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Kenny Turner and Helen
Crawford were named citizens
of the year at the annual Town
and Country Banquet held
Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the
Heppner Elks Club. Barbara
Hayes was selected as the
citizen-educator and David
Allstott and Jerry Gentry of
Allstott & Gentry Construction
were chosen business of the
year. The banquet is sponsored
by the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce.
VOL. 114
NO. 3
6 Pages Wednesday, January 18, 1995,
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Allstott & Gentry win business of year
Bill Kuhn (I) presents Jerry Gentry and David Allstott business
of year award.
The owners of the business of began working as a carpenter
the year, Allstott & Gentry with Dick Bigelow and has
Construction, have been deem­ been in the carpentry business
ed "H ep p n e r’s Dynamic ever since. He got together
Duo” . The pair, David Allstott with his partner when they
and Jerry Gentry, both born began working together oh the
and raised in Heppner, are renovation of the St. Patrick's
honored for their "community Senior Center.
Allstott has volunteered as a
involvement, professionalism,
little league T-ball coach, Colt
energy and vision” .
Allstott, the son of Clyde and basketball coach and he and
Jackie Allstott, graduated from Gentry contributed their ser­
vices to build the high school
Heppner High School in 1977.
After high school, he went to weight room and playground
Skagit Valley Community Col­ equipment at Heppner Elemen­
lege on a basketball scholar­ tary School.
Allstott served five and a half
ship. He suffered a shoulder in­
jury and was told he could not years on the Heppner Planning
continue to play without
Commission and five and a half
surgery. He returned to Hepp­ years on the Heppner City
ner for the surgery, but did not Council. City attorney Bill
go back to school. Instead, he
Kuhn, in presenting the award,
Be careful when roller blading
When using roller blades,
watch where you are going,
says Heppner Police Chief
Doug Rathbun. Bumping into
people and causing confusion
where you are skating can be
dangerous for those walking on
the sidewalks and parking
areas for yourself. Rathbun
says not to go into any
businesses with roller blades
on. This is not safe.
As of now, there is no law
prohibiting roller blades on the
sidewalks, but if there con­
tinues to be problems enforce­
ment action will be taken.
"Parents, please pass this in­
formation on to your children
with roller blades.”
Man arrested following chase
A Heppner man, Rodney
Thompson, formerly of Walla
Walla, WA. was arrested by
Heppner Police and the Mor­
row County Sheriff's Office
Tuesday, Jan. 10, for violation
of his release agreement. Ac­
cording to Heppner Police
Chief Doug Rathbun, Thomp­
son had been ordered not to
have contact with a prior
girlfriend.
Thompson plead guilty to
Assault IV charges and was
sentenced to nine days in jail.
said that Allstott's "construc­
tion knowledge and experience
were invaluable when building
the new city fire hall” .
Allstott and his wife, Patti
(Saling), have two children,
Blake, eight, and Aaron, five.
Gentry, the son of Bill and
Patty Gentry, graduated from
Heppner High School in 1975.
He attended Oregon State
University and graduated with
a degree in agri-business. After
graduation, he went to work
for Simplot. He started in the
contracting business by doing
insulation and window work
under a BPA-sponsored wea-
therization program and work­
ed with Bill Welch building the
Heppner Post Office.
Gentry, currently on the
Heppner Planning Commis­
sion, loves outdoor activities,
particularly rodeoing. His pas­
sion for the rodeo and a con­
cern for the youth of Heppner
got him involved in the "gran-
daddy” of all community pro­
jects, the complete reconstruc­
tion of the rodeo grounds,
termed "one of the finest small
rodeo grounds in the area” .
Gentry and his wife, Terri,
have a son, Willie, almost two.
Turner, a Morrow County
native, graduated from Oregon
State University in 1956. That
was also the year that his father
died and he took over opera­
tion of the family farm. In 1958,
he married Jean Ann Swanson.
Conservation has been a
long-time priority for Turner
and he was a founding father
of the local Soil and Water Con­
servation District. A staunch
supporter of high school
athletics, Turner was in­
strumental in erecting a com­
memorative sign at the the
gateway to the community
following a state basketball
championship game in which
one of his daughters par­
ticipated. Turner also assists
the sports programs by paying
high school athletes to pull rye
in his fields.
Turner is a long time member
of the Elks Club and has been
organist for the Elks "as long
as anyone can remember” . He
has also been on county road
committees and the Port of
Morrow Budget Committee.
Turner is active in St.
Patrick's Catholic Church and
several times has been presi­
dent of the Holy Name Socie­
ty. At the annual church
Christmas dinner, he dons a
Santa suit and plays piano at
the close of the dinner.
Turner's latest, longest and
perhaps most ambitious project
has been the development of
the Willow Creek Lake, with a
park, a boat launching area and
a recreational vehicle camp site.
