TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 28, 2004
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Heppner Chamber endorses
Measure 30
To The Editor:
The
H eppner
C ham ber o f C om m erce
endorses Measure 30. The
co n seq u en ces for our
community, our children, our
seniors, and healthcare if it
does not pass will be significant
compared to the small amount
o f the increased tax. “Let’s
send Salem a message” is
heard, but the resulting no vote
may well be less education for
our children with larger classes
and fewer teachers. Some o f
our senior citizens will no
longer have n ecessary
medications or appropriate
housing. The Oregon Health
Plan will be cut. We will lose
significant matching federal
dollars, which will result in a
significant increase in medical
insurance for individuals and
businesses. This will not help
the economy or the well being
o f H eppner and rural
communities across the state.
There is no question
that state government can do
better, and needs to do better,
but the answer is not a one
time simple yea or nay on a
ballot. We need to fix our
funding problems now and get
involved. As citizens, we need
to tell Salem that we want
continuity without threats to
our safety, children, seniors,
and healthcare.
Send a message that
we care about our kids, that
we care about our seniors,
that we care about the health
o f every o n e. Show the
country that Oregonians care.
Vote yes on Measure 30, and
then become more involved by
electing those who represent,
first and foremost, the basic
needs o f the citizen s o f
Heppner and all of Oregon,
(s) Victor Vander Does,
President
Heppner Chamber of
Commerce
ODA lifts hold order placed on
Boardman-area dairy
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has lifted its
“Hold Order” on a dairy near Boardman, restoring the
movement of animals on and off the dairy. ODA’s action follows
completion of USDA’s tracing activities at the Oregon dairy of
all animals potentially associated with a Canadian herd of cattle
imported to the U.S. that contained the BSE-positive cow
found in Washington State in December. Meanwhile, USDA
continues its multi-state, multi-dairy investigation.
Oregonians and the American public can be assured
that milk and dairy products are safe. Scientific studies show
BSE is not contained in milk or dairy products. International
trading standards allow the movement of milk from countries
where BSE is known to occur. The World Health Organization,
the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, the
US Food and Drug Administration and other major health
organizations have affirmed and reaffirmed that milk and milk
products do not contain or transmit BSE.
The State of Oregon will continue, as needed, to assist
the U.S. Department of Agriculture in its ongoing investigation
o f the BSE incident, and continues to emphasize that milk and
dairy products remain safe for consumers.
Question regarding the investigation should be directed
to USDA at (202) 720-4623. BSE updates on the investigation
are provided by USDA online at www.aphis.usda.gov.
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Obituaries
Elwayne E.
Bergstrom
E lw ayne
E.
Bergstrom, 69, a lifelong
Heppner resident, died Fri
day, Jan. 23, 2004, at his
Heppner home.
Funeral services will
be held Friday, Jan. 30,2004
at 1 p.m. at the Heppner Elks
Lodge, with concluding ser
vice and burial to follow at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
He was bom Aug. 29,
1934, at Heppner, to Carl and
Mildred Hanna Bergstrom. He
attended Heppner schools,
graduating from Heppner High
School in 1952. He then at
tended Oregon Technical In
stitute in Klamath Falls.
He had a 35-year ca
reer with Kinzua Mills.
He was a member of
the Heppner Elks Lodge and
the Hermiston Eagles Lodge,
where he and his wife enjoyed
dancing.
He was baptized and
joined the Stanfield Seventh-
day Adventist Church, where
he was a deacon and assisted
with the Primary Youth Group.
On Sept. 15, 2001,
he married Carol Cross at
Hermiston.
Bergstrom was a can
cer survivor of over 20 years,
which gave him a second
chance at life.
It was said he had an
electrifying smile and always
greeted everyone with a wave,
a smile and often a story.
Surv ivors include his
wife, Carol Bergstrom o f
Hermiston; daughter, Christine
Bruce and her husband Glenn
of Gresham, C indi Stinson and
her husband D ave o f
Woodinville, WA, and Kelli
Meacham and her husband
Kelly o f Boise; son, Wayne
Bergstrom and his wife Connie
o f Portland; brother, Robert
Bergstrom o f Heppner; 11
grandchildren; three stepchil
dren; and 11 step-grandchil
dren.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to the
American Cancer Society,
Oregon Division, 0330 SW
Curry, Portland, OR 97201.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in charge o f ar
rangements.
James H. Keith,
Sr.
James H. Keith, Sr.,
99, a retired longtime Umatilla
Army Depot worker, died
Thursday, Jan. 22,2004, in his
sleep at Rainier.
