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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 13, 2005 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H e p p n er GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly New spaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act o f March I, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541)676-9228 Kax(541)676-9211 E- mail gt a heppner net or gt a rapidserve net Web site w w w heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. PO Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836 Subscriptions $25 in Morrow County; $19 senior rate (in Morrow County only. 62 years or older); $31 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions David Sykes ................................ ....................................... Publisher Katie Foster 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 $4 90 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 55$ per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5 50 per column inch Robinson convicted of theft Sharon Kaye Robin son, 31, was convicted o f Theft-1, a Class C felony in connection with the embez zlement case against her, said Morrow County District At torney David Allen Over a three-year period, Robinson used company credit cards and checks to make unau thorized purchases With this conviction, Robinson was sentenced to three years supervised pro bation, 90 days in jail, com- pletion o f a drug treatment program and payment o f $ 164 in fines and fees Rob inson was also sentenced to pay $100,000 in restitution to Miller and Sons Welding Inc. The restitution will be paid back in monthly pay ments during probation Af ter probation, the State o f •Oregon will continue as the creditor o f the money judg ment and collect monthly paym ents which are dis bursed to the Millers. Boaters rescued at Willow Creek Lake For Pubtic/Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for publi Two Irrigon boaters were rescued by the Heppner specified if required) Fire Department on Sunday, On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net April 11 after their aluminum • Start or Change a Subscription boat overturned at Willow • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story Creek Lake in Heppner, said • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes Morrow County Sheriff Ken • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations Matlack • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! R esp o n d in g w ith th eir po n to o n boat, the smile on the street Chamber Chatter Speaking of the road to Heppner Fire Department By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir. the gorge, we w elcom e was on scene within minutes The Governor’s Con Northwest Windshields o f ference on Tourism is in The Dalles as a Heppner Pendleton this week. Cham Chamber member ber people from Umatilla During a recent meet and Morrow counties will be ing I heard the Chamber Ex Floyd Edward serving s’more pie and as ecutive Director of The Dall sisting unknowing “dudes” es share their success story Raver from the valley in making of bringing Google to their Floyd Edward Rav s’mores of their own. This is hometown They are build er, 73, formerly o f Heppner, to help them conjure up a ing a facility unlike any oth passed away peacefully on campfire with starry skies er in the world, which will April 4, 2005, in C oeur overhead with the idea that employ 100 to 400 people. d'Alene, ID they need to “Make S’more “It’s all about attitude,” she A graveside service experiences in Eastern Ore told us The community lost is planned for April 15 at 2 gon.” In addition to intro their aluminum plant and had p.m. in Madras, OR ductions to our area, there close to the worst unemploy He was bom July 19, will be many seminars and m ent in A m erica They 1931 in Williams, AZ to Wil workshops on attracting vis formed a group within the liam and Elida Raver The itors. com m unity com posed o f Raver family moved to Cen Visitor attractions vary city, county, chamber, small tral Oregon in 1946 and Rav for different people. For me businesses and others who er graduated from Madras a trip, even just down the were all looking together in High School in 1950. After gorge and back, opens up the same direction There high school he served in the opportunities for new expe was no competition, just a Navy for four years, includ riences. Some people, and of let’s do it attitude, persever ing a tour in the Korean War course they are usually one’s ance and a trip all the way to He was em ployed at the spouse, find a place they love Washington, D C., to get the Madras Texaco during high and go there every time The job done school and again after his other usually enjoys explor L ooking ahead to return from military service. ing and trying out new plac Chamber meetings at noon, Shortly thereafter he