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Wednesday, August 20, 2003
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Clean up begun, need permanent
solution
To the Editor:
We w o u ld lik e to
express our appreciation to
everyone involved in the clean
up o f the C ity C orporation
Yard. Viewed from our front
row seats, w e can see a big
im p r o v e m e n t
in
th e
appearance o f this property.
K u d o s to R a n d y
Rayburn for the long hours and
hard work he is putting into this
project. It is a pleasure to
watch his skillful handling o f die
cat. He was very considerate
when he voiced his concern for
us, about all the dust he was
stirring up. W hat’s a little dust
when we can see the positive
results.
T h e P u b lic W orks
Director stopped by to apprise
us o f the progress o f the clean
up. We appreciate that he did
that. H e g reeted m e w ith:
“ Hello, you ornery old cuss”,
or words to that effect. 1 guess
1 am an o rn e ry o ld c u ss,
because I’d still like to see
som e type o f barrier placed
betw een NW Sperry and the
City C orporation Yard. A fter
all this area has been cleaned
up in the past.
A g a in ,
our
appreciation to all.
(s) G ene Sonstegard
Heppner
KT’s Cheyenne ends show career a
winner
Summer Concert to be held in lone
(L-R): Amanda Byron, Kathy Tellechea and ARBA judge Donna
Brak with Amanda’s Best Opposite Buck and KT’S Cheyenne.
KT’s Cheyenne ends her show career a winner. She won Best of
Breed and Best Fur at the Mini Rex Fanciers of the Greater
Northwest Show in Monroe, WAon Aug. 9.
DA’s Report
John M artinez Frutos
w as convicted o f Possession
o f a C ontrolled Substance 2,
a C la ss C felony. F ru to s ’
driver’s license was suspended
for six m onths and he was
sentenced to 18 m onths o f
supervised probation, with 30
d a y s in ja il, 80 h o u rs o f
c o m m u n ity s e r v ic e a n d
paym ent o f $914 in fines and
fees.
Friday evening, Aug.
29, at the lo n e C ity Park
Amphitheater, Brian Hanson
and the Badland Patrol will be
returning to perform at 6:30
p.m. Last year the group was
so w e ll lik e d th e y w e re
requested to return.
Leader Brian Hanson
plays fiddle like you wouldn’t
believe. He also plays guitar
and sings. H anson and the
B a d la n d P a tro l p e rfo rm
m o s tly in R e d m o n d a n d
Prineville but have played their
country m usic at Mr. B ’s in
Portland. H anson has also
performed in Pendleton when
Births
Syd ni
M arie
Pointer- a daughter, Sydni
Marie, was bom Friday, Aug.
8, to Eric and Vikki Pointer
o f Sublimity. Sydni weighed
7 pounds 4 ounces and w as
20 inches long. Grandparents
are H ank and Kathi Pointer
o f lone and Jack and Penny
Holstad o f Atlanta, GA.
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he p la y e d w ith the g ro u p
k n o w n as C ro ss C o u n try .
“Many o f your favorite country
songs w ill be heard at the
evening performance,” said a
W illow Valley Service C lub
m em ber. “ If you m issed the
concert last year, you m ust
c o m e a n d e n jo y th e
performance this year.”
This is the last o f the
Sum m er C oncert in the Park
series which have been held in
s o u th M o rro w C o u n ty ,
s p o n so re d by th e W illo w
V a lle y S e rv ic e C lu b a n d
funded by the Morrow County
Unified Recreation District.
4-H News
North Lex Market Steer dogs, potato chips and pop.
Club
M e m b e rs p r e s e n t
Obituaries
Eugene Lloyd
Schmidt
E ugene
L lo y d
Schm idt, 74, o f B oardm an,
died Friday, A ug. 8 ,2 0 0 3 , at
Providence Medical Center in
Portland.
A re c ita tio n o f the
rosary w as held A ug. 13. A
fim eral m ass w as held A ug.
14, w ith burial at R iverside
Cem etery in Boardman.
S c h m id t w as b o rn
A ug. 28, 1928, at Sw alw ell,
Alberta, Canada, to David and
Bertha Lang Schmidt.
He attended schools
in C anada and then w ent on
to th e U n i v e r s i ty o f
W a s h in g to n
to
s tu d y
engineering. H e w orked on
the Space N eedle in Seattle.
Schm idt w as a self-
em p lo y ed perso n in m any
professions.
H e w a s an a v id
baseball fan, enjoyed playing
p o o l, p la y in g th e o rg a n ,
traveling, fishing, his roses,
planes and cars.
He w as a m em ber o f
the Eagles Lodge.
O n Feb. 2 6 ,1 9 9 6 , he
m arried G loria I. O rjuela at
Reno, NV.
