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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 23,2007 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Obituaries Herbert R. Ekstrom Jr. Heppner Elks Lodge and a 4-H livestock leader for over ten years before M ultiple S clero sis took o v er his a b ility to p a rtic ip a te in community activities. He loved spending time with his family and friends at McNary Yacht Club on the Columbia River. He also loved hunting and deep sea fishing. Survivors include his wife of 53 years; sons Herb Ekstrom III of Elson, MO., John E kstrom o f lone; daughters Cindy Greenup of Lexington, and Jan Gridley o f The D alles; nine g ra n d c h ild re n ; 16 great g ran d ch ild ren ; brothers; R ichard E kstrom of Enum claw , WA, R oland Ekstrom of The Dalles; and n u m erous nieces and nephews. M e m o r i a l contributions for those who wish may be made to Valby Lutheran C hurch, 60492 Valby Road, lone, Oregon 97843, or to MS Society, Oregon Chapter, 104 SW C lay St., P o rtlan d , OR 97201. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Herbert R. Ekstrom Jr., 73, o f lone died Thursday, May 10 at his Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner home, surrounded by his Oregon under the Act of March 3 ,1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon family. At his request no Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax 1 5 4 116 7 6 -9 2 11 E service will be held at this mail edit or rapidscrve netordavidta hcppnei net Website www heppner net Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337. Heppner time. D isposition was by Oregon 97836 Subscriptions $26 in Morrow County: $20 senior rate (in Morrow cremation. County only; 62 years or olden: $32 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. David S y k e s .......................................................................................................... Publisher He was born April Autumn M organ........................................................................................................ Editor 19, 1934 at P ortland, All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m Oregon the son of Herbert Fot Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m Cost for a display ad is $4 90 per and May McClain Ekstrom. column inch Cost for 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. He was raised and attended For Public/legai Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi school in lone where he cation must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits graduated from high school. require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). In 1953 he married For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to Nancy Ball. They lived in meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines The D alles for the first or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. couple of years and operated For Letters to the Editor- Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author The Heppner a service statio n . They GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author's address and moved back to lone in 1958 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 and started Ekstrom Farm will be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks" at a cost of $10. C h em icals, a fe rtiliz e r On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.nei business. He was involved in • Start or C hange a Subscription the business for over 30 • P lace a C lassified A d • Submit a N ew s Story years, w inning several • V iew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes awards and trips as a top • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations salesman of the year. • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Mr. E kstrom had been a member of the Lions Fire closes Sani Boardnian Elementary C lub serv in g a term as -Continuedfrom Page one in Lexington will help create p re sid en t, the M asonic fire departments for all their that timeline. Lodge serving a term as District officials met Master, and the Eastern Star hard work.” B urrow s said he with Sam Boardman staff serving as Worthy Patron, can’t remember there ever Tuesday, Burrows said, and being a fire at a Morrow a temporary office for Sam C ounty school in recent Boardman will be set up at Road levy goes down; school board nearby W indy R iver incumbents handily beat opponents history. There is a significant Elementary with updated -Continued from Page one Oregon Trail Library for Sam amount of smoke and water inform atio n w ere p retty even in District positions were also dam age to num erous Boardman parents. classrooms, the kitchen and The 318 garnering votes for three un o p p o sed w ith Sally gymnasium. The cost of the kindergarten through third positions on the W illow Walker receiving 1180 votes damage has not yet been grade stu d en ts at Sam Creek Park District, with for P o sitio n 1; B laine determined, as an insurance B oardm an had already 605, 679 and 683 votes G anvoa receiv