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TWO * Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 15,2009 The Official Newspaper of the City o f Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 M orrow C o u n ty ’s H om e-O w ned W eekly N ew spaper Published weekls 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 Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail editor« rapidserse.net or davidta rapidserve net. Web site: www heppner. net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $27 in Morrow County; $21 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $33 elsewhere; $27 student subscriptions David Sykes..................................................................................................... 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Birth Announcement Finley Ann Evans - Casey and Kylee Evans o f Pendleton announce the birth o f a daughter, Finley Ann Evans, on March 19, 2009 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Walla Walla, WA. At birth she weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces, and was 20 Vi inches in length. Grandparents are Monte and Becky Evans o f Hep pner and Gary and Karen Graybeal o f Pendleton. Great-grandparents are Don and Margaret Evans of Heppner and Royal and Wilma Raymond o f Helix. Wrangler Riding Club playdays changed To accommodate the There will be a pot- busy schedules o f Wrangler luck style dinner at the break Riding Club members the at 3 p.m. playday dates have been D ues are $40 for changed. fam ilies and $25 for sin- The Wrangler Play- gles. days’daftes will be Sunday; " The awards and pot- April 19, and Sunday, May luck dinner are scheduled for 3. Both o f these days will Tuesday, June 9, at 6 p.m. at be two play days in rolled the 4-H annex building, into one. The play days will For more informa- begin at noon promptly and tion call K yle R obinson run until approximately 3 or (676-9014) or Amy Koll- 3:30 p.m. with a 30 minute man (676-9407). break in between. Prep ensembles resume rehearsals The Inland Northwest Musicians’ youth/prepara- tory ensembles will resume rehearsals Tuesday in antici pation o f the summer pops concerts scheduled in June. Rehearsals are held every Tuesday evening at Irrigon High School. The Willow Creek Symphony meets from 6-7:30 p.m., and the Willow Creek Singers rehearse from 7:30- 8:30 p.m. New players and singers are encouraged to join. For more inform ation contact Teresa at 289- 4696. MS Walk to be held Saturday Boardman proclaims arbor week Tuesday night the B oardm an C ity C ouncil approved a proclamation in honor o f Arbor Day. Each year the city designates the first full week in April as “Arbor Week”. The p ro clam atio n urges all citizen s to o b serve the week by planting trees and participating in programs the sponsors o f Arbor Day may provide. Councilors will plant a tree at their joint council/plan- ning retreat scheduled for 8 a.m. on April 18, 2009 at Boardman City Hall. In other city news, councilors heard a presen tation from Harold Baker requesting the city reduce the amount o f system de velopment charges needed to build a new laundromat/ restaurant project. Action on this issue has been sched uled for the next council meeting. The next regularly scheduled meeting o f the Boardman City Council is Tuesday, April 21, at 7 p.m. at Boardman City Hall. __________ Obituaries Wilma I. Ladd Wilma I. Ladd, 88, superintendent. She loved o f Condon died Thursday, the ocean, cats, g ard en A pril 9, 2009 at ing and feeding the C o lu m b ia B asin many birds in her Care Facility in The backyard and was a Dalles. dedicated support M s. L ad d er o f the Condon w as b o rn O c to movie theater. b e r 21, 1920 in She w as Stockton, CA the honored by being daughter o f Elmer the grand marshal Wilma 1. Ladd S. and O llie M. o f th e G illia m D avis Ladd. She C o u n ty F a ir in was raised in the Stockton 1990, she was also grand area and attended grammar marshal o f the 4th o f July school at the Collegeville with the Condon G arden school district near Stock- Club, and Lady Fog o f the ton. In 1951, she married Condon Fog Festival. She Manuel Martin and the cou was very active in the com ple had a son, Edward. They munity going to club meet later divorced. ings and church activities. She and her brother, G raveside service Elmer Ladd Jr., were suc will be held at 10 a.m. Tues cessful farmers in the Stock- day, April 14, 2009, at High ton area with their parents View Cemetery in lone. A and continued the family mem orial service will be farm ing after her parents held 1 p.m. Tuesday, April passed away. In 1971 Ms. 14, at the United Church Ladd and her son bought o f Christ in Condon with a a farm in Morrow County potluck dinner to follow at so they could be closer to the Condon Elks Lodge. her brother Elmer Ladd and Survivors include: his wife Lorraine and their son, Edw ard M artin and children who had moved to his wife Denise o f Condon; the lone area. In 1975 she grandsons Travis M artin bought a home and moved o f Everett, WA and Kyle into Condon. Martin o f Corvallis; nieces She was a member o f Christine Sullivan and her Condon Garden Club, Mik- husband Jim o f S uisun, kalo and Pamona Grange, California, and Silvia Sand- Pythian S isters, C ondon ford and her husband Rick and lone Bingo Clubs, the o f lone; nephew, Richard G illiam C ounty H isto ri Ladd o f Napa, CA; and two cal Society, Oregon Wheat great-nieces. League, the Ladies A uxil Memorial contribu iary to California Pioneers, tions may be made to the and the United Church o f donor’s favorite charity. Sweeney Mortuary Ashley Wolff and Joan Ewert attended the National 4-H confer Christ. She