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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 5, 2001 Obituaries The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the C ounty o f Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S. 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at 147 W Willow Street Telephone (541 >676-9228. Fax (541 >676-9211. E-mail gt@hcppncr net or gt^rapidservc net Web sue www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Ga/etlc-Timcs, P O Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836 Subscriptions: S22 hi Morrow County. SI6 senior rate (in Morrow County only, 62 years or older), S29 else- w here David Sykes ............................................................................................................ Publisher April Hilton-Sykes ...................................................................................................... Editor New t deadline la M onday at S p.m. For Advertising advertising deadline • T uesd ay at noon. Coat lor a display ad is $4 SO per colum n men C ost for classified ad is 4 0 ( per word. C ost for C ard of Thanks is $5 up to 100 w ords C ost for a classified display ad is $ 5 1 0 per colum n met) For Pubkc/legal Notices: pubkc/legal notices deadline is M onday at 5 p.m. Oates lor pubkcaOon must be specified Affidavits must be requeed at the time of subm ission Affidavits require three w eeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date m ust be specified if required) O h th e HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppH er.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a C lassified A d • Submit a N ew s Story •V ie w Real Estate for Sale • City C ou n cil* Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Letters to the Editor Editor's note Letters to the Editor must be signed The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters Please include your address and phone num ber on all letters (or use by the G-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit The G-T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds Heppner continues to take cuts » i >. t i f.t i i . . . »«■. » i , I LCDC unfair To the Editor: The Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) set up an income standard that prohibits landowners to build a home on their own land. This governmental agency said that regardless o f the size o f the parcel, a landowner must meet a income standard o f 580,000 for two years before the landowner could build a home on his own land. This regulation is unfair because it is a rule expected to fit the whole state. Well, this "one size fits all" rule allows only large farm ers to build home on their property. Small farm ers who could not meet the requirement can't build a home on another teacher should have been hired without taking one o f ours. Heppner continues to take cuts in teaching positions. We can find the money for teachers. It has to be made a priority. It isn't now. We are currently without representation after losing two board members, Barney Lindsay and Keith Lewis, when the board voted to remove them in June. (They are awaiting legal court action on this issue.) Teachers and curriculum are crucial for our students. Our kids grow too fast. We don't get another chance. If you haven't signed the recall petition, please do so. Contact Mike Armato, 676-9777, for more information. (s) Ann Murray Heppner t-jiifi'iM M .fjj, > li . vV| < their land. Not having a home on the land makes it even harder for small farm ers to farm. Everyday farmers would have to bring the tools and equipment needed to the site because they would have no storage space or home. More time and money are wasted, thus inhibiting them from even meeting the 580,000 rule even if they wanted. This is but one example o f how unfair the 580,000 rule is. This is one exam ple o f the Land Conservation and Development Commission's unfair regulations that hurts Oregon landowners. (s) Barbara West Arlington Hazard, berm still there To the Editor: The Oregon Departm ent o f Transportation (ODOT) worked all sum m er on Highway 207 north o f Lexington at the Bombing Range Road Junction. Money, time and work was spent on this highway and we still have a highway hazard and a big berm o f dirt. Why was this left this way? (s) Eva Kilkenny Heppner Measure 7 step in right direction To the Editor: In 1973, the legislature gave the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC), a non-elected body, the power to control the use o f every acre of pnvate land in the state. Unfortunately, the legislature did not insure that the rights o f landowners would be protected against unfair, excessive land controls. As a result, year after year, LCDC imposed more and more controls that denied landowners the naht to live on their own land, to harvest trees, to divide o ff and sell or give children a portion o f their property. No compensation whatsoever was paid to the landowners. Worse y e t the controls were not imposed to protect the public's interest in water, air or safety (other regulatory agencies do that); they were imposed mainly to preserve open space in rural Oregon and to force people to live in cities. Measure 7 will help bring some fairness to such controls by requiring com pensation to landowners for losses they suffer