TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 15,2006
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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I M d S y k e s.................................................................................................... Publisher
Katie F oster.......................................................................................................... Editor
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Schonbachler named nurse of
the year
Donna Schonbachler
Donna Schonbachler of Heppner was recently
honored by the Oregon Association for Home Care as
the 2005 Nurse of the Year at a presentation in Bend.
Schonbachler graduated from Good Samaritan
School of Nursing in 1976. She has worked in several
hospital settings and started working as a registered nurse
in home health in 1983 for Wallowa Memorial Home
Health in Enterprise. She has worked for Pioneer
Memorial Home Health since 1991.
Pioneer Memorial Home Health and Hospice
provides home care throughout Morrow and Gilliam
counties.
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Justice Court
T he
H eppner
M orrow C ounty Ju stice
C o u rt has released the
following report:
Rita Jean Britt, 55,
H eppner, failu re to use
seatbelt, $76 fine;
R odney
Scott
W ilson, 41, H eppner,
disobeying traffic control
device, $185;
Wallace Gary Smith,
35, Hermiston, violation of
the basic rule, 85 mph in a
55 mph zone; driving while
suspended infraction, $474
fine; failure to appear, $640
fine, 180 days in jail, $200
and jail sentence suspended
with three years' probation;
Jon D. Hanna, 29,
H eppner, failu re to use
seatbelt, $76 fine;
Kirk Alan Looslie,
31, Lexington, driving while
su sp en d ed , no v eh icle
license, $846 fine;
Theresa C. Rushing,
49, Lexington, VBR, 67/45,
$185 fine;
T eresa M ichelle
Gaines, 41, Heppner, VBR
75/55;
M arlene A ndrea
S paulding, 27, H eppner,
VBR, 81/55, $214;
Michael F. Doherty,
52, Heppner, maintaining a
dog as a public nuisance, $76
fine;
Deanne K. Kasten,
41, Heppner, failure to use
seatbelt, $76 fine;
C h rista n
D.
K ennedy, 29, H eppner,
failure to register vehicle,
$84 fine;
R ich ard
K.
McDaniel, 50, failure to sue
seatbelt, $76;
Heath Lynn Stillman,
22, Lexington, VBR 75/55,
$131;
James Dustin Page,
27, R athdrum , ID, truck
speeding 65/55, $76 fine;
Rory P. Kilkenny, 18,
Heppner, disobeying traffic
control device, $ 185 fine;
Gary Lee Chance,
Jr., 41, A p p leto n , WA,
disobeying traffic control
device, $267 fine.
Morrow County
Gun Club news
Twelve competitors
came to the club to shoot on
Sunday, March 12. Results
are as follows:
S in g les: D ennis
P eck, 23 o f 25, M ark
S c h lic h tin g and Rob
A shbeck, 22 o f 25, Jeff
C u tsfo rth and Jim m y
Walton, 21 of 25.
H andicap: M ark
Schlichting, 21 of 25, Roger
M ortimer, 20 of 25, Rob
Ashbeck, 19 of 25.
A nnies were shot
w ith S c h lic h tin g and
Ashbeck each winning one,
and Cutsforth winning two.
The next M orrow
County Gun Club hoot will
be held Sunday, March 19,
at 12 noon.
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We have lots of fun
things to wear!
CspResso Special:
peppeRminr paddy
CDocha
~ Friday, March 17th ~
Open until 7:00 p.m.
From 5:00-7:00 p.m .:
W ine Tasting from W heatridge W inery
(Winery located in Arlington)
Book Signing: A uthor Cheryle R ietm ann
CUine T e s tin g !
See all the Greens!
Beautiful
Shamrock plants
St. Patrick's Day Weekend Schedule
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And
P4e <piee*t/
“Finding Myself, Finding My Daughter
*
~ Saturday, March 18th ~
Open from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Sunday, March 19th ~
N ew This Year!
Open from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.!
Larre'
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THeUn Street. Pfeftjuten • 676-915%
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Obituaries ______
Randall M.
Martin
Randall M. Martin,
90, died at
his home
on N orth
McKay
C reek on
T u esd ay ,
M arch 7,
2006.
Randall Martin
A
funeral service will be held
Friday, March 17, 2006, at
11 a.m. at Bishop Funeral
C h ap el. In term en t w ill
follow at Skyview Memorial
Park.
Mr. Martin was bom
June 28, 1915, at home in
D eM oss C anyon, near
Moro, Oregon, to Myles and
H o rten se
C larin d a
(Deatsman) Martin. He grew
up on the Martin family farm
sev en
m iles out o f
Lexington, Oregon. He rode
his horse for several miles
each day to go to school out
at the Divine School House
near the Lindsey Ranch.
A fter the eighth
grade Mr. Martin work on
the family farm for a few
years. He then moved to
Moro, Oregon, and worked
for Clarence (Pop) Morrison
where he met his future wife,
Marie L. McLeod.
T hey elo p ed to
K elso , WA, and w ere
married on June 8, 1938, at
the home of his aunt Lola.
They resided in Moro about
two years where their son
John was bom in 1939.
Mr. M artin had a
restaurant/tavem/bus stop in
Moro.
