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Piano Students Complete Adjudications
Ten piano students from
H eppner and lone recently
completed syllabus adjudications
with the Oregon Music Teachers
Association. The adjudications
were held in Hermiston, and the
adjudicator was A1 Nakata o f
Portland.
The students and their
completed levels are as follows:
Devin Robinson, Level 1 audition;
Rainz Cullen, Level 1 evaluation;
Eric Jepsen, Cameron McCurry,
and Kristen Van Cleave, Level IV
evaluation; Nathan Van Cleave,
Level V evaluation; Meaghan
Unruh, Level VI evaluation;
Emily Unruh and Matthew Van
Cleave, Level VII audition; Amy
Jepsen, Level X evaluation.
Students completing levels
one through six evaluations were
required to perform three
memorized pieces in addition to
musicianship skills. Musicianship
skills include scales, chords,
arpeggios, sight-reading, and ear
training. Students completing
auditions perform ed two
memorized pieces in addition to
musicianship skills.
Level X is the highest level
of the Oregon Music Teachers
Association syllabus program.
The requirements for Level X
include four memorized pieces,
sight-reading and ear training, and
scales, arpeggios, and chord
progressions in all 12 major and
minor keys. Amy Jepsen will
receive a medal for successfully
fulfilling these requirements.
Dr. Walter Saul of Portland
teaches Amy Jepsen, Cameron
McCurry is taught by Ruth Naser
of Hermiston, Devin Robinson
and Rainz Cullen are taught by
Darren Van Cleave of Heppner,
and M yrna Van C leave o f
H eppner teaches the other
students.
Wedding reception for newlyweds to be held
To the Editor;
Why does it appear that the
Oregon R epublican P arty ’s
strategy is to convince voters that
all tax increases are bad and
unnecessary? The Republicans
seem to be trying to tell voters
that additional tax revenue is not
needed. Where did they learn
how to add and subtract? Oregon
faces an almost one billion dollar
deficit for the next fiscal year.
Oregon needs legislators who
have the courage to face the fact
that additional revenue is
desperately
needed.
The
Republican strategy, however, is
clearly to argue against, and to
vote against, any kind o f tax
increase, in order to be able to
blame the Democrats for them.
The Oregon Republican Party
must be working harder to win
seats in the November general
election than to solve Oregon’s
desperate funding problems.
What makes such a strategy
so obvious? The clue is in the
attack ads sponsored by the
Republican Party against Bill
Bradbury that started even before
the primary elections were held.
The Republicans must be very
afraid that Bill Bradbury will
defeat G ordon Smith in the
November election to be putting
so much money into attack ads
so early in a political campaign.
The plan is obviously to show that
Bill Bradbury voted for taxes in
his years in the O regon
Legislature. Well, of course he
did. That is the job of responsible
legislators who have the well
being of the State of Oregon (and
not their own political ambitions)
in mind. State legislators are
charged with making decisions
about programs and services—
and how they will be funded.
To repeatedly air attack ads
suggesting that taxes are
unnecessary, and castigating
legislators who vote for them, is
irresponsible. To the Oregon
Republican Party: Shame on you.
(s) Linda Shaw
Heppner
Student sacrifices
free time to create
keepsake
The community is invited to share in a wedding reception for Joseph
and Alexandra Healy on Saturday, June 15 from 4-7 p.m. The reception
will take place at Gwen Healy’s home, 245 W. Center Street and
casual dress is encouraged.
The couple was married on February 2, 2002. Joseph is the
son of Jerry and Carmen Healy of Heppner.
WCCC barbeque and golf scramble
Willow Creek Country Club
held a family barbecue on May
27. Twenty-eight golfers played
scramble. Results are as follows:
Low gross-first Jeff and Pat
Edm undson, and Bob and
Suzanne Jepsen; and Phil and
Kathy Carlson and Doug and
Brad M orton, 28; third Rod
Ehrm antraut, Sandi and Jon
Hanna, and Stub Lewis. 29; fourth
Ray and Norma French, and Gene
and Luvilla Sonstegard, 32.
N et-first Bob and Jan
McDonald, and Louis and Betty
Carlson; second Bob and Lorrene
M ontgomery, and Louis and
Alene Rucker; third John
Edmundson, Joyce Dinkins, and
Earl and Carol Norris.
Special events-KP #4-men
John Edmundson; KP #4-women
Carol Norris; KP second shot-Jeff
Edmundson team; long putt-Gene
Sonstegard team.
