TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, February 21,2007
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
Obituaries
Gilbert ‘Gib’
Parnian Simpson
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Benefit to be held for Umatilla-
Morrow SMART program
Gilbert ’Gib’ Parman
Simpson, Prineville, passed
a\Vay on
M onday,
F ebruary
19, 2007,
at Pioneer
Memorial
H ospital,
in P rin e
ville, Ore
gon. He
was 101
Gib Simpson
years old.
Graveside services
were on Wednesday, Febru
ary 21, 2007 at Spray Cem
etery, in Spray, Oregon. Ja
net Warner officiated.
Mr. Sim pson was
bom in Condon, on April 18,
1905, to Cass and Helen
(Parman) Simpson, the el
dest of nine children. He
grew up in the Kahler Basin
outside of Spray and then the
family sent him to Portland
for high school. He graduat
ed 12th grade from Franklin
High School in Portland.
He m arried Ada
A nderson in V ancouver,
Washington on December 3,
1935.
He was instrumental
in getting the Sentinel Butte
Television Signal and Co
lumbia Power & Electric Co
op in the Spray area. He was
an active volunteer with the
Spray School Board, and the
Spray Rodeo Association,
serving as the grand marshal
in 1992. He worked as the
janitor, and clerk in the Spray
schools.
He and his family
moved to Pendleton in 1961
where he worked for the
State of Oregon Game Com
mission, working with big
game, fishing, and birds. He
retired from the Game Com
mission in 1970, and then
worked on the Hales Ranch,
north of Pendleton, until he
was in his 80’s.
He, his wife and sons
moved to Prineville in 1986,
and spent most of his time
with his family. He helped
build his daughter Rene’s
The Hermiston Area The students in the program
Leadership Council for the also receive two books each
Umatilla-Morrow SMART month to take home and
program is sponsoring a ben keep. The goal of this pro
efit Saturday, Feb. 24, at the gram is not only to give stu
Desert R i\er Inn in Umatil dents someone to read with
la. This event will support or to one-on-one but also to
the SMART (Start Making encourage them to become
A Reader Today) programs life-long readers. This pro
in H eppner, B oardm an. gram has been a success be
Stanfield, and Hermiston.
cause of the volunteers who
The evening will in are involved with the pro
clude live music, oral and si gram including the 62 vol
lent auctions and drawings unteers who read at Hepp
for a variety of items. The ner Elem entary and Sam
oral auction will include a Boardman Elementary.
three-night stay at Eagle
Anyone interested in
Crest Resort for the Memo- volunteering may contact the
. rial Day weekend, a framed , sch00| coordinators, Barb
! .artist s .proof,of, "Enter j*ie Mcorc at Heppner Elemen-
,£hallefl&er by weU.-typyyn tary and Lupe Canllo at Sam
wildlife artist Rod Frederick Boardman Elementary, or
from Central Oregon, two Melissa George, Umatilla-
round's of golf with use of Morrow SMART Area Man
golf cart at Echo Golf Club, ager at (541 ) 966-3276. Any
and a variety of other items. financial contribution can be
Appetizers will be sent to the SMART office at
served and there will be a no 1207 SW Frazer Ave,
host bar. Tickets may be pur Pendleton, OR 97801. All
chased in advance for $ 10 or contributions are tax-de
at the door for $ 15 and are ductible since SMART is a
available in Morrow County non-profit organization.
th ro u g h
B arb
M oore
(SM A RT C o o rd in ato r at
Heppner Elementary), Lupe
Carillo (SMART Coordina
jtjr
tor at Sam Boardman Ele
mentary) or at the Boardman
Chamber of Commerce. In
Umatilla County, tickets may
be purchased at the Her
B y D A V ID S Y K E S
miston Chamber, Cottage
REALTOR
Flowers, Wilcox Furniture or
the Stanfield School District
B E A U TIFY B ATHR O O M
Office.
The fastest way to discour clean dirty hath mats. To make
The Umatilla-M or
age a potential buyer is to have bathroom rugs fluffy, try dry
row SMART program cur
your home shown with an un ing them with a tennis shoe.
rently serves 314 children in
tidy bathroom. Little things
Remove personal items
the two counties. This in
count. Keep it looking fresh. (shaving cream, hair spray,
cludes 32 at Heppner Ele
Before a showing, be sure to c o lo g n e s, e tc .) from the
m en tary and 36 at Sam
replace used towels with clean counters and around the sink
ones. Check for soap film in for a more spacious, tidy look.
