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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - FIVE Wranglers Riding Club announce overall results (L-R): Lead Line overall winners and participants: Jaiden Mahoney, Kolby Currin, Jacee Currin, Coby Dougherty, Evan Kollman, Keegan Gihbs, Logan Grieb, Hunter Greenup and Claire Grieb. Photo by Cam Grieb (L-R): Stick Horse overall winners and participants: Coby Dougherty, Kolhv Currin, Keegan Gibbs, Jacee Currin, Logan Grieb, Jaiden Mahoney and Evan Kollman. Photo by Carri Grieb (L-R): 7 and under overall w inners and participant: Makenzie Hughes, Rylec Kollman, Paige Grieb, Macy Gibbs and Patrick Collins. Photo by Carri Grieb (L-R): 10-12 year old overall w inners and participants: Taighler Dougherty, Jessica Hughes, Rebecca Jepsen, Stacee Halvorsen, Mary Rietmann, Devin Robinson and Garret Gibhs. Photo bv Cam Grieb f (L-R): 13 to 17 year old overall winners: Amy Jepsen, Torri Lovgren and Emily Rietmann. Photo by Cam Grieb The W ra n g le r’s Riding Club has finished up its four play days for the season and announced its overall winners. Stick Horse: 1st- Kolby Currin; 2nd- Logan Grieb; 3rd- Jacee Currin; and 4th- Jaiden Mahoney Lead Line: 1st- Jaiden Mahoney; 2nd- Kolby Currin; 3rd- Jacee Currin; and 4th- Coby Dougherty. 7 and under: Tie for 1st- Makenzie Hughes and Rylee Kollman and tie for 2nd- Paige Grieb and Macy Gibbs. 10 to 12 year olds: 1st- Taighler D ougherty; 2nd- Jessica Hughes; 3rd- Rebecca Jepsen; and 4th- Stacee Halvorsen 13 to 17 year olds: 1 st- Amy Jepsen, 2nd- Torri Lovgren; and 3rd- Emily Rietmann Bobbie Correa was chosen as the M ost Improved Rider Alt News am! Advertising Deadline: Mondays at 5 p.nu Obituaries Roy Elwayne Lieuallen Roy Elw ayne Lieuallen, 88, former Chan cellor o f the Oregon State System o f Higher Education, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005. Lieuallen was born in 1916 When he was 5 years old, his parents moved the family to Morrow Coun ty to rent wheat land He at tended a one-room school- house in the area After the family lost the farm in 1933, they moved to lone, where he graduated from school A fter w orking for three years on area ranches, Lieuallen earned enough money to attend Pacific Uni versity, along with a half-tu ition scholarship He gradu ated with a bachelor o f sci ence degree in physical edu cation At college, he met his fu tu re wife, B arbara Wales, and they were mar ried in Bend on Feb 20, 1943. Lieuallen served in the US Navy on the destroy er, USS Patterson. He re ceived a bronze star during his time in the service. A fter the war, L ieuallen p erform ed his graduate work at the Univer sity o f Oregon, completing his master’s degree in edu cation administration. After graduation, he returned to a teaching position in Pilot Rock, but was then recom mended for the job o f regis trar at Oregon College o f Education (now W estern Oregon University) in Mon mouth He and his family m oved to M onm outh in 1946. Jn 1953, he moved tp Menlo Park, CA where he received his doctorate's de gree in education from Stan ford University Late in D ecem ber 1961, then-Governor Mark H atfield d e sig n ated Lieuallen, at the recommen dation o f the State Board of Higher Education, to assume the job o f Chancellor o f the State System The family moved to Eugene w here they remained for 20-1/2 years at Tree Tops, the offi cial Chancellor’s residence. He resigned from his posi tion at the end o f June 1982. After retirement, he was drafted by the World Bank to go to China in 1984 to advise the government on m odernizing the teach er training colleges While in China, Lieuallen, his wife and grandson, was hurried out o f Tienanmen Square in June o f 1989 as the rioting began and caught the