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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Hisler celebrates 100 years of memories The Official Newspaper o f the City of Heppner and the County o f Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 M orrow C o u n ty ’s H om e-O w ned W eekly N ew spaper Published »ceklv and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act o f 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 editors rapidserve net or das id(a 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. David S ykes.................................................................................................... Publisher Autumn Morgan ............................................................................................... Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p m. 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On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified A d • Subm it a N e w s 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! Corps to host information meeting for Willow Creek Lake irrigation proposai By Merlyn Robinson Like instant replay, Kathleen Hisler readily re calls a century o f past events as though they had hap pened yesterday. Her excel lent memory belies the fact that this upbeat centenarian will be 100 years young on February 21, 2008. A birth day celebration with family and friends is planned for February 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Willow Creek Terrace As sisted Living. Since October 2003 Kathleen has been a resident o f this facility that coincidently was built on property that once belonged to her father, Frank Mona han, when she was a child. Maybe her longevity can be attributed to her Irish genes. Her mother, Marie Farley M onahan, lived to age 90. Perhaps a contrib uting factor to a long life is Kathleen’s positive attitude, her unshakable faith and her contentment with her life style. She said she wouldn’t change anything in the past. “I was bom to be a wife and mother and it was a blessing to be with someone you love for 72 years,” Kathleen said. Her husband, Paul Hisler II, (who was that important ‘someone’), passed away in 2000 at age 92. Kathleen was bom in Condon to Irish descendants Frank and Marie Monahan. She is the oldest o f four siblings who were Jam es Monahan, Mary Causey and Patricia Barrie, all deceased. At age 14, cousin James Farley % •% c a m e to live w ith th e fa m Kathleen Hisler ily a f te r his m oth er passed away. The Mo- n a h an -M u rth a ran ch on Rock Creek comprised vast holdings to accommodate large bands o f sheep. When Kathleen was five years old the family moved to Hep pner. They lived in town until her folks purchased their Willow Creek ranch w hose head q u arters was once located where Willow Creek Dam Lake now glis tens. The Monahan holdings included large m ountain acreages where sheep were summered. K a th lee n ’s school years began by walking to school in Heppner, a 1 Vi mile hike. What she didn’t know then is that a class mate, Paul Hisler II, would become her future husband. Her growing up years were governed by a very strict, but loving father, Kathleen says. Her dad decided his daughters would grow up as “proper young ladies” under the guidance o f C atholic parochial schools. Kathleen attended St. Thomas Acad emy in Condon, a Catholic school in Mt. Angel, and she graduated in 1927 from St. Jo sep h ’s A cadem y in Pendleton. K athleen’s ex cellent singing voice devel oped during those formative years, but she says her piano lessons at school were not very enjoyable because a nun would rap her fingers with a ruler when she made mistakes. A fter high school, Kathleen planned to become a nurse. However, she lost her heart to a dashing you Frenchm an w hose father em ig rated here in 1988. Tragedy had impacted her husband’s life. His mother died w hen Paul and his sister, M arguerite H isler Chapin, were three and four years old. The father also passed away when Paul was 15. Paul’s father had built a large house on the ranch he acquired after 12 years o f working for former owner E dw ard Day. A d d itio n al acreage was also added. To provide for his children, the father placed the ranch in a trust and named a guardian. After Paul’s father died in 1923, trustees rented out the ranch for six years. K athleen and Paul w ere m arried N ovem ber 14, 1928 at the C atholic Church rectory in Heppner. They traveled by train to ence number: CENWP-PM- E-07-07, the public notice title and date. Public com ments on the draft EA must be postmarked by March 6, 2008. Additional informa Shrove Tuesday pancake supper to benefit DeSpain ministry tion