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The Official Newspaper of the
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Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Published weekly and entered ai 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 M ottow , Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Coun
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April Hilton-Sykes....................................................................................... News Editor
Stephanie Jensen ..................................................................................... Typesetting
Monique D evin ...................................................... . Advertising Layout 4 Graphics
Bonnie Bennett .......................................................................................... Distribution
Penni K eersem aker...............................................................................................Printer
David Sykes, Publisher
Obituaries
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Graveside funeral service for
Eva D. Schirmer, 83, Stanfield,
was held April 18, 1997, at
Pleasant View Cemetery at
Stanfield.
Eva D. Schirmer was bom on
June 12, 1913, in Hawes,
Arkansas, to Orin and Elisa
George D,avis and died on April
15, 1997, at Good Shepherd
Community
Hospital
in
Hermiston.
Mrs. Schirmer lived in
Arkansas until moving to
California in the mid 1930s. She
lived there until moving to
Stanfield in the late 1960s where
she has lived since. She enjoyed
playing cards and visiting with
people. She was a member of the
Hermiston Grange.
Mrs. Schirmer is survived by
her daughter, Mary Nobles,
Umatilla, five grandchildren and
11 great-grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by her son,
Robert Lee Boyd, one grandson,
and three sisters.
Those who wish may make
contributions to the American
Cancer Society, P.O. Box 404,
Pendleton, Oregon 97801.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston is
in care of arrangements.
Delorous 'Ma Nelson'
Stevens
Delorous "Ma Nelson", Stevens,
85, of Wenatchee, WA, died
Saturday, March 29, 1997 at
Central Washington Hospital,
Wenatchee, in the arms of her
daughter following a short battle
with cancer.
Delorous Stevens was bom
November 12, 1911, in Salem to
Adamo and LaUna (Jackson)
Crowell.
She spent her
childhood in northeastern Oregon
and rode horses to school for 11
years.
She moved to Winthrop, WA,
in 1930 to work as a cook at a
logging camp. She lived and
worked in Wenatchee for a short
time so Delorous could finish her
education. She met and married
Jack Stevens in 1931. They
made their home in Brewster for
10 years.
She married Vester Nelson in
1942 and they lived in Omak. In
1947 they began caring for foster
children,
which
Delorous
continued until her death.
In 1972, she remarried Jack
Stevens and they moved to
Wenatchee in 1979.
She was past president of
Washington State PTA (Parent
Teacher's Association) past
member of Pogue Flat Grange,
Omak, and current member of
Bee Hive Grange, Wenatchee.
She was a 4-H leader for many
years and a charter member and
first president o f the Sunnyside-
Up ITC (Toastmistress) club.
Mrs. Stevens was a charter
member of the Chelan County
chapter of M. A.D.D.
In 1959, she formed a drill
team o f kids on horseback in
Riverside, WA. They were the
"Ghost Town Riders" and she
became known as "Ma Nelson".
From 1959 to 1962, the team
belonged to and competed for the
Okanogan Boots and Saddle
Club. In the spring o f 1962, the
drill team became an official
independent saddle club, the
Ghost Riders o f Omak. In 1964
she was resident o f the Games
D ivision o f Washington State
Horsemen. She was drill team
leader o f the Ghost Riders from
the unit's conception in 1959 to
her move to Wenatchee in 1979.
She was games chairman o f the
club for many years. In 1969, in
support o f the Omak Stampede,
she formed a parade unit o f the
Ghost Riders to perform as
"Omak Stampeders" when the
Stampede queen needed a unit.
For several years, including the
bicentennial in
1976, the
Stampeders performed all over
Washington
promoting
the
Stampede.
After her re-mamage to Jack
Stevens to Wenatchee in 1979,
she became "Grandma Stevens"
to dozens of 4-Hers in Dianne
and Frank Cook's Knight Riders.
Mrs. Stevens was primarily a
homemaker, but worked at the
Umatilla ordnance Bomb Depot
during WWII; was a waitress; a
nurse's aide in Tillicum House,
Okanogan; a teacher's aide and
home/school coordinator in the
Omak School District; and self-
employed dog groomer.
In
Wenatchee, she worked at
Pacific Trail as a seamstress and
a clerk at the Goodwill industries
store.
Survivors include her daughter
and son-in-law, Dianne and
Frank Cook, Wenatchee; son
Jack (J.D.) Stevens, Fairfax, VA;
foster daughter Heidi Thompson
at home; brothers and sisters-in-
law, Howard and June Crowell,
lone, and Bob and Toni Crowell,
Omak, WA; sister Kay Davis,
Tacoma, WA; foster children
Ralph Lathrop, Aurora, CO,
Bette (Lathrop) Underwood,
Klamath Falls, Dale Lathrop,
Ephrata,
WA,
Elizabeth
(Lathrop) Jacob, Gresham, Bob
and John Lathrop, Wenatchee,
WA, Don Lathrop, Springfield,
and Charles 'Bud' Lathrop,
Lakeside; Max Emory, Bellevue,
WA, Ruth (Emory) Davenport,
Sulton, WA, and Louise (Emory)
Smith, Omak, WA; Jim Wallace,
Winterville, GA, and A.L.
