Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 5, 2003 - THREE
W illow Creek Terrace receives
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LIVING
New greeting sign with copper sculpture constructed by Bob DeSpain
N ear the flagpole now
Two recently installed
stands the sign that identifies
features at Willow Creek Terrace
W illow C re e k T errace. Bob
h a v e p r o v id e d im p o r ta n t
D
eSpain constructed the sign,
com plem entary touches to the
which
was paid for with a grant
approach o f the assisted living
from
the
M eier M emorial Trust,
facility.
and p a in te d it to m atch the
The American Flag now
building. A copper sculpture by
flies 24 hours, thanks to Archie
lo c a l a r t i s t M a rk B ru n o
and Diana Ball. The couple gifted
completes
the sign. This attached
W illow C reek Terrace with the
a
rtw
o
rk
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g ifte d by Jo e and
flag and the pole, and A rchie
JoAnne
Burleson
in m em ory o f
installed the light that illuminates
their daughter Lillajo, features a
the flag from sunset to sunrise.
willow and stream.
IHS awards certifícate of appreciation
lone Athletic Director Dean Robinson (right) awards a certificate of
appreciation to Bank of Eastern Oregon representativ es Sharon Rietmann
and Fran Barnett (left to right) at a recent lone home basketball game.
Among other contributions, the Bank of Eastern Oregon donated $2500
last spring toward improving the track practice area in lone.
Aglow to hold seminar in Pendleton
E a s te r n
O re g o n
W om en’s A G LO W will hold a
m in i- s e m in a r , F r id a y a n d
Saturday, Feb. 7-8, at S hari’s
R estaurant in Pendleton. A no
host dinner begins at 6 p.m., and
a no-host breakfast on Saturday
morning will begin at 8 a.m.
The theme is “Revealing
Hidden Treasures” featuring the
Fruit o f the Vine.
All women interested in
A G L O W and m in isterin g to
other women are invited to attend
th e s e m e e tin g s . F o r m o re
in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t A rlen e
Kinsey, (541) 523-4791, or Jan
W heelhouse (541) 567-3949.
AGLOW International is
active in over 140 countries as
a n in te r n a tio n a l C h r is tia n
w om en’s organization reaching
w om en and their fam ilies for
Christ and helping them to realize
their potential o f Christian service.
Social Club to hold
meeting
The Rhea Creek Social
Club will be holding a m eeting
Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 10 a.m.,
at G D ’s R estaurant. B everly
H o w e , w h o o w n s th e new
ceram ic shop next to City Hall,
will talk with the group about her
services and w hat she has for
sale.
MORROW COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS
WINTER GROWER MEETING
DATE: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2003
LOCATION: W ILLOW S GRANGE HALL
TIME: 7:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
MEETING AGENDA
7:00- 7:20
Coffee and Doughnuts
7:20- 8:05
Don Homeck, OSU Extension: Applications
of Manure and Compost and their effects on Soil Carbon and
Herbicide activity.
8:10- 8:50 Max Morenz, UAP Northwest: Adjuvant and
Surfactant Updates. Their effect on Herbicide activity and the
important rule they play in weed control.
8:55- 9:40 Don Homeck, OSU Extension: Weed Seed
survival in Compost and other Agronomic questions.
9:45-10:00
BREAK
10:00-11:00 Joe Yennish. WSU Extension: Russian Thistle
control in Dry land Wheat / Chemical Fallow -Applications-of
Spartan Herbicide.
11:00-11:15 Jim Swanson, Wheatland Insurance: Insurance
Updates and Acceptable Practices.
11:20-11:55 Karl Rhinart, OSU CBARC: Winter Malting
Barley Heads Up
12:00-12:30 Dan Steiner. MCGG Grain Dept.: Marketing
Updates and Production Issues.
12:30
LUNCH
Oregon Recertification Credits have been applied for.
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Obituaries
Faith Ann Healy
Faith Ann Healy, 46, o f
Heppner, died Friday, Jan. 31,
2003 at her home.
