TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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Chamber Lunch to host Reklaim
Technologies speakers
Next week’s Cham
ber Lunch meeting will be
held on Thursday, October
16. The guest speakers will
be from Reklaim Technolo
gies.
Bill Langley, plant
manager, Renee Gastineau,
public relations and Michael
Tover from the main office
in Bellevue will be making a
presentation, talk about their
company and share some
interesting tidbits. Please
RSVP your attendance by
Wednesday afternoon.
Also, if you haven’t
sent in an RVSP for the tour
o f the tree farm, this is your
opportunity. The group will
leave at 8 a.m. and will re
turn around 1 p.m. Lunches
will be provided for $5 for
those who are interested.
DA’s Report
M o rro w C o u n ty
District Attorney Elizabeth
Ballard has released the fol
lowing report:
-Tyler Mason Brad-
field, 22, was convicted
o f harassment, a Class B
misdemeanor, and was sen
tenced to 90 days with 90
days suspended, 12 months
bench probation, complete
20 hours of community ser
vice, other numerous condi
tions, and pay $588 in fines,
fees and assessments.
-Richard Frank Flaiz,
60, was convicted o f sexual
abuse in the third degree, a
Food drive held at HES
Class A misdemeanor, and
was sentenced to 180 days
with 180 days suspended,
24 months bench probation,
other numerous conditions,
and pay $975 in fines, fees,
and assessments.
-James Leroy Carter,
64, was convicted o f failure
to register mis. sex offender,
a Class A misdemeanor, and
was sentenced to 180 days
with 170 days suspended,
24 m onths bench proba
tion, complete 40 hours of
co m m u n ity hours, other
numerous conditions, and
pay $413 in fines, fees, and
assessments.
-Suzanne Lea Mc-
clellan, 46, was convicted
o f DUII, a Class A misde
meanor, and was sentenced
to three years d riv er’s li
cense suspension, 180 days
with 120 days suspended,
24 m onths bench p ro b a
tion, complete 40 hours of
community service, other
numerous conditions, and
pay $793 in fines, fees, and
assessments.
Fair/rodeo
changes dates
Mrs. Allen's class won the food drive contest held annually at Heppner Elementary School. The
class collected 680 pounds in food. Photo by Autumn Morgan
H eppner E lem en
tary School recently held
their annual food drive with
classes competing against
each other. Approximately
1,736.5 pounds of food were
collected, 250 pounds more
than last year.
F ir s t p la c e w as
Mrs. Allen’s class with 680
pounds; Second place, Mrs.
Smith-Griffith’s class with
185 pounds; Third place,
Mrs. C lough’s class with
183.5 pounds; Fourth place,
Mrs. Rill’s class with 180.5
pounds; Fifth place, Mr.
M atteson's class with 179
pounds; Sixth place, Mrs.
Dowdy with 106 pounds;
Seventh place, Mrs. Gibbs
w ith 92 pounds; Eighth
place, Mrs. M orris’ class
with 79 pounds; and Ninth
Open house to be held for Barton
An open house w ill be held to thank local UPS man
Jim Barton who will be retiring on Friday, November 14,
after 28+ years o f service to the Heppner community. The
open house will be held from 1-3 p.m. at City Hall.
Senior Center Menu
Hope Valby/All Saints Church members will be
serving lunch on Wednesday, October 22. The menu will
include meat loaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, mixed
vegetables, spiced pears, hot rolls, and cookies.
place, Mrs. Stone/Hauge-
w o o d ’ c la s s w ith 51.5
pounds.
D&L Auto Parts and
Repairs supplied cupcakes
and popsicles for the win
ning class.
Marriages
M o rro w C o u n ty
Clerk Bobbi Childers has
released the following re
port o f marriage licenses
issued:
- S e p te m b e r 3 0 :
C orey M ark M iller, 28,
Heppner, and Mayme Jill
Sorey, 24, Hermiston.
-O ctober 13; Ken
neth Christopher Jones, 29,
Redm ond, and Maci Lee
Childers, 28, Redmond.
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H arry C. “ S p ik e ”
Nash, 93, o f Heppner died
Thursday, October 9, 2008
in Heppner.
He was bom July 19,
1 9 4 5 in
Condon,
the son
of Ray
W esley
and Olive
Jane Pres
ton Nash.
He liv ed
in W i n -
lo ck and Harry C.
a t t e n d e d “Spike” Nash
school in
Spray and Fossil before
going to school in Portland
where he graduated from
David Douglas High School
in 1963.
Mr. N ash en tered
the military where he served
with the United States Navy.
Follow ing his honorable
discharge in 1965, he went
to work for family in Wyo
ming. He returned to Oregon
and w orked in P o rtlan d
before settling in Heppner
where he worked as a mill
wright for Kinzua Corpora
tion. After the mill closed
he worked for Simplot. He
stopped w orking in 2005
follow ing a heart attack.
He was a m em ber o f the
B.P.O.E. #358.
