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He enlisted in the
Navy in 1946. While in the
Navy, he served aboard the
USS M idw ay. The USS
M idw ay
w as
on
a
peacekeeping mission and
toured the M editerranean.
W hile in the serv ice he
married Vivian Ballard and
had two sons, Jesse and
Dennis. They later divorced.
In 1956, he married
Alice Glaizer. Alice died in
1990 in Longview, WA.
Childers worked as a
ranch hand and did welding
and
m a in te n an c e
for
different dealerships. He also
w orked as a w eld er and
blacksm ith for R eynolds
M etal in Longview , WA.
A fte r 25 y ears w ith
R eynolds, he retired and
moved to lone to be near
family.
Survivors include his
so n s, Jesse and D ennis
Childers; brother and sister-
in-law, Cleo and Marilyn
Childers and many nieces
and nephews.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the American Legion Post
95, lone, Oregon, in care of.
B urns
M o rtu ary
of
Pendleton, P.O. Box 489,
Pendleton, OR 97801.
Burns Mortuary of
P en d leto n
h an d led
arrangements.
Obituaries
Donald CL
Giddeon
Donald G Giddeon,
83, of Fossil, formerly of
Corbbet, died Tuesday, Sept.
26, at his home.
A memorial service
was held Oct. 7 at the Fossil
United Methodist Church.
He was born April
15, 1923 in Drumright, OK
to C h arles and N annie
M organ G iddeon. A fter
graduation from Drumright
High School he enlisted in
the United States Navy and
served in both the Atlantic
and Pacific theaters during
World War 11.
In 1943, he married
Irma Wallace who died in
1970.
He was called back
into military service during
the K orean C onflict and
served in Guam.
On Jan. 28, 1972, he
married Barbara Slifer at
Portland.
Giddeon retired in
1985 from Howard Cooper
Corporation in Portland. He
w orked
as a heavy
equipment field mechanic,
tra v e lin g thro u g h out
Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and A laska. The couple
moved to the Winlock area
near Fossil in 2002.
Survivors include his
wife, Barbara Giddeon; sons,
Terry Giddeon and Randall
Slifer; daughters, Cleo Slifer
and Patty K napp; tw o
grandchildren and one great­
grandchild; sisters, Delores
P atton, Lou E lla H ays,
Juliene D orsey and Sue
W eatherford. He was
preceded in death by his
brother, O ’Dei G iddeon,
sister, C h arlen e C ox,
daughter, Laryn Slifer and
son, Barry Slifer.
C o n trib u tio n s for
those who wish may be made
to the G ideon B ible
International, P.O. Box 28,
The Dalles, OR 97058.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Condon is in charge of
arrangements.
Benjamin Henry
Rauch
B enjam in H enry
Rauch, 53, of Pendleton died
Tuesday, Sept. 26, as a result
of a car accident near Echo.
A memorial service
will be held Saturday, Oct.
14 at 1 p.m. at the First
C h ristia n
C h u rch
in
Pendleton. A reception will
follow at the Pendleton Elk's
Lodge.
R auch was born
June 21,1953 in Heppner to
Henry “Hank” Rauch and
Patricia L. Pierson Rauch.
R auch g rad u ated
from Pendleton High School
in 1972 and pursued a life­
long c a re e r o f b ein g a
mechanic and farming. His
hobbies and interests were
tin k e rin g w ith an y th in g
mechanical, playing pool and
h o rse sh o e s,
b o w lin g ,
searching for antique bottles
and mechanical pieces, cars
and anything with an engine.
He m arried Debi
Allen of Pendleton and they
had three children, Jeremy,
Ashleigh and Gavin.
On Jan. 24, 2003.
Rauch married Jill Fisher of
Tri-Cities, WA.
R auch
w as an
immensely loving man and
loved his family above all
else. He also loved to meet
new people, no one was a
stra n g e r fo r long. O nce
Jesse M.
Childers
Jesse M. Childers,
78, of lone, died Saturday,
Sept. 23, 2006, at Legacy
Emmanuel in Portland.
A memorial service
is scheduled for 11 a.m.,
Saturday, Oct. 14 at the lone
Legion Hall.