Boardman Elementary. The
and around the bathtub. To Replace messy hand soap with
cost of this program is ap
clean
stubborn tub stains, use liquid soap in a dispenser. Re
proximately $3(X) per child
undiluted
bleach. Vinegar is place tile as needed. Check for
for one year. Approximately
also a good cleaner for bath clogged drains or drippy fau
one-third of the total cost of
tub. tile and sink.
cets. To add a pleasant scent,
the program must be raised
Is the shower curtain free put a jar of potpourri (a mix
locally with the remainder of
o f mildew? If not, wash it or ture of flowers, herbs and spic
the funding coming from the
replace it. Also, replace or es) on a bathroom counter.
state level of the non-profit
SMART program. The pro
Property listings are available
gram provides a part-time
at www.sykesrealestate.net
ESTATE
coordinator in each SMART
school who coordinates the
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adult volunteer readers who
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read at least an hour a week,
Cell (541 ) 980-6674 • Fax (541 ) 676-9211
two half hour sessions with
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two children by grades K-3.
cHeal
Estate
home in Prineville and land
scaped his daughter Nova’s
home in Salem. He enjoyed
the outdoors, camping, fish
ing, hunting, spending time
with his family and traveling.
He was a “wonderful” car
penter and auto mechanic.
He was baptized in
the B aptist faith and his
family remembers him as a
true gentleman.
He is survived by his
w ife o f 71 y ears, A da;
daughters, Rene and her
h u sb an d . Bob F ish e r o f
Prineville, Nova Sweeney of
H illsb o ro ; son, D ale
Simpson of Prineville; sister,
Alice Bellomo of Sandy,
Oregon; nine grandchildren,
11 great-grandchildren, and
tw o
g reat,
g re a t
grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by his parents, son Jim
in 2000, brothers, Kenneth,
Jack and Ted, and sisters,
Mildred, Virginia, Rebecca
and June.
Arrangements are in
the care of the Prineville
Funeral Home. M emorial
contributions may be made
to the Spray Cemetery Fund
in care of J.R. Adams, Spray,
Oregon 97874
Gilbert Batty
G ilb e rt B atty of
Medford, died Friday, Feb
ruary 16, 2007.
He was born N o
vember 5, 1925 near Hard
man to Joe and Jessie Batty.
The family moved to a wheat
farm at Eightmile where they
lived until 1940 when they
purchased a farm near Mon-
um ent w here Mr. B atty
graduated from high school.
He served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II
and then graduated from
Oregon State College. He
owned a bulk fuel plant in
Brookings, OR and retired in
Medford.
He is survived by: his
wife, Jackie of Medford; his
son, David of Medford; his
daughter, Pamela of Brook
ings; three grandchildren; a
brother, Raym ond (Bud)
Batty of Heppner; and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Death Notices
Michael J. Armato
Michael J. Armato,
51, form ally o f Heppner,
died Monday, February 19,
2007, at LaGrande.
Com plete service
details and obituary will
a p p ea r in next w e ek 's
Gazette-Times.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Charles H . Davidson
Charles H. D avid
son, 92, of lone, died Satur
day, February 17, 2007, at
The Dalles.
Funeral Service will
be held 11 a.m. Friday, Feb
ruary 23, 2007, at the lone
Community Church. Con
cluding service and burial
will follow at High View
Cemetery in lone.
A complete obituary
will appear in next week's
Gazette Times.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Student places Kilkenny
first at regional named
competition
Oregon
Seven FBLA s tu
d en ts from the H eppner
chapter of FBLA (Future
Business Leaders of Ameri
ca) attended Regional Skills
Conference at the Eastern
Oregon University campus
in La Grande on Feb. 8.
Two students quali
fied to attend the State Lead
e rsh ip C o n feren ce in
April. Ashley Wolff placed in
both of her events, coming
in first in Introduction to
B usiness and seventh in
Business Math. Baillie Kei-
thley came in eighth in Ac
counting II.
