Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 6, 2000 • SEVEN
Obituaries
Thomas D. Springer
Thomas D. Springer, 67, of
Heppner, died Monday, Novem
ber 27, 2000, at Pioneer Memo
rial Hospital in Heppner.
Graveside service was held
Friday, December 1, 2000 at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
He was bom October 20,1933,
at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Harry
and Vivian Gasquint Springer. He
grew up and attended schools at
Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, then en
tered the military, serving with the
U.S. Army during the Korean
Conflict.
On October 20, 1956, he mar
ried Viola L. Jessop, at Gearing,
Nebraska. They moved to Ver-
nonia before coming to Heppner
in 1957. They owned and oper
ated Tom ’s TV and Repair in
Heppner. Mrs. Springer died in
January 1998.
On October 16, 1999, he mar
ried C laudia W oodcock at
Meacham.
He was a m em ber o f the
American Legion and the Veter
ans of Foreign Wars.
Mr. Springer enjoyed tinkering
and fixing things. He especially
Chamber Chatter
Claudia
director
Hughes,
executive
A great amount of work went
into the Light Parade and the
"Stroll Heppner" Open Houses.
The Chamber and the merchants
hope that one and all had a great
time.
All who made it possible are to
be commended for publicity,
parade entries, speaker system
repair, announcing, lining up the
parade, making sure the trees had
lights, living nativity, cookie
baking, decorating, hanging
banners, door prizes, working
extra hours behind a counter and
all the myriad of behind-the-
scenes details that go into
"Heppner Happenings" and all
Willow Creek Valley events.
For the first time, the light
parade was judged by you, the
public. If you are reading this,
you have also read the results.
Your patience is appreciated. If
woi;d leaked oyt, the results were
known'giqly to three people and
the Gazette-Times. When the
decision was made to let you be
the judge, thus taxing your
patience, it had nothing to do
with the current state o f affairs
across the U.S. Past judges
wanted the public to decide.
Prescription for December:
keep your sense o f humor, read
the Christmas Carol, give a thank
you to all who took the time to
create a float; hug a child, help
make Christmas from the heart,
attend "The Best Christmas
Pageant Ever," take a child to
have a photo with Santa and the
Reindeer on Sunday, Dec. 17,
attend programs, just relax and
above all, enjoy the reason for
the season.
Next week Tom W olff will
report on the Rural Ag
Conference held last week in
Rufus. Visitors to Chamber are
welcome. We'll be at Kate's,
upstairs, at noon.
grandchildren; and two great-
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Richard Burkett; a
grandson, Richard N. Henry;
sister, Olga Mink; and two
brothers, Floyd Breitling and
Alferd Breitling.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the First Baptist Church
of Whitehouse Building Fund.
Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral
Directors of Tyler, Texas, were
in charge of arrangements.
enjoyed nature, which included his
love for animals, rockhounding,
hunting and fishing.
Survivors include his wife,
Claudia, o f Heppner; daughters,
Karen Mabe o f Arlington and
Tanna Foster of Bend; sons. Rich
Foster o f Bend and R obert
Campbell of Heppner; sister, Jane
Tucker o f San Diego, California;
and brother, David o f Heppner. He
was preceded in death by broth
ers, Charles, William and John.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Pioneer Humane So
ciety, P.O. Box 361, Hermiston,
Oregon 97838.
Sw eeney
M ortu ary
of
Heppner was in charge o f ar
rangements.
Leona Pearl Dornbusch
Leona Pearl Dornbusch, 50, of
Heppner, died Tuesday, Novem
ber 28, 2000, at her home.
Graveside services were held
Tuesday, December 5,2000, at the
Hermiston Cemetery.
She was born O ctober 31,
1950, at Hermiston, to Irvin and
Lola Dungan Allen. She lived in
Portland for most of her life and
had lived in Heppner the past year.
Survivors include her husband,
David Dornbusch o f Heppner;
brother, Loren Allen o f Hardman;
and sister, Louise Norton in Idaho.
Bums Mortuary o f Hermiston
was in charge o f arrangements.
Jovita Chapelle Reyes
Jovita Chapelle Reyes, 15, of
Gervais,
died
Thursday,
November
23,
2000,
of
pneumonia.
Memorial services were held
Sunday, December 3, 2000, at
Chemawa Indian School in
Salem.
She was bom February 19,
1985, in Salem, and was a
sophomore at Gervais High
School. At age seven, she was
diagnosed with leukemia, and at
13, she began a foundation for
families of children with cancer.
