TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Boyer-Kates wedding
announced
Brooke and Jon Kates
Mr. and Mrs. John
Boyer of Lexington, OR, an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Brooke Boyer, to
Jon Kates. The couple were
m arried on Septem ber 5,
2008, at Calimegos Ranch,
Malibu, CA.
B rooke is a 1999
graduate of Heppner High
School and a 2004 graduate
o f Boise State University
with a B.S. in nursing. She
has worked as a travel nurse
for the past four years.
Jon is a graduate o f
Loyola Marymount College
o f Los Angeles, CA. He is
employed with Strieker In
strument Surgical Division.
T he co u p le m ake
their home in Palm Springs,
CA.
Senior Center Menu
St. Patrick’s Parish
members will serve the se
nior lunch on Wednesday,
N ovem ber 19. The menu
will include: pork chops,
roasted p o tato es, sau e r
kraut with caraway seeds,
applesauce, hot rolls and
tapioca.
U nited M eth o d ist
Church members will serve
the sen io r T h an k sg iv in g
lunch on Wednesday, N o
vember 26. The menu will
include: turkey, m ashed
potatoes with gravy, dress
ing, green beans, cranberry
sauce with orange, hot rolls
and pumpkin chiffon cake.
Bank of
Eastern Oregon
Mortgage Division
M em ber F D IC
Heppner? Mortgage Division staff
(from left):
Arietta Arnspiger.
Construction Account Representative
Melissa Lindsay.
V ice President and Mortgage Manager
Tobey Garrett.
Mortgage Loan Supervisor
Christy Winter.
Mongage Loan Processor
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Obituaries
Samuel Arthur
Backman, Jr.
M em orial serv ice
and en -
tomb-
ment for
Sam uel
A. Back-
man, Jr.,
was held
Sunday,
N ovem
b e r 9,
2008, at
Finley
Sunset Hills Memorial Park
in Portland, Oregon. Mr.
Backman, 77, o f lone died
Tuesday, November 4,2008
at Pioneer Memorial Hospi
tal in Heppner.
Mr. Backman was
born December 15, 1930,
at Centerville, Utah, the son
o f Samuel A. and Margaret
Parenson Backman. He was
raised at Centerville where
he g rad u ated from high
school.
On February 2,1949,
he married his high school
sweetheart, Ida Gonnuscio,
at Centerville, Utah. The
couple raised three daugh
ters and three sons. The
family moved to Oregon,
where he worked as a long
shoreman for the I.L.W.U.
Local #8. They lived in the
Beaverton - Hillsboro area
for 35 years, before moving
to lone in the late 1980s.
He was a life mem
b er o f N o rth A m erican
Hunting Club. He enjoyed
hunting, fishing, the railroad
and camping. He was pas
sionate about baseball and
trains. Mr. Backman loved
road trips and planning all
the stops. His children and
grandchildren were his pride
and his dog “Max” was his
best friend and companion.
His wife o f 59 years de
scribes him as the love of
her life.
He is survived by
his wife; Ida Backman o f
lone, O regon; daughters,
Cathy Roberts of Boardman,
Oregon, Lori Fisher and her
husband, Joe, o f West Linn,
O regon, Jennifer M artyn
and her husband, Mike, of
Durham, Oregon: sons, Mi
chael Backman and his wife,
Rosa, o f Cornelius, Oregon,
W ally B ackm an and his
wife, Sandy, o f Prineville,
Oregon, and Paul Backman
o f Irrigon, Oregon; broth
ers, Herb Burk of Madras,
Oregon and Donnie Burk of
Salem, Oregon; sisters, Lola
Nestor and Bonnie Butler,
both of Ocean Park, Wash
ington; 18 grandchildren
and 11 great grandchildren.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to Doem-
becher Children's Hospital,
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park
R oad, P o rtlan d , O regon
97201.
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge o f
local arrangements.
Nancy Dixon
A combined memo
rial service for Melvin and
Nancy Dixon will be held
at 2 p.m. on Sunday, No
vem ber 23, at R iverside
Community Church o f God
in C ottage G rove with a
reception following.
Melvin Dixon died
November 1, 2008, at the
age o f 91 following many
years o f illness. He was lov
ingly cared for by his wife,
Nancy until she suffered a
hip fracture and serious ill
ness that led to her passing
on September 18, 2008, o f
this year.
Melvin Dixon was
born August 20, 1917, in
Shan
dong
P ro v
ince,
Chi
na, o f
mis
sion
a ry
par
ents,
S ta n -
ley and Eva D ixon. He
married his wife, Nancy, in
May o f 1942. He received
B.A. and Masters o f .Divin
ity degrees at Pasadena Col
lege in Pasadena, California.
The Dixons’ first pastorates
were in Santa Barbara, Cali
fornia, and Breckenridge,
M ichigan. They co n tin
ued pastoring M ethodist
churches th ro u g h o u t the
state o f O regon (S hedd,
Medford, Heppner, Cottage
Grove, and Milton-Freewa-
ter/Weston) until retirement
in 1980. After retirement
he co n tin u ed as long as
he was physically able to
provide pastoral assistance
to various denom inations
including United M ethod
ist, Lutheran, and Church
o f God.