C hilders was born
Aug. 11, 1928 in Shattuck,
OK to Jesse and Coy
(Bowman) Childers. As a
child
he
m oved
to
Washington with his family,
where he graduated from
Mabton High School.
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Elwyn Leroy “Roy”
Hughes, 68, o f Heppner,
died Friday, Oct. 6, 2006 at
his home.
A p riv ate fam ily
memorial service was held
Wednesday, Oct. 11,2006.
He was bom July 4,
1938 at Heppner, the son of
Elwyn and Maude Bailey
Hughes. He was raised and
attended school in Heppner.
Hughes served with
the U nited S tates C oast
Guard for a number of years.
He was a long haul truck
driver until his retirement.
He enjoyed hunting
and Fishing.
Survivors include his
mother, Maude Hughes of
Condon; son, Brian Hughes
of Albany; granddaughter,
Sierra Hughes of Albany;
sister, Margaret Hamm of
Richmond, VA; brother, Don
Hughes of Vancouver, WA;
former wife, Leora Barham
o f A lbany; and longtim e
friend and partner. Glenda
Hess of Heppner.
C o n trib u tio n s for
those who wish may be made
to the American Diabetes
A sso c ia tio n , 380 SE
Spokane
Suite
110,
Portland, OR 97202
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
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Measure 48- Back to the Future
To the Editor:
It’s little known, but
it happens to be a fact, that
O regon alread y has a
spen d in g lim it for state
governm ent. If th a t’s the
case, why all the fuss over
this fall’s Ballot Measure 48,
w hich w ould lim it the
growth of state government
to inflation plus population?
In
the
1970s,
Oregon’s Legislature went
on a spending binge. During
that decade, state spending
ju m p ed d ra m a tic ally as
O re g o n ’s tim b er-b ased
econom y boom ed. In
response, voters went to the
p o lls
in
1980
and
overwhelmingly approved
our “ 2 P ercen t K ic k er”
p rogram , and an o th er
p ro v isio n ty in g state
g o v ern m en t
spending
increases to increases in
personal income. The two
were a perfect match- the
Kicker would limit revenue
and the spending limit would
limit- well- spending.
U n fortunately for
the v o ters, both these
m easu res
w ere
only
statutory- that is, they were
“only” laws. Since passed,
the Kicker has been violated
by the Legislature several
times- and threatened every
time it “kicked”- until voters
got fed up and put it in the
state constitution a few years
ago.
The spending limit
suffered an even worse fate.
Since its adoption in 1980,
legislators have not allowed
that spending limit to limit
one penny of spending. The
L egislature has voted to
violate the voter-approved
spending limit in every single
Legislative session since
1981. T h a t’s 13 straight
times.
Any questions about
why Oregonians distrust the
government?
So
now,
a fte r
another decade (and a half)
of watching the Legislature
spend every single penny
available and then running
into a recession w ithout
sufficient savings and raiding
every trust fund the state had
to fund current spending,
v o ters are ready to say
enough is enough and put a
reasonable spending limit in
the Oregon constitution.
Ballot Measure 48 is
a d ire c t re a ctio n to the
Legislature's profligate ways
in the 1990s. O re g o n ’s
economy boomed and the
Legislature spent. The Rainy
Day A m endm ent w ould
allow continued spending
grow th, but w ould lim it
g row th to in c re ase s in
in flatio n plus O re g o n 's
population. Any revenues
that came in above the limit,
w hich cu rren t estim ates
predict could be $1 billion
per year, would be left in the
State T reasury, earning
in terest. The next tim e
th e re ’s a recessio n this
money would be available to
spend on needed programs.
The Legislature could also
spend it in non-recession
times- provided they first get
voter approval.
With M easure 48,
Oregon will have the Kicker
to limit excessive revenue
growth and the Rainy Day
A m endm ent
to
lim it
excessive spending growth.
Working hand-in-hand with
the K icker, M easure 48
would give Oregon voters
what they asked for from
their Legislature a quarter of
a century ago and have been
d en ied ev er since: a
re a so n a b le
grow th
allo w an ce
for
state
government spending.
