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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 25,1998
North Bend police chief may get job back
The Official Newspaper
o f the Ctty of Heppner and the County o f Morrow
Justice Court
Report
Heppner
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the fol
lowing busmess;
Lester Eugene Wallace, 53,
Ione-Truck Speeding, 67 mph in a
55 mph zone, $147 fine;
James Scott Clayton, 29, Port
land-Hunting in a Prohibited Area,
$57 fine;
Gerald D. Meeker, 56, Oregon
City-Failure to Properly Validate
and Attach Elk Tag, $301 fine;
Katrina Nadine Olsen, 27,
Ione-Violation of the Basic Rule,
89 mph in a 55 mph zone, $292
fine;
Robert E. Pierce, 60,
W oodburn-Illegal M otorized
Travel, $57 fine;
Vaughan H. Pierce, 53, Port
land-Illegal Motorized Travel, $57
fine;
Matthew J. Warrington, 40,
Portland-Failure to Properly Vali
date Deer Tag, $301 fine. No
Upland Bird Validation, $57 fine;
Chester Daniel Brooks, 43,
Boardman-Operating ATV with
Loaded Firearm, $129 fine;
Michael K. Wooley, 32, Eu-
gene-No Valid Big Game Tag,
$75 fine;
Nova R. Sweeney, 46, Hepp-
ner-Violation of the Basic Rule,
50 mph in a 30 mph zone, $72 fine;
Timothy Richard Wade, 20,
Stanfield-Failure to Drive within
the Lane, $127 fine;
Daniel J. Grant, 49, Heppner-
Failure to Properly Validate and
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Obituaries
Irvine James Howard
Irvine James Howard, 90, of
Echo, died Tuesday, November 17,
1998 at the Good Samaritan Cen
ter in Hermiston.
Funeral service was held Fri
day, November 20, 1998 at First
U nited M ethodist Church in
Hermiston. Burial followed at
Echo Cemetery in Echo.
Irvine Howard was bom on
October 31, 1908 in Heppner to
William and Erma Irvine Howard.
He was raised on Buttercreek and
then moved to Pendleton, where
he graduated from high school.
Irvine was united in marriage
to Opal Helmick on November 17,
1933 in La Grande. He then went
to work for the Union Pacific
Railroad before joining the United
States Army, serving in the South
Pacific during World War II.
Mr. Howard returned to
Pendleton after the war to work
as a clerk for the Union Pacific
Railroad. He moved to Echo in
1951 and worked at Hinkle Yard
until his retirement.
He served as mayor in Echo
for seven years and was instru
mental in getting water and sewer
service in the city. He enjoyed
traveling, golf, fishing and hunting.
Mr. Howard is survived by his
wife of 65 years. Opal Howard,
of Echo; several nieces, nephews,
cousins and many friends. He was
preceded in death by his brothers,
Franklin and an infant brother; sis
ters, Dorothy Helmick, Vemiece
Ansell and Alma Turnbull.
Those who wish may make a
contnoution to the American Can
cer Society, 342 S.W. First St.,
Pendleton, OR. 97801.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
was in charge of arrangements.
Phyllis May Wilson
Phyllis May Wilson, 75, of
Irngon, died Sunday, November 8,
1998, at her home.
Memorial services were held
Saturday, November 14, 1998, in
the chapel at Bums Mortuary of
Hermiston, with burial at Desert
Lawn Memorial Cemetery in
IiTigon. Disposition was by cre
mation.
Phyllis May Winchell was bom
February 2, 1923, at Portland to
Ralph Victor and Nora Evelyn
Ray Winchell.
She served as a laboratory
technician with the U.S. Navy
during World War II and after
military service, worked as a lab
tech at several clinics and the
Vetrrans Administration Hospital
in Portland.
On February 17, 1956, she
married Joseph Wilson at Van
couver, Washington.
They lived in Portland for 21
years, in Yakima for 14, in Mexico
for three years, and came to
Irngon four and a half years ago.
Mrs. Wilson was a member of
the Episcopal Church, the Umatilla
Garden Club, and did volunteer
work at Stokes Landing Senior
Center in Irngon. She enjoyed
traveling.
Survivors include her husband
of 42 years, Joseph, of Irngon;
sons, M ichael B. W ilson o f
Longview, Washington and Steven
J. Wilson of Kennewick; nine
grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
She was preceded in’death by
a son, Kenneth Lane Wilson; and
a brother, Robert Ray Winchell.
Memonal contnbutions may be
made to Stokes Landing Senior
Center in Irngon.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
was in charge of arrangements.
Mike Callow
James Michael “Mike” Callow,
50, of Boardman died Friday,
November 6,1998, in an airplane
accident near Vemita Bridge on
the Columbia River.
Memorial services were Fri
day, November 13, 1998 at the
United M ethodist Church in
Mound City, Missouri.
