TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 9, 2000
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Obituaries
James Lee Adams
Spray and Wheeler
county residents were stunned
and saddened to leant of the
passing of James "Jimmy"
Adams Saturday, August 5. A
graveside service will be held on
Thursday, August 14, at 11 a.m.
at Spray Cemetery.
Bom Feb. 10, 1961, in
Heppner, Oregon, to Patnctz Rae
Sibert Adams and Clifford Raon
Adams, James lived his life in
Spray. He was a logger, and was
married and raising his family in
Spray.
Mr.
Adams
loved
hunting and fishing, sports and
was an avid supporter of the
Spray School sports activities.
He actively participated in the
many programs that his sons,
nieces and nephews all took part
in, such as the 4-H program.
He was assistant chief of
the Spray Volunteer Fire
Department and put in many
hours Helping reorganize the
department to its present high
standard. He was also a Spray
City Councilman for many years.
He had a vision for the city and
was a supporter of improvement
projects the city considered,
while keeping a watchful eye on
protecting an individual's rights.
He was always ready to
pitch in and help with any
program benefittmg the area
senior citizens. He made himself
available to lend a hand when
someone needed help and, as an
active volunteer for Spray
Ambulance, was beginning to
take
on
ad d itio n al
responsibilities, relieving some
of the burden from the Affords
and Cecil putting on the pit
barbecue.
Every volunteer group in
Spray will be left with a void.
Seeing the tremendous
value in senior citizens, he loved
and admired the older residents
in the community to the point
that his own projects often took a
back seat to making sure there
needs were met. He especially
valued his extended family, and
loved to give them a hard time
such as bidding against his aunts
at a recent auction, just to drive
the price higher. He had an
impish sense of humor and, with
a twinkle in his eye, loved to give
everyone a bad time. And you
won his admiration if you gave
him a hard time right back.
Children were precious
to him, and his three boys were
the joy of his life. Being there for
them was a priority and one of
his favorite things. This caring
and unique person will be missed
in the Spray community very
much.
He is survived by wife
Tummy Rae Wells Adams, and
three sons Matthew, Craig, and
Keith, of Spray; mother Pat
Adams, also of Spray; sisters
Barbara Collin of lone and
Shemll Cossitt of Spray; brother
Mike Adams of Heppner; six
neices and nephews, and one
great niece.
Mr. Adams was preceded
in death by his father, Clifford
Adams; grandparents, Oscar and
Ruth Adams, Clinton and Irene
Sibert; and niece, Sarah Gene
Collie.
The family requests that
inquiries be directed to Dnskill
Memorial Chapel, John Day,
541-575-0529.
A donation account has
been set up at Bank of Eastern
Oregon, P.O. Box 39, Heppner,
OR 97836 for the Jimmy Adams
Children College Education
I
Fund. The family requests any
donations to be sent there.
Edwin A. Bro
A celebration of life
gathering for Edwin A. Bro will
be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday in
the chapel at Bums Mortuary of
Hermiston. Private inurnment
will be at Madera, California.
Mr.
Bro,
89,
of
Boardman died Tuesday, Aug. 1,
2000, at Good Shepherd Medical
Center in Hermiston.
He was bom June 4,
1911, at Idaho Falls, Idaho, to
Karl and Clara Jeffrey Bro. He
was raised at Yakima and
attended schools there.
He married Isabelle
McCoy and they moved to Sweet
Home, Ore., in 1938. In 1943,
they moved to San Jose,
California., and divorced in
1945.
On December 3, 1959, he
married Lula May Currey at San
Jose. They moved to Manteca,
California., in 1960 and lived
there until 1989 when they
moved to Madera, California.
Mrs. Bro died in 1998
and Mr. Bro moved to Boardman
to be near his family.
Mr. Bro had worked as a
roofer for many years, then
owned and operated a truck
hauling grain and tomatoes.
He enjoyed traveling, his
dqgs, radio and TV repair and oil
painting.
Survivors
include
daughters, Ins N. Douglass of
Homer, Alaska, and Audrey L.
Zook of Boardman; brother, Lee
William Bro of Seattle; sister,
Effie Espinosa of Jerome, Idaho;
four grandchildren, seven great
grandchildren and one great-
great-granddaughter. Besides his
wife, Lula, he was preceded in
death by his parents. Brothers,
Roy and Ivo, and great-
granddaughter,
Samantha
Christine Zook.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Alzheimer's
Association, 1311 N.W. 21st
Ave., Portland, OR 97209.
Bums Mortuary of
Hermiston is in charge of
arrangements.
Harrington challenges Smith to debate
Letters to the Editor
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Apologizes for actions
peace from a lot of crimes that
you only hear about. Then I came
along and shattered that feeling
of security throughout the whole
community not just the people I
victimized.
I am truly sorry.
The only way I can make
amends to all of you is to get
myself well so I do not hurt
people I love and care for and
hurt a community that has been
so loving, caring and supportive.
