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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 20,2009 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Everett Lee Keck Heppner E v e r e tt L ee Keck, 82, o f H eppner died Thursday, May 7, U S P S. 240-420 2009 at his home from Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper complications of Parkin Published weekly and entered as periodical maner at the Post Office at Heppner. son’s Disease. 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. The son o f Ev E-mail editor«!,rapidserve net or davidutrapidserve net Web site: www heppner erett and Alma Fortner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836 Subscriptions: $27 in Morrow County; $21 senior Keck he rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $33 elsewhere; $27 student was bom subscriptions David Sykes............................................................................................... Publisher A u g u st Autumn M organ............................................................................................. Editor 7, 1926 A ll News and A d vertsing Deadline is M onday at 5 p m on th e For A dvertsm g advertising deadline s M onday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $5 per Dela colum n inch Cost for classified ad is 50 * per word Cost for Card o f Thanks is $10 up to 100 w ords Cost for a classified display ad is $5 75 per colum n inch ware For P u b tic/le g a l Notices public/legal notices deadline s M onday at 5 pm Dates fo r pub R e se r lication m ust be specified A ffidavits m ust be required at the tim e of subm ission A ffidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date m ust be vation in Everett Lee specified if required) Quaqua, Keck For O bituaries O bituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to O K . m eet news guidelines Fam ilies w ishing to include inform ation not included m the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary w ritten In a certain way m ust purchase adverbsing space He was oldest o f nine to r the obituary children. He entered the For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the E ditor MUST be signed by the author The Heppner United States Navy at the GT w ill not publish unsigned letters A ll letters MUST Include the author’s address and phone num ber for use by the GT office The GT reserves the nght to edit letters The GT is not age of 16 to help support responsible for accuracy of statem ents made in letters Any letters expressing thanks w ill his family. He later went be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks” at a cost o f $10 to work with his father, On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net “C hief’, as a carpenter. • Start or Change a Subscription He met Caroline • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story Buell whom he later mar • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes ried on July 5, 1947 in • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations Vancouver, WA. He spent • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! most o f his life doing heavy construction and Jfrom tlje 1956 later working as a consul Morrow County tant to large construction ardjibeö of tbe Clerk Bobbi Childers has firms. Reppner released the following re God and his fam port of marriage licenses ily were most important to him. He was a devout issued: member o f the Willow -May 12: Mark USED CARS Allen Bruno, 49, lone, Creek Baptist Church, WITH AN and Melisa Kay Jessen, which he and his wife started in Heppner out of 37, lone. -May 15: Frank their home. Everett and Louis Nelson, 55, Echo, Caroline Keck spent most Laurie Lee Keizur, 51, of their adult years and Arlington. service to God, Everett was an interim pastor Youth talent and both taught Sunday school and sang as well show to be held THAT COUNTS as volunteering countless Celebrate Hep hours whenever they were 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air 4 pner’s Youth Talent Show door S19S5 needed. Their church fam will be held on Friday, 1953 C hevrolet Corvetto ily in Heppner was such SI 540 June 12, at 6:30 p.m. This 1951 Ford 6 Custom S495 year the talent show will an incredible blessing to 1948 Totd 6 $ 17$ be geared for elementary them, especially in their 1947 Chevrolet Coupe S I75 students (6th grade) and later years. 1948 Ford V8 $125 He also enjoyed younger. Talent acts will fishing, reading, music be interspersed with the and the outdoors. S u rv iv o rs in dessert auction and prizes 1955 Chevrolet V* ton pick- UP 51550 clude: daughter, Rebecca will be awarded by cat 1954 Ford */i ton pick- “P SUSO egories - ages 5 and un Zimmerman of Heppner; 1950 W illys 4 w heel d rive der; kindergarten - 2nd son, Everett Lee K el S850 grade; and grades 3rd ley of St. Helens, OR; 19S2 C hevrolet »/a ion pick- UP S950 grandsons, E.L. Kelley, - 6th grade. 