TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon
Wednesday, February 25, 1998
Obituaries
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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James G. “Jim” Barratt
Heppner
G A Z E T T E -T IM E S
U .S.P.S. 240-420
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Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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David Sykes, Publisher
Ree district plans meeting
A meeting of the Morrow
County Unified Recreation
District will be held on Thursday,
February 26, at 7 p.m. at the
Columbia
Middle School
Library in Irrigon.
The agenda includes: current
bills; old business; new business;
chairman's report; and items
pending.
Current bills includes payment
of $9,744.83 to Tarlow, Jordan
& Schrader. Old business
includes an advisory vote and
review of resolution.
New
business
includes
budget
committee members, calendar
and training and policies and
procedures for the new local
budget law. The chairman's
report includes advertisement for
the community calendar report;
local budget workshop report;
Irrigon chamber; Commission on
Children and Families services;
correspondence, resignation by
Walter Tittman; and the
treasurer's report. The pending
items include a request for
funding for English as a Second
Language classes by Tony
Chavez;
a Boardman park
request to contract services;
Boardman chamber, request to
contract services; and a Morrow
County Arts Council request for
"Music in the Park" project.
St. P atrick's Senio r C e n te r
Bulletin Board
Seventy persons over the age of 60 and five under 60 attended
the meal site at St. Patrick's Senior Center Wednesday, Feb. 18,
and fifteen meals were home delivered. Members of the Nazarene
and Seventh-day Adventist churches served. Bingo was played
following the meal.
The menu for March 4 is not available at this time. Members of
the Catholic Church will serve. Hearing aid assistance will be
given at 10 a.m. and blood pressures will be taken at 11 a.m. The
Nutrition Site Committee will meet and Bingo will be played, both
at 1 p.m.
There were 33 present for the breakfast Friday morning, Feb. 20.
The menu for Fri., Feb. 27, will be eggs Benedict, fruit, hot and
cold cereal, orange juice, milk and coffee.
One table of cards was in play Friday afternoon. Tuesday Feb. 17,
Carl Rhea, Ralph Struthers, Velma Wight and Doll Campbell sold
quilt raffle tickets at the Post Office.
There was no movie Sunday night, but hopefully it will soon be
warm enought to start having them again.
St. Patrick’s week end is fast approaching. More volunteers are
needed for the many work projects for the soup, roll and pie
luncheon. Sign up sheet is available in the office. Those who help
out get to meet so many visitors from all over the state and some
from other states. It's very interesting and, if enough volunteers
help, the two hour shifts pass very quickly.
We would also like to invite new volunteers to help out in the
office. The shifts are for half a day.
Some of the seniors are trying to think of some new and
interesting things to do at the center, perhaps an afternoon of
refreshments and reminiscing, perhaps arts and crafts. We are
open to ideas from the community.
Dates to remember: exercise Tues. and Thurs., 10 a.m. everyone
welcome. Velma is a great leader; Wed., senior dinner, 12 noon,
Bingo 1 p.m.; Friday breakfast, 8-10 a.m., cards 2 p.m..
Quilt tickets available at the center office every week day. The
drawing will be at the St. Patrick auction.
Signups for u k 1991 season of Heppner
Little League will be held H ará 3-4 at the
Heppner Neighborhood Center at S-7 p.m.
Children who will be playing Whiffle Ball (4-5 yean
old), T-baJI (6-9 yean old). Minor League baseball &
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& Senior Softball (13-IS yean
softball (8-12 yean old), Major League baseball
softball (9-12 yean old)
old) will need to bring a copy of their birth certificate.
Little League age is the age you are by August I.
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James G. “Jim” Barratt of Cor
vallis, 72, formerly of Heppner,
died Sunday, February 15, 1998
at Corvallis Manor.
James Barratt was born in
Heppner to Gamet and Cyrene
Barratt and grew up on the fam
ily sheep ranch. He was active in
athletics and graduated from
Heppner High School in 1943
before serving in the U.S. Navy
in the South Pacific theater. Af
ter the war ended, he ran basket
ball tournaments for the Navy in
Shanghai, China.
He became a “lifetime Beaver”
upon enrolling at Oregon State
College (now Oregon State Uni
versity) and graduated in 1950
with a degree in business and
minors in journalism and animal
husbandry. He was student edi
tor of the OSC Daily Barometer
and received the U.G. Dubach
Award. Before coming to OSC,
he married childhood sweetheart
Dorotha Wilson from Heppner.
