TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 7. 1998
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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
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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.