Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, July 24. 1996 - THREE
Obituaries
Odile Groshens Luper
Odile Groshens Luper, 94, a
long-time Portland resident
formerly of Heppner, died Fri
day, July 12,19%, at a Portland
care home.
Mrs. Luper was returned to
her birthplace, where her ashes
were cast by her son atop a hill
on the Rhea Creek Ranch. No
formal services were held.
Odile Groshens was bom
October 30, 1901, in Heppner,
to French immigrants, Louis
Julian and H elene Marie
Groshens. She lived through
out her childhood on the fami
ly ranch in Heppner.
Upon graduating from high
school, she spent her early
years of employment working
for the Morrow County
Sheriff's office in Heppner and
for Meier and Frank depart
ment store in Portland.
She married her husband,
James Rhea Luper, who was
state engineer of Oregon, in
1930. After her marriage, she
became a homemaker. During
their married life, they lived in
Portland, Salem, Seattle and
Walla Walla.
She later worked for her
sister, Mae Barton, at Miss
Mae's dress shop in Coquille,
Washington, before returning
to Portland.
Mrs. Luper enjoyed her
home, her flowers and garden,
her grandchildren and visiting
them in Anchorage, Alaska.
Mrs. Luper was preceded in
death by her husband and
sister Claire Arrington in 1952,
and her brother, Emil Grosh
ens in 1983.
She is survived by her son,
Frederick Luper, Eugene; sis
ters, Lorraine Vinton, Portland,
and Mae Barton, Tucson, Ari
zona; three grandchildren,
Karen Luper, Sante Fe, New
Mexico, Chuck Luper, Eagle
River, Alaska, Gary Luper, An
chorage, Alaska; and three
great-grandchildren.
The family requests that
memorial contributions in her
memory be sent to Loaves and
Fishes Center, Inc., Rose City
Chapter.
served as Morrow County's
road supervisor who helped
construct the road from Hepp
ner to Monument, and also
several county roads. Mrs.
Harnett's grandfather was Dr.
Lewis Shipley, M.D., who
served as the community
physician from 1879-1898. Her
uncle, Jay Shipley, was a
teacher and later superinten
dent of the Heppner schools in
the early 1900s.
Mrs. Harnett attended school
in Heppner, graduating in
June, 1924. She then attended
Oregon Agriculture College
(Oregon State University) for
approximately two years and
majored in art and home eco
nomics.
She married Marion Harnett,
city marshal of Lebanon, on Ju
ly 14, 1940. They had one son,
Melvin, bom August 27,1941,
who currently lives in Walla
Walla, Washington.
Melvin is employed as special
agent and special deputy U.S.
Marshal for the U.S. Dept, of
Energy's Office of Inspector
General. He married Barbara
Pike, of Brooklyn, New York,
on Oct. 6, 1%2. They have
three children, Dawn, Sheree
and Sean.
In 1959, following the death
of her husband in 1958, Mrs.
Harnett returned to Heppner to
care for her ill mother. In 1960,
she was asked to help establish
the Morrow County Museum,
and continued to serve as
museum director and curator
until her retirement in 1988 at
the age of 82.
Mrs. Harnett set up the
m useum 's first cataloging
system and organized the
historical materials donated or
loaned for display. She com
plied information about Mor
row County pioneer families
which future family members
could research for genealogical
data. She also conducted
genealogical research for
numerous local and out-of-
town families. She visited and
studied other museums in
order to learn new methods for
preservation and display of
historical m aterials. M rs.
Harnett loved her work and
dedicated her life to the
museum.
Rachel Harnett
In 1970, Mrs. Harnett was
Funeral services for Rachel awarded the Henry C. Collins
Harnett, 89, longtime Morrow award for her work at the coun
County resident, will be held ty museum, preserving local
Thursday, July 25, at 1 p.m. at history and other Eastern Ore
the First Christian Church in gon historical projects by the
Heppner. Concluding services Oregon Historical Society. In
and interment will be at the 1975, the Morrow County
Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Livestock Growers honored her
Mrs. Harnett died Sunday, Ju with their first-ever award
ly 21, 19%, at Walla Walla, given for her service to the
Washington.
community and dedication to
Mrs. Harnett was of pioneer recording Morrow County
stock and a native of Morrow history for future generations.
County. She was bom October In 1989, M orrow County
24, 1906, to Henry and Char honored her for many years of
lotte Scherzinger on the fami collecting, cataloging, display
ly homestead on Rhea Creek. ing and teaching local residents
Her father moved to the and vistors about the local
county at the age of 16 in 1877, history and its importance to
married Charlotte Shipley and the econom ic and social
homesteaded in Spring Hollow development of Morrow Coun
on Rhea Creek in 1882. Mr. ty and the state of Oregon.
