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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 6, 2003 The Official Newspaper o f the City of Heppner and the County o f Morrow Heppner G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U S P S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper P u b lish ed w eekly and en tered as p e rio d ic a l m a tte r at th e P ost O ffic e at Heppner. Oregon under the Act o f M arch 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at H eppner, O re-gon O ffice at 147 W. W illow S treet. T elephone (541) 676- 9228 Fax (541) 676-9211. E -m ail: g t@ heppner.net or g t@ ra p id se rv e .n e t. Web site: www heppner net Postm aster send address changes to the Heppner G azette- l im es, P O , Box 337, Heppner, O regon 97836. S ubscriptions: $24 in M orrow C ounty; $18 senior rate (in M orrow C ounty only; 62 years or older); $30 elsew here David S y k e s ....................................................................................................... Publisher K atie W all...................................................................................................... ......... E ditor Nawa and Advartlaing Oaadlina la Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 pm Cost for a display ad is $4.75 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50* per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $7 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5.35 per column inch For Public/Legal Notices public/lega! notices deadline is Monday at 5 pm Dates lor publication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the bme 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 C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified A d • Subm it a N ew s Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! St. Pat’s Senior Center news _Obituaries Pauline Ulrich Wilis Pauline Ulrich Wills, 94, of Redm ond, form erly o f Heppner, died Thursday, July 31, 2003, at Pow ell s C are Home in Sisters. A graveside service was held Aug. 5 at the Heppner M asonic Cemetery. W ills w as b o rn in K ansas on June 28, 1909, to Russian im m igrants Carl and MaiyBlahmUlrich.Thefemily liv e d in M ic h ig a n b e fo re m oving to O regon in 1911. They settled at HeppnCT where she attended school. She had been employed at the Elkhom Restaurant in Heppner. O n June 13, 1931, she married Leslie J. Wills, at P o r tla n d . T h e y liv e d a t Portland for six years before m oving to the Redm ond area, Mr. Wills died in 1984. Survivors include a daughter, N ancy Eisenbrandt o f R edm ond; a brother, Bill U lr ic h of H e p p n e r; granddaughters, Lisa Harding and Leslie H oover; and tw o great-grandchildren. Besides h er h u sb a n d , she w as p re c e d e d in d e a th by h e r parents; a brother, Alex Ulrich; and sisters, Dee Sather and Lydia Cary . M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to a rharitv o f rh n ire Sw eeny M ortuary o f H e p p n e r is in c h a rg e o f arrangements. Water exercise classes for senior citizens will begin on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Classes will continue on Thursday, and each Tuesday and Thursday until the pool closes. C lasses will be held from 5-6 p.m. and the cost is $ 1 per tim e. Pool m anagers have kept this slot open for seniors and those with disabilities. Use o f the bus is arranged from St. Pat’s for those who need transportation to participate. On Wednesday, Aug. 13, H eppner (^lristian Church will provide volunteers for serving the noon m enu o f ham, cheese and potato casserole, spinach, mixed vegetables, rolls and pudding dessert. Thursday, Aug. 14 is Senior Citizen’s Day at Morrow C ounty Fair, the bus w ill m ake one round trip to the fairgrounds. It will load by the front o f St. Pat’s Senior Center from 10:45-11 a.m. The bus will stay at the fairgrounds through the lunch hour and return w hen the passengers are ready. Wednesday, Aug. 20, at noon, is the regular m onthly m eeting o f St. Patrick’s Board o f Directors at 12 noon in the Senior Center office. q , | Friday, Aug. 22, at 1 p.m., the regular m eeting o f the Area Agency on Aging is scheduled at the