TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 1,2004
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Wenberg speaks against rumors
To the Editor:
In response to the
recent rumors concerning
myself, Kenneth F Wenberg,
M D ., and W illow Creek
Clinic- 1 have not lost my
license
T here is no
foundation to this rumor. I
am not closing my practice
Willow Creek Clinic is open
for business as usual My
medical license was never in
any question I am not sure
how the rumor started
I f you have any
questio n s o r concerns,
please contact myself or the
office manager
(s) Kenneth F Wenberg
Heppner
lone to hold 7th annual Basketball
Bonanza
The seventh annual
lone Basketball Bonanza
Tournam ent will be held
Dec 3-4 at the lone School
gym nasium s The team s
competing this year for the
title are Mac-Hi, Enterprise,
Umatilla and lone
The
U m atilla
Vikings and Mac-Hi Pioneer
girls start the JV tournament
at 1 p m. on Dec. 3
Enterprise and lone play at
4 p m The JV Boys start off
with Umatilla and Mac-Hi at
2:30 p.m The last JV game
o f the day is Enterprise and
lone at 5:30 p.m.
The next day will
begin w ith the g irls ’
consolation game at 10 a m.,
and the boys’ consolation at
Morrow SWCD/
Weed meeting to
be held
The Morrow SWCD
m eeting is scheduled on
Tuesday, Dec 7, at 1 p.m
at the Boardman City Hall,
220 Main Street North in
Boardman.
The meeting agenda
items and discussion items
include: Manager report and
agency reports Prospect of
an E x ecu tiv e session
according
to
ORS
192.640(2). The meeting is
open to the public.
11:30 a m. The g irls ’
cham pion sh ip m atch is
scheduled for 1 p.m .,
follow ed by the b o y s ’
championship game at 2:30
p.m.
A girls’ match up
betw een
the M ac-H i
Pioneers and the Umatilla
Vikings will kick off the
Varsity tournament at 3 p m.
on Dec 3. Later to finish out
the girls’ round, lone will be
taking on Enterprise at 6
p.m. The first boys’ game
will be at 4:30 p.m with
Mac-Hi battling the Umatilla
Vikings. The final game of
the night has the lone boys
m atched
up
against
Enterprise at 7:30 p.m
The next day will
begin w ith the g irls ’
consolation game at 1 p.m .,
and the boys’ consolation at
2:30 p.m
The g irls ’
cham pionship m atch is
scheduled for 4:30 p.m.,
follow ed by the b o y s ’
championship game at 5:30
p.m.
T ro p h ies will be
awarded for the top teams in
each division Ticket prices
for the tournament will be $3
for adults and $ 1 for students
w ith ASB card s Please
remember that only water is
allow ed in lo n e School
Gyms. The lone B ooster
Club
sp o n so rs
the
tournament
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Thursday , December 2nd
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Obituaries
Sandy Lee
Williams
Sandy Lee Williams,
51, o f Irrigon, died Monday,
Nov. 22, 2004, at Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston.
A celebration o f life
g ath erin g potluck for
Williams was held Nov 27
at V ictory L ighthouse
C hurch in H erm iston.
D isp o sitio n
w as
by
cremation.
Williams was born
April 1, 1953, at Walla Walla
to James and Delora Black
Williams
He served with the
N ational Guard in Walla
Walla
On June 13, 1977, he
married Linda L. Pitts at
Dayton, WA.
W illiam s
loved
fishing, hunting and visiting
with people and also loved
his family.
He had lived at Walla
Walla off and on and has
been a resident o f Irrigon for
the past two years
Survivors include his
w ife, Linda W illiam s,
daughter, Christina and son,
Michael, all o f Irrigon; his
m other,
D elora
of
Hermiston, sisters, Candy
Hanson o f Hermiston and
C indy N ielsen o f W alla
W alla; b ro th e rs, Jerry
R eeves o f H erm iston,
Leonard Bullock o f Walla
Walla and James Williams;
g ran d d au g h ter, Jen n ifer
Williams; foster daughters,
Vodka Schumaker, Jamie
H aines and M aryLynn
H aines,
tw o
fo ster
grandsons, Jesse Schumaker
and Mickkoltin Haines and
other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by
his father, James Williams
and by an infant son.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to Banner Bank in Umatilla
or to Burns Mortuary, PO.
Box 289, Hermiston, OR
97838 to help defray
expenses
Floribel McCoy
Floribel McCoy, 80,
o f Irrigon, died Monday,
Nov. 22, 2004, at her home.
