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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 7,2004 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of 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 Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Ore gon. Office at 147 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676- 9211. E-mail: gtt#heppner net or gt@>rapidserve net. Web site: www hcppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $24 in Morrow County. $18 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $30 elsewhere. David Sykes.................................................................................................. Publisher Katie W all......................................................................................................... Editor News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $4.75 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50c 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/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi cation must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time 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 Ad • Subm it a News 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! W alden an n o u n ces em erg en cy federal grant to assist laid-off Simplot workers U.S. Congressman G reg W alden (R -O R ) recen tly announced the approval o f a $414,214 National Emergency Grant that will offer employment- related assistance to roughly 59 d isplaced H erm iston workers who were laid off jobs at the Simplot Potato Processing Plant. Walden w rote to the U.S. D epartm ent o f Labor on May 17, 2004, in support of the grant application, which w as subm itted by The O regon C onsortium and Oregon Workforce Alliance (TOCOWA) along with the Community Action Program o f E ast C en tral O regon (C A PE C O ). The grant funding w ill be made available in approximately two weeks. “T his grant w ill provide much-needed relief for the hard-working people who have lost jo b s follow ing the severe dow nsizing of Sim plot,” said W alden. “W ith O regon’s extrem ely high unemployment rate, federal investm ents like this are ex trem ely v aluable in helping get Oregonians back to work. Events like the clo su re o f the Sim plot p ro cessin g plant are devastating not only to the people who lose their jobs, but to the entire community. Timely federal assistance can make all the difference in finding good-paying jobs for those who need them. No issue is more important to me than helping to secure jo b s for the people o f Oregon, and I was proud to help them in this matter.” The N ational E m ergency G rant w ill provide local workers with employment-related assistan c e such as assessm en t, in d iv id u al counseling, career planning, basic and rem edial e d u catio n , classro o m training, job training, job developm ent, relocation assistance, out-of-area job search assistance, on-the-job tra in in g and su p p o rtiv e services. In his M ay 2004 letter to the Department of Labor, Walden wrote, “The need for this grant cannot be overstated. Umatilla County, the com m unity in which Simplot is located, already exhibits signs of distress w ith a 10.9 p ercen t unem ploym ent rate. An additional 125 dislocated workers in this rural county is devastating. TOCOWA has been able to respond to several critical situations within my district, and they have d ealt w ith each circu m stan ce w ith p ro fessio n alism and dispatch. I am confident that they will achieve significant resu lts w hen this grant application is approved.” Congressman W alden rep resen ts the Second C o n g ressio n al District of Oregon, which includes 20 co u n ties in southern, central and eastern Oregon. He is a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce as well as the Committee on Resources. University for a time and ev en tu a lly retu rn ed to Morrow County and began a lifelong career as a farmer. He began working for his father and in 1933 began farming on his own. On Nov. 11, 1934, he m arried M uriel J. Patterson at Heppner. The co u p le farm ed in the E ig h tm ile area near Heppner. Palmer was named C onservation Man of the Year for Morrow County in 1962. The couple wintered at Mesa, AZ for 17 years and retired to Summit Village in C ondon in 1998. M rs. Palmer died in September 1998. Palmer had been a member of the Grange, the June Yard of the Month, sponsored by Heppner Garden Club, was presented to Jim and Cam Oregon Wheat Growers, and Wishart. the U nited M eth o d ist July Yard of the Month Church and had served as a director of the REA Board for 15 years, attending many state and national meetings. He enjoyed golfing and had a hole-in-one at the Willow Creek Country Club in Heppner where he was a member. , Survivors include son, Roger Palmer and wife, S hirley, o f H eppner; daughter, Sally Dyer and husband, Bill of Condon; 10 grandchildren and 21 great g ra n d c h ild re n . He was preceded in death by a sister, Alice Harrison and brothers, Marion Palmer and Kenneth Palmer. June Yard of the Month M e m o r i a l July Yard of the Month, sponsored by Heppner Garden Club, was presented to Dick and Lynnea Sargent. Citizens sought for Northeast Oregon RAC The Forest Service is seeking people from the com m unity or special interest groups, and locally elected officials as nominees for the Northeast Oregon R esource A dvisory C o m m ittee (R A C ). Application forms are due in the Malheur National Forest office on Thursday, July 15 by 4:30 p.m. The RAC consists of 15 m em bers, and three alternates, representing a wide range of interests. The