TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 31,2007
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lone Wheat Seminar
continued from page one will focus on the value of the
cost savings associated with
auto-boom technology and
on-farm experiences with
ch em ical fallow
and
continuous spring grains
cro p p in g system s. An
economic forecast of "times
to come" by Tom McCoy
dollar.
Lunch is provided
courtesy o f the M orrow
County Grain Growers and
Ladies of the Grange. For
more information call the
Morrow County Extension
Office at 541-676-9642.
Justice Court monthly/annual
reports
Heppner and Irrigon
Ju stice
C ourt
Judge
Charlotte Gray has released
the following report:
December 2006: 189
traffic citatio n s, 4 game
citations, 3 other violations,
4 m isdem eanors, 5 civil
claims and FEDS, no small
claims, 2 DU1I. 4 pre-trials,
no orders to show cause, 52
w arran ts
issued,
42
suspensions ordered, no
DUII diversions filed, 49
w arran ts re tu rn e d from
Sheriff's Office, 12 accounts
to collectio n agency; 13
m inor tra ffic h e arin g s
scheduled with 10 held, 2
jury trials scheduled with 0
held, no o th e r tria ls or
hearings; $34,880.50 total
am ount re c e ip te d w ith
$9,3 8 4 .5 2 fo r the state,
$25,425.98 for the county,
and $70 for restitution.
Obituaries
Karen Faye
Olsen
A Celebration of Life
S erv ice for K aren Faye
Olsen will be held 11 a.m.
Monday, February 5, at the
H ep p n er E lks Lodge.
C o n clu d in g serv ice and
burial w ill follow at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
Ms. Olsen, 54, died
Monday, January 2 9 ,2(X)7 at
Central Washington Hospital
in Wenatchee, WA.
She was bom August
1, 1952 at Walla Walla, WA
the daughter o f Ron and
Faye Cutsforth Olsen. She
graduated from Pasco High
School in 1970. She received
an associate’s degree from
Columbia Basin Community
College also at Pasco. WA.
She worked as a draftsman
at R ichland, WA, San
Francisco, CA, and later Los
Angles, CA.
She was active with
an upbeat p e rso n ality ,
enjoying hiking, skiing, the
beach, and music.
S urvivors include
her mother, Faye Cutsforth
O lsen o f R ichland. WA;
brother, David O lsen o f
Pasco, WA; sister, Cheryl
Olsen of Leavenworth. WA;
and nephew Justin Cherveny
of Bellingham, WA. She was
preceded in death by her
father, Ron Olsen.
M e m o r i a l
contributions, for those who
wish, may be made to the
Huntington Disease Society
o f America, 505 8"' Ave.,
Suite 902, New York. New
York 10018.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Rev. Donald I.
Campbell
Rev. D onald 1.
C am p b ell, fo rm erly of
H eppner,
d i e d
J an u ary
24, 2007.
A
graveside
service is
scheduled
The Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District for Friday,
board will meet on Wednesday, February 7. at 5 p.m. at the February
Pettyjohn Office Building in Heppner. Agenda items include 2,2007, at
R ev. D o n a ld I.
January minutes, treasurer's report, oath of office for board 1 2 : 3 0
C a m p b e ll
members, election of officers for 2007, written staff report p.m . at
and partner agency reports. M eetings o f the Morrow Lincoln Memorial Park, with
a memorial service at 3 p.m.
SWCD are open to the public.
Morrow SWCD board
meeting to be held
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Mr. Campbell was
born in Heppner on June 13,
1923. He was the second
son o f Roy and May
(Severance) Campbell. He
attended Social Ridge Grade
School and L exington
E lem entary and High
Schools.
After graduation he
attended Pacific University
in Forest Grove for one year
before enlisting in the U.S.
Navy. He served a tour of
duty in The Philippines as a
co rp sm an
and
was
honorably discharged.
Follow ing the war he
returned to Morrow County
where he resum ed wheat
farming with his father and
two brothers. He left the
ranch in 1957 to pursue his
future in the ministry.
He
atten d ed
Northwest Christian College
in Eugene, and served as
student pastor at Glenwood
Christian Church (Disciples
of Christ). Later he enrolled
in
Texas
C h ristia n
University, Brite Divinity
S ch o o l, in Fort W orth,
Texas, where he earned his
Master of Divinity Degree.
He served several
C h ristia n
ch u rch es
(D isc ip les o f C h rist) as
pastor in the Dallas/Forth
W orth area and one in
W atsonville. C alifo rn ia.
Following his retirement, he
served as interim pastor in
Texas. He then served as
interim pastor in Oregon.
Washington, and Wyoming.
He was married to
Marjorie Underwood from
1944 to 1961. He was
married to Pauline Campbell
from 1965 until her death in
1992. He married Evelyn
Daniels in Eugene, in 1999.
For the past four years they
were able to spend time in
Morrow County.
He was a member of
the C h ristia n C hurch
(Disciples of Christ), Clan
Campbell Society, Masonic
Lodge, and Morrow County
Grain Growers. In addition
to his skill as a nurturing
pastor, he know n and loved
for his sense of humor, smile
and the twinkle in his eye,
and for the ability to find
mutual interests, friends and
experiences with people he
met.
He was preceded in
death by his parents, wife
Pauline Campbell, daughter
Dorrine, and brother Robert.
