TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 3, 2002
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Greg Smith endorsed by Ag-Pac
In a statement issued recent
ly, Ag-Pac officially announced
their endorsement o f Oregon
State Representative Greg Smith
for House District 57, according
to a news release from Smith.
“Representative Greg Smith
has been a steadfast, unflinching
and effective leader on behalf of
Oregon’s vital agricultural and
natural resource industries,” said
Carol Russell, Ag-Pac chairman.
“Countless times he has gone to
bat for growers, ranchers, food
. processors, timber and other es
sential Oregon businesses and
employees.”
:,
Ag-Pac is an umbrella politi-
v cal action committee represent
ing nearly every major agricultural
commodity. The diverse group
includes such members as the
Oregon Cattlemen’s Association,
Associated Oregon Loggers, Or-
. egon Farm Bureau PAC, Oregon
Water Resources Congress, Ore
gon Wheat Growers League, Or-
egonians for Food and Shelter,
Oregon Concrete and Aggregate
Association, Oregon Dairy Indus
try and the Blue Mountain Potato
Growers.
“I am honored to have Ag-
Pac endorse my candidacy. It
serves as recognition of my com
mitment to the agricultural and
natural resource community,” said
Smith. “These folks are the back
bone of Oregon’s economy.”
Rep. Smith has already re
ceived honors from the Oregon
Cattlemen’s Association, being
the recipient of the prestigious
“Lariat Laureate”, and the Ore
gon Fairs Association, receiving
their “Grand Champion Legisla
tor” award. The Oregon Farm
Bureau and Oregonians for Food
and Shelter have also individually
recognized Smith legislative ac
complishments.
“Representative Greg Smith
is a true friend of the family farm
er,” said Russell.
Justice Court Report
Brenda Kay Worden, 41,
Heppner-Driving while License
f Suspended violation, $ 197 fine;
Jeffrey J. M aben, 44,
Heppner-Unlawfiil Motor Vehicle
Use on Heppner Regulated Hunt
Area, $82 fine;
Travis
B ellam y,
18,
Lexington-Violation of the Basic
Rule, 42 mph in a 25 mph zone,
$87 fine;
Irvin E. Rauch, 79, Lexington-
Violation of the Basic Rule, 75
mph in a 55 mph zone, $75 fine;
Jimmy Santos, 37, Sandy-
Driving while License Suspended
violation, $297 fine;
Richard James Brown, 64,
lone-illegal Possession of Non-
Game Wildlife (Raptors), $152
fine;
M ary
E.
(C onnor)
Morehouse, 30, Heppner-Driving
while License Suspended, $157
fine;
Ronald D. Barber, 54, Bend-
Illegal U-turn, $77 fine;
Skylar JoAnn Rickabaugh,
48, Mt. Vernon-Illegal U-turn, $77
\ fine;
Ryan Patrick Soper, 23-
Failure to Use Seatbelt, $59 fine;
Sarah J. Yankee, 19,
Heppner-Maintaining a Dog as a
Public Nuisance. $79 fine. Driving
while License Suspended
infraction, $297 fine, Driving
while License Suspended, $357
fine, M aintaining a Dog as a
Public Nuisance, $79 fine;
Daniel George Pasqual, 51,
Portland-No Angling License, $77
fine. Failure to Appear, $631 fine,
90 days in jail, $700 and jail
sentence suspended with two
years probation with no further
violation of law;
Richard James Drake, 46,
Heppner-Illegal Possession of
Non-Game Wildlife (Raptors,
Eagle, Hawk, Owl), $157 fine;
Clifford Michael Adams, 42,
Heppner-Violation of the Basic
Rule, 73 mph in a 55 mph zone,
$77 fine;
Ryan L. Miller, 29, Heppner-
No Valid ODOT Weight Receipt,
$157 fine;
Jacqueline Kay Lane, 22,
Boardman-Violation of the Basic
Rule, 72 mph in a 55 mph zone.
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Lorena I. Jones
Lorena I. Jones, 84, of Hep
pner, died Tuesday, March 26,
2002, at Pioneer Memorial Clinic
in Heppner.
A memorial service was held
Saturday, March 30, 2002, at the
United Methodist Church in Hep
pner. A committal service was
held at the Heppner Masonic
Cemetery.
