TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 28,2007
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about how Gene had faith in
To the Editor,
With the recent pass them and started them in
ing of Gene Pierce, 1 have business, people that are still
been reflecting on the impact in business today. He was a
Gene had on Gilliam and great judge of character and
Morrow Counties and par a customer’s ability and will
ticularly Heppner and the ingness to repay debts. Gene
had a very well defined moral
surrounding area.
Gene worked at the compass, in his personal life
Bank of Eastern Oregon for and in his business life. He
almost three decades and, did the right thing because it
was the.presidentvfj.hv, hank,; wa(s thp right thing to do. He
for more than 20 years. He set tbv tone that the bank still
grew the bank with a watch follows today.
Heppner prospered
ful eye at a sustainable rate
and built the capital to a under the watchful eye and
point where the bank was with the encouragement of
able to withstand a downturn Gene's business skills and
in the agricultural communi affection for the communi
ty in the 1980’s, when many ty. I miss people like Jim Far
small rural banks closed their ley, LeRoy Gardner, Jack
doors.
Van Winkle, Bill Collins and
In the years I worked especially Gene Pierce.
with Gene, I heard so many
(s) George Koffler
sto ries from custom ers
Heppner
Morrow Soil and Water
Conservation District to meet
A regular meeting of the Morrow SWCD Board is
scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, at 5 p.m. at the Pettyjohn
Office Building.
Agenda item s include: b o ard /staff training;
m a n ag e r/sta ff report; F ebruary tre a su re r rep o rt;
Contribution Agreement review; 07-08 budget report; and
partner agency reports.
Meetings of the Morrow SWCD are open to the
public.
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•Continued from page one
Michael James
Armato
Ronald Janies
McCullough
Michael James Ar
m ato, 51, o f H eppner,
passed away of natural caus
es on Monday, February 19,
2007.
Burial services will
be held on Saturday, March
3, 2007, at the Pioneer Ma
sonic Cemetery in Heppner.
A rosary will follow
at the regular 5 p.m. mass at
St Patrick's Catholic Church,
Heppner.
A memorial service
will be held Sunday, March
4, at 1 p.m. at the Heppner
Elks Club.
Mike was born in
San Francisco, California, to
Frank and Catherine Arma
to on June 27, 1955.
He grew up in San
Rafael, California, graduat
ed from San Rafael High
School in 1973 and attend
ed the University of Califor
nia, Berkley.
He married Pamela
Waterhouse in 1978. They
had two children, Phillip and
Gail Armato. In 1990, Mike
married Kim Cutsforth, of
Heppner. They had two chil
dren, Maggie and Joe Arma
to.
He was most recent
ly employed as a conductor
for the Union Pacific Rail
road.
Mike was a member
of the Heppner community
for the past 12 years. He was
a member of the Heppner
Elks Club and Saint Patrick’s
Parish, where he directed re
ligious education and taught
first communion classes.
An avid chess play
er, Mike taught “Chess for
Success” at Heppner Ele
mentary. He served on the
Budget Committee for the
MotTov/Cbdhty School Dis
trict and was a member the
Morrow County Board of
Property Tax Appeal. Mike
was a volunteer for Hospice.
He had also been a little
league umpire.
Mike was known for
his culinary skills and occa
sionally taught classes shar
ing his recipes. Mike loved
history and followed current
events with great interest.
He is survived by
Kim, his children Joe and
M aggie o f H eppner, and
Phillip and Gail of Danville,
California; his brother Peter
and his w ife K athy o f
Sew ard, A laska, b rother
John and his wife Laura of
Santa Rosa, California, sis
ter Cathy and her husband
Bill Silva of Novato, Califor
nia, sister Elizabeth and her
husband Robert Price of San
Francisco, California; step
mother Frances Armato of
Petaluma, California; and
many nieces and nephews.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to Pio
neer Memorial Hospice, PO
Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Ronald James Mc
Cullough, 75, of Hermiston,
died Tuesday, February 20,
2007, at Evergreen Health
and Rehabilitation Center in
Milton-Freewater.
