EIG H T - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 24.1999
Obituaries
Claude J. Pettyjohn
Claude Jackson Pettyjohn, 76,
of Mt. Airy, Georgia, died Mon
day, February 8, 1999 at Haver-
sham County Medical Center.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, February 10,1999 at
the chapel at Whitlock Mortuary,
with bunal following at Mt. Bethel
Church of God Cemetery.
Bom in Morgan County, Ore
gon to Fred and Lora Pettyjohn,
he was a member of Mt. Bethel
Church of god and retired from
the U.S. Navy. He was a veteran
of World War II, Vietnam and the
Korean Conflict. He was an of
ficer with the Lee Arrendale Cor
rectional Institute and had worked
with Bulldog Auto Parts in
Toccoa, Georgia.
Surviving are widow, Gwinnett
Selma Dodd Pettyjohn at the
home; stepson, John Caudell of
Hawaii; stepdaughter, Deborah
Garroutte of Mt. Airy, Georgia;
brothers, Clyde, Jim and Ellis
Pettyjohn, all of Oregon; sisters,
Gertrude Webb and Hazel Hynd,
all of Oregon; and seven grand
children. He was preceded in
death by his parents and a brother,
Earl.
David H. Connor
.
Funeral service for Gresham
resident, David H. Conner, Sr.,
was held on February 20, 1999,
at Mt. Hood Christian Center in
Gresham.
Graveside service was
February 22, 1999, at Pmegrove
Butte Cemetery, Hood River.
Mr. Conner, 65, died on
February 17, 1999, at a Portland
hospital of a heart ailment
David H. Conner was bom on
February 3, 1934, in Oregon
City, the son of Percy B. and
Elsie (Tucker) Conner of
Heppner. He lived in Oregon
City as a young child and then
moved to The Dalles at the age
o f 11, where he received his
formal education.
He worked at a variety of jobs,
including at Inland Navigation
as a deckhand and in the logging
industry.
In 1952, David served his
country for a brief time in the
Navy during the Korean conflict
an4rtt4§ honorably discharged.
Afterms discharge, he returned
to Hood River Valley where he
met and mamed Billie Jean
Tanner Miller on November 23,
1959, in Portland.
In 1964, he began his career in
the
electrical
construction
industry as a heavy equipment
operator until his retirement at
the age of 65.
During his career they lived in
The Dalles and in 1983 moved
to Gresham.
Just before his retirement,
David enrolled at the Columbia
College of Business and majored
in business management* and
computer accounting, graduating
with a 4.0 grade point average..
Mr. Conner was a member of
the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers and as
hobbies, enjoyed library research
and reading. He also enjoyed
classical and opera music.
While living in The Dalles, he
was a member of the Assembly
Of God Church where he played
the organ and taught Sunday
School.
Mr. Conner is survived by his
wife, Billie Jean of Gresham;
children, Joleen L. Barce of
Ronan, Montana, Crystal F.
Perry of Ranier, OR., David H.
Conner, Jr., of
Kalispell,
Montana, Chad M. Miller of
Snohomish, WA., C. Renee
Huyser of Manhattan, Montana,
and LaDonna Castle of Sandy;
brothers. Jack Conner of Dayton
and Phil Conner of Silverton; a
sister, Zola Case of Portland;
and 20 grandchildren.
Gresham Funeral Chapel was
in charge of arrangements.
James Tippett
James Tippett, 80, of Monu
ment, died Friday, February 19,
1999 at his home.
Memorial services will be held
July 4.
Mr. Tippett was bom January
16,1919, at Enterprise, to Roy K.
and Nellie M. Steen Tippett. When
he was 13, he helped his father
support the family by working on
the family ranch. When he was
17, he left home to work on vari
ous ranches in Oregon and Ne
vada.
In 1945, he married Hazel
Hammond at Winlock, Nevada.
The couple lived in California for
a time, where Mr. Tippett worked
laying carpet and linoleum. They
later divorced.