S u rv iv in g are his w ife,
E v ely n , d a u g h ter Laura
Mlynarczyk. son William,
son John Dunlop, brother
R oger,
and
eight
grandchildren.
C ontributions may
be m ade to T u b ero u s
Sclerosis.
Eugene “Gene”
Osborn Pierce
E ugene
“G ene”
O sborn P ierce, 90, of
K ennew ick, W ashington,
formerly o f Heppner and
Pendleton, passed away on
Jan u ary 29, 2007 in
Kennewick, Washington.
M emorial services
will be held Friday, February
2,2007, at
11 a.m. at
Kennewick
F i r s t
United
Methodist
C h u rc h ,
421
W.
Kennewick
Ave. in
Kennewick.
Washington,
w ith
a
graveside Eugene “Gene’
service at Osborn Pierce
3 p.m . at the H eppner
Masonic Cemetery.
He was born on
April 25, 1916, in Culver,
Oregon, to Otto C. and Lula
Osborn Pierce. His family
moved to Hermiston in 1920
where he lived for 14 years,
and in 1935 he went to work
for the First National Bark
in Pendleton.
He was drafted into
the U.S. Army in May of
1941 and after w ar was
declared he entered officer’s
tra in in g school at Ft.
B enning, G eorgia. A fter
graduation he was assigned
to McArthur's headquarters
in the South Pacific. While
statio n ed
in Sydney,
Australia, in 1943 he met Fay
Baker, a registered nurse
attached to a station hospital.
They w ere m arried in
Sydney on August 4, 1943
and both served in the Army
in New Guinea and Gene
went on to serve in The
Philippines.
They returned to the
United States in 1945 and
returned to Pendleton in
early 1946 where he went
back to work at the First
National Bank.
In 1957, Mr. Pierce
joined the Bank of Eastern
O regon in H eppner. He
retired in 1985, having been
President of the bank for 23
years.
During his banking
career, he served two
different terms as president
of the Independent Banks of
O regon, tw o term s as a
d ire c to r o f the O regon
Banker’s Association, two
terms on the Oregon State
Banking Board of Directors,
one year as president, two
term s on the b o ard o f
directors of the Northwest
Banking School, one year as
p re sid en t. In 1986 he
received an award for 50
years of banking in Oregon
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Mr. P ierce gave
c o u n tle ss hours to the
communities he lived in and
had a special tenderness for
c h ild re n , e sp e c ia lly in
mission.
He is survived by his
wife. Fay o f Kennewick,
Washington; children, Greg
Pierce of Monmouth, Mike
Pierce of Hillsboro, Mary
Pierce of The Dalles, Martha
McQuinn of Pendleton and
Molly Rhea of Heppner; 10
g ra n d c h ild re n ; and five
great-grandchildren.
Donations may be
made to a hospice facility of
the donor's choice, or to the
“ Hope for the Children of
A frica,” c/o First United
M eth o d ist C hurch in
Kennewick.
Health District
continued from page one
He also said that Dr.
Z ach ary
H ale,
now
practicing in the Tri-Cities,
is still on board for
employment with the district
beginning in June. He said,
how ever, that Dr. Ken
W enberg's clinic contract
will expire on February 28
and he does not yet know Dr.
W enberg’s intentions. He
said that Dr. Dale Alter, who
has previously provided
hospital em ergency room
care, will be available for
clinic and hospital coverage.
Dr. Alter, who is currently in
Africa, is expected to return
February 25. Dr. Sam Datta
is also still available for
co v erag e.
P h y sic ia n 's
Assistant Terry Anderson,
who works at the Irrigon
Clinic will be leaving the
district in March, but Nurse
Practitioner Sue Peeples is
already on board, working in
Irrigon and Heppner. Other
providers include Sheridan
Tarnasky, PA. and Dr. Ed
B erre tta, w ho w ork in
Heppner.
Also at the meeting,
the board learned that the
d is tric t lost $30,0 0 0 in
D ecem ber, dow n from a
$42.000 gain in November.
Gross patient revenue was
dow n to $3 9 7 ,2 1 3 for
December from $444.225 in
N ovem ber.
R evenue
d e d u ctio n s,
in clu d in g
contractual adjustments and
bad d eb ts w ere up for
D ecem ber at $ 7 7 ,0 3 5 ,
com pared to $53,163 in
November. The d istric t’s
average year to date monthly
loss is $7,754.
In other business, the
board:
-heard the following
report: Pioneer Memorial
Clinic had 368 patient visits
in December with 18 new
patients and 54 seen by a
nurse; Irrigon Clinic had 149
p a tie n ts w ith 27 new
patients, 37 seen by a nurse
and eight no shows; Heppner
Ambulance had eight page
outs with seven transports
for $8,015 in rev en u e;
Boardman Ambulance had
15 p ag e-o u ts w ith 1 I
transports for $10,784 in
revenue; Irrigon Ambulance
had 10 page-outs with one
tra n sp o rt for $797 in
revenue; Pioneer Memorial
Hospital had six admissions,
10
a d m issio n s
for
observation and one respite
admission, 372 outpatients,
59
em erg en cy
room
encounters, 1247 lab tests,
87 x-ray procedures, 26 CT
scans, 24 EKG tests, 19
re sp ira to ry
th erap y
procedures, with $24.628 in
rev en u e
for h o sp ital
encounters; Home Health
and 156 visits; Hospice had
five patients with one new
admission; the pharmacy had
1257 drug doses for $76.104
in drug revenue.
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