TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 4,2004
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
James H. Morgan
H eppner
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City workers appreciated for work
done
To the Editor:
I am w riting to
com m end the C ity o f
H ep p n er Public W orks
Department for getting out
early last Thursday morning
to clean the dow ntow n
streets for the C elebrate
H istoric
H eppner
Celebration.
(s) John Edmundson
Heppner
Rietmann, Orem promoted at BEO
Sharon Rietmann (left) and Anita Orem (right)
The Bank of Eastern Oregon has announced the
promotion of Sharon Rietmann to Branch Manager of the
lone Branch. Rietmann replaces Fran Barnett, who recently
retired.
Rietmann is a seven-year veteran of the Bank of
Eastern Oregon and most recently served as Branch
Operations Supervisor at the lone branch. She is an lone
native and is married to Brian Rietmann, who is employed
at the Umatilla Army Depot. The Rietmanns have five
children ranging in age from 5 to 19.
Anita Orem is transferring to the lone Branch as
the Branch Operations Supervisor. Orem has a total of
eleven years of service with the bank and will continue
her duties as Operations Support Specialist for the branch
system. Orem and her husband, Joe, a PGE employee, have
a 10-year-old at home and four grown children.
BEO Bancorp is a holding company for Bank of
Eastern Oregon, which operates 11 branches in six eastern
Oregon counties. Branches are located in Arlington, lone,
Heppner, Condon, Irrigon. Boardman, Bums. John Day,
Prairie City, Fossil, and Moro. The Bank of Eastern Oregon
also operates a mortgage division and offers brokerage
services thru BEO Financial Services. Its’ website is
www.beobank.com.
Local man recovering in Bend
hospital
M elvin M cD aniel, o f H eppner, recen tly
underwent triple bypass surgery at St. Charles Medical
Center in Bend.
For those wishing to send cards, the address is:
St. Charles Medical Center, 2500 NE Neff Road. Bend,
OR 97701.
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Obituaries
Gas Transmission Northwest
CorporationCompressor
Station 9
(near lone, Oregon)
James H. Morgan,
70, o f S helton, WA,
formerly of lone, died July
21, 2004, at his daughter’s
home in Rainier, WA.
A memorial service
will be held on Friday, Aug.
6 at 1 p.m. at the lone United
Church of Christ in lone.
M organ was born
Sept. 10, 1933, in Heppner
to James Edison and Hazel
Ellis Morgan. He grew up in
lone and attended schools
there, graduating from lone
High School in 1953.
M organ served in
the Army in the 1950s, then
returned to lone where he
lived for many years before
moving to Shelton, WA, in
1961, w here he was
em ployed at Sim pson
Timber Company until his
retirement in 1994.
On Sept. 30, 1978,
he m arried Faye Peek at
Shelton. The couple recently
c ele b ra te d
th e ir
25,h
wedding anniversary.
He was a member of
the Moose Lodge at Shelton
and had held many offices in
the organization.
A fter retirem en t,
Morgan and his wife became
fu ll-tim e RV trav elers,
moving about the country
visiting family and friends.
Survivors include,
his wife, Faye of Shelton,
WA;
c h ild ren ,
Lynn
Coleman and husband, Joe,
o f S helton, WA, V ickie
Morgan, of Olympia, WA,
Clay Owings and wife, Lori,
of Lexington, NE, Debbie
Koepp and husband. Bill, of
Rainier, WA, Carla Brown
of Imperial, NE, and Lon
Peek o f Portland; sister,
Juanita Shultz of lone; 23
grandchildren and 23 great
g ran d ch ild ren . He was
preceded in death b y ‘his
parents, by soneJimmy and
grandson, Rylan.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
local arrangements.
Ada J. Piper
Ada J. Piper, 92, a
form er longtime Morrow
C ounty re sid en t, died
Thursday, July 29, 2004, at
Good Shepherd M edical
Center in Hermiston.
A
g rav esid e
memorial service was held
Aug. 3 at the H eppner
Masonic Cemetery.
She was born June
21, 1912, at Big Timber,
MT, to Jam es and N ina
Morris Osborne. She grew
up at Big T im ber and
attended schools there.
She came to Morrow
County to look for work and
met Rufus C. Piper. They
were married in 1930. They
lived on the Piper Ranch
near Lexington. They later
divorced.
