TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Juanita Martin
Graveside service for
Juanita Martin will be held
11 a.m. Monday, July 7,
2008 at the Heppner Mason
ic Cemetery. Mrs. Martin,
Juanita Martin
83, longtime Lexington resi
dent died Wednesday, July
2, 2008 at Willow Creek
Terrace Assisted Living in
Heppner.
She was born April 20,
1925 at Monment, Oregon
the daughter of Delbert and
Emma Vinson Bellenbrock.
She started school in Monu
ment then attended school
at Cecil. She finished her
schooling at Lexington.
On November 4, 1942
she married Roy G. Martin
at Portland, Oregon. She
spent the rest of her life in
Morrow County where she
and her husband operated a
wheat ranch near Lexington.
He preceded her in death in
2003.
She later moved into
Heppner and has been a
resident at Willow Creek
Terrace Assisted Living for
the past two and a half years.
She enjoyed working in her
yard, traveling, golfing and
playing pinochle. She was
a 50 year member of the
Rebekah Lodge.
Survivors include her
sons: Jim Martin and his
wife Kathy, Tommy Martin
and his wife Shirley, all of
Lexington, 6 grand children
and 11 great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions
for those who wish may be
made to Willow Creek Ter
race Assisted Living, 400
Frank Gilliam Drive, Hep
pner, Oregon 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in charge of ar
rangements.
DA’s Report
On June 30, 2008,
former Irrigon resident Joel
Nathan Hagedom, 28, was
convicted of sexual abuse in
the first degree in the Mor
row County Circuit Court.
The crime occurred
in Irrigon between May 1,
2005 and August 31, 2006.
The victim was under the
age of 12 years.
Morrow County Dis
trict Attorney Elizabeth Bal
lard represented the State.
“Detective Seth Cooney of
the Oregon State Police put
together a very solid inves
tigation in this case, which
enabled my office to pursue
the matter aggressively,”
said Ballard.
Sexual abuse in the
first degree is a Measure 11
crime, meaning that it car
ries with it a presumptive
mandatory sentence. Circuit
Court Judge Jeffrey M. Wal
lace sentenced Hagedom to
the custody of the Oregon
Department of Corrections
for 75 months along with
45 months of post-prison
supervision. It was also rec
ommended that Hagedorn
register as a sex offender
and have no direct or indi
rect contact with the victim,
the victim’s residence or the
victim’s family.
Obituaries
Guy E. VanArsdale
Guy E. VanArsdale,
69, of Lexington died Fri
day, July 4, 2008 at St.
Vincent Hospital & Medical
Center in Portland.
At his request no
funeral service will be held.
Disposition was by private
cremation.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to St.
Vincent Hospital Cardiac
Unit 9205 S. W. Barnes Rd.
Portland, Oregon 97225.
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston is in care of ar
rangements.
Edward L. “Ed”
Hunt
Edward L. “ Ed”
Hunt, 90, longtime Lexing
ton resident died Tuesday,
June 17, 2008 at his home.
He was bom October
22, 1917
in L e x
ington,
t he son
o f Al e x
and Edna
Helms
Hunt. He
at t ended
school
L .1 Ed’
in L e x Edward
Hunt
ington,
graduat
ing from Lexington High
School in 1935. He joined
the army in 1941 and was
honorably discharged at
Stoneman, CA with the rank
of first sergeant. Following
his discharge he worked
for the railroad for several
years. He later returned to
Lexington where he began
farming.
Mr. Hunt was a faith
ful member of the Seventh
Day Adventist Church, the
Odd Fellows Lodge and the
Lexington Grange.
He is survived by
numerous cousins. He was
preceded in death by his
parents, a sister Mildred,
and a brother Elwood.
A private inurnment
for Mr. Hunt will be held at
10 a.m. on Wednesday, July
16, 2008 at the Lexington
Cemetery for family and
close friends.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to the
St. Patrick’s Senior Center,
PO Box 715, Heppner, OR
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217 North Main • 676-9158
Serving Morrow, Gilliam & Wheeler Counties since 1959.
Mesa, AZ for 13 years.
In 2000 she returned
to her roots in Heppner and
moved into the St. Pat Se
nior Apartments living there
for eight years. During those
eight years she enjoyed play
ing dominos, pinochle, and
working Thursday mornings
as the secretary in the St.
Pat’s Sr. Center. Dorris also
volunteered at the Heritage
Museum, and played golf at
the local club. She always
knew that her children and
grandchildren were partici
pating in activities at school,
church, 4H, sports, music,
and on to college, because
she saved all the newspaper
clippings and photos sent
to her by those living in
California, Washington, and
New York as well as those
living in Oregon.
She is survived by:
her daughters, Betty Carl
son and her husband Louis
of Heppner, and Rieta Hill
and her husband Walt of
Ocean Shores, WA; son,
Deane Graves and his wife
Doris Kimbell of Umatilla;
brother, Glen Wilcox and his
wife Joan of Portland; eight
grandchildren; 12 great
grandchildren; and four
great-great-grandchildren.
Dorris was preceded
in death by: her husband,
John W, Graves; her parents,
daughter JoAnne Pettyjohn
and her husband Howard;
grandson Ken Graves; sister,
Eva Brosten; and brothers,
Charles, Claude, and Lester
Wilcox.
A graveside service
will be held on Saturday,
July 12, 2008 at 11 a.m. at
Olney Cemetery in Pendle
ton. Following the graveside
services in Pendleton, fam
ily and friends are invited
to St. Pat Senior Center in
Heppner for a lunch at 1:30
p.m. Following the lunch,
family and guests will have
the opportunity to share in
the celebration of Dorris’s
life.