"Skeets" Wallace, Rockfield,
KY; Thelma (Mantei) Rumford,
Clinton, MD; Vivian (Sandanine)
Tugaw, Okanogan, WA; Carol
Brown, Sandra and Rhonda Judd;
Janice (Phillips) Link, Vickie
Gladden,
Jennifer
Stevens,
Christy Stapleton and David
Sovey, all of Wenatchee, WA;
and Misti Lockhart, Moses Lake,
WA, and many others; and
numerous grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, a son, Wayne
Stevens in 1944, twin daughters,
Bonnie LaUna and Beverly Rose
Nelson in 1948, husbands Vester
Nelson in 1966 and Jack Stevens
in 1986.
The family suggests
contributions to the American
Cancer Foundation or the
Wenatchee Valley Humane
V.
"Dick"
Graveside funeral service for
Richard V. "Dick" Logan, 91,
Arlington, will be held Friday,
April 25, 1997, at 2 p.m. at the
Arlington Cemetery..
Richard V. "Dick" Logan was
bom on July 22, 1905, in
Arlington to Leon and Hattie
Nash Logan and died on Apnl
19, 1997, at his home in
Arlington.
Mr. Logan was a lifelong
Arlington resident where he was
a wheat farmer. He was active in
various fraternal organizations
throughout his life and served in
many different positions. He
served in the United States Navy
during WWII in the Seabees unit
in Kodiak, Alaska, where he was
injured in a construction
accident.
Mr. Logan is survived by his
daughter, Lois Jean Masters,
Hermiston; stepson, Ray White,
Colorado; stepdaughters, Lola
Fish, Reno, Nevada, Dorothy
Zastrow, Brookings, Darlene
Smythe, Arlington; brother. John
Logan, lone; 23 grandchildren
and 24 great grandchildren. He
was preceded in death by his
wife Margaret Logan in 1990 and
one grandchild.
Those who wish may make
contributions to the Shriners
Hospital at 3101 S.W. Sam
Jackson Park Rd., Portland,
Oregon 97201.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
is in care of arrangements,
DA's Report
The Morrow County District
Attorney's Office in Heppner
repons handling the following
business during the past several
months:
Janet Nadia Beamer, 62,
heppner was convicted Feb. 6 of
manufacture/delivery
of
a
controlled
substance
and
sentenced to serve 18 months in
pnson, suspended, three years of
probation, complete 80 hours of
community service, pay $5,158
in fines and assessments,
undergo 30 hours of electronic
surveillance, with the conditions
that she violate no laws, not
frequent places where drugs are
used and have no contact with
users of controlled substances.
Betty Jo Preston, 39,
Rhododendron, was convicted
March 7 of possession of a
controlled
substance
and
sentenced to two years of
probation, 30 days in jail, 200
hours of community service, with
the conditions that she submit to
search, body substance tests and
urinalysis, not frequent a place
where drugs are used, have no
contact with users of controlled
substances, possess no drugs and
violate no further laws and pay
$2,158 in fines and assessments.
Douglas Craig Preston, 45,
Rhododendron, was convicted
March 7 of manufacture/delivery
of a controlled substance and
sentenced
to
three
years
probation, 90 days in jail, 200
hours of community service, with
the conditions that he submit to
search, body substance tests,
random urinalysis, not frequent a
place where drugs are used, have
no contract with users of
controlled substances, possess no
drugs, violate no laws and pay
$5,158 in fines and assessments.
Carrie Elaine Vernon, 39,
Heppner, was convicted March 6
of possession o f a controlled
substance and sentenced to 18
months probation, 100 hours of
community service with the
condition that she violate no laws
and pay $968 in fines and
assessments.
Juan Luis Martinez-Anas, 18,
Imgon, was convicted Feb. 13 of
Rape I and sentenced to 100
months in prison, 20 years of
post-prison supervision, with the
conditions that he complete a sex
offender treatment program,
register as a sex offender and
submit to an HIV test.
Duane Randall White, 39,
Irrigon, was convicted Feb. 13 of
being a Felon in Possession of a
Firearm and sentenced to three
years of probation, with the
contitions that he complete a
drug treatment program, submit
to a polygraph test, complete 40
hours of community service, not
possess a firearm and pay $718
in fines and assessments.
Heather Marie Kestler, 19,
Madras, was convicted Feb. 13
of Theft II and sentenced to two
years probation, 90 days in jail,
suspended,
80
hours
of
community service and pay $428
in fines and assessments, with
the condition that she not be
allowed to enter Walmart during
the term of her probation.
James Elmer Starr, 63,
Heppner, was convicted March
20 of Sexual Abuse I and two
counts of attempted Sexual
Abuse II.
HHS plans
car wash
The Heppner High School se
nior class has planned a car wash
this Saturday, April 26, from 10
a.m.-5 p.m. at Les Schwab.
Prices are $5 per car, $7 for a
pickup and $10 for a van.
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April 24-26th
April 26th
Rolling Hills Run. Breakfast from 8:30-11 a.m.
May 8th
Ladies Night. Andrea Mortimore, hostess.
MOTHER’S DAY OBSERVANCE, starting at 8 p.m.
May 11th
SPECIAL MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH. Champagne,
Red Roses for Ladies, while they last. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Bingo every Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday brunch at 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 12 item buffet menu.
Dining every Friday and Saturday at 6-9 p.m.
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