In March 1962, Mr. Tippett
mamed Dons Powell Whaley at
Ely, Nevada. They made their
home in Oregon, moving to the
Grant County area in 1964. Mr.
Tippett continued laying carpet
and also cattle ranching.
The couple enjoyed traveling in
the United States and Canada. He
enjoyed the outdoors, camping,
fishing and hunting, and enjoyed
woodworking.
Mr. Tippett moved into Monu
ment in 1977.
Survivors include daughters,
Debbie Murphy of Monument,
Bonnie Perkins o f Joseph and
Connie Rodriquez of Boapiman;
a son, James Tippett of Oak Har
bor, Washington; stepsons, Lonnie
Harris o f Roseburg and Curtis
Whaley of Anchorage, Alaska;
stepdaughters, Colleen Prindle of
Bremerton, Washington and Patti
Towell of Bend; sisters, Thelma
McKenzie and “Mick” Ruggles;
21 grandchildren and 18 great
grandchildren.
Drislall Memorial Chapel, John
Day, was in charge of arrange
ments.
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4-H News
The Barnyarders
The Barnyarders 4-H Club held
a meeting on Jan. 26. Business
discussed included a tour of the
Pantec feed facilities, getting a
loan from the Farm Service
Agency for those in their first year
o f raising a hog, and finding
w eaner pigs for this y ear’s
projects.
From now on the club will split
into two age groups, each meet
ing for educational programs af
ter the business is discussed.
The club toured the Pantec feed
company’s facilities in Hermiston
on Feb. 12. The club learned how
the alfalfa hay is chopped for the
pellets and then saw the grains
being ground. They also saw the
pellet forming machines and
learned how the feeds are tested,
bagged and sold.
For the second part of the tour,
club members visited Shop ’N
Kart’s meat section. They showed
members the vacuum-packed
meat and how it is divided into dif
ferent cuts. Members also learned
about the importance of refrigera
tion, sanitation and having a fresh
product.
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B y M e rly n R o b in s o n
It's said that the cornerstone of a free society is an educated citizenry
who makes decisions based on available information. However it isn't
what we absorbed in school or the values that we grew up that help
form our opinions. Like high-pressure advertising that influences our
choices, we also have the government, the news media and so-called
experts telling us what is or isn't good for us.
In recent years it was claimed that a high-fiber diet would help deter
colon cancer. Now they're saying that even if one consumed more
vegies than a horde of rabbits, it would have little or no effect in
warding off this type of cancer. What’s more, the health experts would
have us believe that pesticide residuals on fresh fruits and vegetables
will lead to our demise. Washing these foods helps..they say, but it's
better to peel them. Try peeling a green pepper or a green bean and the
end result is a gooey mass that isn't fit for soup. Now they're
promoting tomatoes (peeled, of course) as a cancer deterrent. So eat
up, even if you suffer from acid reflux.
Old Humpty Dumpty has been smashed about for years, Now they’re
claiming ye olde hen fruit isn't the culprit for elevating levels. So it's
no wonder that pioneers had a shorter life span with their diet o f meat,
potatoes and gravy laced with real butter and heavy cream. They didn't
have all this medical advice plus they weren't given all the choices now
offered by many companies who promote supplements designed to
enhance diets and cure arty ills.
Researchers are now spending big bucks on chewing gum with a nico
tine additive. I though gum was used primarily to annoy teachers or its
use helped one to snacking. Gum is also a means of blowing and
popping bubbles so that the experts can determine the best method of
removing gum from hair and clothing.
It isn't just what we stick in our mouths that is under scrutiny. Take
the blowing up the dams' issue to supposedly save salmon. It's known
that out-of-control terns, cormorants and western gulls (all protected)
are devouring as much as one-third of the endangered juvenile salmon
smolts. Combined with predation by seals, sea lions and other
protected exotic species, that loss of salmon is estimated to exceed 45
percent. That's without adding consumption by human predators. So
swim little fishies, swim if you can, you'll be lucky to make it as far as
a dam.