M ilton-Freewater E liz a b e th “ L iz ” Senior Center. The group will enjoy the regular meal with the Straley, 80, o fB a n d o n , died participants o f the M ilton-F reew ater center before their Friday, July 26, 2003 at her meeting. Status o f legislative action, which affect senior services home. throughout the state, will be one topic o f discussion. Tom A graveside service W ilson and Ed B aker are m em bers o f the group and will w as held on A ug. 2, at St. bring back to St. P a trick ’s B oard a report o f pertinent J o s e p h ’s C e m e te r y in business. .................. Poughkeepsie, NY. M ore than 100 persons shared the noop m eal at St. ...G Straley w as bom on Pat’s on July 30. O c t. 18, 1922, in Poughkeepsie, NY, to Joseph a n d J u lia W y s o c k i. S h e By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir. a tte n d e d school in P o u g h k e e p sie a n d re tire d Parade entries, float preparation, booth planning... it’s from Lumb’s Woodworking as that time o f the year. “M orrow County, True To the Red, White an accountant. and Blue” is the them e for this year’s fair and rodeo and offers O n M ay 29, 1949, the opportunity to depict patriotism across the years, western she m arried Frank X. Straley or otherwise. Parade entries m ay be turned in at the Cham ber o f W apperingers Falls, NY. o f C om m erce office or to C liff G reen, Parade Chair, at He preceded her in death in H eppner Hardw are. L et’s m ake it the biggest and best ever. 1990. A lso preceding her in The Fair Board, Rodeo Committee, County Extension, 4-Hers, death were brothers, John and volunteers and sta ff w ork hard to m ake the six day event Joseph and sister, Stella. happen. The C ham ber o f C om m erce oversees the parade. Survivors include son, Call 676-5536 for an entry form. Jay (wife Lori) ofBandon, two C ham ber hosted G rand M arshals B ob and Lorrene granddaughters, and a brother, M ontgom ery and Court Princesses Lexi Kennedy and M egan M ic h a e l ( w ife K a y e ) o f M cC abe for lunch recently at Jo h n ’s O ther Place. They do a Hopewell Junction, NY. great jo b showcasing and prom oting M orrow County in their M e m o r i a l travels. contributions m ay be made to T he C ham ber m em bership w ill not be m eeting on th e A m e r ic a n D ia b e te s Tuesday, August 12. Join them on Thursday, August 14, at the Association. A m lin g /S c h ro e d e r M orrow C ounty Fairgrounds w here entertainm ent will be provided and all will have a chance to enjoy the fair. Funeral Service o f B andon If you’ve called the Cham ber office this summer, you w a s e n tr u s te d w ith m ay have found C ham ber m em ber Cara O sm in at the other arrangements. end. H er energy and know ledge about the community, not to . m ention her com puter expertise, has been a real asset to the _ _ Elizabeth “Liz” Mraiey Chamber Chatter Heppner Chamber. She said, “working conditions were much quieter than she was used to,” but that will change when she returns to the classroom in two weeks. It has been great having her in the office. She and volunteers Gail and Forrie Burkenbine have been a great help. A few draw ers have actually been cleaned and organized, w ebsite updated, m em ber directory created, relocate packets distributed, new brochures m ailed out, and planning is underw ay for year-end events. E njoy M orrow C ounty Fair and R odeo W eek. A re your rodeo tickets in hand? A re you planning to attend the salm on/oyster feed? H aven’t you alw ays w anted to dunk a teacher? And how about the 4-H activities and livestock sale? Do you have exhibits to enter? It’s all about our county, comm unity, and kids. See you there. T hought for the w eek: “T he person w ho tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than one who tries to do nothing and succeeds.” BEO FINANCIAL SERVICES Anda Kay Zastrow Financial Advisor Business and Personal Retirement Planning Stocks/Bonds, Mutual Funds, Life Insurance, College Needs Securities products and services are offered through Royal Alliance Associates. Inc. Independent registered broker-dealer, member NASD/SIPC, not affiliated with Bank of Eastern Oregon, nor its subsidiaries or divisions N O T FD 1 C IN S U R E D -N O T G U A R A N T E E D BY BANK-M AY L O S E VALUE Phone 676-9127 azastrow@beobank.com t Margaret A. Rogers ® M argaret A. R ogers, 90, o f Heppner, died Tuesday, Ju ly 29, 2 0 0 3 , at P io n e e r Memorial Hospital. A t h e r re q u e s t no s e r v ic e w ill b e h e ld , Disposition was by cremation, Rogers was bom Oct. 5,1912, at W illiamsport, PA, to W a lte r a n d L illie Pepperm an Liverm ore. She w a s r a is e d a n d a tte n d e d schools at W illiam sport and then Erie, PA. She attended college before her marriage to ^ ‘ ^.