TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 21,2009
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Obituaries
George A. Steagall
George A. Steagall, o f Heppner; son, George
Steagall II o f Salem;
90, o f H ep p n er
daughters, Brenda
d ie d S a tu rd a y ,
Ratcliff and her hus
January 17, 2009
band John o f Vale,
at Columbia Basin
and Vicky Duvall
C are F acility in
and h er h u sb an d
The Dalles.
R ick o f R o w lett,
He w as
TX; brother, Robert
born February 5,
Steagall o f L eba
1918 in Spray, the
non; sisters, Virgin
son o f Thomas D.
ia Sitton o f Fossil,
and C ora Shoun George A.
Steagall
Eunice Strudgron of
Steagall. He was
Erie, PA, and Irene
raised and attend
ed school in Spray where he Clark o f Sacramento, CA;
graduated from high school. three granddaughters; four
He served in the U nited great-grandchildren; and
States Army during World numerous nieces and neph
War 11 and was honorably ews.
discharged in 1945.
He w as p reced ed
On April 17, 1946 he in death by: a son Thomas
married Anna Mae Parson in “Tommy” Steagall; broth
Harlan, K Y. The couple lived ers, David Steagall, Earl
in South Morrow County all Steagall, and Willie Steagall;
o f their married lives. Mr. and sisters, Mary Kauts, and
Steagall worked for several Vera Steagall.
area farmers before starting
Funeral service with
employment at Kinzua Pine military honors for Mr. Stea
Mills in Heppner. He retired gall will be held at 11 a.m.
from Kinzua in 1980 after on Friday, January 23, at
nearly forty years with the the Heppner Elks Lodge.
A private burial will follow
company.
Mr. Steagall enjoyed at the H eppner M asonic
rodeos and racing horses, Cemetery.
Memorial contribu
w hich w ere his favorite
anim als, he also enjoyed tions may be made to the
hunting with his brothers charity o f your choice.
Sweeney Mortuary
and raising domestic cats.
Survivors include: o f Heppner is in charge o f
his wife, Anna Mae Steagall arrangements.
Annual Robert Burns Supper
to be held in Condon
The 12th annual Robert Burns Supper event is
scheduled for Saturday, January 24, at 2 p.m. at the Condon
Elks Lodge. The lodge is located at 117 S. Main Street in
Condon.
The Robert Bums Supper will feature bagpipers
from Athena, Pendleton, Arlington, Condon, Carson,
WA, Portland, McMinnville, and Redmond; along with
readings and recitations o f Bums poetry, anecdotes o f lo
cal Scottish family histories, a meal o f haggis, neeps and
tatties, copious toasts to the Immortal Poet and others, a
short bread contest chaired by lone’s Jannie Allen, and at
an appropriate evening hour, an occasional tradition has
been a ‘haggis toss’ on Main Street.
This is a fun winter-time social diversion, a time to
honor Scotland’s Poet Laureate (Robert Bums will be 250
years old Jan. 25,2009), and to honor the Scottish heritage
o f long-time Gilliam County families.
Kinzua Lunch Group
celebrates 10 years
Kinzua Lunch Group
w ill hold th eir 10th y ear
meeting on February 20 at
G ee’s in Prineville.
In 1999 the group
learned that a life long friend
had term inal cancer. She
didn’t look sick so it was
hard to accept. However it
did make the group realize
how much time had slipped
away w ithout keeping in
to u ch . So m any w asted
years gone by.
The group started
m eeting for lunch every
once in a while. Gradually
other friends joined in and
then in October the group
d ecid ed to m eet once a
month and whoever could
come was welcom e. The
first monthly meeting was
in October of 1999.
Now 10 years later
the group is still meeting on
L-R: Eric Jepsen and Alex Carlson played violin in the Oregon
All-State Orchestra Concert. -Contributed Photo
T w o lo n e H ig h
School students, Alex Carl
son and Eric Jepsen, were
among one hundred music
students selected by audition
last fall to perform this past
w eekend in the A ll-State
H igh School O rch estra.
The concert was held at the
Huit Center o f Performing
Arts in Eugene on Sunday
afternoon, January 18.
The A ll-S tate O r
chestra was conducted this
year by Donald Schleicher,
a music professor and di
rector o f the University o f
Illinois Orchestra in Urbana-
Champaign. Schleicher has
conducted o rchestras all
over the world. The All-
State Concert in Eugene also
featured perform ances by
the All-State Choirs, Band,
and Wind Ensemble. The
concert was the conclusion
and highlight o f the Oregon
Music Educators Associa-
tion annual state conven
tion.
Alex and Eric and
the other music group mem
bers trav eled to Eugene
early on Friday, January 16,
and spent many intensive
hours o f rehearsal together
at the U o f O campus in final
preparation for the concert.
The orchestra performed a
contemporary piece entitled
Shortcut Home by composer
Dana Wilson, followed by
Toccata and Fugue in d-mi-
nor by J. S. Bach, and con
cluded with Tschaikovsky’s
Capriccio Italien - which
earned a standing ovation
from the audience.
There were students
from thirty-five different
high schools in this year’s
All State O rchestra. The
two lone musicians were the
only students from eastern
Oregon in the group.