from excessive regulations. It's a step in the right direction. (s) Jam es W oodward Mitchell Garden Club to meet Colt volleyball program to get underway The Heppner Garden C lub will meet on Monday, September 10, at 7 p.m. at the St. Patrick's Senior Center. Their guest speaker will be Garden Club scholarship recipient Brandon Young. Orchids will be the m eeting topic. In addition, those attending will tour the yards o f the yard o f the month recipients. Ida Farra and Jeanette Padberg will host the m eeting Gladys Cox, 79, o f Hermiston, formerly o f Heppner, died Monday September 3,2001, at the Hermiston Care and Retirem ent C enter in Hermiston. Funeral services will be Thursday September 6, 2001, at 1 p.m. at the Bums M ortuary Chapel in Hermiston. Bunal will follow in the Hermiston Cem etery. She was bom near Thomfield, Missouri, on May 8, 1922, to Smith and Nona Lawson and grew up in the Thomfield-Ava area o f Missoun. She m am ed Glenn Irby in 1941 and moved to Oregon in 1942, living and working at ranches in the Heppner area. She cooked for the harvest crews and hired hands. The couple had two sons. Bill and Bob Irby. They later divorced. In 1956 she m arried Ivan Cox and they lived on a wheat and cattle ranch in the Heppner area. After selling the ranch, they spent winters in Pendleton and sum m ers at their mountain home near Bull Prairie. Ivan Cox died in 1982. After moving to Herm iston in 1984, she met Ken Maynard who has been her friend and companion since February 1988. They attended many of the senior meals ¿id dances. She had resided at the Pat Gray- Wheelhouse Home since January, 2001 . under ‘C a rd o f Thanks’ at a cost of $5.) To the Editor: A few days before school was to begin, after classroom preparations had been made, our school district cut yet another teacher from the Heppner schools. We lost one o f our kindergarten classes (from two down to one) and a kindergarten teacher was told to teach the second/third combined grade. This com bined classroom environment is a challenge for any teacher, and I know the current teacher will make it a success, but planning for this type o f class is extremely important This also leaves us with a much larger kindergarten class - when one-on-one attention is extrem ely important. The position was given to Boardman. With knowledge o f a large incoming class in Boardman, Gladys Cox • The C olt volleyball program for children in grades three to six will get underway Friday, Septem ber 14, at the Heppner High School gym. Registration and release forms will be available at the Heppner Elem entary School office. Form s may be returned to the school or to Missy Cutsforth, 989-8104. She was a member o f the Eagles Auxiliary. She thought Hermiston was the "friendliest town she had lived in" and she really enjoyed her friends in Hermiston. She is survived by her companion, Ocie "Ken" Maynard o f Irrigon; two sons. Bill Irby of Hermiston and Bob Irby and daughter-in-law Claudia ofHermiston; stepdaughters, Mary Banks of Pendleton and Rita Sumner of Heppner, sisters, Ruth Workman of Ava, Missoun, and Hazel Sullivan o f Indianapolis, Indiana; brother, Earl Lawson o f Oklahom a; four grandchildren, three step- grandchildren and four great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan Cox in 1982; one sister and one brother. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or to the American Cancer Society through Bums Mortuary, Box 289, Hermiston, Oregon 97838. .... Bums M ortuary o f Hermiston is in charge o f arrangements. Maynard Jackson Struthers, Sr. Maynard Jackson Struthers Sr., 87, o f Herm iston, formerly o f Heppner, died Thursday, August 30,2001, at his home in Hermiston. A funeral service was held on Saturday, September 1,2001, at Faith Church o f God in Hermiston with bunal following at the Hermiston Cem etery in Herm iston. Mr. Struthers was bom November 19,1913, on the family homestead at Ronan, M ontana, to A.C. and Myrtle FI. (Jackson) Struthers. Mr. Struthers was a farmer in his early life in the Connell, Washington, area. He moved to Heppner and was a truck dnver, farmer, carpenter and then worked as a heavy equipment operator for Morrow County Road Dept, until retiring in 1981. On August 28,1959 he m am ed Edna M om s. In 1984 he moved to Hermiston and lived there since. He enjoyed yard work, hunting, fishing, farming, quilt tying and was an avid Atlanta Braves fan. He is survived by his wife o f 42 years, Edna; four sons, Jack Struthers o f Heppner, Bill Struthers o f M ilwaukie, Gary Struthers o f Portland and Joe Struthers o f Clovis, New Mexico; daughter, Dena Wiese o f Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; brother, Archie Struthers o f Wilsonville; 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Mr. Struthers was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Clayton and Alger, and sister, Agnes Abercrombie. Memonal contributions, for those who wish, may be made to the Faith Church o f God directly or d o Bums Mortuary ofHermiston at P.O. Box 289 Hermiston, Oregon 97838. Bums M ortuary ofH erm iston was in charge o f arrangements. Births Mason Gage Lehman: a son Mason Gage was bom to Jessica and Jon Lehman o f Boardman on August 24,2001, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz and was 23 inches long. He joins brothers, Kaden, VA, and