The students who
attended the regional event
were: CydeCoil, Baillie Kei-
thley, Kate Kilkenny, Jessi
ca
C onnor,
A m anda
Mathew, Eddie Collins, and
Ashley Wolff.
There were over 430
students in attendance at the
regional conference. The top
ten places in each event qual
ified to go to state. The state
conference is in Portland on
April 4 - 6 .
The Heppner FBLA
chapter is currently working
to raise funds to be able to
attend the conference.
The chapter is begin
ning a “ G ive Up O ne
Day” fund raiser where they
are asking every HHS stu
dent (grades 7-12) to give up
one pop and one candy
bar to help each of the girls
and their advisor to go to
state.
If every student do
nates $2 (the price of a can
dy bar and a pop) it will
sponsor one of the girls. If
they each do that for only
three days, the group will
have most of the funds they
need for the two students
and advisor to attend the
event. The chapter can also
enter some state-only events
and take more students if
enough funds come in.
The HHS chapter is
also seeking business part
nerships. Last year the chap
ter received such a partner
ship from the Bank of East
ern Oregon and from the
Jones family. The chapter
hopes to acquire similar help
this year from more busi
nesses or individuals/ fami
lies in town.
Donations may be
sent to Heppner High School
FBLA chapter, PO Box 67,
Heppner, Oregon 97836.
There are about 17
students who currently at
tend FBLA meetings at the
school. Their advisor is Dar
lene Marquardt. Marquardt
is the Business and Profes
sio n al
T ech n ical
Education teacher at Hepp
ner High School.
This is the second
year that HHS has had an
active FBLA chapter. A c
cording to research, there
was an FBLA chapter at
Heppner back in the 50’s and
then it disbanded for many
years until last school year
when it was reactivated.
Divorces
The Morrow County
Circuit Court at the M.C.
Courthouse in Heppner has
released the fo llo w in g
report:
-February 15: Stacie
Lyn Spencer, Irrigon, and
James Lee Spencer, Nampa,
Idaho.
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But th a t’s not the
only language Kilkenny will
have to speak. He will be
closely watched by a large
and often vocal faculty, a
constituency that has no
clear parallel in the business
world.
And
K ilkenny
arriv es at a tim e when
athletics and its relationship
to academics - a sensitive
subject in the best of times -
is going through one of its
periodic discussions at the
UO. Even before Kilkenny
arrived, p rofessors were
upset over a football game
being sch ed u led for the
weekend before finals next
year, co n cern ed at the
am ount o f m oney being
raised for a th le tic s and
worried that the “student” in
“student-athlete” is being
marginalized.
It is too early to
ju d g e how facu lty w ill
receive the new athletic
director, but it seems he at
least got off on the right foot.
On Wednesday he woke up
early to attend a hastily
organized breakfast with key
faculty members before his
ap p o in tm en t
was
announced, stopped in later
at a UO Senate meeting for
an introduction, and that
evening attended a reception
for professors who recently
received a new academic
honor.
“He certainly walks
the w a lk ,” said E nglish
professor Suzanne Clark, a
m em ber o f the ath letic
director search committee.
“If that represents the kind
of commitment he has to the
university as a whole, then
it’s a good start. I think
we're all holding our breath
and feeling optimistic.”
T hat
kind
of
atte n tio n to his new
colleagues across the river
could go a long way, hut
Kilkenny will have to do
more than socialize to win a
passing grade from faculty.
Problems he’ll have to deal
with straight away include
the scheduling issue and
acad em ic su p p o rt for
student athletes.
But he also faces a
new issue: a grow ing
sentiment among professors
that seem ingly cash-rich
athletic programs, long fed
from the general fund before
becoming self-supporting a
few years ago, ought to be
sending som ething back
across the river.
F aculty m em bers
hope “that there would be a
way some of the resources
the a th le tic d ep artm en t
brings in can be shared with
the academic side,” Honors
C ollege professor David
Frank said. “ I understand
they are self-sufficient, hut
more resources might be
fo rth co m in g
in
this
direction.”
How
K ilkenny
handles that while keeping
fans, donors, athletes and
coaches happy, his teams
winning and the cash flow
positive will show how well
the worlds of business and
college sports mesh.
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