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TWO - Heppner Gazette- Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County o f Morrow G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U S P S. 240-420 M orrow C o u n ty 's Hom e-Owned W eekly New spaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the .Act of March I, It79 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 147 W. Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9221 Fax <541) 476-9211 E-mail: gMheppner net or gt'OTapidscrve net Web sate: www heppner net. Poatmasler send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P O Box 337. Heppner, Oregon 97t36. Subscriptions S22 in Morrow County. S I6 senior rate (in Morrow County only. 62 yean or older); S29 else where David Sykes ......................................... ..... ............................................................ Publnher April Hilton-Sykes............................ .... ............................ ......................................... Editor O n th e H E P P N E R W E B SIT E : n new .heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Disaster classes planned in Heppner provide basic information about the activities and processes of logistics function in support of an American Red Cross relief operation. Participants will learn about the skills, abilities and knowledge needed by logistics workers and how they can get started in a local chapter. Prerequisite for the class is Intro to Disasters. Damage Assessments is on tap for Thursday, Oct. 7. This class prepares volunteer Red Cross staff to serve as damage assessment workers to obtain and report damage assessment information. The class also trains participants to provide operations support to disaster operations. The pre requisite for the class is Intro to Disasters. Lexington ballots to go but Oct. 4 Ballots for the Town of Lexington will go out to voters on October 4. with ballots due in on election day. October ¡9. Lexington Mayor John Renfro said Lexington voters will decide two advisory matters—one deciding a council position between two candidates. Bob Taylor and Glenn Anderson, and the other seeking authorization to borrow and spend monies for the Lexington water project. The winner of the council position advisory vote will be appointed to serve on the Lexington City Council until the regular election in 2000. The council could have appointed a council member without a vote, but they could not decide between the two candidates The water project advisory- vote will indicate to the council whether voters would approve expenditure of $75,000 for a basic water project and $45,000 for an additional water project The basic project will revamp the water distribution system, replacing small pipes with larger ones and replacing deteriorated pipes and valves. The additional expenditure of $45,000 will be to revamp the cistern at the airport and provide improvements on the wells. The additional project will help alleviate water pressure problems in homes at higher elevations and will reduce maintenance on pipes that have to be repaired. Renfro said that voters may approve or reject either or both o f the water system advisory- measures The third issue, which is not an advisory matter, asks voter approval of the Lexington City- Charter update Renfro said that the current city charter was adopted in 1903 and is “slightly out of date.” He says that the current charter is so antiquated that it specifies that only unmarried women with property are eligible to vote. The current charter also calls for a town marshal, which the town no longer has Renfro says that the basic concept of the council, mayor and recorder will remain the same. Eastern Oregon University Family. Career. Degree With Eastern, you can do it ail! 