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T W O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 14,2004 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S PS. 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: gt(S’heppner net or gt^rapidscrve net. Web site: www heppner.net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. P.O. 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 N ew s and A dvertising Deadline it M o nd ay al S p.m. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday al 5 p.m. Cost tor 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 publicyiegal notices deadline is Monday al 5 p.m. Dates for publi cation must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks lo 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 A d • Subm it a N ew s Story • V iew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Letters to the Editor Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone num ber on all letters for use by the G-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under " Card of Thanks" at a cost of $7.) Nazarene Church responds to anonymous letter hom osexuality. To the Editor: To Whom It May Concern: In response to the letter that you left on the front door of our church, we dep lo re any action or statement that would seem to im ply co m p atib ility between Christian morality and the p ractice o f A homosexual lifestyle is an abom ination before God. We believe the grace of God is sufficient to overcome the practice of homosexuality (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). (s) Duane Jones Pastor of Heppner Nazarene Church lone Booster Club plans raft trip T he C ardinal Booster Club is organizing a one-day, action-packed whitewater raft trip down the D eschutes R iver on Sunday, Aug. 1. The six- hour, 18-mile river trip is available for a discounted ■rate of $70 per person. The adventure begins at Harpham Flats near M aupin at 10 a.m. Participants will tackle a series of Class III and IV rap id s, including the infamous Box Car, before stopping at M aupin City Park for a delicio u s barbecue steak and chicken lunch. The trip continues through Oak Springs where participants can body surf the elevator rapids. The final five-mile stretch includes the ch allen g in g W reck Rapids and calmer waters with spectacular views of high desert rock formations and w ildlife. The trip is sponsored by Sage Canyon R iver C om pany who p rovides ex p erien ced , friendly guides on all rafts. All raft tickets must be purchased in advance through Lynn Dee Ramos, 422-7559 or Kari Morgan at Wheatland Insurance, 422- 7410. M organ prom ises “great food, great company and a great time.” SWCD asks citizens to help stop puncturevine growth The M orrow Soil and W ater C onservation D istrict/W eed C ontrol A dvisory Board is rem inding resid en ts o f Morrow County, “It’s time again to check for and control puncturevine in the area.” It is up and flowering along roadsides and gravel areas. Spray it, pull it, bag it and burn it now before the seed ripens and falls off. Puncturevine or Goathead is TWHII) %» W * A K t 1 H| % _ ft « * , 4 am very painful if stepped on by people or pets. It is easy to control, but it does take persistence. The seed will remain viable in the ground for several years and will sprout after you think you’ve gotten rid of it. If you are unsure of the identity of a weed or need a chem ical reco m m en d atio n , call M orrow C ounty Weed Supervisor Dave Pranger at 989-9502. The Heppner Gazette is looking for articles, photos and event information for our Morrow County 2004 Fair and Rodeo special edition. If you would like to submit an item for the special edition, the deadline is Monday, August 2. Thank you! » ii fiT T TWO OATS ONLY! i m _ ; July 23rd and 24th 50 % OFF starting at $ 2995 m Gardner’» Men’s Wear (5 4 1 )6 7 6 -9 2 1 8 193 N. Main Street • Heppner Joseph and Fanny Doherty, brother, Joe; sisters, Eileen, Margaret Mary (Peggy); and C. G “Jerry” grandson, Robert. Bums Mortuary of Doherty P en d leto n is in care o f C. G. “Je rry ” arrangements. Doherty, 70, of Pendleton, died W ednesday, July 7, Zachary David 2004, at his home after an Martin extended illness. Z achary D avid A rosary service was Martin, infant son of Carl held at Bums Mortuary July and Je n n ife r M artin of 9 and a graveside service Albany was born July 3, was held July 10 at the Vinson Cem etery on Big 2004 and died July 5, 2004. Graveside services Buttercreek. and burial were held July 8, Doherty was bom in 2004 at W illam ette Pendleton to Joseph and Cemetery in Albany. Fannie McCauley Doherty, He is survived by his the fifth of nine children. parents and brother, Jesse at He was raised