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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 22, 1995 Heppner G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U S P S 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as second-class matter at the Post Of fice at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3. 1879. Second class postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. P.O. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $16 in Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Coun ties; $23 elsewhere. Joyce H u g h es.............%....................... Office Manager. Typesetting April H ilton-Sykes..............................................................News Editor Monique D evin.................................. Advertising layout & Graphics Susan Hansen....................................................................... Distribution Penni K eersem ak er.....................................................................Printer David and April Hilton-Sykes, Publishers Letter to the Editor Let's keep what we have left To the Editor: The school bond levy coming up for vote in March is quite important to all people in Mor row County, not just students and parents, but we as a com munity, very much interested in our youth. As rural people in a special area, (no big city) it's hard to continuously see the students in the Morrow County School District taking reductions, and setbacks in school programs. The impact measure 5 has had on Morrow County is devasta- ting. A four day school week, reduced lunch program, loss of teachers, cutting of extracur ricular activities list only a few examples of the funding crisis. It is here and for real. It will take the young and old alike to make good things happen again in our school system. But we must all take a step in the right direction now. No more sitting back. Please join me and vote a positive "y e s" on the school bond levy, so we can keep what little we seem to have left. (s) Paul Hisler Don't let our kids down To the Editor: In 19181 entered grade school in what was then the new school house which is still in use. I became seven years of age before that year was over. I was followed in the next few years by five more Jones boys and girls, all of whom graduated from that same school house. Those were the World War I years. Since that time we have seen a great change in the educa tional facilities in Morrow County, as well as all of Oregon Trail Library Presents The Fire and the Rose Mysteries of the Grail a talk by Keith Scales Made possible by the Oregon Humanities Council an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities 2:00 p. m. Sunday, February 26 Morrow County Museum Free admission Oregon. Where we walked or rode horseback, a fine fleet of buses now transports the students when needed. With the tremendous im provement in schools has come a need for more and better educational requirements in cluding athletics. Let us not let the kids down. Morrow County is only one of many schools that is trying desperately to give students and teachers as well as our fine staff that guides them, the finest leadership available. 1 urge each and every voter in Morrow County from: Boardman, lone, Lexington, Heppner, Irrigon to continue to give our boys and girls the fine sport teams we have had for many years that have put our schools "on the map". The lessons learned in sports and other extra curricular ac tivities have given a lesson that will stay with them through life. (s) Paul Jones go IS t t o c o a S t ] YOUR \ SOURCE \ FOR D Do 1 Y P Plumbing Yourself It PVC Pipe & Fittings ABS Galvanized (We cut and thread pipe) Toilets — Faucets — Water Heater Repair Parts Roof gutter and fittings Selection Value Quality Advice S e e us for your Plumbing Needs Coast to Goast Hrppnrr WE ( .4 V H U T U K 474-VW/ Community choir formed 10 years ago and still going strong Pool viable, needed facility The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow To the Editor: The People for the Pool Com mittee has worked very hard to put together a proposal for a multi-use long lasting pool facility to be located at the Hager Park site in Heppner. Although I am not usually one to get enthused about ad ditional taxation I view this as a viable, needed facility. Besides greatly helping our youth in south Morrow with really needed recreational op portunities, it will also assist our seniors to remain active. There will be an indoor gen eral purpose room or exercise room for young and old. An in door therapy pool would have super heated water for cold weather usage, be deep enough for lap swimming but shallow enough for water aerobics and have wheel chair access. Medical centers use pool physical therapy very ef fectively for arthritis, stroke pa tients, accidents victims, etc. I