FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 28,2006
Salem Boys Choir to sing in
lone July 2
Volunteer maintains
Waterland Field
Dave Zachry
W ith a little help
from the abundant spring
rains and a lot of help from
volunteer Dave Zachry, the
G eorge W aterland L ittle
League Field is beginning to
take the shape of a miniature
m ajor league b aseball
ballpark.
“Z achry, a Forest
S ervice re tire e , donates
countless hours each week
mow ing and maintaining the
Field so the players have a
terrific place to practice and
play their gam es,” said a
Little League spokesperson.
“G iven the e x c e lle n t
condition of the field, it’s
apparent he takes a lot of
pride in his work.”
When asked if he’s
enjoying retirement, Zachry
commented jovially, “It’s not
too bad, it’s just that I never
get a day off. This is the third
year Zachry has taken care
o f the field. He begins
m ow ing in M arch and
continues through October.
Park District Funding H elps
W ith lon e Pool
The Salem Boys
Choir will sing during the
lo n e F o u rth o f July
Celebration on Sunday, July
2, at 7 p.m . at the lone
Community Church.
Founded in 1986 by
current A rtistic D irector
D arrell Jam es, the choir
includes boys around the
Willamette Valley in Oregon.
They p erform for local,
re g io n al, n atio n al and
international events and are
finishing their 20th season.
T he c h o ir has:
ho sted fiv e boy c h o ir
festivals in Salem; staged
their own full production of
the m u sical “O liv e r” ;
performed in New York in
the B roadw ay to u rin g
production of “Joseph and
the A mazing Technicolor
D ream co at” ; sung many
tim es w ith the P o rtlan d
O p era,
re c en tly
in
“ P a g lia g g i” , “C arm in a
B u ra n a ” and “ T o sca” ,
p a rtic ip a te d
in
the
prestigious Oregon Bach
Festival in Brittens’s "War
Requiem” and Bach's “Saint
Matthew Passion.”
The c h o ir has
to u red th ro u g h o u t the
U nited S tates, C an ad a,
Austria, Czech Republic,
England, and Wales, visiting
choirs and participating in
festivals. Ten years ago the
Obituaries
Anne Morter, lone School Board member accepts a check for
$5000 from Skip Matthews, Willow Creek Park District Board
President. Photo by Lorrie Fox.
Donald Eugene
Bennett
The Willow Creek Park District has entered into
an agreement with the lone School District to help fund
the lone Pool. “When the lone Pool was in financial
difficulty under the old unified school district, the park
district was able to step up and assist financially,” said Skip
Matthews, WCPD Board president. "The Park District
was approached by the lone School District to again assist
with funding for the pool and we are glad to be in a position
to do that,” Matthews said.
The WCPD Board voted to enter into a three year
agreement to assist with up to $10.000 per year with pool
operations in lone. “The lone Pool, although not technically
under the management of the Park District is an important
part of the district’s community,” said Matthews.
“The lone School District inherited the pool from
the old school district and has made the commitment to
continue its operation,” said Bryn Browning, lone School
District superintendent. “As resources for the educational
goals of the school district are foremost on our agenda we
are grateful for the park district's commitment to us for
recreational activities.”
"Both pools are up and running now that the
weather is turning out," said Matthews, "The park district
is proud to be a part of that.”
D onald
E ugene
Bennett, Lt Cdr. USN, Ret.,
83, died Sunday, June 25,
2006, in Pensacola, Florida.
A visitation will be
held from 11:30 a.m. until 1
p.m. on Friday, June 30,
2006, at H arp er M orris
Memorial Chapel. Funeral
services will follow at 1 p.m.
Burial will be at 2 p.m. at
B arran cas
N atio n al
Cemetery, Naval Air Station,
Pensacola, Florida.
Mr. Bennett grew up
in Heppner, and attended the
University of Oregon before
joining the Navy. He started
his naval career in the V-12
Program in the 1940s. He
attended specialized training
is Oakland, California, at
H arvard U n iv ersity in
Boston and the Naval War
College in New Port, Rhode
Island. He served four years
from 1964-1968 in Japan.
O ther duty stations were
A laska, the P h ilip p in es,
Nevada, and W ashington,
D.C. His last duty station
was Whiting Field, Milton,
Florida. After retiring from
the Navy in 1969, he worked
for Escambia County School
system at Washington High
School for 18 years.
Survivors include his
wife of 49 years, Mildred
Births
N arin Shane Stone-A son, Narin Shane, was bom
to Daye and Michelle Stone. Heppner, on May 29, 2006,
at Kadlec Medical Center. Richland. WA. The baby weighed
7 lbs. and measured 19-1/2 inches long.
Grandparents are Larry and Cindy Stone, Days
Creek, OR, and Conrad and Nancy Gunderson, Choteau,
MT. He joins sisters Nalani, six, and Naleah, five, and
brother, Noah, two.
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choir visited Prague and
Hradec Kralove, spending
tim e w ith the “Jitro
Children’s Choir” in their
sum m er cam p. H aving
attended AmericaFest twice
in M innesota, the Salem
Boys Choir was proud to
ag ain be a part o f
A m ericaFest 2004 in the
Czech Republic.Touring in
Austria before going to the
festival, they spent time with
the Vienna Choir Boys at
their camp. In turn, they
welcomed the Vienna boys
to their community in March
2005.
D arrell Jam es,
founder and artistic director
o f the Salem Boys Choir,
serves as Northwest Chair of
the A m erican C horal
D ire c to rs A ss o c ia tio n ’s
Boychoir Committee, past
n a tio n al
ch air,
and
co o rd in ato r for the first
National Honors Boychoir in
1995 in Washington, D.C.
Prior to founding the choir,
James taught music in public
schools for over 20 years.