on the home and his grandparents, N elson R anch on Wayne and Jeannette Mathis Buttercreek and as all ranch of Albany and Carl and Geri boys of that era he learned Martin of Heppner. to drive a team of horses on the boom pole derrick s, Gazette invites stacking hay. He attended Country School #106 with a information total enrollm ent of seven about service children. Later, he attended St. Joseph’s in Pendleton. members He graduated from Pilot Anyone wishing to Rock High School in 1953. have information published Doherty entered the ab o u t th e ir ch ild ren or US Army for two years and relatives who are serving was stationed in Germany abroad in the armed forces for some time. While there may contact the Heppner he toured throughout Europe G azette-T im es. The in cluding his m o th e r’s in fo rm atio n can be an homeland of Ireland. He was address where community the only one of his brothers members can send cards of and siste rs to m eet his en co u rag em en t, or grandmother in Ireland. He in fo rm atio n about the never forgot that. service member preparing to A fter m ilitary be sent out. service, he returned to the It has also been ranch and sheep business. In su g g ested that we as 1958, he married Mary Ann com m unity need to Taylor. remember the families of the L ater he w ent to serv ice m em bers. Some work for Louisiana Pacific suggestions have included L um ber C om pany as a dropping the fam ilies an clean-up man, worked his encouraging note or giving way up to foreman and then them an extra smile as you to mill manager. He was mill pass them on the street. manager for L.P. in White S ervice m em bers Fish, MT, P rin ev ille, information can be given to P endleton and his last the Gazette-Times by phone managership, Walla Walla, at 676-9228, fax at 676- WA. At that time the mills 9211, em ail at started a long list of closures david@ heppner.net or by and he retired. stopping in at the office He kept h im se lf located at 147 W. Willow St. busy helping out neighbors in Heppner. and frien d s and looked forward to fishing, deer, St. Patrick’s turkey and elk seasons. Survivors include Senior Center sons, Bud Doherty and wife news Kim of Summit, MS, Joe W illow C reek Doherty and wife Teri of Baptist Church volunteers E ureka, MT; d au g h ters, are hosts on Wednesday, A nna D oherty, Sandra July 21, at the S en io r Doherty and Linda Garth C en ter’s noon meal. The and husband Roger, all of menu is tuna sandwiches, Pendleton and Robin White garden salad, potato chips, and husband Jeff of Lincoln cottage cheese and peaches, City; brothers, Pat Doherty chocolate cake and graham and wife C arol and Leo cracker pie. Doherty and wife Kathy, all R em inders: Cards of Pilot Rock, Mike Doherty are played every Tuesday and w ife Ju an ita o f and Friday afternoon; bingo Pendleton and John Doherty is held each Tuesday and wife Doris of Portland; evening at 7 p .m .; and sister, Nancy Oppenheimer e x ercise classes are o f S h elb u rn e, VT, 16 a v ailab le at 10 a.m . on grandchildren and many Tuesdays and Thursdays. A nieces and nephews. He was perpetual jigsaw puzzle for preceded in death by his everyone’s participation is in wife, Mary Ann; his parents, the common room. For more Obituaries m i® PERENNIALS « SH RU BS FRUIT TREES ^ Green Feed and Seed i H eppner « 6 7 6 - 9 4 2 2 ^ ^ information about these and other activities contact the Center at 676-9030 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m., Monday through Friday. B lood p ressu re readings are offered every Wednesday at noon. A “Go For It Table” also offers a variety of bargains on the same day at the same time. China Creek Golf 8pedal Senior« (+55) 2/H-hole* \*/c»r1 S35 2/9-hole* w/cert $24 2 tar 1 Green Fee« 2/1#-hole*tof $1« 2/9-hole*fof S .2 Pmreni IM * coupon ii—J — | io - r rnoay j wonosy P u rer« IW« coupon n -i 10 »- rnoay r -iJ— Monoiy Coupon expires 8/31*04 1700 Railroad Avo. Arlington, OR. Chini Creek DA’s Report Kacy John Childers adm itted to v io latio n o f Sam Boardman Elementary probation allegations for and W indy R iver Rape in the Third Degree. E lem entary, one for C h ild e rs’ pro b atio n was Riverside Junior High/High revoked and reinstated and School and one for Irrigon he was sentenced to 30 days Junior High/High School at the work release center and Irrigon Elementary. The and probation extension of lia is o n s ’ d u ties could one year from o rig in al in clu d e hom e v isits, expiration date. tra n sla tin g , assistin g in G reg o ry H ow ard truancy problems, attending B ybee pled g u ilty to evening meetings, assisting Attempted Manufacture of a stu d en ts in e n ro llin g in C o n tro lled S ubstance, a a lte rn a tiv e program s, C lass-C