last flight out o f Beijing In all, he made eight trips to Chi na, m ost to the interior, where few westerners had previously visited Lieuallen is survived by his family, friends and colleagues Richard Stevens D oroth y Ober Birindelli R ichard S tevens Ober, a lifelong resident o f Pendleton, died Sunday, May 1, 2005, at Willowbrook Terrace A memorial service was held Saturday, May 7 at Peace Lutheran Church in Pendleton Inurnment will be at Skyview Memorial Park He was born Oct 14, 1929, at Pendleton, to Fred E and Sophia L. Enbysk Ober. He grew up in Pendleton and graduated from Pendleton High School in 1947 After high school he attended Eastern Oregon State College at La Grande in 1947-1948 and studied drafting During the 1948- 1949 school year he attended Cal Aero Tech A fter his college studies he entered th e N avy w here, in the summer o f 1952, he was stationed in the A leutian Islands, was later stationed in Hawaii for two years and served at Moffit Field in CA for two years On Jan. 20, 1961, he married Wanda Marie Black at Pendleton They had four daughters, Rondi, Vicki, Shelli and Shari Ober was employed at Farm ers In su ran ce in clerical work and sales, did clerical work and planted trees with the Forest Service, worked as a kiln operator at US Gypsum, drove truck for Bonbright Oil, then worked in maintenance at Eastern Oregon State Hospital until his retirement He enjoyed airplanes and attended the Reno Air Races for 29 years He also loved cars and ow ned approximately 30 between high school and his last car His favorite car was a red 195J Ford convertible with a vvhite top. He enjoyed su rfin g , h u n tin g and “plinking” target shooting He was a member of the Peace Lutheran Church and V eterans o f Foreign Wars Let’er Buck Post 922. S urvivors include daughters, Rondi M Ober and Shelli L Britt, both o f Heppner, Vicki L. Carlson of Tigard and Shari L. Stahl o f Lexington; his former wife, Wanda M. Jones o f Emmett, ID; sister, Margaret I. Green of P e n d leto n ; six g ran d ch ild ren and th ree great-grandchildren He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Helen E. Ober M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to VFW Let’er Buck Post 922, P O Box 787, P en d leto n , OR 97801; A m erican D iab etes A sso ciatio n , 380 S E S pokane St., Suite 110, Portland, OR 97202, or to a charity o f choice Burns Mortuary o f Pendleton is in charge o f arrangements. Come in a hron’se our large selection o f Wedding Invitations, ' Announcements and Accessories hv Regency Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 188 West Willow, Heppner at her home in Areata, CA, after an extended illness. A memorial service will be held at ll a m on May 14, 2005, at the Chris tian Life Center in Heppner Concluding service and in urnment will follow at Hep pner Masonic Cemetery. She was born Dec 23, 1934 in Grand Ronde to Albert Franklin Lamb and B ernice Jane (B ald w in ) Lamb She grew up in the Salem area and in Puyallup, WA, graduating from Puyal lup High School in 1953. After graduation, she moved with her family to Heppner She later attended business school in Spokane, WA. She married Robert E. Cunningham, o f Heppner, on Feb. 20, 1955 in Hood River. The Cunningham s lived in Pendleton, Salem, H erm iston and O n tario , while raising four children: Michael Eugene, Patrick Gene, Karen Lea and Rich ard Shan Birindelli worked for several employers in On tario, eventually settling with Western Bank. In 1984, she trans ferred to Bandon with West ern Bank, where she met and married Eugene Inks. In 2000, she retired from Western Bank, moved to Areata, CA and married Mario Birindelli. She was diagnosed with myelofibro sis, a disease o f the bone marrow, in the spring o f 2001 . She