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 jQ a m /ik Rl REALTOR Oi 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.