°®erSOT1 ^ 0V‘ ^’ 1931 at Ripley, N Y . T he coupled lived at Ene, PA until 1978 when they retired to Florida. Mr. Rogers died in 1990 and Mrs. Rogers m oved to H eppner in 1997. She w as a longtim e active m em ber o f the Order o f Eastern Star. S u rv iv o rs in c lu d e daughter, Aletha Hall ofFallen, NV; granddaughters, Delia R obinson o f H ep p n er and Lynne Lindberg o f Santa Ana, CA, g ran d so n , B ria n M ildenberger o f Pendleton; njne great-grandchildren; and n u m ero u s g r e a t- g r e a t- grandchildren. A son, Ralph Jr preceded her in death. M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to P ioneer M em orial N ursing Hom e, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, q R 97836. Sweeney Mortuary o f H e p p n e r is in c h a rg e o f arrangements, W |U o w C re e k T e r r a c e re c e iv e s th ra # » o r a n k i n r e e g « « n iS T he W illow C reek A s s iste d L iv in g B o ard is a,ways strivin8 to augment its b u d g e t to r W illo w C reek T e rra c e w ith g r a n ts a n d donations. Two grants and a donation were awarded to this ,oca! grouP in M ay and June ofthisyear. G n M ay 1, th e W ild h o rse F o u n d a tio n in Pendleton aw arded W illow G reek Terrace $5,000 to be used to construct a cover for die patio and furnish it. These things are currently all in place and being enjoyed by residents andvisitors. O n M ay G ood Shepherd Com m unity Health Foundation in Hermiston gave the assisted living facility a $ 1 >138-37 grant for a locking m edicine cart w hich is being used daily In June, St. A nthony Hospital in Pendleton donated $104.82 for the purchase o f a b lo o d p ressu re c u ff, therm om eter and first aid kit. T hese have been purchased and are in use as well, Grants and donations h e lp th e W illo w C r e e k Assisted Living Board provide e s s e n tia l s e rv ic e s to th e residents o f W illow C reek Terrace while keeping within their budget limitations. Board m em b e rs e n c o u ra g e local residents to consider memorial donations as a way o f ensuring that the facility will be available for the elderly m em bers o f local communities to utilize in future years. Slottee Memorial & Lexington . scholarships deadline The South M orrow County Scholarship Tmst has an n o u n c ed a d ead lin e o f S e p t. 12, 2 0 0 3 fo r applications for the Elizabeth S lo tte e M e m o r ia l S c h o la r s h ip a n d th e ^ o ter ^ recin ct Scholarship. T^e , S lo tte e M em o rial S ch o larsh ip is awarded annually to a Junior, Senior, or G raduate Student at an accredited college. The scholarship is aw arded to a student majoring or minoring ¡n m u s jc i f no applicants are fOUnd, th e aw ard can be given to a student w ho has been accepted into a school ofeducation. The scholarship amount will be determined by the earnings o f the donations 0 f ^ com m unity and the Slottee fam ily w hich totals m ore than $ , 0f000> The Lexington Voter Precinct S cholarship is for 5509 and will be awarded to a co]]ege sophomore, junior o r s e n io r liv in g in th e Lexington voters’ precinct. Applications in disc fo rm at can be picked up at Klamath First in Heppner. p or m o re inform ation, or questions, c o n ^ c t Sharon H arrison at 676_9 ] 64 or Del LaRue at Letters to the Editor Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette- Times will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all letters for use by the CrT office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under ‘ Card of Thanks' at a cost of $ 7.) Industrial zone received wrong name To the Editor: 1 notice in the City