After graduation, he was ap
pointed assistant alumni director
and editor of the Oregon Stater
alumni magazine. In 1951, he
began working for the OSC Ath
letic Dept, as assistant athletic
director, business manager and
golf coach. He was executive di
rector of the Far West Classic
annual holiday basketball tourna
ment for many years.
In 1966, he became OSU ath
letic director. He was co-founder
of the Corvallis Ambassadors and
the State o f Oregon Elks Free
Throw Championships, which
grew to 15,000 participants. He
elevated crew to a major sport and
initiated Kiwanis Kids Day, Band
Day and Beaver Caravans. He
hired renowned basketball coach
Ralph M iller and successful
coaches Jack Riley in baseball
and Bemie Wagner in track.
He resigned as athletic direc
tor in 1975; however, he remained
an active supporter. He became
managing partner of Away Travel
in 1976 and later operated Jim
Barratt Tours with his wife. His
favorite tours were taking fans on
trips with the Beaver athletic
teams.
Mr. Barratt was named to the
Athletic Directors' Hall of Fame
in 1985, received the Dan Poling
Alumni Service Award in 1995
and was elected to the OSU
Sports Hall of Fame last October.
He worked on public fund rais
ing projects and was on the OSU
Foundation Board of Trustees, the
OSU Beaver Club Board and the
Episcopal Church of the Good
Samaritan Foundation Board. He
belonged to the Corvallis Rotary
Club and the Corvallis Country
Club.
Survivors include his wife,
Dorotha; a daughter, Janet King
of Bend; grandchildren Shannon
Altenhofen of Portland, David
Kerber of Salem, All King of Palo
Alto, CA. and Katy King of Bend;
and one great-grandchild. His
older daughter, Brenda, mysteri
ously disappeared in 1989.
Contributions may be made to
the OSU Foundation/Jim Barratt
Scholarship, or the Church of the
Good Samaritan Foundation in
care of McHenry Funeral Home,
206 N.W. Fifth St., Corvallis, OR
97330.
Edna June O'Connor
Former
longtime
lone
postmistress,
Edna
June
O'Connor, 77, a resident of
Manor Grove Nursing Home in
Kirkwood, Mo., died Monday,
February 16, 1998, at Kirkwood.
Family memorial services have
been held.
Edna June Yamall was bom
June 27, 1920, at Springfield,
Ore., to Abraham L. and Edna
Bertscsh Yamall.
Mrs. O'Connor served as
postmistress at lone for 20 years
and was active in the Eastern Star
Locust Chapter at lone. She
moved to Missouri in 1995.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Charles O'Connor.
Survivors include daughters,
Tene Haggle of St. Louis, and
Lee Davis of Dallas, Texas, and
three grandchildren.
Pfitzinger Funeral Home, 3666
S. Kirkwood, Kirkwood, MO
63122 was in charge of
arrangements.
Gun club
holds shoot
Curt Day finished first with a
24 in the 16-yard Morrow
County Gun club shoot on Feb.
15. Bob Krein and Jeff Cutsforth
tied for second with 23.
Winners in the 20-yard shoot
were Mick Sharp and Jeff
Cutsforth who tied with 20. Mark
Schlichting and Travis Greenup
tied for second with 18.
Harvey Childers and
K elw ay n e
H ag u ew o o d
were winners of the Annie Oakley
and Curt Day won the golf shoot.
Food was provided by Mark
Schlichting, Geneva Mathews
and Sandi Day.
Jeff Cutsforth and Curt Day
tied for first place with 24 in the
16-yard shoot on Feb. 22. Harvey
Childers was second with 23.
Cutsforth, Childers and Travis
Greenup tied for first with 20 in
the 20 yard shoot. Curt Day was
second with 19.
Matt Clark and Day won the
Annie Oakley and Cutsforth won
the golf shoot.
A hot pot of chili and the
trimmings were provided by
Cutsforth and Sandi Day.
The next shoot will be Sunday,
March 1, at 9 a.m.
Pressurization
drill set at A C H
A pressurization drill will be
held at A.C. Houghton Elemen
tary School in Irrigon on Thurs
day, Feb. 26 at 1 p.m.
The over-pressunzed system
will be started and school children
and school staff will assemble in
the “safe area.” Students will also
be bused over from the alterna
tive education building.
For more information, call Dan
Knoll at (541)922-4437.
