TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 1, 2002
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County Court news
By Doris Brosnan
At its session on April 17,
the Morrow County court asked
planning director, Tamra Mabbott,
if she had heard from the
Department o f Environmental
Quality about possible hazardous
waste at the speedway site. She
had not and noted that no
reference to such waste
appeared in the permit. Judge
Terry Tallm an reported that
economic development specialist,
Martin Davis, had checked with
the DEQ and learned that it has
no record of hazardous waste at
the site. Also in attendance, the
reporter from the East Oregonian
added that asbestos on PVC
pipes at the site had long since
been removed. Mabbott stated
that, though DEQ has no record
of cleanup, the Port of Morrow
says the site was cleaned up but
has no record of it. The rocky
terrain and the fact that most
bombing runs had been in the
other direction were also noted.
There was some question o f
whether the issue would delay the
project.
Mabbott also discussed
the schedule for hearings on the
speedway, and the court selected
May 16 for the first hearing and
May 30 for the final hearing.
Mabbott reported to the
court the need for additional funds
for 12 more hours of outside
counsel for the Boeing
Agricultural Industry Company
(BA IC) easem ent appeal or
funds for the counsel to represent
the county at the May 1 hearing.
She explained that the latter was
the preference of both her and
county counsel Bill Hanlon, and
she noted that savings in her
budget could cover the cost. A
lengthy discussion ensued before
the court ended in an approval of
an agreem ent for the legal
counsel to represent the county
at the hearing.
Judge Tallman reported
that he and Martin Davis would
be appearing before the
Emergency Board on April 18
with a proposal for the funds
expected by the county from the
land sale in the north county.
F air Board m em ber
Mark Jones updated the court on
the dormitory project, which has
been started with grant funding
that requires some form of county
match. He said that the court will
receive a letter requesting
donation of time and equipment
for the destruction of the old
building, and if that is not possible,
he thought a practice bum for the
fire departm ent might be an
option. He noted that disposal of
the waste was not included in the
grant and asked if the county
could haul the waste to the
Arlington landfill, if he arranged
for that. The court suggested that
the general m aintenance
supervisor inspect the building for
asbestos. Jones explained that the
work is at least a year away. He
added that the building will not
contain showers and talked about
several issues created by that
fact.
Morrow County School
District superintendent Bruce
Anderson and the building's
project manager discussed with
the court a request to delay
construction of the extension of
First Street in Irrigon. Anderson
explained that, though the bond
included enough money for the
road, other unforeseen expenses
had arisen. Mabbott offered a
written summary of the issue,
with a recommendation from her
and public works director Burke
O'Brien to build the road base
now and meet the conditions of
the City of Irrigon before future
improvements. Several questions
and answers later, the court
approved a delay, on condition of
the city’s adoption.
Assistant public works
director. Bob Naims, reported that
the crews have been crack sealing
on Tower and Patterson Ferry
Roads and Miller, McNab, and
Laurel Lanes. They have swept
Willow Creek, Basey Canyon,
Upper Rhea Creek, and Dee Cox
Roads, Heppner High School Hill,
and Bunker Hill and McNab
Lanes. They graded Bergstrom
Lane and Brenner Canyon Road,
and are working on 21 Road.
They plow ed snow from
Coalmine Hill and plowed into
Penland Lake. Naims reported
some Dee Cox Road damage
repaired after a cloudburst on
April 10 and said that weed
spraying has been completed on
paved roads and 80% completed
on gravel roads. He also offered
an update on the Valby Road
project.
Public works office
support specialist, Karen Wolff,
reported that another ATV park
m eeting was to occur that
evening. She said that brochure
layouts for the parks had been
selected from those submitted by
lone High School students, one of
whom will receive a monetary
award for the selected design.
Naims reported one bid
received on the county’s drilling
and blasting. That bid was opened
and discussed, and the bidder was
called about one rem aining
question. The bid from Pilot Knob
Construction was accepted, with
conditions w ritten into the
contract.