o f H eppner new sletter that the industrially zoned property on Riverside Ave. has the lofty title o f “ C ity C orporation Yard” . With the citizens dropping off all their ju n k I suggest the designation be changed from “ C ity C orporation Yard” to “C ity D um p” . It’s easier to r e m e m b e r , a n d a b e tte r description. W hat with all the broken asphalt and concrete; the discarded refrigerators, fre e z ers, a ir c o n d itio n e rs, m icrow aves; old tires; the la rg e p ile s c o n s is tin g o f v eg etatio n , tree lim bs and scrap lumber, this site should m ore than qualify for the less pompous title o f “City Dump”. W hatever the title, it will not reduce the negative visual impact on the citizens o f the NW area. I still believe only som e ty p e o f b a rrie r w ill accom plish this. Due to the close proxim ity o f the “City Corporation Yard” to Willow C reek , s h o u ld n ’t th ere be som e c o n cern ab o u t toxic material or pollutants entering the w aterw ay? D o n ’t the tall dry weeds create a fire hazard? I d o n ’t th in k th is is a no sm oking area, so people are fre e to m o v e a b o u t th e property while smoking. I’m concerned because if there w ere a fire, it could ju m p W illow C reek and be in my front yard. (s) G ene Sonstegard Heppner Balance power, restore Irrigon’s high school „ . „ To the Editor: So Dr. Jack C rippen k n o w s a larg e n u m b e r o f people in M onow County that have no mterest at building a high school in Irrigon T hat s u p e rin te n d e n t a n d b o ard m em b e rs p re se n t fac ts to prove their point? | believe the reason ,h do n0, , facts t0 reinforce ^ a is fte re ^ none ^ don., rea|| care if Irri has d oesn t surprise m e. W hat a high school, they ju st d o n 't does surprise m e ,s that D n wa^ a n y changes at Rh-etside. C rip p e n h a s b een M C S D M o rro w C oun, supenntendent this long and is S c h o o | D is , ric , h a s been ?,0tJ , T u th,a t C o lu m b ia M iddle School is designed to house grades 7-12^ Irrigon a lre a d y has a h igh school budding . A pparently Dr. Crippen ,s not aw are that this has been discussed d u ring M CSD m eetings a num ber o f tim es. It seem s the language used in his newspaper colum n was chosen tocloud the Imgon enda ; th e liv e s o f W g o n ?schikiren foryeani, by dum j ,hem al a highw ay in tbe midd]e o f ;be ni£ht, t0 save m oney. i f they are w jm t0 treat Riverside students this way, what do you think js in store for Hepp„er's ch j,dren if ,here are hj h sch o o |s ,he district, M orrow Coun(y needs ,bree High School issue. high schools to keep a proper This isju st one m ore ofp o w er exam ple o f the dirty tricks T h o se o f us th a , used by the few people in t 0 ,he large and vocal M orrow C ounty that w ou d supporting tf* retum o f deny Im gon what is nghthilly Irrj hi h school have à a a ïe ia religiously presented our case decided that M C SD w ould wi(h lruth We hav£ fac,s ,0 never again act on anonymous back c|aim w e m ake tip s yet Ju lie W eikel, P at M cN am ee and John R enfro w o u ld refu se us o u r high school w ith unsubstantiated excuses to continue the status quo. Dr. C rippen repeatedly rtKntions an anonymous group o f people that do not w ant Constantly having to deal with false statcm ents has been an unfajr burden We djd , sucb sta te m e n ls t0 come ftom ^ administration o f M CSD We h the ^ ™ f ° n h T a h '« h Sch° ° 1' If M C SD s days o f acting on rum ors and innuendos are o v e r, s h o u ld n t th e superintendent's p osition in D^cem ber (s) M eredith DeHaven Irrigon ,h e v a lu a te th e Blood drive to be held in Pendleton. The A m erican Red Cross, Um atilla County Chapter, w ill hold a com m unity blood drive on M onday, A ug. 11 in Pendleton. R esidents can donate blood from 1-6 p.m . at Pendleton R ecreation Center, 500 SW D orion, Pendleton. D onors m ust be 17 or older, w eigh at least 105 pounds and be in good health. All blood types are needed every day. O ut o f every 100 people: 38 are O-pos; 32 are A-pos; 10 are B-pos; 3 are AB -pos; 8 are 0-neg; 7 are A -neg; 2 are B-neg, and 1 is AB- neg. 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