TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 14,2006
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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grants and 2007 Helen Marie
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raffle tags
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Marie
approved
Stevens, 86, of Hardman,
Anniversary
Cunnington
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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Dick and Sibyl Cunnington at their wedding.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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
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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.
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