Memorial graveside
serv ice w ill be held on
Wednesday, February 28,
2007 at 2 p.m. at the Hepp
ner Masonic Cemetery.
Mr. M cC ullough
was bom October 20, 1931
at San Jo se, C alifo rn ia ,
where he was raised and at
tended school.
He owned and oper
ated a gas station in Califor
nia for several years.
In 1970 he moved to
Nampa, Idaho where he met
his future wife. He married
Bette Elaine Ames at Nam
pa on April 15, 1972.
He worked at a glass
shop until he was injured and
perm anently disabled in
1982.
His wife preceded
him in death in 1992.
In 2000 he moved to
Hermiston to be near his
family. He loved to go on day
trips to the mountains or lake
for picnics with his family. In
his free time he enjoyed help
ing a friend deliver a paper
route.
He is survived by
daughters Sharon Baker of
Hermiston, Teresa Williams
of Umatilla, and adopted
d au g h ter D ixie Jones o f
Montana; son David Ames
of Hermiston; eight grand
sons; a brother; and iliree sis
ters. He was preceded in
death by his parents, a broth
er and a sister.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to the
donor’s favorite charity of
Choice.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Death Notice
Dean Hunt
Dean Hunt, 79, of
Lexington, died Sunday at
Kadlec Medical Center in
R ichland, WA. A rran g e
m ents are p en d in g at
Sweeney Mortuary of Hep
pner.
O regon Trail
Library District
receives grant
The Oregon Trail Li
brary District is the recipient
of a $2800 grant from the
Cycle Oregon Fund of The
Oregon Community Foun
dation.
The funds will be
used in conjunction with
funds raised by the Heppner
Friends of the Library group
to bring the Missoula Chil
dren’s Theater to Heppner.
The Missoula Chil
dren’s Theater has been tour
ing for more than 30 years
in all 50 states.
The tour directors
provide a one-week residen
cy to work with 50-60 local
children to put on a play. The
co stu m es, scenery, and
props are provided by the
Missoula Children’s Theater.
After auditions, the
children participate in daily
rehearsals. At the end of the
week there will be two pub
lic performances of the play.
Those who would
like to contribute toward the
Heppner Friends of the Li
brary fund raising for this
project may mail contribu
tions to Heppner Friends of
the Library. RO. Box 428,
Heppner, OR 97836.
has use o f an o n -lin e
program to diagnose skin
a ilm en ts. The d istric t
re ceiv ed the program
th ro u g h a b io -terro rism
grant.
-learn ed that the
district had a $69,087 gain
for the month of January and
a $2,938 average monthly
year-to-date gain.
-heard the following
report: Pioneer Memorial
Clinic had 434 patient visits
in January w ith 24 new
patients and 53 seen by a
nurse; Irrigon Clinic had 185
p a tie n ts w ith 33 new
patients, 39 seen by a nurse
and 13 no shows; Heppner
Ambulance had 14 page
outs with eight transports for
$ 1 1,106
in
rev en u e;
Boardman Ambulance had
23 p ag e-o u ts w ith 12
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-Continued from page one
-ap p ro v ed
the
calendar option B for the
2007-08 school year which
calls for employee inservice
to begin August 28; school
to begin September 4, after
Labor Day; no school on
graduation day, May 30, and
the last day o f school to be
Friday, June 6. Inservice/
work days with no school for
students are scheduled as
fo llo w s:
fo u r-h o u rs-
September 21, December 7,
January 11, January 25,
February 8, April 4 and April
-Continued from page one
U m atilla and M orrow
Counties, and serves as a
trustee of the Foundation of
Washington State University.
He and his w ife,
Donna, have three married
Brandon Young, part
of a six-person team, won
first place at the ASC Reno
Competition in Reno. NV.
