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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 7,2007 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow GAZETTE-TIMES Paul George Werner Jr., 86, a resident of Arling ton, formerly of lone, died at a local care facility on Monday, February 26,2007. M emorial services will be held at Arlington Methodist Church at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, 2007 with Rev. Bob Reasoner of ficiating. Private cremation was held at Win-Quatt Cre matory in The Dalles with Spencer, Libby and Powell in care of arrangements. He was born in Tillam ook on M arch 20, 1920, to Paul and Georgia A. (Johnson) Werner. He was the oldest of five children. He was raised in Nehalem and served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was de ployed to Japan during that time. Paul m arried Ada Worthington on June 1, 1940 in Vancouver, Washington. He was trained by the C .C .C . C orps under Roosevelt to operate a bull dozer. He logged in the Tillamook area until moving to Sandy in the 1960s to build ro ad s around Mt. Hood. He moved back and forth between the coast and lone area until 1983 when he retired to Arlington in 1998. Paul was the manag er of Terrace Heights Trail er Court in Arlington from 1999 to 2006. He helped his daughter, Marie, with the lone Cemetery for 17 years and was her right hand help er and best friend. He en joyed hunting, fishing, calm digging, woodworking, do ing home additions, going on family outings and being with his family and friends just to talk. He is survived by his wife. Ada Werner of Arling ton; his daughter, Marie Ru- disill of Arlington; his son, Richard W'erner of Wood land. WA; his brother, Lee Werner of Arroya Grande, CA; his sister, Lenora Ander son of Nehalem, OR; nine g ran d ch ild ren and many great and great great-grand children. He was preceded in death by his parents; his sis ters, Mary Rose and Aggie Bell; and his son, M ike Werner. M emorials may be made to Oregon Veterans Home, 700 Veteran Drive, The Dalles, OR 97058 or A rlin g to n M eth o d ist Church. Arlington, OR. U S P S. 240-420 Morrow County's Homo Owned Weekly New spuper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act o f March 3. 1X74 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at IXX W Willow Street Telephone 1 5 4 1 1 h76-922X l as (5411676-4211 t. mail editorC« rapidserse.net or davidt“ heppner net W eb site www heppner net Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 47X36 Subscriptions 426 in Morrow County; 420 senior rate (in Morrow County only: 62 years or older i: 432 elsewhere: 426 student subscriptions David S y k e s ........................................... Publisher Autumn M organ........................................................................................................ 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For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks" at a cost of $10. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • P lace a C la ssified Ad • Subm it a New s Story • V iew Real Estate for S ale • City Council <V Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Heppner Library ICABO to holding book and hold meeting bake sale lone C om m unity The H eppner Friends of the Library will hold a Book and Bake Sale on St. Patrick's weekend. The sale will begin on Fri day, March 16, from 1-6 p.m. and continue on Satur day, March 17, from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. The sale will be held at H eppner City Hall on Main Street. At this tim e, the Friends of the Library are requesting donations of gen tly used books for this sale. They may be dropped off at the Methodist Church, the library, or Spicer-Kuhn Law Offices. Anyone donating books is asked to do so by Tuesday. March 13. The Friends of the Library are also asking for donations of baked goods. They may be delivered to the library or city hall by noon on March 16. Anyone wish ing to donate baked goods may sign up at the library or call Sally Walker at 676- 9112. Also, anyone avail able to work for an hour or two on Friday or Saturday may contact Sally Walker as well. The money raised w ill be used to provide equipment, books and activ ities for all patrons of the Heppner Library. Dean Hunt Paul George Werner Jr. Heppner Agricultural Business Orga n izatio n also know n as “ICABO" will be having a nightly meeting on Wednes day, March 14, at 6 p.m. at the lone Legion Hall. Anne Morter and the lone International Club will serve dinner. Tickets for din ner are $9 each and can be purchased at the door. All o rg a n iz atio n s and groups will be reporting on what they are doing and their goals for the year. Elec tion of officers for this year is an agenda item. Taylor’s Restaurant will have a no host bar. Everyone is invited to attend and can RSVP to Stacie Miller at 422-7410 or Betty Gray at 422-7335. Dinner reservations need to be in by Monday, March 12. St. Patrick’s Senior Center lunch menu Heppner Christian C hurch m em bers will be serving lunch on Wednesday, March 14. The menu consists of meat enchilada, Spanish rice, ranch beans, fresh salsa with to m ato es and chopped onions, and ice cream with strawberries. Organized by the Pendleton City Club. All proceeds go to local youth activities. 