominating petitions must be signed by at least ten registered voters residing within the Mor row SWCD and be submitted to the County tl e r k of Morrow County for verification o f signatures prior to filing. Verified petitions and a Certificate of Can didacy must be filed by August 25, 1992, at 5:00 p.m. with the Natural Resources Division, Oregon Departm ent of Agriculture, 635 Capitol Street NE, Salem, Oregon 97310-0110. Published: July 8, 1992______ The city reports that water samples taken in June have shown the presence of total coliform bacteria, which is a violation of state and federal water quality standards. No fecal coliform bacteria were present in any of the samples, and no total or fecal coliform bacteria were found in samples taken directly from the wells. Total coliforms are common in the environment and are usually not harmful themselves, but are used as an indicator of overall water quality. The presence of total coliforms in the system’s water is probably a result of pro blems with the distribution PBBLIC NOTICE system piping. N otice o f Election On July 13th, the city will Council Members disinfect the 750,000 gallon Town o f Lexington reservoir with chlorine at 1 part O fficial terms expiring for the per million. The chlorinated water will be flushed through the Town o f Lexington are two distribution system over a period C ouncil p osition s and C ity of several days. Residents may Recorder. A ll three are for four experience “ taste and odor" pro year terms. Nominating petitions are available at C ity Hall or by blems until the chlorine has been totally flushed through contacting Sue Baker for the elec tion to be held Novem ber 3, the entire distribution system. No action is warranted by 1992. The petitions must be fil ed with the City Recorder no later residents at this time. The water system will take ad than August 2 5 ,1 9 9 2 and contain ditional water samples after the signatures o f qualified electors system has been completely only. Sue Baker flushed with chlorine. Federal regulations require that Town of Lexington the water system provide the Published: June 24; July 1, 8 and 15, 1992___________________ following mandatory language: The United States Environmen ■ 1 — * tal Protection Agency (EPA) sets al— drinking water standards and has determined that the presence of total coliforms is a possible health WRIGHT CHEV. concern. Total coliforms are INC. common in the environment and O ld sm o b ile are generally not harmful Check out our on the spot themselves. The presence of these financing..... bacteria in drinking water, GMAC contract or lease! however, is generally a result of a problem with water treatment Specially trained or the pipes which distribute the technicians in shop with water, and indicates that the water special tools for hi-tech may be contaminated with engines organisms that can cause disease. Disease symptoms may include Personalized Service diarrhea, cramps, nausea, and possibly jaundice, and associated WRIGHT CHEV. with headaches and fatigue. These symptoms, however, are INC. not just associated with disease- causing organisms in drinking Herb Wright water, but also may be caused by Bill Maclniws a number of factors other than Bill Moclniws, Jr. your drinking water. EPA has set 783-4175 an enforceable drinking water Fossil, Oregon standard for total coliforms to reduce the risk of these adverse health effects. Published: July 8, 1992______