There's also the cry to save high value farmland to grow human food
and to protect natural resources for wildlife habitat, Besides the
thousands of wilderness areas set aside from any practical use, the
Nature Conservancy now owns or manages some 385,000 acres in
Oregon alone. Yet our legislature supports land use laws that prohibit
building on low-value land that fails to produce crops, livestock or
timber. If building was permitted on what should be classified as
secondary lands, urban sprawl might not be encroaching on productive
land.
However I condone the use of seatbelts, air bags, helmets and
children's car seats as a mean o f protection for our fast-wheeling
society. Goodness knows, once I could have used a helmet and some
means o f restraint when our three youngsters were prone to wrestling
in the back of a station wagon. For us oldies who have survived thus
far, it must be a combination of good fortune mixed with a little
common sense.
St. Patrick's Senior Center
Bulletin Board
The delicious Valentine's dinner was well attended at the Senior
Center Feb. 10. Members of the Christian Missionary Fellowship
Church served. Blood pressures were taken before the meal.
The menu for the senior dinner March 3 will be ham w/honey glaze
Mexicom mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, green salad, rolls and
blueberry crisp. Members of the Hope and Valby Lutheran churches
will serve. The Meal Site Committee will meet at 1 p.m. Hearing aid
assistance will be given at 10 a.m. and blood pressures taken at 11 a.m.
Tom Wilson and Clarence Baker sold raffle tickets on the Senior
Center quilt at the Post Office one morning last week. Several
volunteers will be at the Klamath 1st Federal Bank Monday, March 1,
with the quilt.
Bingo is played Friday evenings at 7 p.m..
Chief o f Police Doug Rathbun won the blackout jackpot Friday night.
Pinochle is played Tuesday and Friday afternoons and other days if
enough players show up. Exercises are held Tuesday and Thursday at
10 a.m.
The senior bus will be going to Pendleton Sat., Feb. 27, at 1 p.m.
The RSVP Volunteer Recognition Tea will be held at 3 p.m. at the
Salvation Army Building.
Please come by the office to sign up for work shifts for the seniors'
potato soup, roll, pie and coffee luncheon Sat., March 13.
A few substitute volunteers are still needed for the Senior Center
office.
LETTERHEAD • ENVELOPES • BUSINESS CARDS
STATEMENTS • INVOICES • and moral
Heppner Gazette-Times Prlntins 676-9228
Chamber Chatter
By Claudi» Hugh—. Chamber M snigsr
By Claudia Hughaa, Exec. Dir.
People visitine the Chamher
these days may wonder where
the fork lift is, if we're now a
box delivery service or if UPS
unloaded its truck. With the
visitor season approaching,
there's a new box of brochures
arriving daily and with the St.
Patrick's celebration just around
the comer, time is a premium.
Amber Peck, courtesy of
Heppner High School, is
assisting the Chamber an hour
per day and win be distributing
the new publications around
town, answering the Chamber
phone and greeting visitors.
Available to the public is the
1999 Official Oregon Travel
Guide, The Oregon Events
Calendar, Guide to Where To
Stay In Oregon, The Official
Oregon Golf Directory, Border
To Border Bed and Breakfast
Directory, EOVA Visitor’s
Guide, extra US West Dex
Directories and the Wee Bit O'
Ireland schedule of events, to
name a few. Stop by to plan
your next vacation.
The "Irish" committee is hard
at it in all areas. Just 17 days
until Heppner turns green for the
weekend.
Gwen Healy is
touching up the flags and
adjusting them for the new
poles. Gwen and family have
made sure those family flags
were flying every St. Patrick's
weekend for many years and "tis
sure they would welcome some
new faces on the scene. Give
her a call to volunteer.
Thought for the week: "Two
stone cutters were asked what
they were doing. The first said,
'I'm cutting this stone into
blocks.' The second replied, 'I'm
on a team that's building a
cathedral.'"...... unknown.
