TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 20, 2002
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lone Site Council
The V-Tel plan is to
continue that next year.
Coordinating o f scheduling is
being worked on and Heppner
hopes to offer a course next year
(advanced placement English) in
addition to the pre-calculus class
lone offered this year. Next year
the plans are to have the fiber-
optics lines available and the
connection will be quicker than
the current method.
Dr. Jack Crippen has
been hired to be the new
superintendent. He will begin in
July.
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Math Contest winners
were announced as follows:
fourth grade-Alex Carlson, RJ
Ramos, Mikey Raible, altemates-
Stephanie Archer, Tyree Svetich;
fifth grade-K ara Clay, Tiana
Camarillo, Aiden Burt, altemates-
Matt Coleman, Cory Peterson;
sixth grade-Shannon Clay, Emily
R ietm ann, Justin Archer,
alternates-T eonna Vandever;
seventh grade-Stephanie Holland,
Miranda Hunt, Kayla LaRue,
alternates- Megan Tollefson;
eighth grade-Abby Key, Tyler
Brown, Ashly Grams, altemates-
Kyle Palmateer.
County to hold courthouse model contest
By Debbie Harper
Do you paint, embroider, sculpt, or work in wood? If so, Morrow
County is holding a contest for you. Your entry can be in any medium.
It could be made of wood, clay or chocolate cake. It doesn’t even
have to be three-dimensional. It could be an embroidered picture or a
plate you’ve painted. The only requirement is it must portray the
county courthouse.
Prizes will be awarded in the following age groups: kindergarten
through third grade; fourth through sixth grades; junior high and high
school; and adult.
Entries need to be turned in at the courthouse by April 30. They
will be kept on display until the anniversary celebration on May 27.
For more information, contact Andrea Denton at 676-5620.
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Important to live in
a place of beauty
To the Editor:
Tears come to my eyes as I
sit up here in the balcony
absorbing Zemer Atik, the Peace
Dance or Shalom Dance, from
Israel. It is being performed, or
danced by every member of the
Heppner Elementary School.
They are being led by dancer-
artist-teach er extraordinaire
Carol Newman from Astoria. As
the lines of children weave around t
each other in joy, I feel continents
of hope shift and tremble within
and outside of my one small self.
It is a very good thing. It is a thing
of beauty. It is important.
This experience is very
different, but somehow strangely
similar in a free and democratic
way, to the experience I had
earlier in the week: attending
Heppner’s City Council meeting
Monday last. Things got a little
exciting, to say the least. Now, I
haven’t been to a city council
meeting in a little while, so maybe
this was the last few spurts of
excitement over the city hall/
Library issue... but I found myself
sitting there with knots in my
stomach and feelings of a great
sadness. Seems everybody else
handled the tones and flings and
slings better than 1.1 realized quite
quickly early on in this
“ controversy” that I had a
minority voice (but since sharing
that voice, am finding out I’m not
a member of such a minority as I
had thought). And it seemed
obvious there was much more
history in that, no offense, dinky
city hall room than my four years
in
this
beloved
town.
Nevertheless, I wanted to speak.
I wanted what I had to say be
heard. But I dared not last
Monday. So, I write.
It is important to live in a place
of beauty. It is important to be
wise stewards of our resources
and not trash them or each other.
It is important for people who are
searching for a better place to live,
a better way to live, who come to
visit our fair town to see that we
care about one another, that we
deem our community, every
aspect, as viable and valid. I, for
(a thirty-something) one, thought
the new library/city hall was a
great idea. I thought it was
beautiful, but not overly
ostentatious. (I disagree with the
gentleman who used words like
“Taj Majal” and “Cadillac” for the
dropped plans of the new city hall.
There are thousands upon
thousands o f other models
available to choose from that our
city government can enjoy and
work well with - without resorting
to black and w hite extrem e
thinking - but I appreciated his
comments anyway because they
made me think.) Anyway, I liked
almost everything about it -
including that it was right on Main
Street! I believe in investing in our
community (I do almost all of my
possible shopping in Heppner and
enjoy volunteering in various
ways) and believe that most of
those o f my generation and
onward would not mind putting in
part of what they have to create
and sustain a beautiful place to live
and work that values its members
and its citizens in service to it.
That’s what I wanted to say.
I could argue and discuss it much,
much more, but refuse to do so in
places that feel unsafe - and I still
w o u ld n ’t w ant to have this
discussion face-to-face with my
“opponents.” (Yes, I’m working
on the thickness of my skin and
the firmness of my backbone.)
But my voice and my opinion is
valid anyway. And, knowing I'm
not alone. I'm grateful to be able
to write this letter to the editor of
our town’s paper.
(s) Monica Hunter
Heppner
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To the Editor and Willow Creek
Valley Community:
Elsewhere I have written a
letter concerning all the
individuals who helped make the
parade last Saturday happen. In
this letter 1 want publicly to call
attention to the dedicated hard
work of the two people who have
chaired the Wee Bit O ’ Ireland
Festivities for several years:
Claudia Hughes and Cara Osmin.
