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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 7. 1998 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Publisht-d weekl> and entered as 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 Ga/ette-Times, P O Bo* 337. Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions $18 in Morrow, Wheeler. Gilliam and Grant Coun ties; $25 elsewhere April Hilton-Sykes............................ •............................................... News Editor Stephanie Jensen ................................................................................ Typesetting Monique Devin Advertising Layout 4 Graphics Bonnie Bennett .................. Distribution Penni Keersemaker Printer David Sykes, Publisher Obituary Shad Anthony Hisler Shad Anthony Hisler, 15, of Heppner, died Monday, De cem ber 29, 1997, at Pio neer Memorial Hospital in Heppner fol lowing a mo tor vehicle ac cident near his home on Little Butter Creek Shad Hisler Road. Recitation of the Rosary was held Thursday, January 1, 1998 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Heppner. Funeral Mass was held Friday, January 2, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, with concluding service and burial following at Heppner Masonic Cemetery. He was bom September 14, 1982, at Heppner, to Paul and Susan Healy Hisler. He was a freshman at Heppner High School where he served on the student council. He was an inspirational leader in football, basketball, baseball and rodeo, had been on the All-Star baseball team, was Morrow County calf riding champion at the rodeo in Hepp ner and was an Elks Hoop Shoot winner. He participated in sheep, horse and photography in 4-H and received numerous awards for his projects. He was competitive and did everything to the best of his ability; he enjoyed hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, snow skiing, four-wheeling, spending much of his time with his cousins and being with his family on the family ranch on Little Butter Creek. He enjoyed working with the cattle and was an accom plished horseman. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. Survivors include his par ents, Paul and Susan Hisler, brother Shaun, and sister Annie, at the home ranch; grandparents, Paul and Kathleen Hisler and Kathryn Healy Thome, all of Heppner. His grandfather, Will iam J. Healy, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shad Hisler Memorial Fund, c/o Bank of Eastern Oregon, Heppner Branch, P.O. Box 39, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner was in charge of arrangements. MC Gun Club to open Saturday The Morrow County Gun Club will open Saturday, Jan. 10 at 12 noon. A short business meeting will be followed by an afternoon of trap shooting. Everyone is invited to attend. Lexington News By Delpha Jones -:- Robert Taylor was a patient at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. He is home now. -:- The Holly Rebekah Lodge recently enjoyed a Bunco party following the Christmas potluck. Winning was hi-Dorthy Wilson and Bunco-Delpha Jones. -:- Butch Sawyer from the Tri- Cities visited in Lexington at the Bill Padberg and Cecil Jones homes. -:- Kenneth Gates is a patient in a Portland hospital. -:- Mr. and Mrs. Mike Palmer and Janet Balfe visited recently with their mother, Leila Palmer, who is a patient at Pioneer Me morial Hospital in Heppner. -:- Visitors at the Cecil Jones’ ranch over the holidays were Steve and Valda Smith of Her miston, Vicki Browen and Katie and Bo from G oldendale, a daughter, Charlene Whitney of Portland, Jo and George Irvin of Irrigon, and John Futala from Portland. Philip Tellechea and Chris Jones, students at Blue Mountain Community College, spent the holidays at their homes. Toni Kemp, who was attending the University of Idaho, has trans ferred to Western Oklahoma State College. -:- The Holly Rebekah Lodge card party was held Saturday evening at the hall. Prizes and re freshments were enjoyed by the participants. Hi women was Arlene Lortie and men’s hi was Edward Hunt. Second hi women’s was Vonnie Lovgren and m en’s was C larence Buchanan. T raveling-John Tellechea and Wilbur Jackson. The next card party is scheduled for the first Saturday in February. -:- Max and Betty Breeding were recent callers with friends and relatives in Heppner. They also visited her mother, Lydia Wilson in Hermiston. River panel held at O W G L meeting Users of the Columbia-Snake River System must make sure their voices are heard in the de bate over salmon and the rivers’ future, the Oregon Wheat Grow ers League heard at their recent meeting held in Portland. “We continue to be left out of the process,” said Glenn Vanse- low, executive director of the Pa cific Northwest Waterways Asso ciation, in a panel discussion dur ing the OWGL’s 71 st annual con vention. “W e’re told, ‘D on’t Worry.’ But who represents our interests? Nobody,” Vanselow said, as he talked about what’s called the “Three Sovereigns Fo rum.” Other presenters on the Colum bia River panel included John Platt of the Columbia River In tertribal Fish Commission and John Brogoitti, member of the Northwest Power Planning Coun cil (NPPC). Platt filled in for Ted Strong, the executive director of the Intertribal group. The Three Sovereigns Forum includes representatives of the four northwest states, 13 Indian tribes and the federal government, said Platt. It seeks to link all the existing programs aimed at re storing salmon runs. “We must cooperate to achieve restoration,” Platt said. He said the forum will appoint a Columbia Basin Com mission “to assure coordination” of efforts and to “develop a Uni fied Basin Plan.” He also cited tribal success in restoring runs of spring and fall chinook and coho to the Umatilla River. Brogoitti, Pendleton, a wheat and cattle producer, is vice chair of the NPPC, which represents four northwest states. He said the NPPC charge is to balance rwer uses, including power production, irrigation, recreation, navigation and fish and wildlife. “W e’re committed to building a consen sus” of all stakeholders, he said, telling the growers, “You must take an active interest in what’s going on here... Otherwise your transportation system will be gone. This is very serious... We need your input. Everybody in volved must have a say so.” O W G L Farm of the Year chosen Dickman Farms of Mt. Angel was chosen by the Oregon Wheat Growers League as the state Con servation Farm of the Year. The winner was chosen by a commit tee of last year’s county winners. Dickman Farms is owned and operated by Paul and Barbara Dickman, along with their sons and daughter-in-law and children. Mark and Nancy, Mike and Sue operate the 825 acre diversified farm in rural Marion County. The Dickmans’ crops include wheat, grass seed, Christmas trees, ber ries and a variety of vegetables. Other contenders for the 1997 state award included Dick and Virginia Wilkinson of Morrow County, Bryan and Kathy Jones of Umatilla County, Norm and Verna Svaty of Union County, and Jim and Terry Nakano of Malheur County. Shriner's quilt w inner announced Susie Cooper (left) and Wilbur Jackson present Shriner’s quilt to winner Kitty Roach (center). Proceeds from the fund raiser will go to the Tri-County Shrine Club. Cooper made the quilt for the drawing. B eat the. ir B lahs CARPS and BUNCO!! (Bridge, Pinochle, Bunco) January 11, 2 P.M. St. Patrick's Parish Hall $2 ADMISSION Men and Women W elcom e! CASH PRIZES - DOOR PRIZES NEWS DEADLINE NON. AT 5 p.m . Advertising. Deadline TUES. AT NOON We Print Business Cards Many styles and colors to choose from Gazette-Times 676-9228 Lexington has new Christmas lights Lexington was decorated this past Christmas with new street lights. Lexington Oddfellows, Holly Rebekah Lodge, Larry Mills from the Morrow County Grain Growers, and Columbia Basin Electric Co-op helped pur chase and put up the lights. MCBHS to hold prevention meeting Morrow County Behavioral Health Services will hold a pre vention meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 4 p.m. at the Family Service Center, 106 May Street, Heppner (the Gilliam and Bisbee building). This meeting will cover oppor tunities that have become avail able in Morrow County and dis cussion on the county’s preven tion efforts and plans for the fu ture. The public is invited to attend. For further information, contact Belinda or Marilyn at 676-5421, 676-9161 or 481-2911. BMCC offers two aerobic classes Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) is offering two aerobic classes in Heppner this term, “Aerobics with a Kick” on Mondays and Saturdays, and “Aerobics for 50+” on Wednes days and Saturdays. Cost of the ten week session is $32. The class meets from 6:30- 7:30 on weeknights and on Sat urday mornings. The instructor is Tina Edwards. Students may still enroll in ei ther o f these classes by contact ing BMCC coordinator, Anne Morter, at 422-7040.
