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fWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. March 5, 1997 Letters to the Editor The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Editor's note: Letters to the editor m ust be signed. The Gazette-Times w ill 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. Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Nothing can exist without the earth U.S.P.S 240-420 Historical Society has quarterly meeting By Delpha Jones The quarterly meeting o f the Morrow County Historical Soci ety was held at Beecher’s Cafe on Saturday, Feb. 22, with a noon lunch. Present were Katherine Hosk ins, Don and Donna Eppenbaugh, Ruth McCabe, Jean Nelson, Pat Wright, Harold and Edna Peck and Delpha Jones. The business meeting was held following lunch. A report was heard concerning the cemetery project. Headstones have been knocked over and have fallen over. The project was tabled until more information is available. Pat Wright gave a report on the landscaping o f the fountain area near the rodeo grounds. Wilbur Jack so n is c h a irm a n o f th is project. Trees and shrubs have been planted and weeds cleaned. Some o f the trees are ornamen tal. Don Eppenbaugh reported on the bicentennial meeting on the Lew is and C lark e x p ed itio n . There will be 14 different loca tions for signs showing the trail. The project is planned to be fin ished in 2003. He also reported that the old school building in Irrigon is being used as a city hall. Plans are be ing made for a display o f books and pictures o f the area. Anyone who has something for this project may contact Donna Eppenbaugh. The Rainbow Riding Club is making plans for a covered arena to be used by the handicapped and others. It was an n o u n ced th at the Chronicles Committee has a new member, Dons Brosnan. Anyone who has stories and articles for the Chronicles should contact the committee now. The Chronicles will be ready for sale at the an nual meeting in October. An election o f officers was held, with the following re-elected: Delpha Jones, chairman; Harold Peck, vice-chairman; and Ruth McCabe, secretary-treasurer. original wealth by distributing To the Editor these products or by providing Across the land we hear the Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper services for one another. cnes, "They are cutting our budget Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. If you would like to continue to and we need more money." Your 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 have a job, the necessities of life favorite projects and many send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. P.O. Bos 337, Heppner. and a government to prov ide the essentials are feeling the pinch Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $18 in Morrow. Wheeler. Gilliam and Grant Coun vital securities for your life, the These problems are coming ties; $25 elsewhere. down on our heads because most basic industries must have access April Hilton-Sykes News Editor Stephanie Jensen Typesetting of us have forgotten or don't know to use of the land Monique D evin..................................................... Advertising Layout & Graphics It is a noble thought to set aside where money comes from. As a Bonnie Bennett ^ Distribution a few special and unique areas for result, the industries that provide Penni Keersemaker 7 Printer future generations and our this money have been legislated David Sykes,' Publisher and regulated right out of recreational pleasure, but we cannot set it all aside business No life can exist unless we use All wealth originally comes from It was announced that the Irri miston in the late 1980s. He had the earth There is no other the earth Unless we reverse the gon Watermelon Festival will be worked for Circle C Farms up until trend of over-regulating our basic source It comes when the farmer held July 26. the time of his death. industries and the never-ending harvests his crops, when the Sara J. Adkins The annual bus trip in May is Mr. Wiley enjoyed fixing and Sara Adkins, 102, o f Heppner, repairing things, camping and the rancher's cattle eat the grass and curtailment of use of our land, being planned for the Oregon your money problems will get forb. when the logger cuts a tree, died W ednesday, February 19, woods. Coast-to Newport (hopefully to worse and the young people of the and when the miner and oil man 1997, at Pioneer Memorial Nurs see Keiko), the Loyalty Day Pa Mr. Wiley is survived by his recover minerals from the ground world will be the Endangered ing Home in Heppner. rade, the glass blower, the Smith w ife, D ixie, H erm iston; son, Wealth can be increased by Species. Mrs. Adkins funeral was held sonian display in Portland, the ca Ronny Brisbois, Heppner; daugh processing and manufacturing (s) Kenneth Anderson Saturday, March 1,1997, in Hepp ter, Randy Rae Britt, Echo; sis sino in Lincoln City, and other in Mining Geologist-Engineer useful products from these basic ner, with private committal serv ice ters, Marcella Lindsay, Warren teresting things. The group will Baker City resources All others share this at the Silverton Cemetery, Silver- travel by M id-C olum bia Bus. ton, M arvel Brons, Portland, ton. These are tentative plans and the Martha Tripp, Deer Park, Wash