TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Arts & Crafts meeting changed
The meeting o f the Morrow
County Creative Arts and Crafts
Club has been changed to Thursday,
Aug. 30, at GD's Restaurant banquet
room at 1 p.m.
Topping the agenda will be fund
raising for a mural depicting the
town, a train and sheep. A large
attendance of members is needed
Obituaries
to decide the number of limited
prints to have made and the cost
o f prints.
Also, the finals plans for the
Robert Walton workshop will be
discussed.
Members are urged to attend this
meeting.
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Queen Tammy (right), then seven years old, rides her pinto "YoYo"
with an equestrian drill team at a Woodland. WA, parade. Her pony,
C.J., pulls the cart.
Besides their obvious
love for horses. Tammy and her
mother nave a genuine love for
all animals.
"I didn’t play with toys
when 1 was little, so 1 played
with rabbits that my mom raised
and baby goats." Tammy also
had a chicken that was only
slightly short of amazing. She
taught it to jump on a stick, sit,
stand, close its eyes and play
dead and even trained it to sit on
a pony and be lead around. That
chicken slept in a box next to
Tammy's bed. "When she died,
that was a sad day," said Sherrie.
"We had to have a casket and a
funeral."
Tammy also has a
Bassett hound named Duffy and
a cat named Huckleberry and
Sherrie has a four-pound
miniature Doberman pinscher
named "Cujo" that she entered in
the Morrow County Fair dog
calling contest.
Sherrie has a farm that
she operates in the Boardman
area, where they have lived for
the past four years, with pigs,
ducks, chickens, goats, calves,
horses, cats, dogs and even a
parakeet. When Sherrie is out of
town on a construction job,
Tammy runs the farm. (Sherrie,
who just began a job at TIC, a
construction company, is the
only woman in the Pacific
Northwest, and maybe the U.S.
with a Class 5 boiler card, which
means she has at least 2,000
hours welding experience and at
least
3,000
hours
fitting
experience.)
Tammy has big plans for
her future, with art school, chefs
school and nursing school all
competing for her attention. She
has also been considering a bid
for Miss Rodeo Oregon
Tammy says that Union
has been her favorite rodeo so
far. The track and the cowboys
had something to do with that,
says Mom. The worst experience
was in her hometown of
Boardman. "My horse was being
a jerk and my pants ripped from
the waist all the way down," says
Tammy. "I tried to hide it all the
way through the parade. That
was pretty much the worst
experience."
As the 2001 Morrow
County Fair and Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo Queen, blue-eyed,
brown-haired Tammy wears her
official outfit o f a steel blue shirt
with a maroon, green and blue
vest and off-white Riatas,
accented with off-white gloves,
hat and boots and her crown.
Princess Kelsey wears blue
Riatas, blue gloves, hat and
boots. The court has several work
outfits-long
sleeved,
blue
sparkly shirts, short-sleeved blue
and yellow shirts and steel blue
long-sleeved shirts that all
complement Tammy's white
Ropers and Kelsey's blue Ropers.
"I'm looking forward to
meeting all o f the people at the
Morrow County Fair and Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo," says the petite
Queen Tammy. "I'm especially
excited about the pet show
because o f all the kids."
B E O sp o n so r s le a d e r s h ip
w o r k sh o p
With the help of the Independent
Community Banks of Oregon, over
500 student leaders from around
the state attended the Oregon
Association of Student Council's
summer leadership workshops in
Local cowbov
wins at rodeos
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Jend Penturf, 18, o f Heppner,
has been traveling this summer to
several rodeos.
This past weekend he traveled
to Molalla to nde with Bucking With
the Stars. Hie PBR bucking bulls
were brought in by Korey and Horst.
Penturf rode against 20 top riders,
w inning the first go around with
an 89 point ride. He rode the bull
Dirty White Boy. There were two
goes at this rodeo and he won
$1,671.
Over the last two months he has
won $5,385.
Penturf is the son o f Russ and
Cindy Penturf and the great-
grandson o f Sally Marlatt. all of
Heppner.