There is a lot of preparation,
planning, organizing, coordinating
and creativity that goes into
m aking the St. P atrick ’s
celeoration happen. Claudia and
Cara have held monthly meetings
this last year in order to be sure
that advertising got out, that
brochures and a new four-page
newspaper insert were printed on
time, that new ideas were given
a chance, that potential problems
were avoided, that committees still
operated, and that we were all
communicating with one another.
They are to be highly
com m ended and thanked
profusely for their work. My hat
is off to you, Claudia and Cara. A
job excellently done. Bravo!
(s) Craig Strobel
Heppner
Many work to
make celebration a
success
To the Editor and Willow Creek
Valley Community:
A nother St. P atrick ’s
Celebration has come and gone
and what fun we had. Many
people worked hard to host and
entertain our out-of town guests
as well as fellow residents of the
W illow Creek Valley. In a
previous G azette-Tim es, the
question was asked as to how
many people help with the various
aspects o f the St. P a tric k ’s
celebration. For my part, I can
identify the following people and
businesses who assisted in various
ways with the parade on Saturday:
• Claudia Hughes collected
entries and assisted with a variety
of questions;
• Cara Osm in provided
guidance,
encouragem ent,
assistance with registration and
help with a variety of questions
and inform ation about past
parades;
• Lizz G reen and Travis
Harrison also helped register;
• Travis Harrison also helped
line everybody up;
• Janet McDowell distributed
and received parade entry forms;
• Jerry and JoyceK ay
Holloman of the Shoebox stored
the P.A. system and jackets;
• C liff Green o f Heppner
Hardware stored the sawhorses
for the parade signs;
• Joyce and John Shepherd
helped move sawhorses;
• Rhonda and Jamie Helfrecht
of Green Feed and Seed provided
the use of their parking lot (and
restroom) during registration;
• Craig Canham and the City
of Heppner Maintenance Crew
set out cones and kept things
clean and ship-shape;
• Darrell Raver and his crew
of judges walked the whole length
of the parade to find entrants:
Dave and April Sykes, Victor
Vander Does, and David Allen;
• Ryan M iller o f M iller
Excavating provided the flatbed
truck for the announcing stand;
• Bert Houweling of the Red
Apple provided electrical power;
• Jack Melligan made his
four-wheeler ATVs available;
• Heppner Elementary loaned
us their bullhorn;
• And Monika Hunter did a
wonderful job announcing in the
midst of blowing snow, freezing
temperatures and occasional hail.
So you see, if you enjoyed the
parade, it is because it was the
work of many hands.
In a small community such as
ours, things happen because we
make them happen.
Kudos to everyone involved!
(s) Craig Strobel
Heppner
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County Clerk’s
office at the courthouse in
Heppner reports issuing the fol-
Boyce Elmer Ellison, 68,
Huntington; and
Linda Kay Ellison, 58, Imgon.
Obituaries
Eileen Marie
“Mike” Cbitty
Eileen Marie “Mike” Chitty,
79, Klamath Falls, died March 14,
2002. Funeral services will be
held on Friday, March 22, at
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
beginning with a Recitation of the
Holy Rosary at 10:40 a.m .,
followed by a Mass of Christian
Burial at 11 a.m. The Reverend
Charles Dreisbach will celebrate.
Interment will be at Willamette
National Cemetery in Portland at
2 p.m. on Monday March 25,
2002 .
She was bom in Leominster,
Massachusetts, on November 13,
1922, the only child of Joseph and
Eliza Lizotte. She completed
nurse’s training and then enlisted
in the Army on Oct. 11,1944. She
served as a combat nurse during
WWII in Massachusetts as well
as Belgium, Germany and France.
She met Marvin Chitty in the
Army hospital in Massachusetts.
She was his nurse. Marvin was a
fighter pilot in the Air Force, who
had been shot down and wounded.
Because of his injuries he was
retired as a disabled officer.
She was en route to the
Pacific when the war ended. She
returned to the US in August 1943.
She and Marvin were married on
September 3, 1945. They were
married for 54 years and had five
children.
Mrs. Chitty spent most of her
time taking care of her family. She
enjoyed spending time with her
family, and especially loved being
outdoors, rock and artifact
hunting, camping, fishing and
hunting with her family. She and
her husband lived in several
locations in M aine, Oregon,
Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.
They eventually settled again in
Enterprise. After Marvin’s death
in 1999, she moved to Klamath
Falls, where she lived at Pelican
Pointe.
She is survived by sons and
daughters-in-law, Glenn and Dina
Chitty of Enterprise; Jack Chitty
o f Granite Bay, CA, Mark Chitty
and Kathy Hicks o f Somerset,
CA; daughters and sons-in-law,
Jill and Jon O'Donnell of Klamath
Falls; Gail and Don Papineau of
Heppner; eight grandchildren and
10 great-grandchildren.
Contributions in memory of
Eileen Chitty may be made to
Alzheimer’s Association, 229 W
Main St., Suite E, Medford, OR
97501, or Klamath Hospice, 437
Main St., Klamath Falls, OR
97601.