A funeral service
w as held Nov. 29 at
Columbia View Community
C hurch in Irrigon w ith
interment to follow at Desert
Lawn Memorial Cemetery in
Irrigon
One o f 11 children,
she was born M arch 29,
1924, to George and Lucy
Eddy, at Malheur City, an old
Oregon mining town, not a
ghost town She was raised
on a homestead on Willow
Creek between Malheur City
and Ironside She attended
elementary school at Grouse
Creek and stayed with a
sister in Hereford, where she
attended high school. She
g rad u ated from E astern
Oregon College at LaGrande
with a teaching degree She
spent her entire teaching
career at Irrigon
She met her future
husband, Benny, at Irrigon,
while he was home on leave
from the Navy during World
War II. He had just retuned
from a tour o f duty in the
South Pacific and it was love
at first sight for the couple
They were married Jan 19,
1946, at Pasco
She
reg u larly
attended Columbia View
C om m unity C h u rch in
Irrigon for many years In
fact, she and her husband
were members of the original
congregation from day one
S urvivors include
her husband, Benny; son,
Terry McCoy and his wife,
Linda o f Everett, WA area;
gran d d au g h ter,
Tana;
brothers, Clayton Eddy and
Nick Eddy, both of Vale and
Edward Eddy o f The Dalles,
a sister, Elaine Trimble o f
H ereford and num erous
nieces and nephews
Burns Mortuary o f
H erm iston is in care o f
arrangements.
Naomi Irene
Stewart
Naomi
Irene
Stewart, 84, o f Pendleton,
died Friday, Nov 26, 2004
at Willowbrook Terrace
A graveside service
was held Nov. 30 at
Idlewilde Cemetery in Hood
River
Stew art was born
Nov. 16, 1920, at The
Dalles, to Floyd and Lillie
Hanel Hess She grew up at
Parkdale.
On March 30, 1952,
she married James Stewart at
H ood River The couple
lived at locations throughout
the N o rth w est before
settling at Pendleton 24
years ago.
They had a small
variety store at Ordnance,
then moved to Spokane
where they opened another
variety store, “ S tew art’s
Variety.” Before moving to
Pendleton, Stew art had
worked in several small retail
stores and after moving to
Pendleton she became the
head of a ward at Eastern
Oregon State Hospital for
lO-'/i years until her
retirement in 1982.
She and her husband
enjoyed
tra v e lin g
throughout the United States
and beyond and had been to
46 of the 50 U S . states. She
was a homemaker and loved
staying home, raising her
fam ily.
She
enjoyed
gardening and could grow
just about anything from
kiwis to lemons, making
lemon pies for the family
from her harvest. She loved
roses, crafts, embroidery and
needlework.
Survivors include
her husband, James Stewart,
at the home in Pendleton;
sons, Tim Stewart and his
wife, Colleen o f Pendleton,
Dennis Stewart and his wife,
Lori o f Gig Harbor, WA and
Tom Stewart o f Pendleton;
daughter, Kathy Rinehart
and her husband, James of
Pendleton, brother, Floyd
“Barty” Hess o f Heppner;
eight grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by her
p aren ts and by a son,
George
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to The Boys Town, directly
or through Bums Mortuary
o f Pendleton, P O. Box 489,
Pendleton, OR 97801
Francis Ray Davis
Francis Ray Davis,
85, o f Spray, died Thursday,
Oct 21, 2004, at Pioneer
M em orial H o sp ital in
Prineville.
A memorial service
and potluck luncheon will be
held at 1 p.m., Saturday,
WILLOW CREEK COUNTRY CLUB
Will be \oting on
3 BOARD OF DIRECTOR positions
at their Annual Meeting in January 2005
An\ WCCC member that is interested in one
of these positions is asked to contact
Rusty Estes. President 676-5808
or Jackie Allstott. Secretary 676-5509
b\ December 24th
so that your name mas be added to the Ballot
Dec 4 at the Spray Grange
Hall
Davis was born on
Feb 15, 1919 at Redmond,
the son o f Jess and Rene
Robbins Davis. The family
later moved to W inlock
where he grew up On April
15, 1939 he m arried
Marjorie Sams o f Winlock
He served with the
Army during World War II.