Turner, who has been presi­
dent of the Willow Creek Park
District since its inception, has
worked many years and
undergone much frustration
before his dream of a park and
R.V. camp site were realized.
Turner was recognized for
Del's Market open for business
Del's Market in Lexington is
open for business again,
following a Nov. 16 fire, which
destroyed the market's roof.
Phyllis Piper, who owns the
market along with her hus­
band, Del, said they opened
the store on Jan. 3 as a kind of
a mini-mart, for now. "It looks
pretty good,” she said. "We're
glad to be back.” Phyllis
estimates that Del has worked
in the store for 33 years.
The store offers beer, pop
and movies and is starting to
get some grocery items in, she
said. Piper said she is now
making pizzas and sub sand­
wiches, but will not be able to
offer chicken and jojos for the
time being. Wednesday, Jan.
18, they anticipated getting
milk. The Post Office, located
at the store, opened Jan
1.
Piper said that the store had
a few leaks, but those were in
the back of the store during the
really hard rain and were "not
too bad". She added that as
soon as the weather warms up,
the store will get a new roof.
New store hours are 8 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through
Saturdays; closed Sundays.
The store had previously been
open Sunday.
his "versatile community com­
mitment” and his "relentless”
pursuit of his visions.
Turner and his wife have four
grown daughters, Cheryle Riet-
mann, Lori Seitz, Melissa Lind­
say and Sandy Turner, and
four grandchildren, Tanner and
Evan Rietmann, and Brandon
and Reggie Seitz.
Woman of the Year Helen
Crawford has a long list of ac­
complishments. She has been
an elementary school teacher,
a school bus driver, and a
school cafeteria head cook. In
addition to her many occupa­
tions, she has been a member
of the election board; has
organized numerous wed­
dings, funerals, showers, social
events, receptions and dinners;
has worked at the Morrow
County fair; is an officer and
committee member for the
Willows Grange; is a Senior
Center transportation board
member; has served in all of­
fices and committees of the
lone American Legion Aux­
iliary Unit 95 and is currently
president; has been a member,
Sunday school teacher and
deaconness at the lone United
Church of Christ and has been
the chairman of the annual
church auction and barbecue
for "many, many” years; and
is president and board member
of the St. Patrick Senior Center.
Crawford is credited with be­
ing a ” do-er, and a positive
force who is always con­
tributing energetically to better­
ing the life of her family,
friends and community.”
Crawford is the daughter of
James and Mary Lindsay, who
ranched in the area. She lived
most of her life in lone and
Morrow County, except for
several years in the 1920s when
her family moved to Oregon
City and then Silverton. She
received a teaching degree at
Eastern Oregon State College at
LaGrande and taught first and
second grades at lone Elemen­
tary School. She helped
organize kindergarten there
before it was mandated and
taught kindergarten for around
13 years. In 1945 she married
Earl McCabe, who passed away
in 1969. In 1977, she married
Arthur "Sam ” Crawford, who
passed away in 1983. She has
three grandchildren, Christine
George and Mark Klinger, both
of whom live in Beaverton, and
Michael Klinger, who lives with
her at the Crawford ranch out­
side of lone. Her daughter,
Arleta George, has passed
away. Her son-in-law, Gary
George, lives in Beaverton. She
also has many nieces and
nephews and many people just
call her "Aunt Helen” .
Citizen educator of the year
Barbara Hayes is employed at
Heppner High School. She was
hired as a media specialist and
then as school counselor.
Hayes was bom in California
and later moved to Oregon,
where she obtained a
bachelor's degree in education
at Oregon State University. She
first taught in the Portland
public schools before taking
time out for her family, hus­
band, Jim, and their two sons,
Jim and Loren. Jim, a helicopter
mechanic, is currently station­
ed at Ft. Wainwright at Fair­
banks, Alaska, and Loren is a
Navy pilot stationed at Virginia
Beach.
Hayes also has experience as
a legal secretary. After a stint
at the Morrow County Cour­
thouse, she went back to school
at Portland State University for
graduate work and became a
certified media specialist.
In addition to ''b ein g
devoted” to the high school
media center, Hayes has taped
numerous plays, sports pro­
grams, championships games
and graduation ceremonies for
the school district and then
dubbed the tapes so that
parents could have a "living”
document of their children's ac­
complishments. Even though
there is no longer the position
of media specialist, Hayes still
tapes games and fixes glitches
in the computer lab at the high
school. In her position as
school counselor, Hayes keeps
a bag of teddy bears for ill
students or for those who just
need a friend.
Hayes is also a past member
of the Morrow County School
advisory board and a past
member of Soroptimist Interna­
tional Club of Heppner and is
currently on the Oregon Trail
Library District board.
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