(s) Jason Williams
Executive Director for
Taxpayers Association of
Oregon
lone prepares for homecoming
Morrow County
needs
representation on
the bench
To the Editor:
Morrow County is
joined with Umatilla County
in more than one way. For
example, we’re both part of
the BMCC District. Morrow
County voters and taxpayers
have supported BMCC since
its inception 44 years ago.
M orrow County is
also joined with Umatilla
County in the 6th Judicial
D istric t. T he “b e n c h ”
consists of five state court
judges, now that Position 5
has been created by the 2005
legislature.
All o f the current
fo u r ju d g e s resid e in
U m a tilla C ounty and
maintain their principal court
functions there. Even the
new judgeship will be there,
in one o f the th ree
courtroom s in Pendleton.
But this new judge will also
be available to hear Morrow
C ounty cases in M orrow
County. Yes, we do have a
courthouse in Heppner with
a courtroom. What we don’t
have is a resident state court
judge to hear cases docketed
here on a full-time basis.
Ann Spicer lives in
Morrow County, was our
district attorney from 1981
to 1982, practices law in
both c o u n tie s and is a
can d id a te fo r the new
judgeship.
A nn
S p ic e r is
Morrow County’s preferred
candidate, as evidenced by
the fact that she drew 61
p ercen t o f the M orrow
County vote in the primary,
versus 23 percent and 10
percent for the other two
candidates. So, obviously,
we think she is the better of
the two candidates in the
general election. Ann Spicer
also drew 30 percent of the
votes in Umatilla County.
We need U m atilla
County voters to also take
Ann Spicer seriously. Please
vote this fine lady and
excellent lawyer to be the
new judge.
(s) Suzanne Jepsen
Heppner
lone Community School is celebrating homecoming Make no
this week, with the homecoming sports games being held
mistakes, elect
on Friday, Oct. 13. The varsity volleyball game will begin
at 5 p.m., with the varsity football game starting at 7 p.m. Spicer
The teams will be playing against Sherman County.
The homecoming court will be announced during To the Editor:
halftime of the football game. A dance will follow the game,
As a member of this
beginning at 9:30 p.m.. at the Legion Hall.
com m unity, we need to
understand how important it
is to elect the right person,
one who has the experience,
law knowledge, skills and
criterion to make the right
decisions as a judge. I’ve
known Ann Spicer for many
years. She has 29 years of
experience and I have no
doubt that she has all the
combined high qualifications
to continue to serve our
com m unity as a judge of
U m atilla-M orrow C ircuit
Court, Position 5.
Make no mistakes.
L et’s be sure to elect the
rig h t person for this
important position and vote
for Annetta Spicer, who has
been a district attorney and
is now committed to serve
2006 Heppner Homecoming Court
as
a Judge for the Circuit
[Kditor's Note: The names of the junior crown bearers were misspelled in last week's edition.|
Court,
Homecoming Court: (Back Row L-R): Jay and Baillie keithley, Mark and Mahaley
(s) David Nahol
Huddleston. Wayne and Queen Regi Seitz. Mark and Lyndi Patton, Cyde and Jay Coil; (Front
Row L-R): Tim Hauer, Casey Mähen. King Aaron Allstott. Zach Kurtz and Luke Rasile. Junior Hermiston
Crown Bearers: Shayna Osmin and Cohy Dougherty. Photo hy Sandy Matthews.
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friends, he would always
stand up for them and never
forget them. Rauch had a gift
for never forgetting a face or
a name. A simple trip to the
store with him was never
simple because he seemed to
know everyone in every
aisle. He had a great ability
to tell stories, and they never
failed to improve with each
telling. R auch’s sense o f
humor was remarkable as
well and his laugh could be
heard acro ss a crow ded
room. He loved a good joke
and would slap his leg and
laugh uproariously.
Survivors include his
wife, Jill Rauch; children,
Jeremy of Tumwater, WA,
Ashleigh and Gavin, both of
W alla W alla, WA; s te p ­
children, Steven and Jennifer
Fisher; siblings, Kay Bailey
of Athena, David of Athena,
Karl of California, Bill of
Fort Collins, CO and Ted of
P o rtlan d ;
four
g ra n d c h ild re n ;
and
num erous n ieces and
nephews. Rauch's parents
preceded him in death this
year.
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