PUBLIC NOTICE
THE CITY OF HEPPNER
The City Council of the City of
Heppner will hold a public
hearing on Monday March 8,
1999 beginning at 7:00 PM at
Heppner City Hall, 188 West
Willow Street, to consider
adoption of a proposed or
dinance amendment regulating
abandoned vehicles upon public
and private property. The or
dinance would prohibit the
storage of unlicensed and inop
erable vehicles unless the
vehicles are secured within a
building. A permit may be
obtained for the outside storage
of up to one unlicensed and
inoperable vehicle on private
property.
Copies o f the proposed or
dinance amendment are avail
able at City Hall for public
examination.
This hearing will be held in a
public meeting where delib
erations of the City Council will
take place. Any person may
appear at this meeting and
discuss the proposed ordinance
with the City Council.
Gerald W. Breazeale
City Recorder
Published: February 24, 1999
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PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN CHARTER
MEETING CHANGED
The Town o f Lexington will
hold a public meeting to review
the Town Charter. The purpose
of this meeting is to get public
input on the revised Town
Charter. The public and the
Town Council will if needed,
make revisions to the proposed
Town Charter. The meeting will
be held on Tuesday, March 9,
1999, at 7:00pm at Lexington
Town Hall. A copy of the
proposed Town Charter can be
reviewed at the Lexington Post
Office or at Lexington Town
Hall on the bulletin board inside
the fire hall.
Susan L. Baker, Recorder
Published: February 24, 1999
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any necessary corrections, we
cannot be responsible fo r er
rors appearing on m ukfcle days.
W hen canceBng an ad, PLEA SE
check to be sure your ad was
not Inadvertently published.
TH AN K YO U!
My family and I are thankful
to all of our family, friends, com
munity and all who are praying
for me. Thank you. Thank you for
all of the cards, gifts, flowers,
laughs, phone calls, prayers,
smiles, support and visits. This is
helping me get through my recov
ery.
Beginning with the 911 dis
patcher, the ambulance crew, the
good Samaritans that helped the
ambulance crew reach me, Pio
neer Memorial Hospital nurses,
staff and Dr. Williamson: thank
you. I hate to think o f what it
would have been like without you
and the hospital being there.
Next, the trauma team doctor,
nurse and pilot, the trauma team
doctors, nurses, staff and every
one that helped put me back to
gether at OHSU in Portland:
thank you.
Presently, my thanks to Dr.
Gifford and Dr. Carpenter in
Hermiston for taking me on as a
patient (I have about six months
to go for a full recovery). The
doctors, nurses and staff at Good
Shepherd Community Hospital
are great. Thank you. Murray’s
Drug Store, thank you.
To everyone for the many acts
of kindness that you have shown
us, they are too numerous to men
tion; I thank God and ask Him to
bless each of you. God Bless You.
Dana Heideman and family
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NOTICES
Free counseling for victims of
abuse and sexual assault. 24 hr.
Crisis Line, 1-800-833-1161.
Shelter available.
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Ask about our complete design,
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vices. We can handle it all. Hepp
ner Gazette-Times, 676-9228.
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DRIVE NEW CARS
by joining club.
Presentation at Lexington Grange
Hall, Saturday, Feb. 27 at 6 p.m.
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I will no longer be responsible
for Sue Dalzell’s bills. Dallas
Dalzell.
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For pick up of you
auction things,
Let us know what your
good tiding brings.
Call John Murray, Steve Rhea
or Doris Brosnan today.
To give us your “stuff’
fit for kings. (676-5886).
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To lone Junior High girls:
thank you for the posters that you
made for each o f us. Also, thanks
for coming to our game and
cheering us on.