She,w as born February 15, completed plans will be announced ington; four grandchildren. Marty Elect Lisa Nelson , 1895, at Blooming Rose, Missouri, B ritt, Shaw n M assey, Libby soon. to John and Emily Sullivan Canoy. district is facing with the advent The meeting adjourned and the Lewis and Nikki Jo Robertson; To the Editor: She came to Heppner in 1924. of Measure 47. She will work hard group enjoyed visiting. and 10 grandchildren. He was pre I am writing to urge the voters On May 13, 1946, she married ceded in death by his parents, two o f Morrow County to elect Lisa to help our district get the best Frank Adkins at Lewiston, Idaho. education for our dollar for the brothers and two sisters. Nelson to the Morrow County Mrs. Adkins enjoyed hunting, children of Morrow County. Those who wish may make School Board. Lisa has lived in Mandi Gutierrez, a senior at fishing and gardening. Dwayne Carroll has done a fine contributions to the Vange John Morrow County for the last 21 Heppner High School, received Survivors include half-sister. Memorial Hospice at P.O. Box years, 15 years of which she was job for many years; perhaps it is second place on the Blue Moun Ruby Wallis of Pleasant Plains. time for a change. Vote Lisa Nel 306, Hermiston. OR 97838. the librarian at Heppner Elemen tain District Public Speaking Con Illinois; three grandchildren, four Bums Mortuary, Hermiston, tary and Junior High before her son for Morrow County School test recently. great-grandchildren; and four Board. was in charge of arrangements. retirement two years ago. Schools com peting besides great-great-grandchildren. She Sincerely, Lisa has a solid understanding Otis R. Nida Heppner were Hermiston, Pen was preceded in death by son, Earl (s) Karen Hutchinson-Talasici A graveside memorial service of the problems that our school dleton, A thena-W eston, Mac- Crismon, in 1996. Imgon for Otis R. Nida will be held at 11 Loughlin High, Condon and Stan Memorial contributions may be field. made to Pioneer Memorial Nurs a.m ., Friday, M arch 7, at the HCC supports city levy Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Gutierrez also received second ing Home, P.O. Box 9, Heppner. Mr. Nida, 73, o f Heppner, died place in sectionals in public speak OR. 97836. To the Editor: ing. She competed against teams Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, Tuesday, February 25, 1997, at increase, it is Heppner deciding Pioneer Memorial Hospital. The H eppner C oordinating what is best for H eppner, not from Hermiston, Pendleton, Vale, was in charge o f arrangements. He was born Septem ber 1, Council is very much in support Portland deciding what is best for Joseph, Enterprise, Jordan Valley, Vernon O. Waid 1923, at Miller, Missouri, to George Ontario and Baker. o f the city o f H eppner’s Levy Heppner. Vernon Waid, 96, o f Portland, and Hattie Jones Nida. He grew Gutierrez will be the alternate Request. Ballot Measure 25-26 Another thing to keep in mind formerly o f Lexington and the up at Miller and attended school for the state contest. w ill help Heppner maintain criti is that at least 50 percent o f the Stanfield area, died Monday, Feb there. cal city services. voters must cast ballots in order ruary 24. 1997, at Providence In 1941, he moved to Hood Don’t let the people in the Wil for this levy to pass, so vote “yes” Medical Center in Portland. River, where he worked in the lamette Valley decide that we to maintain local control o f local G raveside service was held fruit orchards for many years. He don’t need city services. A “yes” services. Friday, February 28, 1997 at the had been a resident o f Heppner vote will keep our police, park and (s) Rollie Marshall Echo Cemetery. for the past year. public works at current levels and HCC chairman Mandi Gutierrez He was bom July 2, 1900, at Survivors include sisters, Pearl current tax rates. This is not a tax The Justice Court office at the Heppner Aurora, Missouri, to James W. Eutsler o f Greenfield, Missouri. courthouse annex building in and Thersey Waid. The family ¡S Hazel Ross of Saxcarie, Missouri, Heppner reports handling the fol r « _ _ moved to Oregon in 1906 and JRP- and Bonnie Fish of Miller, Mis No address, no taxes? lowing business during the past homesteaded near Lexington. souri. week: Roses are red, In 1909, he came to Stanfield p a re n ts se ttle d . I c a lled the Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, To the Editor: Lisa Kay Smith, 28, Heppner- where he attended school, gradu S h eriffs office last week to find is in charge o f arrangements. Violets are blue, My g ran d p a re n ts cam e to Violation of the Basic Rule, 83 ating from Stanfield High School. out what my address was and Oregon in 1883 and were the first mph in a 55 mph zone, $137 fine; He farmed in the Stanfield area Marie Nickel found out I do not have one. 40 sure looks Christopher Arthur Gulden, 36, and in 1933, married Sue Shep Private graveside service for to settle north of lone. Does this mean I do not have In 1996, the county government Ukiah-truck speeding, 65 mph in herd. Florence M ane Nickel was held to pay county taxes? good on you! hired someone out of Idaho to set a 55 mph zone, $94 finfe. In 1945, they moved to Port Tuesday, March 4, 1997, at High (s) Wayne Rietmann up an address system for the