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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 29. 2002 Obituaries Letten to the Editor The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow E d ito r's n o te : Letters to th e E d ito r m u s t b e sign ed. The G a z e tte - Tim es w ill n o t p u b lis h u n s ig n e d letters. Please in c lu d e y o u r address a n d p h o n e n u m b e r o n a ll letters fo r use b y th e G -T office. The G -T reserves th e rig h t to e d it. The G -T is n o t respo nsible fo r a c cu ra c y o f statem ents m a d e in letters. IA n y letters expressing thanks w ill b e p la c e d in th e classifieds u n d e r ’ C a rd o f Thanks " a t a c o st o f $ 7 .) H ep p n e r G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U S P S. 240-420 More on Henry Heppner 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. 1 879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at ¡47 W. 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Notices publiclegal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m Oates for publication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Subm it a News Story • V iew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Engagements D unaway-Price From the Editor: The following letter was sent to Mel Piper o f H eppner regarding his interest in the nationality' o f Henry Heppner. Dear Mel, Thanks for your letters to the Heppner Gazette-Times. The Gazette people usually hear from me in election years. I have a few comments about your letter to the Gazette last week, since my Dad was Henry Heppner’s great nephew. Mr. Heppner, by the way, was buried in a Jewish cemetery in Portland. I’ve been in contact over the years with some of his Holocaust- scattered relatives whose families fled Nazi Germany. Were you around in 1993, when Michael Heppner from England and his New Zealand cousin Kim visited Heppner? I took them to the Morrow County Museum, and Michael printed out a genealogical chart from his laptop computer and gave it to the Museum. It’s still there, and both the Gazette and the E.O. had articles about it. Merlyn Robinson wrote the E.O. article. I was the one who drove these people up to Heppner and made arrangements for them to stay at the local bed and breakfast. My longest contact has been with Max (A m ichai) Heppner, whose family was smuggled out of Holland during the occupation. He and his mother visited Heppner in 1948, and his son visited several years ago. Max lives in Baltimore, MD, and we keep in contact by e-mail. I usually send Max copies of letters sent to the Gazette, and I plan to forward Oliver Heppner’s letter onto him also. When Henry H eppner’s estate was being probated, various relatives in Germany were contacted, and my aunt has copies of letters to and from some of those German relatives. I had several of them translated in the ‘70’s before I gave them to her. The area Henry Heppner came from has been variously Polish and German over the past several hundred years. It was German when Henry Heppner was bom. After the World War II occupation, it was made part of Poland and remains Polish territory today. What was Posen, Germany is now Poznan, Poland. Someone who is doing some current research on Henry Heppner is Dominic Monahan, who is an attorney in Eugene. He tells me he isn’t finding too much info. H istorical records and new spaper files have a fair amount factual information on the man and what he did, but there’s very little about the actual person himself, and the people who would be in a position to supply that information are all dead. (s) Sally Cohn Portland All proud Americans Sheila Dunaway and Brian Price The parents of Sheila Marie Dunaway and Brian Lee Price announce the engagement of their children. The bride-elect is the daughter of Harlan and Linda Dunaway of Heppner. She is a 1992 graduate of Heppner High School, attended two years at BMCC, is a graduate of DPSST., and was employed at TRCI until Sept. 2001 when she moved to Bend. She is currently between jobs and is working as a nanny in Bend. The groom-elect is the son of Charlotte Price and the late Thomas Price of Bend. He is a 1980 graduate of Taft High School in Lincoln City. He also attended two years at BMCC. He is employed at Plateau Wood Works in Bend. The couple will be married Saturday, July 13, at McKay Park in Pendleton at 1 p.m. Quilters invited to display talent Come one come all.. .beginners, intermediate, and advanced quilters are invited to display their work at the Morrow County Fair. Quilts can be just like people. All colors, designs and size. They can be labeled crazy, paper-pieced, machine-quilted, hand-quilted, appliqued, embroidered or tied; crib covers, wall hangings (remember must have loops on back to hang) and any other kind is welcome. Just dust it off or finish the last few' stitches to get it completed and bring it in at fair time to see if you get can capture a ribbon. This year, the children and the young-at-heart quilters are encouraged to submit their quilt projects for show at the Morrow County Fair. It is a time to come with friends and family and to show offhandiwork and see what others do in their spare time too. 2002 'PwtA* ’ M u s ic in the Parks free concerts will begin Monday, June 3 and will alternate between Boardman