She was bom Nov. 29, 1917,
at Boardman. to Alex and Isabel
la Cooke Wilson. Her mother died
when she was 11 months old and
she was raised by her grandmoth
er and three other relatives. She
attended school at Heppner and
at Oakland, California, for a time.
She returned to Heppner, gradu
ating from Heppner High School
in 1935. She attended Eastern
Oregon College at La Grande and
then began teaching in Lexington.
On December 24, 1938, she
married Floyd R. Jones at Pendle
ton. The couple took 10 one-dol-
lar bills to get married. The min
ister charged $5, the hotel room
was $3 and breakfast the next
morning was 80 cents. They
came home to lone with $ 1.20 to
an apartment they rented for
$17.50 per month. They put the
$ 1.20 in the bank.
At that time, married teach
ers were not allowed to continue
teaching so she set aside her
teaching career until 1961 when
she returned to teaching at Hep
pner. She retired in 1981.
In 1958, Mr. and Mrs. Jones
bought a ranch on Hinton Creek
near Heppner, where they raised
quarter horses, cattle, hay and
grain.
Mrs. Jones was a member of
United Methodist Church, the
Bookworms, and the Cutting
Horse Association and was an
associate member of the Cattle
men’s Association.
Survivors include her hus
band, Floyd R. Jones of Heppner;
daughter and son-in-law, Marcia
and Larry Sticka of Hillsboro;
three grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren. A son, Greg
Jones, died in 1999.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the United Methodist
Church Memorial Fund, PO. Box
733, Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary o f Hep
pner was charge of arrangements.
Everett L. Martin
Everett L. Martin, 78, of Irri-
gon, died Tuesday, March 2,2002,
in Portland. A celebration of life
gathering for Mr. Martin was held
at the Irrigon Moose Lodge on
March 23, 2002.
Mr. Martin was bom May 22,
1923, at Pendleton, and as raised
in the K ooskia, Idaho, area.
Through the years, he had been a
rodeo contestant.
On May 7, 1980, he and his
wife, Delores “Lorie” were mar
ried. Mr. Martin enjoyed his fam
ily, hunting and fishing and was
an active and devoted member of
the Moose Lodge.
Survivors include his wife of
22 years, Delores “Lorie” Mar
tin, of Irrigon; sons, Ronald Rey
nolds and Rodney Reynolds, both
of Irrigon; five grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren; sisters,
Voneta Brock of Hermiston. and
Twila DeVane, formerly of Irrig
on; and brother, Vandon Martin of
Enterprise.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Irrigon Moose
Lodge Memorial Fund, P.O. Box
219, Irrigon, OR 97844.
Glenn Allen Strang
Glenn Allen Strang, 41, of Ir
rigon, died Thursday, March 28,
2002, at Irrigon. At his request,
there will be no funeral service.
Disposition was by cremation.
Mr. Strang was bom Febru
ary 9, 1961, at Tucson, Arizona,
to Richard Lee and Mary Lee
Montague Strang. On July 8,
1999, he married Terri Lee at
Reno, Nevada.
Mr. Strang was a lead man
at Marlette Home Manufacturing
in Hermiston. He loved fishing.
Survivors include his wife,
Terri, of Irrigon; sons, Charles
Germain of Puyallup. Washing
ton; daughters, Dominique Schoe-
ssler and Sherri Hyder, both of
Salem, and Samantha Stuben-
rauch of Irrigon; three grandchil
dren; his parents, Mary and Don
Crawford of Lincoln City; and
brothers. Mike and Troy, both of
Lincoln City.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
was in charge of arrangements.
Lyle E. Morton
Lyle E. M orton, 63, o f
Pendleton, died March 26,2002,
at St Anthony Hospital afrer an
extended illness.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, March 30, 2002, at the
First Christian Church in Pendle
ton. Graveside service was at
Skyview Cemetery in Pendleton.
Mr. Morton was bom May 11,
1938, in Oberlin, Kansas, to John
and Alice Morton. He moved to
Oregon from Colorado in 1956.
He worked in Athena for the
John, Smith and Beamer Ranch
es.
He married Josie Black on
September 7,1957, and moved to
Pendleton where he worked for
the Pendleton Flour Mills for 3914
years. He retired in June 2000.
He married Sue Paulsen on
May 27, 2000.