EQIP signup
March 2nd
The USDA - Natural Resources
Conservation Service in Oregon
reports that the sign-up period for
the
Environmental
Quality
Incentives Program in the John
Day/Umatilla Basin opens March
2 and closes March 27. This year
in Oregon, about $4.2 million is
available through EQIP for
landowners to make conservation
improvements or implement
conservation practices on their
land.
The John Day/Umatilla Basin
includes Gilliam, Wheeler,
Grant, Morrow and Umatilla
counties. This EQIP sign-up will
be targeted toward Oregon's
statewide resource concerns
including
improvement
of
salmon habitat, watershed health
and the Mid-Columbia Plateau.
Under EQIP, USDA can
provide cost-share assistance to
farms and ranches for up to 75
percent of the costs of certain
environmental
protection
practices, such as filter strips,
grass waterways, cross fencing,
out
of
stream
watering
developments
and
wildlife
habitat enhancement.
USDA also may provide
incentive payments to encourage
producers to apply such land
management
practices
as
conservation cropping sequence,
residue management, integrated
pest management, and planned
grazing sequences.
EQIP was authorized by the
1996 Farm Bill to address
agriculture's priority natural
resource and environmental
problems. EQIP is a program
that cost shares on practices that
provide beneficial, cost-effective
natural resource conservation or
environmental enhancement, but
does not provide cost share for
practices that the producer has
already adopted, or is likely to
apply without EQIP financial
assistance. It reflects the
commitment of USDA and the
Congress for a flexible, effective,
voluntary conservation program
for agricultural land.
In 1997, the first year of the
EQIP program, Oitgon NRCS
approved
145
long-term
contracts with fanners and
ranchers.
To find out if you are eligible
for EQIP funding, contact the
USDA
Natural
Resources
Conservation Service or Soil and
Water Conservation Distnct in
your area. They are listed under
United States Department of
Agriculture in the government
section of the phone book.
Justice Court
Report
Justice Court
The Heppner Justice Court
handled the following business
dunng the last several weeks:
Jeff Dan Wilson, 19,
Lexington, failure to wear
seatbelt., $54 fine;
Robert August Anderson, 67,
Kimberly, violation o f the basic
rule, 70 miles per hour in a 55
mph zone, $72 fine;
Robert Allen Baker, 32,
Heppner, violation o f the basic
rule, 72/55, $72 fine;
Gary B. Rea, 28, lone, overload
violation, $248 fine;
Clint Allen Camarillo, 37, lone,
failure to wear seatbelt, $54 fine;
Orville William Cutsforth, Jr.,
64, Heppner, violation of the
basic rule, 70/55, $72;
Lorene Guivian Papineau, 38,
Lexington, violation of the basic
rule, 74/55, $72;
Brian E. Rystedt, 19, Heppner,
violation of the basic rule, 75/55,
$72
Delmar Oliver Crawford, 73,
Hermiston, violation of the basic
rule and failure to wear seatbelt,
$126
Charles Alfred Nelson, 47,
Lexington, failure to wear
seatbelt, $54;
Jory M. Crowell, 18,
Pendleton, violation of the basic
rule, 85/55, $127;
Kevin Robert McCabe, 37,
Heppner, failure to wear seatbelt,
$54;
Amanda Lorene Whittington,
20, Heppner, failure to wear
seatbelt, $54;
Christopher M. Whittington,
25, Lexington, violation of the
basic rule, 70/55, $72;
Maxla J. Anderson, 28,
Lexington,
driving
while
suspended, $192;
Patty A. Hampton, 34,
Portland, careless driving, $266'
Robert Calvin Schultz, 18,
Heppner, failure to wear seatbelt,
$54;
Denise Ann Betsinger, 32,
lone, violation of the basic rule,
70/55, $54;
Dexter Martin Miles, 58,
Heppner, failure to wear seatbelt,
$54;
William Ray Maddem, 47,
Heppner, inoperative seatbelts,
$54;
Kenneth Monroe Howard, 62,
Heppner, failure to wear seatbelt,
$54;
Robert Baker, Kennewick,
WA, parking in a disabled
parking, grade school, $92;
Joyce Lynn Graff, 36, lone,
failure to drive right side of
highway, $127;
Melvin Rufus Piper, 64,
Heppner, failure to wear seatbelt,
$54;
Pauline Gamel, 27, Heppner,
violation of the basic rule 70/55
$72;
Kenneth R. Metz, 21, Heppner,
