TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, August 6, 2003
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o f the City of Heppner and the County o f Morrow
Heppner
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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.
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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
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d
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, 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.
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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.”
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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
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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.
To schedule a donation appointm ent, call (800) 787-
9691.
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