Payton, l, at home. Grandparents are Donald and Sharron Lehman, San Diego, and Charlie and Cindy Sum ner o f Lexington. Slottee scholarship winner announced The South M orrow County Scholarship Trust has announced that Matthew Jepsen is this year's recipient o f the Elizabeth Slottee M emorial Scholarship. Jepsen, the son o f Bill and Nancy Jepsen, is in his third year as a student in the Lionel Hampton School o f Music at the University o f Idaho. He is working towards a BS in music theory, with additional emphasis in teaching and mentonng. The scholarship given this year is in the am ount o f 51,000. The Elizabeth Slottee Memonal Scholarship is given to "remember Elizabeth's love o f music and her wish to share it with others" and is awarded each year to a junior, senior or graduate student majoring or minonng in music or a student who has been accepted into a school o f education. Weather Report By the City of Heppner For the month of August 8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20 8/21 8/22 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31 High 81 87 89 86 78 90 93 92 90 92 99 100 99 98 100 100 93 90 80 80 80 78 80 74 77 87 89 90 87 89 91 Low 50 52 56 52 50 57 58 54 56 61 61 62 66 64 63 61 59 57 48 48 48 58 55 46 48 52 57 58 55 56 59 Precip. .00 .00 .00 .02 T .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 T .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 T .08 .13 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 M C Health Dept. M orrow County Health Dept, lists its September schedule for clinic hours: Thursday, Sept. 6-Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; M onday, Sept. 10-Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 11-Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 13-Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; M onday, Sept. 17-Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 18-Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; W ednesday, Sept. 19-Irrigon clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 20-Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; M onday, Sept. 24-Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 25-Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 27-Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.~4:30 p.m. Death Notice James E. Bloodsworth Jam es E. Bloodsworth, 71, o f Heppner, died Sunday, September 2, 2001, at Pioneer M emorial Hospital in Heppner. Funeral services will be Thursday, September 6,2001, at 1 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge, with concluding service and bunal at the Lexington Cemetery, Sweeney Mortuary o f Heppner is in charge o f arrangements. A complete obituary will be in next week's Heppner Gazette. Davis wins shopping spree M ary Ann D avis at Central checkout Mary Ann Davis was the lucky winner o f the Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo royalty's 5300 shopping spree at Heppner Central Red Apple M arket. Queen Tammy Booth, Pnncess Kelsey Greenup and pennant bearers Lacey Davis and Megan McCabe sold the tickets. The winner was drawn at the Morrow County Rodeo on Sunday, August 19. After paying for the shopping spree the girls will use the proceeds to help pay some o f their expenses incurred representing M orrow County at area parades and rodeo grand entries. Where did Mary Ann spend most o f her allotted tim e? At the m eat counter, o f course. Speedway topic of Boardman chamber The Boardm an C ham ber o f process," according to a Boardman Com m erce will hold its monthly Chamber news release. He will also general luncheon m eeting on introduce his partners and other Wednesday, Sept 19, at the Port of people involved in this project. Morrow's R iverfront Center Ball Onufrei is "looking forward to being in Boardman and is honored to speak Room at 12 noon. Stelian Onufrei, CEO o f Racing about this exciting project." A buffet lunch will be served at Unlimited, Inc., will be the featured speaker. Onufrei will give an update a cost $6.50, to be paid at the door. for the proposed speedway in Contact the chamber by Monday, Boardman. He is "thrilled to speak Sept. 17 to reserve lunch at 481- about the speedway's development, 3014. Due to the anticipated status o f application, prelim inary attendance o f this meeting, lunch project information and the permit reservations will be limited to the first 150 RSVPs. H ighw ay 395 still restricted Highway 395 betw een Ukiah Junction and m ilepost 62 is still restricted to single lane traffic between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, as o f Aug. 30. During nights and weekends, the road will be open to two-lane traffic. Motonsts are still cautioned to not stop along the roadway while dnving through the area. "We have two pilot cars escorting traffic through the area during w orking hours, while crews continue removing damaged trees and debris near the highway," said ODO T District 12 manager Terry McArtor. Traffic delays during work hours are down to half an hour or less, but there are still safety concerns. "Variable message signs in the area are warning motonsts to stay o ff the shoulders and not stop, as debris and trees may continue to slide down the hillsides." M cA rtor said. The highway will remain restneted to single lane travel during work hours for about a week.
