FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 22, 1995
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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
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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
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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
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