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    Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 13,2005 - THREE
New flood plain maps good news for
Willow Creek Valley
continued from page one
83rd Annual Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo August 19-21
their vehicles across the
opposite lane to park on the
other side of the street. It
was not clear whether the
maneuver was considered a
U turn. Rayburn said a U
turn is defined as turning
around and heading in the
other direction, and since
people were parking they
were not technically heading
in the other direction and it
may not be considered a U
turn. Rayburn said Justice of
the Peace Charlotte Gray
had said she w ould fine
people as if it were a U turn.
Following the
m eeting council m em ber
shared cake in a farewell to
city
m an ag er
Jerry
Breazeale, who has taken a
job as Irrigon city manager.
This is his last week at the
H eppner office. R etired
M orrow C ounty G rain
G row ers M anager Larry
Mills has agreed to act as
interim city manger until a
new manage can be hired for
the position. Mills was in
attendance at the meeting
Monday night and also on
the job at city hall Tuesday.
I t ’s saddle bronc,
bull riding and barrel racing
time in your own back yard.
The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
will present its 83"1 annual
pro show th is y ear in
Heppner. One of the longest
running rodeos in Oregon,
this little town can turn on
som e fan tastic w eekend
entertainm ent. The town
will come alive on Aug. 19-
21st w ith N PRA rodeo
action, and talent. On Friday
night the small cowboys and
cow girls start the fun off
with mutton bustin’. This
will lead right into the grand
en try actio n at 7 p.m .
Saturday’s Pro Show starts
at 12:45 p.m. and 1:15 p.m..
Sunday’s show brings in the
lo cals w ith the M orrow
C o u n ty Jac k p o t R odeo
beginning at 1:15 p.m.
The ro d eo w ill
feature some o f the best
rodeo talent the sport has to
offer. Being the 3rd largest
pay out rodeo in Oregon,
this rodeo promises to bring
well known cowboys and
co w g irls in the P acific
Northwest to compete for
the awards and cash money
that Heppner has to offer.
Very few rodeos offer a
saddle for all around cowboy
along with added money,
buckles and spurs. The
W1 LL°W /ftC R £E K Y O U !
JackPot rodeo offers your
\ CHUR C H
own friends and family from
C o u n ty
the
Willow Creek Baptist Church and the Jericho { M orrow
Amateur calf roping saddle
Project team would like to thank Ted Britt,
and the p re stig io u s all
Bruce Young and John Griffith for donating
around buckle along with
and hauling the firewood this past week.
each honored event award.
You are greatly appreciated!
The “famous” dog
calling contest will be during
The Jericho team delivered 14 cords of
the Friday performance, so
firewood to various places in Heppner!
money is to be made if you
tèi
have a fast and focused
canine who can com pete
w ith
the
d efen d in g
ch am p io n s o f M orrow
County. Each pro show will
feature the rough stock from
bull riding, saddle bronc and
A n d rea Perry a n d J u stin N e ls o n
bareback riding. The timed
events will bring the big
Wedding - Saturday, July 2 3 rd
mans sport of steer wrestling
and the only team event in
S lia n n o n W alton an d R o b ert H a n d
professional rodeo; team
Wedding - Saturday, July 30th
roping. Time and money
pushes talented cowboys and
C h r istia n S c b u ltz and H o y it Pace
cowgirls riding some of the
Wedding - Saturday, Sept. 24th
best trained and bred horses
in the Pacific Northwest in
both calf roping and barrel
M o llie S c h n e id e r an d Ryan H a lv o rsen
racing.
Shower - Friday, Ju 1y 1st
T he
tow n
of
Wedding - Saturday, October 8th
Heppner, along Hwy 207
near the Umatilla National
Forest, welcomes visitors to
their community to watch
217 North Main • Heppner
and be ap art o f rodeo
weekend. This year the VIP
Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
Serving Heppner, Lexington & lone
seats are even e a sie r to
access and plan for. The VIP
seats are in the grandstands
but offer the closest rodeo
action with the luxury of
backed and arm ed seats.
and running stop signs in
Heppner. Councilm em ber
Glenn Baker said he recently
had visitors to Heppner who
expressed their opinion that
“people in Heppner did not
seem to be obeying traffic
laws.” Baker said that rather
than ed u cate people on
tra ffic
safety,
th at
“ a g g re ss iv e ”
law
en fo rc em en t
may be
necessary.
At June 30
Heppner police commission
meeting, Baker requested
that Deputy Randy Rayburn
make Sheriff Matlack aware
of the problem. Baker said
he was concerned about the
safety of pedestrians due to
p eople d riv in g over the
speed limit and also ignoring
stop signs. Rayburn said he
would talk to other deputies
about stiffer enforcem ent
and also talk to the city of
Boardman about borrowing
their radar trailer.