and Irrigon. All performances are on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. Families are invited to bring lawn chairs, a picnic supper; come early and enjoy the parks before the performances. June 3: Riverside High School Auditorium, Boardman - June 10: A C. Houghton School Auditorium, Irrigon - June 17: June 24: July 1: July 8: July 15: Boardman Marina Park - “Bram Brata" Steel Drum Band Irrigon Marina Park - Tony Madrigal Boardman Marina Park - “America the Beautiful" Irrigon Marina Park - "Second Chance" Boardman Marina Park - To the Editor: To get information about Henry H eppner for O liver Heppner in Germany, I used three history books. When I learned Henry was born in Posen Province in Germany, I wrongfully assum ed he was German. I received a nice letter from Sally Cohn of Portland. Sally’s father was Henry H eppner’s great- nephew. Sally told me after World War II, Posen became part of Poland and still remains so, being called Poznan, Poland. Henry was buried in a Jewish cemetery in Portland, Beth Israel, and now confirmed in Robin Krebs’ letter in a recent issue of the Gazette. Robin’s letter helped right the wrong which I assumed. So now we know Henry Heppner was one of God’s chosen people, the Jews. And you are right again, Robin, we are all proud Americans. (s) Mel Piper Heppner Karen’s Korner We can certainly take pride in our athletic teams throughout Morrow County. So many students are involved with post-season play e.g., the golf and baseball teams in Heppner, track in lone, and softball at Riverside. We wish them continued success. It is quite possible the reason for part of this success is due to our school district’s emphasis on having our students being tobacco- free so they can play their best. This is a legacy we hope our children will take with them as they move on to advance their education, perhaps away from home. In other parts of our county and in the world, children and students are not so well protected against the tobacco industry’s massive efforts to promote its products - to target the young. The World Health Organization has now joined in to counter these activities. They are sponsoring World No Tobacco Day Friday, May 31, with the theme: Tobacco Free Sports - Play it Clean. Tobacco companies pump hundreds of millions of dollars every year into sponsoring sports events worldwide. In the United States alone, according to the Federal Trade Commission, the major domestic cigarette companies reported spending $113.6 million on sports and sporting events in 1999. If tobacco is associated closely with sports, people may be mislead to think it must stand for all the same things sports represents - health, excitement and fitness. More information can be found on this website: www.worldnotobaccoday.com. As we attend fairs, rodeos and other sporting events throughout the coming summer, the question that needs to come to mind is, how much are we and how much are our children being targeted by tobacco promotions? Boardman Marina Park - Kinzel & Hynd Blues Duo Irrigon Marina Park - “Skweez the Weezle” Celtic Music Aug. 12: Aug. 19: Boardman Marina Park - "Los Temerosos"MariachiBand Irrigon Marina Park - “Sidewalk Stompers” 5-piece combo Willow Valley Service Club programs for June include important business, presentations on relaxation techniques, and the Willow Creek Valley Assisted Living Facility. The club meets for no-host luncheons at John’s Other Place in Heppner from 12- 1 p.m. on Thursdays. On Thursday, June 6, the monthly business meeting will be held. On Thursday, June 13, relaxation techniques will be presented. Carolyn Willey. WVSC “White Line Fever" and “Round-Up doggers" and “Baile Glas ” Irish Dancers Boardman Manna Park From I -84 take Exit 164. turn north on Mam Street; continue north about 1/2 mile, turn left on Marine Drive, continue west about 1/4 mile to day use area Imgon Manna Park From Highway 730. turn north on 10th Street by A C. Houghton Elementary School, continue north on 10th Street about 1/4 mile to manna park entrance 40th ANNUAL AUCTION & BARBECUE S . i t i n i l . i y, J i i n t ' 1 ',t Willows Gt,wyc H.ill. lone. OR For more information, contact Carol Michael at 481-9457 or LaVelle Partlow at 922-3386 M um m the P a ris u funded by M orrow C ounty tonified Recreation D istrict and P ortland G eneral Electric, and if sponsored by N orth M orrow C om m unity Foundation. ’Dinner 12:90 PM I «00 ' ê-12 yw i $100 y » Charles Duane Starr, 61, of lone, died Thursday, May 23, 2002 at Pioneer Memorial Hos pital in Heppner, after a long bout with cancer. “Chuck” Starr was bom on December 24, 1940, in Oak land, California. He spent most of his youth in Southern Idaho be fore moving to Oregon, where he graduated from West Linn High School in 1959 and Lewis and Clark College in 1963. Chuck and his family moved to Morrow County in 1972, where he began 23 years of ser vice to the Morrow County School District before retiring as superintendent in 1998. He is survived by wife, Deena, of lone; sons, Terry of Whitefish, Montana and Denny of Spray; six grandsons; mother, Enda Myers, and sister, Donna Rogers, both of Pocatello, Idaho; and brother, Ken Starr, o f Chubbuck, Idaho. A memorial service is planned for Sunday, June 2,2002 at 2 p.m. in the lone High School gymnasium. Memorial