TWO ■ Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 13.2006
O'Brien receives County Engineer
of the Year award Burke'S professional ability
The Official New spaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
and his service to Oregon
counties. D arrin Lane,
President of O A CES, in
presenting the aw ard
indicated that B u rk e ’s
services through OACES
represented the highest level
o f p ro fessio n alism in
representing his own county,
while at the same tim e
advocating services and
policies that supported the
needs of all counties in the
state.
Burke
is
the
counties' representative with
the Oregon Department of
Transportation (ODOT) for
several federal funding
programs, most notably for
bridge replacem ents and
safety improvement projects.
He also serves on OACES
committees that establish
policies for counties on road
issues, including advocating
the need for ad d itio n al
funding for gravel road
maintenance.
Jon Oshel, County
Road M an ag er for the
A sso c ia tio n o f O regon
Counties, said, “Burke has
been especially valuable in
representing the interests of
Eastern Oregon counties on
road and bridge issues.”
Heppner
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The
H ep p n er be announced.
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A variety of soups, Counties annual conference,
Mustangs girls' basketball
team will sponsor a soup salad, a roll, dessert and was in re c o g n itio n of
feed on Tuesday, Dec. 19, drinks will be served. Cost
during the G rant Union will be $5 per person. Coal Mine Hill to close
Morrow County Public Works will close Coal Mine
basketball game. The soup E very o n e is invited to
feed will begin at a time to attend.
Hill on Thursday, Dec. I4, at 12 noon for the winter.
Heppner City Council ponders bridge responsibility
continued from page I
reviewed a $32,500 contract
with
Rex,
hut
had
reservation about signing.
“ This agreem en t needs
massive cleanup,” Baker
said. Baker asked that the
co n tra ct go out for
competitive bidding, hut the
council disagreed because of
the short time line. "This
agreem ent says we will
spend $32,000 and maybe
not end up with a grant or
even
a
c o m p leted
application,” Baker said.
“ This is an e x cellen t
argument for competitive
bidding. I would like to get
another person who might
do this. Find similar people
in the valley who could do
this.”
A February deadline to
apply for this year's round of
grants pushed the deadline
and the council authorized
the city manager to sign an
appropriate contract with
input from the city attorney.
Several council members
said Rex had a good
reputation for receiving
these housing type grants
and loans.
In other discussion the
co u n cil talked about a
proposal to close Stansbury
Several council members
said they had heard from
worried residents o f the
center following an article in
the G azette last month
reporting on council
discussion of the problems.
C o u n cilm em b er
Judy
Buschke said residents had
asked her if the center were
closing dow n, and she
assured them it was not.
“The Sr. Center is not ready
to shut down. The article
made some people think it
was going to shut down, hut
it is not.”
The city is considering
hiring Darlee Rex of Rex
Development in Pendleton
as a consultant to apply for
grants and low interest loans
to be used for financial relief
of the Sr. Center debt. The
Center has approximately
$350,000 in long term debt
and at present no reserve
fund. Rex told the council
last month that she could
probably obtain either grants
or low interest loans that
would
low er
those
obligations and make the
C enter more financially
sound.
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The council heard that
the city is advertising for
a n o th er public w orks
employee. The department
has been short handed
because d ire c to r Bruce
Nelson resigned and Chad
D oherty has been off
rec o v erin g
from
an
appendectomy.
The council also talked
about the city purchasing a
re p o n ssed H ousing and
Urban Development (HUD)
home at 165 Linden Way for
$ l. DeMayo HUD offers
these homes for sale to the
city for $ l if the city uses the
profit from the resale to
"enhance housing in the
The Valby Youth
community”. The city made
Christmas
program, “John
over $40.000 on sale of a
HUD house several years Peters' Christmas Pox", has
been resch e d u le d for
ago.
Wednesday, Dec. 20. at 7
p.m. due to c o m m u n ity
c o n flic tin g
activ itie s.
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spokesman said.
Proud of the efforts of HHS & staff
“John
Peters’
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Pox"
puts a
To the E d ito r and the wars. As usual, the
strange
twist
on
the
real
residents of the surrounding presentations were superior,
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area:
the music outstanding and
We should all be the meal delicious. It was according to Sarah Carlson,
proud of the Heppner High indeed an honor to be part Director of the Valby Youth
Christmas program.
School and staff for the time of the occasion.
Poor John Peters,
and effort they put forth into
Morrow County
played by Alex Carlson, finds
the program and dinner
VFW Post No. 4184
himself looking forward to a
honoring the veterans of all
Bob Taylor,
wild and wooly Christmas.