O ther actions o f the
Court include the following:
- approval o f some
funding from discretionary funds
for the Hands on Science
program , refundable if the
program receives a grant;
- agreem ent to share
legal costs o f the Threemile
Canyon Dairy appeal with the
City of Boardman;
-approval of allocating a
second vehicle as a replacement
to the Behavioral Health
Department;
-approval of a permit to
CenturyTel for a line under
Patterson Ferry Road and permits
to Morrow Developm ent for
overhead crossings of Blackhorse
Canyon, Dee Cox Road, Piper
Canyon, Nichols Lane, and the
transfer station.
G-T to start new local history column
From the Editor: The Gazette-
Times will soon begin
publishing “A Look into Our
Past ”, a small portion o f the
paper featuring a photo from
Morrow County history and a
short story about the picture.
The public is invited to submit
The wonderful other side of Heppner
Mannix for governor
To the Editor:
1 am writing in support of
Mr. Kevin Mannix for governor
of Oregon. When compared with
the other candidates, Mr. Mannix
excels
in
the
prim ary
qualifications required to guide all
of Oregon through the existing
economic recession and on into a
prosperous future. He has spent
five highly effective years as a
state representative in Salem
where he established a sound
record for leadership and a keen
command of the important issues.
He understands the need for, and
has the skills required for,
consensus building. And, most
im portant for the future of
Oregon, Mr. Mannix understands
that a stable econom y rests
largely with a dynam ic and
successful agricultural industry
and that private property rights
are the foundation of any free
society.
I urge you to help elect
Mr. Kevin M annix the next
governor of Oregon. Then watch
us excel.
(s) Jack G yllenberg
Baker City
Heppner also has German ancestors
To the Editor:
I read the letter from
O liver H eppner o f Siegen,
Germany asking for information
about our city founder, Henry
Heppner. I answered, giving the
story which began with being bom
at Pleschen in Posen Province in
Germany. 1 told about Henry's life
from when he came to California
clear through the 1880s. I also
asked him for his mailing address
so I could send him a few
pictures.
I have a lot o f Irish
friends all over this country and I
know I see shamrocks all around
the city of Heppner. However, this
is just fine with me; there is just
one fact, Henry Heppner was
German. He was wrongfully
called Jewish and even Polish.
I know some o f the
German immigrants were not too
proud of the Old Country and
wanted out if they could get away.
They came to America to be free.
My grandfather, John Piper, was
put in a flour barrel and wheeled
out onto a ship when he was only
14 years old. He landed on Ellis
Island and w alked to Piper
Canyon where he homesteaded.
W.E. Hughes, my late friend, had
a grandfather named William
Hughes. William put up $300 in
gold coin as a bond for the deed
in 1884 so that 14-year-old little
boy from G ermany could
homestead in Piper Canyon.
I have that bond for that
deed. When I first got my hands
on it, I took it to W.E. Hughes.
He was thrilled and we talked
about our ancestors quite often.
I guess it’s okay to have
a German town with shamrocks
all around - it’s far better than a
dictatorship, as was the old
country. God bless America,
God bless Heppner and Henry
Heppner, and God bless each
and every one of my good Irish
friends.
(s) Mel Piper
Heppner
P.S.: My brother Loren
went to many cem eteries in
Germany and saw a lot of graves
of my relatives who “gefallen” in
World War II. They were killed
fighting in a war they did not want
- fight or be shot. Could you put
your 14-year-old son in a barrel
and wheel him on a ship headed
to a strange country? They had
to want out pretty bad.
Babe Ruth sign up
set
The Babe Ruth Baseball
sign up deadline is Monday, May
6. Players must be ages 13-15.
For more information, call Rick
Johnston, 676-5562.
SCRATCH PADS
$1.00/lb.
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Saturday, June 22nd
90th BIRTHDAY PARTY
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- so many great people that made
Sherrill laugh and kept my Mr.
Wonderful alive.
A special lady offered to
bring us dinner. Craig Strobel and
Monika Hunter gave their help
when I really needed it and cards
from the prayer group at UMC
and many get well cards were
gratefully received.
Belonging
to
the
Heppner Garden Club has been
a big part of the retirement life. I
enjoy working with the club mem
bers and using my computer to
make flyers and the scrapbook.
I look forward to volun
teering for programs that might
need me.
(s) Marj and Sherrill
Spangler
Heppner
To the Editor:
1 thought I would write a
letter about the good Heppner.
