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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 6,2005
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o f the City o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow
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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.
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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
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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
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