TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 29, 1999
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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A m e m o ry of a friend
To The Editor:
A memory of a friend. I read the
East Oregonian the other night
and grieved over my friend Julie
Wilde. As I read the article of
what was worded as "Julie being
a loner and no roots in the
community," I cried many tears.
In the small community I grew
up in, in Heppner, I met Julie as a
freshman in high school and I, a
senior. She was in choir with me
and we both sang alto. When I
first heard her sing I thought,
what a beautiful voice this girl
has. Although slightly quiet,
which she outgrew, she was
pretty, intelligent and loyal to her
friends. It didn't take her long to
grow a friendship with me.
Anytime I saw her, she'd holler
at me or do that giggle thing she
did so well. When I hung out at
school or after-school functions
with friends, she'd show up.
Pretty soon she was spending her
days at my house. She'd knock
on the door and I'd think, "God,
there's that obnoxious girl again."
But...you know what? I'd do
anything to hear that obnoxious
girl again.
We shared a friendship of miles
or years between seeing one
another, and yet it was if we had
seen each other every day.
So...for her family and friends I
write to the community, that Julie
Wilde had an existence and home
in Heppner. We all make our
own adult decisions. We choose
right or wrong. And though her
path may have taken a wrong
tum, she was still loved and will
be missed by her friends, I being
one of them. She was no different
then me. Rest Julie, and Peace be
with you.
(s)Merry Brannon
Heppner
Dangerous action could have
caused accident
Elsewhere in this paper we
have placed a notice of a reward
regarding the irresponsible act of
opening one of our cattle pen
gates so that the cattle would get
out and onto the road. While this
may be a nuisance to our crew to
have to gather and put them back
in the pen, we contend with
"nuisances" of one kind or
another in our everyday work..
Our main concern is for the
safety of motorists traveling on
the road, and we try very hard to
ensure that our fences and gates
are
properly
and
safely
maintained.
This was a most dangerous act
which could have caused a fatal
accident to anyone travelling the
road after dark.
Luckily, one of our own crew
discovered the cattle on the road
and they were safely returned to
the pen before a possible
accident could occur.
We hope that whoever did this
will think of the serious
consequences of such a life
threatening act and the penalties
imposed by law.
s)Dick and Virginia
Wilkinson
Heppner
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang C-Team
boys built a big halftime lead and
hung on to beat the host Condon
Blue Devils, 52-48, on Tuesday,
Dec. 21.
The Mustangs got eight points
from Kelly Paullus in the second
quarter to build a 31-21 lead at
halftime.
The Blue Devils fought back in
the third and pulled to within one
in the fourth, but the Mustangs
got a free throw from Paullus
with 26 seconds left to make it a
three-point game and another free
throw from Donald Adams with
six seconds left to clinch it.
Paullus hit two three-pointers
and led the Mustangs with 20
points. Connor Kilkenny hit a
three-pointer in the fourth and
finished with 13 points. Adam
Bergstrom had a good game on
the boards and finished with six
points. Robert Whalen came off
the bench to pull down some big
rebounds for the Mustangs.
The Mustangs improved their
record to 3-2 and won't take to the
floor again until a home game
against the Riverside Pirates on
Thursday, Jan. 6, with the girls'
game starting at 5:30 p.m.
Heppner-9 22 9 12-52
Condon- 6 15 15 12-48
Heppner- Kelly Paullus 7 4-10 20,
Connor Kilkenny 4 4-5 13, Adam
Bergstrom 3 0-0 6, Donald Adams 2 1-
4 5, Josh Winters 1 2-2 4, Doug
Orwick 0 2-6 2, Robert Whalen 1 0-0
2, Jerry Shank 0 0-2 0, Leland Rill. Jon
Bennett, Trevor Rhea 18 13-29 52.
3pt.- Paullus 2. Kilkenny.
JV boys rally past Eagles
By Rick Paullus
Brian Rust hit five three-
pointers and finished with 25
points to help the Heppner
Mustang JV boys rally past the
visiting Joseph Eagles, 54-49, on
Thursday, Dec. 23.
The Eagles flew out to a 21 -12
lead after one but the Mustangs
got two three-pointers and eight
points from Rust to trail 28-24 at
halftime
Rust hit three more three-
pointers in the third as the
Mustangs tied the game at 39-39
after three.
David Piper hit all four of his
ceived recognition for her voice.
She raced motorcycles when she
was younger and also did volun
Deanna Ruth Iverson
teer work for the March of Dimes.
Survivors include her father,
Deanna Ruth Iverson, 25, of
Portland died Sunday, December Paul E. Wilde, of Redlands, Cali
26, 1999 in Heppner as the result fornia, her mother, Linda J.
Harshman, o f Hardman; son,
of a motor vehicle accident.
A funeral service will be held Steven Johnson, and daughters,
Thursday, December 30, 1999 at Katie and Camena Layton, all of
10 a.m. at the First Christian Portland; sister, Paula Dunn in
Church in Hermiston. Burial will Southern California; half-sister,
Melissa Harshman of Ukiah; pa
follow at Hermiston Cemetery.
ternal
grandm other, P a J in e
Mrs. Iverson was bom Octo
ber 13, 1 974, to parents David C. Wilde of Redlands, California;
and Mary Lee Ashcraft Dodge. and maternal grandmother, Mary
She was raised in Hermiston and Nobles of Umatilla.
Memorial contributions may
graduated from Hermiston High
School in 1992. She was very ac be made to the March of Dimes,
tive in high school FFA and was 1220 SW Morrison, Portland,
really involved with the animals. Oregon 97205.
Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner
She then attended EOSC and
BMCC for a time before going to was in charge of arrangements.
the Western Culinary Institute in
Portland, where she graduated in Faith Ann Mathis
June of 1999.
Faith Ann Mathis, 64, of
She was united in marriage to Imgon, died Friday, December
Terry Iverson on August 24, 1996 24, 1999 at her home after a four
year battle with cancer.
in Hermiston.
Funeral service for Mrs. Moms
Mrs. Iverson was working in
Beaverton at the Olive Garden was held Wednesday, December
Restaurant as a line chef and liv 29, 1999 in the chapel at Bums
Mortuary of Hermiston. Follow
ing in Portland.
ing
the service, a memorial
She was a member of the First
service
was held at her church,
Christian Church in Hermiston
Columbia
View Community
and enjoyed cooking, hunting and
Church in Imgon. Disposition
fishing.
will be by cremation.
Survivors include her husband,
She was bom August 26, 1935,
Terry Iverson of Portland; parents at Hood River.
David C. Dodge and Mary Lee
On November 22, 1952, she
Dodge, both of Hermiston; grand married Willard J. Mathis. They
mother, Norma Lee Ashcraft of traveled throughout the United
Hermiston; sisters, Dana Lee States, settling at Imgon.
Dodge of Springfield and Debra
Mrs. Mathis was a wife,
Ellen Dodge o f Herm iston; mother, grandmother, great
nephew Jacob Allen Dodge; and grandmother, hairdresser and
many other relatives.
homemaker. She loved the.
Memorial contributions may outdoors and camping, enjoyed
be made to the American Diabe Brazilian embroidery, crocheting,
tes Association at 380 S.E. Spo and knitting. She loved to help
kane Street, Suite 110, Portland, others, especially children. Even
in her pain, she found time to knit
Oregon 97202.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston sweaters for the children of
Rwanda, which were distributed
is in care of arrangements.
through the International Relief
Julie Ann Wilde
Organization. One of her favorite
Julie Ann W ilde, 28, o f songs was "Jesus Loves the Little
Stanfield, died Monday, Decem Children."
She enjoyed the fellowship of
ber 13, 1999, as the result of a
the congregation at Columbia
shooting at Hermiston.
Graveside service was held on View Community Church in
Monday, December 20, 1999, at Imgon.
Survivors include her husband
the Heppner Masonic Cemetery
of
47 years, Willard J. Mathis of
in Heppner.
Irrigon;
her children, Randy J.
Ms. Wilde was bom June 22,
of
Vancouver,
1971, at Long Beach, California Mathis
to Paul and Linda Maker Wilde. Washington, and Bonnie Lloyd of
In 1978, she moved to Oregon. Orangevale, California; her
She attended grade schools at mother. Hazel Wineland of
Imgon; her brother, Ronald
Heppner and at Hermiston. She
Wineland of Hermiston; her
returned to California for a time sister, Linda Wineland of Imgon;
before returning to Heppner two grandchildren, one great-
where she attended Heppner High grandson; and many other family
School. She had lived at members.
Pendleton, Boardman, Hermiston
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston is
and most recently, Stanfield.
in charge of arrangements.
She enjoyed singing and re
Obituaries
free throws and Kevin Drake hit
3-4 in the fourth as the Mustangs
got the lead and held off the
Eagles to improve their record to
5-3.
After Rust's 25, Piper added 16
points and Brad Adams, eight.
As a team, the Mustangs hit on
10 of 11 free throws for the game.
Joseph- 21 7
* ,
Heppner 12 {Z t 5A5-54
Heppner-Brian Rust 9" 2-2 2 5 7 'David
Piper 5 5-5 16, Brad Adams 4 0-0 8,
Kevin Drake 1 3-4 5, Sam VanLiew,
Justin Wood, Brandon Young, Brad
Bowman. 19 10-11 54.
3pt.-Rust 5, Piper.
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Local students make honor roll
Oregon State University has
announced its scholastic honor roll
for fall term. Local students on the
honor roll include:
Heppner-3.5 or better, Phillip
Spicerkuhn, junior, science;
Boardman-3.5 or better, Rob-
Coral Baker recently under
went heart surgery at St. Vincent
Hospital in Portland. Jo Irvin of
Imgon, a former Lexingtonite. also
had surgery at St. Vincent’s.
-:- Kathy Tellechea and son
Philip spent Christmas in the val
ley with son Jim.
Bob and Luella Taylor re
cently met family members in
Pendleton for an early Christmas
get-together.
Bob Bowen of Portland and
sister Katie Bowen, were callers
in Lexington on Sunday.
Gae and Ray Papineau are
home from Portland for a few
days.
-:- Clark and Cammie Jones and
family were callers Christmas
Day at the Ken Jones’ home. Also
visiting was Clay Papineau. All
are from Kennewick, WA.
-:- The family of Joe Yocom
enjoyed Christmas Day and din
ner at the Yocom home. All trav
eled around town in the buggy
wishing friends a “Merry Christ
mas.”
-:- Charlene Whitney of Port
land visited her parents, Cecil and
Delpha Jones, over the holidays.
-:- Lee Wagenblast and sister.
Helen KnegerofHermiston, spent
C hristm as Day at the Steve
Wagenblast home in lone. Others
visiting over the holidays were
grandsons, Alex and Seth from
Tempe, AZ.; Charlie and his wife
from Cheney, WA.; Max from
Cheney, WA. and his friend from
Finland. They are the sons of John
Wagenblast.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Jones
were Boise, ID. callers on
Wednesday and Thursday to at
tend the graduation of their son
Chris from lineman’s school.
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Alejandra L. Torress-Pacheco,
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