James Michael Callow was
bom June 16,1948, at Maryville,
Missouri, to James and Elsie
Scoville Callow.
He graduated from Nodaway-
Hold RVII Graham in 1966, then
attended Northw est M issouri
State University, graduating with
a bachelor’s degree.
He entered the U.S. Navy in
1968, serving during the Vietnam
War, and was honorably dis
charged in 1972.
He had worked with-the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, the Na
tional Park Service <nd the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation. He was
dedicated to the restoration of
waterfowl habitat and native prai
ries.
His career in wildlife manage
ment involved working in several
states and in Canada. The past
seven years, he worked at Squaw
Creek National Wildlife Refuge
near Mound City, Missouri, and
recently transferred to Umatilla
Wildlife Refuge as refuge man
ager.
He m arried Dawn M ari:
Gnmm on March 9,1988.
Mr. Callow was active in
Kiwanis, American Legion and
Ducks Unlimited.
Survivors include his wife.
Dawn, and children, Clayton
James and Shannon Rose, all at
the home; his parents, James and
Elsie Callow of Maitland, Mis
souri; brothers, Jerry of St. Jo
seph, Missouri, Don of Barnard.
Missouri, Alan of Weston, Mis
souri, and George of Graham.
Missouri; and several other rela
tives.
Memonal contnbutions may be
made to the United Missouri Bank
in Maitland, Missouri or Mound
City, Missouri.
Scharbach’s Columbia Funeral
Chapel, Quincy, Washington, was
in charge of arrangements.
Death Notice
Sandra “Sandi” K. Arntt
Memorial service for Sandra
“Sandi” K. Arntt will be held Sat
urday, December 5, 1998 at 2:30
p.m. at the Heppner St. Patrick’s
Senior Center.
Mrs. Arntt, 48, of Heppner,
died Sunday, November 22,1998
at Pioneer Memonal Hospital.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Pioneer Memonal Hos
pital Home Health or the Amen-
can Cancer Society.
A complete obituary will ap
pear in next w eek’s Gazette-
Times.
Sweeney, Mortuary, Heppner,
is in charge of arrangements.
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By John Griffith
Comspondfnt, Th • Ormgonimn
Attach Elk Tag, $221 fine;
Raymond H. H ering, 51,
Comelius-Cnminal Trespass while
in Possession of a Firearm, $276
fine;
Calvin Ralph M ootry, 34,
Stanfield-Failure to Carry Proof
of Financial Responsibility, $72
fine;
Steven M. Luckini, 47, Toledo-
No Valid Tag, $301 fine;
Christopher Peter Freshwater,
27, Kennewick, WA.-Violation of
the Basic Rule, 74 mph in a 55
mph zone, $82 fine.
Irrigon tree
lighting ceremony
planned
Former North Bend Police
Chief Gilbert Zaccaro might get
his job back, now that the city ad
ministrator who fired him has him
self lost his job.
Interim City Administrator Jim
Watson said Zaccaro’s’ reinstate
ment is a possibility, and Mayor
Lee Golder described it as likely.
Zaccaro had served as chief
for 11 years before he was fired
Oct. 19 by then-City Manager
Gary Marks. Marks was fired
Monday (Nov. 16), after only six
months on the job, in a mutual de
cision with the city council. Marks
declined to discuss his firing.
Zaccaro said this week that he
wants his old job back.
By town charter, Marks had
the authority to fire Zaccaro for
any reason. Still, it has drawn com
plaints from residents.
“It’s got the community in an
uproar,” W atson said. “Gary
Marks made a ’legal termination,
but the community doesn’t per
ceive it as being fair.”
At the time of Zaccaro’s fir
ing, Marks cited employee confi
dentiality for declining to give spe
cifics. Marks made his file of per
sonal notes about Zaccaro avail
able to Zaccaro, who then made
them public.
According to the notes, Marks
found Zaccaro to be intimidating
and unapproachable, and that their
disagreements in management
style were “income stable.”
Z accaro disagreed w ith
Marks’ opinions.
Watson said he hopes to hire a
temporary or permanent police
chief in the coming month. Watson
also is directing the process of
finding finalists to interview for the
city administrator job.
Watson was city manager of
neighboring Coos Bay for almost
six years and was interim North
Bend city administrator for five
months earlier this year before
Marks arrived.
He said he prefers, as an in
terim employee, to hire department
heads on a temporary basis, so a
new administrator can choose
permanent department heads.
Watson said he will look to the
council for guidance for the hir
ing.
Meanwhile, North Bend resi
dents have shown support for
Zaccaro.
About 200 residents showed up
at a city council meeting Oct. 27,
when Zaccaro’s firing was on the
agenda. Many were critical of the
council for not moving the meet
Irrigon's annual Christmas Tree
Lighting will be at the city park
Sunday evening, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m.
