Image provided by: Morrow County Museum; Heppner, OR
About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 2008)
TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 30, 2008 The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 M orrow C ounty ’s H om e-O w ned W eekly N ew spaper Published weekly 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 editorfu rapidserve net or david(rtrapidserve.net Web site: www.heppner. net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. PO Box 337 , Heppner, Oregon 97836 . Subscriptions: $27 in Morrow County; $21 senior rate (in Morrow County only, 62 years or older), $33 elsewhere; $27 student subscriptions. David Sykes.................................................................................................... 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 for 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). For Obituaries Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary wntten in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters MUST include the author s address and 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 will be placeu in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10 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 S ale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Donna M. Schonbachler A memorial serv ice Survivors include: for Donna M. Schonbachler her husband, Gary Schon will be held at 1 p.m. on bachler o f Heppner; sons, Friday, May 2, at the Hep Eric Schonbachler o f Port pner Elem entary land, and M ichael School gym nasi S c h o n b a c h le r o f um in Heppner. S h re v e p o rt, LA; mother, Laura Zöll M r s . Schonbachler, 53, ner o f Mt. Angel; brothers, John Gool o f H eppner died ey o f Mr. A ngel, Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at her home Bob Gooley o f Sil verton, Tim Gooley with her husband Donna M Gary and sons Eric Schonbachler of Salem; and sister, Janice Anderson of and Michael at her Salem. She was preceded in side. death by her father, Arthur She was born June 3, 1954, in Silverton, the Gooley. daughter o f Arthur and Lau The family ask that ra Davidson Gooley. She in place o f flowers, memo worked for Pioneer Memo rial contributions be sent to rial Home Health / Hospice Pioneer Memorial Hospice, and was a volunteer in nu PO Box 9, Heppner, OR merous community activi 97836, to pass forward the ties. Her first love beyond heartfelt care that was pro her family was her job and vided her, to be passed on the people she helped. The to others. ocean and the sound o f its Sweeney Mortuary waves was her favorite place of Heppner is in charge of to be, and laughter was al arrangements. ways present about her. Commissioner candidates Carro11 h . Davis Graveside services for Carroll H. Davis will voice their opinions on be held at 1:30 p.m . on Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Morrow County issues the Lone Rock Cemetery. A -Continued from page One complish. county will not be facing the shortages that we have experienced the last few years. Then when you add the increased revenues from the Tippage fees, 1 believe the future budget meetings will be a true joy. Call me an optimist. HG-T: If elected, would you plan on changes in the public works/road department? Wenholz: I feel that the Public Works/Road De partment is doing an excel lent job with the funds avail able to them in our current budget situation. As more funds are available I am all for looking at giving them more money so more proj ects can be worked on. R e a : T h e o n ly changes I would like to see made, is to provide the Road Department with more fund ing. That would allow them to get more actual road work done. Here again, 1 believe lack of communication and misinformation has created a lot of misconception as to the work the Road Depart ment has been able to ac HG-T: Would you like to see any changes in county law enforcem ent and or the DA’s office in the future? Wenholz: I feel the Sheriff’s Department is do ing a good job. During our recent budget setting process we allocated money for the district attorney to hire an assistant district attorney. Rea: Yes, I d o n ’t mean to beleaguer the fact, but again I think there is a lack o f adequate com munication between these two departments. 1 think the law enforcem ent officers and the District Attorney’s office must work together very closely. The officers need to know exactly what the DA needs in the way of information and evidence so the DA can effectively prosecute a case and the DA needs to recognize the difficult situations in which the officers are sometimes placed. 