committee’s duties include review ing proposed land management projects on or adjacent to the M alheur, W allow a-W hitm an or Umatilla National Forests. The com m ittee also recommends which projects to fund and is responsible for c o o rd in atin g w ith land management agencies and county officials. Projects are ______ Letters to the Editor lo cated in W allow a, Umatilla, Malheur, Wheeler, Martins extend appreciation for G ran t, Baker, H arney, Crook, Morrow and Union service Jim, we have said counties. this before, but it needs To the Editor: The three-year term We en jo y ed the saying again- We appreciate b egins Dec. 20, 2004. a rtic le and p h o to g rap h s your service. Committee members serve about Jim Norene and his (s) Carl and Geri Martin without compensation, but Heppner daughter, Traci. THANK YOU to RED APPLE M ARKET N A P A A U TO PARTS TURNER RANCH and W ILLOW CREEK REALTY for sponsoring us in the 2A Oregon High School All-Star Basketball Series on June 18-19, 2004 T -S h i r t s starting at * 18 °° m Gardner's Men's Wear Brian Smith and Luke Murray (5 4 1 )6 7 6 -9 2 1 8 193 N. Main Street • Heppner may be reimbursed for travel expenses. Members must be Oregon residents, preferably living in one o f the 10 counties served by the RAC. Meetings are held at least once and up to four times during the year within one of the 10 counties listed. Each RAC consists of 15 members, split equally between the following three categories, with an alternate member in each category. The U .S. S ecretary o f Agriculture will make the appointments to the RAC based on the applications she receives, striving to appoint members who have demonstrated the ability to work collaboratively with o th ers of d ifferen t viewpoints. C ateg o ry One: Organized labor; Developed o u td o o r re c rea tio n , off- highw ay v eh icle, co m m ercial recreatio n ; E nergy and m ineral development; Commercial timber industry; and Federal grazing permit holders or land use p erm it holders within the RAC area; C ateg o ry Two: N atio n ally reco g n ized e n v i r o n m e n t a l organizations; Regionally or lo cally reco g n ized e n v i r o n m e n t a l organizations; D ispersed recreation; Archaeological and historical interests and N ationally or regionally recognized wild horse or burro groups; C ateg o ry T hree: State-elected office holders; C ounty or local elected officials; American Indian tribal representatives from tribes within or adjacent to RAC areas; School officials or teachers; and Citizens representing the affected public at large. Jennifer Harris, the F o rest S erv ice o fficial re sp o n sib le for the Northeast Oregon Forests V RAC, is enthusiastic about the work of the committee currently in place, “This is an ex citin g group to be in v o lv ed w ith ,” H arris commented. “Relationships between the counties and the forests and among members of these communities have been strengthened. Real work has been completed on the ground creating jobs, n atu ral reso u rce im p ro v em en ts, and improving public safety.” Each year, the Northeast Oregon Forests RAC decides which projects to recommend for funding with the $2.7 million in Title II dollars available annually. Citizens interested in ap p ly in g fo r RAC membership are encouraged to retrieve an application o n lin e at h ttp :// wwwnotes.fs.fed.us:81/r4/ p a y m e n ts _ to _ s ta te s .n s f from any Forest Service office, or from the County Court of Wallowa, Umatilla, Malheur, W heeler, Grant, B aker, H arney, C rook, Morrow, or Union counties. A pplications must be received at the Malheur N ational F o rest, ATTN: RAC, RO. Box 909, John Day, OR 97845. Obituaries Elmer L. Palmer Elmer L. Palmer, 94, o f C ondon, a lo n g tim e Morrow County resident, died Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at Summit Springs Village in Condon. A graveside service was held July 6 at the Lexington Cemetery. He was bom Oct. 17, 1909, at L ex in g to n , to L aw rence and N ellie Eskelson Palmer. He grew up at L exington and atten d ed school th ere, graduating from high school in 1927. He attended Pacific contributions may be made to Summit Springs Village, P.O. Box 687, Condon, OR 97823, or Pioneer Memorial H ospice, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Condon is in charge of arrangements. Bruce Herschell Bruce Herschell, 45, o f T ecum seh, KS died Thursday, June 17, 2004, at Rossville Valley Manor. Services were held at N ew com er Fam ily Funeral Home. Burial was held at Clinton Cemetery in Clinton, KS. He was bom July 19, 1958, in Heppner, to Norbert “ S w ed e” and E lean o r Blevins Herschell. He was a g rad u ate o f Shaw nee Heights High School. H ersch ell was em ployed by the City of Topeka W ater P o llu tio n Department at the time of an accid en t that left him a quadriplegic since 1979. B efore his a ccid en t, Herschell enjoyed hunting, trapping and fishing. He also enjoyed watching and taping movies and TV shows. Survivors include his father, Swede Herschell and two sisters, Verla and Dayle Herschell. He was preceded in death by his mother, Eleanor Herschell in 1987. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be shared w ith H e rsc h e ll’s fam ily at www.funeralchoice.com. Births Angel Ann CalifT- a daughter, Angel Ann, was bom June 20,2004, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in H erm iston to Carm en L. B arnett and S p en cer A. Califf of Irrigon. M elany R aquel G ene P ost B om bela- a daughter, M elany Raquel Gene, was born June 21, 2004, at Good Shepherd M edical C en ter in Hermiston to Kiley Gwyn Post and Juan M. Bombela of Irrigon.
