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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 11, 1 9 %
Letters to the Editor
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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Country Rose celebrates
"G o o d Neighbor D a y "
Tricia Sweeney, manager at Country Rose flowers and gifts in Hepp­
ner, presents a dozen roses to Irene Anhorn, Heppner, as part of
the store's ‘Good Neighbor Day’ promotion Wednesday, Sept. 4.
Everyone who came to the store and asked for the roses received
a dozen, with the stipulation that they give away all but one of the
flowers.
Anhorn picked up her roses just in the nick of time--they were the
last of 30 dozen given away by 9 a.m. that day. Anhorn said she was
going to give her roses to the residents of Pioneer Memorial Nurs­
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All children four to 12 years
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cost will be one can of food to
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The elementary-age children
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Heppner, will celebrate the
coming of fall with their "Fall
Frolic," Saturday, Sept. 28,
from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Events in­
clude a cake walk, carnival
games (in which the children
can win prizes), face painting,
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Teachers
from Page 1
basketball, baseball, football
and track-
When the couple were first
married, they taught during the
school year and then rodeoed
all summer. "N o w ," laughs
Chuck, "w e've retired so the
kids can go. We keep pretty
busy chasing the kids with
rodeo, sports and their
friends."
Before moving to Heppner,
Chuck had taken some time
away from education and
worked at several different
jobs. " I always knew I would
probably go back (to teach­
in g)," he said. " I really enjoy
kids again and coaching is fun
again."
vided by Pioneer Memorial
Hospital.
Dr. Jeanne Berretta's special­
ty training in geriatrics greatly
enhanced the quality of care in
the nursing home. With the
area's high elderly population,
many have and will continue to
benofit from the improvements
she implemented.
Both devoted countless hours
to clinic and hospital emergen­
cy room responsibilities. This
was oftentimes at the expense
of personal time with their
family. Out of the eight years
they were here, the Berrettas
worked for five years without Leon I. Deffenbaugh
any other full-time provider to
Leon I. Deffenbaugh, 69, Fos­
relieve them. Few could have sil, died Thursday, September
sustained the pace and con­ 5, 19% at his ranch after falling
tinued meeting the health care from a horse.
demands of a community so
Memorial service was Tues­
dependent on them.
day, September 10, 1996 at
Yes, Drs. Ed and Jeanne Ber- Restlawn Funeral Chapel in
retta have given much to this Salem. Private entombment
community and they will be service followed at Restlawn
missed. Because of their efforts, Mausoleum.
we are stronger and better able
Mr. Deffenbaugh was born
to provide the quality care this March 16, 1927, at Moreland,
area needs and deserves. With Kansas, the son of Oran and
our current physicians, Dr. Er­ Letha Lloyd Deffenbaugh. He
nie Atkins and Dr. William Bit- was raised and attended
sas, we will continue the for­ schools at Moreland and Meek­
ward-moving momentum, con­ er, Colorado. He moved to
stantly striving to provide the Oregon in 1944 and then serv­
highest quality of medical care ed with the Merchant Marines.
possible. We look forward to a
On November 24, 1949, he
promising future.
married Amy M. Worsech at
Sincerely, Portland. He moved his fami­
(s) Kevin R. Erich, ly to the Salem area in 1955 and
Adminstrator began working for Hollywood
Morrow County Health District Plumbing Company. In 1964,
he started L.D. Plumbing and
lived
in the Gervais area.
V o te against cigarette tax
The past seven years, he has
the number of treatments they enjoyed his retirement, revitili-
To the Editor:
cover. Doctors and hospital cor­ zing a ranch at Winlock, near
The ballot initiative that
porations passed a little amend­ Fossil. He enjoyed golfing and
would raise the state tax on
ment to the health plan that ranching.
cigarettes by .30 cents per pack
Survivors include his wife,
says their fees can never be
is nothing more than a bunch
Amy Deffenbaugh of Fossil;
reduced. Never.
of doctors and hospitals angl­
The other strange piece to sons, Lonny of Salem, Loren of
ing for more money. Here's
this puzzle is the expectation Ashland, and Graig of Gervais;
how it works: the hospitals and
that a fraction of the population daughter, Carolyn Poach of
doctors directly benefit from
should pay for the majority of Durham; mother, Letha Talbott
the existence of the health care the people receiving care. of Milwaukie; brother, Lionel
plan by being compensated for That's ridiculous. Why doesn't Deffenbaugh of Yerington,
each Oregon Health Plan mem­ everyone contribute to the Nevada; sister, Darlene Mai of
ber they serve. So, naturally,
cause? Why not tax milk and Oregon City; and 11 grand­
they want to dump as much coffee? A lot more of these children.
money into the program as items are sold than cigarettes
Memorial contributions may
they can. The more money and almost everyone uses be made to the Oregon Asso­
there is, the more people the them. 1 know life isn't fair, but ciation of Plumbing, Heating
plan can cover and the more give me a break.
and Cooling Contractors Scho­
the doctors and hospitals
I don't smoke, but I refuse to larship Program, 10754 S.E.
benefit.
support this tax increase for Highway 212, Clackamas, OR.