From your friends in Heppner,
The seventh and eighth grade
girls’ basketball teams
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Although this Thank You is
somewhat delayed, it is neverthe
less heartfelt. We appreciate the
care and compassion dem on
strated by Wendy Haack, FNP,
and the entire hospital staff, from
office staff, nursing, dietary,
housekeeping and everyone in-
between, that assisted in caring
for Carl at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital. He is living with us
now, is steadily improving and
appreciates visitors.
Steve, Molly, Macy and
Trevor Rhea
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HELP WANTED
Umatilla County Health and
Human Services seeks qualified
mediators for District Six Court
Mandated Domestic Relations
Mediation.
For program requirements and
application, contact Joan Howard,
Mediation Services Coordinator,
Umatilla County Dept, of Health
and Human Services, P.O. Box
1125, Pendleton, OR 97801.
(541)278-5486.
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Need someone with a Cat to
do some work on my place in ex
change for 1/2 a beef. 676-5396.
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Single parent family looking
for help to relocate for Job.
Please respond. 676-8736.
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Help wanted: reliable, honest,
dependable, bondable person to
clean private homes with little
or no supervision. Must have own
transportation.
For further information, call
676-9810.
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Park Host Needed:
Willow Creek Park District in
Eastern Oregon is seeking host or
hostess with RV. Free space, elec
tricity, propane, $ 100 per month.
Five days a week, lake front.
1-541-676-5576.
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Willow Creek Water Park tak
ing applications through March
10. Applications now being ac
cepted for lifeguards and cash
iers. Both full and part-time avail
able. Lifeguards must have cur
rent certification. Please pick up
an application at Heppner High
School or the Water Park on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-
8 p.m. 676-5752.
Willow Creek Park District
does not discriminate on the ba
sis of race, color, national origin,
sex, religion, age and handi
capped status in employment or
the provision of services.
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Senior man needs help learn
ing to run computer. 676-5203.
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Flaggers needed for Heppner
area. Priority placement for work
ers with disabilities: drug/alcohol
recovery, back injury, diabetes,
amputee, etc. Call 1-800-632-
5185.
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Farmhand needed for small,
irrigated grain/alfalfa farm in
Olex area. Must be familiar with
all aspects of farm operations,
including irrigation (wheel and
hand lines), field work and light
equipment and building mainte
nance. Year-around employment.
C om pensation plus benefits
DOE. Please send job history (in
cluding phone numbers of previ
ous employers) to 64771 Upper
Rock Creek Read, Arlington, OR
97812 or call 454-2970.
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REAL ESTATE
Home For Sale: custom-built
in 1949, 4114 sq. ft., Heppner,
655 Hager St. Contact Robert
Mahoney, 676-5876, or Mike
Mahoney, 676-5157.
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For Sale: three bedroom home
on view lot. 676-9689.
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Heritage
Land Co.
180 W. Baltimore
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#5, Heppner
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676-5049
• 4 9 ,0 0 0 - c o m m e rc ia l/o ffic e
building on M ain Street with good
rental history.
• 97,500 - 3 bdrm, 1 % bath hom e
with extra large family room, new
french doors, hot tub and w ood
stove. A must see!
• 100,000 - 6-1 bdrm apts. with
good rental history. Ow ner could
help finance. Heppner.
• 2 bdrm house and 1 bdrm apt.
for rent with go o d references.
• 87,500 - newer 3 bdrm, 2 bath
mobile with garage , heat pum p
and view on dead end street.
• 46,500 - 3 bdrm, 1 bath with fire
p la c e a n d p e lle t in se rt, o a k
kitchen, beautiful la n d s c a p e d
yard.
S h a ro n Lew is 6 7 6 -5 2 3 3
JoyceKay H o llo m o n 6 7 6 -5 5 4 2
B o b P lo y h a r 6 7 6 -9 6 4 9
A . K im C u tsfo rth 6 7 6 -9 6 2 5
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For Sale: 1988 Ford Aerostar
van, 676-9426.
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1997 Ford F250 XLT 460 cid
4x4, std. cab, 33k mags, immacu
late. $20,000. 989-8410.
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