Love, land where he was involved in the View Cemetery in lone. ? Ella Road county. building trade. Mrs. Nickel, 65, o f lone, died lone I live on the place my grand- He was a member o f the Ma Thursday, February 27, 1997, at sonic Lodge and a former mem her home. ber of hope Presbyterian Church She was bom January 17,1932, Septic system discussion set, March 13 in Stanfield. at Santa Barbara, California, to His wife. Sue, died in 1983. Levi and Mattie Goins Toppings. tives; individual wells vs. commu vjail Glick, Drinking W ater Survivors include a son, James nity wells; how far apart a well, On August 28, 1967, she mar Quality Educator for the Oregon Waid o f Portland, and one grand ried Charles G. Nickel at Fallon, septic drainfield and livestock State University Extension service daughter. should be; and how many animals Nevada, and on January 20, 1982, will be leading a round-table dis Bums M ortuary, Hermiston, at the Mormon Temple in Salt are too many for safe well water. cussion on “The Septic System- was in charge o f arrangements. The round-table is open to all Lake City, Utah. Nitrate Connection” on Thursday, Mrs. Nickel had been a resi interested citizens and is free of Albert K. “Al” Wiley March 13, at the Hermiston Agri charge. It will be specially helpful dent of lone the past year and was Graveside service was held for culture Research and Experiment for members o f planning boards a member of the Church of Jesus Albert K. “AI” Wiley, 69, Her November 13 , 1996 C enter on H erm isto n -H in k le and commissions, realtors, land Christ o f Latter-day Saints. She miston, on March 5, 1997, at the Road. The discussion will be in the through June 14,1997 scapers and rural residents, said Play MEGABUCKS DOUGH Haystack Cemetery at Spray. Mr. enjoyed arts and crafts and spend conference room betw een 1-3 Second-Chance Drawing! an Extension news release. For ing time with her family. Wiley died February 28, 1997, at Just send in four nonwinning questions about the program, con Survivors include her husband. p.m. his home. Sec brochure Megabucks tickets from four Glick will be answering ques available at Oregon Charles Nickel of lone; daughters. tact Carol Michael at 676-9642 or Mr. Wiley was bom December drawings in a row for a chance tions about septic system altema- Lottery Service Jeff McMorran at 567-8321. 15, 1927, in S a sk a tc h e w a n , Caron Gordon of Valmy, Nevada, to win these prizes each month Centers for details. Canada, to W illiam and Mabel and Rebecca White of lone; three 1 st prize - $1,000 plus jacket (1 prize awarded) March 6th: Doney Wiley. He was nine years grandchildren and three great grandchildren; four stepdaughters, 2nd prize $500 plus jacket old when his family moved to OLD TIM E R -P A S T EXA LTED R U LE R -W ID O W S ’ ( I prize awardedl four stepsons; 10 step-grandchil Warrenton, where he lived until NIGHT. Jean Ann Turner’s famous BBQ chicken at 6 3rd prize - $ 100 plus jacket the age of 16, w hen he joined the dren, and numerous step-great (S prizes awarded) p.m. Lodge recognition and appreciation at 8 p.m. grandchildren. Merchant Marines. 4th prize - Megabucks Dough Memorial contributions may be March 7-8th: He married Dixie Williams on denim baseball jacket (25 prizes awarded) made to Pioneer Humane Soci September 5, 1953, in Kinzua. Good food with reasonably priced dining-6-9 p.m. ety, P.O. Box 361, Hermiston, OR. March 9th: He served in the U.S. Army 97838. before returning to Warrenton. He GREAT NEW SUNDAY BRUNCH DINING from 10 Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, moved to Portland, working for was in charge of arrangements. a.m.-2 p.m. Bring the family. Special discounts for Rose City Bus for seven years and senior citizens and children. All You Can Consume: then moved to the Buckin Roll adults $6.95, senior citizens $5.50, children under Ranch on Buttercreek, where he Send fo u r consecutive nonwinning Megabucks tickets fo r drawings dated 12 $4.50. Numerous delicious and healthy buffet N ovem ber 13, 1996, through June 14. 1997, w ith this e n try fo r a chance to win! lived for 12 years. He then moved Enter as many tim es as you like.This e n try is good fo r one drawing only. food items for your pleasure. to Pilot Rock, working as a grader operator before moving to Her March 14-15: « Namt Obituaries G u tierrez earns second in contest Justice Court Report l______ülj W s ENTER TO WIN $1,000 and other great prizes! „ FAX Send or Receive Gazette-Times NOTICE TO CITY WATER CUSTOMERS W inter packing may now be removed from the water meter boxes. Reminder: the customer is li able for any damages to the meter and it is a viola tion to operate the meter stop that controls the flow of water to the meter unless there is a shut-off on the property side of the meter. Please contact City Hall if there is a problem with your water service. D»vid Winters Public Works Director Phone 676-961* St. Patrick’s Celebration with KUMA Coffee Hour, brunch, dancing and socializing. March 29th: Easter Egg Hunt-10 a.m. Installation of officers at 4 p.m.; dining and dancing. Come say “hello” to new Exalted Ruler Roger and Andrea Mortimore, and “thanks” to Jay and Lori Straley. © H ep p n er E lks 358 476-9181 "W here Friends M e e t" 142 N. 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