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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 11,2007 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S. 240-420 M orrow C ounty's H om e-O w ned W eekly N ew spaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter al the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act ot March 3. 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-92 II .E- mail: edilorti'rapidserse net or davidC“ heppner net Web site www heppner net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. PO Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 47836 Subscriptions 526 in Morrow County; $20 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $32 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. David S y k e s.................................................................................................... Publisher Autumn Morgan ................................................................................................. Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising, advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $4.90 per column inch. Cost tor classified ad is 50c per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5.50 per column inch. For Publiolegal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi cation must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries. Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. 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Pheasants Forever receives no till drill -Continued from page one tra c to r and a man to operated the drill, so all the farmer needs to do is open the gate. A second m ajor donation was received from Tim Boyle o f C olum bia Sportswear. This donation will allow the Pheasant’s Forever chapter to buy a pick up with a sprayer in it so that the spraying can be done for the feed plots to be seeded by the no till drill. The plots will need to be sprayed before seeding, and possibly during the summer to keep the weeds out of the food plots. The chapter also hus wildlife guzzlers on hand to be installed on lands that will help in establishing pheasant habitat. Any farmers that are interested in having a project done on th e ir pro p erty should co n tact Skip M athew s at 676- 5490 or Bill Ewing at 676- 9119. M any o f these projects can be done with little or no cost to the landow ner. The second annual Pheasants Forever banquet will be Saturday, April 14 at 6 p.m. at the Heppner Elks lodge. There will be over 20 guns to be given away at the banquet along w ith m any o th e r' p rizes, and art to be auctioned off. Pheasants Forever presents plaque of appreciation Kennewick Sportsman's Warehouse Manager Brian Howald accepts a plaque of appreciation from Skip Matthews, president of the Columbia Plateau Chapter of Pheasants Forever. Sportsman's Warehouse has made significant donations toward the annual PF banquet and fundraiser held in Heppner the past two years. Pictured left to right is Chet Hadley, Glen Maret, Brian Howald. Skip Matthews and Misty Bennett. This year’s PF Banquet is April 14 at the Heppner Elks Lodge starting at 5 p.m. msii walk Join the fight against Multiple Sclerosis. YOU can make a difference. Sign up today! www.mswalkoregon.com 1-800-FIGHT MS Obituaries Delvin D. “Mack” McDaniel Delvin D. “M ack” M cD an iel, a longtim e resident of t h e P endleton area, died Wednesday, A pril 4, 2007 in a local care facility. He w as 87 years old. Mr. Delvin D. “Mack” M cD aniel McDaniel w as born March 27, 1920 in Hardman. He was the son of Kinard and Ima (Allen) McDaniel. He atten d ed sch o o ls in Hardman and Lonerock. He joined the CCC in 1936, and attended Benson Polytechnic School in Portland where he was trained as a welder and a m echanic. He later returned to eastern Oregon and went to work for Kinzua L um ber in K inzua. He married Lurline Sparks in 1941. They later moved to Portland where he worked for Morris & Knutson until he entered the United States Army and served his country as a Staff Sgt. with the Army Engineers in the Pacific, building roads, air bases, and hospitals in Japan and Korea. He received the Purple Heart during his service. After his discharge he returned to eastern Oregon and worked at Kinzua lumber for a short p erio d . He ow ned and operated a gas station in Heppner