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<* m *% , *• * ' • • • ■ S* • * "* • " * .* : : ;•■ P V 1 iM -. s'ì* « ät '- ■4^- . * '«i ^ • p > . . "5> GAZETTE-TIM ES U.S.P S 240-420 £.C‘ * Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical m atter at the Post Office at H eppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at H eppner, Oregon. Office at 147 W est Willow Street Telephone (541)676-9228. Postmaster send address changes to the H eppner Gazette-Tim es, P.O. Box 337, H eppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $18 in Morrow, W heeler, Gilliam and Grant C oun ties; $25 elsew here April Hilton-Sykes.............................. ; .................................... News E ditor Stephanie Jensen .......................................................................................... Typesetting Monique D e v in ......................................................... Advertising Layout i t Graphics Bonnie Bennett ............................................................................................. Distribution Penni Keersem aker Printer David Sykes, Publisher Letter home from Bosnia (Editor's note: Thq following letter from Bosnia was w ritten by Morrow County District Attorney Earl R. Woods, who is serving in Bosnia with his National Guard unit.) I had the good fortune the other day to be selected by my Commander to go to a NATO logistics (for you old soldiers that used to be supply) conference, which took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The thing that I found fascinating about the conference was the fact that 21 nations were represented at the conference including 15 member nations and six non-members, including a contingent from the (former) Soviet Union. At the end of the first day, as I sat in the British officer's mess, I was approached by a Russian It. colonel who, using sign language, asked me if he could buy me a beer. I tried to tell him in sign language that American soldiers can't drink alcohol under our rules. We struggled with this for awhile and finally I discovered that while he spoke no English, he did speak German reasonably well (although with a heavy Russian accent). I used to speak German passably but haven't used it in years and, as a result, we had a conversation that was somewhat labored, although we were able to communicate. He told me that I was the first American military officer he had ever spoken to in depth and wanted to convey his feelings and attitudes about his country's new relationship with the United States to another soldier in the hopes we might share a common view. He told me that Russians like and trust Americans more than they like or trust their European neighbors. He said his government had done a rotten job of managing the Soviet Bloc countries such as East Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, etc., during the period of the Cold War and, as a result, these people hate the Russians. He went on to explain that the Soviets subjected these people to forced labor and now they're concerned that if these countries are allowed to join NATO that they would then constitute an alliance that would hate Russia. He was also concerned about Germany's rising influence in NATO. He also told me that Russia had been so dominated by their government that when the government crumbled there was a vacuum created so vast that it could only be filled by chaos. I asked him after he described to me the chaos in his country, whether the people o f the Soviet Union hadn't, in effect, made their own bed? I told him that the people of the Soviet nation didn't have to treat the eastern European countries badly any more than they had to support their government which eventually collapsed under its own weight. I told him that we have a saying in this country that "You reap your own rewards." With that he just looked at me for awhile like I had holes in my head and finally I began to understand. We don't think alike. In his country the government tells the people what to do and they accept it, never thinking they have a choice. In our country we tell the government what to do and we participate in making the choices. The more time I spend in these former soviet controlled countries the more I hope we never change. Regards, Ltc. Earl R. Woods, Jr. /»V ________ Letters to the Editor________ Editor's note: Letters to the editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number i on all letters for use by the G-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. • . 