TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 8,2006
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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David S y k e s.................................................................................................... Publisher
Katie Foster.......................................................................................................... Editor
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Morrow County School District
blocks MySpace.com
continued from page one
after further investigation, a
M orrow
C ounty
adm inistrator was able to
gain access to a number of
“ p riv a te ” student sites
inadvertently through other
s tu d e n ts ’ “o p e n ” sites,
shedding light on the dangers
and m isco n cep tio n s of
internet safety. One principal
noted that all they had to do
was log on to MySpace.com,
type in a student’s name, and
they had complete access to
her age, cell phone number,
where she goes to school,
where she likes to hang out,
etc.
As
A lex an d ria
Rocha, news columnist from
the Palo A lto W eekly
reported, “besides posting
p ersonal in fo rm a tio n ...,
som e stu d en ts are also
putting highly suggestive
sexual and drug and alcohol
re lated co n ten t on th eir
profiles.” Nancy Pasternack
of the Santa Cruz Sentinel
rep o rts that. “ P la y b o y ’s
current campaign, the Girls
of M ySpace, solicit nude
photos...to be considered
for p u b lic a tio n in the
magazine.” Jim Boyce, dean
of student affairs at White
R iver High School in
Buckley, Washington, states,
“ We have seen a very
n eg ativ e im pact w ith
MySpace.com as students
from our school and others
use it for negative purposes
such as threats, harassment
and malicious gossip.”
M ost PTA and
parent-help organizations
strongly encourage parents
to ed u cate th em selv es
thoroughly by visiting the
site to see how it works.
Some sites of help to parents
may be: netn an n y .co m ,
getnetwise.org,
w ire d safe ty .o rg
and
safekids.com.
State erf Oregon
Public Encouraged
to Attend Meetings on
Water Quality
Planning for
Willow Creek Basin
Departm ent of
Hosted by Morrow SWCD
DEQ
First Tuesdays in March, 5 p.m.
at the Morrow Soil and Water
Conservation District Office,
430 Heppner/Lexington Highway
DEQ is studying water quality in Willow Creek and its
tributaries. Temperature and pH measurements in Willow
Creek periodically exceed State water quality standards.
Bacteria levels in the Balm Fork are above standards as
well. The study will determine target levels of pollutants
or other controls needed for streams to meet standards.
Plans will then be prepared by land and water
management authorities to achieve those goals.
We want to hear your questions and concerns. On March
7 and subsequent meetings. DEQ staff will present
findings and will he available to answer questions and
discuss what this may mean to you. After the discussions
and draft documentation are completed, a formal public
comment period and hearings will be held, as early as
June of 2006. Comments can also be made to the
Pendleton DEQ office any time during the development of
these “Total Maximum Daily Loads and Water Quality
Management Plans.“
Please join us at any or all of these sessions to talk about
the plan to restore and protect water quality in the Willow
Creek Suhhasin.
For more information, please contact Don Butcher, with
DEQ in Pendleton, at (541) 278-4603 or (800) 304-3513.
Information is also available through your local Morrow
Soil and Water Conservation District at (541) 676-5452.
Information about DFlQ’s Total Maximum Daily Load
(TMDL) program can he found at: http://
www.dcq,state,or,us/WQ/TMDLs/lmatillaBasin.htm
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Letters to the Editor
The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following
criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of
the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide
your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and
phone number will only be used for verification and w ill not be printed in the
newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The
GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters
expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks" at a
cost of $10.
Cyclist expresses appreciation for
Heppner participation
To the Editor:
Dear Residents of Heppner,
They say it is never
too late to do something. In
my case, I hope “ do
something,” means writing a
letter o f appreciation for
som ething in 2005 that I
should have written in 2005.
I wanted to give my
a p p re cia tio n
to y o u r
co m m u n ity
fo r
the
sp o n so rsh ip , d o n a tio n s,
volunteers and support on
the 2005 Columbia Plateau
Cycling Race. I appreciate
the warmth your town gave
tow ards m y self and my
cycling peers during the
athletic com petition. It is
really your involvement and
co o p eratio n th at m akes
these cycling races happen.