for a time. He then retu rn ed to K inzua and Cam p 5 until m oving to Pendleton in 1956. While here, he worked for U.S. G ypsupi as w ell as Caterpillar, and the City Of Pendleton. Mrs. McDaniel preceded him in death in 1968. He later married Clara Ingram. He farmed at Sparks Station near Birch Creek from 1956 until moving in to Pendleton in 2004. His wife Clara also preceded him in death. He greatly enjoyed farm ing as well as the outdoors, including hunting and fish in g . He was a member of the VFW, “Let 'Er Buck Post” # 922 of in Pendleton, the Main Street C ow b o y s, and the Elks Lodge and the M asonic Lodge, both of Fossil. He is survived by: his daughter, Karen King of P en d leto n ; tw o ste p daughters, DuAnn Ammons of Summerville and Aleen Rose o f P en d leto n ; one g ran d so n ; th ree step- grandsons; and one step- granddaughter. Other than his wives, he was preceeded in death by his parents, one brother and two sisters. M emorial Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 1 p.m. in the Bums Mortuary of Pendleton. A gathering will follow in the VFW Hall here in P en d leto n . Memorials in his memory may be directed to the VFW H all here in Pendleton. B urns M ortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Johnnie E. Eubanks A memorial service for Johnnie Eubanks will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at the lone C om m unity Church. Mr. Eubanks, 96, formerly of H ep p n er and lone died Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at Irrigon. He was born September 5, 1910 at lone, the son of Walter and Vela Lieuallan Eubanks. He was raised and attended school at lone where he graduated high school. :* * * * * * * * * * * * * * -Continued from page one tlappy 13th B ir th d a y Cfl'R’R.ie! Love, Dad, Mom, Brian, Lindsey, and Tony / S FFA members Pat Barron and Jasmine Wagner. -presented an award to Irrigon High School for im p lem en tatio n o f the sch o o l’s ag ricu ltu re and industrial program. -learned from ELL Director Joel Chavez that funding for temporary aides for m ig ran t ch ild ren identified with a high priority need not served by other program s for a one-year program w ill not be continued. The program was limited because of a federal tightening of criteria for selection. The aides were funded th ro u g h ESD. Chavez said, however, that the criteria is expected to be b ro ad en ed and more children should be included. -le a rn e d from Burrows that a letter was w ritten to ODE D irector Susan Castillo protesting the failure of ODE and a testing company to resolve their d iffe re n c e s to allow a continuance of TESA, online testing. -v o ted to deed v acan t p ro p erty to the Irrigon Community Parks and Recreation Maintenance District for development of sp o rts fie ld s, w ith the u n d e rstan d in g that the district may also have access to th o se field s once developed. The worth of the undeveloped property is estim ate d at around $50,000. -accepted the deed for the old Irrigon City Hall back from the city of Irrigon. According to reports, the city of Irrigon planned to move to another facility, but building costs were more than anticipated and legal issu es p ro h ib ited the district’s involvement with a th ird party, an Irrigon cultural center. The school board voted to give the b u ild in g in stead to the cultural center. -rec eiv ed the following attendance report: to tal M orrow C ounty School D istrict-2 2 5 3 students; A.C. Houghton b'«»******«***«**»*»«*»*»***««*«*«*»*« Saturday, April 21st - Heppner 8 a.m. registration/check-in All Saints’ Episcopal Church (460 Church & Gale) 9 a.m. City Park - Walk begins n a t io n Ai. M U LTIPLE S C L M O W 5 SOCIETY TMS15 - 40 \ Quick Lilt 55 gaL drums \ 55 gal. drums $460 \ $445 Morrow County Grain Growers Thrivent Financial for Lutherans F brother, Bill Eubanks o f Aurora; 7 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by: sisters, Veda Brenner and E lean o re E u b an k s, and brother, Howard Eubanks. M e m o r i a l Contributions may be made to the lone C om m unity Church Memorial Fund, PO Box 346, lone, OR 97843 or to P io n eer M em orial H ospice, PO Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Marriage Licenses The County Clerk’s O ffice at the M orrow C ounty C o u rth o u se in H eppner released the following marriage