Some students have a
hard time finding time at home to
do homework, but not Katie
Tayloe. She worked hard at
home and during recesses to
create a beautiful keepsake book
for Mrs. D anielson. At the
H eppner Elem entary School
assembly on Tuesday, May 28,
Katie presented the gif) and read
the book to the audience. This
young author, through the eyes of
a child, explained the many jobs
Mrs. Danielson does for Heppner
Elementary School. The last page
o f the book states, “ Mrs.
Danielson is a good principal. She
is not going to be here next year
and that makes me sad.” Katie’s
book is sure to be treasured for
years to come.
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How has your
attitude changed?
To the Editor:
I would be grateful if I could
use your letters page to help with
research I am conducting. As a
minister in the Church of England,
I am conducting an international
survey to assess the change in
people’s moral and religious
attitudes in the light of the events
of 11th September.
I invite your readers to send
me information on any o f the
following: How have the events
of the 11 th changed your outlook
on life? Are you now more or less
materialistic? More or less family
orientated? Are you thinking more
about spiritual matters and trying
to find out about God? Are you
more or less confident about the
future? If you are involved in a
church have your views been
changed by the idea spreading
through congregations that these
events fulfilled the symbolic
prophecy found in Revelation 18?
The sim ilarity betw een this
chapter and what happened was
reported the next day by one of
Canada’s leading newspapers,
“The Toronto Sun”. This paper
pictured the devastation along
with words from chapter 18.
(For the benefit o f those
unaware of the similarities being
talked about, Revelation 18 refers
to the fall o f an “econom ic
B abylon”- v. 10 describes
destruction as “coming in one
hour” with v. 17 adding, “in one
hour such great riches come to
nothing”. In v. 8 it says it will be
“burned with fire”, and w . 9 and
17 says people “will weep as they
see the smoke of burning and will
watch at a distance.” From v. 11
it states that “the merchants of
the whole earth will weep because
no one buys her merchandise any
more” and we are given a list of
the kinds of products, including
oil, which would no longer be
traded through her. V. 17 adds
that those who trade on the
w orld’s oceans would be
affected. V. 2 makes a double
statement “Babylon the great is
fallen, is fallen” suggesting that
two objects would befall disaster
which some feel is a reference to
there being two towers).
If you belong to a church,
when did you first hear this being
discussed and by whom? If you
are not a church member and this
is new to you, do you find these
sim ilarities com forting or
disturbing? Does it change your
views on religion in any way? I
am also keen to hear from any
who claim they had a
“premonition” that something was
about to occur. Three members
of my congregation experienced
this and one minister in New York
wrote in August how he had just
had a vision of the Twin Towers
engulfed in flames. Confidentiality
is assured. Write or e-mail your
views to the address below.
R esults w ill eventually be
published on www .bible-
questions-answered.co.uk
(s) The Rev. J Willans, BD Dip.
Theol.
The Church o f England
Vicarage
Clayhill Rd, Leigh, Surrey
RH2 8PD England, UK
+44(0)01306 611224
sept 11 survey@yahoo.co.uk
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Obituaries
Charles D.
“Chuck” Starr
Verne H. Minnich
Charles D. “Chuck” Starr, 61,
of lone, died Thursday, May 23,
2002, at Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital in Heppner.
A memorial service was held
Sunday, June 2, 2002 at the lone
High School gym.
He was bom December 24,
1940, at Oakland, California, to
Donald and Edna Hill Starr. He
was raised in Southern Idaho and
attended school there before mov
ing to Oregon. He attended high
school at West Linn, graduating
in 1959. He graduated from
Lewis and Clark College in 1963.
O nOctober21,1961, he mar
ried Deena Ostrander at West
Linn. In 1972, the family moved
to Morrow County where he be
gan 23 years o f service to the
Morrow County School District as
a coach and math teacher at
Heppner. In 1976, he became
principal at lone School.
In 1985, he was assistance
superintendent for the Morrow
County School District. He left
Morrow County for a time, re
turning in 1993 to become super
intendent. He retired in 1998.
Mr. Starr enjoyed hunting and
fishing and spending time in the
outdoors with his sons and grand
sons.
