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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 19, 2007 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Obituaries John L. Britt H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S PS. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekls and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 188 W. Willow Street telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor:!/ rapidserve.net or davidia heppner net Web site: www, heppner.net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $26 in Morrow County; $20 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $32 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. Das id Sy kes.............................................................................................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 50< 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 Public/legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for pub lication 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). 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On the HEPPSIER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! “Brent’s Team” to participate in annual Walk to Cure Diabetes A graveside service for John L. Britt was held at 11 a.m. Friday, Septem ber 14, at the Heppner Ma sonic Cemetery. A luncheon follow ed at the M orrow County Fairgrounds anrd a bus shuttle was provided from the fairgrounds to the cemetery and back. Mr. B ritt, 69, o f Heppner died Tuesday, Sep tember 11, at his home. He was bom January 15, 1938, at Fossil, the son o f Clyde and RJ Younce Britt. He was raised and attended school in Fossil. On February 9, 1970 he married Nella Fackrell at Winnemueca, Nevada. The couple lived at Fossil before moving to Heppner. • Most o f Mr. Britt’s life was spent in logging. He was recognized with several awards for his log ging practices. In 1985 the Oregon Forestry’s Indus tries Council named him the Eastern Oregon Opera tor o f the Year. The award was based on excellence in environm ental protec tion where extra effort was extended to protect residual trees, streams and environ mentally sensitive areas. He also received awards for his safety practices. He was an avid hunt er and fisherman. During the summers when not logging he and his wife spent time at the Oregon Coast fishing and relaxing. He was a member o f the Heppner Elks Lcidge and the Willow Creek Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Nella Britt o f Hep pner; sons, Rick Britt o f Heppner and Rusty Britt o f Lexington; daughters, Mindy Britt and Sarah Har ris both of Heppner; brother, Robert Britt of Fossil; sister, Betty Knight o f Portland; and 13 grandchildren. M em orial c o n tri butions may be made to Pioneer Memorial Hospice, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836 or to the Stable o f Youth, P.O. Box 884, Hep pner, OR 97836 Sweeney Mortuary o f Heppner was in charge o f arrangements. Hardman to hold annual oyster feed Pictured is the quilt made by Gwen Healy for Brent’s Team walk for Juvenile Diabetes. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Brent’s Team is getting ready for the annual “Walk to Cure Diabetes.” The walk this year will be held Sunday, September 30 at Oaks Park, located in Portland’s historic SeWwood District. After the walk, every walker gets a com plimentary ride bracelet for the Oaks Amusement Park. This is the sixth year that “Brent's Team” will be participating in the walk. His team has raised a total of $33,377.00. Brent Eckman, a sophomore at Heppner High School was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 9, which means he will be insulin-dependent for the rest o f his life and carries the constant threat o f devastating complications. Insulin is not a cure, it is merely life sup port. Brent is active in football, basketball and baseball. Brent has learned he can do all the same activities as his friends, however he must always be prepared to treat his fluctuating blood sugars. There are three ways you can help make a differ ence for Brent and everyone living with diabetes: You can join “Brent’s Team” for the walk. You can register on-line at ww w.JDRF.org. Be sure to use “Brent’s Team" under the team name.; You can send a tax-deductible contribution, made payable to JDRF. Please mail to Brent Eckman, P.O. Box 463, Lexington, OR 97839.; You can purchase raffle tickets for a beautiful quilt made by his Grandma Healy. Tickets are on sale at Heppner TV. The drawing will be the day o f the walk. JRDF, the world’s leading nonprofit, nongovern mental funder o f diabetes research was founded in 1970 by parents o f children w ith Type 1 diabetes. Out o f every dollar JDRF raises, more than an impressive 85 cents is channeled directly into diabetes research and education projects. Thanks in part to JDRF, researchers feel that a cure is in sight. With your support. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will continue its mission to find a cure for dia betes and its complication through the support of research. With your help, our dream o f a world without diabetes is within reach. For more information call, Brent Eckman at 989- 8518 .________________________________________________________ C (¿ o lly -g e e, lo o k a t m e !^ The annual H ard man Oyster Feed will be held Saturday, September 29, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The menu consists of oysters, ham, salmon and dessert. Advanced tickets can be purchased for $ 14 for adults and $7 for children 12 and under. Ticket prices at the door will be $15 for adults, $7.50 for children 12 and under, and free for preschool age children. The dinner will be prepared and served by Valby Lutheran Church. The Hardman Silent Auction will begin at 4 p.m. and will feature something old and something new. Hardman is a ghost town with many o f its old buildings still intact. The tow n originated in 1870 and had its first school in 1879, in an area then called D airyville. Locals in the community also gave the town the handle o f “ Red Dog.” Another town sprang up a mile away and it was called “Yaller D og.” The two communities were unit ed when David Hardman applied to have a post office in 1882. The application was approved, but it came back as Hardman, Oregon. Some residents also referred to the new town as “Dog Town.” The two prospered w ith over 300 resid en ts and was the main stop over for the freight line and was the “Stage” route from The Dalles to Canyon City. The town boasted three hotels, a post office, livery stables, grocery store and an assort ment of saloons. For more informa tion contact Gene and Kathy Bolin at 422-0764 or Shirley