1 do not envy either one, but a safe place to raise our families must be a very high priority for all residents. Garden Club news The Heppner Garden Club will hold a plant ex change at the Senior Center on Saturday, May 3, from 8 a.m. to noon. Those bringing plants should bring them in containers. The Garden Club will be meeting on Monday, May 5, at 7 p.m. at the Willow Creek Diner and Bakery. Hostesses will be Danny Picard and Betty Bailey and they will provide treats. The program will be “Growing Tomatoes” by John Marick. Marick grows his own tomatoes which are big and delicious. Senior Center Menu St. Patrick’s Parish members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, May 7. The menu will include chicken enchiladas, green salad with tomatoes, carrot salad with raisins, and flan. HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 "Where Friends Meet" 142 N orth M ain - Thursdays May 8th - /> I D I E S JX IG H T DIJXJKER Health district approves nearly $9 million for 2008-09 proposed budget Obituaries potluck will follow the ser vice at the new community hall at Lone Rock. Mr. D avis 79, o f Lone Rock died Sunday, April 27, 2008 at the Coun try Spice Residential Care Facility in John Day. He was bom Febru ary 2, 1929 in Walla Walla, WA the son o f Emmett and Agnes Booth Davis. He was raised and attended school in Lone Rock. He often road horseback to and from school. He then attended high school at Condon. Mr. D avis served two years in the U nited States Army. He returned to Lone R ock, and then took over the family ranch which he continued to op erate throughout the rest of his life. Except for a short time at the Country Spice Residential Care Facility in John Day, he was a life long Gilliam County resident. S urvivors include his sister Blanche Burres o f Condon and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial contribu tions may be made to the donor’s charity o f choice. Sweeney Mortuary o f Condon is in charge of arrangements. Alice May Wagner A memorial service for Alice May Wagner will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at St. Patrick’s Se n io r C en ter in H eppner. Private burial will take place at Willamette National Cem etery in Portland. Mrs. Wagner, 89, of Heppner died Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Regency Resi dential Care in Hermiston. She was born May 28, 1918 at Heppner, the daughter o f Harv and Stella May McDandel. She was raised and attended school in Heppner where she grad uated from high school in 1936. She attended beauty college and then operated the Alice W agner Beauty Shop in the old Heppner Hotel Building. She later operated a beauty shop in Kinzua. In D e c e m b e r o f 1950 she married Robert E. Wagner at Heppner. In 1959 the couple moved from Kin zua to Portland. The couple also lived in the Willamette Valley and Hermiston for a time. After her husband’s death she returned to Hep- pner and lived at the St. Patrick’s Senior Center for nearly 10 years. Survivors include: daughters, Suzan Lytton of Heppner, and Pam Tonies o f Reno, NV; sons, Billy Wagner and Fred Watkins both o f Hermiston; brothers, Arlo McRoberts of Rancho Mirage, CA, Ellis McRob erts o f Heppner, and Lee M cR oberts o f G resham ; sisters, Frances Wright o f Twin Falls, ID and Caroline Goodwin o f Portland; and num erous grandchildren, great g ran d ch ild ren and great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by: her husband Robert Wagner; sons, Chuck Wagner and David Wagner; daughter, Regina Wagner; and brothers, John Me Rob erts and Oliver Devin. Memorial contribu tions may be made to St. P a tric k ’s Senior C enter, PO Box 715, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Fishing derby to be held May 10 -Continued from page One the district had $$4,612,900 in re s o u rc e s , in c lu d in g $599,589 in tax monies and had $4,579,383 in expen ditures for only a $33,517 gain. The district plans a $925,000 expansion o f Pio neer Memorial Hospital to accommodate a swing bed area which will enable the hospital once again to serve lo n g -term p atien ts. M a honey, CEO Victor Vander Does and Mills said Mon day that they planned to meet with Greater Eastern Oregon Development Cor p o ratio n re p re se n ta tiv e s Tuesday to request at least $250,000 from the Morrow Equity Fund tow ards re modeling costs. The district plans to fund an additional $540,000 with a flex-lease loan, but that amount may be ratcheted up if they do not receive m onies from the Morrow Equity Fund. The remaining amount will be funded as follows: other loans-$ 100,000; cash on hand-$565,200; and grant funds-$32,000. O ther capital pur chases in the 2008-09 bud get include an upgrade o f the existing HVAC co n trol system-$ 10,000; flex lease lending costs-$20,000; purchase of a colonoscope and en d o sco p e w hich a new doctor, Dr. N ichols, is expected to use to per fo rm e x a m s-$ 1 4 2 ,0 0 0 ; h o s p ita l ro o f-$ 7 5 ,0 0 0 ; M icrosoft Office software upgrade-$ 11,700; carp et replacem ent in the m ain hall-$6,500; scheduled car replacement^ 15,000; emer gency room video confer encing equipment-$32,000. T otal c a p ita l p u rc h a se s amount to $1,237,200. Mahoney said that a six-percent increase in patient charges has been built into the 08-09 budget and Vander Does said that the addition o f a new phy sician is expected to add substantially to the district’s revenue. Also at the meeting, it was announced that the district has rejected all bids on the long-term swing bed project and is re-letting the bids. In other business, the board: -learned that the dis trict lost $71,146 in March. Total operating revenue was $419,924 with $504,590 in operating expenses and an additional non-operating gain o f $ 13,519. This results in an average monthly year- to-date loss o f $ 1,849. M C H D ’s c u rre n t levy expires this year and the district plans to put a new levy before the voters this fall. -heard the following report for March: Pioneer M emorial Clinic had 447 patient visits with 38 new patients, 45 patients seen by a nurse and 20 no-shows. (Mahoney and Vander Does said th at the clin ic now plans to call patients prior to their scheduled appoint ments. The Irrigon Clinic had previously instituted that practice.); the Irrigon Clinic had 193 patient vis its, 35 new p a tie n ts, 37 seen by a nurse and 15 no- shows; Heppner Ambulance had 26 page-outs and 19 transports for $19,235 in revenue; Boardman Ambu lance had 26 page-outs and 19 transports for $19,150 in revenue; Irrigon Ambu lance had 14 page-outs and 12 transports for $10,593 in revenue; there was one flight; Pioneer M em orial Hospital had 11 admissions, two swing-bed admissions, eight admitted for observa tion and one admitted for respite care, 463 total out patients with 70 emergency room encounters, 1489 lab tests, 110 x-ray procedures, 37 CT scans, 28 EKG tests, and 80 respiratory therapy procedures; Home Health had 153 patient visits; Hos pice had one adm ission; and pharmacy had 800 drug doses for $34,733 in drug revenue. DA’s Report Morrow County District Attorney Elizabeth Bal lard has released the following report: -John Louis Munkers, 25, was convicted o f stran gulation, a class A misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 180 days suspended, 24 months bench probations, complete 40 hours o f community service, other numerous conditions, and pay $1,413 in fines, fees and assessments. -Nolen Brice Brock, 48, was convicted o f fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, a class C felony, and was sentenced to one year’s driver’s license suspen sion, six months in jail, one year post-prison supervision, other numerous conditions, and pay $528 in fines, fees and assessments. -Vanessa C. Cardenas Gutierrez, 20, was convicted o f harassment, a class B misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 90 days suspended, 18 months bench probations, complete 20 hours o f community service, other numerous conditions and pay $188 in fines, fees and as sessments. -Justin Dean Wolfe, 35, was convicted o f harass ment, a class B misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 90 days suspended, 18 months bench probation and other numerous conditions. Wolfe was also convicted o f another count o f harassment, a class B misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 90 days suspended, 18 months bench probation and other numerous conditions. Fines, fees and assessments are $1,046. Oregon Department o f Fish and Wildlife, along with Morrow County Parks, will be sponsoring a fishing Holly Rebekah Lodge to host derby on Saturday, May 10, at Anson Wright Park fishing pond. This free fishing derby is for children up to 14 years monthly card party o f age and will be from 8:30-11 a.m. Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting the May To volunteer or donate to this event call Betty Gray card party this Saturday, May 3. Play will begin at 7 at Morrow County Public Works Department at 989-9800 p.m. The cost is $5 per person. or email to bgray@co.morrow.or.us. Starting at 6:30 p.m. Chefs: Sweeneys and Coes I I ho that niff ht,. Mother’s Day Ceremony w at the Lodge AT MCGG GREEN FEED & SEED IN HEPPNER: Visit oar w ell-stocked nursery! New plants arriving w eekly... Roses, Fruit Trees, Bedding Plants, Vegetables Plus Soil Amendments, and Rototiller & Lawn Thatcher Rentals VJt F Ltru ^ri fo r H lo tU tr'i P « y llt t y Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed 242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGO main office) Marriages M o rro w C o u n t y Clerk Bobbi Childers has released the following re port o f m arriage licenses issued: -April 24: Jose Gua dalupe Sanguino, 26, Uma tilla and Lissette Garcia, 22, Irrigon.