3 - >• » •• ;* r *■ *. * u,’ * l . •> • * * • *■* ; f - : / . ■; •*> 1 • * •,. • G m p** & + f' V* '.*■>'> » - ■ .-• r « v v . ': ;■ ÌS S £ .* ■* ì - ,< *-» r.vM --• i '••*• v à x Ü & iïû & v .z Í -} '.' • ' • ' . *. • • . . • •. i- % •* • » r. Obituaries Heppner ; v ■ - ¡BE V > «VV »■ ." * ' :• • • • * - • . ... * • • • . * : * *. • •• * • . ••■..■•• .■ • Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 25.1997 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow "• ■ : b , , » . » / '* . * . v S - .' •*. : ?*•*' ,*v .; * * - . TWO- V 'V ^ • * *-.•■ You deserve a real nurse To the Editor: I am writing in regards to HB 3697, the Oregon Hospital Association's super board and anti-RN bill. This bill would allow anyone, regardless of training or education, to put "RN" after their name so long as they register with the state. It also creates a super board to regulate these people without providing for an educated, trained, tested registered nurse sitting on this board. This bill was introduced for one purpose only: "for profit" hospitals want to cut costs and increase revenue by eliminating real nurses (RNs) from the rosters. This is threat not only to educated nurses such as myself but an even bigger threat to the public. Untrained and uneducated persons in the health-care setting threaten the very lives o f those we are trying to heal. In areas of the country where this has been allowed, hospital stays have doubled because complications have doubled due to poor patient care, not to mention the doubled cost to the patient. If an insurance company only pays for a five-day stay and you have to stay 10 days, guess who pays for the additional five days. Hospitals in the business of making money care nothing for the public, their patients or the cost of care. If the patient doesn't pay for their additional days stay, they will simply send them to collections. It's all business and greed. Would you like to be hurried into a busy emergency room with a heart orientation to giving bed baths. Health care is about people. It is my and my colleagues' duty to protect those people. The laws and regulations we have in place right now protect the public from these money hungry businessmen. If we are to truly keep costs down, patients must receive the best care possible. That means receiving care from educated, trained real nurses. We want to protect you from the greed of hospital stockholders who don't care about you. Please speak out and let your state legislator know you want quality, professional care. You deserve a real nurse. (s) Lori E. Straley Registered Nurse Certified Surgical Technologist Troedson, Swedish immigrants. He attended the local school through eighth grade when he started farming. During the De Darrell T. Vinson pression in the 1930s, he pur Darrell T. Vinson, 78, of Hepp chased his own ranch in the lone ner, died Sunday, June 22, 1997, area and devoted the next 40 years at his home. to farming. At his request, no services will On March 24,1948, he married- be held. Margaret Brewster McGreer, who Mr. Vinson was bom Septem along with 12 year old daughter, ber 13, 1918, at Monument to Shirlee, joined Mr. Troedson on Elza and Emma Ferguson Vinson. his ranch. He was raised on the family farm The Troedsons retired in 1971 on the North Fork John Day and sold the ranch to Eric and River. He attended the Kimberly Mamie Anderson. school and the Pumpkin Center In addition to farming, Mr. School in Grant County. When he Troedson enjoyed the stock mar was 12, he moved to Buttercreek, ket, most sports, especially base w here he attended Lena, ball, football and boxing, and the Sunnyside and Pine City schools Pendleton Round-Up, which he in Morrow County. had attended over 60 times. He On July 27, 1958, he married also liked to travel and had made Henrietta Sue Heath, at Eugene. many trips to Sweden to visit rela He worked in Morrow County tives and, in 1960, participated in most of his life and