Palmer at 676-9730. Book-Bear & Chair Auction to be held Friends o f the Heppner Library, along with the Voc/Ag Department o f the Heppner High School, will be holding a Book-Bear & Chair auction on September 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the high school. Starting this week, items can be previewed and pre bid on. Local merchants in Heppner will be showcasing the items along with a pre-bid sheet. The chairs have all been donated and range from bear benches to adult porch rockers. The bears range from Boyd Bears to some very expensive Cartier limited edition bears. Also for auction are several autographed books by some very famous authors that are to be displayed in the Artisan Village window at the comer of Main and Willow. Just a few o f the books are Janet Evanovich (Plum Lovin), Mary Higgins Clark (I Heard That Song), and Diana Gabaldon (Lord John and the Private Matter). For more information or to pre-bid on any o f the books call Diann Nagel at 676-5522. Spaghetti feed to benefit JDRF From Australia to Heppner Pictured are John and Jackie C rocker from Esperance, Western Australia with Claudia Hughes. “Just a phone call aw ay.” That m ight have been the thought process behind a call to the Heppner Chamber o f Commerce in 1990 from Jackie Crocker o f B alladonia Station in West A ustralia. John and Jackie C rocker had been to W yom ing w here they had purchased a H orner saddle, made in Heppner in the late 1800’s, and were researching its history. Clau dia H ughes, then at the Chamber, responded with information found in past Morrow County Chronicles. Thus began a seventeen year off-and-on correspondence resulting in the September 2007 visit to Heppner and the Hughes Ranch. The C rockers left Esperance, West Australia., on September 3, stopped in Hawaii, San Francisco, and Weed, enroute to Heppner; and then on to Nelson B.C, Montana, Texas, Washing ton D.C., Nevada, and back to San Francisco October 13 to return to down under. W hile in the area, C rockers stayed in B ut ter Creek and Ukiah with Merlin and Claudia Hughes, toured cattle and tim ber operations on 4-wheelers, and spent a morning in the corrals helping work cattle. A visit to Heppner included a tour, the Flood Memorial on Cem etery Hill, shops, and Bucknuin’s Bar where the H orner saddle maker may have imbibed prior to the flood when his saddlery shop was destroyed. Fol lowing lunch, the Crockers were escorted to the Mor row C ounty M useum by Cliff Green, museum board member, who gave them a tour and assisted with saddle research. In addition to his saddle collection, John Crocker has an amazing col lection o f guns, bugle and knives, some dating back to the Civil War. Visits to the U.S. have been to authen ticate the collection with photos, data, signatures, gravesite visits, etc. (Should any readers have history to contribute to the museum files on the Homer saddle or have one in their possession, that information would be appreciated.) In P en d leto n , the C rockers experienced the Professional Bull Riding, returned to Hamley’s where John had ordered a saddle in 1970 and visited the Woolen Mills. Interestingly enough, their search for made-in-the USA products was a bit dif ficult. A spaghetti and meatball dinner will be held at lone School this Friday night from 4:30-6:30 p.m. (or while supplies last.) Condon Grade School plays lone Middle School in the afternoon and then the Condon-Wheeler teams play the high school teams in the evening. Proceeds from this dinner will benefit JDRF, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. JDRF is a leader in Type 1 Diabetes research. Divorces Beth’s Buddies, the lone team supporting Beth Morter, -Robin Ann Bred- will take the proceeds with them to the Walk To Cure field and H arold Adam Diabetes on September 30. The cost is $5 per person with Bredfield filed for divorce a child's portion available for $3.50. Dinner includes the on September 10. main course, salad, bread and a drink. 1 0 % OFF PARTS A N D LABOR through February, 2008 We also have special financing: six months no interest, no payments on $1,500 or more of Case IH parts and service from Sept. 1, 2007 through Dec. 31, 2007 Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 F«r farm M)ulpffl«iL vlilt our »«bait« at »«w men 0 «t I Differences and like nesses are always one of the jo y s o f m eeting visitors from another country. Com monalities were comparing raising cattle and ranching, having sons and daughters o f the same ages, sense of humor and sharing inter ests. Water is not in surplus in W estern A ustralia and while Oregonians feel it’s very dry here, the visitors were continually amazed at the sources o f water. In Western Australia, water is collected in barrels and re cycled. American ranchers have pastures where cattle are rotated for grazing and Australians have paddocks. Problems running into deer with vehicles is common in eastern Oregon while in Australia kangaroos require roo guards on v eh icles. John Crocker could attest to the fact that one doesn’t want to hit a kangaroo on a motorcycle. While horses and oxen were once used in Oregon for farming; camels were used at the 400,000 acre B alladonia Station. Southern Oregon has wild horses, while one sees wild camels in southern Austra lia. Proof of this was in the amazing photos o f oil paint ings by John's very talented mother. Some 300 oils tell the story of the station from camels hauling wool wag ons, to insects, to a treasured cattle dog that appears so real one could reach out and touch it. The Crockers have moved to Esperance, where wheat, sheep, cattle, fishing and forestry provide the economy. Tourism is mov ing slowly but the snow- w hite beaches and aqua w ater draw visitors. The Heppner visitors continue to raise polled Herefords on 400 acres. Jackie works in a department, finalizing real estate sales. As Americans move into fall, it’s spring in Australia. The Hughes’ are grateful that responding to a quest for Heppner saddle history turned into a friend ship. The H eppner hosts wish the Crockers well as they pursue their hobbies and adventures and hope their paths will cross again one day. “Four days were not long enough to learn all we hoped from our visitors, but ‘no worries,' we had a good shot at it,” commented the Hughes. In the meantime, Claudia says she may be looking at all specials on air fare to Australia. Lexington’s class o f ’57 to hold reunion The Lexington Jack- rabbit's class o f 1957 will hold their 50,h class reunion on Saturday, S eptem ber 22, at 12:30 p.m. at the Lexington School yard. A potluck picnic will be held and all former Jackrabbits or anyone else interested in attending is invited.
