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City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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Morrow County's Hoipe-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Published weekly uni entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner,
Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner,
Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street Telephone (541)676-9228. Postmaster
send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337. Heppner,
Oregon 97836. Subscriptions $18 in Morrow , Wheeler, Cilliam and Grant Coun
ties; $25 elsewhere.
April Hilton-Sykes......................................................................... ......... News Editor
Stephanie Jensen ....................................................................................... Typesetting
Monique Devin......................................................... Advertising Layout 4 Graphics
Bonnie Bennett .......................................................................................... Distribution
Penni Keersemaker ...............................................................................................Printer
David Sykes, Publisher
Former resident celebrates 90th
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Lisa Parent, Jim Ney, great-
granddaughter Hayley Ney,
granddaughter Shelly Parent,
Steve Korsness, granddaugh
ters Leah Parent Korsness and
Alison Parent, Jim Erdmann,
daughter Dee Erdmann, grand
daughter Suzanne Gehring,
Mike Gehring, great-grand
children Jake, Heather, Amy
and Sarah Gehring, daughter
Carol Porter, grandson Richard
Porter, and friends Elinor
Yeaton and Eric Esau.
Mrs. Anderson left Heppner
in 1988. She would appreciate
hearing from old friends at
14430 S.W. Farmington Road,
Beaverton, OR. 97005.
Alena A. Anderson, a resi
dent of Morrow County for
most of her life, celebrated her
90th birthday recently at the
home of Phil and Nancy Mc
Lennan, Hillsboro.
Mrs. Anderson was enter
tained by her three daughters
and their families and five of
her six grandchildren and their
families, including six great
grandchildren.
Family members travelled
from Germany," New Hamp
shire, California, Salem and the
Portland area to be with her.
Those attending included:
Phil McLennan, daughter Nan
cy McLennan, grandaughter
Shakespeare Festival actors to perform
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Two actors from the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival (OSF) will
present a special evening per
formance as part of the festi
val's annual School Visit Pro
gram. The actors will perform
excerpts from Shakespeare,
classic and contem porary
literature at the Heppner High
School cafeteria Monday, Dec.
2, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is
free and the public is welcome
to attend.
The School Visit Program is
part of the festival's commit
ment to bring "theatre to
young people and young peo
ple to theatre." It is funded in
part by a grant from the US
WEST Foundation and the sup
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Museum is the local sponsor of
the performance, which is
funded by the Morrow Coun
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Obituari«
Letters to the Iditor
Ronald Robert Reid
Editor's note: Letters to tho editor must be signed The Gazette-Tim es will
not publish unsigned letters Please include your address and phone number
on all letters for use by the G -T office The G -T reserves the right to edit
Ronald Reid, 62, a former La
Grande resident, died Satur
day, November 16, 19% at his
home in Pacific City.
Graveside funeral services
were held on November 21,
19% at the Taft Pioneer Ceme
tery. Pastor Don Lowry officiat
ed.
Mr. Reid was bom on August
2, 1934, at Heppner, the son of
Robert C. and Ruth (Collins)
Reid. He attended schools in
Heppner and served with the
U.S. Army from September
1957 until September 1963.
On June 24, 1966, he was
married to Virginia Buch at
Heppner. Virginia's parents
were Julius and Viola Buch of
Ritzville, Washington. The
Reids moved to Portland in
June, 1966, where Mr. Reid
went to work for Clarence
Walker Flowers. In March,
1968, they moved to La
Grande, where they purchas
ed Cherry's Florist, which they
owned and operated until he
retired in November 1992.
Mr. Reid had great artistic
ability. He was a floral design
er, interior decorator, uphol
sterer, furniture restorer, land
scaper and a fine craftsman. He
could take anything old and
make it new.
He was a member of the Rus
ty Wheels Vintage Car Club
and had owned several classic
cars. He was also a member of
the Tillamook Elks Lodge and
a former member of both the
Noon and the Sunrise Rotary
Clubs of La Grande. In his
younger years he enjoyed
snow and water skiing. He also
enjoyed shopping the antique
and second-hand stores.