When we had our dis
abling injuries, a wonderful neigh
bor came over and vacuumed for
us. We have had many Heppner
residents, neighbors and friends
call and stop by with encouraging
comments, saying how great our
yard looks. The improvements we
have made in the last year are
amazing. We are very pleased
with our delightful tub garden with
the waterfall.
The Home Health ladies,
Molly and Donna, helped us so
very much, and so did Sherrill’s
nurses, Mark, Tammy, Sue and
Evelyn, the doctors and especial
ly the cook at Pioneer Memorial
Advisory meeting
scheduled
The Heppner-Lexington
Advisory meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, May 8, at 7 p.m.
The meeting will take place at the
Heppner High School library.
photos, along with as much
information as possible about
them.
including
the
photographer, approximate
date taken, and the history
behind the photo. All submitted
pictures and information will be
returned.
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Walter “Vladek”
Kostechka
W alter
“V ladek”
Kostechka. 86, of Portland, died
Tuesday April 23, 2002, at his
caretaker’s home in Portland from
multiple complications of heart
disease. Private services were
held, with graveside services to
be held at a later date in
Waitsburg, Washington.
Mr. Kostechka was bom
June 24, 1915, in New Market,
New Hampshire, the first child of
Antonina and Sergi Kostechka.
His family lived in various places
in New England, at one time
owning a dairy and milk route
delivered by horse and wagon.
He was raised in the Russian
Orthodox faith. After his mother’s
sudden death in 1933 and because
his father had left the family
earlier, he became legal guardian
to his brothers Paul Koster and
Michael Kostecka. He kept a
lifelong commitment as head of
the family.
He served in the Civilian
Conservation Corps during the
mid 1930s in New England after
which he apprenticed as a
carpenter. Later, he and his
brother Mike moved to Pendleton
to join his brother Paul who had
stayed there after serving with the
CCC in Umatilla County. He
worked at the Temple Hotel as a
bellhop and the Pendleton Flour
Mill as a laborer until being hired
as a locomotive fireman by Union
Pacific Railroad in 1939 to work
in Reith. A fter passing his
locomotive engineer tests, he
worked several years on the
“extra board” at Huntington and
LaGrande UPRR yards. He
retired as a yard engineer in
Hinkle in 1976. He later worked
13 years as a part-time custodian
for Edgefield Lodge for Troubled
Youth in Troutdale. He was
known throughout life as a hard
worker.
In 1942, he transferred
guardianship of Mike to Paul and
gave up his service exemption as
a vital transportation employee
and sole provider to join the US
Navy. He served on the USS
Prom etheus in the Pacific
Theater,
was
honorably
discharged in 1945 and returned
to Pendleton.
He married Dorothy Lucille
Brown on May 18, 1947, at St
M ary’s C atholic Church in
Pendleton. They renewed their
wedding vows in 1982 and 1997.
The K ostechkas moved to
Hermiston in 1951 and raised their
family there. They moved to
Portland in 1976 for health
purposes.
In H erm iston, he was a
lifetime member of BPOE #1845,
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and
a union member of Brotherhood
o f Locomotive Engineers. He
was honored in 1967 by the Boy
Scouts of America, Troup #653,
as their father of the year. He had
been a member o f the Jr.
Oldtimers and the Oldtimers clubs
at Hinkle. He and his family
attended Our Lady o f Angels
Catholic Church.
In the 1970s, he was active
in the Farm House Fraternity at
Oregon State University, where
his sons were members.
In Portland, he was a
member of the Hawthorne Lion’s
Club, being honored as their
member of the year in 1987. He
was a volunteer for Loaves and
Fishes meal program.
He raised a large vegetable
garden in Hermiston and Portland
and enjoyed sharing the harvest.
His home was open to all people
at all times for short visits or
extended stays. In true “Old World
style” he insisted on feeding
company or sending food home
with them.
His passions in life were
family and baseball. He saw Babe
Ruth play. He coached youth
baseball teams in Umatilla and
Hermiston in the 1960s and
1970s, and other coaches sought
after his advice and help.
Walter was preceded in death
by his mother and father; and his
brothers Paul Koster, Mike
Kostechka and his young brother,
Alexander. He is survived by his
wife, Lucille, at their home in
Portland; sons Andrew Walter of
Milwaukee and Paul Carl of
Boise; daughters, Kay Proctor of
Heppner and Carla Day; 10
grandchildren and numerous
nephews and nieces.