A discussion was
also held on the increasing
nu m ber o f “U tu rn s” in
Heppner where people turn
THANK Ì
W edding T ati es
^ Miutuj'j D«uj»
DAY AND DATE
ALARM DESK
CLO CK
T hese seats can be
purchased in advance to
secure the finest view of the
rodeo. Ushers will help you
to your seats and give you
the freedom to move around
without risk of loosing your
seat to other viewers. The
best seats can be purchased
in any quantity for any or all
three days at $ 12 a seat. An
entire box of seats (10 seats)
can be purchased for all three
days o f rodeo action for
$360. The seats are available
on a first come, first serve
basis. The best seats move
quickly but some VIP seats
may be purchased at the
g ate. B ench seats are
available the day o f the
rodeo for $8. C h ild ren
seven-12 are $5 and six and
under are free. Visa, Master
Card and American Express
are accepted for advanced
V IP seatin g and tw o
numbers are available. Ask
for Lynn in the evenings at
422-7559 or during the day
at 676-5583. C am ping,
fishing and RV hook ups are
also available close to town
or a short distance away.
For
m ore
information on the Heppner
Rodeo visit the website at
www. heppner. net/rodeo.
OSU announces
honor roll
Names of students
w ho have m ade the
scholastic honor roll spring
term have been announced
by Oregon State University.
A to tal o f 508
students earned straight-A
(4.0). Another 2,273 earned
a B-plus (3.5) or better to
make the listing. To be on the
honor roll, students must
carry at least 12 graded
hours of course work.
S tu d en ts on the
honor roll included:
Boardman: Straight-
A average: Andrew D. Goad,
sophomore, pre-com puter
science.
lone: 3.5 or Better:
Johnny A. Collin, freshman,
forest Engineering; Natalie
B. Me Elligott, freshman,
animal sciences.
Irrig o n : 3.5 or
Better: Maria H. Garcilazo,
senior, g eneral S cience;
M atthew A. G o rd an ier,
junior, pre-civil engineering;
Jacob D. Johnson, senior,
microbiology.
Marriage
Licenses
The Morrow County
Clerk’s office has issued the
following marriage license
during the past week:
July 7: Justin Wyat
Nelson, 23, Lexington, and
A ndrea Irene Perry, 21,
Pendleton.
Projects time on the ceiling also
HERE WE GO!
Jewelers
676-9200
Congratulations! Part one
is over. You've just sold your
home and now you look for­
ward to the next step - finding
a new one. Although this can
be very ex c itin g , several
points must be kept in mind.
If you retain me as your
agent, we will need to Find a
home that is within your bud­
get. This will include how
much you can afford in
monthly payments and taking
into consideration how much
you will have toward a down
payment from the sale of your
old home. Also, location, size.
Past Real Estate columns and
property listings are available
at www.heppner.net/heritage
number of bedrooms and any
amenities that are important
should be listed by priority. In
this manner, when we look at
properties, you can be focused
on the homes that will fit your
needs.
Once we are organized, I
can help elim in ate those
homes which do not fit your
needs and concentrate on the
ones on the market that match
your requirements and price
range. Here we go!
180 W. Baltim ore 15
Heppner, OR 97836
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541 - 676-9228
Obituaries
Richard William
Savage
A
m em o rial
g ra v e sid e serv ice w ith
military honors for Richard
W illiam Savage was held
T h u rsd ay , June 30, at
Bramlet Memorial Cemetery
in W allow a. V eterans o f
Foreign Wars Post 4307 will
conduct the military service.
Mr. Savage, 89 of Irrigon,
died Monday, June 27,2005,
at Kadlec Medical Center in
Richland,Wash.
He was bom April
18, 1916, at Fort Morgan,
Colo., to John Andrew and
Florence Elizabeth Brown
Savage. He married Blanch
Alberta Carter on August 16,
1942, at Princeton, W.Va. He
served with the Army during
World War II. Mr. Savage
worked as a logger. He was
a member of the Wallowa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post.
Survivors include his
wife, Blanch, at the home in
Irrigon; son, John Andrews
Savage of Pearland, Texas;
daughters, Judy Ann Horton
of Heppner, Betty Newby of
Irrigon, Pat Weatherspoon
and Penny Savage, both of
Hermiston, Linda Horton of
Ehrenberg, Ariz., and Debbie
P aine o f P e n d leto n ; 17
grandchildren and numerous
great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his
p aren ts, a b ro th er and a
sister. Burns M ortuary of
Hermiston was in charge of
arrangements.
