TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 13, 2005
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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
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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
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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.
K&S Madison, Inc. at Madison Farms
invites you to
Tour
Madison Farms
Biosolids Recycling Program
Friday, April 22, 2005
10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Call Madison Farms 541-376-8107
fo r reservations
Learn more about the use of biosolids
including management practices,
regulatory controls and beneficial
impacts on the soil.
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