Survivors include:
daughter, Tareena Healy and
her husband Jim and grand
daughter Diana Healy, all of
Heppner; sisters, Diana Britt
o f Pilot Rock and Roberta
A lexander o f Pendleton;
and brother, Jake Nash o f
Caldwell, ID.
He was preceded in
death by Raymond Nash,
Rodney N ash and V ictor
“Bud” Nash.
A graveside service
for Mr. Nash was held at
11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oc
tober 15, 2008, at Heppner
Masonic Cemetery in Hep
pner.
Memorial contribu
tions for those who wish
may be made to South Mor
row C ounty EM T A sso
ciation, PO Box 9, Heppner,
O regon 97836, or to the
donor’s favorite charity.
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge o f
arrangements.
Katherine Rubina
Voge
K atherine R ubina
Voge, a 40 year resident o f
East County, died on Sat
urday, O ctober 11, 2008,
in Clackamas. She was 78
years o f age.
Katherine was bom
on December 11, 1929 in
Heppner and was the daugh
ter o f Thomas and Lucybell
O ’Brien. She was raised on
the family ranch in Hepp
ner. She attended boarding
school in Pendleton gradu
ating from St. M ary’s Acad
emy in 1947. A fter high
school, she attended beauty
school in Walla Walla, WA.
She completed her course
work in 1949 and worked
as a beautician.
On May 12, 1952,
she married Warren Voge in
Pendleton. They moved to
Portland in 1962 and resided
in their East County home
for 40 years.
K atherine enjoyed
sew ing, tra v e lin g to the
beach and Reno, bowling,
jelly beans and spending
time with her grandchildren.
She had an extensive sheep
collection, which everyone
contributed to, enjoyed slot
machines and belonged to
two separate Bunco groups.
She also attended the Pend
leton Round Up for 20 years
straight. She was a long time
m em ber o f the G atew ay
Elks Lodge and St. Aidan’s
Episcopal Church in Port
land.
Katherine is survived
by: her husband, Warren o f
Gresham; daughters, Leslie
Voge-Hays o f Fairview and
Gail Voge o f Gresham; son,
Gordon Voge o f Vancouver;
brother, Gordon O ’Brien o f
Heppner; and five grand
children.
A funeral serv ice
was held today, Wednesday,
October 15,2008, at noon at
Lincoln Memorial Funeral
Home in Portland. Visitation
was held today, Wednesday,
from 9-11 a.m. Interment
will be at Willamette N a
tional Cem etery. Lincoln
M emorial is handling the
arrangements.
Celebration of life to be
held for VanArsdale
Christmas Tree Raffle
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Harry C. “Spike”
Nash
Due to the U m a
tilla County Fair and Farm
City Pro Rodeo recent date
change the Morrow County
Fair and Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo will now be held the
first full week o f August
this year.
The tw o fairs and
rodeos would have been at
the same time and it was
felt it would be a logistic
nightm are for everybody.
The M orrow County Fair
Board, OTPR com m ittee,
4-H , FFA and L ivestock
Growers have taken this op
portunity to decide on a few
other changes as well.
The 2009 Fair and
OTPR will be held on Au
gust 5-9, 2009 w ith the
Livestock Auction on Satur
day beginning at 2 p.m. and
the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
The life o f Guy VanArsdale will be celebrated on
following at 7 p.m. We hope
Friday, October 24, at 2 p.m. at 65820 Airport Road in
that changes for both coun
ties will go smoothly and end hanger #101. Those attending are asked to bring a
that all com m unities still pot luck di%h.
come out and support.
Heppner Chamber to sell raffle
For more informa
tion call Ren’ee at 676-9474, tickets for four baskets in lieu of
or Rod Taylor at 422-7026.
Heppner Booster Club Annual
Some things make you laugh.
But the thought of losing
all you ever worked for
is not funny....
Obituaries
Credit Cards Accepted
The Chamber will be
sponsoring four raffle bas
kets instead o f the Christmas
Tree Raffle this year.
The C ham ber has
put together a “ W omen’s
Basket” with a pendant do
nated by Peterson’s Jewel
ers, a “Men’s Basket” with a
Seiko Watch donated by the
Chamber, a “Couples” Bas
ket with a night’s stay do
nated by the River Lodge &
Grill in Boardman and din
ner donated by the Chamber,
and a “Family Basket” with
a ‘Nintendo “Wii” Console’
donated by the Chamber.
Local merchants have com
p leted each bask et with
donations.
The baskets will be
displayed at Heppner TV,
beginning Monday, October
20, and raffle tickets can
be purchased at Heppner
Chamber, Heppner TV and
Wheatland Insurance. The
raffle tickets will be $ 1 each
or six for $5 and you can
pick which basket you want
to enter.
The draw ing will
take place in conjunction
with “Celebrate Christmas,”
Heppner style on Thursday,
December 18. There will
be one wi nne r for each
basket.
Heppner FFA selling apples
The Heppner FFA Chapter will be selling apples
again this year. The cost is $ 12 per box and will be available
for pick-up on October 24 at the football game. Checks
can be made payable to the Heppner FFA and can be sent
to HHS Attn: Beth Dickenson.