in g 1062 votes for Position 2; and official was expected to completed the majority of respectively. Krista Price, Blair Alice Ellis receiving 1032 arrive late on Monday for an their curriculum for the year, inspection of the school, said and benchmark tests also are Purcell and R aym ond votes for Position 3. M olly Rill was A ssistant Superintendent finished. Smith said. Most of Michael were also fairly even W ade Sm ith. H ow ever, the teachers were basically with 236,225 and 241 votes, unopposed with 1558 votes B lue M ountain Smith said the damage is tying up loose ends with resp ec tiv e ly , for three for C ollege “significant,” with about 20 school for the year. Burrows positions on the Boardman C om m unity Park and Recreation District. Director Zone 1. percent o f the school said. Andrew Reid, who Three can d id ates, damaged by fire, and more The H ead Start than 50 percent by water and program housed at Sam was unopposed, received A lbert O sm in w ith 358 B oardm an had already 374 votes for Irrigon Park votes. Bill Gentry with 372 smoke. D espite the finished up their school year. and R ecreatio n D istrict votes and Archie Ball with significant damage, district Smith said. However, the D irecto r 2 and John 386 votes, were elected to officials said they’re hoping migrant program still had a Sebastian, also unopposed, three director positions on to have the repairs made this few days left of school and receiv ed 317 votes for the Heppner Water Control summer and have the school has been cancelled for the Irrigon Park and Recreation District. District Position 3. T hom as W olff up and running by the end of rest of the year. All Morrow County received 513 votes for an August for the start of the T he M igrant new school year. A Summer School Program Unified Recreation District unopposed director position c o n tra c to r out o f Hood that was supposed to be at D irecto r p o sitio n s were on the Heppner Cemetery R iver - C ooper Sam Boardman this summer u nopposed w ith Barry District and Grant Chapman C o n stru ctio n - that will now be held at Windy Turner receiving 334 votes received 307 votes in an for Zone 3; Del LaR ue unopposed director position specializes in fire restoration River Elementary. was expected to meet with P aren ts and receiving 321 votes for Zone on the Boardman Cemetery district officials Tuesday and com m unity members can 4; and Cyde Marie Estes District. begin work on repairs as find updates on this incident receiving 547 votes for Zone soon as possible. Smith said. on the M orrow C ounty 5. An emergency board School District Web site, meeting set for Wednesday w w w .m orrow .k 1 2 .or. us, New venue for June 16 Dinner at at 5 p.m. at the district office throughout the week. U S PS 240-420 the Cemetery Saturday, June 16, denotes the return of the The County Clerk’s Office at the Morrow County H eppner D inner at the Courthouse in Heppner released the following marriage Cemetery players. With a bit of a twist on the traditional license information: the venue, -Jason Douglas Strebin, 25, Irrigon and Alicia dinner, “Moonshine and Murder,” Renae Hickman, 24, Irrigon. co -p ro d u ced by D oris B rosnan and Sharon H arrison d en o tes a co u rtro o m settin g w ith TAYLOR'S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE carefully research trials of presents... 1907 h isto ric H eppner. “Ju d g e ” G reen w ill be "Just A n o th e r Hangover" Com edy Tour presiding. on Friday, June 8+h Spectators will view Dinner 7 p.m. • Comedy £how 8 p.m. a cast of 35, including the Sandwich and £alad Bar included in ficke l price! retu rn of fav o rite perfo rm ers: stro llin g 21 years and older only ^ ()v ToUr musician Joe Lindsay, orator Call for info, 4 2 2 - 9 8 0 0 ^ ^ ^ * ' Dan Van Schoiack, and Janet TAYLOR S RESTAURANT, I0N€ • 422-9800 G reenup, one o f the few women of that period who was both seen and heard. At Marriage Licenses At the MCGG GREEN FEED STORE in Heppner: Rototillers and Lawn Thatchers for rent Firewood permits now available! Spring hours through June: 8 -5 :3 0 Mon-Fri / 8 -4 Sat - - Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed 242 W. Linden Way. Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office) V this writing, there are a few walk-on parts still available for interested persons. To be a part of this historic event, call Harrison at 676-9125. The production will o ccu r at 6:30 p.m . at Heppner Masonic Cemetery during Celebrate Historic Heppner weekend. Tickets are $10 per person and are available at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. M urray's Drug, Heppner Chamber of Commerce, and the June 15 BBQ, pie auction, and talent show at the Heppner City Park. A tten d ees are encouraged, but not required to wear period costumes and to bring along nickels and dimes for 1907 concessions to be enjoyed during the court trial breaks. The Heppner High School baseball team won their game against Nestucea on Tuesday, and will play Friday, May 25 at 4 p.m. in Heppner (team TBA). __________ - Letters to