TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, March 17,2004
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St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
Each senior center in
the Morrow-Umatilla County
area reported on activities o f
their respective centers at the
quarterly meeting of the Area
A gency on A ging A dvisory
C om m ittee m eeting, held at
B oardm an on M arch 11. All
centers were represented.
W ithin the next few
w eeks, each center will be
m o nitored for m aintaining
p ro p e r s ta n d a rd s o f fo o d
handling and nutrition. The
schedule was prepared and
m onitors selected for each
p la c e . A ll p h a s e s o f th e
p ro c e s s e s o f p re p a ra tio n ,
serving and cleaning up will be
o b s e rv e d by the se le c te d
m onitors. Those persons to
w hom M eals on W heels are
d e li v e r e d w ill h a v e an
opportunity to evaluate their
services received as part of the
m o n ito rin g p ro c e ss. T h is
review o f services takes place
each year.
Eva
M a b b o tt,
Executive Director, announced
that Sheila Piper is the new
d ire c to r o f th e C A P E C O
p ro g ra m a t th e H e p p n e r
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Overlooking the Columbia
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Senior Citizen’s Center. Corol
M itchell w ill com plete her
interim duties on M arch 31.
Ed B a k e r rep o rted
that 14 RSV P volunteers had
s ig n e d up to a tte n d th e
appreciation luncheon at the
Pendleton Conference Center
on M arch 23, at 12 noon.
There is still time to do so, for
those needing a ride.
The
H eppner
Christian C hurch volunteers
will serve the noon m eal on
M arch 24. T he m enu is roast
b eef, p o ta to e s and gravy,
m ixed vegetables, fruit, hot
rolls and cho co late cherry
dessert. Serving time is from
11:30 a.m. until 12:30p.m.
The Legal Aid meeting
c o n c ern in g e ld e r abuse is
s c h e d u le d f o r 10 a .m .,
Tuesday, M arch 23, in the
dining room o f St. P atrick’s
S e n io r C e n te r. D is tr ic t
A ttorney D avid A llen and
attorney Bill Kuhn will be
presenters.
S u n d a y a fte rn o o n ,
M arch 21, friends are invited
to a reception honoring Bud
and H arriet Batty, from 2-5
p.m., at the Senior Center. The
celebration is for their 60th
wedding anniversary and also
H arriet’s 89,h birthday. They
request no gifts. Both have
given many hours of service to
th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f S t.
Patrick’s Senior Center and to
o th er com m unity projects.
T h e y are b o th n a tiv e s o f
M orrow County.
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Letters to the Editor
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Columbia Basin Electric Co-Op announces a
planned BPA power outage on Wednesday, March
24 for the lone substation and the service areas
it serves.The outage will be from 8-8:45 a.m. and
from 4-4:45 p.m. There is a small chance the
outage could last the entire day.
This outage will affect the following areas: City of
lone, Lower Rhea Creek up to the Hoskins place,
the Perry Morter-Holtz-Snow/McElligott lines, the
Dale Holland Rietmann-Peterson-McElligott lines, the
Ladd/Martin-Osterlund-Dalzell lines, Joe Rietmann-
Morter-Anderson-Juniper Canyon lines to Rauchis,
the Cecil-Morgan areas, and the lower Fourmile and
lower Eightmile canyon lines. It will be necessary for
all irrigation pumps to remain off between 8 a.m. - 5
p.m. on March 24.
The lower Rhea Creek services will be off from 8
a.m .- 1 p.m., including Jepsen.Tullis, Padberg, Gray
and Palmer.
CBEC regrets any inconvenience this will cause,
however, it is very important that Bonneville complete
this m aintenance work. C BEC appreciates your
patience.
If we are going to clean up the city,
clean up everything
To the Editor:
This is something that
might be of interest to Heppner
residents. W hen questioned
a b o u t a p r o p e r ty o w n e r
storing unused equipm ent,
used tires and other ju n k on
public property across a city
street from a certain residence,
a city official, who will remain
unnamed, seemed to fmd this
practice perfectly acceptable.
How could a private p arty’s
junk on public property be less
offensive than a private party’s
junk on private property? This
official told me that if I objected
to this mess, the solution was
to close this city street, adding
that other city streets had been
closed in the past, as if this
closure would somehow cause
e v e r y th in g to m a g ic a lly
disappear. The street m ight
disappear, but the junk would
remain. I hate to be the one to
tell him this, but there is no such
thing as a genie.
If s to rin g u n u se d ,
u n w anted item s (junk) on
public property is condoned,
we (the residents o f Sperry
St.) should be able to utilize
the public property, on the
opposite side o f Sperry St.
Obituaries
Christopher
Michael
Whittington
Christopher M ichael
Whittington, 31, of Pendleton,
died Friday, M arch 13,2004
in Pendleton.
A m em orial service
was held W ednesday, M arch
17, at 2 p.m ., at the B um s
Mortuary Chapel in Pendleton.
Whittington was bom
M ay 13,1972 in Lodi, C A to
Larry and Alice W hittington.
The family m oved to Eastern
O regon in 1979, w here he
graduated from B aker City
High School in 1990.
A f te r g r a d u a tio n
W hittington enlisted in the
N avy and was a veteran o f
Desert Storm. Afterwards, he
re tu rn e d h o m e w h e re he
e n jo y e d M o n d a y n ig h t
wrestling and many friends. He
will be greatly missed by all his
family and friends.
Survivors include his
wife, A m anda o f Baker City;
daughter, Chelsey o f Southern
California; parents, Larry and
A lic e W h ittin g to n
of
P en d leto n ; sister, L eA nne
H ightow er o f Lodi, CA ; and
numerous aunLs, uncles, nieces
and nephews from California
and Oregon.
sc h o o ls, g ra d u a tin g fro m
Heppner High School.