H e loved being w ith
his family.
Survivors include his
wife at the hom e; sons, Lloyd
Schm idt o f Spokane, Richard
Schm idt o f B rooks, A lberta,
Canada, and Larry Schmidt o f
Spokane; daughters, G w en o f
the Seattle area, B rigette Del
Pilar and M ichelle Vanessa
Schm idt, both o f B oardm an;
brother, R onald Schm idt o f
Terrace, B ritish C olum bia,
C a n a d a ; s is t e r s , P h y llis
Kingston o f Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, and Rita Bjorkman o f
Abbotsford, British Columbia,
C anada; grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. H e w as
p re c e d e d in d e a th b y h is
parents, by a sister, B ernice
P e te rm a n a n d a b r o th e r ,
Lyndon Schmidt.
to O re g o n to start a m eat
m arket w ith a partner. A t the
age o f 9, Burkenbine’s family
m oved to Heppner, so that his
father could establish his own
m a rk e t, H e p p n e r M ark et.
Burkenbine began learning the
trade and in his teens, he and
his father pioneered one o f the
first cold storage lockers in
Oregon.
B urkenbine attended
H e p p n e r s c h o o ls
and
graduated from Heppner High
School.
Deciding to not follow
after his father, B urkenbine
p u r s u e d an i n te r e s t in
m echanics and w orked at the
Ford and Chevrolet garages in
H eppner. He becam e a shop
m anager for R oice Fulleton.
He studied for every General
M otors test offered in the area
and receiv ed g rades o f 98
percent or higher. H e then
w ent on to attend classes at
G eneral M o to rs’ school in
Tigard. He held their certificate
o f “ C e rtifie d A u to m o tiv e
Technician.”
B urkenbine w as also
an avid hunter and fisherm an
and w as a m em b e r o f the
National Rifle Association. He
was also a lifetime m em ber o f
the H eppner Elks Lodge 358
and a member o f the Episcopal
Church.
After joining the Civil
A ir Patrol during W orld War
I I, B u r k e n b in e b e c a m e
in terested in airplanes. He
spent m any hours helping to
build the L exington A irport
and built his ow n hanger to
house his personal planes.
O n June 11,1942, he
m arried C hristina Brassfield,
from Palco, KS. T he couple
h a d fo u r c h ild r e n , C h ris
Burkenbine, Lynn Burkenbine
Schm orl, A nne B urkenbine
B ro u sse a u
and
Jay
Burkenbine.
F ro m 1963 u n til
1981, B u rk e n b in e an d his
fam ily lived in Portland. In
1 9 8 1 , th e y r e tu r n e d to
Heppner.
B u r k e n b in e w a s
p re c e d e d in d e a th b y h is
parents, step fath er M arion
H a y d e n , a n d a ll th r e e
brothers, R eese, M erle and
Albert.
w e r e R e g i S e itz , C a s e y
Peterson, Makayla and Ashley
T h e N o r th L ex
A nderson, Kathy, C hris and
M arket S teer C lu b m et at
A n d r e R a u c h , N a ta lie
Kathy R auch’s house on July
M cElligott, and Daniel, A m y
27. M em bers clipped their
and Eric Jepsen.
s te e rs and th e n p ra c tic e d I
showing them. After working
We Print Business
with the steers, members went
M e m o r i a l
Cards
up to K athy’s house and had
contributions m ay be made to
Heppner
barbecued ham burgers, hot
th e
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Lung
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Loyd L.
Burkenbine
Loyd
L e la n d
“Burkey” Burkenbine died July
2 4 ,2 0 0 2 , at F lo ry ’s Place, a
foster care hom e, in Portland.
A m em orial service
will be held on Saturday, Aug.
23, 2003, in the C hapel at
Sw eeney M ortuary at 1 p.m .
In u rn m e n t w ill b e a t th e
H eppner M asonic Cemetery.
Burkenbine was bom
July 18,1918, in Stites, ID, to
M abel M arie H utchens and
Arthur Edwin Burkenbine.
A fter his father had
com e to Herm iston for work,
he decided to move the family
Marriage
Licenses
A ug. 11: J o s e p h
Richard Yocom, 71, Lexington
and Dwyla Jean Reynolds, 48,
Lexington.
Aug. 12: Jason Ray
Buchanan, 26, Hermiston and
H e id i Jo K n o e p f le , 2 3 ,
H e r m is to n ; J o s e M a ria
M aldonado, 21, Um atilla and
Jadira G om ez, 23, Umatilla.
Aug. 15: Joshua Ryan
R eeve, 20, H erm isto n and
M egan Louise Andreason, 19,
Boardman; Eliseo Rodriguez,
19, P a s c o a n d M i c h e l l e
LaBelle, 19, Pasco.
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