Eight teams with a
total of 40 undergraduates
and four graduate students
represented OSU at the As
sociated Schools of C on
struction (ASC) Construc
tion Management Competi
tion on February 7-10 in
Reno. Six teams brought
home trophies. The Compe
tition was for the Far West
Region, Region VII, includ
ing all of California, Hawaii,
Oregon and Washington.
Young will go on to
compete at the national lev
el in San A n to n io , TX,
March 22-24.
These team s each
competed against 8-11 oth
er team s a n aly zin g real
projects provided by indus
try leaders. Over an 18-hour
period they completed a full
bid and the next day made a
presentation to a mock own
er or upper m anagem ent
Applications for the
2007-2008 Oregon Cattle
m en ’s Stew ardship Fund
scholarships are available
and due May 1.
The scholarships, to-
taling up to $3,000. are
awarded to current members
of Oregon Cattlemen’s As
sociation (OCA) or their
family. Sophomore, junior.
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ay out.
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panel. All eight teams were
coached by Director of Out
reach and Construction Ed
ucation Foundation Chair
Greg Baker, and supported
by numerous Oregon con
tractors and CEM and CE
alumni. The teams were also
supported by (Emeritus Pro
fessor) Hal and Ann Pritch
ett.
Since 1988, OSU
CEM (Construction Engi
neering Management) stu
dents have competed in an
annual com petition. OSU
CEM students initially com
peted in the regional Heavy
Civil, Commercial, and Res
idential Divisions. They be
gan field in g a G raduate
Team in the national compe
tition in 2003, added a Me
chanical Team in the 2004
national competition, added
D esign /B u ild Team s in
2005, and added Marine and
LEEDS team in 2007.
Young is the son of
Bruce and Debbie Young of
Heppner.
Cattlemen’s Scholarships available
Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396
four
ch ild re n
and
grandchildren.
T he
B oard
of
Directors for the UMESD
will meet next week in an
executive session to decide
what steps it will take to fill
Murdock’s void.
OSU student from Heppner scores
at ASC Reno competition
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25; full day-O ctober 12,
November 2, March 7, April
11 and May 9. H olidays
in clu d e:
L abor Day-
September 3, Veteran’s Day-
N o v em b er
12;
T h anksgiving-N ovem ber
2 2 -2 3 ; w in ter b reak -
D ecem ber 21-31; M artin
Luther King Day-January
11, P re s id e n ts ’ Day-
February 18; spring break -
March 24-28; and Memorial
Day-May 26.
-learned that the next
school board meeting will be
Monday, March 19.
UMESD superintendent
iIL.ES
M ust G o !
transports for $12,150 in
revenue; Irrigon Ambulance
had 11 page-outs with five
tran sp o rts for $4,128 in
rev en u e; th ere was one
flight; PMH had seven in
patient admissions and 12
admissions for observation,
445
o u tp a tie n ts,
78
em erg en cy
room
encounters, 1463 lab tests,
104 x-ray procedures, 28 CT
scans, 24 EKG tests and 12
re sp ira to ry
therapy
procedures; Home Health
had 209 visits; Hospice had
two admissions; pharmacy
had 881 drug d o ses for
$85,242 in revenue.
-learned of several
item s to be su rp lu sed -a
d ic ta tio n m achine, two
C hristm as trees, two file
cabinets, an x-ray view box
and the district’s old phone
system.
lone School Board
Twine Special
o f all N H parts
| ready discounted
New doctor bails
Obituaries
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
senior, or graduate level stu
dents who will be enrolled
full time in a 2 or 4-year pro
gram in Oregon are eligible.
All majors may apply, how
ever some relevance to the
livestock industry must he
demonstrated.
Last year’s winners
were Cayle Krebs from Wal
lowa. Beth McClaran from
Joseph, and Jeff Sherman
from Baker City.
For a sch o larsh ip
application, contact the OCA
office at 503-361-8941 or
em ail
to
katiegoff@
orcattle.com . A printable
version of the application is
also a v a ila b le o n lin e at
www.orcattle.com