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The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the .
County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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Letter home from Bosnia
(Editor's note: The following letter from Bosnia was written by
Morrow County District Attorney Earl R. Woods, who is serving
in Bosnia with his National Guard unit.)
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Would you believe that I am down to 204 days in this garden
o f Eden? Yes 203 and a wake-up!
I've been giving some thought to this mess over here and
thought I'd memorialize it.
Overseeing the often tense return o f Bosnian refugees to their
former homelands is a job that by default has fallen to SFOR
{American, British, French, Russian, etc.) forces and one that
they probably need some help to handle.
Refugees that fled the horror o f war three years ago and ended
up in Croatia, Austria and Germany have a problem. They
arrived in these countries as refugees and were issued temporary
visas which will expire April 1, 1997. Croatia, Austria and
Germany have helped these refugees sindfe they departed Bosnia-
Herzegovina but are taking the position that three years is
enough and are now refusing to extend the refugees' visas. "Go
back to Bosnia" is the message that rings throughout Western
Europe.
In an effort to assist these refugees, international organizations
and the SFOR military leaders have stepped in and have tried to
broker a deal that would allow 400 Muslim families to rebuild
their homes on sites that they occupied prior to the war. These
sites are located within the area reserved for the Federation and
both sides (Bosnian Serb and Bosnian Muslim) agreed to that at
the political level. Unfortunately no one talked to the Serbian
people o f Gajevi. When the Muslims arrived in the area and
completed reconstruction of their temporary homes, 150 Serbs
stormed the area armed with sticks and clubs, routing the
Muslims and then destroying their temporary housing. SFOR
troops called the Serbian police who ignored them. Similarly,
when the Muslims attempted to build on sites they had occupied
in Mostar prior ter the war, Croatians attacked them with guns,
killing one and wounding 23. The Croatians then proceeded to
blow up the buildings that the Muslims were constructing.
Again SFOR forces called the police who did nothing..
Understand that the SFOR is a stabilization force and under the
rules o f engagement cannot interdict themselves into civilian
problems. We are a military force that can oppose other military
forces but not civilians. We are a military that is trained and
equipped to fight organized military forces and American forces
do that better than any military force in the world. However, the
problems that we face now are problems that would be better
handled by an international police force that works, since it is
very apparent that .local police are partisan and lack the ability
and the interest to cope with what is an escalating problem. This
is the challenge that NATO and the international community face
in months to come. Let me know what you think.
Regards from "The Box". See you in the world in about 204.
(s) LTC Earl R. Woods, Jr., 540-48-8029, Operation Joint Guard,
Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Plan for your
RETIREMENT
I can help you
NOW
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Death Notices
Ruth E. Bergstrom
Graveside service will be
held for Ruth E. Bergstrom at
2p.m. Thursday, March 27 at
the
Heppner
Masonic
Cemetery.
Mrs. Bergstrom died at
Heppner Tuesday, March 25 at
the age o f 89.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the donor’s favorite
charity.
Sweeney Mortuary in charge
o f arrangements.
Dail A. Turner
In the Service
Marine Pvt. Ruben Torres,
son of Enrique and Catalina Torres
of Boardman, recently completed
basic training at Marine Corps
Recruit Depot in San Diego. He
successfully completed 11 weeks
of training "designed to challenge
new Marine recruits both physi
cally and mentally” said a military
news release.
Torres is a 1992 graduate of
Riverside High School.
M arine Pvt. Keven G raff,
son of Steve Graff of Imgon also
recently completed basic training
at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in
San Diego, successfully complet
ing the 11-week training program.
He is a 1995 graduate o f Riv
erside High School.
Funeral services will be held
for Dail A. Turner 1p.m.
Saturday, March 29 at the
United Methodist Church in
Heppner.
Concluding service and
interment will be at the Conferences set at
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
Heppner H.S.
Mr. Turner died at Heppner
Tuesday, March 25 at the age
Heppner High School parent-
o f 63.
teacher conferences will be
Memorial contributions, for held on Thursday, April 3,
those who wish, may be made from 5-9 p.m. and Friday,
to Pioneer Memorial Home April 4, from 7:30-11:30 a.m.
Health, P.O. Box 9, Heppner.
Parents may pick up report
Sweeney Mortuary in charge cards in the high school office.
o f arrangements.
Teams compete in roping events
One hundred-seventy teams
competed in three ropings
during the St. Paddy’s Team
Roping held in Heppner over
the St. Patrick’s weekend.
