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.
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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;
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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.
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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.
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