was es to eat The trick, if you Thursdays at John’s Place: hired as a policeman for the run a restaurant is to pull April 14- conference call City o f Madras and began a both types in. Since I was with Representative Greg long and distinguished career behind the wheel, we pulled Smith; April 21- featuring in civil service for the com in Mosier and discovered Chamber businesses Farm munity o f Madras W ildflow er C afé G ood e r’s and Wheatland Insur While serving for the choice: good food, good ser ance; April 28 and May 5- police departm ent, Raver vice, good atmosphere and the public is invited to Can began volunteering for the the added bonus of a gorge didates’ Forums where they Madras Fire Department He view. We will return. can m eet and hear Port worked his way through the I think it’s been said be Commission, health district ranks o f the fire department fore that our Heppner Hills and school district candi to the honored post o f Fire have a beauty all o f their dates. Those forums will be Chief and served his commu own, which people enjoy at 11 30 a m., and an RSVP nity proudly until retirement seeing. We just have to know to the Heppner Chamber at in 1984 “our stuff’ and give them 676-5536 would be appreci W hile serv in g as reasons to be here. That’s the ated Chief for the Madras Fire business we’re in whether on Thought for the Week: Department he oversaw the the other side o f the counter, “Much can be accomplished development, grow th and w aiting tables, or simply when we look together in the advancement o f the depart dishing out a welcoming same direction.” ment from the implementa tion o f “ m odulances” to changes in city policy, which allowed women to serve as Ryan Joseph Lindsay- a son, Ryan Joseph, was fire fighters He graduated bom March 25,2005, at St Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, amongst the first classes o f to Leanne and Joseph Lindsay o f Lexington EMTs in the State o f Ore gon and achieved the rank of a level EMT 2 while serving Join im fo r an ‘Elegant Evening the department He was also o f Tine ‘Dining ^ Entertainment a building inspector and a Level A plans inspector. c 4 a a "Benefit fo r He served the small community o f Madras in in- 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 o f a call from a witness on shore The boaters were not injured, but did show early signs o f hypotherm ia. According to reports, the w ater te m p e ratu re was around 44 degrees The boaters were able to regain body warmth quickly and had access to dry clothes, so w ere not taken to the hospital Obituaries Births numerable ways over the years He was a man o f many great talents and abilities. He operated his ham radio for years and self-taught himself to work on computers. One o f his greatest joys was lis tening to, and sharing, his ever growing music collec tion He moved from Ma dras to Heppner in 2002 in order to be closer to his son While in Heppner he lived at Willow Creek Terrace and made many a great friend He helped out and enter tained the residents o f Wil low Creek by providing them with plenty o f good music and putting their keepsake photo’s - old and new - onto compact discs. Survivors include, son, Darrell Raver o f Coeur d ’ Alene, ID, sister, Marga ret Evick o f Bend; and three grandsons. He was preced ed in death by his parents, by brother, Claude Raver and by sister, Carol Walston. Memorial contribu tions may be made to Wil low Creek Terrace-Office, 400 Frank Gilliam Drive, Heppner, OR 97836. B etty M arlen e Martinez Betty Marlene Mar tinez, 43, o f Boardman, died Friday, April 8, 2005, at Or egon Health Science Univer sity Hospital in Portland A rosary was held April 10 at Burns Mortuary and the Mass o f Christian Burial was held April 11 at O ur Lady o f G uadalupe Catholic Church in Board- man Burial was held April 12 at Riverview Cemetery in Boardman. She was bom June 8, 1961, in The Dalles, to Del bert and M artha Hubbell Miller She m arried Jose Martinez on June 30, 1977, ‘Darcg Coil \ tier Tam ilg f~ rid a ij, 6 th a t th e [“ie p p n e r J /ik s L J u d ,5 e m i- f o rm a l - ]~ w o s e a tin g * a va ila b le l) [pinner, [b e s s e r t iv ELntertainment at 5 :} 0 p.m. or 2) [dinner, [ / e s s e r t & E n tertain m en t at J-.