He loved camping, hunting,
fishing, crosswords, golfing and
watching his grandkids’ activities.
He is survived by his wife
Sue; daughters, Karen and her
husband Cary Ford, Kathy and
her husband Phil Carlson; son,
Doug Morton; stepchildren, Kelly
Kelley and Stan Runnels; broth
ers, Dale, Jim, Bryce and Jerry,
all of Colorado; sisters, Carol Holt
o f Colorado and Clarice Oleren-
shaw of Maryland; grandchildren,
Linzie and Lisa Ford of Pendle
ton, Jodie and Kyle Carlson of
Heppner and Chelsay and Brad
Morton of Hermiston; and numer
ous step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, John and Alice Mor
ton; brothers, George, Ronnie and
Virgil; sister, Ruth Kissner; and
his first wife of 42 years, Josie
Morton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to the
“Stained Glass Window Fund” of
the First Christian Church in
Pendleton.
Bums Mortuary of Pendleton
was in charge o f arrangements.
Edna M. Linn
Edna M. Linn, 93, a resident
of the Hillsboro community, for
merly of Vemonia, died Thursday,
March 28, 2002, at the Tuality
Community Hospital in Hillsboro,
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at the
Fuiten, Rose and Hoyt Funeral
Home in Forest Grove. The Rev
erend Eugene Sabin officiated.
Private family graveside servic
es will be held on Thursday, April
4,2002, at the High View Ceme
tery in lone.
She was bom February 5,
1909, in Felida, Washington, the
daughter o f Edward and Rosa
(Andrews) Carrick. She received
her early education in the Felida
community until the eighth grade
when she moved with her family
to Oregon, settling in the Vemon
ia community, where she complet
ed her schooling. She graduated
from the Vemonia High School.
She was united in marriage
to Walter Everett Linn on June 2,
1928, in St. Helens, Oregon. Fol
lowing their marriage they made
their home in the Vemonia com
munity.
Mrs. Linn was preceded in
death by her husband, Walter, on,
March 12, 1994, after celebrat
ing over sixty-five years of mar
riage. Following her husband’s
death, she continued to make her
home in the Vemonia community
until later moving to Forest Grove
and most recently the Hillsboro
community.
Mrs. Linn was a homemak
er. She was a member of the Or
der o f Eastern Star Nehalem
Chapter #153 as well as the Mt.
Heart Rebekah Lodge #243 in
Vemonia.
Survivors include a son, Dav
id Linn o f Bums; a daughter,
Sharon Gates of Cornelius; four
grandchildren and their spouses,
Yvonne Warden of Forest Grove,
Dawn and Richard Loomis o f
Iowa, Oregon, Earl Cranor of
Hillsboro, and Kevin and Rosa
Harp of Iowa, Oregon; and 10
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her parents and a son, Glenn Ed
ward Linn in 1933
Memorial contributions may
be sent to the Masonic and East
ern Star Home Endowment Fund,
2150 M asonic Way, Forest
Grove, Oregon 97116, in her mem
ory. Fuiten, Rose and Hoyt Fu
neral Home in Forest Grove was
in charge of arrangements.
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Join in concern for autistic children
To the Editor:
I was very surprised by the
ESD/area school districts’ plan to
lower the quality of service to the
autistic children in our schools.
The plan to replace trained autism
assistants with lower paid aides
will undermine the success of the
autism program. Some students
benefit and thrive on a flexible
schedule with variety to their day.
This is not true of students with
autism. They must have a one-
on-one assistant to work with
them to succeed.
I have watched the steady
progress of a friend's autistic
daughter. This would not have
been possible without the skilled
assistant time available to her
throughout the day. She has had
the same assistant for the five plus
years she has been in public
schools. A change in personnel
and daily routines would cause her
to regress; and perhaps be self-
abusive.
The money spent in these
early years is money well spent.
It always costs more for adult
services. So, let’s look long and
hard at the facts before we
decide to give less service to
these children.
When I consider the school
budgets, the amount of dollars
required to maintain the current
level o f service in the autism
program is minimal.
Please, join me in my concern
for the autistic children in our
schools. Speak out for maintaining
the skilled assistants in the autism
program, at their current level of
compensation.