Davis has been employed as
a lumber faller, retiring at the
age o f 73. When he was 75,
he became a licensed well
driller and worked at the
profession for the next 10
years
His family was said
to be most important in his
life and it was said he had a
heart as big as himself, that
he touched everyone and
never met a stranger Davis
was an avid hunter who liked
camping and being in the
outdoors.
The D avises had
been married 65 years and
had lived in Winlock until
June o f this year when they
moved to Spray.
Survivors include his
wife, M arjorie o f Spray,
children, Jean G urrero o f
Portland, Wayne Davis and
his wife Judy o f Heppner,
Shawn Davis o f his wife
Linda o f Spray, Tyson Davis
with the military and special
daughter Diane Peterson of
Spray; and num erous
grandchildren and g reat
g ran d ch ild ren . He was
preceded in death by his
parents and sons, Gaylord
and Harold
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Josephine Agnes
Huston
Jo sep h in e A gnes
Huston, 80, o f La Grande,
formerly o f Heppner, died
Monday, Nov. 22, 2004, at
M id-C olum bia M edical
Center in The Dalles
At her request no
funeral service will be held
H uston was born
April 24, 1924, at Spokane,
to Joseph and Genevieve
Jordan Chlopek He father
died before she was bom and
her m other m oved to
Portland where Huston was
raised and attended school.
Her mother remarried and
she was the eldest o f seven
children
She remembered the
family having a pet deer and
bear in Portland, which was
not a big city, but was
surrounded by forest and
farms in those days
Not much is known
about her youth She was
believed to have married at
a young age and later
divorced. She worked in a
sawmill during World War II
and lost the tip o f her finger
there. She eventually moved
to A rlington w here she
worked as a waitress She
rem arried and divorced
during that time She also
lived at Connell, WA for a
time.
Around 1958, she
m arried Thom as Claud
Huston, Jr , at Goldendale,
WA They lived with his
family in the Eightmile area
near Heppner for a while
then
moved
to
a
sheepherder’s cabin on Rock
Creek near Hardman while
they built their house
In
1962,
they
adopted a daughter, Claudia
Jo and in 1965, adopted a
son, Thomas Claud Huston
III.
H uston
raised
Montana black pigs when
the kids were little and her
husband worked the family
sheep and wheat operation
The Hustons divorced in
1972.
Huston worked as a
housekeeper and caregiver
in Heppner and also sold
Avon and was active in the
Rebekah and Eastern Star
lodges and the lone Garden
Club
A fter
her
son
graduated from high school
in 1983, she moved to La
Grande where she worked
until health problems forced
her retirement in 1998
Som ething
was
always blooming in the 4-
foot by 8-foot flower bed in
front of her apartment in La
Grande. She enjoyed playing
Scrabble with her daughter,
doing crossword and word
seek puzzles and entering
contests She loved her cat,
“Tunie” and was an avid
reader and pinochle player.
Survivors include
her longtime companion,
Percy Cecil o f La Grande;
daughter, Claudia Smythe
and her husband, Scott, of
Heppner, son, Tom Huston
and his wife, Connie, o f Vale;
eight grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge of
arrangements
St. Patrick’s
Senior
Center news
The volunteers for
the Dec. 8 noon meal are
from th e Seventh Day
A dventist church. Menu
sheets for December will be
posted in the Center office
as soon as they are printed
They had not arrived in time
for publication this week.
Velma W ight has
asked us to remind everyone
about the regular exercise
tim e at the C en ter The
gro u p is not lim ited to
seniors or to residents. Time
is 10-10:30 a m. every
T uesday and T hursday
morning The exercise is 30
m inutes o f steady n o n
impact movement, especially
designed to keep one agile
and balanced and maximum
movement, including every
joint, without undue strain
on any one part o f the body.
The invitation is to come, try
it and see the difference in
how you feel.
The
q u arterly
U m atilla/M o rro w A rea
Agency on Aging meeting is
announced as Dec. 13 in
Irrigon at 1 p.m , following
lunch at Stokes Landing
Center
Lighting contest
to be held in
Heppner
Heppner Chamber of
C om m erce en co u rag es
businesses and residents to
light up for the holidays
Columbia Basin Electric is
sponsoring this contest.
Six $25 awards will
be given with three going to
the commercial district and
th ree to the residential
district Categories are “Best
Use o f Lighting,” “M ost
Original Set,” and “Judges’
Favorite”
Certificates will be
redeemable for electricity
Judging will occur Dec 17-
20, so p articip an ts are
encouraged to keep their
lights twinkling.
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