The family asks in lieu of
flowers, a donation may be made
to the American
Heart
Association, 1425 NE Irv ing St.,
#100, Portland, OR 97232.
Little Chapel of the Chimes,
Portland, was in charge o f
arrangements.
Doreen Lewis
Kreimeyer
Doreen Lewis Kreimeyer, 80,
of Fredericksburg, Texas, died
Friday, April 26,2002. Memorial
services were held May 1, 2002.
She was bom June 25, 1921,
in San Antonio, Texas, to Alonzo
Eugene Kreimeyer and Stella
Usener Kreimeyer.
She was a homemaker and
piano teacher. She shared her love
as a mother, wife, daughter, sis
ter, grandmother and mother-in-
law, her musical gifts as a piano
teacher, church organist and pia
nist and her gifts for friendship
from childhood to her 80th year
with many in Texas, Iowa, Ore
gon, and beyond, according to the
family.
Survivors include daughter,
Vicki Kreimeyer Brown and her
husband Tom of Boise, Idaho; son,
Greg Kreimeyer and his wife
Barbara o f Coos Bay; sister,
M arcella
Britton
of
Fredericksburg, Texas; and one
granddaughter, Tai Kreimeyer.
Memorial contributions in her
memory may be made to the mu
sic fund or the general fund at
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
Knopp
N ursing
Home,
Fredericksburg, Texas.
Beckmann Funeral Home,
Fredericksburg, Texas, was in
charge of arrangements.
HHS May calendar
Heppner High School
announces its May calendar of
events:
Thursday, May 2-boys’
and girls' JV and varsity golf at
W illow C reek, JV baseball,
Wahtonka at Heppner, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, May 3-Junior
High track, lone Invitational at
Pendleton, 2 p.m.. Prom from 9
p.m.-l p.m.
Saturday, May 4-track, *
pre-district at The Dalles, 11 a.m., \
varsity baseball doubleheader,
Stanfield at Heppner, 11 a.m.,
softball doubleheader, Culver at
Heppner, 1 p.m.
Monday, May 6-boys’
and girls' golf district tournament
at Wildhorse, JV baseball, Mac-
Hi at Heppner, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, May 7-golf dis
trict tournament, softball double-
header at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m., var
sity baseball at Pilot Rock, 4:30
p.m.
Wednesday, May 8-site
council meeting, 6 p.m., advisory
council meeting, 7 p.m. at HHS 4
Thursday, May 9-seventh
grade field trip “Watershed Day”, ,
lone
,
Friday, May 10-Junior
High track cham pionship at
Umatilla, 1 p.m., JV baseball,
LaGrande at Heppner, 2 p.m.,
track district meet at Hermiston,
3 p.m.
Saturday, May 11 -varsi
ty baseball doubleheader, Weston-
McEwen at Athena, 11 a.m.,
track district meet at Hermiston,
12 noon
May 13-14-state golf
tournament, boys at Woodbum,
girls at Redmond
M onday, May 13-JV
baseball. Pilot Rock at Heppner,
4:30 p.m.. Morrow County Board
meeting in Lexington, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 14-varsity
baseball, Umatilla at Heppner,
4:30 p.m.
W ednesday, May 15-
spring concert, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 16-district
spelling contest at HHS, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 17-track
state meet at Monmouth
Saturday, May 18-track
state meet at Monmouth, varsity
baseball district tournament at
The Dalles, 12 noon
Monday, May 20-aca
demic awards, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21-
baccalauret, 7 p.m.
W ednesday, May 22-
eighth grade job shadow, varsity
baseball state playoffs
Thursday, May 23-senior
breakfast, 7 a.m., senior gradua
tion practice, 8 a.m.
Friday, May 24-varsity
baseball playoffs
Saturday, May 25-grad
uation. 2 p.m.
Monday, May 27-Memo-
rial Day, no school
Tuesday, May 28-varsity
baseball semifinal playoffs
W ednesday, May 29-
spring sports dessert, grades 7-12.
6:30 p.m.
Friday, May 31-school in
session