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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 14,2006 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Access and Obituaries Habitat Program grants and 2007 Helen Marie Stevens raffle tags Helen Marie approved Stevens, 86, of Hardman, Anniversary Cunnington U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at 1 88 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-92 1 1. E- mail editor**1 rapidserve.net or davuK«heppner net Web site: www heppner.net. Post master send address changes lo the Heppner (ia/ette-Times. P.O Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 97836 Subscription- $26 in Morrow County; $20 senior rate (in Morrow County only . 62 years or older); $32 elsew here; $26 student subscriptions. David Sykes .................................................Publisher Katie Foster ................................................................................................. Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost tor a display ad is $4.90 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50c per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5.50 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices: puPlic/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi cation must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. 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. Dick and Sibyl Cunnington at their wedding. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a N ew s Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes •Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! 10 free public concerts at Boardman and Irrigon marina parks Ten free public concerts will be presented this summer at Boardman and Irrigon marina parks. All concerts start at 7 p.m. The concerts are funded by Morrow County Unified Recreation District and Portland General Electric and sponsored by North Morrow Community Foundation. Following is a schedule of the concerts: Monday, June 19- Boardman Marina Park, Sidewalk Stompers Dixieland Jazz Band; Monday, June 26- Irrigon Marina Park, “Tania Opland and Mike Freeman" Music From Many Cultures; Monday, July 3- Boardman Marina Park, Duct Tape Men’s Barbershop Quartet Monday, July 10- Irrigon Marina Park, “America The Beautiful,” “Sax Man" Ted Vanderford and Lee Reeves, “98 percent Angels”; Monday, July 17- Boardman Marina Park, Bram Brata Steel Drum Band; Monday, July 24- Irrigon Marina Park, Bit o’ Bluegrass, Sonny and Nadine Morris; Monday, July 31- Boardman Marina Park. Tony Madrigal, Melodies from the ‘50s and ‘60s; Monday, Aug. 7- Irrigon Marina Park, Kendac Ankey Lewis and Clark Musical Reenactment; Monday, Aug. 14- Boardman Marina Park, Round- Up City Cloggers with Shannon Wahner, vocalist; Monday, Aug. 21- Irrigon Marina Park, Skweez The Weezle Celtic Music, An Daire Academy of Irish Dance. Directions to Boardman Marina Park: From 1-84 take exit 164 and go north on Main Street toward the Columbia River. Continue north about 1/2 mile. Turn left on Marine Drive, continue west approximately 1/2 mile to Day Use Area. Information: 481-9457. Directions to Irrigon Marina Park: From Highway 730, go north on 10th Street (by A.C. Houghton School) toward the Columbia River. Continue north on 10th Street approximately 1 /4 mile to park entrance. Information: 922- niMii ' i ........... — ■■■ H E P P N E R E L K S 358 676-9181 ”H here Friends Meet" 142 N o r th Main Thursday, June 15th - - L ad ies' JVif/ht Barbecue Steak D inner with all the trimmings by Chef Josh Coiner and Crew k in g D a y Service a jfe r the dinner. The y n b fie is in c ite d ! - Sunday. June tS th - F ath er's Oaf/ P ic n ic at Cutsforth Park Dinner at 12 noon and games after... kJ/kx m em ber*, b rin g y a n rJ a m ity J a r a d a y o j'g im d jim d a n d J a n ! The Cunningtons now. Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Sibyl Cunnington, of Sunflower Flat Road, will celebrate their 60"' wedding anniversary of June 16. 2006. Family will be gathering on June 24 to celebrate this wonderful milestone in their lives and invite neighbors and friends to a dessert reception, open house from 2-4 p.m. their home is located on Sunflower Flat Road, just past Anson Wright Park. Look for the 100-foot flagpole on the right hand side of the road, across from Woodpecker Inn. Well wishes are lovely, but no gifts please. Dick was born and raised in Idaho. Sibyl was bom in Vida Heliker’s home in lone and raised in lone and Heppner. Her maiden name is Howell. They met while both worked in the Vancouver shipyards and were married in Portland in 1946. The Oregon coast was their honeymoon destination. Two children were born of their union, a daughter, Janice K. (Weis), of Blackfoot. ID and a son, Richard Lee of Portland. They also are the proud grandparents of one granddaughter, five grandsons and two great- granddaughters. They owned an operated City Radiator and Wheel in Portland for 40 years, Dick running the business and Sibyl taking care of the office. They retired in 1988. Having started building their cabin in 1974, every weekend was spent traveling to and from Portland to finish it. It’s now been 10 years that they have been full-time “Eastern Oregonians” and are as happy as can be. - Letters to the Editor ~ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor w ith 