They are survived
by two daughters, Sharon
Dixon o f Springfield and
Marra Dixon o f Creswell.
Birthday
party planned
for Alberta
Johannes
Alberta Johannes
A b irth d a y p a rty
open house for Alberta Jo
hannes will be held this Sun
day, November 16, from 1-3
p.m. at the St. Patrick’s Se
nior Center in Heppner. She
will be 91 years “young”.
Everyone is invited
to attend
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Artifactory
Craft Fair set
Saturday
Correction
In a story last week
about the renovation o f the
St. Patrick’s Senior Center
apartm
ents it w as stated
T he A rtifa c to ry
that
it
was
a $75,000 proj
Craft Fair will be held this
Saturday, N ovem ber 15, ect. This was incorrect. The
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the renovation is a $750,000
project. The Gazette-Times
Heppner Senior Center.
regrets the error.
School District
continued from page one
District and the lone School
District for tennis, golf, soft-
ball and baseball.
-rescinded policy on
board members’ conflicts o f
interest and approved the
first readings on board mem
bers’ ethics and conflicts of
interest and board members’
ethics and nepotism.
-learned from Bur
rows that the district enroll
ment is up 22 students from
September reports and up
nine students from this time
last year. “It’s still fairly flat,
but at least w e’re not losing
kids,” said Burrows. As o f
November 3, enrollment at
A.C. Houghton Elementary
in Irrigon was 346; Heppner
Elementary, 182; Heppner
High School, 233: Irrigon
Elem entary, 120; Irrigon
High School, 330; R iver
side High School, 396; Sam
Boardman Elementary, 310;
and Windy River Elementa
ry, Boardman, 230; Morrow
Education Center-M orrow
County School District, 81;
Morrow Education Center-
U m atilla School D istrict,
25; total-2254.
-approved an atten
dance variance for a Herm-
iston High School student
to attend Morrow Education
Center.
-scheduled a Dec. 1
executive session at Windy
River Elementary beginning
at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the
su p e rin te n d e n t’s e v alu a
tion.
-scheduled a work
session in conjunction with
the M onday, January 12,
regular meeting.
-approved resigna-
tions/retirements for Forrest
McKinnis, Morrow Educa
tion Center alternative edu
cation coordinator; Tammy
Lien, Heppner Elementary
School special ed assistant;
Tracy Caudron, Riverside
High School migrant ed as
sistant; Pam Hancock, RHS
ed assistant; Randy Barton,
RHS head softball coach;
Karen Brace, Sam Board-
man Elementary Title I ed
assistant.
-approved termina
tion for Tracie M endoza,
Irrigon Junior/Senior High
School/Irrigon Elementary
English Language Learner
ed assistant.
-approved extra duty
contracts for: Jeromy Wil
son, Heppner Junior High
head boys’ basketball coach;
Jennifer Wilson, Heppner
Junior High assistant boys’
basketball coach.
-d iscu ssed sch ed
uling a January 22 board
retreat.
-heard the following
announcements: Veteran’s
Day holiday, Nov. 11; Or
egon School Board Associa
tion’s fall convention, Port
land, Nov. 13-16; Thanks
giving holiday, Nov. 27-28;
next board meeting, Irrigon
Elementary, Dec. 8, 7 p.m.
City Council
continued from page one
now be responsible for their
sewer line from the home
to the mainline in the street.
A p p aren tly the previous
policy was leaving the city
open to insurance claim li
ability.
“The public should
be aware that it is their re
sponsibility for sewer lines
from the property line to the
mainline,” said Paustian.
In other business
the council read an email
from city manager on leave
David DeM ayo who said
he would be back on the
job soon. “I will be depart
ing Iraq at the end o f the
third week in November,”
DeMayo wrote. “I expect
to be back in Heppner ready
for work on December 1,
2008,” he said. DeM ayo
has been deployed to Iraq
w ith the A rm y R eserves
and interim manager Steve
Bogart has been filling in
for him.
The council learned
that the Oregon Department
o f Transportation will be
giving a presentation at the
December council meeting
on the upcoming Court St.
reconstruction project.
The council also
heard that there have been
some problems with the St.
Patrick’s Sr. Center remod
eling project, but overall it is
on schedule and on budget.
A p p aren tly som e o f the
showers ordered were too
large for the bathrooms, and
there were other problems
uncovered. “There are a lot
o f surprises,” said Bogart.
“But we have the money to
fix them, and, as with any
rem o d elin g p ro ject, you
are going to run into costs
that you did not anticipate,”
he said. “But there is noth
ing that is too major. We
have not had any signifi
cant problems,” he told the
council. The rem odeling
project is costing $750,000,
not $75,000 as incorrectly
reported in last week’s Ga
zette.
T he c o u n cil
was told there were only
two juvenile incidents last
m onth. The co u n cil had
been co n cern ed w ith an
increase in juvenile crimes
and d elin q u en cy around
town which was discussed
at last month’s council meet
ing. The subject o f activat
ing N eighborhood Watch
programs again was talked
about. Neighborhood Watch
is not part o f city govern
ment and is organized and
carried out by citizens. It
was announced that anyone
wanting to start a Neighbor
hood Watch should contact
Deputy John Bowles o f the
M orrow C o u n ty S h e riff
Dept, who will help with
advice in setting one up.
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