In the early 1940’s
he and his family moved
back to the Lexington farm.
Their daughter Janice was
bom in 1940. He farmed in
Lexington until 1950 when
they Moved to Butter Creek
( at Lena) to a wheat and
cattle ranch he'd purchased.
He
acq u ired
additional summer range at
N. McKay Creek in 1964
and until 1973 worked both
ranches. He continued to
work up until his death.
He was preceded in
death by his parents, his wife,
one son, three brothers and
one sister.
He is survived by his
daughter, Jan Wheelhouse,
one
g ran d so n ,
one
granddaughter, one great
g ran d so n and num erous
nieces and nephews.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the U m atilla C ounty
C attlem an 's S cholarship
Fund through B ishop
Funeral Chapel P.O. Box
325, P en d leto n , O regon
97801
B ishop
Funeral
C h ap el is in care o f
arrangements.
Marriage
Licenses
The
M orrow
County C lerk's Office in
Heppner has released the
following report:
March 13: Mitchell
Jess Tipton, 57, Irrigon, and
Glenda Myree Cadek, 52,
Irrigon;
M arch 7: Steven
Theodore Evans, 29, Echo,
and
K im berly
Kaye
Johansen, 29, Echo.
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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
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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.
Man’s best friend?
To the Editor:
I have been a
resident of Heppner for three
years now. I love this town
and plan to spend the rest of
my life here. However, I
have watched in horror to an
all too familiar sight - an
accident waiting to happen
and am now disappointed in
myself that I have not spoken
up sooner. Why is it that
many of this town’s residents
who are dog owners leave
their dogs loose or even tied
to leashes/straps in the back
of their pickups while they
drive? As you drive behind
these people you see the
dogs straining to keep their
balance and sliding back and
forth, nearly falling off tool
boxes or flat beds. What
happened to dogs being
“man’s best friend?”
Today, I had to be
the witness to a horrifying
situ atio n . W hile driving
dow n M ain S treet and
getting ready to turn east
tow ard the courthouse, a
pickup truck coming from
the courthouse direction was
turning onto Main. In the
back of the pickup-two dogs
strapped to the truck. Today,
the straining for balance
w a sn ’t en o u g h . As the
pickup took the turn onto
Main, one of the dogs slid off
the tool box« she was
desperately trying to balance
on and she hit the cement.
Because she was tied to the
truck, she couldn't escape
further agony. Instead, her
strap had become a noose
which was holding her just
far enough for her legs to be
repeatedly run over by the
back tires of the truck. I
could only watch in horror
as her legs were run over 2-
3 tim es before she broke
loose from her strap. As I
ju m p ed out o f my car
frantically running to the aid
of this poor creature of God,
she lay in the street crying
out in great pain. As I ran
toward her, her face seemed
to cry out for help from
someone whom she could
trust to care for her as she
drug h e rself tow ard me.
Once I got to her, I could
only hold her head in my
hands and to my chest, being
covered with blood, as she
cried out in pain. How could
someone be so heartless to
place a “frien d ” in such
danger. As the driver of the
truck came to get her, his
only comment was “thanks”.
My fru stra tio n o f his
ignorance, the horrific scene
I had just experienced and
the heartfelt sorrow for the
dog just left me to say “you
are supposed to take care of
them”.
Now, hours later as
this horrifying vision replays
in my mind, the sorrow is
deep and the frustration is
d e ep e r still. O ne day
forgiveness of this heartless
act w ill com e but the
memory will never go away.
My daughter was a witness
to th is as w ell. W hat a
horrible display this has been
to her of animal neglect and
abuse.
W hat
can
our
community do now? I realize
ra n c h e rs /fa rm e rs /d o g
owners do this all over the
country, but it doesn’t make
it right. Our dogs are live
beings. They have been
known for hundreds of years
as “man's best friend”. Is this
how we treat our friends, by
placing them in obvious
danger? Pass a law, start a
new tren d , treat our
“friends” like we want to be
treated, sound familiar?
To all the “friend”
owners out there and for
those who also say “it’s just
a dog” , think before you
place a noose around your
“friend’s’Vdog’s neck and
then place them on a slick
footing and take corners.
Instead, put the dog in the
cab of your truck, in a kennel
that is securely anchored in
the bed o f your truck or
leave them at home. Prevent
a n o th er dog from the
su ffe rin g ,
prev en t
endangering your “friend’s”
life and prev en t the
memories that will plague
the minds of the witnesses
for years to come.
I d o n ’t know her
name or if she had puppies
or a warm place to sleep
each night but we formed a
bond in the few moments on
M ain S treet in H eppner
today. And tonight, I pray for
ease to her suffering.
(s)Jodi Chapa
Heppner
Morrow County Health
Department
The M orrow County Health D epartm ent has
announced its clinic schedule for the month of March:
Thursday, March 16 - Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. (closed 12-1 p.m.);
Monday, March 20 - Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1 p.m.);
Tuesday, March 21 - Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1 p.m.);
Thursday, March 23 - Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. (closed 12-1 p.m.);
Monday, March 27 - Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1 p.m.);
Tuesday, March 28 - Boardman clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1 p.m.);
Thursday, March 30 - Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. (closed 12-1 p.m.)
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