She enjoyed Girl Scouts, school
sports and horseback riding.
Survivors include her parents,
Miguel and Cassandra Reyes of
Gervais (mother Cassandra was
raised in lone); brother, Ramon
Blaine
of
Gervais;
and
grandmother, Cynthia Reyes of
Gervais.
Memorial contributions may
be made to ' the Brian Grant
Foundation for Sick Children,
618 NW Glisan Street, Suite
400, Portland, Oregon 97209.
Susan J. Norton
Susan J. N orton, 53, o f
Gresham, formerly o f Heppner,
died Tuesday, November 28,2000,
at her home.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, December 2, 2000, at
the Lexington Baptist Church with
concluding service and burial fol
lowing at the Lexington Cemetery.
She was bom December 16,
1946, at La Grande, to John and
Nelda Gambill Loveless. The fam
ily lived at Meacham and Elgin and
in Oklahoma for a time before
moving to Walla Walla, Washing
ton where she graduated from high
school, then received a business
degree.
On Novem ber 7, 1970, she
married Thomas L. Norton, at
Walla Walla. The couple lived in
Idaho and Oregon most o f their
m arried life. They m oved to
Heppner in 1990 and to Gresham
in 1999.
Over the past 10 years, she was
employed as a preschool teacher.
She enjoyed reading, crocheting
and baking, and especially loved
Frances O. Burkett
Frances O. Burkett, 82, o f
Whitehouse,
Texas,
died
Tuesday, November 28, 2000, in
Whitehouse.
Services were held Friday,
December 1, 2000, at Burks-
Walker-Tippit Funeral Home
Chapel with the Revs. Harold
Davis
and
Larry
Taylor
officiating, with burial following
in Whitehouse cemetery.
She was bom February 28,
1918, in Whitehouse, Texas, to
the late George V. and Mazie
Lou Breitling and was a resident
there for all o f her 82 years. She
married Richard B. Burkett on
November 2, 1932, and they
were married for 67 years until
his passing on July 27, 2000.
Mrs. Burkett was a member of
the First Baptist Church in
Whitehouse for 55 years, where
she was very active for many
years. She traveled extensively
with her husband and loved
working with plants and flowers,
but her greatest joy was spending
time with her daughters and
grandchildren.
Survivors include daughters
and sons-m-law, Marie and Joe
Key o f lone and Barbara and
Gaylon
Shackelford
of
Whitehouse,
Texas;
five
grandchildren, Mark Shackelford
o f Whitehouse, Texas, Stacey
Simmons o f Winona, Texas.
Lenora McClard, Tim Key and
Jeffrey Key, all o f lone; 15 great
Survivors include her husband,
Tom Norton, and son, David
Norton, both of Gresham; daugh
ters, Rachel Roth of Kuna, Idaho,
Becky Kindle of Heppner, and
Ruth Smith of Boise, Idaho; her
parents, John afid Nelda Loveless
of Port Orchard, Washington; sis
ter, Virginia Moreland of Everett,
Washington; brothers, John Love
less of Seabeck, Washington, Tom
Loveless ofTucson, Arizona, and
Mike Loveless of San Diego, Cali
fornia; and four grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Sue Norton Memo
rial Fund, c/o Bank of Eastern
Oregon, Heppner Branch, P.O.
Box 39, Heppner, Oregon 97836.
Sw eeney
M ortuary
of
Heppner was in charge of ar
rangements.
County short
$700,000
Following voter defeat of the
four-year Morrow County levy
last month, county officials are
carrying through on their promise
to
cut
county
services,
commissioner Dan Brosnan said
Tuesday.
Brosnan told the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce that the
county is $700,000 short on their
budget this year and he and the
other commissioners will begin
meeting with department heads
soon to discuss where to cut.
"It is going to be pretty
devastating," Brosnan said o f the
task ahead. "We are going to get
into the real meat of the budget."
Brosnan said the only way to
reduce costs is to cut personnel,
and now all that's left is to decide
where.
The levy, which was defeated
county-wide by a 2-1 margin,
would have raised $1.5 million
per year for the next four years.
By Merlyn Robinson_________
Years ago if someone from my generation wanted more
information on a subject that wasn't fully discussed on the farmer
party phone lines, there were encyclopedias. Or we often sent for
books from the state library, before there was a local public library.