license information: -David Ray Burns, 60, Irrig o n , and Paola Andrea Hurtado, 27, Cali, Columbia. School board discusses funding, raises lunch prices families’ vacation plans and in te rfe re d w ith jo b opportunities for students. Lindsay said he actually favored the pre-Labor Day start, w ith teach ers b eg in n in g A ugust 20, students beginning August 27 and ending May 30 and teachers ending June 3. A d m in is tra tio n favored the long Christmas break so that students who travel to M exico for the h o lid ay s w ould have sufficient time to return. The district loses state funding when students do not attend school. “We’re helping 80 to 100 people who go south, but there are another 2,100 stu d en ts who d o n ’t go south,” said Lindsay. He ad d ed that the d istric t already has a four-day week, w hich causes additional hardship for parents. “Who fo o ts the b ill? ” asked Lindsay. “The parents.” In other business, the board: -h eard from Burrows that a bill pending in Salem w ould lim it elementary school vending machines to juice and water and high school vending machines to juice, water, energy drinks and diet sodas. He said, how ever, those restrictions would not apply to concessions sold during games. -h eard from Burrows that proposals for cafeteria food vendors are due April 20. -heard a presentation from Irrigon High School >%%%%%*%\\%\%%\%%%%%%%%%\%\%%**%%%%*%%%%*%%%%%%%**%%%***% * * I On Septem ber 24, 1931 he m arried Mildred M attie M organ at The Dalles. They spent one year in Portland then returned to lone where Johnnie went into the trucking business. The couple also went into the re sta u ra n t b u sin ess before they started wheat ranching near lone. In 1953 they bought a cabin at Parker’s Mill near Hardman, where they spent hunting seasons and special h o lid ay s. In 1979 they retired from farming and m oved to the m ountain cabin, which they remolded into a com fortable home. They remained there until m oving into H eppner in 1997. Mildred Eubanks died in 2001 and Johnnie moved to Irrigon shortly thereafter to be near his daughter. He had been a m em ber o f the W illow s G range in lone and the Heppner Elks Lodge. Survivors include: his daughter, Sandra Dooney o f Irrig o n ; son, D onald E u b an k s o f P o rtlan d ; Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 For farm equipment, visit our web tits at www mcqg.net I Elementary, Irrigon (pre kindergarten through fourth grade)-341; Irrigon High S ch o o l- (g rad es seven through 12 )-3 16; Heppner E lem en tary School (kindergarten through sixth grade)-197; Heppner High School (grades seven-12)- 226; Irrigon Elem entary School (grades four through n in e); R iv ersid e H igh School, Boardman, (grades sev en -1 2 )-3 9 4 ; Sam B oardm an E lem en tary (kindergarten through third grade)-331; Windy River E lem entary, B oardm an (g rad es fo u r-six )-2 3 7 ; Morrow Education Center- M C SD -45; M orrow Education Center-Umatilla School District-39. - a c c e p t e d re sig n atio n s from Tom Crane, Irrigon High School Principal; Jack Thompson, Heppner Elementary School Principal; and Eric Lougee, IHS head tennis coach. -approved a transfer/ p rom otion for: B randi Sweeney from HES special e d u catio n o n e-o n -o n e assistant to HES secretary, replacing Elaine Miller. -approved extra duty contracts for: Curtis Darrow, IHS head ten n is coach; M ichael C ates, RHS assistant baseball coach and R iv ersid e Ju n io r H igh School a ssistan t g ir ls ’ basketball coach; Veronica Ramirez, Irrigon Junior High School assistant track coach; Robin G raff, RHS head football coach for 2007-08; Michelle Morgan, IHS head girls’ basketball coach for 2007-08; and Beth Wheeler, IHS had rally advisor for 2007-08. -heard the following announcem ents: O regon School Board Association spring regional m eeting, Blue Mountain Community College, 6 p.m., April 19; first MCSD budget meeting, district office, 7 p.m.. May 7; next board m eetin g , W RE, 7 p.m ., M ay 14; B oardm an C om m unity E d ucation C om m ittee meeting, RHS, 7 p.m.. May 15; Irrigon CEC meeting, IH S, 7 p.m ., May 16; H eppner CEC m eeting, H ES, 7 p.m .. May 21; Morrow Education Center a lte rn ativ e school graduation, 7 p.m.. May 31; IHS graduation, 7 p.m., June 1; HHS graduation, 2 p.m., June 2; RHS graduation. 2 p.m., June 3.
