T W O - Heppner Gazette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon W ednesday, Septem ber 2 4 ,2 0 0 8
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 Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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.
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David S ykes.................................................................................................... Publisher
Autumn Morgan................................................................................................... Editor
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How to make a
sand-cast
birdbath class
to be held
Looking for a simple
project with lots of poten
tial? Try this class by garden
enthusiast, Janet Holland,
on How to Sand-Cast a
Birdbath.
It is a unique garden
accent made with leaves
from your garden. Partici
pants will leave the second
class with a unique birdbath
for their yard.
Class will be held at
the lone Community School
Greenhouse on Monday,
September 29, at 6 p.m. and
Monday, October 6, at 6
p.m. Cost will be $31, as all
supplies will be provided.
Pre-registration is
required so that adequate
supplies will be on hand.
To sign up, please call Anne
Morter, BMCC Coordina
tor at 422-7040 to reserve a
space in the class.
Juvenile Diabetes Walk to
Cure to be held this weekend
Pictured in front of the wall of shoes is HES teacher Jannie Allen and some of the students who
have bought shoes for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. -Photo by Autumn Morgan
The Juvenile Dia
betes Research Foundation
Walk to Cure will be held
Sunday, September 28,
at Oaks Park in Portland.
Brent Eckman, who has
juvenile diabetes, will be
participating in the walk.
Jannie Allen has
been making and selling
paper shoes that line the
halls of Heppner Elementary
School for the past seven
years, since Eckman was in
elementary school.
The shoes are $1
each and can be purchased
at the HES office through
Thursday. Proceeds will
go to the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation.
Scholarship applications available
A pplications are
available for the Lexington
Precinct and Elizabeth Slot-
tee Memorial Scholarship.
They may be picked up at
Spicer-Kuhn Law Office in
Heppner from Barb Hayes,
or from Del LaRue in lone.
The deadline for
these to be turned in is Oc
tober 15.
The Lexington Vot-
ing Precinct Award is given
to a sophomore, junior or
senior who lives in the Lex
ington Voting Precinct.
The Slotee Memo
rial Scholarship is awarded
annually to a junior, senior,
or graduate student at an ac
credited four year college or
university. The scholarship
is given annually in order of
priority. First - student ma-
6th Annual
joringorminonng in music;
second - student who has
been accepted into a school
of education.
C riteria used in
awarding this scholarship
include scholarship, leader
ship, citizenship, financial
need, and probability of suc
cess in the student’s chosen
field.
For more informa
tion contact Martha Munk-
ers.
Obituaries
Michael J. Sweeney
Michael J. Sweeney,
59, of Milwaukie, formerly
o f H epp
ner, died
Saturday,
S e p te m
ber 20,
2008 at St.
V in c e n t
H ospital
in P o rt
land after
b a ttlin g Michael J.
P i c k ’ s Sweeney
Disease.
He was born June
2, 1949 in Chicago, IL the
son of Jerry and O.V. (Tiny)
Harris Sweeney. He was
raised in Butte, MT, Ontario,
and Grants Pass before the
family settled in Heppner
where Mike graduated from
high school in 1967.
He then attended
the University of Oregon in
Eugene where he graduated
in three and a half years. He
also attended colleges in Eu
rope and Russia before en
tering Gonzaga University
School of Law in Spokane,
WA where he graduated in
1975.
He was admitted to
the Oregon State Bar in
1976 and worked in a pri
vate law practice in Heppner
from 1976 to 1983. From
1983 to 1989 he served as
CEO and corporate counsel
for a Portland advertising
company.
In 1989, he began his
work with the Oregon At
torney Assistance Program
(OAAP), where he has spent
the last 18 years working
with lawyers and their fami
lies in recovery, facilitating
interventions, organizing
support groups, and provid
ing empathy and guidance.
During this period of time,
Michael became certified
as an employee assistance
professional (CEAP) and an
alcohol and drug counselor
III (CADC III). Using his
life experience, counsel
ing education, and heart,
Michael helped Oregon
become one of the first law
yer assistance programs in
the country to offer a wide
range of services, includ
ing a “lawyer in transition
program.” Michael worked
as an OAAP attorney coun
selor until sometime in 2007
when he took the position of
attorney counselor advisor.
He has been a source
of inspiration, assistance,
energy, information, and
support for anyone interest
ed in recovery. Extensively
involved in recovery legisla
tion, constantly educating
people about recovery, and
always dedicating time to
lawyers in need, Michael
truly has made a differ
ence in the lives of many.
His work for the recovery
community has been bound-
HEPPNER ELKS 358
lone Education Foundation
676-9181
Fund Raising Dinner
"W here f riends M eet"
142 N orth Main
AUCTION a n d RAFFLE ITEMS
Saturday, Septem ber 27th
Social hour at 6 p.m . / D inner at 7 p.m .
at the lon e A m erican Legion Hall
Thursday, Oct 2
Y
Menu: Prime Rib, Crab, Shrimp, Salad,
Baked Potato, Bread, Dessert. TWo drinks included
with meal (choose from beer, wine and soft drinks).
Ticket Prices:
Adults - $25.00
Children 7 - 12 - $10.00
6 and under - free
Tickets available at
Bank of Eastern Oregon, lone
Barbecue Ribs at 6 p.m.
Raffles and Prizesl
Oyster, Ham & Salmon Feed
^
Saturday, Oct.
Pinner at 5 p.m.
Come enjoy a fun evening and
help support the lone School.