DA 's Report
Morrow County District
Attorney David C. Allen has
released the following report:
James Rodney Clements
admitted a probation violation
for possession of a controlled
substance and was sentenced to
10 days in jail. His probation was
extended for one year with credit
for seven days served.
late July. The Bank of Eastern
Oregon helped sponsor this event.
Two high school sessions were
held at Western Oregon University
and a middle school session was
held at Chemawa Indian School
in Salem. Some additional students
attended an advanced leadership
camp at Camp Rilea in Astoria.
The workshops provided
leadership training in organization
and time management skills,
communication, project planning,
goal setting and ethical decision
making. With the help of the
National Guard, the students also
experienced situational leadership
by participating in ropes and
challenge courses.
The Oregon Association of
Student Councils offers year-round
training for student leaders and their
summer camp program has been
popular around the state for over
20 years. They have been partners
with the Independent Community
Banks for 10 years. This year, their
board president, Rex Brittle,
president and CEO o f Merchants
Bank in Gresham, was a guest
speaker at the final banquets of the
high school camps. ICBO has 47
member banks around the state
serving their local communities.
Mignonette Ariel
Barkhurst
Mignonette Anel Barkhurst, 81,
of Myrtle Creek, formerly o f lone,
passed away Sunday, August 5,
2001. A memonal service was held
Saturday, August 11, 2001, at the
Myrtle Creek Grange Hall. Private
cremation rites were held under the
care of Mountain View Memonal
Chapel, Myrtle Creek.
She was bom December 31,1919,
in Portland, to Rossiter Bartlett and
Mignonette Ariel (Young) Perry,
and lived her childhood near lone.
After graduation from lone High
School, she attended Pacific
University and received nursing
training at Good Samantan Hospital
in Portland, where she became a
registered nurse.
She moved to the Panama Canal
Zone and married her college
sweetheart, Myrl Ross Barkhurst,
on March 11, 1943, in Balboa,
Panama. She worked at Gorgas
Hospital in Balboa, Panama.
After moving to New Orleans,
Louisiana in 1946, they then moved
to Myrtle Creek in 1948, residing
at their North Myrtle home and
property since 1950.
She worked as a registered nurse
at the Myrtle Creek Hospital and
Clinic until 1980, including a time
from 1965 to 1968 while she and
her family lived in Elkton. She also
worked at the Douglas County
Nursing Home (now Mercy Rehab,
and Care Center) in Roseburg,
continuing part-time until 1990.
She was an active member of
the Oregon Lung Association,
AARP, UVC Hospital Auxiliary
and Myrtle Creek Grange. She gave
countless hours of volunteer service
with those organizations and as a
Red Cross volunteer. She was named
Myrtle Creek Volunteer of the Year
and received the AARP National
Community Service Award.
According to the family,
Mignonette is remembered as a very
kind and gentle person who saw
the best in everyone and spoke
without a harsh word.
Survivors include her husband
Myrl Barkhurst of Myrtle Creek;
sons Ross and wife Christine of
WestTownshend. Vermont, Ralph
and companion Roberta of Portland,
Miles and wife Cindy o f Myrtle
Creek; granddaughters Jessica,
Cadence and Amy; grandsons
Rossiter, Randall and wife Tina,
Perry and wife Amy, and Jesse;
great-grandsons John and Zachary;
and brother Robert Young Perry
of lone. She was preceded in death
by her parents; and sisters Adelle
Perry and Ross Belle (Perry)
Gillette.
Mountain View Memorial
Chapel, Myrtle Creek, was in charge
o f arrangements.
William Fredrick ’’Bill”
Beck
William Fredrick "Bill" Beck,
83, died Sunday, August 5, 2001,
at his home in Hermiston.
Graveside funeral services were
held Thursday, August 9,2001, at
the Lexington Cemetery in
Lexington.
William Beck was bom April
30, 1918, atCabool, Missouri, to
Fredrick William and Jennie (Neff)
Beck.
He was a resident o f the
Hermiston and Heppner area for
65 years coming to Heppner when
he was 18. He worked on many of
the ranches in the area and did some
logging. Later, he worked in
construction for 40 years. According
to his family, he left his mark on
many roads, buildings, and bridges
to share with his grandchildren.