Adjutant
Surrounded by his family and
friends when low and behold
he finds himself in bed with
the chicken pox. To add to
Any Size
the dilem m a, a rough
Lots off Colors
gangster played by Corey
Peterson finds his attitude
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very similar to Poor John
Peters both whom are
traveling
down life's wrong
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then moved to Pendleton
where Dr. Broun at first
p a rtn e re d
w ith
local
physician. Dr. McBee. Dr.
Broun b ecam e a noted
surgeon in the area. Evelyn
continued to work as a nurse
in Pendleton and later in
Hermiston. She often spent
long hours in critical care
units besides serying as a
registered anesthesiologist
for local Surgeons. Before
her re tire m e n t she also
traveled extensively doing
medical examinations for
insurance companies.
A long
with
c o n tin u in g her nursing
career and many volunteer
hours spent helping others.
Evelyn pursued her love of
horses at a ranch near
Hermiston where she raised
A p p a lo o sa s
and
Thoroughbreds. Many of her
foals went on to become
w inners and w ere well-
known in race track circles.
She also garnered trophies
and aw ards in the horse
show world. In addition to
b e lo n g in g
to
breed
associations, she was an
active m em b er in the
Umatilla Sage Riders Riding
Club. She rode in the club’s
play days and also provided
horses used in the relay races
at the Pendleton Round-Up.
Survivors include
her three children, Michael
Broun o f Port O rch ard ,
W ashington,
Jac k lly n
A lin g to n
of
O dess
Washington, and Nicholas
Broun
of
Prosser.
W ashington;
seven
grandchildren and numerous
great-grandchildren; a sister.
M erlyn
R obinson
of
Heppner and many nieces
and nephews.
M e m o r i a l
contributions, for those who
w ish, may be m ade to
W illow C reek Terrace
Assisted Living. 400 Frank
Gilliam Drive. Heppner, OR
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Valby Christmas program
date changed
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Complimentary refreshments!
Funeral services for
Evelyn Kirk Broun will he
held Friday. December 15.
2006. at l p.m. at All Saints
E p isco p al C h u rch
in
Heppner. Concluding service
and interment will follow at
the H eppner M asonic
Cemetery.
Mrs. Broun, 86, died
Friday, December 8, 2006. at
Good Samaritan Center in
Hermiston.
She was born
July 25, 1920 at Heppner,
the daughter of Merle and
Altha Devin Kirk, long-time
local ranchers. During her
years growing up, they lived
on what was known as the
Hunt place in Clarks Canyon
(now called Fuller Canyon).
Her father later built a house
on adjoining property owned
by the Kirks. She attended
grades one through eight at
the form er L ex in g to n
School. She then attended
Heppner High School where
she graduated in 1938.
She was an avid
horse enthusiast, having
trained many horses. Evelyn
was sp o n so red hy the
Lexington Grange as one of
Five girls chosen for the 1938
Heppner Rodeo Court.
In the fall of 1938,
Evelyn en tered n u r s e ’s
train in g at The D alles
Hospital, residing in nurses'
resident quarters. Evelyn
graduated as a registered
nurse in 19 4 1. She moved to
R oseburg for her first
employment at a hospital. It
was there that she met and
married Ray Bosworth in
194 l . He was a supply
sergeant in the Army during
W W II.
D uring
the
occupation of Germany by
U.S. troops, Ray was killed
in Germany in 1944.
While working at the
V eterans H ospital
in
Portland she met Dr. James
R. Broun. They w ere
married in 1945. The couple
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Street in front of the grade
school. The discussion has
come up again recently with
the proposed reconstruction
of Court Street by the State
of Oregon. The highway
d ep artm en t is m oving
fo rw ard w ith a plan to
straighten out Court Street
which runs by the tennis
courts and the grade school.
Grade School Principal
Jack Thompson has asked
that Stansbury be closed off
and extending Elder Street
to make the area around the
Elementary school safer for
children. DeMayo said the
O regon d e p artm en t of
Transportation has been
open to the idea.
Several council
members expressed opinion
that the Stansbury has been
where it is since 1958 and
there has never been an
Obituaries
Evelyn K. Broun
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Adam Neiffer, who
plays the local cop. finds
himself with the charge of
getting both these "modern
day Scrooges” to re-think
their lives and get the true
meaning of Christmas in the
p ro p er focus. A cast
including Stacee Halverson.
Christine Raible, Julianne
Carlson. Duayne and Linda
Neiffer, Thomas Holland and
Stephanie Holland supports
“Mr. Cop’s” duty.
The play written hy
Dean Nadasdy. finally makes
sense when Poor John Peters
finally
re alizes
that
Christmas means more than
the tinsel, toys and the topsy
turvey Christmas that he
envisioned.
The public is invited
to this presentation and will
find themselves woven into
the scene as participants.
Christmas refreshments will
follow the production.
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