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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 4,2008 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner 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 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: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve.net. Web site: www.heppner net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. 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 New s and Advertising Deadline is M onday at 5 p m. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. C ost for a display ad is $4 90 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 50» per word C ost for Card of T hanks is $10 up to 100 words C ost 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 subm ission 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 G T 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 written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor M U S T be signed by the author The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters M U S T include the author s address and phone number for use by the G T office The G T reserves the right to edit letters The G T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of T hanks’ at a cost of $10. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • C ity C ouncil & Planning M inutes • L ocal B usinesses • C ounty P ark • W illow C reek Park R eservations • Free D igital P ostcards • S enior H ousing • and m ore! Obituaries Helen M. Black of great A memorial service for Helen M. Black will be held 11 a.m. Friday, June 6, at the First Church of the Nazarene in Medford. Mrs. B lack, 78, formerly of Medford died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. She was bom Janu ary 19,1930 in Scotts Bluff, NE to Rudy and lola Clure Adler where she was raised and graduated from high school. On March 7, 1953 she married Roy Black in Sppkane, WA. She spent the majority of her life in south ern Oregon. During her last two months of life, she was living with her daughter and son-in-law in Heppner. Mrs. Black worked in the Registrar’s Office at Southern Oregon University for over 22 years and of ficially retired on April 30, 1992, but continued to work part time for about eight years. She was a woman integrity, a strong woman of faith in Jesus Christ and loved to “serve” others. Her family was most important to her. She is survived by: sisters, Evonne Holloway of Newark, OH, and Shir ley Forsyth of Medford; daughters, Sheryll Bates of Heppner and Sandra Black Schmaltz of Medford; sons, Warren Black of Eugene, Daniel Black of Phoenix, and Donny May of New Mexico; and son- in- law Chris McClure of Medford. She had eight grandchildren and four great-grandchil dren. She was preceded in death by both her parents, her husband, Roy Black in March, 1998 and youngest daughter Cynthia McClure in March, 2000. Contributions may be made to Pioneer Memo rial Home Health, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge ot arrangements. HHS grad releases new book Steve Warren, a 1966 graduate of Heppner High School, recently has written a book entitle “Beyond the Finish Line”. Warren is an Oregon native who was raised in Heppner. Although the book is not available in stores, paper back copies and can be obtained for $12.75 by emailing the publisher at bevondfinish@comcast.net. The book can also be downloaded for $6 as an e-book at lulu.com/ content/2224265. Warren is the author of “Drat! Mythed Again” which was published in 1986. He also wrote and produced an audiotape titled “The Last Seminar” in 1987. Health district awards renovation project bid ~ -Continued from Page one “back in the black” with a Letters to the Editor ~ The H eppner G azette Tim es w ill print all letters to the E ditor with the follow ing criteria m et: letters subm itted to the new spaper w ill need to have the nam e o f the sender along w ith a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide y our address and a phone num ber w here you can be reached. The address and phone num ber w ill only be used for verification and w ill not be printed in the new spaper. L etters m ay not be libelous. The G T reserves the right to edit. T he G T is not responsible for accuracy o f statem ents m ade in letters. A ny letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “ C ard o f T h an k s” at a cost o f $10. -learned that the Hospital Foundation do nated $20,000 to update the furnishings at Pioneer Memorial Clinic. Vander Does said that soundproof ing the rooms and adding more office space are still priorities. -learned that the dis trict became the agent of record to facilitate a grant which will be used to put digital x-ray equipment at the Irrigon Clinic. -learned that the dis trict is still in negotiations with the union. -learned that the district received a grant to fund the purchase of a new all-terrain-vehicle for the OHV park. -a p p ro v e d p u r chase of a small two-wheel drive pickup for district use and expending less than $15,000. -approved authoriz ing the Morrow County Treasurer to invest district funds. -learned from Ma honey that the estimated valuation of the county pre viously stated in the MCHD budget was correct. There had been some earlier confu sion about a possible change in the valuation, but that information was in error. -learned from Ma honey that the district is $10,000 gain for the month of April and a $662.98 average monthly year-to- date loss. The district had $475,582 in gross patient Reminding you of your responsibilities revenue for the month. -learned that: Pio Your city elected officials and city employees hope neer Memorial Clinic had that your Memorial Day and graduation activities were 477 patient visits for the memorable and enjoyable. This is the traditional start to month of April with 22 new summer here in eastern Oregon as well as around the state. patients, 54 seen by a nurse It seems a good time to remind residents of the community and 17 no-shows; Irrigon of some responsibilities that are important all of the time had 161 patient visits with but are more noticeable in the summer. 23 new patients, 35 seen by During spring and summer everyone seems to be a nurse and eight no shows; outside more so animals at large, dogs in particular are Heppner Ambulance had 14 much more noticeable and complaints to the city increase page-outs and 14 transports significantly. 