Scherzinger was a blacksmith
Mrs. Harnett received honor
by trade, raised sheep and
BI im Mountain
MASTER
GARDENER DIGGINGS
Gardening questions? Call tne Extension Office at
676-9642 to be refered to a master gardener.
Late Spring Chores fo r Beautiful Summer Flower Beds
To keep a flower garden beautiful from spring into the sum
mer season requires some careful maintenance in May and June.
Ray McNeilan, home horticulturist for the Oregon State
University Extension Service recommends the following tasks be
completed over the next few weeks:
-Remove or ‘'deadhead” the spent flowers from lilacs, azaleas,
camellias, candytuft, peonies and other spring flowering plants,
then fertilize and mulch.
-Pinch off faded flowers from early blooming annuals like snap
dragons and petunias to encourage more blossoms later in the
summer. Cut spent delphinium blooms may ’promote more,
blooms towards autumn. Old dried foliage of tulips and daffodils
can now be safely removed.
-Weed and mulch perennial flower beds. Annual flowers like
alyssum, asters and lobelia also need weeding, mulching and
fertilizing.
Roses need attention, too. As the first blooms of spring finish,
cut the stems back to the five leaflet area. Cut back canes of
rambling roses to ground level after they finish blooming. All
types then need fertilizer and mulch for summer’s heat. Sweet
peas also will benefit from mulch in early summer to keep their
roots moist.
-Pinch back shoots on late summer bloomers like tall chrysan
themums, cosmos and asters to encourage bushier growth. Fer
tilizer will also help.
-Make sure stakes are in place for tall summer-blooming peren
nials like dahlias, Shasta daisies and lilies.
recognition from the Retired Nursing Home, P.O. Box 9,
Senior Volunteer Program of Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary, Hepp
the United States of America
for her significant service to the ner, was in charge of arrange
community as a senior volun ments.
teer. She was an active member
of the Senior Center and do
nated many hours in the office
Send or Receive-
and researching material for
writing the Senior Center
Gazette-Times
newsletter. She loved and
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cared about the members of the
Senior Center and Senior
Apartments.
Mrs. Harnett always sup
Ladies' Play, July 16
ported the community's youth
Flag Tournament: first place
through volunteerism. In 1961,
she became a 4-H instructor for Alene Rucker; second place
knitting. Many of her students Eileen Padberg; third place
won county and state awards Karen Morgan; three-way tie
for their knitting work under fourth place Susan Atkins,
her tutelage. She enjoyed Carol Norris, Betty Rietmann.
First to plant flag: Mary
working with the 4-H'ers and
considered each one of her Beamer.
Chip in: Cam Wishart.
students as special. She also
served as a leader to the
students who were members of
the Rainbow order.
Com pUm fitt ot th» Morrow County Q filn Q ro w d
In addition to knitting, Mrs.
Tuesday, July 23
Harnett was a skilled crafts per
Soft White
son who made necklaces, ear
rings, broaches, and also work
$4.88
ed with wood.
July.
$4.88
Mrs. Harnett was an active Aug.
$4.90/4.92
member in several organiza Sept.
$4.95/4.97
tions. She was active in and a Oct.
$5.00/5.02
leader in the San Souri Rebe- Nov.
$5.05/5.07
kah Lodge #30 of the IOOF, the Dec.
$5.08/5.10
Ruth Locust Chapter 32 Order Jan.
of the Eastern Star, the Degree
Barley
of Honor Protective Assocation
$132
fraternal order, the Oregon July
$132
Historical Society, and a charter Aug.
$132
member and a director for the Sept.
Morrow County Historical
Society. She was a life member
of the Disabled American
Veterans and Veterans of
The Morrow County Clerk's
World War I Auxiliary. While
office
at the courthouse in
living in Lebanon, she was a
Heppner
reports issuing the
member of the local Civil Air
following marriage license dur
Patrol.
She stressed the importance ing the past week:
July 16: Michael Edwin Mor
of education to her family. Her
rison,
46, Irrigon; and
son earned a master of educa
Vicky
June Chairez, 35, Irri
tion degree, and her grand
gon.
children earned bachelor's
degrees.
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Mrs. Harnett enjoyed spen
ding time and sharing with her
grandchildren, Dawn of West
Richland, Washington; Sheree
and husband Rocky Lobdell,
Spokane, Washington; and
Sean, also of Spokane. She was
especially attached to her great-
granddaughter M adeleine.
Mrs. Harnett also enjoyed
spending time with unofficial
ly adopted daughter Barbara
Johnson, Silverdale, Washing
ton, and her children.
Mrs. Harnett requested that
any donations be given to the
Senior Center, to the Morrow
County Historical Society or
the Christian Church.