specific to the envi ronmental documents may By Doris Brosnan sized cro sses b ecau se a cross is not magic; nor is it be obtained by contacting W hen A ll S a in ts friend requested one for his a good luck charm. It isn’t Carolyn Schneider at (503) Episcopal Church holds its son who was going overseas meant to protect me from 808-4770. every physical harm. It’s not annual Shrove Tuesday Pan with the military. From th a t sim ple for identification, for all the cake Supper on February 5 from 5-7:30 p.m., proceeds beginning, the D eSpains’ world to see. It’s simply an Owen Paul H and - Michael and Jodi Hand of will support a special, first ministry has grown into the understanding between my Walla Walla, WA announce the birth o f their son, Owen time situation for the parish: distribution o f hundreds o f Savior and me.” Paul Hand, bom Friday, January 4, 2008, in Walla, Walla. two parishioners will attend crosses every year. Aloha As requested, De- At birth he weighed 10 lbs. and was 23 inches long. the church’s National Con helps with the finishing o f Spains will take enough o f Grandparents are Paul and Debby Sumner o f Hep vention in 2009. the smooth two-inch gifts the crosses to the conven pner, Kay and Jan Wessel o f Walla Walla, and Jim Hand The m enu for the that can now be found in tion to d istrib u te am ong o f Walla Walla. Great-grandparents are Don and Jean evening will include pan many countries around the the 2000 rep resen tativ es Bennett o f Heppner and Robert and LaVonne Frazier of cakes, ham, fruit, coffee, tea, world. from throughout the United Walla Walla. O n e p o e m t h a t States. juice and milk is all you can The All Saints con eat. The cost is $5 for adults sometimes accompanies the gregation believes that the crosses explains the senti and $15 for families. B o b an d . A lo h a ment attached to them, “The Shrove Tuesday Pancake DeSpain have received a Cross in My P ocket” : “ I Supper will be a great start Valby Lutheran Church will be observing the be special invitation from the carry a cross in my pocket, a to efforts to support the ginning o f Lent with worship on Ash Wednesday, February Presiding Bishop because of simple reminder to me o f the DeSpains as they represent 6, at 7 p.m. A soup dinner will be held at 6 p.m. their “cross ministry.” Sev fact that I am a Christian, no Heppner with their ministry During the remaining weeks of Lent, soup will be eral years ago, Bob started matter where I may be. This at the 2009 convention. served at 6 pm with worship at 6:30 p.m. on Monday eve creating w ooden pocket- nings beginning February 11. Sunday worship continues weekly at 9 a.m. a regular basis and its water Sheriff’s Report On Sunday, February 3, worship will be followed was usually frozen over. by a breakfast potluck and the annual meeting o f the con MCSO received a re The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office reports han gregation. After the regular 9 a.m. worship on Sunday, port from a caller in Board- dling the following business: February 10, the church has been invited to join Good m an that a m ale subject D ec. 27: M CSO re Substance. Boardman Police a ssa u lted a fem ale s ta ff Shepherd Lutheran Church in Boardman for a commu nion service with Bishop Dave Brauer-Rieke at 11 a.m., ceived a report from a caller Dept, assisted. The subject member. Trevor M arshall followed by a question and answer session with our new in Heppner that his ex-wife posted bail and was released Keith, 25, was arrested on did not return their son last to appear. bishop. Probable Cause charges o f MCSO received a re Assault IV and Harassment. For more information, call Katy Anderson, Intern night and is not following port from a caller in Irrigon He was lodged at the Uma the parenting plan. Pastor, at 989-8174. MCSO received a re o f two motorcycles taken tilla County Jail. ^iiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiib port from a caller in Heppner from the backyard. MCSO received a re MCSO, Heppner am port from a caller in Irrigon that a smoke alarm in an apt. T h e k i d s o f R ita B o w m a n | w o u ld l i k e to in v it e e v e r y o n e to h e r | keeps going off and there is bulance received a report that she found a camera. It no smoke in the room. There from a caller in Heppner o f a was determ ined who the 80 is a weird smell, like burnt young teenage child thrown camera belongs to. plastic, but they can’t find from a horse and is laying MCSO received a re face down. It is unknown if where the smell is coming port from a caller on lone/ | Birthday Celebration from. It was determined to she lost consciousness. Gooseberry Road that there be a shorted-out electric MCSO deputy arrested was a vehicle off the road. A heater and maintenance was Leobardo Solis Jacquez, deputy responded and it was Sr., 56, on an Heppner Jus determined the vehicle was on the way to fix it. r> = | February 9, 2008 ^ MCSO deputy arrested tice Court warrant for Un broken down and someone Terrell Lee Rea, 41, on a lawful Air Pollution II. He was on the way to help. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. M orrow C o u n ty C ircu it was lodged at the Umatilla MCSO received a re | Heppner Elks Lodge _ C ourt w arrant for Grand County Jail. port from a caller in Board- MCSO received a re man that a male subject had Jury Indictment/ Possession port from a caller o f a horse violation his No C ontact o f a Controlled Substance S to p t t y . S a y H i, H a v e a S n a c k ! at a location outside Hepp order. The caller requested and Delivery o f a Controlled No local invitations sent ner that was not being fed on officer contact regarding this miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinr -Continuedfrom Page one cept written comments at the m eeting, by email to C a ro ly n .B . S e h n e ider@ usace.army.mil, or by mail to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland D is trict, Attn: CENWP-PM-E/ C arolyn Schneider, P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR 9 7 2 0 8 -2 9 4 6 . C om m ents should include the refer- Birth Announcement Valby Lutheran to observe Lent beginning Feb. 6 th b ir th d a y ! ty § | Rita Bowman ^ I cJ b V I * | Emily Key A l the M C G G G R E E N F E E D S T O R E in Heppner: A L L S H IN D A IW A C H A I N S A W S IN S T O C K 1 0% OFF Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed 242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office) IN SU RA N CE Auto • Home • Business • Life Health • Farms / Ranches 101 SW Kinkade • Boardman Personal Lines Agent 481-8000 Portland w here they had a brief honeym oon at the Imperial Hotel. They had to wait almost a year, until Paul was 21, before they could assume management o f the Hisler ranch. During that time they lived and worked with the Monahans on Wil low Creek. Thus began the rig ors o f 67 years on a ranch 25 miles from Heppner at the head o f Little Buttercreek. Twenty o f those years were without electricity, indoor plumbing and other conve niences. Their few posses sions began with a milk cow and a team o f horses given to them by Kathleen’s father. In order to stock this ranch with a band o f sheep, they obtained a loan from the lo cal Farmer and Stockgrow- ers Bank. But soon the Great Depression o f the 30s, com pounded by drought years, caused the sheep market to hit rock bottom. The young couple had no income to pay off their debt. Their frugal lifestyle included kerosene lamps and no refrigeration. Like m ost ranchers then they had meat, usually mut ton, milk and eggs to sustain them . K ath leen ’s accom plished cooking skills and alm ost daily break m ak ing required a sizzling hot wood cook stove even when temperatures soared above -Continued on Page three Marriages M o rro w C o u n ty Clerk Bobbi Childers has released the following re port o f m arriage licenses issued: -January 18: Stephen Joseph Thompson, 31, Post Falls, ID and Michaela Ann May, 35, Post Falls, ID. -J e su s A le ja n d ro Cardenas Garcia, 29, Board- man and Abigail Alvarado Mendoza, 31, Boardman. Holly Rebekah Lodge to host card party Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting their monthly card party on Satur day, February 2, at the Lodge Hall in Lexington. Play will begin at 7 p.m. and the cost is $5 per person. The public is invited to attend. Senior Center Menu U nited M eth o d ist C hurch m em bers w ill be serving lunch on Wednes day, February 6. The menu will include oven beef torti lla and Spanish rice, mixed v egetables, tossed salad, mixed fruit, and brownies. issue and the caller wanted to file a report. The subject was located and arrested by the Boardman Police Dept. M CSO deputy cited S h eila Rae Day, 33, for Permitting Unlawful Opera tion o f a Vehicle; and cited Donald A lbert Vanmeter, aka George Washie Jones, Jr., 38, for Violation o f the Basic Rule, 68 mph in a 55 mph zone and Driving while License Suspended Viola tion. He was also arrested on local charges o f Giving False Information to a Peace Officer x3, and Possession o f Lost or stolen Property. A hold was placed for Multno mah County warrants. Boardman Police Dept, officer cited a male subject for Failure to Carry Proof of Insurance. Boardman Police Dept, officer arrested a male sub ject for Violation of Release Agreement. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. « I