He and his wife, Frances
Papineau Beck, were married on
November 30, 1942, in Hood River.
During his younger years, he rode
bareback horses and bulls in rodeos.
He was quite good but didn’t pursue
it, said his family. He loved all
animals, especially his dogs. After
his retirement, he raised mini-horses
and had race horses for awhile.
He was a fix-it man, builder, and
mechanic. Everything was a
challenge to him and he would work
on a project until it was fixed, his
family said. He also had many
friends he kept up with and visited
as they all grew older. He was
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always the first person there when
somebody was needed, according
to the family.
Survivors include his wife of 57
years, Frances Papineau Beck of
Hermiston; daughters, Donna Van
Zante o f Clarkston, Washington,
and Phyllis Mayes of Umatilla; four
grandchildren; and eight great
grandchildren. He was preceded
in death by his parents. Fredrick
and Jennie Beck; and a brother.
Dallas Beck.
Memonal contributions may be
made to the Vange John Memonal
Hospice, 645 W. Orchard, Suite
6, Hermiston, OR 97838.
Bums Mortuary o f Hermiston
was in charge o f arrangements.
Glenis G. Snyder
Glems G. Snyder, 78, of
Pendleton, formerly o f Heppner,
died at St. Anthony Hospital in
Pendleton on July 31, 2001.
Funeral services were held
Friday, August 3, 2001, at Bishop
Funeral Chapel in Pendleton.
Mrs. Snyder was bom January
29, 1923, at LaGrande, to George
H. and Muriel Mulholland Clark.
She was raised at LaGrande and,
after graduating from LaGrande
High School, moved to Pendleton
and went to work at the Army
Ordnance Depot.
She married William Wayne
Snyder of Pendleton on July 4,1946.
They moved to Heppner in 1959
and she was employed at the First
National Bank. They returned to
Pendleton in 1979 and she went to
work for the bank there. She retired
from the First Interstate Bank in
Pendleton in the early 1980s.
She enjoyed working crossword
puzzles and reading.
Survivors include son, William
Wayne "Bill" Snyder. Jr., of
Pendleton;
daughter, Peggy
O'Donnell o f Redmond; six
grandchildren;
three
great
grandchildren; a sister, Juanita Corey
o f LaGrande; two nephews and
several cousins. She was preceded
in death by her husband Bill in
August o f 1990.
Memonal contributions may be
made to Oregon Heart Association,
1425 NE Irving St., Suite 100,
Portland, Oregon 97232-4201,
directly or through Bishop Funeral
Chapel, P.O. Box 325, Pendleton,
Oregon 97801.
Bishop
Funeral
Chapel,
Pendleton, was in charge of
arrangements.
Tommie Bert Hancock
Tommie Bert Hancock, 58, of
Boardman, died Sunday, August
12, 2001, at his home.
Burial was held Wednesday,
August 15, 2001, at Riverview
Cemetery in Boardman.
Mr. Hancock was bom August
25, 1942, at Stilwell, Oklahoma,
to Pascal and Hester Guffey
Hancock.
He came to Boardman five years
ago from Edmonds, Washington.
Mr. Hancock enjoyed fishing
and gardening.
Survivors include brothers, Jerry
of Boardman and Roy o f Bunen,
Washington; and sister. Hazel
Buechler of Yakima, Washington.
Bums Mortuary o f Hermiston
was in charge of arrangements.
World War II. Upon leaving the
Marines, he went to work as a heavy
equipment operator at Umatilla
Army Depot, retinng in 1973. After
retirement, he worked as an
equipment operator on a number
of large local farms until 1983, when
he again retired.
He was an active member of the
Irrigon community. He served on
the Irrigon School Board, was a
member o f the Hermiston Veterans
of Foreign Wars post, on the AAA
advisory board and a member of
the Stokes Landing Senior Center
in Irrigon.
Mr. Schmeder enjoyed fishing,
bowling, working around his small
farm, attending movies, watching
sports and spending time with his
family.