Today many people are turning to the Internet for everything
from information to stock options, banking and shopping. Yet
some o f those sources might not be anymore reliable than that
information once gleamed from those party line conversations. In
magazines, newspapers and television, they try to hook you with,
"If you want to know more, log on to www.whatever.com." I
suppose if one had a ingrown toenail you could access "
www.soretoe.com" and leam all about how you should have been
taken care of your 50-something old toenails. .
I’m a firm believer that you are never too old to leam something
new or useful, even it does take a bit longer to latch on. It's just
that I never had a hankering to leam a foreign language. However
it seems that if one is to acquire computer competency, you have
to upgrade your language skills.
Okay, I've accepted that a mouse isn't only a furry little creature
that scurries across the floor and evades traps. I've become quite
comfortable with this little piece o f plastic, even if the thing
doesn't always accomplish what I want. I'll also concede that
memory is reliably stored in something besides the brain, since
books have been written since the stone age. Storing information
on dicey little disks, that sometimes come up wordless, is perhaps
a good thing, since my mental cells often come up empty too.
As to computer savvy, the mention o f menu reminds me I'm
hungry or that I haven't thawed out any meat for dinner. Perhaps
I'll have to recycle what's in the refrigerator, unless it has to be
deleted in the trash bin.
When there's talk about RAM details, I picture a buck sheep and
wonder if he has all the necessary accessories for a herd sire. Alas,
my "hard drives" weren't the kind you face while sitting in a
comfortable chair at home. The hard drives I'm more familiar with,
involved long days in the saddle under a baking sun. That type of
cowboys could also be called floppy drivers. Other times those
hard drives required toughing it out in a snow or rain storm as your
digits turned to ice therefore lacking any system speed. City folks
should know that chips also refers to what a cow leaves behind as
ranchers routinely monitor their herds.
Slot machines are also known as slots. Or ranchers refer to the
number o f slots at a feed bunker. A drive bay may be in a
computer but it’s also where the feed truck is parked to keep it out
o f the weather. Scanning also refers to counting the number of
four-legged critters that need hay, just as I once assumed that you
needed a body o f water in order to surf. Likewise, a family blaster
may occur when little Johnnie plays his stereo too loud.
Now that I've latched on to some o f this computer terminology,
it's time to scroll over misspelled words. A spell checker often tries
to make sense out of gibberish. Also it's time to get my modem in
gear. Like the Alice in Wonderland fairy tale, I'll be late for a very
important date, if I don't get all my Christmas cards scribbled on.
I perhaps need to log on to a yule log- -just kidding- and if I had an
organized file manager in this computer perhaps it.would tell me
where I stored the Christmas decorations. Happy web searching!
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spending time with her family.
Mrs. Norton was a member of
the Lexington Baptist Church
where she was actively involved
as a Sunday School teacher and
with special music. She had been
a member of the Lighthouse Com
munity Church in Gresham this
past year.
WE PRINT
PUBLIC NOTICE
BUSINESS CARDS
Notice «^Election
On March 13,2001 an election
will be held for the purpose o f
H eppner Gazette-Tim es
\
electing board members to fill the
positions and terms for the
following districts, in Morrow
County, and State of Oregon.
BOARDMAN CEMETERY
DISTRICT:
Two (2) Positions at large-Four
Year (4) Term ending June 30,
2005.
BOARDMAN PARK & REC
REATION DISTRICT:
Two (2) Positions at large-Four
Year (4) Term ending June 30,
2005.
BOARDMAN RURAL FIRE
DISTRICT:
Three (3) Positions at large-
Four Year (4) Term ending June
30.2005.
HEPPNER
C EM ETERY
DISTRICT:
Two (2) Positions at large-Four
Year (4) Term ending June 30,
2005.
HEPPNER RURAL FIRE
DISTRICT:
Three (3) Positions at large-
Four Year (4) Term ending June
30.2005.
HEPPNER WATER CON
TROL DISTRICT:
Two (2) Positions at large-Four
Year (4) Term ending June 30,
2005.
IONE-LEXINGTON CEM
ETERY DISTRICT:
One (1) Position at large-Four
Year (4) Term ending June 30,
2005.
IONE RURAL FIRE PRO
TECTION DISTRICT:
Three (3) Positions at large-
Four Year (4) Term ending June
30.2005.
IRRIGON CEMETERY DIS
TRICT:
One (1) Position at large-Four
Year (4) Term ending June 30,
2005.
IRRIGON PARK DISTRICT:
Position 1-Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 3- Four Y ear (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 5- Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
IRRIGON RURAL FIRE
DISTRICT:
Position 3 - Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 4 - Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 5 - Four Year (4) Term
ending June 3Q, 20Q{5,, M , .....