the Editor ~ __________ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor w ith the follow mg criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper w ill need to have the name of the sender along with a legible signature We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and w ill not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks" at a cost o f $10. At a crossroads/pondering To the editor: Recently you have read of how expensive it was to clean out our “digester" at the Heppner Sewage Treatment Plant. No major work has occurred at the sewer plant since 1994 and time has begun to take its toll. Metal parts have become rusted, seals and valves leak. Plastic parts, especially those exposed to the sun. become brittle and crack, etc, etc. As you already know, our “grinder” (communitor) is broken (cost $60,000+ installation). Our propane driven power generator which keeps the plant running in the event of an electrical power outage, has been rusting/corroding away from being exposed to the plant vapors inside the pump house/office (replacement cost $42,000). The trickling filter has a major leak (cost $7- 8,000 to fix). Our chlorine system is made largely of plastic. It needs an overhaul/replacement (cost $7,500). We have a safety walk that needs to be weatherized and installed in our “contact basin" (cost $4,000) etc. And "to add insult to injury,” we still owe $150,000 on the repairs made in 1994. The Utility Commission is grappling with these issues and how to best address these issues (among others). At this point no decisions have been made but we felt it necessary to let you know some of the issues. If anyone wishes to visit our sewage treatment plant and see these items first hand, call us at City Hall at 676-9618. Dave DeMayo, City Manager Heppner Apology to the citizens of the community for a bad decision Letter to the Editor: Hi, my name is Tayler Hodges and a few weeks ago I had made a bad decision. I chose to drive my pick-up across the corner of the grass at the Willow Creek Dam. I realize now that it was not the right thing to do and I am sorry that I disrespected the citizens of my community by doing this. My personal apology goes out to Mr. Keithley, the gentleman that works so hard to maintain the grounds for everyone to enjoy. It was inconsiderate of me to damage something that all individuals and families locally and afar enjoy throughout the year. I also enjoy to go fishing at the dam myself. In the future, I give you my promise that I will never disrespect nor damage any property. I am also very sorry that I made myself and my family look bad by doing this. I am in hopes that the community will accept my apology and I will deal with my punishment as they see fit. Tayler Hodges Heppner Heppner city governments should be prevented from spending large sums without voter approval To the Editor: The new mayor and city manager have taken a novel approach. That is, if you don’t have any money, don’t spend it. That just might work. Too bad some previous managers placed the city so far in debt, by borrowing and spending, that there are no funds left for the present administration to work with. But then, it’s no longer their problem is it? Whatever time of day I visit the new City Hall building there seems to be only two city employees working there. If I remember correctly there were only six persons, other than city employees, present at the city council meeting when the new mayor was sworn in. There would have more than ample space in the old city hall for any of this. I think there should be something on the books to prevent future Heppner city governments from spending, or borrowing, large sums of money without voter approval. The limit should be set at well below a third of a million dollars. Would I have voted yes on the purchase of the old bank building for the new city hall? No way! Gene Sonstegard Heppner Ehrmantraut retires from city -Continued from Page one help them with some odd jobs. He says his mom has already made out a list for when he arrives. He also plans on helping his brother, who is wheelchair bound, resto re a 1969 Ford Mustang. One other specific job Ehrmantraut wants to finish once he is retired in v o lv es co m p letin g a miniature golf course that he has been working on the past two years at his home. He plans to open it up for kids to play on. at a reasonable price. “ Hopefully it won't take too much longer, but it m ight take an o th er tw o years." Ehrmantraut said. Saturday, June 30, is the day Ehrmantraut will o ffic ia lly re tire . "A fte r having a heart attack I decided to retire because life was too s h o rt,” stated Ehrmantraut. He plans on staying in the Heppner area and do odd jobs for people. “I enjoyed working with city. If they ever need my help, they can call me. if I ’m home." said Ehrmantraut. Senior Center lunch menu United Methodist Church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, May 30. The menu will consist of chicken, red potatoes and gravy, green beans, waldorf salad, rolls, and brownies.