worked 17 of a People to People farming tour those years as custodian for the of Eastern Europe. Morrow County School District. He was a member of the Wheat He was a member of the Mor League, the Episcopal Church of row County Historical Society the Redeemer and had been a and served on the St. Patrick member o f the Heppner Elks Mealsite Committee. Lodge for 67 years. Survivors include his wife, Survivors include his wife, Sue; stepchildren, Melvin Gil Margaret, and daughter, Shirlee, both of Pendleton. He was pre ch rist o f A lam agordo, New M exico, Anna Schw arzin o f ceded in death by brothers, Carl and Francis, and sister, Linea. Heppner, Joe Heath of Florence, Kansas; and Fran Barnett of lone; Memorial contributions may 13 grandchildren, 26 great-grand be made to the Episcopal Church children and one great-great of the Redeemer, 241 S.E. Sec grandchild. He was preceded in ond St., Pendleton, OR 97801; the death by sisters, Emma, Elba, Education Foundation of Pendle Floss and Iva, and brothers Lee, ton, P.O. Box 812, Pendleton, OR L.D., Buster, Ben and Delbert. 97801, or to a charity of choice, Memorial contributions may directly or through Bishop Fu be made to St. Patrick's Senior neral Chapel, P.O. Box 325, Pen Center Trust Fund, P.O. Box 266, dleton, OR 97801. Heppner, OR 97836. Jared D. Vandecar Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, Jared David Vandecar, 16, of is in charge of arrangements. Irrigon, died Tuesday, June 17, Mildred I. Morgan 1997, at The Dalles hospital of Mildred I. Morgan, 79, of lone, injuries sustained in a fall from a died Saturday, June 21, 1997 at bluff on the Phillipi Ranch near Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Arlington. Heppner. The funeral was held Saturday, The funeral was Wednesday, June 21, 1997 at Boardman, with June 25, 1997, with concluding burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery in service and burial at High View Baker City. Cemetery in lone. Jared was bom December 1, Mrs. Morgan was bom Febru 1980, at H erm iston, to Lois ary 2,1918, at lone, to Ernest and Elaine and R obert Louis Lena Baker Lundell. She grew up Vandecar III. The family moved at lone and attended school there, to Irrigon when he was two and graduating in 1936. he grew up in the area and at On September 3, 1941, she tended schools at Irrigon and married Lloyd W. Morgan, at Boardman. A natural athlete, he Stevenson, W ashington. The had played football, basketball couple lived and farmed in the and baseball all through his lone area all their married life. school years and baseball every Mrs. Morgan was a member of summer. Eastern Star and the Rebekah He was a member of the Riv Lodge for 61 years. erside Future Farmers of America She enjoyed her family and and loved hunting, motorcycle especially enjoyed watching her riding and camping. grandchildren play sports. Survivors include his parents Survivors include a son, Virgil Robert and Lois Vandecar and o f lone; daughters, Judy brother, Robbie, of Irrigon; sis Davidson of Portland, Geraldine ter, Nicole Case of Spokane; and Paavola of Scappoose and Bonni grandparents, David Trump of Ball o f lone; a sister, Helen Milton-Freewater, and Leroy and Pettyjohn of lone; a brother, Ri Pat Zeller of Colfax, Washington. chard Lundell of Pendleton; 10 He was preceded in death by grandchildren and seven great grandparents, Robert and Lorena grandchildren. She was preceded V andecar, and grandm other, in death by her husband, a son, Pauline Trump. two sisters and two brothers. Memorial contributions may Memorial contributions may be made to the Columbia Storm be made to the Lloyd Morgan Legion baseball team, P.O. Box Athletic Fund, c/o bank of East 1032, Boardman, OR 97818. ern Oregon, lone Branch, lone. Mueller’s Tri-Cities Funeral Home, Kennewick, Washington, OR 97843, or a charity o f choice. was in charge of arrangements. Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, was in charge of arrangements. Verner E. Troedson Vemer E. Troedson, o f Pendle ton, who celebrated his 90th birth day on June 12, 1997, died less than a week later, on Wednesday, June 18,1997, at his home in Pen dleton. Memorial services were held Monday, June 23, 1997, at Pen dleton. Mr. Troedson was bom at the family ranch at Ella, near lone, in 1907, to Thilda and Johan FIREWORKS STAND Get Your Fireworks Early! attack and be evaluated and given intravenous medications by someone with two weeks 7th-8th grade photos now available Photos from the Heppner eighth grade dinner-dance are available. Anyone who had pictures taken may pick them up at Heppner High School Thursday and Friday. John Doherty of Lexington is among students who were named to the spring semester dean's list at Carroll College, announced academic dean Dr. Jim Trudnowski. To be named to Carroll's Dean's List, students must maintain a grade point average of at least 3 5 and be enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours. Carroll is a four-year, Catholic, residential, liberal arts college located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains in Helena, Mont. Bachelor of arts degrees are offered in more than 30 academic areas. University o f Portland The University of Portland School of Nursing has announced that Melissa Wallace, Lexington, has qualified for the dean's list during the spring semester. Oregon State University Oregon State University con ferred 3,301 degrees to 3,212 stu dents during its 1997 commence ment program held earlier this month. Local students include: Hepp ner-John Kenny, Daniel Michael and Peter Pearson, bachelor of science (BS) in business admin istration, and Alecia Tamasky, BS in merchandising manage ment; Ione-Nancy Swarat and Marvin House, master of science in mathematics education, and Amy Daulton, BS in history. Washington State University The following local students were named to the President’s honor roll during the spring se mester. To be eligible, a student must earn at least a 3.75 grade point average (GPA), or maintain at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA. Crystal Minster, of lone, quali fied for the honor roll. Raymond George "Ray" Blahm Funeral services for Raymond George "Ray" Blahm, 88, Hermiston, formerly of Heppner, were held June 5, 1997, at Bums Mortuary Chapel in Hermiston. Jewelers 474-eiee EREEFAMILY FUN T h e M a rro w Cautín« A rt* C o u n c il a n d Th« C o m m u n ity of Ion« p re se n t the FKST ANNUAL tone ] F££riVAL* JU L Y 4 T H •FCAruciwc rucee of rue roc uoeruwesr B lu e s BAWDS OF UAriONAl R6WOtVWIIII tU PAUL DC LAY t*md. U ’L L ynn e * mo J IMMY LLOYD REA tm sm okin soles , /mo th « SW ITCHM ASTERS GAWDS CTACr AT 111 * iW rU€ PACK n u S ic a i i A F reew o o w - iw ro r u e w ieu r C«U W M t l T IM M M M I l - t M I V -t,' * 1 _ Carroll College 1 f|rÍ5 Íifil¡« r ^ tria ls •;-,y:¿eg¡gi—RKi _____________ Colleges list local honor students BLUES Starting Thursday, June 26th, 1-7 p.m. _ Main Street, Heppner | (next to Murray's Drugs) Burial was at the Echo Cemetery Mr. Blahm was bom March 1, 1909, at Heppner to Adam George Margaret Mary Hartz Blahm. He died Tuesday, June 3, 1997, at the Abundant Care Group Home in Echo. Mr. Blahm was a resident of Hermiston since 1939, moving there from Heppner. He was a carpenter for 25 years and also owned and operated a dairy and farmed for several years. On November 26, 1954, he married V. Louise Tolar Broyles at Pasco, Washington. Mr. Blahm was a member of the Carpenters Eastern Oregon Union Local #306 in Hermiston. He was a Veteran of World War, serving in the U. S. Army. He enjoyed watching wrestling on television. Mr. Blahm is survived by his wife of 42 years, V. Louise Blahm o f Hermiston; sons, Charles Aiken of Umatilla, Dennis Aiken of Riverside, CA, Danny Aiken of Echo, and Stephen Aiken of Edinburg, Scotland; daughters, Margaret Blahm and Melanie Burchette, both of Hermiston; brothers, David Blahm of Tacoma, WA, Elmer Blahm of Portland and Henry Blahm of Hermiston; sister, Lena Bartley of Portland; granddaughter, Jessica Blahm of Hermiston; six step- grandchildren; and two step- great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Adam and Margaret Blahm; sisters, Clara Sprinkle, Ann Eppereson, Nonna Peterson, and Johanna Blahm; and brother, Fred Blahm. Memorial contributions may be made to the Abundant Care Group Home or to the Alzheimer's Association. Bums Mortuary of Hermiston, Oregon was in care of arrangements. _______ * ~W.WWI|| Il I «'WpQPr . .. ; .