Survivors include his wife,
Virginia Reid of Pacific City;
son and daughter-in-law, Rob
bie and Heidi Reid of Sitka,
A laska; grandson, Tyler;
brother-in-law and sister-in-
law, Charles and Roberta Buch
of Ritzville, Washington; and
other relatives and friends.
Those who wish may make
contributions in memory of
Robert Reid to the Hospice Ser
vice of Tillamook, County, 1000
3rd Street, Tillamook, Oregon
97141.
Daniels Chapel of the Valley,
La Grande, was in charge of
arrangements.
Eldon D. Hobbs
Eldon D. Hobbs, 84, of Hepp
ner and a longtime North Pow
der resident, died Sunday,
November 17, 19%, at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Heppner.
Graveside services were held
on Wednesday, November 20,
19% at the North Powder
Cemetery.
Mr. Hobbs was bom August
17, 1912, at North Powder to
Frank and Georgia Hobbs. He
grew up in North Powder and
attended school there, graduat
ing from North Powder High
School in 1930. He participated
in basketball and held North
Powder High School's highest
single scoring record for over 50
years. He continued to enjoy
and follow all sports through
out his life.
He served with the U.S Ar
my during World War II. Upon
his return home, he spent most
of his life ranching in the Pow
der Valley, working with
sheep, and enjoying all aspects
of the outdoors.
On October 23, 1946, he mar
ried Barbara Jean Pearson at
Baker City.
Survivors include his daugh
ter and son-in-law, Donna and
Chuck Moeller; two grand
children, Mark David Moeller
and Lori Jean Moeller, all of
Heppner; sisters, Alene Willis
of North Powder and Leora
Nice of La Grande; a brother,
Floyd Hobbs of Irrigon; and
numerous nieces and neph
ews. He was preceded in death
by his parents and brothers,
Kenneth and Raymond Hobbs.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the North Powder
A thletic Program in his
memory through Gray's West
and Company, P.O. Box 726,
Baker City, OR. 97814.
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Commissioners discuss
ballot measure 47
and inflation, is much more
realistic and if had been
adopted several years ago
might have stopped this tax
payer revolt.
Morrow County will survive
and we will undoubtably make
cuts. There are three ap
proaches that we can use. First,
to cut out some or all of the
non-mandated services. Se
cond, to cut back on all ser
vices, and third, to downsize
the departments. The employ
ment figures released in last
Saturday's East Oregonian
report that l«xal government
employment had increased by
70 jobs since October 1995 com
pared to a total of 70 jobs in
manufacturing and trade. If
true, we will have to take a
serious look at the last option.
Local government is much
more responsive to citizens'
wishes than state or federal
government and 1 know that
our county budget committee
will try to respond to Measure
47 in a fair and compassionate
manner. And since the inter
pretation of the measure will be
developing week by week for
the next several months, all tax
payers should try to keep in
formed and express their
wishes to the budget commit
tee members.
(s) Don McElligott
lone
To the Editor:
We, the county commis
sioners and commissioner-elect
Wenholz, returned this week
end from the Association of
Oregon Counties convention in
Eugene. Other than the usual
legislative issues, our concern
was what the effect of Measure
47 will be on Morrow County.
We learned what we expected-
we will have to cut some taxes
and spending. How much will
depend on the final interpreta
tion of the law by the legisla
ture and the courts.
You have probably read the
main points of the governor's
speech. He will try to protect
education and the rest is the
local government's problem. In
the halls, there was much less
"gloom and doom " talk than
after the passage of Measure 5.
The mood of the commission
ers seemed to be that the voters
have spoken, so we will do
what we have to do.
Measure 47 provides that we
levy the lesser of (1) 100 percent
of the taxes levied in 1994-95 (2)
90 percent of the taxes levied in
1995-%. After this next tax year
there will be a 3 percent annual
cap on levies rather than the
old 6 percent cap on the tax
base. I personally believe that
the new cap, if it could be ad
justed for population increases
Redington descendants contact Gazette
ing a copy of a recent paper
was a nice addition to her
report.