The teams o f Justin Matteson
and Brian Knowles, Karla
Rogers and Todd Kline and
Rick Getner and Wally Rogers
took first in the ropings.
Complete results are as
follows:
#5 Roping-first, Justin
Matteson and Brian Knowles;
second, Emmett Evans and
Brian Knowles; third. Jay
Papineau and Emmett Evans;
and fourth, Cy Roseburg and
Todd Kline.
#7 Roping-first, Karla
Rogers and Todd Kline;
second, Bob Steagall and Todd
Kline; third, Celia Moyer and
John Moyer; fourth, Jim
Bosworth and Emmett Evans;
fifth, Rick Getner and Emmett
Evans; and sixth,
Seth
Thompson
and
Justin
Matteson.
#9 Roping-first, Rick Getner
and Wally Rogers; second,
Larry Patterson and Gene
Thomas; and third, Wayne
Smith and Todd Kline.
Anda Kay Zastrow named top producer
The Bank o f Eastern Oregon
(BEO) has announced that Anda
There were 75 present for the senior meal March 19 and seven
meals were home delivered. Irene Schroeder won the free meal Kay Zastrow, financial specialist
ticket. Members o f the Christian Missionary Fellowship served. with BEO Financial Services, has
Blood pressures were taken before the meal and the Nutrition received a special award from
Western
Southern
Life
Site Committee met after.
Assurance Company.
The menu for the dinner April 2 will be pork noodles, tossed
Zastrow has been named a
salad, applesauce, rolls and brownies. Members o f the Seventh- top producer o f 1996 for her
day Adventist and Nazarene churches will serve.
Thursday sales o f annuity products.
evening the lone girls' choir sang for the seniors. Those few who
Western Southern has superior
came to hear them had a real treat. They are a very talented ratings from A.M. Best, Duff and
Phelps and Standard & Poor's for
group. Refreshments were provided by the apartment tenants.
One table o f pinochle was in play Friday afternoon. There was claims paying ability.
"Although they are not FDIC
no movie Sunday evening.
The St. Patrick's Senior Center bus was being used for a
Historical Society tour, so the Boardman Senior bus and driver
picked up the group from Heppner for the trip to the RSVP
A group o f service
dinner in Pendleton Saturday. The dinner was delicious and the organizations and churches in
group o f fiddlers and guitarists who entertained were the area have been exploring
outstanding. Irene Anhom and Eva Griffith were presented the possibility o f reviving the
certificates and pins for 15 years o f RSVP service.
trad itio n al
communi t y
Dates to remember: Monday and Friday, tax service from 9 Memorial Day dinner at the
a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m., or stop by the senior enter office or Morrow County Fairgrounds
call 676-9030 to make appointment; Tuesday and Thursday, in Heppner, which was
exercise, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, hearing aid service, 10 a.m., enjoyed for many years. The
blood pressures taken, 11 a.m., senior dinner, noon, Nutrition dinner began as a potluck and
Site Committee meeting, 1 p.m.; Friday, cards, 2 p.m.; Sunday, was later hosted by pioneer
families.
movie.
At a meeting March 17 at the
Heppner Senior Center with
representatives
from
the
products, annuities can be an
excellent
retirement
plan
alternative, used for IRAs, SEPs,
pension rollovers and other
retirement needs,"
said a
spokesperson. "They are not
bank products nor guaranteed by
the bank, but are sold through
non- affiliated licensed insurance
companies and involve nsk."
For a free consultation with
Zastrow on annuities, call the
Bank of Eastern Oregon. She is
at the Heppner branch on«
Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Groups exploring Memorial dinner
Willow Creek
Baptist Cli urck
Worskip Service at 3 p.m.
M eetin g in tke 7tk -d ay A d v en tist C kurck
560 North Minor
Embrace the Happiness of
E A S T E R
MARCH
Anda K ay Zastrow
Orchid Corsages for
Your Special Lady
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BEO Financial Services
Easter Lilies-
Free Delivery in T o w n
a department of BEO
Easter Balloon Bouquets
Insurance products are offered through B E O Financial Services, a
department of Bank of Eastern O regon and issued by licensed Insur
ance Com panies. Securities products are offered by Royal Alliance
Associates, registered Broker-Dealer, mem ber N A S D /S IP C . Royal
Alliance A ssociate s is not an affiliate of the Bank, its divisions or sub
sidiaries Securities are not guaranteed nor endorsed by the bank, its
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Hallmark Eastmr cards.
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divisions or subsidiaries Nondeposit investment products are not F D IC
insured ana involve nsk to pnncipai.