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O n A pril 17, 1932,
she m arried Harold H. Hill at
Yakima. The couple lived in
and around H ep p n e r until
1949 w hen they m oved to
C oos Bay, w here they lived
until 1976 when they returned
to Heppner. Mr. Hill died in
1992. M rs. H ill liv e d in
Heppner until 2001 when she
m oved to La Pine to be near
family.
She
enjoyeejf
g ardening, c ro c h e tin g and
w orking crossw ord puzzles. 4
She liked to read and take day
trips in Oregon.
S h e b e lo n g e d to
garden clubs in both Heppner
and C oos Bay.
S u rv iv o rs in c lu d e
sons, Dale Hill and his wife,
Betty, o f La Pine and Clayton
Hill and his wife, Mary of Coos
B a y ; d a u g h te r , C r e a g h
Williams and her husband Jim
of
La
P in e ;
fiv e
g ran d d a u g h ters; 10 great-
gran d d au g h ters; and other
relatives.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made to
Newberry Hospice, P.O. Box
1888, La Pine, O R 97739, or
to a charity o f choice.
Sweeney Mortuary of
H e p p n e r is in c h a rg e o f
arrangements.
from our residences, for our
ow n private ju n k piles. The
plus side of this, for us, would
be the elimination of numerous
trips to the transfer station
b e tw e e n H e p p n e r a n d
Lexington. The minus side o f
this is the public property on
our side o f W illow C reek
w ould then look exactly the
same as the public property on
the opposite side of the creek.
B e lie v e m e th is is n o t
something you would want to
have to look at every day.
Is there such a thing as
selective enforcement of a city
ordinance? If it is legal for the
city to enter private property,
remove material that they fmd
objectionable, and bill the
p r o p e r ty o w n e r fo r th a t
rem oval, why shouldn’t city
residents be able to clean up
public property and bill the
city? If we are going to clean
up the city, let’s clean up the
whole city, whether it be public
or private property; w hether
it be z o n e d r e s id e n tia l,
com m ercial, pasture land or
industrial. The people deserve
nothing less.
R y an E . H ite , 25,
M e m o r i a l
(s) Gene Sonstegard
Boring, Hunting with N o Big
contributions can be m ade to
Heppner
Gam e Tag (Deer), fine $209.
Bum s M ortuary of Pendleton
H ank J. Falcon, 47,
in the nam e o f C hristopher
H eppner, V B R 72/55, fine
Michael Whittington.
$143.
B urns M ortuary o f
Scott Allen Hollis, 40,
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matters over the years, gaining
civil experience in a vast array
of civil law.
Julia Mae Hill, 92, formerly of
I am a lif e lo n g H eppner, died Sunday, Feb.
Umatilla County resident, bom 29,2004, at the Dalton Gang
in Pendleton and raised in Foster Care Hom e in La Pine.
M arch 9: E duardo
Hermiston. My parents are Jim
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and Dee Hill o f H erm iston. I w as held Friday, M arch 5 at
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a tte n d e d H e rm isto n H igh th e H e p p n e r M a s o n ic
M o ra le s R o d r ig u e z , 2 6 ,
S c h o o l, B lu e M o u n ta in Cemetery.
Hermiston.
Com m unity College, Oregon
She w as bom A ug.
State University and obtained 24, 1911, at L a G rande, to
CUSTOM BANNERS
my law degree from Willamette longtim e H eppner residents
H eppner
U niversity. I am m arried to A.T. and Mellie Presley Harris.
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Jacque M ack Hill (I.J. Gems, S h e a tte n d e d H e p p n e r
Q u a lity J e w e le r s , L td ,
H erm iston) and we have one
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Hermiston
Justice Court
Hill addresses citizens in Morrow
and Umatilla counties
To the Editor:
C itiz e n s o f M o rro w an d
Umatilla Counties:
I h a v e f ile d fo r
election as circuit judge. I am
e n d o rs e d by Ju d g e R udy
M urgo as his replacement.
1 h a v e 10 y e a rs
experience as a judge and for
nearly 17 years, I have been a
practicing attorney. During this
tim e, I have been an attorney
in th e A rm y , a p r iv a te
p racticin g attorney, a city
prosecutor, a city judge, and
am currently a circuit judge,
p r o - te m , h a v in g b e e n
appointed by the Chief Justice
o f the Supreme Court, and the
S u p re m e C o u rt, a f te r
r e c o m m e n d a tio n by th e
p resid in g ju d g e , a fte r the
previous recommendation by
a select advisory committee.
My experience ranges
from judicial experience on the
b e n c h , to p ro se c u tio n , to
c rim in a l d e fe n se , to civ il
litigation and civil law. I have
nearly six years on the bench
as the elected municipal judge
for Hermiston, and three years
on the bench as a half-tim e
circuit judge, pro-tem, with my
appointment renewed in April
o f 2003 for another term . I
have prosecuted cases from
tr a f f ic to m u rd e r, a n d
defended in prosecutions o f
m isd em ean o rs up through
negligent hom icide. I have
been a legislative aide, and
know first hand the legislative
drafting o f statutes, and the
legislative process. I have
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Legion Auxiliary
celebrates 85th
birthday
The American Legion
and A uxiliary will m eet on
M onday, M arch 22 in the
M ethodist Church basement.
A potluck will be held at 6:30
p.m . w ith a birthday cake
furnished by the Auxiliary to
celebrate the 85th birthday of
the Legion.
Girls' State, Auxiliary
scholarships and future food
sales will be discussed.
A ll m e m b e rs are
invited to attend and mark this
special occasion.
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