Piper enjoyed being
a caregiver to her family as
well as to her friends. It was
also said she had a green
thumb.
She lived in Nevada
for a short time as well as
Heppner and Hermiston.
She had been a
member of the Grange and
the Rebekah Lodge. She and
her four sons were baptized
V
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to a charity of choice.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Douglas Kent
McKay
D ouglas
K ent
McKay, 63, of lone, died of
injuries sustained in a wheat
truck accident near Wasco
on Monday, July 26, 2004.
A celebration of life
service was held on July 31.
D isp o sitio n
was
by
cremation.
The third o f four
children, McKay was bom
June 20,1941, at The Dalles
to Jay Franklin and Phoebe
B. Lyons McKay. He was
raised at Kent on the family
ranch and graduated from
Sherm an C ounty U nion
High School in 1959. After
high school, he began an
electrical apprenticeship at
Oregon State University and
then went to work for Otis
Elevators in San Francisco.
In 1965, he transferred to
P o rtlan d and m oved to
Wasco in 1968 and did farm
work.
On Nov. 21, 1965,
he married Nancy Lee Hicks
at Wasco. They moved to
Stay ton, where he worked at
the cannery and then
returned in the fall of 1973
to the family farm in Kent,
where he raised wheat and
cattle. In the fall of 1991,
they moved to lone, where
M rs. M cK ay took the
postm aster’s job and Mr.
McKay commuted to work.
He
enjoyed
spending time with family
and friends, especially his
grandchildren. He was an
avid o u td o o rsm an who
enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Survivors include
his wife, Nancy of lone;
children, Shawn McKay of
Seattle, Mark McKay and
wife, Jamie, of Bend and
Steve M cKay and w ife,
Jam ie o f E lgin; three
g ra n d c h ild re n , C arso n ,
Jaydon and Gage; brother,
Frank McKay of Salem and
sisters, Kay Thompson of
Goldendale, WA and Peggy
Mineer of Boise, ID.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the Sherman County High
School Rodeo Association,
in care of Sherman County
High School, 65912 High
School Loop, M oro, OR
97039, or the Oregon 4-H
F ou n d atio n - O SU , 119
B allard E xtension H all,
Corvallis, OR 97331-3608.
Private crem ation
was held at The Dalles Win-
q u att C rem atory w ith
Spencer, Libby and Powell
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
BACK TO SCHOOL!
Relief Drivers Needed
Has applied for an Oregon Title V A ir Operating
Permit Renewal
The Department of Environmental Quality has conducted a
preliminary review o f this application and is providing an
opportunity for public comment. For a copy of the draft permit
and a “Request for Comments" call Bonnie Hough at (5 4 1) 388-
6146 extension 223 or call toll free in Oregon at 1-800-452-
4011. For more information see the legal notice section of this
newspaper.
and confirmed at All Saints
Episcopal Church in 1946
under the guidance of Fr.
Neville Blunt.
Survivors include
sons, Loren Piper of Orinda,
CA, M elvin Piper o f
Heppner, Delbert Piper of
Lexington and John Piper of
Portland; 12 grandchildren
and 15 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by a brother, Walter Osborne
and a sister, Eva Duran.
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Openings for self-motivated,
team-oriented people.
Training provided.
Apply in person
or contact us at:
Mid Columbia Bus Co.
20 Hwy 74 E.
Heppner, OR 97836
' 541 -676-5861/1 -800-348-8241
An equal opportunity employer.
Edward Eldon
Gard
Edward Eldon Gard,
63, of Boardman, formerly
of The Dalles, died at his
m o th e r’s hom e in The
Dalles on Sunday, July 25,
2004.
No public funeral
serv ice w ill be held.
D isp o sitio n
was
by
cremation.
The you n g est o f
three children, Gard was
bom April 2, 1941, at The
Dalles, to Eldon Chester and
Dorothy May Ellison Gard.
He was raised in The Dalles
and graduated from The
Dalles High School with the
class of 1959.
After high school, he
moved to Madras where he
worked at meat cutting, a
trade he learned from his
fath er who ow ned and
operated C olum bia M eat
Market in The Dalles.
G ard enjoyed the
outdoors, horses and his
work.
Survivors include
his children, Scott Gard and
w ife, Kathy o f Portland,
Michelle Shine of Bend and
Patrick Gard of Post Falls,
ID; grandchildren, Andy,
Carlie, Callen and Jera; and
his mother, Dorothy James
of The Dalles.