Survivors include daughters, Ann
Stevens of Vallejo, California, and
Pamela DeardortTof Independence;
sons, Robin of St. Helens, Glenn
of Pendleton and David of Spokane;
12grandchildren; ^great-g ran d
children; sisters. Rose Harbottle
of Grass Valley, California, Mabel
Hartley o f Hillsboro and Verna
Beacock ofV ancouver, Washington.
His wife, Betty Catherine Millar
Schmeder, died in 1993.
Memonal contributions may be
made to the Alzheimer's Disease
Center of Oregon, P.O. Box 10051,
Portland, Oregon 97210, or to Stokes
Landing Senior Center in Imgon.
Bums Mortuary o f Hermiston
was in charge o f arrangements.
Louise Ferne (Sion Hug)
Clark
Louise Feme (Sion Hug) Clark,
82, died Friday, August 10, 2001,
at Portland.
Memorial service will be held
Saturday, August 18,2001, at 2 p.m.
at the Gladstone Christian Church.
She was bom February 28,1919,
at Perry, Oregon, to Leighton and
Louise Sion. She graduated from
LaGrande High School in 1937,
received her teacher's certificate
from Eastern Oregon Teacher's
College in 1939 and went back to
receive her bachelor's degree from
Eastern Oregon College in 1967.
She taught at schools all over
northeast Oregon and last worked
at the library at Eastern Oregon State
College in LaGrande. She retired
in 1984.
She was a member o f the
Gladstone Christian Church since
1996 and was a member of Beta
Sigma Phi International (a women
in education sorority).
Survivors include sons, Donald
Clark. Jr., of Tualatin, Richard Clark
of Jackson, Alabama, John Cole
of Las Vegas, Nevada; a daughter,
Linda Reinmiller of Portland; four
granddaughters; six grandsons; and
six great-grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by a son, David
Clark, who died in Vietnam in 1 %7;
and a granddaughter who died in
1983.
Young's Funeral Home of Tigard
is in charge o f arrangements.
G r a n g e s h o ld m e m o r ia l se r v ic e s
Memonal services for members
of the four granges in Wheatland
Pomona were held July 22 at Anson
Wright Park. Zelma McDaniel,
Pomona Chaplain, was in charge
o f the service.
Those remembered from
Lexington Grange were Kenneth
J. Smouse, Fritz Cutsforth, Henry
Peck and Velva Bechdolt. From
Willows Grange at lone, those
recognized were Darrell Padberg,
Mildred Eubanks, Lorraine Ball
and Don Ball. From Spray Grange
were Jimmy Adams, Bob Hill, Glenn
Perkins and Roger Asher. (There
were none from Greenfield Grange
at Boardman.)
During the ceremony Jane Dean,
Pomona Master, presented a book
to be given to the lone Public
Library in memory o f Kenneth
Smouse, who was a 70-year member
and had acted as master of
Lexington Grange and served in
many other positions.
Nina Kmghten o f Willows
Grange was recognized with a Gold
Certificate for 50 years as a member
o f Mikkalo Grange, as well as
Willows.
Spray Grange was the host grange
and brought roast beef, potatoes
and gravy for a potluck dinner.
SWCD, Weed
Board to meet
A regular board meeting of the
Morrow SWCDAVeed Advisory
Board will be held Tuesday, Aug.
21, at 3 p.m. at the Pettyjohn Office
in Heppner.
Agenda items include: Senate
Bill 1010, annual work plan, OWEB
Grant update, manager's report,
weed report, agency reports and
other business.
The meeting is open to the public.
William '’Bill” Schmeder
William "Bill" Schmeder, 83,
a resident of Imgon for the past 52
years, died Thursday, August 9,
2001, at his daughter's home in
Independence.
Funeral service was held
Wednesday, August 15, 2001, in
the chapel at Bums Mortuary in
Hermiston with burial following
at Desert Lawn Memonal Cemetery
in Irrigon.
Mr. Schmeder was bom March
14, 1918, at Cut Bank, Montana,
to Bill and Alma Lewellen
Schmeder.
He served in the U.S. Marine
Corps Construction Battalion during
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