TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 19, 2005
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Adopt-a-Teacher receives donation
from local churches
Hope Lutheran, with help from Valhy Lutheran and All Saints'
Episcopal churches donated $500 to the Adopt-A-Teacher
foundation. The donation was made in part from the dinner at
the high school as well as matching funds from the Lutheran
Thrivent Financial organization. (L-R): Chris Rauch and Shelli
Britt, both of Hope Lutheran, presented the donation to Jeannie
Collins of the Adopt-A-Teacher foundation.
Free flowering trees available
from Arbor Day Foundation
Ten free flowering
trees will be given to each
person who jo in s the
N ational
A rbor
Day
Foundation during January
2005.
The free trees are
part o f the nonprofit
F o u n d a tio n ’s T rees for
America campaign
The 10 trees are two
White Flowering Dogwoods,
two Flowering Crabapples,
two Washington Hawthorns,
two American Redbuds and
two Golden Raintrees
“ T hese com pact
trees w ere selected for
planting in large or small
spaces,” John Rosenow, the
Foundation’s president said
“They will give your home
the beauty o f lovely pink,
white and yellow flowers and
also provide winter berries
and nesting sites for
songbirds.”
Merilee
she rolls
along,
rolls along,
rolls along;
Merilee
she rolls
along...
isn’t life
just nifty!
Obituaries
Michael G
Hedman
Michael G Hedman,
53, o f Union, died Monday,
Jan 10, 2005, at Legacy
Em anuel H o sp ital in
Portland as the result o f
injuries sustained in a motor
vehicle accid en t at La
Grande
A memorial service
was held Jan. 15 at the
Heppner United Methodist
Church
Hedman was born
Dec 28, 1951, at Marquette,
MI, to A rnie and Rita
B elm ore H edm an The
fam ily la te r m oved to
Athena, then to lone, before
settling at Heppner in 1963.
He graduated from Heppner
High School in 1970. He
attended Eastern Oregon
College at La Grande and
Oregon State University at
C o rv allis,
w here he
graduated in 1975.
In 1976, he married
C heri
W h ittak er at
Pendleton The couple were
parents o f two daughters.
They later divorced.
Hedman lived in the
Pilot Rock area where he
raised cattle for 17 years
before moving to Union,
where he worked as a fence
contractor and in the off
season worked for Bechtold
Construction
He was a member of
the Elks Lodge and the
United Methodist Church
He w as an avid
outdoorsm an who loved
fishing and hunting and the
mountain
Survivors include
daughters, Mellisa Hedman
o f Portland and Joni Hedman
o f Lake Oswego; his mother
and stepfather, Rita Hedman
DeZeote and Leo DeZeote
o f Heppner; brothers, Steve
Hedman o f Santa Rosa, CA,
Jon Hedman o f Danville,
VA, Dale H edm an o f
M attaw a, WA, and Tim
Hedman o f Heppner; and
sister, Dee M iller o f
Hillsboro He was preceded
in death by his father, Arnie
Hedman, in 1999.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the M ike Hedm an
M em orial
Fund,
c/o
Community Bank, 539 S.
Main, Union, OR 97883, or
at any Com m unity Bank
branch
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
The tre e s will be
shipped postpaid at the right
time for planting between
Feb 1 and May 31 with
enclosed
planting
instructions. The 6- to 12-
inch trees are guaranteed to
grow or they will be replaced
free o f charge
M em bers
also
receive a subscription to the
F oundatio n ’s bi-m onthly
publication. Arbor Day and
The Tree Book with
inform ation about tree
planting and care
To
becom e
a
member o f the Foundation
and to receive the free trees,
send a $10 contribution to
Ten Free Flowering Trees,
N ational
A rbor
Day Elbert W. “Eb”
F oundation, 100 A rbor
Stroud
Avenue, Nebraska City, NE
E lbert W “ E b ”
68410, by Jan 31,2005 Or
S
tro
u
d
,
99, form erly o f
go online to arborday.org
Irrigon, died Wednesday,
Dec 29, 2004, at Portland
A celebration o f life
gathering was held Jan. 15
at the Seventh-day Adventist
Church in Irrigon
Stroud was born
April 2, 1905, at Fordland,
MO
In 1928, he married
Elizabeth Anne Jones. The
couple had two daughters,
Norma Jeanne and Margaret
Joyce In 1929, they moved
Whoa Nellie...