Following the lighting of the
tree, there will be group singing
of Christmas songs, interspersed
with a variety of special music.
O f special interest to the little ing to a larger building, because
ones will be a visit from Santa only a fraction could fit in the
Claus.
council chambers. O f those who
The event, which is sponsored spoke, most supported the chief.
by the Irrigon Watermelon
But at the end of public testi
Festival, will conclude with mony, the council unanimously
coffee, hot chocolate and donuts chose a vote o f confidence in
served in the fire station.
Marks.
However, then-Mayor Timm
Slater put the Zaccaro firing on
the council agenda again, for the
Nov. 10 meeting, and moved the
meeting to the larger North Bend
Community Center. About 300
people showed up, mostly criticiz
ing the firing and asking the coun
cil to fire Marks.
In addition, North Bend resident
Pat Choat Pierce has begun a re
call drive against council members
Richard Wetherell, Dale Bishop
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and Clair Jones for supporting
Marks. Citizens also conducted a
write-in mayoral candidate race
in the Nov. 3 election against
Golder, who at the time was on
the city council.
Until the Zaccaro firing Golder
had been running unopposed to
succeed Slater as mayor. Golder
won with 1,891 votes, while write-
in candidate Dave Knapp re
ceived 1,148 votes.
Four candidates ran for the
other three council seats Nov. 3,
including incumbent Mike Erbele,
was narrowly voted out. Council
ors John Briggs, Howard Graham
and Larry Garboden and Golder
were swom-in Nov. 10.
Big Sky football
all-stars named
B rad B u rrig h t
Ryan Bennetto
Three lone Cardinal football
players were named to the Big
Sky All Star team.
Senior Ryan Bennetto was
named honorable mention
defensive lineman; freshman
Brad Burright was named
offense honorable mention
running back; and junior Jacob
Neiffer was selected offense
honorable mention guard.
Complete Big Sky picks are as
follows.
Offense: Quarterback: First
Team-Luke Lindell, Dufur
junior; Second Team-Todd
Shaffer, Condon freshman;
Running Backs: First Team-
Josh Cobb, Dufur senior, Jason
Sallee, Arlington junior, Jody
Smith, Condon senior; Second
Team-Cameron
Stmchfield.
Condon senior; Honorable
Mention-Burright, lone;
Ends: First Team-Ben Moms,
Dufur sophomore, Nate James.
Echo senior; Second Team-Jack
Smith, Condon junior, Errol
LaRue,
Condon
junior;
Honorable
Mention-Frankie
Vargas, Arlington senior;
Center: First Team-Albert
Olson, Dufur freshman, Andrew
Stmchfield, Condon senior;
Honorable
Mention-Casey
Spike,
Echo
sophomore,
Nathan Irby, Arlington junior;
Guards: First Team-Travis
Camine, Condon junior, Derek
Anthony, Dufur senior; Second
Team-Colter Bolton, Dufur
sophomore,
Scott Nelson,
Condon senior; Honorable
Mention-Neiffer, lone;
Defense: Defensive Linemen:
First Team-Anthony, Bolton,
Dufur, Rex Lantis, Condon
senior, Ben Morris, Dufur
sophomore, C. Stinchfield,
Condon; Second Team-Jackson
Ball, Arlington senior, Aaron
Yunkers, Echo junior. Matt
Allen,
Condon
junior;
Honorable Mention-Bennetto,
lone,
Kyle
Fife,
Echo
sophomore;
J a c o b N e iffe r
Linebackers: First Team-
Cobb, Dufur, Camine, Condon,
Sallee, Arlington;
Second
Team-Chris Marcum, Echo
sophomore;
H onorable
Mention- Nathan Clark, Condon
junior;
Defensive Backs: First Team-
Luke Lindell, Dufur, Lathrop,
Condon senior, Nathan James,
Echo senior; Second Team-Paul
Taylor, Dufur sophomore, Jack
Smith, Condon junior, Cody
Seeger, Echo junior; Honorable
Mention-Lance Lindell, Dufur
freshman, Vargas, Arlington.
Christmas
issue Dec. 23
Area pastors are invited to
submit
their
Christmas
messages for publication in the
Dec. 23 Christmas issue of the
Gazette-Times.
The deadline for submission
is Friday, Dec. 18, at 5 p.m.
Entries should be legible and
double-spaced and include a
contact phone number.
The G-T also invites notices
of church Christmas programs
and activities, but as separate
articles.
For more information, call
April at 676-9228.
Happy Thanksgiving To All!
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December 3rd - Thursday
Ladles’ Night prepared by Joyce Ward, Judy Buschke
and crew. Roast pork, dressing, mashed potatoes and
gravy, green beans and homemade apple dumplings.
Dinner starts at 6 p.m.
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