Survivors include his wife,
Deena Starr of lone; sons, Terry
Starr of Whitefish, Montana, and
Denny Starr of Spray; his moth
er, Edna Myers, and sister, Don
na Rogers, both of Pocatello, Ida
ho; brother, Ken Starr o f
Chubbuck, Idaho; and six grand
sons.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the South Morrow
Scholarship Trust, P.O. Box 926,
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Pioneer
Memorial Home Health, or Pio
neer Memorial Hospital, P.O. Box
9, Heppner, Oregon 97836.
Sweeney M ortuary o f
Heppner was in charge o f ar
rangements.
“Don’t bug me, I’m
reading”
The theme of this year’s
summer reading program at the
Heppner Public Library is, “Don’t
Bug Me, I’m Reading.” The
program
will begin on
Wednesday, June 12, at 11:15 a.m.
until 12 noon, and will continue
every Wednesday with the last
day to be July 17. On July 23
there will be a special program at
4 p.m. in the park.
The program is for
children toddler age through
elementary school. Every student
who reads a minimum of 10 books
this sum m er w ill receive a
certificate from the state
S uperintendent o f Public
Instruction.
Each week, a featured
speaker will share something
pertaining to bugs. Registration
forms are available at the library.
Wells Fargo Bank and Oregon
Public Broadcasting provided the
funds for the program.
For more information,
contact Margaret Flaherty at 676-
9964.
lone students on
National Honor
Roll
lone High School students:
Tracy Griffith, Diana McElligott
and Michael Radie have been
recognized by the National Honor
Roll for exceptional academic and
extra-curricular success. The
N ational Honor Roll out o f
Washington recognizes only 4.5
percent of high school students
around the country. D.C.
Verne H. Minnich, 84, of
Boardman, died Monday, May 27,
2002, at Jonathan M. Wainwright
Memorial Veterans Affairs Med
ical Center in Walla Walla, Wash
ington.
At his request, there will be
no service. Disposition was by
cremation.
Mr. Minnich was bom Feb
ruary 15, 1918, at West Salem to
Edwin Jesse and Leah Pearl
Hunter Minnich.
He graduated from Columbia
Adventist Academy at Meadow
Glade, Washington.
On June 28,1947, he married
Esther Lillian Webb at Yreka,
California.
He moved to Boardman 40
years ago from Vale.
He had been employed on
tugboats on the Columbia River,
worked as a logger and drove log
ging truck, then drove water
tmeks in construction until 1971
when a work injury forced his re
tirement.
Mr. Minnich loved to fish and
hunt.
He was a member o f the •
Teamster’s Union.
Survivors include his wife,
Esther, at the home in Boardman;
daughters, Joan Lambert of Pine
Hollow and Linda Pratt of Lake
Havesu, Arizona; 11 grandchil
dren, 18 great-grandchildren, and
two nephews. A sister, Ruth Ann
Bohlman, and a stepson, William
Anthony Housley, preceded him
in death.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the American Cancer
Society through Mountain View
Funeral Chapel, 1551 Dalles Mil
itary Road, Walla Walla, Wash
ington 99362.
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Executive
Director
There are many compliments
in the wind for the Main Street
flower baskets. These baskets,
ordered from Green Feed, were
purchased with funds raised at the
April
F o o l’s
B asketball
Tournam ent put on by the
Chamber Merchants Committee
and by additional contributions by
Heppner merchants. The City ol
Heppner is keeping the 18 baskets
w atered. Everyone working
together brings great results.
The merchants usually meet
on the first Tuesday o f each
month at 8 a.m. at GD’s Linget
Longer; however, this month the
m eeting has been m oved to
Wednesday, June 12, same time,
same location. The group will be
putting their heads together to plan
for “C elebrate H ep p n er’s
History” on Friday, July 26, and
will be also discussing Fair and
Rodeo, Halloween, Christmas,
and a conference for businesses
in Pendleton June 26 and 27. All
are welcome to attend.
Fair and Rodeo is just around
the comer and the search is on
for warm bodies who would be
willing to help with the parade.
Horse knowledge and expertise
is not necessary, but would be
helpful. Just a few hours of yout
time will assist the Chamber in
putting on a great parade. Talk to
Cliff Green, Sharon Harrison, ot
stop by the Chamber if interested.
A Chamber welcome to Gail
Burkenbine, a snowbird who
returned home for the summet
and who has offered to volunteei
on Fridays in the Chamber office.
N ext week the Cham bet
program will be focused on
Morrow County Fair and Oregon
Trail Pro-Rodeo court.
Thought for the week: “II
you cannot find the truth right
where you are, where else do you
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