FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 10, 1996
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
Senior girls attend luncheon
Margaret Sutherland
Memorial services for Mar
garet Ruth Sutherland were
Saturday, April 6, at Stokes
Landing Senior Center in Irri-
gon. Disposition was
by
cremation.
Mrs. Sutherland, 76, of Ir-
rigon, died Sunday, March 31,
19%, at her home.
She was born May 23, 1919,
at Bend, to Carl and Lodie Lat-
tin Bernard.
A resident of Irrigon the past
17 years, she had previously
lived at Boardman and Rainier.
Heppner
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Health District solution
To the Editor:
Open letter to the Morrow
County Health District, in re
gards to enter a bid to operate
the Boardman Clinic.
I, the undersigned, agree to
provide within 30 days of ac
ceptance of this contract the
following:
A) A fully licensed, Oregon
Board certified physician.
B) Operate the same clinic
hours that are currently sche
duled.
C) Make all records available
to the Morrow County Health
District, the Boardman City
Council, and the general
public, with the exceptions of
patients' records that deal with
illness and treatments accor
ding to confidentiality require
ments.
For the above service, which
are the same as are currently
being provided, except the cur-
Gee for senate seat
To the Editor:
1 am urging everyone to vote
for Terry Drever Gee, of Baker
City, for the state seriate seat of
District #28 being vacated by
Greg Waldren.
She has been working on
both the state and national level
to reduce unnecessary rules
and regulations, to protect our
private property rights, and
majors in helping with permit
applications. As president of
the Eastern Oregon Mining
Association, she helped formu
late national policies in regard
to small miners, and while
working for Bonanza Mining
Company, she won awards on
both the state and national
rent physician will not allow his
records to be examined, I re
quest the following:
A) The same offer that was
made to the current physician
of $154,000 per year, payable in
one lump sum at the start of
each fiscal year.
B) Keep all revenue generat
ed by patient care, as is current
ly being done.
C) Have the Morrow Coun
ty Health District responsible
for all expenses relating to the
operation and maintenance of
the facility, as is currently un
der contract. With the excep
tion of actual items used in the
treatment of a patient, which
will be billed, to the patient,
and staff salaries.
D) Any income generated in
excess of $200,000 will be re
turned to the Health District.
(s) Jay Straley
Heppner
levels in 1994 for land reclama
tion.
She is a member of the Baker
County Planning Commission;
co-chair Baker/Malheur Region
al Strategies; vice chair, U.S.
Dept. Interior John Day/Snake
Resource Advisory Council,
and holds a number of other
positions in which she is work
ing in the best interest of rural-
citizens.
She has two grown daugh
ters and her husband, Bill Gee,
is a fourth generation member
of a Baker County pioneer
family.
Vote for Terry Drever Gee.
(s) Carmelita Holland
Richland, OR
Keep up good work
To the Editor:
Mrs. Osmin's Third Grade
Class
Heppner Elementary School
To Mrs. Osmin and Third
Grade students-
The Heppner Chamber of
Commerce would like to com
pliment you for your work on
cleaning up litter and helping
to make our town look nice.
Your effort and commitment
to good community citizenship
is greatly appreciated.
Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
(s) John Edmundson, Pres.
Heppner Chamber of
Commerce
St. Pat's team roping/motorcross
barrel race winners announced
manns.
250-500 CC bikes-lst Jeff
Botefer, 2nd Rich Laning, 3rd
Mike Gorman, 4th Robbie
Schultz.
4-wheelers, 2-stroke: 1st
Stacey Wilson, 2nd Merv
Hussey, 3rd Vern Gumbert,
4th Dale Wilson.
4-wheelers, 4-stroke: 1st
Steve McClintock, 2nd John
Munstermuhn, 3rd Tyson Pal-
mateer, 4th Dan Looslie.
3-wheelers: 1st Harold Mat
tox, 2nd Andrew Hermanns.
