TWO * Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 15,2009
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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
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Justice Court Report
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