M O RRO W
BO UN TY
HEALTH DISTRICT:
Position 1-Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005. •
Position 2- Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 3- Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
M ORROW
CO UNTY
SCHOOL DISTRICT:
Director: Zone 2 - Four Year
(4) Term ending June 30, 2005.
Director: Zone 6- Four Year
(4) Term ending June 30,2005.
Director: Zone 7- Four Year
(4) Term ending June 30,2000.
B O A R D M A N -IR R IG O N
ADVISORY:
Position 1-Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 2- Two Year (2) Term
ending June 30,2003.
Position 3- Two Year (2) Term
ending June 30,2003.
Position 4- Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 6- Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
H E P P N E R -L E X IN G T O N
ADVISORY:
Position 1-Four Year(4)Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 2- Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 3- Two Year (2) Term
ending June 30,2003.
Position 4- Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 7- Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
IONE-LEXINGTON ADVI
SORY: Position 2- Four Year (4)
Term ending June 30,2005.
Position 3- Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 4- Two Year (2) Term
ending June 30,2003.
MORROW COUNTY UNI
FIED RECREATION DIS
TRICT:
Zone 1 - Four Year (4 ) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Zone 2 - Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
OREGON TRAIL LIBRARY
DISTRICT:
Position 1 - Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 3 - Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
Position 5 - Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
PORT OF MORROW:
Position 1 -Four Year(4)Term
I
ending June 30,2005.
Position 2- Four Year (4)Term
ending June 30,2005
Position 3 - Four Year (4) Term
ending June 30,2005.
WILLOW CREEK PARK
DISTRICT:
Two (2) Positions at large-Four
Year (4) Term ending June 30,
2005.
All candidates for these posi
tions must file or petition for
election with the Morrow County
Clerk at Heppner, Oregon by
January 11, 2001. Copies of
petitions may be picked up at the
County Clerk’s Office
Barbara Bloodsworth
Morrow County Clerk
Published December 6, 2000
Affid
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR MORROW COUNTY
In the Matter of the Estate
of
BETH WRIGHT CLARK,
Deceased.
Probate No. 00 PR 022
NOTICE TO INTERESTED
PERSONS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned have been
appointed and have qualified as
the Personal Representatives of
this estate. All persons having
claims against the estate are
hereby required to present the
same, with proper vouchers,
within four months after the date
of first publication of this notice as
stated below, to the Personal
Representatives c/o Robert E.
O ’R ourke,
K ottkam p
&
O ’Rourke, LLP, 331 S. E. 2nd,
P. O. Box 490, Pendleton, Oregon
97801, or they may be barred.
All persons whose rights may
be affected by the proceedings in
this estate may obtain additional
information from the records of
the court, the Personal Represen
tatives or the attorneys for the
Personal Representatives.
Dated and first published this
6th day of December, 2000.
Nonda L. Harwick
Personal Representative
2947 N.W. Melville
Bend, Oregon 97701
Ned E. Clark
Personal Representative
55347 Highway 207
Heppner, Oregon 97836
Robert E. O ’Rourke
Kottkamp & O ’Rourke, LLP
Attorneys for Personal
Representatives
331 S. E. 2nd
P. O. Box 490
Pendleton, Oregon 97801
Published: December 6, 13 and
20,2000
Affid
______
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY
OF MORROW
ESTATE OF:
GUY RALPH BEAMER,
Deceased.
No. 00 PR 023
NOTICE TO INTERESTED
PERSONS
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed
and has qualified as the personal
representative of the estate. All
persons having claims against the
estate are hereby required to
present the same, with proper
vouchers, within four months
after the date of first publication of
this notice, as stated below, to the
personal representative at: P. O.
Box 218, Pendleton, Oregon
97801 or they may be barred.
All persons whose rights may
be affected by the proceedings in
this estate may obtain additional
information from the records of
the court, the personal represen
tative or the attorney for the
personal representative.
Dated and first published:
December 6, 2000.
Mary Beamer
Personal Representative
59896 Balm Fork Road
Heppner, Oregon 97836
Timothy P. O ’Rourke
OSB #87313
O f Attorneys for Personal
Representative
Corey, Byler, Rew, Lorenzen
& Hojem, L.L.P.
222 S.E. Donon Avenue
P.O. Box 218
Pendleton, Oregon 97801
541-276-3331
Published: December 6. 13 and
20,2000
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