Until she
hits the falls
and finds c
she’s turnim
to Nebraska While living in
Nebraska, his wife died
In 1942, he moved
to Portland where he was
employed as a carpenter
working out o f Union Local
247 While in Portland, he
met Gladys Lewis Beezley
and they were married Nov
12, 1952 In 1982, he and his
wife moved to Irrigon where
he was a member o f the
Irrigon
S ev en th -d ay
Adventist Church He was
involved in helping to
oversee the construction of
the new church
The couple returned
to the Portland area in 1995.
A fter his w ife’s death in
1999, he moved to Court
Yard Plaza in Portland
Survivors include his
daughters, Jeanne Kline and
Joyce G ago, both o f
Portland; stepson, Charles
“Chuck” Beezley o f Irrigon;
brother, Charlie in Illinois;
sister, Opal Grossman in
California; 14 grandchildren,
29 great-grandchildren and
one great-great-grandchild
He was preceded in death by
his wives, Elizabeth Anne
and Gladys; by four brothers,
fo u r
siste rs;
by
stepdaughters, Linda DeBrie
in 1987 and Treva Kister in
2001 and by a stepson, S.
Ray Beezley, in 2003.
Barbara Jean
Simpson Larsen
B arbara
Jean
Sim pson L arsen, 71, o f
Eugene, died Monday, Jan
10, 2005 at South Hills
R ehabilitation C enter in
Eugene
A memorial service
will be held at Rest-Haven
Funeral Home in Eugene on
Feb 4, 2005.
L arsen was born
Feb 7, 1933, in Hood River,
to Francis Clyde and Jessie
(M cLeoud) Simpson. She
grew up in Hood River and
The Dalles, graduating from
The Dalles High School in
1951.
In 1955, she married
Ervin D
Larsen in
Springfield He died in 2002.
She retired in 1971 from the
retail fashion business.
The Larsens love of
trav el kept them busy
throughout the years, taking
several trip s a year and
extended trips to Ireland,
England and New Zealand,
besides the O regon and
California coasts. Including
her love o f travel, she was
an amazing gourmet cook,
entertaining many friends
and family throughout the
years In their early marriage,
the couple belonged to a
sp o rts car club and
participated in car rallies in
the Eugene and surrounding
area
Their open hearts
helped a niece and nephew
further their education at the
University o f Oregon
S urvivors include
nieces and nephews, Judith
L aughlin o f H eppner,
T hom as C ox o f Santa
Barbara, CA, Janice Harper
o f Adams, Steven Nelson of
Texas, K ris W ehe o f
B ellevue, WA and Ellen
Quinn o f San Bruno, CA
She was preceded in death
by her parents and sisters
Featu rin g P R IM E RIB
E v e ry F rid a y
C H E C K O U T O U R S P E C IA LS
50 !
HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY
MERILEE!
i
O p en 6 a .m .-9 p.m . T h u r s d a y - S a t u r d n y
m m
6 a .m .-2 p.m . S u n d ay
on January 20th
JO H N ’S PLACE
Love, from all your friends
MAIN STREET. HEPPNER
V
B ette L S paulding and arrested on an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for Failure to
Maxine Cox.
w hile
M e m o r i a l A p p e ar/D riv in g
contributions may be made Suspended
Jan. 15: M CSO
to the A m erican H eart
Association or the American cited Aela Herrera Alvarado,
36, for No O p e ra to r’s
Diabetes Association
License and No Insurance
Kathleen M.
The vehicle was impounded
-MCSO cited Austin
Lynch
Jo sep h H aney, 18, for
Kathleen M Lynch, Unsafe Passing on Left
72, o f Heppner, died Friday,
-MCSO received a
Jan 14 at St A nthony rep o rt from OSP that
Hospital in Pendleton.
A ndrew
B enjam in
A memorial service Kauffman, 40, was arrested
will be held Friday, Jan. 21 on a Morrow County Circuit
at the Heppner Elks Lodge Court warrant for Criminal
at 11 am .
N o n su p p o rt and on an
She was born May Irrig o n Ju stice C ourt
21, 1932, at Heppner, to w arran t for Failure to
Loren and Cecelia Mahon A p p e ar/D riv in g
w hile
Matteson
Suspended He was lodged
A lifelong resident of
at Umatilla County Jail on
Heppner, she attended the
local charges, with the hold
M atteso n School, then
placed for Morrow County
H eppner High School,
Jan. 16: M CSO
w here she g ra d u a ted in received a rep o rt from
1950 After graduating, she Umatilla PD that Gary Lee
w orked at the H eppner Murphy Jr., 31, was arrested
hospital for seven years.
on an Circuit Court warrant
On Sept. 21, 1957,
fo r F ailure to A ppear/
she married Buzz Lynch at
Possession o f a Controlled
Pasco The couple lived at Substance II.