I apologize for all the pain,
stress, fear and loss of trust I
caused.
(s)Juliana Wanous
To the Editor:
To The Citizens of Heppner:
This is a very difficult letter
for me to write, but a very
necessary letter for the healing
process to begin.
To those of you who do not
know what I have done, I entered
people's homes in the community
and took prescription pain
medication.
I am truly sorry for the pain
that I have caused all of you. I
know living in a small
community gives a person a real
sense of security, safety and
Shocking find leads to questioning town
and valuables are long lost, our
To the Editor:
Heppner, what a nice little cars get stolen, or is it going to
town, a good place to raise your be when someone gets killed
kids, decent people, nice housing because they were in the wrong
and the wonderful main street place at the wrong time?
It seems that the county police
that we have, or is it?
are
all stationed in the north end
Monday morning on my way to
of
the
county; why are there not
work, I pulled into a parking
any
around
Heppner when you
space in front of the park that
need
them?
It's no wonder that
Murrays have so kindly fixed up
we
have
such
a serious problem
for our community only to find
when
there
is
no additional
lying in the space next to me a
support
available
after hours of
pipe and needles, and no, not the
our
local
police
department.
kind of pipe you smoke with pipe
I don't know about any one
tobacco or the kind of needles
else,
but I don't want my town to
you use for knitting.
become
drug central city.
What have we let our town
Heppner
needs
some serious help
become? I think we have a very
and
it
seems
nowhere to be
serious problem that we need to
found.
This
problem
is far out of
deal with, not only on the street
but in our schools. Come on, are the reach of our local police
we just going to sit back and let department, so where can we go
our nice town become another to find the help we need before
statistic for the state to compare it's too late?
Let's not take this problem so
to?
lightly;
I know I don't.
How long are we going to wait
(s) Cindy Brosnan
to get this thing taken care of,
Heppner
when our homes are broken into
For Linda Harrington
To the Editor:
The purpose of this letter is to
express my support for Linda
Harrington, candidate for state
representative in our district.
Personally speaking. I know
Linda to be an individual who
accomplishes what’she sets out to
do.
Linda has lived in Grant
County five years, during which
time she has helped found the
Prairie
City
Community
Association, serving as president
from 1997-1998, as well as
founding the Friends of the
Prairie City Railroad Depot and
Museum. Linda was also
instrumental in organizing the
Prairie City Community Painting
Project, whereby citizen's homes
were painted who could not have
otherwise
managed
this
improvement.
As an active member of the
business community, Linda
volunteers her time as a grant
Linda Harrington, Democratic
candidate for state representative
from House District 59, recently
challenged Republican Candidate
Greg Smith, to a senes of 10
debates.
In a letter Harrington said,
"Let's give the voters a true sense
of who we are and where we
differ on issues of vital
importance to this district."
The debates would be held in
the following communities:
Prineville in Crook County,
Monument and John Day in
Grant County, Service Creek in
Wheeler County, Condon in
Gilliam County, Heppner in
Morrow County, Baker City,
Hereford and Halfway in Baker
County and a single debate in
Moro for Sherman and Wasco
counties.
"1 have tried to select
geographic areas within the
district where the travel distance
from several communities would
be minimized," Harrington said.
"I believe the voters in this
district
should
have
the
opportunity to meet and hear the
candidates in person. Community
festivals and fairs are a great way
to meet people but the
substantive issues rarely see
daylight in these settings."
Harrington lives in Prairie City
$
in Grant County and Smith
resides in Heppner in Morrow
County.
(Editor's note: Smith's reply is
as follows.)
To the Editor:
To Ms. Linda Harrington,
Prairie City
It was good speaking with you
on Saturday, August 5, 2000. I
appreciate you taking the time to
call.
To reconfirm our conversation,
I look forward to holding
multiple community forums with
you. 1 too, believe it is important
for the voters to know where we
stand on the issues of vital
importance to our district. In the
coming weeks, my campaign will
be in contact with you to further
discuss meeting arrangements.
As a starting point, I have one
possible suggestion. During
Labor Day weekend, I will be
doing a "swing through the
district" and will be visiting each
of our communities. Perhaps this
would be a good opportunity for
us to host the community
forums?
Please feel free to call anytime.
Best regards,
(s) Greg Smith
Candidate for the Oregon House
of Representatives District 59
Heppner
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writer and has helped our
community successfully compete
for and acquire funding for
several community service
projects. She initiated the
Enterprise Zone plan for Grant
County and spoke to four city
counciTs to show us how we
could join together to benefit a
larger geographic area rather
than compete with each other.
Her vision resulted in a four-city
coalition with the support of the
Grant County Court.
Finally, it is important to note
that Linda has raised the vast
majority of money for her
campaign from individuals, as
opposed to special interests.
I have worked with Linda on
many projects. I know first hand
her capabilities and her honest
concerns for our area. I urge the
people of this district to support
Linda Harrington in this election.
(s) Sandy Murray
Prairie City
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