contributions may be made to the South Mor row Scholarship Trust, P.O. Box 926, Heppner, Oregon 97836, or Pioneer Memorial Home Health or Hospital, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Sweeney Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. “All About Me” is the title and theme of the summer Hands on Science classes for younger children. In this class, the children will make life-sized skeletons of themselves. They will experience, through movement, games, music and specific science activities, how parts and systems of their body “machines” work together. The students will locate and name major body parts and describe their functions. They will identify and use their five senses in obtaining information about their environment. Any child who is four years old as of December 31,2001, any five-year-old, or any six-year-old who is entering first grade in the fall is eligible to register. The Morrow County Commission on Children and Families is partially funding this summer program. Other corporate sponsors include the Valby Lutheran Church Aid Association for Lutherans, the Bank of Eastern Oregon, Morrow County Grain Growers, Columbia Basin Electric, Banner Bank, Morrow County Court, and the Umatilla-Morrow ESD. Because of the grant dollars from these sponsors, the registration fee is only $10 instead of $100. The classes will meet Monday through Friday, 9-11:30 a.m., for two weeks. The program will be held at four sites in the county. The Boardman classes will be held August 3-16. Irrigon will hold classes on July 22-Aug. 2. The Heppner classes will be held June 17-28. lone will hold classes July 15-26. These Hands on Science classes are an excellent way for the preK-1 child to experience the excitement and fun of science. Science concepts and skills will be introduced as the children actively participate through inquiry. Observing, measuring, classifying, predicting and hypothesizing will be emphasized in each o f the 10 classes. Materials and products of the lessons will be sent home with the participants so that the science experiments and activities can be done again at home. Enrollment is limited to 15 children at each site. Pre registration will ensure a place in the class for your child. Look for registration forms at the community Day Care facilities, preschools, elementary schools, libraries, and post offices in Heppner, lone, Boardman and Irrigon. Registration deadline for the Heppner and lone classes is Monday, June 10. For more information contact the Hands on Science »area coordinator Sarah Carlson at 422- 7245. hand com bat and assorted weapons training. They performed close order drill and operated as a small infantry unit during field training. Hirai and other recruits also received instruction on the Marine Corps’ core values — honor, courage and commitment, and what the words mean in guiding personal and professional conduct. Hirai and fellow recruits ended the training phase with The Crucible, a 54-hour team effort, problem solving evolution which culminated with an emotional ceremony in which the recruits were presented the Marine Corps Emblem, and were addressed as “Marines” for the first time since boot camp began. Willow Valley Service Club plans June programs “Sidewalk Stompers " 4-piece combo July 29: Aug. 5: Charles Duane Starr Marine Corps Pfc. Jesse L. Hirai, a 2000 graduate of Riverside High School in Boardman, recently completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. Hirai successfully completed 12 weeks of training designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally. Hirai and fellow recruits began their training at 5 a.m., by running three miles and perform ing calisthenics. Jn addition to the physical conditioning program, Hirai spent numerous hours in classroom and field assignments which included learning first aid, uniform regulations, com bat w ater survival, marksmanship, hand-to- Rugare Marimba Band Irrigon Marina Park - Lora Lee Doubledee, 54, of Redmond died February 5, 2002. She was bom June 22,1947 to Henry and Lora Gilman Stotts. She was raised in Heppner and graduated from Heppner High School. After graduation, she was employed at the processing plants in Boardman for several years. On December 27, 1991, she married Norman Doubledee at Reno, NV. The couple lived in Mountain View, CA until 1998 when they moved to Redmond. Mrs. Doubledee enjoyed playing the piano, flower gardening, crafts and oil painting. She attended church regularly and it was very much a part of her life. Survivors include her husband, Norman, uncles Dean Gilman o f Heppner and Len Gilman of Dulzura, CA. Her parents and a sister preceded her in death. A graveside memorial service will be held Saturday, June 1 at 2 p.m. at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Boardman man completes basic Blue Mountain Community College Choirs July 22: Lora Lee Doubledee Hands on Science classes for younger children president, will introduce quick, simple relaxation techniques a person can use anywhere. On Thursday, June 20, Suzanne Jepsen will up-date WVSC regarding the progress of the Willow Creek Valley Assisted Living Facility. Jepsen. a resident of Heppner area for 50 years, is chairperson of WCVALF and energetically involved in its progress. Anyone interested in these meetings may attend.