volunteered as a Gilliam County and Mor o f Condon is in charge of ence in Washington, D.C. -Contributed Photo row County Fair department arrangements. Ashley Wolff of Heppner, and Joan Ewert of Wood- bum, were selected as this year’s Oregon 4-H Delegates for the 79th National 4-H Conference held in Washington, She was the home Leona C. Winters o f D.C. on March 27 through April 2. Eugene died March 28,2009 e co n o m ics in stru c to r at Wolff and Ewert attended training workshops, be Heppner High School from o f cancer. She was 79. came acquainted with government, had the opportunity to She was bom March 1965 to 1968. meet with state leaders, and visited countless sites at our Survivors include: 6, 1930, in Hankison, N.D., nation’s capital, all while meeting other 4-H members and to Joseph and Myrtle Hart her husband; a son, Patrick staff from 43 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico. ley Tix. She married Eugene o f Portland; a daughter, W inters on Septem ber 2, Stephanie W inters Engle of Beaverton; two brothers, 1961 in Medford. She held a bache Paul Tix and G erald Tix, lo r’s degree in home eco both o f Minnesota; a sister, nom ics w ith a m in o r in Dorothy Rogers o f Dexter; Due to a technological error in computing GPAs education and a m aster’s and two grandchildren. and honor roll, there were some students who were not degree in early childhood A memorial service listed on the Heppner High School third quarter honor roll. education. She worked as a will be held at a later date. Congratulations to all o f the high performing students at teacher from kindergarten A rra n g e m en ts by Heppner Jr/Sr High School. to high school, and taught A ndreason’s Cremation & l l ,h Grade early childhood education Burial Service in Spring- Keenan Jack 4.0, Arthur Lima 4.0, Isabelle Kramer at Umpqua Community Col field. Rem em berances to 4.0, Cherisse Lemmon 4.0, Brynna Rust 4.0, Catherine lege in Roseburg, retiring as C ourt A ppointed Special McElligott, Jared Huddleston, Ka-Kiu Lee, Kylie VanArs- department head. Advocates. dale, Jodessa Chapa, and Curtis Harper. Wolff attends National 4-H Conference in Washington, D.C. Leona C. Winters HHS announces corrected honor roll 12th Grade Spencer Palmer 4.0, Lenka Dobosova 4.0, Kathryn Walk for the cure for Multiple Sclerosis will be Moore 4.0, Lena Pelda 4.0, Joe Pranger 4.0, Henrik Giske 4.0, Deniz Kalyon 4.0, Quinn Chick, and Stephanie Rill. held on Saturday, April 18 in Heppner. A 5K route is suitable for wheel chairs and a 10K route is available for the more serious walkers. A pancake and ham breakfast will be provided at All Saint’s Episcopal Church after the walk. Contact Merilee McDowell at 676-5238 or Joan The Inland Northwest Musicians Chorale will re Basile at 676-5832 for more information. sume rehearsals for its spring pops concert series. Rehears als are held each Monday at 7 p.m. at Harris Jr. Academy, 3121 S.W. Hailey Ave., Pendleton. All singers are welcome Judge Charlotte Gray, Heppner Justice Court, has to participate in the fun, lighthearted selections o f music released the following report: chosen for this year’s concerts. -Jessica J. Tally, 23, Pendleton, violation o f the The chorale is especially extending an invitation basic rule by going 70 mph in a 55 mph zone, $131 fine. to past participants with the Inland Northwest Musicians -Samuel F. King, 18, Heppner, MIP-alcohol by as part o f its 10th anniversary season. consumption, $185 fine. For more information, contact the INWM office at 289-4696. DA’s Report Morrow County District Attorney Elizabeth Bal lard has released the following report: -Rick D. Martin, 19, was convicted o f Criminal M ischief in the First Degree, a Class C felony reduced to a Class A misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 90 days incarceration with 90 days suspended, two year bench pro bation, other numerous conditions and complete 80 hours o f community service. Martin was also convicted of two counts o f Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Class A misdemeanors and was sentenced to 90 days incarceration with 90 days suspended and two year's bench probation for each count. Total fines, fees and assessments are $1,383. -Roy Murl Deyoung, 29, was convicted o f Harass ment, a Class B misdemeanor and was sentenced to 90 days incarceration with 80 days suspended, 18 months bench probation, other numerous conditions and pay $378 in fines, fees and assessments. -Christopher Alan Snipes, 32, was convicted of United Methodist Church members will be serv Attempt to Commit a Class B Felony-Robbery 2, a Class ing lunch on Wednesday, April 22. The menu will include C felony, and was sentenced to three years supervised ham and hash brown casserole, green beans, fruit juice, Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers has released probation, 180 sanction units with 90 jail units, complete combread, and apple brown Betty. the following report o f marriage licenses issued: 80 hours o f community service, and other numerous con -April 10: Pablo Cisneros, 34, Boardman, and ditions. Snipes was also convicted o f Theft in the Second Mayte Llamas, 37, Boardman. Degree, a Class A misdemeanor, and was sentenced to the custody o f the local supervisory authority for one year. Total fines, fees and assessments were $4,073. 676-9181 " U h m F rim â t M eet” 142 N o rth M a in -Jonathan Michael Parrish, 22, was convicted of Arson in the Second Degree, a Class C felony, and was sentenced to the custody o f the local supervisory author i * 278 N. Main, Heppner ity for nine months, two years post prison supervision and other numerous conditions. 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