Recitation o f the Rosary
was held M onday, Feb. 3,2003
at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
in Heppner. A memorial funeral
m ass was held Tuesday, Feb. 4,
2003 at St. P atrick’s C atholic
Church.
She was bom April 14,
1956, the daughter o f Anton and
Faye Osborn Seitz, at Flint, MI.
She was raised and attended
school in Michigan until the family
moved to Oregon in 1972, where
she finished her schooling.
In 1983, she m arried
Jo h n H ealy. T h e y h ad one
daughter, M egan Faye Healy.
Mrs. H ealy w orked at
Pioneer M em orial H ospital in
Heppner, w here she was an X-
ray tec h n icia n and c e rtifie d
emergency medical technician.
She and her daughter
m oved to Custer, S.D ., w here
sh e fin is h e d tra in in g as an
u ltra so u n d tec h n icia n . They
returned to O regon in 1997 for
health reasons.
She
e n jo y e d
th e
outdoors, her anim als, singing,
playing the guitar and teaching
c a te c h e tic a l c la s s e s fo r St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church. Most
o f all, she enjoyed spending time
with her daughter.
Survivors include her
d a u g h te r, M e g an H ealy, o f
Pendleton; mother, Faye Seitz o f
Heppner; brother, Wayne Seitz
o f L e x in g to n ; a n d s is te r s ,
Shawna Wilson o f Lexington and
M elanie Seitz o f F airbanks,
Alaska. Her father preceded her
in death in 1985.
M emorial contributions
m a y be m a d e to P io n e e r
M em orial H om e H ealth, P.O.
Box 9, Heppner, O R 97836; or
to the American Cancer Society,
O reg o n D iv isio n , 0330 SW
Curry, Portland, O R 97201.
Sw eeney M ortuary o f
H e p p n e r w as in c h a r g e o f
arrangements.
Darrel G Ployhar
Darrel G Ployhar, 68, o f
Lexington, died Wednesday, Jan.
29, 2003 at the hom e o f Kent
Ployhar and Jackie Robinson in
Kennewick, WA.
A memorial service was
held on W ednesday, Feb. 5,
2 0 0 3 a t th e E lk s C lu b in
Heppner.
P loyhar w as born on
Aug. 7,1934 to Rosalie Nult and
John Ployhar in Geraldine, MT.
He jo in e d the U nited
States Army on June 2,1954. He
served in the Dominican Republic
and then fought in the Vietnam
War. He retired June 1, 1976.
Ployhar received a bronze star
with a V for Valor.
In O c to b e r 1958 he
m arrie d A lice P e terso n and
together they had four children,
two sons and two daughters. The
couple then divorced A ugust
1977.
He later married Ava Sue
G rant in Kenai, A laska on Feb.
14, 1982. Ava passed aw ay in
O ctober 1986.
D arrel is survived by
children Susan M uskther and
husband Tim; M arti D elim ont
and husband Steve; Jon Ployhar'
a n d w ife B eck y ; an d K ent
Ployhar and Jackie Robinson;
tw o sisters, Helen (Peg) M artin
o f R e d m o n d an d Jo an (Jo )
Hudson o f Heppner; one brother.
Jack Ployhar o f Heppner; and
nine grandchildren.
Memorial contributions
may be made to a hospice o f the
donor’s choice.
C o lu m b ia M e m o ria l
Funeral Chapel in Tri-Cities, WA
w a s in c h a rg e o f fu n e ra l
arrangem ents, w ith Sw eeney
M ortuary o f Heppner in charge
o f local arrangements.
DA’s Report
M a tt B y ro n P h illip s
admitted to violation o f probation
allegations for D elivery o f a
C ontrolled Substance. Phillips
was sentenced to 180 days in jail
and 24 m onths probation.
IHS announces
Students of the
Week
The lone High School
has selected transfer students
Jamie VandenBrink and Ashley
R o b e rts as S tu d e n ts o f the
Week.
Jamie VandenBrink, the
d a u g h te r o f John and Janna
VandenBrink,
m oved w ith
her family o f
six
fro m
C h in o , C A ,
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h e r j u n io r
year o f high
school. She is
a c tiv e
in
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Nat i onal
Ashley Roberts
H o n o r
Society, Drama Club, Bow ling
C lu b ,
and
v o lle y b a ll.