12 and over 50-100 CC bikes-
lst Stanley Cutsforth, 2nd Jeff
Currin.
12 and under 4-wheelers: 1st
Donald Adams, 2nd Cody
Krebs, 3rd Marcy Miller, 4th
Lane Bailey.
12 and under motorcycles-
lst Brad Adams, 2nd Riley
Wight, 3rd Brandon Seitz, 4th
Adam Wight.
101-249 motorcycles-lst Keith
Pulley, 2nd Shelly Wight, 3rd
Danny Coiner.
Lexington Polaris and Tom's
Cycle Town donated gift cer
tificates to first and second
places. The events were pre
sented by the Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo committee. Stock con
tractors were Brad Clement and
Tom Camarillo.
Obituari«»
Results of the St. Patrick's
Day team roping and motor-
cross barrel race held March
16-17 at the Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo arena in Heppner have
been announced.
Winners are as follows:
Team Roping
Open-lst Charlie Crawford
and Ryan Gallagher, 2nd Justin
Tom and Ryan Gallagher, 3rd
Charlie Crawford and Brett
McDowell.
#9: 1st Emmett Evans and
Trevor McCoin, 2nd Justin Tom
and Tyler Saunders, 3rd
Wayne Smith and Todd Cline,
4th Justin Tom and Todd Cline,
5th Jim Bosworth and Bill Tay
lor, 6th Brian Griffith and
Trevor McCoin.
#7: 1st Vic Thompson and
Trevor McCoin, 2nd Brian Grif
fith and Justin Tom, 3rd Steve
Wamock and Emmett Evans,
4th Lee Tom and Wayne
Smith, 5th Brian Griffith and
Wally Rogers, 6th Chuck Mat-
teson and Steve Miller.
#5:1st Tara Mahoney and Bill
McCoin, 2nd Anthony Linarez
and Daryl Burton, 3rd Carla
Rogers and Katie Thompson.
Motorcross Barrel Race
Women's race-lst Shelly
Wight, 2nd Glenda Taylor, 3rd
Carmen Wilson, 4th Beth Her-
Heppner High School senior Beth Cookston and her mother, Col
leen, prepare to enjoy the Senior Girls Luncheon held April 4 at
All Saints Episcopal Church in Heppner.
The annual luncheon, honor
ing Heppner and lone senior
girls, is sponsored by Sorop-
timist International of Hepp
ner. All Saints Episcopal
Church women cater the event.
Guest speaker this year was
Doris Brosnan, owner of the
Twice Upon a Time bookstore
in Heppner.
Leland Rill qualifies for state bee
Heppner Elementary School I
(HES) sixth grader Leland Rill,
son of Molly and Cecil Rill of
Heppner, went to Salem March
29 to participate in the Oregon
Geography Bee. Rill qualified
for this opportunity by winning
the local school Geography Bee
and by completing a written
test. The written test was
scored by contest organizers in
Washington, D.C., and invita
tions were sent to local winners
who reached standards for par
ticipation in the Oregon State
Bee.
Rill was with a group of 18
students for a preliminary
round. The top two students
went on to the final round. Rill
got four of his eight oral ques Leland Rill
tions right, not enough to Gifted coordinator. According
qualify him for the final round, to his parents, who accom
but "certainly enough to in panied him to the contest, Rill
dicate that he could be com is already looking forward to
petitive at this level,” said Lin next year's competition.
da Shaw, HES Talented and
Youth Citizenship Awards announced
Jessica Sumner and Tina
Kemp, both Heppner High
School seniors, have been nam
ed the recipients of the Sorop-
timist International of Heppner
Youth Citizenship Awards.
The two girls were honored
at a Soroptimist luncheon on
March 14.
Sumner and Kemp were
selected for the scholarships for
their "outstanding contribu
tions" and commitment to their
community, school and fami
lies, said Joyce Hughes, Sorop
timist scholarship committee
member.