failure to carry proof of
insurance, causing unreasonable
noise, $197;
Charles Sterling Perritt, Jr., 43,
Arlington WA, violation of the
basic rule, 77/55, no operators
license, $394;
Jerry George Patterson, 42,
Spokane WA, fail to wear
seatbelt, $99;
William Joseph Kenny, 68,
Heppner, failure to wear seatbelt,
$54;
Jenifer L. Eng, 32, Heppner,
violation of the basic rule, 50/35,
$72;
Marvin J. Brannon, 30,
Heppner, violation of the basic
rule 45/55, fail to carry proof of
insurance, $54;
Sharon Kaye Robinson, 24,
Heppner, violation of the basic
rule, 73/45, $142;
Anthony Lee Pupo, 24,
Heppner, violation of the basic
rule, 70/55, $72;
Robert Wayne Neatherlin, 62,
Anaconda MT, no federal
waterfowl stamp, $57, no state
waterfowl validation $57, no
hunting license, $247;
Loyal Russell Bums, Jr., 52,
lone, failure to wear seatbelt,
$74;
Jason C. Cutsforth, 32,
Hillsboro, possessing game
without head in field (mutilated
game birds), $77, failure to
appear, $626;
Mark Anthony Goldsby, 41,
Portland, violation of the basic
rule, 74/55, driving while
suspended,
$358, failure to
appear, $626;
Matthew Chavis, 69, Portland,
no identifying number on boat,
$67, failure to appear, $626;
Chris Talony, 18, Echo, minor
in possession, $152;
Trent Wilson, 20, Boise, ID.,
minor in possession, $152;
Glenda Sue Taylor, 26, lone,
violation of the basic rule, 70/55,
$82;
Candace Mane Weinke, 29,
lone, violation of the basic rule,
70/55, $72;
Mary Kay Bellamy, 46,
Lexington, violation of the basic
rule, 70/55, $82;
Ronald Gene McDowell, 53,
Heppner, failure to wear seatbelt,
$54;
Donald K. Stroeber, 59,
Heppner, operating unregistered
snowmobile, $54;
Michael W. Correa, 26,
Heppner, operating unregistered
snowmobile, $54;
Emil John Leason, 67, Sisters,
failure to wear seatbelt, $54;
Matthew D. Bunn, 24,
Heppner, failure to wear seatbelt,
$54;
Joe Lewis Halvorsen, 51, lone,
failure to wear seatbelt, $54;
John Louis Boyer, 41,
Lexington, failure to wear
seatbelt, $54;
Anthony Scott Wichlan, 28,
Lexington, failure to wear
seatbelt, $54;
Thomas G. Peters, 43,
Plymouth,
WA.,
illegal
motorized travel, $82;
Robert Charles Blodgett, 51,
Heppner, failure to wear seatbelt,
$54;
Terry Lee Snider, 38, lone,
failure to wear seatbelt, $54;
Crysti L. Taylor, 18, Heppner,
violation of basic rule, 75/55,
$72;
Robin D. Scott, 35, Heppner,
disobeying traffic control device,
stop sign, $127;
Stephen Craig Simpson, 51,
Hermiston, violation of basic
rule, 70/55, $82;
Darrell Edward Raver, 33,
Lexington,
no
Oregon's
operator's license, $72;
Jack Verron Bristol, 51, West
Linn, shooting from public road,
$57, and failure to appear, $626.
Local Little
League
signups set
Sign-ups for the 1998 season of
Heppner Little League will be
held Tuesday and Wednesday,
March 3 and 4 at the Heppner
Neighborhood Center from 5-7
p.m.
Children who will be playing
whiffle ball (4-5 years old), T-
ball (6-9 years old), minor league
baseball and softball (8-12 years
old), major league baseball and
softball (9-12 years old), and
senior softball (13-15 years old)
will need to bnng a copy of their
birth certificate. The
Little
League age is the child's age by
August 1.
The cost is $25 per child with a
maximum of $50 per family.
Payment is required at the time
of sign ups with no exceptions,
according to a Little League
spokesperson. Those who cannot
afford to pay the fee may fill out
a waiver which will be available
at the time of sign ups.
For more information contact
Cindi Doherty at 676-5122 or
Gayle Gutierrez at 676-5052.
Work days for the
baseball/softball fields have been
scheduled for Sunday, March 1,
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on
Sunday, March 22, starting at 8
a.m. and going most of the day.
Those planning to work are
asked to bring gloves, rakes,
shovels and other work tools.
For more information on the
work days, call Jay Coil or Hal
Bergstrom.
A few spots are still open for
anyone who might want to
manage/coach a little league
team. Call John Murray for more
information.
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