A graveside service
will be held on Saturday, Feb.
7, 2004 at 2 p.m . at the
Irrigon Cemetery.
Keith was bom Dec.
5, 1904, at Bach, OK. He
came to Irrigon in 1946 and
worked at the Umatilla Army
Depot, retiring in 1974. He
then moved to Long Beach,
WA.
S urvivors include
sons, James Keith, Jr., o f
Irrigon, Howard Keith of Port
Tobacco, MD; and daughters,
Norma Warlick of Beaverton
and Vinita Tayler of Lewiston,
ID.
A memorial service tor
Church was held on Jan. 24
at the First Christian Church
in Heppner.
She was bom July 29,
1942, at Walla Walla, to
H arold and Edna Crum b
Peck. She grew up and
attended schools at Heppner,
graduating from Heppner High
School then Blue Mountain
C om m u n ity C o lleg e in
Pendleton.
She had liv ed in
Oregon, Idaho and Montana
and had been employed as a
bookkeeper for many years.
On May 25, 1975,
she married John C. Church
at Walla Walla. The couple
moved from Troy, MT, to
Heppner in 1997. She was
employed as a clerk at Central
Red A pple M arket in
Heppner, retiring in 2002, due
to ill health.
C hurch had many
in te re sts and h o b b ies,
including square dancing,
music, playing the piano,
snowmobiling, crafts, traveling,
sew in g , p a in tin g and
needlework. She also loved
animals, especially horses.
Survivors include her
husband, John C. Church o f
Heppner; stepson, Kevin
Church and his wife, Diane, of
B onners
Ferry,
ID;
stepdaughters, Bev Drury of
Umatilla, and Lyla Worley and
husband, Brian, of Philomath;
sisters, Patricia Hardy o f
Salem and Shirley Palmer of
H eppner;
five
stepgrandchildren and two
stepgreat-grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by her
parents and a baby brother,
Harold Peck Jr.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made to
Pioneer Memorial Hospice, or
Home Health, both at P.O.
Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of
H eppner is in charge o f
arrangements.
HHS Class of
2006 to hold
baked goods
raffles
The Heppner High
School Class o f 2006 will be
conducting a baked goods
raffle at each of the remaining
hom e b ask etb all gam es
beginning Saturday, Jan. 31.
The students will also be
selling individual slices of
cheesecake as a fundraiser.
Proceeds will go towards a
number of class projects. For
in fo rm atio n , please call
Heather Yocom or Janice
Huddleston at 676-9138.
HHS to hold
service auction
T h ere w ill be a
Heppner High School senior
class service auction this
Saturday, Jan. 31, during the
H eppner/Stanfield varsity
basketball games at the high
school.
Boys will be sold
during the g irls ’ v arsity
halftime, about 4:30 p.m. Girls
will be sold during the boys’
v a rsity
h alftim e
at
ap p ro x im a te ly 6 p.m .
Babysitters, fence-builders,
Marjorie K.
cattle-workers, painters, etc.,
will be available for purchase.
Church
All proceeds will go
Marjorie K. Church,
toward an after graduation
61, a retired Heppner Central
alcohol-free and drug-free
Red Apple Market clerk, died
activity.
Tuesday, Jan. 20,2004, at her
home.
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LAD IES NIGHT. Leann W right and Rhonda
Helfrecht will be serving a C hin ese D inner start
ing at 6 p.m. with Sweet and Sour Spareribs, Gar
lic Chicken, Pork Fried Rice, Barbecue Pork and
Crab Puffs. Lodge to follow the dinner at 8 p.m.
Edna J.
Harshman
Karl Heg
K arl H eg, 66, o f
Irrigon, died Monday, Jan. 26,
Edna J. Harshman, 2004, at his home. Arrange
90, o f College Place, WA, ments are pending at Bums
passed away Sunday, Jan. 25, Mortuary ofHermiston.
2004 at
R eg en cy
Justice Court
at the Park
Brandon Joseph Allen
in College
Blodgett, 22, Portland, DUII
Place. At
(BAC .20), $1800 fine plus
her request
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there will
and 365 days in jail, of which
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no
$500 and 355 days were
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su sp en d ed , 24 m onths
family
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gathering
alcohol education program
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and 40 hours o f community
place on Edna J. Harshman service.
Hail Ridge
D avid
W ayne
at a later date.
Eldridge, 37, Lexington,
She was bom March Driving while Suspended and
2,1913, eight and a half miles No Insurance, $662 fine.
northwest of Hardman on the
Kenneth M. Stookey,
family homestead. She was the 40, H eppner, No M otor
daughter of Frank Martin and Vehicle License, $73 fine.