do not want to under empha size the very real importance of this facility for our youth, but __Obituaries Mabel L. Ring The funeral for Mabel L. Ring was held Saturday, Feb. 18 at the lone United Church of Christ. Concluding service and burial was at High View Cemetery in lone. Mrs. Ring, 96, lone, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1995 at her home. She was born May 22, 1898 at Mountaindale to Michael and Martha Bonge Rowell. She attended schools in the lone area. On Nov. 22, 1916 she mar ried Harvey Ring at Kelso, WA. The couple had been residents of lone since 1925. Survivors include a son, Harry of Boise, Idaho; brother Walter Rowell in California; sisters Josie Peck of Heppner and Grace Rowell in California; eight grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and eight great- great grandchildren. Mr. Ring died in 1971 and daughters, Bernice Thompson died in 1988 and Lois Ring died in 1942. Memorial contributions may be made to the lone United Church of Christ Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 346, lone 97843. Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp ner was in charge of arrange ments. John F. Kilkenny Recitation of the Rosary for Judge John F. Kilkenny will be Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the chapel at Burns Mortuary in Pendleton. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Pendleton with in terment at Olney Cemetry. Judge Kilkenny, 93, Portland, died Friday, Feb. 17, 1995 at Maryville Nursing Home in Beaverton. He was born Oct. 26, 1901 at Heppner, to John Sheridan and Rose Ann Curran Kilkenny. He attended Alpine School in Sand Hollow, Morrow County, and Columbia Prep, the forerunner of Portland Univer sity. He grew up in Morrow County and worked on stock ranches owned by his father in Morrow, Umatilla and Grant counties. His youth was spent working as a rancher, cowboy, sheepherder, sheep shearer, truck driver and harvester. He entered Notre Dame Law School in 1920 and played foot ball under Knute Rockne for three years until a knee injury ended his career. He graduated cum laude in 1925 from Notre Dame and received LL.B and J.D. degrees. He returned to Pendleton where he began as a junior lawyer in the firm of Raley, Raley and Steiwer. In 1931, he became a partner in the firm of Raley, Kilkenny and Raley and from 1932 until 1952 he specialized in trial work on both civil and criminal cases. He briefed and argued nearly 100 cases in the Oregon Supreme court and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth circuit. He also did trial work in both the medical uses will also become more and more critical. There is a group of people cluding the nursing home, the These uses will possibly garner In tern atio n al Theatre group more grants from foundations who meet every Monday night at lone and Heppner, and com to lower costs, plus attract users at Heppner High School. They munity dinners and celebra from out of the immediate area. are there for a variety of tions and added a new tradi reasons: for relaxation, as a ten The operating levy will call tion, singing at the St. Patrick's sion buster and to learn for 16« per thousand property Day celebration. something new. However, valuation, and will not impact they have one common thread. In the spring of 1993, Isted other district levies unduly. The They are there to make music decided to move on. The role bond issue will cost 45« per and sing. The group, South of director went to Debbie thousand but will not have the Morrow Community Choir. Wryn, who moved to Heppner Measure 5 consequences of im This group has been around for in the fall of 1990, and became pacting other districts needs. the accompianist for the choir. the past 10 years and is still go This bond amounts to $27 year She is currently in her fourth ing strong. ly on a $60,000 home. There were several ways that year at Stanfield s the elemen If the levy is not passed in this group formed. In the tary music specialist. The group this election, there will be no spring of 1985, Peter is still using the whole choral second chance. No additional Sinkevitch, HHS math teacher, idea of learning of variety of vote is planned and we will formed a choir made up of styles. They have sung at lose the $45.000 generously community members to sing an several special occasions such donated by the previous Kin- Easter Cantata. It was perform as singing the "Star Spangled zua Corp. ed in April, 1985. Meanwhile, Banner" at Heppner Basketball Some dedicated people have several churches had their own games and at two weddings of provided us with an opportuni church groups that sang on members of the group: Kathy ty to vastly improve our com Sundays. They were small in and Del Turner and Joel and munity. Let us not disappoint numbers, but enjoyed singing. Lea Mathieu Peterson. Plans