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4 TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 6,2005 The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211. E- mail: editor® rapidserve net or davidt# heppner net. Website: www.heppner.net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337. Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $25 in Morrow County; $19 senior rale (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $31 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. David S y k e s.................................................................................................... Publisher Katie F oster.......................................................................................................... Editor N e w * and A d ve rtisin g Deadline is M o n d a y 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 lor classified ad is 50c 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. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m Dates for publi cation must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three w eeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: Obituanes are published in the Heppner G T at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. On th e HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • P lace a C la ssified A d • Subm it a N e w s Story • V iew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Obituaries Obituary Lorena A. Miller L orena A. M iller died on June 12,2005, at the age of 103 years and eight months. She was born in Lake City, CO, on October 28, 1901, and lived in Colorado until 1913 when she and her widowed mother moved to Portland, OR. She attended Washington High School and then graduated from O regon N orm al School, Monmouth. After a tta in in g her te a c h e r’s certification, she taught at a one-room school house in Lena, OR, and in Heppner. While there she met John J. Miller, a farmer who raised dry land w heat N orth of Lexington. They married in 1924. After ranching a few years, the family moved into L ex in g to n . All o f th e ir ch ild re n w ere born in Lexington or Heppner, and m ost atten d ed school at Lexington. She was active in the L ex in g to n PTA and served as president one year. She and her family moved to Portland in 1942, when her husband accepted a job at the Kaiser shipyards. He died in 1967, and was preceded in death by a son, Jack Miller, a lo n g -tim e re sid en t o f Lexington and lone, who died of Leukemia at the age of 39. M rs. M iller is survived by two daughters and three sons, R oberta Matches of Lubbock, Texas; Marjory Stanley of Friday Harbor, W ashington; Bill M iller of Portland; Harry M iller o f Beaverton; and K enneth M ille r of B ea v e rc ree k , OR. In addition she is survived by 14 grandchildren, 21 great g ra n d c h ild re n , and one great-great grandchild. The remaining close relative in the Heppner-Lexington area is nephew Tad Miller, who farms North of Lexington, and still owns some of the original Miller Family ranch. HHS Class of 2006 plans car wash The Heppner High School Class of 2006 will be washing cars and selling baked goods on Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. behind Les Schwab Tires in Heppner. Funds raised will go towards an after-graduation activity for their class next year. For m ore information, call Heather Yocom, 6 7 6 -9 8 2 1 , o r Krystal Naims, 676-9252. I Over the Tee Cup The Willow Creek Ladies’ Golf Club held its Tee B ird N in e-H o le Invitational on Tuesday, June 28. C lubs from E astern O regon and E astern Washington joined them for a m orning o f g o lf and a delicious salad luncheon. Low G ross o f the Field was Eva Kilkenny, 36, Willow Creek C.C. Low Net o f the F ield w as K athy B eecher, 24, M eadow Springs CC. O ther w inners by club were: Canyon Lake, First low gross, a tie between Inez Mowery and Marlene Shaw. First low net, Helen G raham , C olum bia Park. F irst low g ro ss, C rystal F reem an. F irst low net, Marla Fox, La Grande C.C. First low gross, Stephani M essersmith. Second low gross, a tie between Betty Hyde and Judy Sherman. First low net, a tie between Carol Summers and Freda Herron. Meadow Springs C. C.. F irst low g ro ss, Liz C o rn in g . F irst low net, E ileen Ew art. Pendleton C.C.. First low gross, Nora Lee Holdman. Willow Run. F irst low gross, L ovella C onboy. F irst low net, S haron M an tle. W illow Creek C.C.. First low gross, Pat Edmundson, Second low gross, a tie between Lynnea Sargent and Loa Henderson. T hird low g ro ss, K aren Bishop. First low net, Corol Mitchell. Second low net, Jackie Allstott. Third low net, Lorrene M ontgomery.. Special events: KP: G uest, Freda Herron, La Grande; Home, Bernice Lott. Long Putt: G uest, Sharon Mantle, Willow Run; Home, Carole Hamilton. Long Drive: Guest, Inez M ow ery, C anyon L akes; H om e, Pat Edmundson. C h ip -in s: G uest, M arlene Shaw ; H om e, L u v illa S o n ste g ard , Pat Edm undson, and Lorrene Montgomery. Birdies: Home, Eva Kilkenny. Births Letters to the Editor Setting the record straight Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times w ill not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone num ber on all letters for use by the G-T office. The G-7 reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under ' Card o f Thanks' at a cost o f $ 10.) As Heppner goes... so goes the nation. stepped forward and To the Editor: “When in the Course o f human ev en ts...” Two centuries, and twenty nine years, and we still revere and rep eat th ese w ords that ch an g ed th e co u rse o f history. The Declaration of Independence stands as a document that expressed the ideas, and the sentiments of a large body of people. It also stands as a permanent w itn ess to the to tal co m m itm en t o f a sm all group o f p eo p le who pledged: “. . .our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.” Those words say it all; everything is being put on the line. The document and ideas we value today as treasure, could as well have survived as treason. In fact, several of those who signed the Declaration did die, or lose fam ily fortune, as a result of their action. The document, and our ensuing Nation survived by the help of countless individuals who dared to be counted. The legacy created has now becom e the stewardship inherited. From farm land, town, and urban d w ellin g m ust com e the c o u ra g eo u s w ho can envision the kingdom, even in the midst of the chaos. The United States of America, from C ap ito l H ill in W ashington, D.C., to the