Anna Marie Erickson Lovgren
Clinton Roy Gissel,
and was from a family o f 13 20, Beavercreek, VBR 76/55,
children, with three still $180 fine.
surviving. She went to school
B rian
D ew ayne
at Eight Mile and helped with Sim m ons, 36, Spray,
her younger brothers and Improper Display o f Plates
sisters.
and F ailu re to C arry
She married Loyd F. Registration, $ 169 fine.
Harshman in Heppner on
M arch 3, 1931. M rs.
Harshman cooked for harvest DA’s Report
John Joseph Homer
crews and at the sheep camps,
adm
itted
to vio latio n o f
worked at the movie house
probation
allegations for
and took in sewing. Upon the
family moving to Dayton, WA Assault in the Fourth Degree-
in 1958, she worked at Green Felony. Homer was sentenced
Giant Cannery and was a to six months in jail and 12
dietitian and cook at the months probation.
Arnold Dean Tipton
Dayton Hospital. In the 1970s,
pled
guilty
to Possession o f a
she and her husband moved
to a farm on the Umapine C o n tro lled Substance, a
Highway in Oregon where Class-C felony. Tipton was
they raised sheep and calves. sen ten ced to 18 m onths
In about 1990, she and her formal probation, 80 hours of
husband moved into Milton- community service, completion
Freewater. Mr. Harshman o f a drug package and
preceded her in death on July payment of $914 in fines and
fees.
20, 1992.
Holly H. Mack pled
Harshman lived in
guilty
to
Possession o f a
M ilto n -F re ew a ter until
November 2002 when she C o n tro lled Substance, a
broke her left hip, followed Class-C felony. Mack was
four months later when she sen ten ced to 18 m onths
broke her other hip. She formal probation, 80 hours
finished out her life at Regency community service, completion
at the Park where she very o f a drug p ack ag e and
much enjoyed the activities payment o f $914 in fines and
and caregivers around her. She fees.
Jody Lea Hendricks
was a member of the Degree
adm
itted
to v io latio n o f
ofHonor.
probation
allegations for
She is survived by two
daughters, Anna Marie Abel of Possession o f a Controlled
Milton-Freewater and Wilma Substance. Hendricks was
“Billie” Coppock ofLexington; sentenced to six months in jail
tw o sons, Loyd “ B u d ” and 24 months probation.
Harshman ofWalla Walla, WA
and Frank H arshm an o f Marriage
Dayton, WA; two sisters; one
b ro th er;
num erous Licenses
g ra n d c h ild re n ,
g re a t
Jan. 13: Jerem y
grandchildren, great-great
g ra n d c h ild re n ,
fo ster S teven C im m iy o tti, 26,
g ran d ch ild ren and step- Lexington and Tylynn Marie
grandchildren; and nieces and Laird, 19, Lexington.
Jan. 22: Clifford F.
nephews.
Harshman lived long Thomas, 78, Hermiston and
enough to have two o f her M ona M. K ing, 77,
children’s pictures o f five Hermiston.
Jan. 26: Thom as
generations.
Joseph
Jensen,
39, Irrigon and
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made to DeAnne Marie Robles, 28,
the charity o f the donor’s Irrigon.
choice through the Munselle-
Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Reload Ridge
Main, Milton-Freewater, OR
Riders to hold
97862.
M u n selle-R h o d es meeting
Funeral Home o f Milton-
The Reload Ridge
Freewater was in charge of Riders invites all ATV and
arrangements.
motorcycle riders to join them
at their next m eeting on
Vera Rietmann
Wednesday, Feb. 4 at the
Heppner Elks at 7:30 p.m.
Vera L. Rietmann, 60, upstairs in the meeting room.
of lone, died Jan. 26 at Good
The club’s first event
Shepherd Medical Center in will be a poker run held at the
Hermiston. Arrangements are Morrow County OHV Park
pending at Sweeney Mortuary on May 15, with a 100-mile
in Heppner.
cross-country OMRA event to
follow on May 16.
All interested persons
are invited to attend the meet
Jolynn Love
ing and events.
Jolynn Love, 27, a
lifelong resident ofHermiston,
W e P r in t
died Sunday, Jan. 25 at Ore
gon Health and Sciences Uni
E n v e lo p e s
versity Hospital. She was the
Heppner Gazette-
stepdaughter of Heppner UPS
Tim es
carrier Jim Barton. Arrange
ments are pending at Bums
676-922
Mortuary ofHermiston.