Sumner is the daughter of
Charlie and Cindy Sumner,
Lexington. Kemp is the daugh
ter of Gary and Marcia Kemp,
Lexington.
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Tina Kemp
She was a member of the
Boardman Baptist Church.
Mrs. Sutherland did volunteer
work for the Senior Center and
for Morrow County Home Ex
tension.
Survivors include her hus
band, Perry, at the home; sons,
Carl Baker of Corvallis, Loren
Sutherland of The Dalles, Larry
Sutherland of Warren, Ohio,
and Mike Sutherland of Wil-
sonville; daughters, Carol Tyler
of Fairbanks, Alaska, Judy
Mitru and Debbie Ng, both of
Flint, Michigan, and Shena Jor
dan of St. Petersburg, Florida;
17 grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Vange John Memo
rial Hospice, P.O. Box 306,
Hermiston, OR 97838.
Burns Mortuary of Hermis
ton was in charge of arrange
ments.
Helen Doherty Dyer
Helen Doherty Dyer, 82,
long-time Heppner resident,
died of natural causes Thurs
day, April 4, 1996, at Good
Shepherd Community Hospital
in Hermiston. She had been a
resident of the Good Samaritan
Center in Hermiston for the
past three years.
Recitation of the rosary was
Monday, April 8, at St. Patrick
Catholic Church in Heppner.
Mass of Christian burial was
Tuesday, April 9, at the church.
Burial was at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery.
Mrs. Dyer was born May 30,
1913, to Catherine and James
G. Doherty. She graduated
from Lexington High School in
1933. She married Martin Dyer,
who worked at the Mare Island
Naval Shipyard until his retire
ment in 1973. They then mov
ed to Heppner. Mr. Dyer died
in 1981.
Mrs. Dyer's forebears came
from Ireland in the 1880s. Her
aunt Sarah, who married Char
les Cunningham, arrived first.
Her grandmother, Catherine
Doherty, great uncle, Barney,
aunt Mary and father followed.
Soon after her arrival, Mary
married Michael Kenny. The
Kenny descendants trace their
ancestry back to them.
Mrs. Dyer's mother and
father were married in Hepp
ner in 1893. They raised 13
children on the family farm at
Blackhorse Canyon near Lex
ington. The farm is now
operated by Mrs. Dyer's neph
ew, Tony Doherty.
Mrs. Dyer's death marks the
end of the first generation to be
born in the U.S. She was
preceded in death by sisters
and brothers, Mary McLaugh
lin in 1944, Sara McLaughlin,
1971, Nora Turner, 1978, Anne
Miller, 1956, Tina McLaughlin,
1963, Francis Doherty, 1981,
Gene Doherty, 1975, Bernard
Doherty, 1977, Gertrude Ap
plegate, 1965, Paul Doherty,
1%9, and Betty Thorsen, 1987.
Mrs. Dyer had no children,
but leaves 45 nieces and neph
ews and their families and
many cousins descending from
Mike and Mary Kenny.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Vange John Memo
rial Hospice, Inc., P.O. Box 306,
Hermiston, OR 97838.
Burns Mortuary of Hermis
ton was in charge of arrange
ments.
Huston Lesley's
party cancelled
Huston Lesley's birthday
celebration, planned for Sun
day, April 14 at the Hardman
Community Center, has been
cancelled because of illness.
W ranglers C lub
plan first playday
The Wranglers Riding Club
will hold their first playday
Sunday, April 14. Potluck
lunch will begin at 12 p.m.,
followed by a short meeting
with election of officers. Play-
day will begin at 1 p.m.
Wranglers Riding Club is
open to everyone. Membership
is $25 per family or $15 an in
dividual.
For more information, call
president Janet Greenup,
676-5822, vice president Terra
Adams, 676-5819, treasurer
Judy Barber, 676-5037 or secre
tary Judy Eckman, 989-8498.
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