The odd thing about the plan Oregonians who do. I hope my 97015.
is that if there are not enough fellow Oregonians will see
Sweeney Mortuary, Condon,
funds for the program, they through this scam and vote was in charge of arrangements.
will simply reduce the number against the tax with me.
Earl J. Blake
of services available to those
Earl J. Blake, 96, Heppner,
eligible for the plan. They
Sincerely,
died
Tuesday, September 3,
won't cut costs. They'll just cut
(s) Lynn Penwell
19%,
at
Pioneer Memorial Hos­
Portland
pital in Heppner.
Memorial services were held
Friday, September 6, 1996, at
the Heppner Elks Lodge.
Mr. Blake was born Septem­
tant to post-high school plan­ ber 12, 1899, at Howard, Idaho,
ning.
Students from lone High
Parents are also encouraged
School will go to Heppner High
to
attend the program that will
School for a meeting with
feature
individual information
representatives of Oregon's
four-year public colleges and sessions with representatives
universities on Thursday, Sept. from Eastern Oregon State Col­
lege, Oregon Institute of Tech­
26 at 1 p.m.
This program supplements nology, Oregon State Univer­
the guidance program of lone sity, Portland State University,
and Heppner's high schools by Southern Oregon* State Col­
giving students first-hand in­ lege, University of Oregon and
formation about academic pro­ Western Oregon State College.
gram offerings, admission re­ Parents are also encouraged to
quirements, student support discuss post-high school plans
services, housing, costs to at­ with their sons and daughters
tend, financial aid, scholarships before and after the visitation
and other information impor- program.
To the Editor:
Here in Morrow County,
w e'v e experienced many
changes over the years with
regard to medical services. One
of the most positive was the ar­
rival of Drs. Ed and Jeanne Ber-
retta in the summer of 1988.
Their tireless dedication to pro­
viding quality medical care
helped make this community a
better place to live, work and
play. Whie the Berrettas have
recently moved from our com­
munity, their legacy of quality
care will remain with us far in­
to the future.
Their impact was indeed sig­
nificant. This was due to their
own high degree of profession­
alism and their high expecta­
tions of other medical profes­
sionals. With their encourage­
ment, nearly all of Pioneer
Memorial Hospital's nursing
staff achieved or retained their
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
certification, and most became
Trauma Nurse certified.
Under Dr. Ed Berretta's guid­
ance, the hospital became
Oregon Trauma Level 4 certi­
fied. This means that Heppner
area residents have timely ac­
cess to highly skilled profes­
sionals whenever a traumatic
injury occurs. Since its incep­
tion in 1991, the hospital's
trauma system has been acti­
vated 44 times. While not all 44
lives could be saved, many
more would likely have died
without the trauma care pro-
Obituaries
Students to meet with college reps
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Chuck has been hired as half­
time alternative education
teacher at H eppner High
School. He will meet with
students on Tuesdays and
Thursdays’after school and all
day on Fridays. The alternative
ed program, says Chuck, is for
kids, who, for one reason or
another, have not had great
success in the regular school
program and who need more
credits for graduation or more
study for obtaining their GED.
In addition to his teaching
position, Chuck is grounds­
keeper at the schools. He also
coached JV basketball at HHS
last year and helped with Colt
football and basketball.
to John and Mary Miller Blake.
He grew up at lone and attend­
ed school there, graduating
from lone High School.
A veteran of World War I, he
made 16 Atlantic crossings as a
U.S. Navy radioman.
Following military service, he
attended Oregon Agricultural
College, now Oregon State
University, at Corvallis.
He married Margaret C.
Jones on October 9, 1920, at
Portland.
He began farming in the lone ■
area and later owned a w h e a ^
ranch in Clark's Canyon and IP
cattle ranch on Hinton Creek •
with summer pasture on the
North Fork of Willow Creek.
Following a brief retirement
to Ocean City and Portland, he
returned to Heppner and de­
veloped part of the Willow
Creek property into a subdivi­
sion now known as Blake
Ranch. There are now 25 per­
manent residents and many
part-time residents on the pro­
perty.
He built the first radio in
Morrow County and continued
his interest in radio as an ama­
teur radio operator (HAM) for
many years. At the time of his
death, he was one of the oldest
people in Oregon holding a
HAM license.
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In his early years, Mr. Blake
played the saxophone with
various dance bands'through­
out Morrow County.
He was an active member of
the Elks Lodge, M asonic
Lodge, Sh rin ers and the
American Legion. He served as
w orshipful m aster of the
Masons at the same time his
wife, Margaret Blake, served as
worthy matron of Eastern Star.
His wife, Margaret, died in
1988, and a daughter, Mary
Kay Singer, died in 1994.
Survivors include his compa­
nion, Marjorie Blake of Hepp­
ner; daughters, Helen Gilliam
of Heppner and Joanne Blake z
of Portland; son, Donald of San W
Francisco; brother, Keithely of
Gresham; five grandchildren *
and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may
be made to a charity of choice.
Sweeney Mortuary, Hepp­
ner, was in charge of arrange­
ments.
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