Sweeney Mortuary, Hepp
ner, is in charge of arrange
ments.
Harriet H. Evans
Harriet H. Evans, 88, of
Heppner, died Monday, July
15, 19%, at Pioneer Memorial
Nursing Home.
A graveside memorial service
was held at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery on July 20,
19%.
Mrs. Evans was bom July 15,
1908, at Heppner, to Levi and
Alma Marlatt Morgan. She
grew up in Heppner and at
tended schools there, gradua
ting from H eppner High
School. She took nurses train
ing in Portland.
In 1938, she married Howard
Evans at Heppner. The couple
farmed at Clarks Canyon near
Heppner and in 1953 moved to
Kahler Basin near Spray.
Following the death of her hus
band in 1960, she returned to
Heppner. She served as book
keeper at Central Market in
Heppner for 20 years.
Mrs. Evans enjoyed golf,
bowling, pool, traveling and
playing cards.
She was a member of the
Willow Creek Country Club
and the Boardman Country
Club.
Survivors include daughters
Helen Troxell of Heppner,
Alma Lakin of Spanaway,
Washington, and Mary Stock
of Roseburg; sister, Ellen
"D oll” Campbell of Heppner;
six grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren. Sisters Juanita
Sprouls and Mary Connor, and
a brother, Marvin Morgan,
preceded her in death.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Pioneer Memorial
Births
Charlotte Marion Skalski-a
daughter Charlotte Marion was
bom to Alice and Mark Skalski
on July 4, 19% at San Mateo
Hospital, in San Mateo, Califor
nia. The baby weighed 7 lbs. 5
DZ.
Her grandparents are Bob
and Marion Abrams of Pendle
ton, and Jim and Charlotte
Skalski of Waterford, New
Jersey.
In the Service
Navy Seaman Recruit Wil
liam R. Craft, son of Thomas
and Frankie Kraft of Heppner,
recently completed U.S. Navy
basic training at Recruit Train
ing Command, Great Lakes,
Illinois.
During the eight-week pro
gram, Kraft completed a varie
ty of training which included
classroom study, practical
hands-on instruction and an
emphasis on physical fitness.
In particular, Kraft learned
naval customs, first aid, fire
fighting, water safety and sur
vival and a variety of safety
skills required for working
around ships and aircraft.
Kraft is a 1994 graduate of
Heppner High School.
Jasticc Court
R o p o rt____
The Justice Court office at the
courhouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the
following business during the
past week:
Jenny Joy Rasmussen, 37,
Hermiston-Violation of the
Basic Rule, 43 mph in a 25 mph
zone, $67 fine;
Scott L. Knepper, 39, Port
land-Violation of the Basic
Rule, 56 mph in a 35 mph zone,
$167 fine;
Robert D. Burnett, 26, Sene
ca-Exceeded 5 mph Speed
Limit in a No-Wake Zone, $67
fine;
Elva Bonton, 35, Coos Bay-
No Oregon Driver's License,
$67 fine;
Daniel Alan Mathews, 31,
Heppner-Failure to Renew Re
gistration, $49 fine;
Billie Jo Estrada, 30, Stan
field-Inoperative Seat Belts,
Violation of the Basic Rule, 70
mph in a 55 mph zone, $116
Alumni award winner Jack McKenzie
teaches on matters of the heart
(Editors not«: the folkwring
article, submitted by Jim Bar-
ratt, formerly of Heppner, was
printed in the Western Oregon
State College "Alum ni’’. The
subject of the story, Jack
McKenzie is the son of Betty
and Ken McKenzie, a former
Heppner PE teacher. Jack
McKenzie received the title of
W OSC outstanding alumnus for
1996).
By John Oliver
Jack McKenzie ('72) is doing
what he started out to do at
Western more than 20 years
ago, but on a vastly different
level.
In 1965, he planned to teach
high school biology. Today,
he's teaching cardiovascular
surgeons how to do better sur
gery.
"I don't do surgery, because
I'm not a physician," said Dr.
McKenzie, stressing that he is
a Ph.D., not an M.D.
However, he's often in the
operating room at the Uniform
ed Services University of the
Health Sciences in Bethesda,
Md., during surgery, observ
ing, recommending and de
signing improvements.
"USUHS (he pronounced it
"U se-u s") is not part of the
U.S. Naval Hospital in Bethes
da. It's a unique institution
where we train medical stu
dents for the Army, Navy, Air
Force and Public Health Ser
vice," he said.
McKenzie has been at USU
HS since 1978, just a few short
years after he earned his Ph.D
in physiology from Louisiana
State University Medical Cen
ter in New Orleans.