Memorials may be
made to H ospice o f The
Gorge, 751 Myrtle St., The
Dalles, OR 97058.
The D alles W in-
quatt Crematory with Smith
Callaway Chapel is in care
of arrangements.
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir.
“Economic Development sounds so boring, what
exactly is it?” a citizen asked last week. It’s truly not a
catchy phrase or one most people search out to read about
in magazines or newspapers. It doesn’t sound like much
fun; in fact, it sounds like hard work and it is. It seems like
it is also community development, because without it,
communities tend to shrink and backslide.
Simply said, economic development is developing
and retaining our economy, encouraging growth, brining
in jobs, brining in people, business retention, shopping
locally, marketing Heppner and holding events to attract
people who might just decide to move here and start a
business or buy a business. It’s about finding jobs. WCVED
and volunteers again sent out a m ailing to 10,000
businesses to encourage them to move their business to
the Willow Creek Valley. When a community is off the '
beaten path, convincing businesses to move here takes
p ersev eran ce. T his is econom ic and com m unity .
development.
The Chamber was honored to host Congressman
Greg Walden and the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 1
Dr. D avid Sam pson and E conom ic D ev elo p m en t 1
Administration Chief of Staff Sandy Baruah at the Tuesday
Chamber luncheon. This is economic and community 1
development.
A1 Heppner from Florida was cycling the Lewis
and Clark Trail, headed for Astoria, when he spotted •
Heppner on the map. He rented a car in Hermiston and '
came for the weekend, stopping in almost every store to
buy hats, t-shirts, pins and souvenirs to mail back home. *
He will let others know about Heppner, he will remember !
Heppner and he is spending money in Heppner, staying at
the motel, eating out and enjoying getting to know our
com m unity. T his is econom ic and com m unity ;
development.
The City continues to work at keeping up the !
infrastructure with the help of your tax dollars, grants, •
matching funds, etc. Those dollars stay in town and help l
with water, parks, sidewalks, streets, etc. Employees assist
with projects to enhance Heppner. This is economic and •
community development.
’
People coming out for the “short parade” and :
buying from our local merchants know that when you spend J
a dollar, it turns over seven times before it leaves town. ’
That dollar may go to: support our schools, organizations 1
or hospital; pay an employee; or provide a donation for 1
daycare, little league, Chamber, rodeo, church or auction. J
This is economic and community development.
Chamber non-dues income, such as the pie auction,
enables the organization to market Heppner by sending
out information to people who are interested in moving
here or visiting here and by putting on events to make living
here a great experience. The Chamber is involved in the
Eastern Oregon Visitors Association who continually
markets eastern Oregon. Chamber members help to pay
for ads in the Portland Oregonian. Currently, the Chamber
is working with the county on “Bite of Oregon,” to
encourage visitors to come enjoy our recreational amenities
or to move here. This is econom ic and com m unity
development.
The Chamber of Commerce, WCVED and this
community working together to take care of what we have ;
and to make it better is econom ic and com m unity }
development. This means supporting our local businesses,
growing a community that will attract people to come and
buy businesses with “for sale signs” in their windows, .
increasing business for those downsizing and retaining
b u sinesses. Call it what you w ill, i t ’s about your
community- the hospital, schools, building, businesses, f
streets, sidewalks, promotions, events and jobs- all in the !
town you call home.
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Change and grow and develop. It’s H eppner’s {
future.
Heppner soccer cancelled for the year
Soccer in Heppner interest, said Darrell Raver,
has been cancelled this year soccer organizer. If there is
in Heppner due to lack of enough interest next year a
team could be started again.
For those parents
China Cnek Golf Special
w ith c h ild ren who are
Seniors (+55)
2 lor 1 Green F« m
interested in playing soccer
2/1 S-holet w/carl 535 2/1t4wlMforS1l
2/S-tiolM w/carl S24 2/tDolMforS12
th is year, there is a
Proton* title coupon
Preoont title coupon
Monoity
rn o e y
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rn a u y
possibility they could be
placed on a Boardman or
Ptooee caM «hood for lot
Irrigon team.
Coupon expiree 1/31/04
For
m ore
1700 RaMroad Are.
Arlington. OR.
information contact Darrell
arllnglonor com
Raver at 676-8710.
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to
541-454-2000
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