Rietmanns honored as OSU
Extension Cooperators of the Year
According to Larry Lutcher, M orrow County
Extension Agent, Joe and Donna Rietmann o f lone were
recently honored as OSU Extension Cooperators o f the
Year. Larry described the Rietmanns as caring, thoughtful
and well engaged in the wheat industry.
“Joe has participated for eight years on the Morrow
County Advisory Committee and both he and Donna have
enthusiastically cooperated in field research experiments
that are of importance to producers in low rainfall zones,”
Heppner United Methodist Church held their monthly free com said Lutcher.
munity breakfast on Sunday, January 11. The breakfast is held
on the second Sunday of every month. The community is invited
to attend. Pictured left to right are breakfast workers: Dorine
Enz, Samarra Vandoorn, Joyce Shepherd, and Jonathan Enz.
-Contributed Photo
M.C. Unified Recreation
District to meet
The Morrow County Unified Recreation District
will meet Thursday, January 29, at 7 p.m. at the Morrow
County Courthouse.
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DA’s Report
Correction Board members were incorrectly identified last week. The correct names are listed below
The Heppner Gazette-Times regrets the error
The 2009 Heppner Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors was introduced last Thursday at the
annual chamber luncheon. Left to right are Alvin Liu, Claire Sponseller, Tom Mafera. Daye Stone,
President Jeff Bailey, Anne Murray, Nancy Snider and Lisanne Currin. Bailey will be serving his
second year as president. - Photo by David Sykes
Heppner High School’s eighth grade class and their
parents will be hosting a soup feed on Thursday, January
23, at the 5 way Wrestling Tournament at HHS. The menu
will include: soup, salad, breadstick, dessert and a drink
for $5. Dinner will be served from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the
home ec classroom
Come and help support the eighth grade gradua
tion fundraiser.
a monthly basis for lunch
and to visit. Our group has
grown over the years, there
has been 57 different wom
en and 24 different men
join in at some time or the
other. The group has had as
few as three and as many
as 30. During the years the
group has lost several dear
friends and at the same time
connected with numerous
others.
Anyone wishing to
attend the monthly meeting
may do so with the date and
times printed both in the
Times Journal and The Hep
pner Gazette-Times.
There were 22 gath
ered at the Apple Peddler
in Prineville on the January
16. L ouis (Yap) B enson
and Bob Britt celebrated
birthdays.
Monthly community breakfast held
2009 Chamber board members installed
HHS eighth graders
to host soup feed
lone High School students
perform in All-State Orchestra
Senior Center
Menu
M o rro w C o u n ty
District Attorney Elizabeth
Ballard has released the fol
lowing report:
-Jon Alvin Sanders,
47, was convicted o f Unlaw
ful Possession o f Metham-
phetamine, a class C felony,
and was sentenced to 18
m onths probation, 90/30
sanction units, complete 80
hours o f community serv ice,
other numerous conditions,
and pay $ 1,408 in fines, fees
and assessments.
-K eith A llen A x-
tell, 39, was convicted o f
U nlaw ful P o ssessio n o f
Methamphetamine, a class
C felony, and Possession o f
Marijuana within 1,000 feet,
a class C misdemeanor, and
was sentenced to 18 months
probation, 90/30 sanction
units, complete 80 hours of
community service, other
numerous conditions, and
pay $1,553 in Fines, fees,
and assessments.
T-Ball, Minors and Majors
sign-ups to be held
Sign-ups for T-Ball
and M inors and M ajors
baseball and softball will be
held February 10-12 from
5 to 7 p.m. at the Heppner
Neighborhood Center. Boys
ages 5-12 and girls ages
5-16 are eligible to enroll
to play.
The fee is $30 per
participant and $60 per fam-
ily. After the February 28th
deadline, the fee will be $40,
no exceptions.
All participants will
need a current copy o f three
documents showing the par
ticipant’s physical address.
For more informa
tion contact Sandi Putman
at 541-989-8469 or 541-
240-1761.
Heppner FFA members participate
in District Public Speaking Contest
The H eppner FFA
C hapter was well re p re
sented at the District Public
Speaking Contest on Thurs
day, January 15, at Hermis-
ton High.
Zech Hintz placed
third in reciting the FFA
Creed; Brett Harrison re
ceived second in Sophomore
Public Speaking and will be
moving on to the sectional
com petition held in Feb
ruary. Afton Clark (beg),
Trent Cannon (adv), Justin
Pranger (beg) and Devin
Robinson (adv) all com
peted in the Job Interview
c o n tests. Ju stin P ranger
earned a third place banner
in the beginning category.
They each had to create their
own cover letter, resume,
fill out an application and
then were interviewed by
community members from
the area.
OSU Wheat Production
Seminar to be held
The OSU W heat Production Seminar (W inter
Grower Meeting) will be held Wednesday, January 28,
from 8 a.m. to noon at the Willows Grange in lone. Lunch
will be provided by the ladies of the Grange.
H o p e /V a lb y /A ll
Saints Church members will
be serving lunch on Wednes
day, January 28. The menu
will include sauerbraten,
Christmas pictures taken with Santa at the Celebrate Heppner Christmas Event
potato dumplings, peas and
carrots, fruit juice, hot rolls can be picked up at the Chamber Office. Call 676-5536 and make arrangements to pick
and flat apple pie
them up.
Santa pictures ready for pick up