Those who wish
may make contributions in
Dorris’s memory to Vange
John Memorial Hospice at
1050 W. Elm St. STE 220,
Hermiston, Oregon 97838 or
to charity of your choice.
Bums Mortuary of
Hermiston is in care of ar
rangements.
Heppner students attend 2008 National TSA Conference
Three Industry and
Engineering Students from
Heppner along with advisor
Dave Fowler attended the
2008 National TSA Con
ference. The Technology
Student Association (TSA)
represented by 48 states,
held its annual conference
in Orlando, FL June 28-July
2, 2008 with over 4700 in
attendance.
Matt Garrett and
Mercedes Garrett from the
Heppner High School TSA
Chapter and Bryce Fowler
from the Heppner Jr. High
TSA Chapter represented
both Heppner and the state
of Oregon in three events
each and also attended a
DuPont Leadership Camp.
They competed in events
such as flight endurance,
technology problem solving
and model dragster racing.
There were 35 events to
choose from in the areas of
science, technology, engi
neering and leadership.
The T echnology
Student Association (TSA)
is a national, nonprofit or
ganization for middle and
high school students with’
a strong interest in technol-
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Graves, 97, o f Heppner
died on Wednesday, July
James Austin
2, 2008 at
Morris
the home
James Austin Mor o f h e r
ris, 67, died Saturday, July son and
daughter-
5, 2008.
Jim, of Milwaukie, i n - l a w ,
was bom to Edgar and Mil D e a n e
dred Wilson Morris on July G r a v e s
29, 1940 in Heppner, where and Doris Doris Graves
he attended elementary Kimbell in
and secondary school. He Umatilla.
Mrs. Graves was de
continued his education at
Eastern Oregon College in livered by Dr. C.C. Chick
LaGrande and Boise Junior on January 1, 1911 five
miles east of lone on the
College.
In his “hey day,” Jim farm owned by her parents,
and his school friends were Robert and Ethel (Eskelson)
quite the summer hay crew Wilcox. Dorris attended
around Heppner. Before Lexington Elementary and
moving to Western Oregon High School. The principal
permanently, Jim worked of the school was her father
for a year with Jim Sherman Robert B. Wilcox. She loved
at the Heppner Gazette- horses and was the princess
Times. He then spent sev representing the Morrow
eral years in the insurance County Fair and Rodeo in
industry, was an inventor 1926. As the grand marshal
and entrepreneur, and was a for the 2000 Morrow County
consulting safety engineer Fair and Pro Rodeo, Dorris
once again was honored as
for several businesses.
An avid reader and the horsewoman and a pro
amateur political analyst, moter of youth groups.
She married John W.
Jim also enjoyed woodwork
ing and was a self-taught Graves on November 15,
home remodeler, a treasure 1928. In 1954 John and Dor
hunter, and a self-declared ris purchased a cattle/wheat
Canasta Champ. He de ranch south of Hardman.
lighted in being “Crappa” to John died on November 8,
1965. Dorris remained on
his six grandchildren.
Jim will be remem their ranch south of Hard
bered as the man with the man and with her son Deane
answers, our go-to hus raised shorthorn cattle and
band, father, grandfather, wheat. Later years Deane
sibling, and “solid rock” of chose a profession as a long
haul trucker and Dorris sold
his neighborhood.
He will be missed her ranch and became very
by: his wife Susan; daugh active in Morrow County
ters, Kristen and Amy; organizations helping to
grandchildren Grant, Ryan, make a difference in Mor
Henry, Soren, Aiden, and row County and also serving
Amelia; his siblings, Edna on state boards in Oregon.
In 1974 she was se
Wilson, Edith Morris, Flor
ence Nolan, Doris Brosnan, lected as a delegate to “Home
Kip Morris, and Bob Morris; Makers Council”, and also
his brothers- and sisters-in- the “Country Women of the
law; 20 nieces and nephews; World”, traveling to Austra
lia. This experience was the
and many friends.
beginning
of her travels to
He was preceded
in death by his parents and India, Europe, and China.
Dorris and her motor home
brother Randy.
A memorial service were visitors to most of the
for James Austin Morris 50 United States searching
will be held in Portland later family genealogy. She then
this month. Donation in his became a snowbird living in
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Pictured left to right are Matt Garrett, Bryce Fowler, Mercedes
Garrett and TSA Advisor Dave Fowler. The group attended the
2008 National TSA Conference in Orlando, FL. -Contributed
Photo
ogy. Since the organization
was chartered in 1978, over
2,000,000 members have
participated in its programs
and activities. There are
currently 150,000 members
with the mission to foster
personal growth, leadership,
and opportunities in tech
nology, innovation, design,
and engineering. Members
apply and integrate science,
technology, engineering
and mathematics concepts
through co-curricular activi
ties, competitive events and
related programs.
There are currently
nine chapters in Morrow and
Umatilla Counties. Two at
Heppner Jr/Sr High, River
side High School, Umatilla
High School, Echo High
School, Hermiston High
School, Ukiah Schools,
Pendleton High School and
McLaughlin High School.
Dave Fowler at Heppner Jr/
Sr High is the local chapter
advisor and the Oregon
State TSA advisor. James
Poison at McLaughlin High
School is their local advisor
and the Oregon conference
director. .
For the 2008-2009
school year, Oregon TSA
has four events planned.
There will be a leadership
conference for all chapter
officers and advisors. There
will be a fall competition
in December followed by a
competition and dinner with
engineers in February, then
our spring competition in
April and ending with the
TSA 2009 National Confer
ence in June to be held in
Denver, CO.