enjoyed arts and crafts and spending time with her children and grand children. She also enjoyed living near the ocean, where she could walk on the beach and watch incoming storms Survivors include her husband, Mario o f Area ta, CA; brother, W allace Wayne Lamb o f Lake Os wego; son, Pat and his wife, C atherine and daughter, Erin, o f Corvallis; daughter, Karen and her son, Jeffrey, of Madras; son, Shan and his wife, Jacki and son, Bran don, o f Myrtle Point; and two stepchildren, Rusty Bir indelli and Colleen Moore She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Al bert Harry Lamb and Ken neth Wesley Lamb and son, Michael In lieu o f flowers, memorials may be made to the charity o f your choice. Sweeney M ortuary o f Heppner is in charge o f local arrangements. C H E C K O U T O U R S P E C IA L S ON SATURD AY! O p e n 6 a .m .- 9 p .m . T h u r s d a y - S a t u r d a y 6 n .m .- 2 p .m . S u n d a y JOH N'S PLACE MAIN STREET, IIEPPNER M ichael O rv ille “Mike” Gunderson, 44, o f Irrigon, died May 3, 2005, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston A memorial gather ing was held Friday, May 6 at Irrigon Marina Park He was bom July 1, 1960, at Grand Forks, ND, to Orville E and Mary Ann L. Sundby Gunderson. He was raised and atten d ed school at G rand F o rk s W hile in high school he worked in farming He later worked in the oil fields in Western North Dakota be fore moving West. He settled at Irrig o n in 1983 and worked in farming. He had been employed at Frederick- son’s Farms, Western Alfal fa, Carl Smith and various o th e r farm s until failing health no longer allowed him to work. He enjoyed the out doors, spending time with his family, camping, fishing, traveling and barbecues Survivors include his parents, Orville and Mary Ann Gunderson o f Grand Forks; sons, Joseph Focht o f P en d leto n and Jam es “Jamie” Gunderson of Hum- bird, WI; daughter, Shenai G underson o f Pendleton; brother, Mitchell Gunderson o f G rand Forks; sisters, M archelle T hom pson o f Grand Canyon, AZ, Marlene Boulduc o f Grafton, ND, and M aria A nderson o f Grand Forks. Memorial contribu tions may be made to Vange John Memorial Hospice, 645 W O rchard Ave., H er miston, OR 97838 Burns M ortuary o f Hermiston is in chargeitjfj arrangement s. 4 - 1 1 j p bi u> GPS, GIS night to be held at HHS The community is invited to attend a GPS and G IS night p resen ted by H ep p n er H igh S c h o o ls’ tech n o lo g y ed u catio n departm ent and M orrow County 4-H The program will be held Wednesday, May 18 from 6:30-8:30 p m., at the HHS Tech-Ed building. P a rtic ip a n ts will learn the basic o f GPS; use a handheld GPS; learn about GIS; and make a map. For m ore information contact Dave Fowler at HHS at 676-9138 Gazette to be closed for Memorial Day The H eppner G a- zette office will be closed on Monday, May 30 in honor of Memorial Day. Due to the closure, the deadline for news articles and advertise- ments for the June 1 paper will be Friday, May 27 at 5 p.m. The office will reopen on Tuesday, May 31, with its usual hours o f 9 a m to 5 pm . VOTE PO R T OF M ORROW C O M M IS S IO N E R P O S IT IO N # 3 F e a tu rin g 1 P R I M E R I B E v e ry F r id a y the 3 £ n o t? li)e ean h elp ! Jean Michael Orville “ Mike” Dorothy Jean Birin Gunderson delli, 70, died Feb 27, 2005, MIKE DIPO • Morrow County Resident - 6+ years • Past President Boardman Chamber of Commerce and current member • Member of Latino Commission • President of Elders Quorum • Boardman Planning Commission - 3 years • Married with 3(4-) children • Branch Manager - Simmons Financial Group VISION FOR MORROW COUNTY Continued Economic Growth affirming a future in Morrow County for our children. P a id for b y Committee to Elect M ik e D ip o