(s) Suzanne Jepsen
Heppner
Damage to autistic children irreparable
To the Editor:
I am a grandmother o f an
autistic child and have spent years
researching autism and the ef
fects that teaching strategies and
programs can, and do, have on
their potential and future.
I am very concerned with the
recent decisions of the ESD and
area school districts in regards to
the autism program, and the de
voted and trained personnel that
are so crucial to the success of
each unique student.
Autism is a very complex
condition. You never recover from
autism; but, with the daily one-
on-one teaching and supervision
by the same trained staff mem
ber, steady progress happens.
This is seriously jeopardized by
sporadic supervision and teaching.
This would be the end result of
the current plan for “flexible” aide
time. This plan completely ignores
the current data that supports in
tense, one-on-one teaching in a
consistent and supportive environ
ment.
The recent editorial praising
the ESD plan does not consider
the impact that the new plan will
have on the children it serves.
And, except for the fact that the
lowest paid employees in the cur
rent autism program will take a
major reduction in wages, I see
no gain. The aides (assistants) still
have to be supervised. And, due
to the reduction on wages, many
of these skilled assistants will
have to seek alternative employ
ment. Autistic children require
months and even years to adjust
to a new assistant. During this
time of adjustment, they will re
gress and some will become self-
abusive.
Each autistic child depends on
us for their future. Let’s not let
them down. They cannot speak
for themselves, but we can.
I hope each of you will ex
plore more fully the probable con
sequences of this plan. It goes
way beyond budget cuts. Each
impacted school district will need
to provide appropriate compensa
tion for these dedicated and skilled
assistants or the damage to autis
tic children will be irreparable.
(s) Patricia Edmundson
Heppner
Seeks information on great-grandparents
To the Editor:
I am doing family research
and I’m hoping you might be able
to help me. I am looking for
inform ation on my great-
grandparents and their family.
They were Nelson and Sarah M.
Best Cumpton (Compton). Their
children were Alfred Wesley,
Benjamin Franklin, Margaret A.,
Mary M„ Isabell (Isey). There
was a Minorie (Minnie) and an
Ollie, but I don’t know just where
they fit in.
I have marriage certificates
for most o f the children from
M orrow County. A lfred W.
married Mary E. Ensley in 1896;
Benjamin F. married Elvira M.
“Ella” Mitchell in 1892; Margaret
A. married Robert Knighton in
1892; Mary M. married David
Dean in 1898; Isey m arried
Charles Rider in 1902; Minnie
married Valentine Stoker, no date.
I believe Sarah passed away in
January 1897 as well as a Wesley.
I believe they died just a few days
apart. It seems Ollie died in June
of 1895 and Alfred in March of
1899.
I’m wondering if you might
have any kind of information on
the family. Any help you could
give me w ould be greatly
appreciated.
(s) Velma Kuntz
383 Anderson Lane
Ronan, MT 59864-9804
Old high school
Support program
should be preserved for autistic children
To the Editor:
The Historical Society is
erecting signs to identify the old
country schools, which is great.
But, the old high school in
Heppner should be one of those
buildings so identified and
preserved. Unless the people of
Morrow County convince the
school board to save this building,
it will soon be only a memory.
Nearly every town in Oregon has
a similar story: either their old
building was demolished and
replaced by a new, modem one,
or they restored it to one they are
proud of and is the envy of other
towns.
(s) Carl Martin
Heppner
To the Editor:
We are writing to encourage
the school districts to support the
autism programs in their schools
by continuing to pay the autism
assistants on the existing ESD
salary schedule.
To be an effective assistant
to a child with autism requires
training and skills beyond what is
necessary for other assignments.
Please continue to support one
assistant per autistic child. This
one-on-one assistant should only
work with one autistic child and
should not be on a flexible sched
ule.
We cannot change the con
dition of autism for our children,
but we can support a program that
meets their very unique needs.
(s) Cam and Jim Wishart
Heppner
Odd Fellows plan
card party
Grains Commission
to meet
Lexington Odd Fellows will
hold a card party on Saturday,
April 6, at the hall starting at 7:30
p.m. This will be the last card
party before the spring and
summer break.
Cost is $3 per person and
refreshments will be served.
The
O regon
G rains
Commission in Pendleton will hold
a regular commission meeting on
Tuesday, April 9, at 1 p.m. via
conference call.
Commission meetings are
open to the public.