^O p.m (b a n n e r 1» "T ^ scan -style pork chops with a penne pasta in a p u te n e sca sa u ce , |talian-sti^le vegetables, mixed green salad, and herb and garlic bread) $ 2 5 f o r a d u l t s / 1 $ I y “ f o r c h ild re n I 2 a nd u n d e r } ) b ^ c * s e r t & E n te r ta in m e n t O n l y a t 7 p.m. $ I O p e r tic k e t 'Purchase tickets at 'Murray ‘Drugs, or Hank o f Eastern Oregon in '-Heppner Limited Seating Available Inquiries - contact Marianne Smith, Carri (irieh, Ann Murray or Missy Lindsay T his reward is in addition to the REWARD PREVIOUSLY POSTED BY THE O regon C attlemen ’ s A ssociation and the M orrow C ounty L ivestock G rowers for I nformation leading to the A rrest and C onviction of the PERSON OR PESONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT SHOOTING OF A BLACK A ngus bull owned by the W ilkinson R anch . I f you have any information , please contact O regon S tate P olice T rooper D ane G ardner at (5 4 1 ) 5 6 7 -3 2 1 5 . in Lewiston, ID S urvivors include her husband, Jose Martinez o f Boardman; children, Jose Martinez Jr in the U S Army in N orth C arolina, Rosa Maria Sanchez o f Board- man, Jesus Manuel Martin ez in the U S. Marines in Ja pan and Juan Martinez in the U S. Navy in Washington; father, D elbert M iller o f Bremerton, WA; sister, Bev erly Angeles o f Umatilla, brother, Kenny Miller; and two grandchildren She was preceded in death by her mother and her sister Bonita. Burns Mortuary o f Hermiston is in care o f ar rangements. RD Allstott Jr. RD Allstott, Jr., 79, o f Athena, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at Jonathan M. W ainwright Memorial V eterans A d m in istratio n Hospital in Walla Walla. A memorial service was held April 12 at Burns Mortuary o f Pendleton. He was born Nov. 12, 1925, at Eightmile, to RD Allstott Sr. and Dolly Barlow Allstott. He attend ed Liberty Grade School and Heppner High School. While a senior at Heppner High he was drafted to serve during World War II. In the Army he was a Staff Sergeant. On June 11, 1983, he m arried A lb erta L ouise Hoffman at Pendleton. They lived in Pendleton until Mr A lls to tt’s retirem en t In 1989, they moved to Athe na. A llsto tt had also lived in Hermiston and Mc- Nary and had been employed by the Corps of Engineers as a warehouseman and a crew forem an and had also worked as a crew foreman at the Umatilla Army Depot. He was a member of th e V eterans o f Foreign Wars. Allstott enjoyed hunt ing, fishing, wood crafts, watching rodeo and keeping a nice yard and garden. He loved camping with his fam ily. Above all he was a friend to everybody and was said to be loving, kind and con siderate. Survivors include his wife, Alberta Louise Allsto tt o f Athena; son, Everett Barlow o f Milton-Freewa- ter; daughters, Cynthia Lee Bondurant o f Brookfield, IL and Mary Earlley o f Pendle ton; brothers, Richard Alls tott o f Pendleton and Clyde Allstott o f Heppner; sisters, Dorothy Jackson and Virgin ia Peck, both o f Heppner, and Laurel Laney o f Con don; seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and neph ews. He was preceded in death by his parents RD All stott Sr. and Dolly Barlow Allstott. Memorial contribu tio n s may be m ade to Jonathan M. W ainw right A d m in istra tio n M edical C en ter, 77 W ainw right Drive, W alla Walla, WA : 99362, o r to VFW P o s t: #922. Burns Mortuary o f Pendleton is in charge o f ar- [ rangements. John Steven Akers John Steven A kers,. 6 1, o f Boardman, died Mon- • day, April 4, 2005, at his home At his request there will be no funeral service Disposition was by crema tion. A kers w as born Sept 16, 1943, at Heppner, to Wilbur R and Anna Marie Kearns Akers He grew up at lone and served in th e . Army during the Vietnam War After military service he m oved to S eattle and worked as a longshoreman and as a mechanic for Sea Land at the Port o f Seattle He moved to Boardman in 1994 He was a member o f • the Eagles Lodge and th e ; Stanfield Moose Lodge. Ak ers liked to hunt and fish. Survivors include his son, Michael Akers o f S eat-, tie; daughters, Davina Lind- strom o f Seattle and DeAn- na Spencer o f McMinnville; brothers, Ivan Akers and Ralph Akers, both o f Board- man; an aunt, seven g ran d -; children; five nieces and three nephews. He was pre ceded in death by his parents, Wilbur and Marie Akers Burns Mortuary o f Hermiston is in charge o f arrangements. Jeffrey Ogden Turner Jeffrey Ogden Turn er, 55, o f Tigard, died April 8, 2005. A funeral service was held April 13 at Young’s * Funeral Home in Tigard T u rn er was b o rn > Sept. 26, 1949 in Portland to Donald E. and Janet Roberts Turner. He graduated from H eppner High School in 1967 and went on to earn his * bachelor o f arts degree in political science at the Uni versity o f Oregon He married Teresa • Stefani in 19 7 1. Turner lived in Eu- - gene until 1979 and was a longtime Tigard resident. He * worked for Acordia In su r-: ance Company as an account ■ executive. He enjoyed golf, sports and was a Big Duck fan While at the University o f O regon, Turner was a member o f Phi Delta Survivors include his wife, Teresa Turner; so n s,: Ben Turner and Zach Turn er; mother, Janet Roberts Turner; sister, Ginny Daley; brother, Tom Turner; and 13 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his fa ther, Donald E. Turner Memorial contribu tions may be made to the Aplastic Anemia Founda tion Y o u n g ’s Funeral Home o f Tigard is in charge o f arrangements. 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