He holds BA and MA
degrees in music education
and is a retired diaconal
m inister o f m usic in the
United Methodist Church.
He is married to Anna Lee
who assists with the choir
and they are the proud
grandparents of seven.
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes June 25, 2006
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Yes, I am
retiring. You read it in the Gazette some months ago, maybe
even years, as I started thinking along these lines in 2002.
Notice I use the word retiring rather than resigning. In my
mind, resigning means one is fed up with the job or has
been asked to leave.
Retiring means that you suddenly realized that your
body and life’s milestones are reminding you that you aren’t
getting any younger even though you don’t always act your
age. Retiring means that you are fully aware that it’s time
for new ideas, new energy, and new ways of doing things
in your occupation. It’s time for a new face at the helm.
People around 60 tend to get set in their ways. Don't put
us out to pasture, though, because I see many really hard
working age 60-80-plus still volunteering, working, and
making a huge difference in our community every day.
Retiring means that I will have no good reasons
not to clean my closets, sort my bags, write that book, go
back to sewing, spend time with my 87-year-old mother,
have more giggles with my grandchildren and spend more
time with my independent husband having some new
adventures. Retiring means that I can volunteer to read to
children at the school, help out here and there, garden, go
to events and sit back and enjoy them instead of stressing
that I forgot to do something. Retiring means I can sit at
the other end of the Chamber luncheon table and try to
keep quiet.
Retiring means that maybe I’ 11 be less likely to forget
where I parked my car or think someone ripped off my
computer cartridges while they were in my computer.
Retiring means I will volunteer more, as I have
asked others to do over the years. It’s get even time for
them. Retiring means finishing up Cycle Oregon and
working with the St. Pat’s Board of Directors toward the
25th celebration. Retiring means I can speak up with an
opinion, write to the newspaper, and go to Salem, as an
individual rather than for the Heppner Chamber. I will speak
for myself (“as if she didn’t already, you may be thinking”).
Hopefully, it was in line with the thinking of Chamber
members also. I have always believed that one should not
be two different people at their job and away from their
job. We are who we are with the blessing of having great
learning opportunities from others if we remember to listen.
(Some of us are just bom more vocal than others.) Retiring
means I’m going to try to be a better listener. Remind me.
Retiring means I will miss the diversity of a great
job which allowed me to get to know new and different
personalities of locals and visitors alike. Don't let me get
set in my ways. Remind me to leave the ranch and come to
town periodically. Remind me that staying involved keeps
one “young at heart” and connected. Remind me to pitch
in and help the Chamber continue to be a vital part of
Heppner, “a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a
positive environment where business, community, and
people thrive.”
Thank you for a wonderful, humorous, sometimes
stressful, and always rewarding 20 years. Thank you to my
family and to my friends and all the terrific volunteers.
Thank you for helping me grow to love Heppner, its people
and its amenities. I will continue to do so and 1 hope to see
some parts change and some stay the same. Most of all I
hope that more and more folks will be open to weighing
both sides of issues, to accepting new ideas, to welcoming
visitors, to shopping locally, to w orking w ith my
replacement, and to making the most of this wonderful
community in the heart of Morrow County. Onward and
upward.
Thought for life: Remember: “just as long as it gets
done.”
McCaskill Bennett; his son,
B illy G lenn S u ttle and
daughter-in-law, Ann Love
S u ttle;
g ra n d c h ild re n ,
Ashton Bennett Suttle of
Charleston, South Carolina,
Elizabeth Ruby Suttle of
A uburn, A labam a, and
Joseph Eugene Suttle and his
wife, Dana Mast Suttle of
Denver, Colorado. He also
is survived by two great-
grandsons, Cody Edward-
Rio S u ttle o f A uburn,
C arson Joseph Suttle of
D en v er; and a b ro th er,
R obert A. B ennett o f Over the Tee Cup
Portland. He was preceded
The Willow Creek Country Club Ladies held a play
in death by parents Lola May day on June 13. Lorrene Montgomery took look gross of
Matteson and Edgar Allen the field. Joanne Barbee was low net and Bev Steagall,
Bennett.
least putts o f the field.
In Flight A, Betty Christman was low gross, Virginia
Local students
Grant, low net, and Jackie Allstott, least putts.
In Flight B, Pat Dougherty was low gross, Melissa
named to UI
Coiner, low net, Petra Payne, least putts, and Virginia
dean’s list
Grant, long drive.
The U niversity of
In Flight C, Joann Barbee had long putt.
Idaho has nam ed 2,221
Petra Payne had a chip in.
students to the spring 2006
On June 20, Lorrene Montgomery had low gross
dean's list. To be eligible for of the field, Pat Dougherty had low net of the field and
this honor, undergraduate Betty Christman had least putts of the field.
stu d en ts m ust achieve a
In Flight A, Eva Kilkenny had low gross, Corol
grade point average of 3.5 or Mitchell, low net, Karen Thompson, least putts and Eva
better in 12 or more graded Kilkenny, KP.
c re d it hours d u ring one
In Flight B, Virginia Grant had low gross, Jan
semester. Law students must Paustian, low net, Luvilla Sonstegard, least putts, Virginia
earn a 3.0 gpa in 10 or more Grant, long drive and Jan Paustian, KP.
graded credit hours.
In Flight C, Bernice Lott had low gross. Barbara
Local students who Gilbert, low net, Joanne Barbee, least putts, Lorrene
have received this honor Montgomery, long drive and Pat Dougherty, KP.
in clu d e: M adison Shay
Betty Christman had a chip in on # 18, Virginia Grant
Bailey, Heppner; and Jamie had one on #12 and Corol Mitchell had one on #15.
E lizabeth Vanden Brink,
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Benefit dinner on July 7th. Scottish menu, $11.00.
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