Your help p ro m o tes a
healthy alternative for kids
and adults to spend their free
time. Your support fosters an
environment for our future
Olympic athletes and even
Tour de France riders. If it
was not for your community,
I would not even get the
future opportunity to tell my
g ran d k id s all the w acky
stories that go along with
cycling races.
My New Y e ar’s
resolution is to write these
letters for events like this
that I take a part of in a more
timely fashion.
(s) Jay Freyensee
West Linn
Help needed for litter pickup
To the Editor:
Due to doing a
rather silly thing on skis, I am
unable to head up the Adopt-
A-Highway Litter Pickup on
the state highways through
tow n p rio r to the St.
Patrick’s Celebration.
1 w ould like to
appeal to the residents and
b u sin esses on the state
highways to do their usual
great job of cleaning up their
highway frontages prior to
the St. Patrick's Celebration.
The next “form al”
litter pick up will be prior to
Memorial Day weekend.
I a p p re c ia te your
assistance.
(s) John Edmundson
Heppner
Obituaries
June Anderson Mclnnes
Ju n e
A n derson
Mclnnes, 89, of Redmond,
WA, formerly of Heppner,
died on Feb. 28, 2006 in
Bellevue, WA.
A graveside service
w ill be held at 10 a.m .,
Saturday, March 11,2006 at
the Heppner Cemetery, next
to her mother Nellie and her
brother, Gay, Jr. The service
will be officiated by Pastor
Keith Brudevold.
She w as born on
June 23, 1916 in Heppner,
the daughter o f Gay and
Nellie Anderson. She was
raised in H ep p n er and
graduated from H eppner
Obituaries
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High School. She lived in
M enlo Park, CA prior to
moving to Redmond, WA in
1992 to be near her son.
S urvivors include
her son, Richard G Roller,
of Redmond, WA; nieces,
Sharon E. Shipley of Aurora,
UT and Jill Spears of Talent.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Thomas F.
Mclnnes.
Remembrances may
be m ade to H ep p n er
Hospital Foundation.
A rran g em en ts are
u n d er the d ire c tio n o f
Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral
Home.
LEXINGTON AUTO BODY
IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH
LOOSLIE AUTO BODY.
Lexington A uto B ody is doin g A uto
B ody R epair, G lass R ep a ir an d
R eplacem en t Towing.
Letha W. Rippee
Letha W. Rippee, 95,
form erly o f Heppner and
Condon, died Monday, Feb.
20, 2006 at P ro v id en ce
C e n tra lia H o sp ital in
C e n tra lia , WA, from
complications of pneumonia.
M emorial services
will be held Saturday, March
11 at The Manor at Canyon
Lakes in Kennewick, WA at
1 p.m. Interment will be at
the Heppner Cemetery at a
later date. Disposition was
by cremation.
She was bom on July
26, 1910, in Heppner, to
John and Elma (McFerrin)
Hiatt.
A fter g ra d u a tin g
from Heppner High School
in 1928, she married Oscar
Rippee on Aug. 30, 1928,
and they had two sons. They
lived in Heppner until 1949,
when Oscar transferred to
Condon with the O regon
State Highway Department.
Letha was active in Condon
in many areas. She served as
City Treasurer of Condon
d u rin g the 1970s and
worked for many years as a
b o o k k e ep e r for C ondon
Motors.
She was a member of
Eastern Star and the United
C h u rch o f C h rist. She
enjoyed playing bridge and
bowling and took up golf
when the Condon course
was completed. She enjoyed
h er g ard en and o u td o o r
activities, spending many
treasured days at the family
cabin at Reed’s Mill. Her
n e e d le p o in t w ork w as
esp ecially prized by her
family.
L eth a and O scar
c e le b ra te d th e ir 50th
w ed d in g a n n iv ersa ry in
Condon in 1978. She moved
to Kennewick, WA, after his
d eath in 1990, and to
Centralia, WA, in 2003 to be
near her son.
