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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 6,2006 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S.PS 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly anil 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 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-92 l i t mail editor)« rapidserve net or davidt" heppner net Website: www.heppner.net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836 Subscriptions: $26 in Morrow County: $20 senior rate (in Morrow County only: 62 years or older): $32 elsewhere: $26 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..................................................................................................... Publisher Katie F oster.......................................................................................................... Editor Sheriffs Report Heppner The Morrow County Sheriff's Office reports han dling the following business: Aug. 26: Boardman P olice D ept, receiv ed a rep o rt from a c a lle r in Boardman of loud music that had been playing for several hours. A ug. 27: M CSO d ep u ty a rre sted Kent W endell C ate, 38, on an Irrig o n Ju stice C ourt warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Driving while License Suspended. M CSO received a report from a caller in Irrigon that his juvenile son was smoking pot and wouldn’t come home. The son was found and returned home. MCSO, Boardman P olice D ept, receiv ed a rep o rt from a c a lle r in Boardm an o f a dom estic dispute in progress between a male and female subject. The parties were separated. MCSO deputy cited a fem ale subject for Violation of the Speed Limit, 92 mph in a 65 mph zone, and cited a male juvenile subject for Violation of the Speed Limit, 92 mph in a 65 mph zone. MCSO. Boardman P o lice D ept, receiv ed a rep o rt o f a ch ild in Boardman on the phone line saying, “ Help, help.” An officer and deputy were sent to the lo catio n . It was determined the phone was accidentally activated and there were children playing by the phone. M CSO received a report of a roll-over on 1-84, m ilep o st 20 that was b lo ck in g all lan es o f westbound traffic. Oregon State Police confirmed and were getting the lanes open as fast as possible. MCSO, Boardman Fire Dept, received a report Booster Club awarded $500 for new sign at Heppner High School Community organizations throughout O regon and so u th w est Washington are receiving a All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. financial boost this summer For Advertising; advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is S4.90 per and it’s the em ployees at 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. Portland General Electric For Public/Legal Notices: public/lega! notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi (PGE) that are behind it all. cation must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits Throughout the year, the require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). employees and retirees of For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to PGE w ork hard to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines c o n trib u te th o u san d s o f or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. hours as v o lu n te e rs to For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner charities, schools and sports GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and teams in the places where 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 they live and work. To honor will be placed in the classifieds under 'Card of Thanks" at a cost of $10. their ded icatio n . PGE is On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net making monetary donations • Start or Change a Subscription to m any o f th ese local • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story n o n p ro fits through th eir * View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes Employee Grant Volunteer • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations (EVG) program. • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! K athy R auch recently received a $500 gran t for the H ep p n er Booster Club, which helps to support the local community and schools. The money will Several recreation will close Sept. 10; and Pine be used to purchase a new areas managed by the U.S. Meadows Campground will sign for H ep p n er H igh Army Corps of Engineers close Sept. 11. At Dorena School. w ill soon clo se for the Lake, Bake-Stew art Park F or the second season, the agency w ill clo se Sept. 10 and q u a rte r o f 2 006, PGE announced Aug. 31. Schwarz Campground will awarded a total of 60 EVGs On the C olum bia close S ept, 25. At Fern th ro u g h o u t O reg o n and River, Plymouth Beach day- Ridge Lake, Kirk Park will so u th w est W ash in g to n , use area. Paradise recreation close Oct. 15. amounting to $26,250. The area and Irrigon l '1 Street M ost o f th ese EV G s re p re se n t 11,180 recreation area will close re c rea tio n areas are hours of community service Sept. 12. scheduled to reopen next c o n trib u te d by PGE In the Rogue Basin, year in mid-May. All other em p lo y e es and re tire e s the McGregor Park Visitor C o rp s-o p e ra te d d ay -u se during the second quarter, Center at Lost Creek Lake areas are open year-round. which is valued at $201,687 will close Tuesday, Sept. 5. Some parks located at Corps a c c o rd in g to fig u res In the W illam ette lakes are operated by other provided by the Points of Valley, at Cottage Grove agencies. For information Light Foundation. L ake, the p rim itiv e about these parks, please The EVG program cam p g ro u n d w ill close follow the links from our rewards the hard work of Monday, Sept. 4; Lakeside, w e b s i t e , PGE employees and retirees Shortridge, Wilson Creek www.nwp.usace.army.mil/ who serve their communities continued page 3 and Riverside day-use parks op/V/recreation.asp. by donating their time to nonprofit groups. EVGs are granted up to $500 and are aw ard ed to n o n p ro fit organizations, schools and youth p ro g ram s on a quarterly basis. “ PGE e m p lo y ees and retirees are the driving force behind our company’s long-standing com m unity involvem ent,” said Carol D illin, vice president o f public