Jessica Lynn
Taylor
William R. “Bill”
Scott
W illiam R. B ill”
Scott, 77, of Heppner, died
Sunday, July 10,2005, at his
home. Graveside service was
held Wednesday, July 13,
2005, at the H ep p n er
Masonic Cemetery.
He was born April
3,1928, at Heppner, the son
of William and Elma Moore
Scott. He attended schools
in Lexington and Wasco. The
fam ily then m oved to
Portland, O regon. In the
summer of 1945 he joined
the US Navy. Following his
m ilitary d isch a rg e he
returned to H eppner and
began w o rk in g fo r the
M orrow C ounty R oad
Department.
On June 23,1951, he
married Dorothy Matteson
at Pasco, Washington. Both
he and Dorothy were bom
and raised in Heppner. The
first year they were married
they lived at Camp 5, one of
the logging camps at Kinzua.
At that time he drove cat and
built roads. He began his
logging career in 1956 with
Heppner Pine Mill. Kinzua
bought out Heppner Pine
M ill in 1959. He then
worked for Kinzua as wood
boss (logging supervisor)
u n til K inzua sold th e ir
logging operation and began
contracting logs in 1965.
From that time until 1971 he
w orked fo r the M orrow
C ounty G rain G row ers.
While he didn’t work for
Kinzua, he still did some log
hauling for contractors into
Kinzua. From 1971 until his
re tire m e n t in 1990 he
w orked
fo r
K inzua
Corporation at the log deck
sorting and piling logs.
He loved spending
time with his family, his
animals, and the mountain
place the couple had for 25
y ears. He also en jo y ed
hunting and fishing. He was
a m em ber o f the F irst
C h ristian C hurch, and
H ep p n er BPO E Lodge
#358.
Survivors include his
w ife D orothy S co tt o f
H eppner, d au g h ters Jill
Struckm eier and husband
Earl of Waitsburg, WA; Jana
Gray of Pendleton; sister
Eileen N esbitt of Wasco;
g ran d so n s
B rody
S tru ck m eier,
B rian
Struckm eier and his wife
Heather, Bryce Struckmeier;
granddaughters Kim Phegley
and Nici Apperson and her
husband Tracy; and 7 great­
grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by his parents and
sisters, D oris D avis and
Erma Scott.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to Pioneer Memorial Home
Health, PO Box 9, Heppner,
OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary,
H eppner, in charge o f
arrangements.
Jessica Lynn Taylor,
13, o f Irrig o n , died
Thursday, July 7, 2005, at
G ood Shepherd M edical
Center in Hermiston.
A graveside funeral
service was held on Tuesday,
July 12, at D esert Lawn
M em o rial C em etery in
Irrigon.
Je ssic a w as born
Aug. 3, 1991, at Granada
H ills, C alif., to Franklin
G eorge and P au la Lynn
Beannan Taylor.
She had been a
resident o f Irrigon since
1993 and attended schools
there.
She enjoyed racing
cars, swimming at the marina
and at horseshoe pond, and
riding her bike. She loved her
friends and her frogs.
S urvivors include
her mother, Paula Taylor of
Irrigon; father, Frank Taylor
of
K lam ath
F alls;
grandmother, Trudy Trader
of Irrigon; sisters, Skipper
Taylor of Irrigon, and Rachel
G rusin o f A reata, C alif.;
b ro th er, Seth G rusin o f
Topanga Canyon, Calif.; and
oth er relativ es. She was
preceded in-death by her
grandfather, Orlin Bearman
and by great-grandparents,
Jo sep h and E th el M ae
Heberer.
Ben Murray
M e m o r i a l
contributions may made for wins golf tourney
the Taylor Family through
B urns
M o rtu ary
of
Ben Murray, son of
Hermiston, P.O. Box 289.
Matt and Mary Murray of La
Hermiston, OR 97838.
Quinta, Ca., won the USGA
Amateur Qualifying
Class of ’65 plans Junior
Tournament at Woodbum on
reunion
July 5.
Sixty-seven
The Heppner High contestants were required to
School class of 1965 will play 36 holes in one day to
celebrate their 40th class qualify for the national Jr.
reunion at the Heppner Elks A m ateur T ou rn am en t at
Club on Saturday, July 16. Long Meadows, Mass, July
Everyone is invited 18.
Ben shot 69 on the
to attend a roast and toast
for Tom Hughes and John 1*18 holes and 68 on the 2nd
round to win with seven
Mollahan at 8 p.m.
The dinner, for class under par for the day.
Ben is the grandson
of 1965 members and invited
guests only, will be held at 7 of local residents Rod and
Meg Murray and Frank and
p.m.
Leah Pedro of Echo.