4 __ i Sponsored by Hodgen Distributing nVEK n u « « » •“ * * »*m *5 "U U ,n ¿MM PRIZE» * M*“ ®. S É S te * Numerous Seminars for the Sportsman , r Horn scoring with official B.C./Pope & Young certified scorer with paid admission. Kids will be able to catch a fish at the Trout Pond S a t A Sun Only Sponsor «1 by A rth u r D ean (Deano) Hunt. 79, of Lex ington died Sunday at Ka dlec Hospital in Richland, Washington. Memorial service for Mr. Hunt were held on Fri day. March 2, 2007 at the United Methodist Church in Heppner. He was born July 20, 1927 at Heppner, in what is now the Eddie Gunderson house, the oldest child bom to Arthur Lee and Bertha D. Tucker Hunt. After his birth Dean lived his entire life in Lexington. He graduated from Lexington High School in 1945 from a class of four. A fter g rad u atin g from high school he was drafted into the Army Air Force where he was sta tioned in California at what is now known as Travis Air Force Base in the Army Air Transport Division. Following an honor able discharge he returned to Lexington. He joined his fa ther in operation of the fam ily ranch, which after his fa ther’s death, he ran until his retirem ent in 1987. Even thought he was supposedly retired Dean was still in volved in the farm's activi ties right up until his death. Often he could be seen driv ing his old farm pick-up with his border collie. Missy, by his side, or in nicer weather she would ride with him on the back of his four-wheeler. Mr. H unt was a m em ber o f the H eppner United Methodist Church, Heppner B.P.O.E. No. 358. and served on the Lexing- ton-Ione Cemetery District Board for 25 years, part of that time as board chairman. Dean was very ac tive in his earlier years be fore his emphysema became ad v an ced . He loved to dance, bowl, swim, water ski, hunt, fish, and spend time with family and his friends. He and his wife en joyed supporting the local high school sports programs long after their children left home and they received an award for their outstanding support of athletics. Dean loved coffee and was ready to sit and visit anytime when anyone asked “Hey Deano, wanna cup of coffee?” He also enjoyed rum m aging through old farm antiques. He is survived by his wife, Lois Hunt of Lexing ton; daughter Tricia Jeannine (TJ) Hunt Robinson and her husband Curtis of Pendleton; son Gary Dean Hunt and his wife Rebecca, grandson. Jef frey D ean H unt, g ra n d daughter. Miranda Hunt all o f H erm isto n ; b ro th er, Donald (Duke) Hunt and his wife Nadine of Beaverton; sister, Shirley McCarl and her husband Morris of Lex ington; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial contribu tions for those who wish may be made to St. Patrick's Se nior Center Trust Fund. PO. Box 266, H eppner, OR 9 7 8 3 6 or to the U nited Methodist Church Memori al Fund, PO. Box 733, Hep pner, or to the charity of choice. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. HHS students assisting local Pheasants Forever Chapter with construction Heppner High School students assisted with construction project. The students at Heppner High School are helping the local Pheasants Forever Chapter by constructing Wildlife Watering Guzzler roofs. The rest o f the water facility consists of an underground tank that collects the water from the roof and stores it for later use by birds and other small wildlife. The Columbia Plateau Pheasants Forever group is installing the guzzlers as part of an overall habitat project that includes nesting cover, brood raising cover as well as food plots and shrubs. "The water guzzler is the real cornerstone of the project,” says Skip Matthews, PF Chapter president, "Once we get the water available and the other planting installed the benefit to upland birds and other wildlife is tremendous.” The Columbia Plateau Chapter is installing several of these projects as an overall goal to improve pheasant habitat in Morrow. Gilliam and South Umatilla counties. The projects are being paid for with money raised by the chapter at their annual banquet as well as assistance from Heppner ODFW and other Federal cost share dollars. Any landowner with potential habitat can sign up to get a project, although welcome to hunt areas receive a priority for funding. "We are targeting the ODFW Upland Cooperative Access Program acres for improvement," Matthews said. “Although there is some assistance for other applications, one of the goals o f the chapter is to develop hunting opportunities for the general public.” Anyone interested in installing a habitat project should contact one of the following members of the chapter to get the application process started; Skip Matthews. Bill Ewing or Misty Bennett or the Heppner ODFW. There are also applications at the Heppner Pheasants Forever office located in the Pettyjohn Office Building or the Gilliam County Soil and Water Conservation District office. EPA approves Willow Creek Basin water quality goals The U .S. Environm ental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved water quality goals for the Willow Creek Basin. The goals, which took several y ears to p rep are, w ere approved Feb. 19,2(X)7. The accompanying plan lays out step s needed to reduce stream temperature, bacteria and o th e r w ater q u ality impairments, which would make these w aters more fishable and swimmable. T he re c en tly ap p ro v ed W illow C reek Basin Total Maximum Daily Load (T M D L ) for te m p e ratu re sets g o als leading to less solar heating, while the management plan describes how these goals can be m et. The stream management plan addresses excess solar energy that enters streams because of v e g eta tio n and ch an n el disturbance associated with certain agricultural, urban and forest activities. The report also emphasizes the need for increased in-stream flow. A significant finding in the TMDL report is that three m easu res can c o n trib u te , though to differing amounts, to cooler water temperature in Willow Creek; the greatest benefit is from increased streamside v e g eta tio n , p a rtic u la rly trees; next is to allow the stream to naturally restore itse lf to a n arro w er and d e ep e r n atu ral channel sh ap e; and, lastly , flow improvement will lead to te m p e ratu re re d u ctio n . These measures combine to d ecrease so lar input, or decrease the effect of solar heating by increasing the volum e o f w ater being warmed by the sun. W h e r e a s tem p eratu re is the m ost w idespread w ater quality problem in the B asin, b a c te ria and pH (the concentration o f charged H y d ro g en ) are also addressed. The Balm Fork is ta rg e ted for b a cte ria reduction. Elevated summer pH originates in the warm -Continued on page three HADDEN FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT March 9-10 at The Stable of Youth ALL AGES WELCOME! 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