1 would like to remind dog owners that the for $14,395 in revenue; city requires dogs to be on a leash when not on owner’s Boardman Ambulance had property. It’s also important to have your dogs licensed. 37 page-outs and 18 trans A license makes it far more likely that your pet will be ports for $ 18,338 in revenue; ' returned to you and the cost and inconvenience will be Irrigon Ambulance had 17 less. page-outs and 11 transports Another point of attention for many in the commu for $ 10,035 in revenue; there nity is the rapid growth of weeds and tall grasses. The city was one life flight; Pioneer ordinance does require residents to maintain there lawns Memorial Hospital had eight and gardens. The unsightliness can certainly be enough to admissions, one swing-bed get people’s attention but the best reason to maintain your admission; 17 admitted for property is the fire danger that un-kept and dry vegetation observation, 469 emergency poses. Cutting the tall weeds and grasses is an ongoing room outpatients, 69 emer chore that not only makes your property more attractive gency room encounters, but far safer. 1723 lab tests, 105 x-ray Steve Bogart procedures, 42 CT scans, Interim Heppner City Manager 23 EKG tests, one treadmill procedure, seven respira tory therapy procedures, Senior Center Menu 200 Home Health visits, one Christian Life Center members will be serving Hospice admission and 1250 lunch on Wednesday, June 11. The menu will include bar drug doses for $49,905 in becue brisket on a bun, oven baked steak fries, coleslaw pharmacy revenue with pineapple, and chocolate pudding. complete adjudications Jones received the Heppner Garden Club’s Yard of the Month May’s recognition. Robin, who is origi nally from Baker City, met Mike in college and they have two daughters, Brianne Jones Wood and Kellee. Mike is the fourth genera tion working on his family’s farm. Robin is employed as an aide at Heppner Elemen tary School. T h eir c h arm in g home at 360 Gale, which was built in 1894, has been in their family since Great Grandpa, Jeff Jones, bought it prior to the 1940s, adding on to the house for his fam ily. Before that, it served as a parsonage for a Baptist church located next door where the two-story brick apartment house currently stands. Mike and Robin have remodeled and filled their home with family mementos and sentiments. They even made a separate room with it’s own outside entrance for the two cats they adopted and the ad ditional three felines who adopted the Jones. Their welcom ing front porch looks upon a cyclone fenced yard and sidewalk flanked by a red maple and a flowering pear tree. Besides barberry and potentilla shrubs, Robin plants annuals in pots scat tered throughout. Hard to detect is a slightly low area in the front lawn where Jones unexpectedly dis- Jones family receives May Yard of the Month recognition Piano students Mike and Robin Sixteen local piano students recently completed piano syllabus adjudications sponsored by the Oregon Music Teachers Associa tion. Completed levels are as follows: Level I - Patrick Burch, Joyce Chen, Sophie Grant, Alex Lindsay, and Kaid Peck; Level II - Di ana Healy, Kaelyn Lindsay, and RJ Skaggs; Level III _ stacee Halvorsen; Level IV - Jonathan Chen, Jessica Hamilton, and Bethany Van Cleave; Level V - Stephanie Schuler, and Daniel Van Cleave; Level VI - Sarah Stillman; Level IX - Kristen Van Cleave. The students were required to play three mem orized pieces in addition to scales, chords, arpeggios, sight reading, and ear train ing. Teachers of the students are Kristen Van Cleave and Myma Van Cleave of Hep pner. Great Father's Day Gifts! Sàie Pri ce CorlHett UEO Oropllgtit Liaér Tubato IS O s* Cortón Less Marf-m Rebate X899-H70 1 covered and dug out a long abandoned brick lined septic tank. Underground sprin klers automatically water at 2 a.m. when needed and the soil is decent. The lawn rarely needs to be fertilized and Mike only occasionally has to spot kill dandy lions. Mike usually is the lawn mower and they both pull weeds. The south side flow erbed has a long, full row of candytuft perennials and hardy, pink geraniums. The northeast side yard bed has multiple colored, old fash ion roses, several started by Great Grandma Jones and aphid control is done with a systemic fertilizer and occasional doses of soapy water. A new privacy fence was built this spring to sur round their backyard after removing some overgrown lilacs. A jog in the property HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 "Where Friends M eet" 142 INorth M a in N AM 37-Pc. BearWrMdt keen» Btt Set ml V T N*v#r*IM* Wrench iWcmh*sn * rJmm Father 's Day is June 15 (Feet F. ______ r ftp. ( f ill # 1 1T 1299 toe«) 13.69 - Thursday, June 12th - LA D IE S N IC H T A N D F LA C D A Y Menu: New York Steak, Salad, Potato Dish, Roll and Ice Cream IF m i R o I m m 'H N i #151 1 6 .6 9 Lexington 989-8221 * 1-800-452-7396 r*r ferm «qulpniMit. visit MTW*!) dt« at www .neu.Mt i Chefs: Coiners, M itchells a n d B ro sn a n s line contains an extra hardy yellow rose bush that grows in the middle of a previous vegetable garden. A snowball shrub with aged, twisted bark is loaded heavily with new blooms with a forsythia close by. Future plans in this general area are for a horse shoe shaped water feature. A double swing in the backyard is a favorite place for both Mike and Robin. Summer barbecues are held by the fire pit and the wood pergola. A special area is the memory garden made of landscape blocks and filled with soil from the farm. Included in the memory garden are Oregon grapes from Mike’s mother, Sue Jones, white lilies from Grandmother, and nearby wind chimes from Robin’s Dad. Other plantings in the yard are dianthus, ivy, purple tulips, clem atis, trumpet vine, pink bee balm, campanula, Shasta daisies, white lilac and a climbing rose. Mike enjoys yard work as he enjoys farming. Robin recommends to plant what you like; lots of texture and color. Good advice from a family who makes their living from G od’s good earth. Yard of the Month recognition is co-sponsored by Heppner TV, MCGG Green Feed, the City of Heppner and the Heppner Garden Club.
