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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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with
her
family.
Wiley died February 28, 1997, at
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Survivors include her husband. p.m.
his home.
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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-
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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
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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
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Ranch on Buttercreek, where he
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brunch, dancing and socializing.
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