V a n d e n B rin k ’s p h o to g rap h y
skills and hobby, scrapbooking,
have come in
handy w hen
p u t t i n g
together
creative
Nat ural
R e so u rce s
f ie ld
trip
n o te b o o k s .
She w as a
homecoming Jam ,e' andenBrink
princess both her ju n io r and
senior years.
V a n d e n B rin k is a
m em ber o f lone Youth Group,
where she recently received the
O utstanding Serv ice Award for
her exceptional participation in
the gro u p . She w o rk ed last
sum m er with a special needs
s tu d e n t, w h ic h s p a rk e d an
interest in eventually becoming a
special education teacher.
A shley Roberts, son o f
K ev in a n d K ari R o b erts o f
South-hampton, England, came
to the U nited States his ju n io r
year as an exchange student. He
enjoyed his experience in lone so
much he returned this year, living
with guardians Bmk and Lynn Dee
Ram os. Roberts w as active in
football, basketball and track last
year. A lth o u g h O S A A rules
forbid him from playing this year,
he p a rticip a te s by atten d in g
p r a c tic e s a n d g a m e s , an d
e n c o u ra g in g his team m ates.
A s h le y w a s v o te d “ M o st
Inspirational” by the football
team last fall. Pow er lifting, his
favorite hobby, has become more
than a pastime, as he won a dead
lift competition recently held in
B o a rd m a n . H e h a s b e e n a
Pee Wee basketball coach and is
active in lone Youth Group.
Roberts has a 4.0 GPA
and would like to stay in America
a n d a tte n d E a ste rn O re g o n
University next fall, majoring in
S p o r ts
E d u c a tio n
and
particip atin g in football and
basketball.
Flood special this
Thursday
Thursday, February 6, at 7:00
PM at the Catholic Parish Hall in
H e p p n e r is th e p re m ie r
performance o f “The Flood: We
R em em ber”
This
musical/multimedia presentation
will tell the history o f the Heppner
Flood o f 1903 - w hich was the
g re a te s t n a tu ra l d is a s te r in
M orrow
County and in Oregon history.
T h e p ro g ra m is b e in g
s p o n s o re d by th e F lo o d
Commemoration Committee and
Shenanigans Fiddle group.
The show will use Pow er
Point technology with pictures of
the flood, narraration, as well as
performance o f music o f that era
by Shenanigans. The show will
o p en w ith th e fid d le g roup
“Mulligan Stew".
A dm ission is free. There is a
fund raiser dessert at the end o f
the
concert w ith proceeds going to
a flood victim m em orial. Also
Shenagingans will be available to
autograph copies o f their newly
released CD.
For more information contact
R o b in K re b s at 4 2 2 -7 1 0 8 ,
Sharon Harrison at 676-9164, or
Peg W illis at 276-0350.
Inland Northwest Musicians to hold
competition
winners will be chosen from
each division.
All winners w ill receive
$100 cash p riz e s and som e
w inners m ay be selected to
p e rfo rm w ith th e In la n d
Northwest Orchestra during its
O ctober 2003 concert.
The entry fee for the
competition is $20. Deadline for
application is Monday, Feb. 24.
F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n and
application m aterials, contact
A lice M assey, Young Artists
Competition Chairman, at (541 )
276-7340.
In la n d
N o r th w e s t
Musicians has announced its third
annual
Y oung
A r tis ts
Competition, to be held Sunday,
M arch 9 at the Vert Club Room
in Pendleton.
The competition is open
to y o u n g m u sic ia n s in four
categories: Elementary Division
(through fifth grade), Junior
D ivision (grades 6-8), Senior
D ivision (g ra d e s 9 -1 2 ), and
Young Adult Division (through
age 25). Instrum entalists and
singers will perform for a panel
o f adjudicators. All participants
will receive critique sheets and
Local music student to play in All NW
Orchestra
o f the U nited States to perform
at th e ir
NW
D iv is io n
Conference. Over 4,000 student
musicians auditioned for the All-
N orthw est H onor G roups this
year from the states o f Alaska,
I d a h o , M o n ta n a , O re g o n ,
Washington and Wyoming. The
All N W H onor G roups consist
o f a concert band, symphony
orchestra, mixed choir, women’s
choir, jazz band, and jazz choir.