Incidently, Mr. Redington's
daughter turned 100 on Nov.
25 Her husband just died a few
days ago at the age of 102.
(s) Allisin Jinings
Eugene
To the Editor:
John Watermelon Redington
started the Gazette in 1873. He
was my father's grandfather.
My daughter (who would be
Mr. Redington's great-great-
granddaughter) did a report for
school on Mr. Redington. Hav-
Yellowjackets
end season
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Chamber Chatter
By Claudia H ughes. C ham ber M anager
Thankgiving... a time to give
thanks.
I'm thankful to live near a
small community where people
care about each other, help
each other and put time and ef
fort into giving something back
to their hometown.
I'm thankful for the brilliant
fall colors we had, for crisp blue
skies, the space, the vast ex
panse of stars, and the seasons.
I'm thankful for my spouse,
our parents, children, grand
children and for the opportuni
ty to bring extended family
together for dinner and a coun
try experience.
I'm thankful for the students
and teachers involved in the
production of "Grandpa Hangs
the H olly," which ushered in
good laughs and the holiday
spirit.
I'm thankful for a down quilt,
a purring cat, faithful dogs, a
claw-legged bathtub, a good
laugh, music, hugs, books and
peace and quiet.
I'm thankful for our Heppner
retailers who continue in busi
ness offering a variety of
choices so we can shop at
home.
I'm thankful for friends who
accept me with all my faults
and idiosyncracies.
I'm thankful for patience,
health, ideas, positive attitudes
and the Ten Commandments.
And I'm thankful for those in
the community who reach out
to include everyone.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
St. Pat's Senior Center gets facelift
Iowa's Graceland College
Yellowjackets played their final
game of their regular season on
Nov. 16 against MidAmerica
Nazarene College.
The 'Jackets battled through
the harsh wind and rain to im
prove their overall record to 7-3
on the season with a 12-7 vic
tory. Chris Dickenson of Hepp
ner made six unassisted tackles
and three assisted tackles on
the game.
4-H News
Kool Kitchen Kids
By Olivia Sagely, reporter
The Kool Kitchen Kids 4-H
cooking club had their first
meeting Friday, Nov. 22 at
leader Tami Rietmann's home.
Since the club had not yet
elected officers, Jodie Carlson
served as president for this first
meeting.
The group discussed record
books and elected officers. The
new president of the Kool Kit
chen Kids is Jodie Carlson, the
vice president is Claire Ander
son, the secretary is Meghan
Bailey and the reporter is Olivia
Sagely.
The club made vanilla pud
ding and berry sauce which
everyone
agreed
tasted
scrumptious.
Barb Watkins, member o f the housing
board,
shews
St. Patrick's Senior Center improvements to the building s
exterior.
Justice Court
Report
The St. Patrick's Senior
Center on Main Street in
Heppner has had a face lift.
The center sports a new sign in
the window and a new green
jaint job , done with special
jaint, that goes along with the
rish theme. Barb Watkins, a
member o f the housing board,
said that the improvements
will also complement the Main
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the
following business during the
past week:
Thad L. Weems, 20, Hermis-
ton-No Big Game Tag Hepp
ner Regulated Hunt Area, $91
fine;
Teresa M. Gains, 31, Hepp-
ner-Violation of the Basic Rule,
70 mph in a 55 mph zone, $67
fine;
John R. Blake, 18, Heppner-
Violation of the Basic Rule, 75
mph in a 55 mph zone, $101
fine;
Raleigh M. McClatchey, 34,
Portland-Violation of the Basic
Rule, 71 mph in a 55 mph zone,
$67 fine.
Street Renovation Project
which is scheduled to get
underway in 1997.
Watkins said that the
improvements
cost
over
$32,000. She added that
painting and carpeting inside
the apartments are checked
once a year or when someone
moves out and that refinishing
is completed on an as-needea
basis as funds are available.
In The Heppner Gazette
, Your Ads Are Read
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