Heppner, where they owned
-MCSO cited Janell
and
o p e ra ted
C a l’s
Smith, 38, for Violation of
Restaurant and Lounge for
the Speed Limit, 78 mph in
many years
a 55 mph zone
Lynch enjoyed the
-M C SO arrested
m o u n tain s, fishing and
Jose Alfredo Garcia, 19, on
hunting.
an Irrigon Justice C ourt
Survivors include w arran t fo r Failure to
son, M ichael Lynch o f
A p p e ar/D riv in g
w hile
Colton; sister, Dorothy Scott
Suspended
o f Heppner; grandchildren,
-M C SO arrested
A erin M arie Lynch and
Ruby Franco, 19, on an
Ashley Nicole Lynch; and
Irrig o n Ju stice C o u rt
one great-grandchild. She
w arran t for Failure to
was preceded in death by her Appear/Interfering with a
husband in 1995, by a son,
Peace Officer. Franco was
C u rtis, in 1984 and a
also a rre sted on local
g ran d d au g h ter, A m ber
Probable Cause charges of
Lynch, in 1999.
Possession o f a Controlled
M e m o r i a l Substance II and lodged at
contributions may be made
Umatilla County Jail.
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Barbur Blvd., Suite C101,
Portland, OR 97201-4047,
or the Pioneer M emorial
H o sp ital, P.O. Box 9, Published in the Hermiston
Heppner, OR 97836 or to a Herald, Jan. 14, 2005
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From WesCom News Service
Sweeney Mortuary
Two former sheriff’s
of Heppner is in charge of deputies facing charges o f
arrangements
sexual abuse and delivering
Former
deputies to face
separate trials
Sheriff's Report
The
M o rro w
C o u n ty
S heriff’s Office (M C S O ) re
ports handling the following
business:
Jan. 11: M CSO
received a re p o rt from
Pendleton PD that Seth T.
Wheeler, 27, was arrested on
an Irrigon Justice C ourt
w arran t for F ailure to
A p p ear/D riv in g
w hile
Suspended
-MCSO received a
report from Umatilla PD that
Jason John Trickel, 25, was
arrested on a M orrow
C ounty C ircuit C o u rt
warrant for Parole Violation/
A ssault in th e F ourth
Degree Trickel was also
arrested on an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for Failure to
Pay F in e/D riv in g w hile
Suspended
Jan. 12: M CSO
cited Gary Dean Shutts, 44,
for DUII and Driving while
Suspended-m isdem eanor.
The vehicle was impounded
Jan. 13: M CSO
received a re p o rt from
Umatilla County Sheriff’s
Office that Travis L Grigsby,
24, was arrested on a
M orrow C ounty C ircuit
Court warrant for Failure to
Appear/Failure to Register
as a Sex Offender Grigsby
w as lodged at U m atilla
County Jail.
Jan. 14: M CSO
cited Darby Ray Taylor, 19,
for Violation o f the Basic
Rule, 74 mph in a 55 mph
zone
-MCSO received a
report from Umatilla PD that
Erik G riggs, 22, was
drugs to tw o 17-year-old
girls will be tried separately.
Judge Michael Adler
denied a motion, filed by
Deschutes County Deputy
District A ttorney Victoria
Roe, to consolidate the trials
o f form er reserve deputy
Mark J. Rietmann, 29, and
fo rm er d ep u ty M ichael
Patrick Malloy, 38.
Rietmann was last
employed by the M orrow
County Sheriff’s Office.
Malloy’s month long
trial on 143 counts filed
against him is scheduled for
April 5. Rietmann is to stand
trial on 11 counts on June 21
In a brief in support
o f the motion, Roe asserted
that the charges against both
men are “o f the same or
similar character; are based
on the same act; are based on
tw o or m ore acts or
tra n sa c tio n s co nnected
together or constituting parts
o f a com m on schem e or
plan.”
The brief also stated
that the same witnesses are
required for each case and
that the alleged criminal acts
involved the same victims
Rietmann’s attorney,
Jonathan G Ash, filed a
response in opposition to the
motion, arguing that because
his client was only alleged to
be involved in one incident
invo lv in g
the
g irls,
Rietmann’s right to a fair trial
w ould be “ su b stan tially
prejudiced” if he were tied at
the same time as Malloy
A dler denied the
m otion filed by Roe and
scheduled separate trial dates
for Malloy and Rietmann
B oth
men
are
released pending trial