them. Vote yes. In the fall of '85, the idea was include singing at the St. Sincerely, bounced around of pulling Patrick's Celebration, and the (s) Meg Murray together these smaller church spring concert. There is a groups. The cantata that was strong possibility that the formed the previous spring group will perform another showed potential for a com cantata for Christmas next year. munity choir. The South Mor Cantatas are a serious work row Community Choir started that are 30 to 60 minutes in state and federal courts in with the idea that these small length and are a wonderful op Oregon, W ashington and church groups, as well as other portunity to learn a serious Idaho. . community members, would work of music, said Wryn. In 1952, he became chief part learn pieces of music that could "The choir is as always look ner in the law firm of Kilkenny be taken back to their own ing for new members to join," and Fabre, working until his churches. The first director to added Wryn, "All one needs is appointm ent to the U .S. start this was Kathy (Melby) the desire to sing and have fun District Court in 1959. Turner. A choir director, and a with a wonderful group of peo He served on the Board of member of Valby Lutheran, she ple. We have a wide array of Governors of the State Bar from directed for several years. With members with the youngest 1940 until 1944, as president of her background in Jazz, the juniors in high school and the Oregon Bar in 1943 and group learned several jazz nobody will admit who's the 1944. He had been a member of songs. At times, Don Boyce, oldest. The group could always the American College of Trial Methodist minister at the time, use tenors and basses who are Lawyers since 1953 and was on shared directing duties with in short supply," concluded the Board of Regents at the Turner. Wrynn. University of Oregon for 10 They performed two concerts Anyone interested in joining, years. He was a past Indian a year and made special ap should come to the HHS band director and ^>ast director of pearances at different church room Mondays from 5:30-7 Happy Canyon. services. They also made a p.m. or call Wryn, evenings at guest appearance in Portland 422-7017 or talk to the current The Post Office and U.S. Courthouse in Pendleton was for the Wheat League, and members. Sarah Carlson, Nor were paid for performing. ma French, Carol Hoobing, named in his honor in 1984. Other appearances were at a Nancy Kurts, Shirley Lan- Survivors include his wife, Moonlight Madness sale, lone dauer, Andrea Miles, Cork Virginia, of Portland; son, Legion Hall meetings, and Norene, Shirley Palmer, Michael of Pendleton, daughter, Kare*VKloster.n)q\v,, Singspirations. secretary„niLynnea Sargent, In '89, Kathy moved to Luvilla Sonstegard, Donna Gearheart; a brother, Robert of Boardman and Don moved to Bergtrom, Lea Calvert, Bon- Lexington; nine grandchildren another parish. Kathy con naRae Miller, Becky Weseman, and eight great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may tinued doing some directing, Dan Calvert, Clint Carlson, be made to the Umatilla Coun but shared duties with Bob Kent Goodyear, Joel Peterson, ty Historical Society or the Mor Isted, HJH & HHS music Laurel Temple, Jason Palmer, teacher, who had been here and Louis Carlson. row County Historical Society, directly or through Burns Mor several years, but was singing tuary of Pendleton, PO Box bass. He then took the group completely over in the next 489, Pendleton, 97801. couple of years. He took a dif Burns Mortuary, Pendleton, ferent approach by further ex is in charge of arrangements. panding the choir repertoire to George Waterland George Waterland, 40, of a more serious nature by lear Heppner, died Monday, ning a variety of choral styles, February 20 in Portland. A both sacred and secular. Isted complete obituary will be in wanted to provide the com Heppner High School honor munity a musical cultural ex next week's Gazette-Times. Arrangements are pending at roll students in the Junior class perience. The group continued were incorrectly listed in last with the two concerts a year, Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner. week's Gazette-Times. The list singing at special occasions, in should have said honor roll, not honorable mention. Listed are the honor students for the junior classs: Honor roll: Angela DeBo, Ben Ewing, Kristina Grant, minus Tina Kemp, Phillip 1” minus SpicerKuhn, Jessica Sumner; 3” base rock honorable mention-Dodie Givens, Stephanie Johnson, Clean Fill Material Brian Struckmeier, Rodney Can be picked up at pit or we will deliver. Pit 6 V 2 miles up from mouth Zumwalt. Death Notice Correction Crushed Rock For Sale of Lower Rhea Creek, Brenner Canyon. Contact Roger Britt 676-5096 ; C o u rt Street M arke t 1 111 N. 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