- L A D IE S ' N IG H T D IN N E R ~
The lone Education Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation
Chefs: Marcia and Erin Anderson
Ad sponsored by W heatland Insurance, lone
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less.
He served as presi
dent of the board of the local
Columbia River chapter of
the Employee Assistance
Professionals Association
(EAPA) and as president
of the board of the Oregon
Council on Alcoholism and
Drug Addiction (OCADA).
In 1993, Michael co-found-
ed the Oregon Partnership,
a statewide nonprofit or
ganization that helps com
munities prevent and reduce
substance abuse through
treatment referrals and edu
cation. He served on the
Partnership’s board from
1993 to 1997 and received
the Oregon Partnership
Leadership Award in 2001.
Mr. Sweeney also
served as chair of the Gov
ernor’s Council on Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Programs
(council member from 1996
- 2000). Advising the gov
ernor and the legislature
on funding priorities for
programs related to alcohol
and drug abuse. He also
served on the Governor’s
Underage Drinking Task
Force, was involved in the
State Incentive Cooperative
Agreement (SICA) project
to reduce the use of alcohol
and drugs among youth,
and served on a council for
comprehensive legislation
creating a support system
for at-risk children and their
families.
Nationally known
for his work in the field of
recovery and lawyer as
sistance programs, Michael
has helped to establish and
improve many lawyer as
sistance programs in other
states. He served from 2001
to 2003 on the American Bar
Association Commission
on Lawyer Assistance Pro
grams and on the Commis
sion’s assistance program
evaluation subcommittee.
Michael has also served on
the ABA Standing Com
mittee on Substance Abuse
since 2004, providing tes
timony to a Congressional
Caucus on recovery, and
helping to introduce an ABA
policy opposing discrimina
tion against people seeking
treatm ent or recovering
from alcoholism or other
drug diseases.
Mr. Sweeney was
an avid golfer and tried to
play as many of the courses
around Oregon as possible.
He started the Jeff Turner
Memorial Scholarship Fund
after losing his good friend
and golf teammate. Follow
ing Mike’s diagnosis with
Pick’s Disease his name was
added to the Scholarship
Fund which is distributed
through The Oregon Com
munity Foundation; it is for
graduating seniors of lone
and Heppner schools.
Fie was a proud Or
egon Duck fan and was a
member of the Kappa Sigma
Fraternity at the University
of Oregon. He also enjoyed
fly fishing and tying his own
flies. He had a great love
for Morrow County history
where he was involved in
many activities. Michael
was loved by many, and
touched many lives. He will
be greatly missed.
He is survived by:
his daughters, Kelly Bur-
goyne and her husband Scott
of Oregon City and Katie
Sweeney and her husband
Phuong Le of Milwaukie;
sister, Kathy Sunseri of
Milwaukie; brothers, Pat
Sweeney of Heppner, Dan
Sweeney of Hillsboro, Bri-
an Sweeney of Portland,
and Greg Sweeney of Mil
waukie; granddaughters,
Lily Le, Brittany and Emily
Burgoyne; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Funeral Mass will
be held at 11 a.m. Saturday,
September 27, 2008, at St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church
in Heppner. Burial will fol
low at the Heppner Masonic
Cemetery.
A reception and
gathering of friends will be
held at the Catholic Parish
Hall immediately follow
ing the burial. Recitation
of the Rosary will be held
7:30 p.m. Friday, September
26, at St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church.
Memorial contribu
tions for those who wish
may be made to the Oregon
Partnership, 6443 SW Bea-
verton-Hillsdale Highway,
Suite 200, Portland, Oregon
97221 or to the Jeff Turner
- Michael Sweeney Scholar
ship Fund, c/o The Oregon
Community Foundation,
1221 SW Yamhill St. Suite
100, Portland, OR 97205.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Michael G. Pierce
Michael G. Pierce,
60, of Hillsboro died Fri
day, September 19,2008, of
pancreatic cancer with his
family at his side.
Mike was bom May
9, 1948 to Gene and Fay
Pierce of
Pendle
t o n . In
1957 the
f ami l y
moved to
Hepp
ner. Mike
graduated
from Hep Michael G.
pner High Pierce
School in
1965. He attended Eastern
Oregon University in La
Grande. He then served in
the Army during the Viet
nam era and was stationed
in Korea.
Mike owned Dick’s
Subaru Service and Mike’s
Car Stereo prior to that in
Hillsboro. He liked reading
and motorcycles.
His family remem
bers his examples of hard
work, honesty and loyalty
to his family, friends and
customers. He loved good
times and good jokes with
family and friends and travel
to tropical destinations.
Mike was a 20 year
member of the Hillsboro
Elks and also a member
o f W ashington County
A.B.A.T.E. of Oregon.
He is survived by:
wife, Chris Ryder; daughter,
Jennifer Flores; sons, Eric
and Zack Ryder; grandson,
Gabriel Flores; his mother,
Fay; brother, Greg Pierce;
and sisters, Mary Pierce,
Martha McQuinn, and Mol
ly Rhea.
He was preceded in
death by his father “Gene”
Pierce.
Interment service
will be held at Willamette
National Cemetery, 11800
SE Mt. Scott Blvd. in Port
land on Monday, September
29, at 3 p.m.
Remembrances may
be sent to Transitions Pal
liative Care of Washington
County, 900 SE Oak St.,
Suite 202, Hillsboro, OR
97123.
Funeral arrange
ments were by Fir Lawn
Mortuary in Hillsboro.
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