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Nairns, Jr. Heppner A three-night series of American Red Cross disaster classes are being offered free to the public October 5-7 from 6-9 p.m. each night at Heppner High School. Anyone interested in taking the classes should contact Anne Morter at 422-7640 to pre- register. Introduction to Disasters, the pre-requisite to most of the other Red Cross classes is offered on Tuesday, Oct. 5. The course will provide basic information about disaster and its effects. The course will outline the role of agencies, both government and non government, in disaster relief and also introduces participants to Red Cross disaster services. Logistics is scheduled for Wednesday. Oct. 6, and will 29, 1999 142 N artfc M aia Former Heppner postmaster. Kenneth L. Nairns. Jr., 65, o f Bend, died Monday. September 20, 1999. at Bend Private family graveside ser vices were held at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery Mr Naims was bom May 2, 1934, at Shamokin. Pennsylvania, to Kenneth and Mabel Martin Naims. Sr. He lived in Pennsyl vania before entering the U S Navy. After his discharge, he moved to N iagara Falls. New York On July 5, 1959, he married Loretta Zawalick at Niagara Falls, New York In 1960. they moved to Bend Mr Naims was employed by the U S Postal Service. In 1980, he became postm aster o f the Heppner Post Office and served as postmaster there until his re tirement in 1992. He returned to Bend in January o f this year. M r Naims enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping. Survivors include his wife. Loretta, of Bend. sons. Kenneth L. Naims III. of Bend, and Rob ert D Naims of Heppner: and four grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Association of Oregon. Inc., 3330 N.W. Yeon. Suite 130, Portland. Oregon 97210. or to the Diabetes Asso ciation. 380 S.E. Spokane Street. Suite 110. Portland. Oregon 97202. Niswonger. Rey nolds and Ta bor Funeral Home. Bend, was in charge o f arrangements Harold K. Peck Harold K. “Shorty” Peck. 86. of Heppner. died Monday. Sep tember 20. 1999. at Pioneer Me morial Hospital Graveside services were held on Saturday. September 25. 1999. at the Heppner Masonic Cem etery. He was bom October 4. 1912. at Heppner. to Burton and Myra Yeager Peck. He was raised on Upper Rhea Creek where he at tended a one-room schoolhouse The family later moved to Lex ington where he attended high school, graduating in 1931-. On June 20, 1934. he married Edna R Crump, at Kelso. Wash ington. Following their marriage, he worked on the family ranch. They later lived at Yakima. Wash ington and Astoria for a short time, then moved to Seattle. Washing ton during World War II where he was called to work for Boeing Aviation Company. They returned to Morrow County in 1943. The couple operated a ranch on Upper Rhea Creek until the fall of 1976. when they retired from farming. Mr. Peck was honored as Mor row County Man of the Year in 1984 and was Grand Marshal of the Morrow County Fair and Ro deo Parade in 1995. While serving on the Morrow- County Fair Board, he remodt.ed and enlarged an old bam at the fairgrounds where he established Shorty 's Antique Farm Machin ery Museum. He was a member o f the First Christian Church, the Rhea Creek Grange, the Heppner Elks Lodge and the Morrow County Histori cal Society. Survivors include his wife. Edna R. Peck o f Heppner; daugh ters. Patricia Hardy of Salem, and Shirley Palm er and M arge Church, both of Heppner: broth ers. Henry G. Peck of Lexington. James Peck of Boardmaa Donald Peck of Hermiston. and George N. Peck o f Pendleton; 12 grand children and 24 great-grandchil dren He was preceded in death by a son. Harold K Peck. Jr.; and sisters Eleanor Morey and Irene Nolan Memorial contributions may be made to the FARM Foundation for the benefit o f the Morrow County Museum. PO. Box 515. Heppner. Oregon 97836 or to the Pioneer Memorial Hospital. P.O. Box 9. Heppner. Oregon 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp ner was in charge o f arrange ments John G. Parker Funeral services for John G Parker. 85. a Heppner native and former Pendleton accountant, were held Saturday. September 25. 1999. at St Elizabeth of Hun gary Church in Portland Mr Parker was bom October 18. 1913. at Heppner to Frank S and Gertrude Crawford Parker He grew up at Heppner. graduat ing from Heppner High School in 1930 He went on to the Univer sity of Oregon, w here he received a degree in Business Administra tion in 1936. On June 12, 1937, he married Mary Van Hoonussen of Portland They lived at Jennings Lodge, where Mr Parker was employed as an auditor for the Oregon De partment of Revenue They later moved to Pendleton, where Mr. Parker pursued his career as a public accountant, working with various regional lumber corpora tions In I960. Mr. Parker and his family returned to Portland where he was a corporate officer and internal auditor for First Far West Corporation and affiliates until his retirement in 1981. He continued to work until his death as a self- employed accountant handling the taxes and accounting for a group of loyal clients and businesses. Survivors include his wife, Mary; sons. Jay, Anthony and Greg, and daughter, Marianne Ream, all o f Portland; sisters, Frances Mitchell and Kathryn Hoskins, both o f Heppner; seven grandchildren and six great-grand children. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother. Vawter Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, or to Catholic Charities, 231 S.E. 12th Avenue. Portland. Oregon 97214. Paul R. Williams Paul R. Williams, 71, oflmgon. died Wednesday. September 22, 1999, at his home in Irrigon. Funeral service was held Fri day. September 24, 1999, in the i chapel at Burns M ortuary of Hermiston. He was bom September 27, 1927, at Swifton, Arkansas, to Arch and Gladys Baker Williams. He was raised in Arkansas and lived there before moving to Michi gan in the late 1940s. He moved to California in 1957 and on No vember 4, 1957, married his wife of 41 years, Arland. at Upland, California. He worked as a machinist at Algers Manufacturing Company until 1973 when he moved to M ollala, where he worked at Enoch Manufacturing Company until his retirement in December 1988 Mr. W illiam s and his wife moved to Irrigon in 1989. He loved fishing, hunting, pho tography. training his bird dogs and gardening. Survivors include his wife, Arland, of Irrigon; sons, Donald o f Vancouver, Washington, Jerry o f Louisville, Kentucky, Terry of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Kevin o f Little Rock, Arkansas: daugh ters. Mary Bickel o f Reno, Ne vada. Polly Hoffman o f Great Falls. Montana, and Betty Shafer o f L ittle Rock. A rkansas: a brother. Ralph of Little Rock; sis ters. Frances LaRue o f Tucker- man. Arkansas. Patricia Wester- man of Heber Springs. Arkansas, and Fern Swanner o f Benton. Arkansas: 14 grandchildren: and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers. Jake and Billy Ray. Memorial contributions may be made to the Vange John Memo rial Hospice. 645 W. Orchard. Hermiston. Oregon 97838. Bums Mortuary of Hermiston was in charge o f arrangements Nolan N. Turner Nolan N. Turner, 88, o f Bend, died on September 9, 1999. Mr. Turner drowned in an irrigation canal. Mr. Turner was bom to Monroe and Ida I. (Robertson) Turner on March 11,1911, in Ava, Missouri. He married Evelyn Swendig on January I, 1935 in Heppner. He served in the Navy in WWII. After the war he worked for the Bureau of Reclamation in Hines, moving to Bend in 1945. He served 30 years as office administrator prior to retirement. He enjoyed his family, fishing and photography. Survivors include his wife Evelyn of Bend; sons, Nolan Norman Turner. Jr., o f San Jose. California, and D. Gary Turner of Bend; nephews Lowell Turner and Mike Turner, seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Mustangs drop Eagles, 40-6 By Rick Paullus The th ird -ran k ed H eppner Mustangs traveled to The Dalles on Friday. Sept 24. and dropped the Wahtonka Eagles. 40-6 The Mustangs got 195 yards rushing and three touchdowns from Craig Scott, and 103 yards and a touchdown from Michael M cC abe T he M ustangs outgained the Eagles. 424 total yards to just 107 The M ustangs' defense held the Eagles on their first posses sion and took over at their own 20 after the punt. Scott npped off runs o f 12 and 25 yards and McCabe for 11 more Michael Schonbachler ran for nine before a holding penalty took the ball back to the 36 yard line McCabe picked up 11 and a first down; Schonbachler ran for four and Scott for eight more and another first down. Scott then ran the fi nal 13 yards for the Mustangs' first touchdown. The kick failed and midw ay through the first quar ter. the Mustangs held a 6-0 lead Heppner took over at their own 30 following another Eagle punt and picked up where they left off as Scott picked up 12 yards on his first carry. Schonbachler ran for eight and McCabe ran three times for 25 yards. Quarterback Ryan Mattcson ran a bootleg for 12 yards and a first down. Schonbachler picked up two and Scott gained five to end the first quarter with the Mustangs hold ing a 157 