Eugene-born and Stayton-
raised, he had begun his col
lege career at Western in the fall
of 1965, but he cut that short
when he went into the U.S. Ar
my Medical Corps from 1966
-69. He then returned to Wes
tern, graduating with a B.S. in
education in 1972, and went on
to study for his master's degree
in zoology from Idaho State
University.
Along the way he authored,
co-authored and contributed to
numerous publications on co
onary research. In fact, McKen
zie has written more than 20
publications and published 60
abstracts. Yet, the teacher in
him always gave voice: Stud
ents would learn better if
taught more effectively.
"M ost people who teach the
physical and clinical sciences
are Ph.Ds, but they're not
educators," McKenzie said.
"T hey teach the basics,
anatomy, bio-chemistry, phy
siology, pharmacology, path
ology, micro-biology, and
psychology. They learned to
teach through their mentors.
Physicians teach the clinical
sciences-medicine, surgery,
those things.
"T eaching at any level,
however, requires a teacher's
full involvement. At kinder
garten, teachers really have to
come down to ground level, get
on their knees, so to speak,
look directly into the faces of
the eager youngsters around
them and say, "This is the way
we do it."
"I started a class here on the
Principles of Effective Teach
in g," he explained. With that
class, he is integrating physical
and clinical science instruction.
McKenzie refers to himself as
both teacher and researcher. In
his view, an educator's job is
about 30 percent teaching and
70 percent research.
At USUHS, his overriding
goal is straight forward. "W e're
investigating coronary artery
disease. Why do people have
hear attacks? And once they
do, what do we do to make
them not as debilitated? We're
seeking new techniques and
new medication.
"W e've been testing a bio
medical device with the com
pany who designed it," ex
plains McKenzie. "It's like a
stethoscope, only it can hear
100,000 times more sensitively
than the human ear.
"W ere wondering if we can
use this to measure artery
pressure between the heart and
the lungs. The heart makes two
sounds. We call them 'Lub-
Dub', S I and S2. The second
heart sound has two compon
ents which we designate A2
and P2, for arterial pressure
and pulmonary pressure. We
want to measure the P2, the
pressure to the lungs. It would
be invaluable during heart
surgery.
" I put a team together this
summer to conduct experi
ments using pigs. I chose a
medical student, a college stu
dent, and a high school stu
dent. We designed experi
ments where we can change
the blood pressure and mea
sure the sounds and correlate
the changes in pressure with
the changes in sound."
Shane McAllister, a Western
Oregon State College student,
was chosen to participate. He
monitored the animals, making
sure they were breathing pro
perly. McAllister recalls that it
was an incredible opportunity
to be able to work with Dr.
McKenzie.
Others have cited his incredi
ble abilities, too.
McKenzie has been honored
with the Civilian Faculty Ex
cellence in Education Award,
The outstanding Civilian
Educator of the Uniformed Ser
vices University Award, and
five outstanding Teaching
Awards.
He instituted a program of
"Heart Health Education for
the Young" and served as
chairman of the American
Heart Association, Northern
Virginia chapter. He was
elected as a fellow of the
American Heart Association
and is a member of the Amer
ican Physiological Society. He
has provided leadership for the
National Institutes of Health
and the national Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute.
McKenzies connections to
Oregon and Western Oregon
State college are steadfast.
He continues to invite science
interns to work with him dur
ing the summer, he contributes
to the college by lecturing to
science classes, and he is help
ing organize social activities for
Western's Washington, D.C.
area alumni.
His family has Oregon roots,
too. He is married to Cherri,
whom he met while he was at
tending Western. She gradu
ated from the Oregon Health
Sciences University School of
Nursing in Portland. They have
two daughters, Heather and
Kelly, both high school stu
dents.
Last summer, he returned to
Crescent, Ore. to surprise his
parents, Ken and Betty, who
were celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary. By the
way, Ken McKenzie is a
Western alumnus, too. Class of
'33, from Oregon Normal
School. That was before
degrees were offered; he re
ceived a teaching certificate in
education.
And a trip home always puts
Jack McKenzie within casting
distance of some good fishing.
Taekwon-do
scholarships
available
Kim's Taekwon-do school
has been selected by the Mor
row County Commission on
Children and Families to
receive $500 towards the
school's scholarship program.
This scholarship program
allows children, ages 5-17, to
participate in a traditional mar
tial art, who, without financial
assistance, could not afford the
training, said Gary Oberg, the
school's instructor. Kim's Tae
kwon-do is also providing $250
towards the scholarhip pro
gram.
Anyone who would like to
train in Taekwon-do, and can
not afford either equipment or
tuition, may call Oberg at
676-5449. Taekwon-do classes
are held every Tuesday and
Thursday evening at the Mor
row County Fairgrounds 4-H
annex. Children's classes are
from 6-7 p.m. and adults'
classes from 7-8 p.m.