felony. B y b ee’s working with the English d riv in g p riv ileg e s w ere Language Learner Program revoked for six months and director Joel Chavez and he was sen ten ced to 18 other duties as needed. The months formal probation, 80 program, federally funded hours of community service, by Medicaid, is designed to c o m p letio n o f a drug keep a t-risk stu d en ts in tre atm en t p ack ag e and school, and is not restricted payment of $921 in fines and to Hispanic students only. fees. -learn ed that Keith Allen Axtell co m p u ters are being pled guilty to Menacing, a replaced on a five-year plan C lass-A m isdem eanor. and th at the su rp lu sed Axtell was sentenced to 365 computers are being sold to suspended days in jail, 40 o th e r sch o o ls or to the hours community service, public. 24 months bench probation, -learn ed from completion o f a domestic S u p erin ten d en t B urrow s v io len ce w ith B a tte r’s that he will repay the district Intervention Panel package for $29 of gas charged on the and payment of $401 in fines district’s credit card. and fees. -accep ted a A x tell also pled resignation from Lizbeth g u ilty to A ttem p tin g to R odriguez, W indy River Elude a Police Officer, a E lem entary School ELL Class-C felony. His driving assistant. privileges were suspended - a p p r o v e d for 90 days and he was em p lo y m en t for A loha sentenced to 80 hours of Yoshinaga, Riverside High com m unity serv ice, 18 School science teacher; and months form al probation R obert R ice, H eppner and payment of $921 in fines Schools music teacher. and fees. -ad o p ted a Jam es K. E lliso n resolution to authorize the pled guilty to Contempt of county treasurer to invest C ourt. E lliso n was district funds. sentenced to 180 suspended -approved an inter- days in jail, five years bench district attendance variance p ro b atio n , seek g ain fu l fo r an A rlin g to n H igh employment and continue to School senior to remain in pay ordered amount plus 20 the A rlin g to n School percent. District her senior year. Shawna Faye Hahn -learn ed that the w as found g u ilty o f term fo r the budget Possession of a Controlled committee position held by S u b stan ce- C om m ercial Marcia Kemp is up. Board Drug O ffense, a Class-C Chair John Renfro said that felony. She was sentenced to he had not yet contacted 36 months formal probation, Kem p to ascertain as to 120 hours o f com m unity whether she would like to be service, com pletion o f a reappointed to the position. drug treatment package and -approved the board payment of $919 in fines and calendar as follows: regular fees. meeting, Aug. 9-Heppner Z e fe rin o Z av ala High School, work session C alv illo pled g u ilty to Aug. 26; Sept. 13-District C o n tem p t o f C o u rt an Office, work session Sept. unclassified misdemeanor. 23; Oct. 11-A.C. Houghton, He was sentenced to 180 work session Oct. 28; Nov. suspended days in jail, 20 8-Riverside High School, no hours community service, w ork session because of 12 months bench probation T h an k sg iv in g (w ill be and payment of $386 in fines scheduled if needed); Dec. and fees. 13- H ep p n er E lem en tary David Lopez Perez School, no work session pled guilty to A ttem pted because of Christmas (will Assault II, a Class-C felony. be scheduled if needed); Jan. Perez was sentenced to 80 10-Irrigon High School, hours community service, work session Jan. 27; Feb. 36 months formal probation 14- D istrict O ffice, work and payment of $1171 in session Feb. 24; March 14- fines and fees. Sam Boardman Elementary, P erez also pled w ork session M arch 24; guilty to Assault IV, a Class- A pril 11-H eppner High A m isdem eanor. He was School, work session April sentenced to 365 suspended 28; M ay 9 -Irrig o n days in ja il, 40 hours Elementary School, work community service and 24 session May 26; June 13- months bench probation. Windy River Elementary, T obias L edesm a- work session June 23. H ernandez was found in - c o m p l e t e d v io la tio n o f p ro b atio n num erous housekeeping allegations for Possession of duties. a C o n tro lled S ubstance. -learned that the next L e d e s m a - H e r n a n d e z ’ work session is scheduled at probation was revoked and the District Office for Aug. cont i nued and he was 5 at 7 p.m., with the next sentenced to three days in regular meeting on Aug. 9 at ja il and an exten sio n of 7 p.m. probation of 18 months. continued from page 1 C U ST O M BAN N ERS Plœoe call ahead for loo ----- f* I,,«.............. l i n w i rer x i im u r m e W /O 541-454-2000 School Board GazetteTimes 676-9228 Marriage Licenses July 9: Steven Earl Sinor, Jr., 30, Boardman and Tammra R. 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