town of Heppner in the State of Oregon, still needs men and women who are willing to put their name, their very b ein g , on the lin e. As Heppner marches boldly into the two hundred and thirtieth year of our nation, so too will our nation be viewed as embracing, or rejecting, the p rin cip les that set us in motion. It is indeed true: as Heppner goes ...so goes the Nation. With a firm reliance on the God o f all divine Providence as our guide, I rem ain faithfully, Pastor Keith Brudevold. Keith Brudevold Story on childhood home good with correction To the Editor: T h at was a very good article on the Fishbum Family/Heppner June Yard of the month in the June 22 issue. I’d like to make one c o rre ctio n . The hom e belonged to Bruce and Vera B o th w ell. He w as a carpenter and he built the home. (Wade was their son). During the War (II) they had a large Victory garden. Mom used to can 100’s of quarts of fruit from the trees. Dad brought the original walnut (that started the tree) from Montana. He also brought back a spruce tree start in a tobacco can in his pocket. He went there each year to shear sheep. Mom had beautiful gladiolas and d a h lia s and gave a w ash tu b fu ll to sev eral n eig h b o rs to be used at weddings: It’s nice to know that my childhood home is in good hands and receiving loving and tender care. Sincerely, (s)Joanne Bothwell Weisenbach Pendleton, OR even hear the results. One councilor called some of you and requested that you not fill out the form. .A couple even wrote a letter to Big Bradbury, complaining that their voting rights had been violated The Secretary of State wrote back stating that it was a survey with choices and one of the only ways councilors can find out the wishes of their constituents. • In the meantime, the recorder was instructed to write a letter stating that we weren’t ready to use the funds at th is tim e. The council had not approved such an action. • If a water project is in progress, these are the requirements as determined by the Oregon Department of Human Services: 1. “For community water sy stem s, p lan s m ust be prepared by a professional e n g in e e r lic e n se d in Oregon.” No talk of securing a professional engineer for the project has come before council. 2. “Plans must be submitted to and a p p ro v ed by the H ealth D ivision prior to construction of a new water system ....major additions or modifications.” Page 10-1 of O D H S D rin k in g W ater P ro g ram W ater S ystem Training Course. I could go on but since no engineering firm has been so licited , I c o n sid er the statem e n t, “ N o th in g is c u rre n tly bein g done in secu rin g a new w ell or re s e rv o ir” as a true statement. Town Councilor, Jean M. Brazell, 989-8132 Country Club barbecue date changed The • W illow Creek Country Club family golf barbecue has been moved from July 10 to Sunday, July 17, at 4 p.m. C aled on ian G am es Irrigon Watermelon Festival July 30 T he 22nd annual Irrigon Watermelon Festival will be held Saturday, July 30, at the Irrigon M arina Park. The festival begins with breakfast from 6:30-9 a.m., followed by a softball tournament beginning at 7 a.m. The festival parade begins at 10 a.m. C o n tin u o u s entertainment will be offered throughout the day, with arts and crafts booths, bingo, dunk tank, food booths, kids’ games and a giant raffle. There will also be a Show- n-Shine car show, boat rides provided by the M orrow County Sheriff’s Office, the To the Editor: Dear Citizens of the Town of Lexington, June 29 the council held a jo b review for the recorder. Two indicated that because the sentence on the last page of the water report says, “Nothing is currently being done in securing a new well or reservoir” that the recorder should be fired. I take full responsibility for that statement as I helped the recorder with the report. These people asked that I write this letter to inform you. I asked them what we were doing on the project and one replied that we had a “needs and issues” request for money for the project and a request in for Tippage Fee financial help. This is true but I would like to defend the statement. • W hen the Safe Drinking Water Department determined that the 70,000 gal. airport reservoir was cause for concern for safe drinking water and it was taken off line, Gary Burnett from the SDWD went to bat for us to secure a loan of $96,000 at 4 percent interest through the Safe Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund. The town was put in the top 10 on the list and was asked to accept or reject the loan in October of last year. Two m eetings w ent by and I repeatedly was told that we c o u ld n ’t accept the loan w ith o u t c o n se n t o f the tow n’s people, but no one made any attempt to find out what you, the town’s people, thought. • T h u s, the development o f the Water Survey in December 2004. Surveys were sent to 123 m eter n u m b ers and 43 responses cane to me for a 35 percent return. O nly tw o respondents choose option number 4— to do nothing. But the council w ouldn’t filly 9 th St lO th City Parle in A then a, O regon Round-Up City Cloggers, Hispanic dancers, and ducky races. Music includes Gorge Winds (a 50-piece concert band), “Fenderbenders,” Ted Vanderford and his Amazing Sax, Tony M ad rig al, Entertainer Extraordinaire, and more. A street dance and light show with Dan Bums 3D Productions starts at 9 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy fun, fam ily entertainm ent and plenty of watermelon. E n tertain m e n t is provided by the M orrow County Unified Recreation District. W atermelons are donated by Walchli Farms and Bellinger Farms. Scottish music, sheepdog trials and the caber toss! All free at Caledonian Games! Concert and dinner at City Park on July 8th featuring Scottish entertainer, Red McWilliams Full schedule at www.athenacaledoniangames.org QR e-mail at admlnOathenacaledoniangames.org for Information DONT MISS OUR ANNUAL ^ M umuj ' ì B*ug 217 North Main • Heppner Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 BEO FINANCIAL SERVICES Serving Heppner, Lexington S Ione M.C.S.S. Anda K. Zastrow Financial Advisor Morrow Groin Growers «e Madison Lena Orem- A daughter, Madison LEXINGTON, OREGON Lena Orem, was bom June 22, 2005, at St. Anthony’s H ospital in Pendleton to p aren ts Eric and Brandi Orem of lone. She was 8 lbs. and 21 inches long. G randparents are Bob and Bonni Ball and Joe and Anita Orem, all of lone. T he baby jo in s a sister, Morgan, four, and a brother, Matthew, two, at home. 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