The
M ENC
NW
D ivision C onference will be
attended by thousands o f musie
educators including Heppner
school m usic teacher Wendy
A p p le to n . T h e c o n fe re n c e
includes w orkshop sessions,
ex h ib its o f m usic education
p ro d u c ts a n d s e rv ic e s , and
special concerts by well-know
musicians and groups such as the
Boston Brass.
Amy Jepsen, a Heppner
freshman, was recently selected
to play harp in the A ll N W
Orchestra. Oregon will host the
event this year in Portland on
Feb. 13-16. She will spend three
d a y s r e h e a r s in g w ith th e
orchestra and conductor Kevin
N oe o f the U niversity o f Texas
in Austin. The band and orchestra
w ill give their combined concert
on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 4:30 p.m.
at the O regon B allroom at the
Oregon Convention Center.
Jepsen has been playing
the harp for seven years and
currently studies w ith Denise
Fujikawa o f Portland.
Every other year, the
National Association for Music
E d u c a tio n (M E N C ) se le c ts
m usically talented high school
students in the Northwest region
PMH to offer grief management course
Are you experiencing
g rie f due to som e loss in your
life? Starting Feb. 18, Pioneer
Memorial Hospice is off ering six-
week course on Managing Loss.
These Tuesday evening sessions
will meet at the Pioneer Memorial
Home Health-Hospice office in
Heppner, from 7-8:30 p.m.
These sessions are open
to the general public and will be
led by Paul Smith, MSW, LCSW,
and C arolyn M. Willey, Mdiv.
E a c h s e s s io n w ill in c lu d e
socializing, group participation,
individual exercises and general
education presentations. The
participants will be offered tools
o f coping, processing, managing
and reconciling loss.
It is re c o m m e n d e d
anyone experiencing grief due to
the death o f a loved one not
participate in a group workshop
unless it have been three months
o r m o re s in c e th e d e a th
Registration w ill be closed after
the initial m eeting due to the
classes being sequential. It is
im portant participants plan u
attend all six meetings.
R e g is tr a tio n ,
or
questions, may be taken durint
business hours at the Pioneer
Memorial Home Health/Hospice
office, (541) 676-2946. Cost is
$10 to help defray m aterial
expenses. A m inim um o f eight
registered persons is required.
lone businesses to sell Valentine’s
Day roses
Creative Care Preschool
and Sunflower Junction in lone
a re te a m in g up to m ak e
Valentine’s Day a special event
this year. Sunflower Junction will
take orders for roses (by the
single stem, doubles, triples, half
dozen or full dozen), balloon
bouquets, candy or a piece o f
vintage jew elry from “All That
G l i t t e r s ” . C r e a tiv e C a re
Preschool parents and volunteers
will deliver the orders anywhere
in South M orrow County for an
additional $3 delivery fee.
“ C r e a tiv e
C a re
P re sc h o o l has a lw a y s used
Valentine’s Day as a fundraising
opportunity, but with a couple o f
large capital projects on the
draw ing board for this year we
a re re a lly w o rk in g on o u r
t
fundraising efforts”, said CCP
Treasurer Lisa Rietmann. “Shilo
has offered us an opportunity to
m ake m ore m oney w ith less
effort than we have historically
p u t in to o u r V a le n tin e ’s
fundraiser," she said, referring to
S hilo S vetich, p ro p rie to r o f
Sunflower Junction.
Roses are available from
$5 for a single stem to $50 for a
full dozen, and balloon bouquets
range from $5 to $15. Buyers
may also add gift certificates,
candy or anything else in the store
to a Valentine's order if desired.
To place orders, call Sunflower
Junction at 422-7786.
Orders can be delivered
on Feb. 13 or 14. It is requested
that all orders delivered outside
o f lone to be placed in advance.
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