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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - THREE HHS basketball team attends Boise State team camp The Heppner High School M en’s Basketball team recently traveled to Boise, Idaho, to participate in the Boise State University Team Camp. Eight Mustang play ers traveled with coach For rest McKinnis and assistant coach Ken G rieb to take part in the three-day camp. The Mustangs played seven games and ended the camp 6-1. They defeated teams from the Boise, Nampa and Lewiston, Idaho, areas. The Mustangs also beat teams from Salt Lake City, UT, and a school from Reno, N V, w ith an enrollment o f over 900 students. Their only loss came at the hands o f a team from Missoula, MT, with a student enrollment of over 1200. “This was a very positive experience for our team members. The boys represented their school and the town o f Heppner with class and dignity on and off the court,” Grieb said. M ary Ann Benge, 92, o f La Grande and for merly o f Heppner, passed aw ay at Grande Ronde Hos pital in La Grande on June 21,2007. A C e le b ra tio n o f Life Graveside Serv ice w ill be held on Saturday, June 30, at 11 a.m. at The Hep pner M asonic Cem etery. A potluck reception will follow the services at the Heppner Elks Club. Loveland Funeral C hapel, La G rande, is in charge o f arrangements. Obituaries DeWayne C. Rogers Mustang players with the Boise State Broncos. Back: Lane Bailey, Nacho Klguc/ahal. Andre Kaueh. Front: Brent Fcknian, Jordan Hatfield. Jared Huddleston, Logan Grieb, Dalton Wellman, Nathan VanCleave. Photographer establishes photo business in Heppner ^ Patrick’s A woman with local Senior Center % roots has returned to the menu area, bringing with her all the skills she learned operat ing a photography business in the “big city”. A pril M iller, who grew up in lrrig o n and graduated from Riverside High School, has recently established a photography business in Heppner after operating her own photog raphy studio, “Christopher A pril,” in M ission Viejo, California, for four years. A t “ C h r is to p h e r April”, Miller offered wed ding and portrait photogra phy, custom printing for oth er photography studios and com m ercial photography. She even has experience in aerial photography. At her business in Heppner, Miller is available for virtually all types o f photography, in cluding weddings and other events, portraits and team photos. A fter high school. M iller left for California, where she lived for nine years. In addition to estab lishing her ow n photography studio, she attended Saddle back Community College at Mission Viejo. But, the call o f family drew her back to her roots and she moved back to Morrow' C ounty in 2003. M iller’s mother, Alene Crismon, still lives in lrrigon. Her dad, Sherwood Miller, lives in Roseburg and she had two sisters and one brother also living in the area. A nother brother attends college in Idaho. Miller lives in Heppner with her three “babies”, a beagle Mary Benge April Miller a fox terrier and a border collie. Miller is employed as an administrative assis- tant for the Morrow County Public Works office in Lex ington and is involved in grant writing. The Heppner Senior Center will have no meal on Wednesday, July 4, be cause o f the Fourth o f July holiday. T he m enu fo r Wednesday, July 11, w ill be spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed green salad, spiced pears, garlic bread and cake. M embers o f St. Patrick's Parish will serve. T h e m e n u fo r Wednesday, July 18, will be enchiladas with cheese, rice and beans, fresh salsa with chips, fruit and cookies. M embers o f the Heppner United M ethodist Church will serve. T h e m en u fo r Wednesday, July 25, will be ham, au gratin potatoes, mixed vegetables, peaches, rolls and cookies. M em bers o f the Church o f the M i l l e r m a y be Nazarene and the Seventh- reached by callin g 676- day Adventist Church will serve. 5556 or by e-mail at m ol|y* dog25@hotmail.com. It she *sn 1 immediately available by phone, she asks that you please leave a message and she will call you back. DeWayne C. Rog ers. 61, of lrrig o n . died June 17, 2007, at the Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston, the result of a horse riding accident. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thurs day. June 21, at Oasis of Hope Church in Hermiston. Burial with military honors will follow at the Desert Lawn Memorial Cemetery in lrrigon. R o g ers w as born March 14, 1946, in Fresno, Calif., to Odis and Delores Valentine Rogers. He was raised and attended school in California. After school Mr. Rogers joined the U.S. Navy and served as a corps- man on the USS Enterprise during the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged and returned to California where he lived until moving to Seattle in 1982. Mr. Rogers worked for Time Oil, constructing Jack Pot Food M arts in the Seattle area until 1987 when he moved to Herm iston. building the Jack Pot in Stanfield. He m arried H arlene Horn on M arch 25, 1992, in H erm iston. He worked for Dave Riek- kola, ranching for a time and worked as a farrier, shoeing horses for several years. He also spent two years work ing as a reefer repairman for Skip Jones. Mr. Rogers and his wife founded the Cowboy Church in 1998 and have co n tin u ed th e ir m ission since. He was a member of the Oasis of Hope Church and a lifetime member of the Umatilla Sage Riders. He loved the Cowboy Church and roping and enjoyed time with his family and friends He is survived by his wife; mother, Delores Rog ers of Corcoran, Calif.; sons, Brian Rogers of Californian. Shane Rogers o f the Tri- Cities, and Kenneth Waelty of H erm iston; daughters. Jody Rogers of California. Kami Kroske of lrrigon. and Mesa Timblin o f Pendleton; eight grandchildren and one great-grandson. Mr. Rogers was preceded in death by his father and sister. Carol Butler. Memorial contribu tions may be m ade to a m em orial fund at C o m munity Bank in Hermiston directly or through Burns M ortuary o f H erm isto n , P.O. Box 289. Hermiston, OR 97838. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. Adine Elaine Stone Adine Elaine Stone, 89, a life-long resident o f the Heppner area, died June 19, 2007, at Landmark Care Center, M ilton-Freewater, OR. No funeral serv ices are planned. Inurnment w ill be held at the Heppner Ma sonic Cemetery'. Mrs. Stone was born in 1918. She married Gene Stone in 1934. He was a w oodcutter when they w ere first married and also worked as a ranch hand. She had worked as a waitress and was a homemaker, caring for a family o f six children. She lived at the St. P atrick 's A partm ents for several years. Mrs. Stone w as a long-tim e mem ber o f the Church of the Nazarene. She enjoyed reading Western stories and novels. Survivors include: daughters, Jeanette Biggs, Selah, WA, Elaine Rose, Prosser. WA, and Diana B utler, V ancouver, WA; sons, Joe Stone, Heppner. Kenneth Stone, Danville, IL; sisters, Maxine Jenkins, Kennewick, WA, and Hazel Easter, North Carolina. Keith and Keith Fu neral Home, Yakima, WA, was in charge o f arrange ments. St. Patrick’s Senior Center residents enjoy balcony flower display Morrow County Justice -Michael Ray Mas- Court Report Morrow County Jus tice Court Judge Charlotte Gray has released the fol lowing report: -Cody Allen Hollis, 18, Heppner, Violation of the Basic Rule, 72 mph in a 55 mph zone, $148 fine; iim m ç r r u n WE HAVE POOL TOYS... terson, 38, lone, VBR, 77 mph in a 55 mph zone, $244 fine; -Vesta Ann Kilken ny, 74, Portland, Illegally parked vehicle, $99. -S am u el D ouglas M artin , 20, L e x in g to n , VBR, 55 mph in a 45 mph zone, Driving White Sus pended violation. Driving Uninsured, $722 fine; -Drion M. Donner, 18, Heppner, Permitting Un law ful Operation o f Vehicle, St. Patrick’s Senior Center residents (left to right) Doug Gunderson, Dawn DeBoer. Meg Failure to Use S eatb elt, Murray, and Barbara Struthers (front) enjoy the third-floor balcony and its flower dis- $286 fine. play. . 7~oye/Aer ati/A /Acte jbarea/ts ... AMD LOTS OF F O U R T H OF JULY ITEMS ^ f n n t / e r f t a n l/(i//a n a n t/ 'ffrtA t/a ffia r/a n t/ < Itne/ser CA N D LE OF TH E M O N TH : J lta z U ta n f a b b io n ( f tu .it % M u MUJ'J DflUJ INC rennets/ /A e A o n tate o/t e/ottr jbeetsenee a/ /Acte tnarrtaçe on ( fa/art/qt/, /Ac .seven/A a / c /tt/q /to o /Aotttsant/ a n a .setten a / /o a r a ’c /ocA tn /A e q //ern oott Serving Heppner Lemngton 4 lone 217 North Main • Heppner Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 . /tr>s/ AcretsAy/ertan ( A art A <y/cV * fatt/A Oet/ar < f '/cce/ r fjboA one, cf(a s A tn q /o n St. Patrick’s Senior Center residents and others have donated flowers and vegetables to beautify the center's third floor balcony. Form er resident, A lberta Johannes, now a resident o f the Willow Creek Terrace Assisted Living, tended the geraniums over the winter. John and Ann Murray do nated tomatoes and bell pep pers. Marj Spangler donated zucchini plants, potting soil and a pot. Daisy C ollins' daughters, Judy Freeman and Pat Ralston, gave her the hanging baskets as a birthday present and they have found a home on the balcony. M anager Kathy Turner said that additional hanging baskets were hung Tuesday that can be visible from the second-floor laun dry room. Turner said that last year Les and Janice Paustian donated plants and trees for the balcony also. '/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / // / // / // / // / // / // / // / // / // / // / // / // / / // / // / // / // / // / // / /À Ì ' » I