Births
Lilyanna
Jade
Vandeventer-a
daughter,
Lilyanna Jade, was bom to Brandi
K auffm an
and
Joshua
Vandeventer o f Boardman on
March 1,2002, at Good Shepherd
Medical Center in Hermiston.
The baby weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz.
Dylan Blain Rill-a son,
Dylan Blain, was bom to Tiffany
and Laurence Rill of Heppner on
February 28, 2002, at Good
Shepherd M edical Center in
Hermiston. The baby weighed 7
lbs., 5 oz.
Grandparents are Molly and
Cecil Rill, Heppner, and Vickie
C hristensen, K ilgore, Texas;
great-grandparents are Pat and
Jim Smith, Houston, Texas, and
A.P. and Janice Christensen, San
Diego, CA.
Kellen Gregory Grant-A
son, Kellen Gregory, was bom to
V irginia and G reg G rant o f
Heppner on February 26,2002, at
Good Shepherd Medical Center
in Hermiston. The baby weighed
8 lbs.30
Video showing set at
Adventist church
A video showing of “The
Life of Jesus” will be held at the
Heppner Seventh-day Adventist
Church, 569 Minor, on Friday,
March 29, at 6:30 p.m. in the
church gymnasium.
Refreshments will be
served.
Everyone is invited to
attend.
For more information,
call Cynthia Wenberg, 676-
5036.
Order Magnetic Door Signs
HERE
Heppner Gazette-Times
Jessica Winifred
Cox
A memorial service for Jes
sica Winifred “Winnie” Cox, 88,
will be held in Heppner on Satur
day, March 23,2002, at 2 p.m. at
St. Patrick's Senior Center.
She died January 6, 2002, in
Portland.
She was born Jessica
Winifred Thomson on August 3,
1913, in Heppner, where she lived
nearly all her life. She married
William Lee “Bill” Cox in 1936.
He preceded her in death in 1997.
Survivors include sons, Dav
id, Gayle, William, John and Todd;
sister, Mary Gibb; and eight
grandchildren.
R em em brances may be
made to the Senior Center-St.
Patrick’s Trust Fund, P.O. Box
266, Heppner, Oregon 97836.
Anna J. “Happy”
Graham
Anna J. “Happy” Graham,
93, o f Eugene, a native o f
Heppner, died Wednesday, March
13,2002, at Sacred Heart Hospi
tal in Eugene.
Funeral services were held
Monday, March 18, 2002, at All
Saints E piscopal Church in
Heppner with concluding service
and burial follow ing at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
She was bom November 11,
1908, at Heppner, to John and
Harriet Lynn Wightman and lived
in Heppner most of her life.
She and her brother Marvin
attended Heppner schools from
first grade through high school.
Mrs. Graham recalled marching
into the school building to the
“ Star Spangled Banner” each
morning.
She spent her childhood years
on the family ranch, assisting with
the cooking and other chores.
After graduating from Heppner
High School in 1927, she attend
ed O regon State C ollege at
Corvallis for two years, majoring
in home economics, but the ef
fects of the Depresssion forced
her to terminate her education.
On April 21, 1935, on Easter
Sunday, she married Claude R.
Graham from Eden, Utah. The
couple met when Mr. Graham
came to work on the Wightman
Ranch and for the Alfalfa Lawn
Dairy, which was owned by the
Wightman family.
A fter their m arriage, the
Grahams operated the family
ranch until 1992.
They celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary in 1985 at
the All Saints Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Graham was active in
community affairs. She participat
ed in her church, lodges, as a
Rainbow Girl adviser, as a 4-H
leader, as a Scout leader and was
also on the rural fire board.
She especially enjoyed play
ing bridge with friends.
In 1992, the couple moved to
Eugene to be near their daughter,
due to Mr. G raham ’s failing
health. After Mr. Graham’s death
in September 1992, Mrs. Graham
moved into Willamette Oaks Res
idential Living Facility in Eugene,
and in March 2000, she moved to
Sheldon Park Assisted Living in
Eugene.
Survivors include daughters,
Helen Walsh of Fresno, Califor
nia, and Jean Marie Damon of
Eugene; grandchildren, Scott
W alsh, John Damon, Mark
Damon and Ann Reilly; and three .
great-grandchildren. Her brother, •’
Marvin Wightman, also preceded
her in death.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Pioneer Memorial ;
Home Health Care, P.O. Box 9, :
Heppner, Oregon 97836; or to the •
Morrow County Museum, P.O. :
Box 1153, Heppner, O regon-
97836; or the Farm Museum, P.O. •
Box 515, Heppner, Oregon 97836. •
Sweeney M ortuary o f ;
Heppner was in charge of local ;
arrangements.
T
Justice Court
Report
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The Justice Court office at j
the courthouse in Heppner reports :
handling the following business: Ì
I
R olf M arshall Prag, 37, •
Boardman-Violation of the Basic ;
Rule, 82 mph in a 55 mph zone. I
$132 fine;
William Kelly. Jr., 33, Oregon ;
City-H unting in Violation o f
Criminal Trespass. $111 fine.
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