TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 11,2007
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Pheasants Forever
receives no till drill
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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.
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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.
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tlappy
13th
B ir th d a y
Cfl'R’R.ie!
Love,
Dad, Mom,
Brian, Lindsey,
and Tony
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.