Survivors include: a
siste r, D oris H odge o f
Kennewick, WA; son, Don
and wife Loretta of Chehalis,
WA;
d a u g h te r-in -la w
B ev erly
R ippee
of
Milwaukie; grandsons, Tim
Rippee and wife Judy, also
of Milwaukie, Chris Rippee
and w ife V alerie o f
Vancouver, WA and Calvin
Rippee and wife Patty of
P a lo u se,
WA;
granddaughter, C orienne
and husband Larry of the Tri-
C itie s; g re a t-g ra n d so n ,
Jeffrey Rippee and wife Erin
o f Vancouver, WA; great-
g ran d d au g h ters, H eather
Adams of Albany, Chelsie of
Tri-Cities and Sarah Rippee
of Portland, and great-great-
granddaughters, Katelynn
and Kylee Adams of Albany,
and H aley Jo R ippee o f
Portland. In addition to her
husband, she was preceded
in death by her son Lowell
in 2003.
American Burial and
Cremation of Tumwater, WA
w as
in
ch arg e
of
arrangements.
Irene Anhorn
Irene Anhorn, 87, of
H ep p n er, died Sunday,
M arch
5,
2006,
at
W illo w b ro o k T errace in
Pendleton.
A memorial service
w ill be held at 3 p .m .,
Monday, March 13 at First
C h ristia n
C h u rch
in
Heppner.
She was born Jan.
21, 1919 at Heppner, the
daughter of Wm. Jefferson
“J e f f ’ Beam er and C lara
Reid Gertson. She attended
Heppner schools, playing
trumpet in the high school
band. She graduated from
H eppner High School in
1936, then continued her
e d u c a tio n
at
P acific
University for two years.
W ith
a
hom e
economics education degree
from
O reg o n
S tate
University, she secured a
teaching position at Central
Point High School, where
she m et C arl W illiam
“Willie” Anhorn. They were
married on July 27, 1941 at
Heppner. The couple started
their married life in Central
Point and raised four sons
and a daughter.
A n h o rn
began
working in education as a
substitute teacher. She was
a 4-H lead er in Jackson
County and an honorary FFA
member of the Scenic and
Crafter school FFA chapters.
H er
h u sb an d
preceded her in death in
1970 and she returned to
Heppner in 1976.
She becam e very
activ e w ith 4-H at the
Morrow County Fair. She
w as a v o lu n te e r at the
H ep p n er L ib rary and
an sw ered p h o n es at the
Senior Center. She was a
RSVP volunteer, visiting the
nursing home, driving retired
c itiz e n s to the d o c to r’s
offices and running errands.
The city o f H ep p n er
recognized her commitment
to v o lu n te e rin g in the
community by selecting her
Woman of the Year in 1983.
H er
fa v o rite
p a stim es
in clu d ed
re se a rc h in g the fam ily
history and family trees, her
cats, m in ia tu re h o rses,
m iniature goats, sew ing,
c ra ftin g and c o lle c tin g
anything associated with
owls. She was a member of
the Heppner First Christian
Church helping with Sunday
school and vacation bible
schools. On Sundays she
help ed w ith the ch u rch
services and played the piano
at the P ioneer M em orial
N ursing Hom e. She was
liv in g at W illo w b ro o k
T errace in P en d leto n ,
Oregon at the time of her
death.
S u rv iv o rs include
sons, William G Anhom and
w ife Pat o f L aG ran d e,
Jeffrey C. Anhom and wife
Bonnie o f San Jose, CA and
M ichael J. A nhorn o f
M ed fo rd ;
d au g h ter,
Catherine Christensen and
husband Rex of Pilot Rock;
sister, Mary Beamer Goheen
of
H ep p n er;
seven
grandchildren, nine great
grandchildren and five great-
g reat-g ran d ch ild ren . She
was preceded in death by her
husband, Carl Anhorn, son,
James B. Anhom, parents,
Jeff and Clara Beamer and
brother, James Beamer.
M e m o r i a l
contributions, for those who
wish, may be made to the
Anhom Scholarship Fund in
care
o f T he C ra te r
Foundation, PO Box 5172,
Central Point, OR 97502.
Sweeney Mortuary
o f H eppner in charge o f
arrangements.
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