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Memorial service was held
Monday for Murlin E. Stone at
the Heppner Church o f the
Stacey R. Lovgren
Nazarene.
Memorial services for Stacy
Mr. Stone, 60, o f Hardman,
R. Lovgren were held at 1 p.m.
died
Thursday, March 20,
Monday at eh Heppner Elks
1997,
at Pioneer Memorial
Lodge.
Hospital
in Heppnef.
Mr. Lovgren, 61, o f
He
was
bom Nov. 17, at
Heppner, died Wednesday,
Pioneer
Memorial
Hospital in
March 12, 1997, near his
Heppner.
home on Rhea Creek.
He was bom Nov. 17, 1936,
He was bom Feb. 6,1936, at
at
Heppner, to Eugene and
Heppner, to alfred and Roxie
Wick Lovgren. A lifelong area Adine Smith Stone. He
resident, he started grade attended Heppner schools.
he worked for a number o f
school at Hardman and
completed school at Heppner area ranchers and also raised
where he graduated from horses.
Survivors include his
Heppner High School in 1954.
In 1958, he entered the U.S. mother, Adine Stone, o f
Heppner; sisters, Elain Bridger
Army, serving until 1960.
He was employed at Kinzua and Deana Butler, both o f
for a time before going into Prosser, Wash., and Jeanette
heavy construction in 1967. he Killhom o f Yakima; brothers,
worked heavy construction for Joe Lee Stone o f Pendleton
and
Kenneth
Stone o f
nearly 30 years.
On June 10, 1977, he Watseka, 111. He was preceded
married Darlene Haywood in death by his father, Eugene
Quigley at Reno, Nev. He Stone, in 1984.
Memorial contributions may
enjoyed hunting, trapshooting
be made to Pioneer Memorial
and traveling.
P.O.
Box
9,
He was a 40-year member o f Hospital,
Heppner.
Heppner BPOE 358, the
Contributions for a
Pendleton Eagles Lodge,
headstone
may be made at the
Operating Engineers Local
Bank
o
f
Eastern
Oregon in
Union 701 and the Morrow
Heppner.
County Gun Club.
Sweeney Mortuary o f
Survivors include his wife,
Heppner
is in charge o f
•Darlene,
of
Heppner;
arrangements:
daughters, Connie Aragon o f
Cloudcroft, N.M., Ronda
Helfreecht o f Pendleton Rita
Lovgren o f Heppner and
LeAnn Wichman o f Forest
Grove; son, Pat Lovgren o f
Heppner;
father,
Alfred
The winner o f the
Lovgren o f Heppner; and 15
Soroptimist
International o f
grandchildren.
He
was
Heppner
St.
Pat's
basket raffle
preceded in death by his
was
Kathryn
Kettel o f
mother, Roxie, in 1994.
Heppner.
Memorial contributions may
Proceeds from the raffle
be made to a charity o f choice.
Sweeney Mortuary o f will help pay for mamograms
Heppner is in charge o f for area women who cannot
afford them, said a Soroptimist
arrangements.
spokesperson.
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Celebróte the
rebirth of spring
and the happiness
Heppner
Garden
Club,
Extension,
Soroptim ist
International,
the
First
Christian Church and St.
Patrick's Altar Society.
The group tentatively
discussed reviving the dinner
on May 26 as a return to the
original potluck menu with the
host groups providing only
bread and beverages.
The group expressed hope
for wider participation and are
inviting
any
interested
organizations or individuals to
meet at the St. Patrick's Senior
Center on Thursday, April 3,
at 5 p.m. to join in further
preparation in rounding out
plans for the traditional
community event.
For more information call
676-9677 or 676-9435.
Line dance classes scheduled
Blue Mountain Community
College has scheduled Basic
Country Western Line Dance
and Couples Country Western
Dance classes to begin
Saturday, April 5 at the
Heppner High School cafeteria
for a seven week run.
Line Dancing will take place
from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Several o f the popular dance
steps will be taught with
limited steps for the beginner.
Tuition is $30 per student or
$10 for age 60 and over.
Couples Country Western
Dance is set for 4 to 4:30 p.m.
Learn dances written for
couples that include 10-step,
Texas
Waltz,
Cowboy
Traveling Cha-Cha, Horseshoe
Shuffle as well as the basic
two-step, tuition is $25 per
person or $ 10 for age 60 and
over.
April Dyntera o f Pilot Rock
will instruct the class. For
more information or to pre
register for the class, contact
Anne Morter, BMCC Morrow
County coordinator at 422-
7040.
Preregistration
is
requested.
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