policy at PGE. “The tim e and en erg y they contribute to helping others and bettering our community sets a high standard.” PGE em braces the opportunity to be actively involved in issues that affect the q u a lity o f life in c o m m u n itie s w here it o p e ra tes and w here its employees live. Through the EVG program and other charitable activities, PGE fo cu ses on e d u c a tio n , (L-R): Cullen Stephenson, the Ecology Solid Waste and Financial Assistance Program environmental stewardship, Manager, Ben’s co-worker, Ben Ewing, Rep. Jim Dunn and Jay Manning, Ecology’s h ealth y co m m u n itie s, Director. economic development and Ben Ewing, son of Award assists schools with from Heppner High School supporting program s that promote diversity. Bill and Sherry Ewing of the c o sts o f sta rtin g up in 1996. Heppner. is a science teacher programs. Hockinson High The Terry Hussman at Hockinson High School in School receiv ed $1000. awards are given on the basis Brush Prairie, WA, which Ew ing was am ong sta ff of the creative features of the recently received the Terry present that accepted the sc h o o l’s program s, th eir BANNERS Hussman Sustainable School award. purchasing practices and award in the category of the E w ing g ra d u a ted their success at reducing Any Siso Seed A w ard. T he Seed w aste and in c re asin g recycling. The students and Heppner teachers' hard work is part “£. Gazette of what helps each school Join us for a gain recognition. Celebration of Life fo r Irrigon 1st Street recreation area to close Sept. 12 School with local tie wins award CUSTOM Jean H ‘ e.tson Obituaries Clinton Ector McQuarrie C lin to n E cto r M cQ u arrie, 94, passed away on Aug. 26, 2006, at his home, from melanoma cancer. A p riv a te b u rial service with full military honor guard was held on Aug. 30. An open memorial service was held later that day. M cQ u arrie was bom June 13, 1912. He married Marie Lehner in Missoula, ’MT and they honeymooned for a year in New York while working at a mill. McQuarrie served in World War II and was a p riso n e r o f w ar in Germany. After his release, he and Marie moved from Kinzua to Arlington, where he owned a bread delivery service. In 1952, M cQ uarrie purchased a grocery store in Heppner and helped to develop the nine-hole golf course. In the late 1980s, the McQuarries moved to Roseburg. M cQ u arrie w as made an honorary member of the Roseburg Country Club, where he loved to play golf. He loved a good car and he always needed his “work” (golf) shirt and $3 in his pocket to get into the g o lf gam e w ith the G angsom e at R oseburg Country Club. M cQ uarrie’s wife preceded him in death in 1994. Survivors include son, Dan, and his wife, Joann, of Vancouver, WA; daughter, Susan Reisman and husband, K eith, o f Roseburg; grandchildren. Rich Ruhl and wife, Kim. of Eugene, Dana Epperly and her husband, Scott, of R o seb u rg ; and g re a t grandchildren, Brett and Kayla Epperly. M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to Camp Millennium, P.O. Box 2064, Roseburg, OR; o r to the E agle Scout p ro je c t at the F irst Presbyterian Church, which is the project of his great- grandson, Brett. Jean E. Nelson A Celebration of Life Service will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 9, at the N elson fam ily ranch on B aselin e L ane n ear Lexington with a graveside service to follow at 4 p.m. at the Lexington Cemetery. N elso n , 90, o f Lexington died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006 at Providence Benedictine Nursing Center at Mt. Angel. M e m o r i a l contributions for those who w ish may be m ade to M orrow C ounty Museum Farm Foundation, PO Box 515, Heppner, OR 97836 or to lone Community Church, PO Box 346, lo n e, OR 97843. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Jean Nelson Saturday, September 9 at 1 p.m. at the Nelson family ranch on Baseline Road near Lexington. Bring your favorite potluck dish. Memories will be shared. There will also be music. O c I o I nt 8 . 191.3 — AuguM 19 . 2006 Past Heppnerites to come to life continued from page one that “all of the characters in the play represent historical figures of one hundred years ago, and most of their words come directly from their p erso n al le tte rs and newspaper interviews from that tim e, on file in the Morrow County Museum. Dramatic license enables us to fill in some blanks and make some assumptions so that we have a dram atic com edy that is hig h ly e n te rta in in g and informative.” The R ep erto ry Theatre production is part of the local entertainment for the Cycle Oregon event and will begin at approximately 4:45 p.m., following three other entertainment acts and p re c ed in g a final local perform er. The public is in v ited to atten d this production, as well as the rest o f the entertainm ent variety that runs from 2 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. At 8 p.m., a five-piece Portland Celtic band, “ Cul an T i” (the Backporch) will round out the evening. Seating around the Shamrock will consist of bleachers and some hay bales and audience members might also w ish to bring lawn chairs for their comfort. Cyclists and community to enjoy variety of Heppner entertainment Over 2000 cyclists will roll into Heppner on Sunday, Sept. 10 as part of the Cycle Oregon route. The c y c lists w ill be stay in g overnight in Heppner at the fairg ro u n d s, but w ill be p ro v id ed a v a rie ty of entertainm ent choices in downtown Heppner at the S h am ro ck . The entertainment will begin at 2 p.m.. and continue into the evening. Local communities m em bers are also being invited to come cheer on the local talent and enjoy the out-of-town headliners. Local presenters are asked to meet behind the main stage at 7:20 p.m., for p re se n ta tio n s and announcements to begin at 7:30 p.m. The schedule for the day in c lu d e s: T he Blue Mountain String Band from 2 -2 :3 0 p.m .; the v arsity cheerleaders from 2:45-3:30 p.m.; All-Eyes Fixed rock band from 3:45-4:30 p.m.; D in n er at the C em etery R ep erto ry T h e a ter from 4:45-5:45 p.m.; and Joe and Leanne Lindsay from 6-6:30 p.m. The headliners for the evening are “Cul an Ti” (The Back Porch). “Cul an Ti” is a five-piece Celtic band from Portland. 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