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 will 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. Apology offered To the Editor: Dear lone and Lexington communities, I, James Acock, deeply apologize for my unlawful acts that took place in April. I had taken part in the theft that occurred at the Morrow County Grain Growers and the schools in lone and Lexington. Because of my actions, my whole future is in jeopardy. I don’t expect your sympathy or your respect, but I plan on working on getting it back through hard work and time. I plan on gaining your trust back by staying in the National Guard and fighting for my country. While I am in the National Guard, I plan on going to Mt. Hood Community College to become a physical trainer or athletic trainer. I now realize the pain and misery I caused for those I stole from. But I plan to change my life, as many young people do in the military. I am asking for a second chance to redeem myself and prove my worth, (s) James Acock Lexington CU STO M BANNERS Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission today approved grants totaling nearly $750,000 to fund nine Access and Habitat projects that will provide public hunting access to more than 420,000 acres of private land and restore wildlife habitat on 111,640 acres of private land. The Commission also approved the auction and raffle hunting tag program for 2007, voting to keep it unchanged from this year's record-setting program. Created by the Oregon Legislature in 1993, the A&H program works to improve wildlife habitat and provide public hunting access to private lands. It is funded by a $2 surcharge on hunting licenses and annual auctions and raffles. Local A&H advisory councils review and forward proposed projects to a seven-member state review board, which makes final recommendations to the Commission. Grant recipients often contribute funds to the projects as well, sometimes matching or even exceeding A&H funds. The following projects were approved by the Commission: Coombs Canyon Regulated Hunt- Umatilla County: $56,191 of A&H funds and $765 in cooperator funds to continue hunter access, including a popular controlled buck youth hunt, on 12,500 acres for five years. Heppner Regulated Hunt- Morrow County: $80,000 of A&H funds and $28,899 in cooperator funds to continue providing access to this very popular 43,000 acre hunting area. The Commission also approved auction and raffle tag program for 2007, voting to keep next year’s program unchanged from the 2006 program. Next year’s program will again auction 12 big game hunting tags and raffle off 13 big game hunting tags through sponsoring sportsm an/ conservation groups. Proceeds from 10 auctions and 10 raffles for deer and elk tags benefit the Access and Habitat Program. The remaining auctions and raffles for two bighorn sheep tags, two pronghorn antelope tags, and one Rocky Mountain goat tag benefit the research and management of those particular species in Oregon. In 2006, these auctions and raffles broke the 2005 record and raised $542,557 for hunter access, wildlife habitat and research projects throughout the state. For more information on the A&H program, contact program coordinator Nick Myatt at (503) 947-6087 or visit ODFW ’s Web site, www.dfw.state.or.us. died Monday, June 5, 2006 at her home. A graveside service was held June 8 at the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington. She was born April 3, 1920 at Blackhorse Canyon near Lexington, the sixth child of Art and Ida Job Gammell. When she was a young girl the family moved to her grandparents place south of Heppner. She attended school at Lexington and Heppner, completing the eighth grade. On May 25, 1935 she married Harold Stevens at Heppner. The couple spent their entire married life in the Hardman area, most of it on the Stevens Ranch west of Hardman. Early in their marriage they spent one spring working in the lambing camp of the Ball and Mahoney Circle Bar Sheep Company. That is where Helen really learned to cook. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1985. Harold preceded her in death on Oct. 3, 1990. Her main enjoyment in life was gardening, sewing, raising chickens and her milk cows. After her retirement from active farm life, she missed her milk cows and chickens but kept up her gardening and sewing. She also took up making doll clothes and pot holders, most women who visited her came away with one or more of her pot holders, and many little girls got to enjoy her doll clothes. Survivors include her son, Bob Stevens and wife Judy of Hardman; grandson, John Stevens and wife Marie of Fossil; granddaughter, Jojean Greene and husband Lyle of Pendleton; great-grandson, Harold Stevens and great granddaughter, Katie Stevens; step-great grandchildren, Andrew and Tanna Greene; sister, Vatla DeMoss and husband Curley of Moro; brother, Edwin Gammell and wife Lucille of Sweet Home and numerogs nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold, three sisters and three brothers. Memorial contributions may be made to Pioneer Memorial Home Health. P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836 or to Pioneer Memorial Hospice, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Magnetic Door Signs Order Yours Here Heppner Gazette-Times Magnetic Door Signs 676-9228 Heppner Gazette-Times W e Print Business Cards Heppner G azette 676-9228 »