to 13 edge in yardage. Scott picked up four yards and a first down, setting up McCabe's eight yard run for the touchdown. The two-point conversion run failed and the Mustangs led 12-0 early in the second quarter. Each team traded punts before Blake Knowles intercepted a pass and returned it to the 34 of the Eagles McCabe ran for 11 yards back to back and Travis Bellamy picked up 10 yards. Schonbachler then punched in from two yards out for the touchdown. Scott ran in the two-point conversion and Heppner now led 20-0 with 4:45 left in the first half On the Eagles' next posses sion, Knowles sacked the quar terback, knocking the ball free, which Matteson scooped up and raced 65 yards for the touchdown. The run failed and Heppner now' led 26-0 with 4:00 left. Neither team moved the ball for the rest o f the half and Stefan Matheny intercepted an Eagle pass with about 30 seconds left Early in the third, the Mustangs took over at their own seven, fol lowing an Eagle punt. McCabe gained 12 yards on the option and Schonbachler ran twice for nine yards. Scott picked up eight and a first down: McCabe ran for 13, six. then seven more and a first down. Matteson then hit Knowles for 16 yards and another first down. Scott then took a pitch on the option, got a good block on the outside from Joe Papineau. and ran 23 yards for a touchdown The pass foiled and the Mustangs led. 32-0, midway through the third quarter The M ustangs' defense held again, forcing another punt which s a ■ • a a e a a • e a e a : e was downed at their own 21 yard line The offensive line then blew open a hole for Scott to run 79 yards for his fourth touchdown Nick Anthony passed to Conor Kilkenny for the two-point con version to make it 40-0 with 3:30 left in the third quarter The Eagles then moved the ball in the fourth quarter against the M ustang JVs to get their only score on a Mike C ates' fourth down, four yard run The pass failed, making the final score 40- 6. The Mustangs' defense was led by Blake Knowles' 16 defensive points, including an interception Ryan Matteson had 15 points and a fumble recovery Inside I me back ers Michael Schonbachler and Clint Bellamy each had 14 points: Travis Bellamy had 11 points and Stefan Matheny had 10 points and in interception. The Mustangs moved to 4-0 on the year and 1-0 in the CBC Heppner travels to Weston- McEwen on Friday, Oct I for their next game Game time is 7:30 pm Statistics Heppner 6 20 14 0 - 40 Wahtonka 0 0 0 6 - 6 First quarter Heppner-Craig Scott 13 yard run (kick failed) 6 35 S eco n d qu arter H e p p n e r-M ic h a e l McCabe eight yard run (run failed) 11 20. M ic h a e l S c h o n b a c h le r tw o yard run (Scott run) 4:45, Ryan Matteson 65 yard fumble return (run failed) 4 00 Third quarter Heppner-Scott 23 yard run (pass failed) 5:30. Scott 79 yard run (Conor Kilkenny pass from Nick Anthony) 3 30 Fourth quarter W ahtonka-Mike Cates four yard run (pass failed) 4:23 Individual stats R u s h in g : H e p p n e r-S c o tt 9 -1 9 5 . M c C a b e 1 7 -1 0 3 , S ch o n b ach ler 5 -2 7 , Brad Adams 6-33. Matteson 1-12. Travis Bellamy 1-10, Kelly Paullus 1-4, Donald Adams 1-2: Wahtonka-Cates 6-51. Hager 15-41, Vanez 8-23, Miles 1-0, Miller 2-(- 2) Passing H eppner-M atteson 4 -1 5 -0 - 38. S tefan Matheny 0 -1 -0 ; W ahton ka- Miller 0-4 -2 -0 Receiving: Heppner-Blake Knowles 1- 16, Joe P apineau 1 -1 3 , M c C a b e 1-9, Scott 1-0; Wahtonka-none lone wins tough VB match The varsity Lady Cardinal team met with Dufiir on Dufur’s home turf for a tough match on Friday, September 24. The Lady Cardinals came out with the win, defeating the Rangers 15-11, 15-9. Amellia Peck initiated eight points for the Cardinals and was aided by Charissa Gates with seven points and Camie Burright with six points. Both teams played very aggressively; both seemed to pick up the hard hits in the middle of the court but it was the hits in the comer by the Lady Cardinals that Dufur struggled with. Nikki McElligott and Camie Burright both had several outstanding kills during the match and Diana McElligott was outstanding in the back row. SCRATCH PADS $ 1 .0 0 lb. Heppner Gazette-Times Goait to. Your Source For Lawnmowers a a ■ and : a ■ • a a a a a a e At Cost! : a e • e Now is the time to save! a a e a GoasttoGoast a : IL ■ H tffe tr W t CAN H U T YOU t H tH I