1943 D odge V* ton pickup and Xtpher Everett Talon; Participants can S37S 1947 CMC 1 ton $$so pick up an entry form at the Heppner Chamber of fice. Entry forms must be Thrifty Financing turned in to the Chamber By Dave DeMayo Of Course! no later than Wednesday, Heppner City Manager During the past June 10. For more infor FULLETON mation call the Chamber three to four m onths rumors have abounded Office at 676-5536. Chevrolet Co. about utility bill increases but details have been sparse. On your sewer bill, in the past we have been billed $8.90 as a The guest speak pner Family Foods will be bond fee payment. Two ers for this week’s Cham this week’s caterer. They years ago we had to per ber lunch meeting will will be serving sweet and form some very expen be Rod Estes and Kim sour meatballs with rice sive repairs and improve berly Lindsay who will and a green salad. The ments at the sewer plant. The bond was finally talk about the status of meal cost is $9. the Secured Residential Next week will paid off but now we were Treatment Facility. be a legislative update strapped with a new loan The lunch meet conference call with Greg to pay off. Rather than ing will be held at the Se Smith and David N el raising people’s rates we took the same $8.90 that nior Center dining room, son. people were already pay- beginning at 12 p.m. Hep- GAZETTE-TIMES Marriages Trucks - Pickups granddaughter Kaylee Kelley; and great-grand child Aurora Talon. He was preceded in death by his wife in 2008; daughter, Julieann Keck in 1948; and a son, Walter Bruce Keck in 1969. A memorial ser vice will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at the Willow Creek Baptist Church, 560 N. Minor St., in Heppner. C o n trib u tio n s may be made to Willow Creek Baptist Church Memorial Fund, PO Box 661, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Sw eeney M or tuary o f Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Richard Ray “Rick” Boyce Former Heppner and lone resident Richard Ray "Rick” Boyce, 55, of T ig a r d d i e d T h u rs d a y , May 7, 2 0 0 9 while visiting in L as V e g a s , Rickard Ray “Rick” Boyce NV. T he son o f Ray and Lillian H ub bard Boyce, he was bom November 11, 1953 in Heppner. He was raised in lone and H eppner, graduating from Heppner High School in 1971. He attended Blue Mountain Community College and earned a graduate degree from the University of Oregon. Rick became a certified public accoun tant and worked in The Dalles and Portland, and most recently was self employed as a CPA and resided in Tigard. He was divorced and had no children. Rick was past state president of the Oregon Jaycees, and was an avid Oregon Ducks fan and Duck football season ticket holder. He is survived by: his mother, Lillian Boyce of Heppner; sister, Barbara Stillman and her husband Randy o f Bor ing; brother, Jim Boyce of Heppner; aunts, Peggy Connor and her husband Skip of Heppner, Vi Dam ron and her husband Jim o f W ilsonville; uncle. Bob Hubbard o f lone; nieces, Shannon Foster and her husband Eric o f Fairview, and Robin Stillman of Portland; and nephew, John Boyce of Heppner. He was preceded in death by his father Ray Boyce in 1986. A memorial ser vice for Mr. Boyce will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at the United Methodist Church in Heppner. Memorial contri butions may be made to the Heppner Daycare, PO Box 44, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Sw eeney M or tuary o f Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Philip Doherty Philip Doherty, 82, o f Hepp ner died Mon d a y , May 18, 2009 at Pioneer M e Philip m o r i a l Dohertv Hospital in Hep pner. Mr. Doherty was born April 22, 1927 at C ard o n o u g h , C ounty Donegal, Ireland the son of John K. and Bridget Bradley Doherty. M r. D o h e r t y came to the United States in 1948. On January 8, 1955 he m arried Bet- tie Annie Rasmussen in Pendleton. He worked for the Rohrman Ford Motor Company in Hermiston, and Farley Motor Com pany in Heppner. He was an avid reader and loved Irish history and good conversation. Philip es pecially enjoyed using his computer to correspond with family and friends in Ireland. He was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. He is survived by: his wife of 54 years, Bettie Doherty o f Hep pner; sisters, Veronica Campbell and her hus band M ac, and M ary Frances Doherty all of Hermiston, Patty Carroz and her husband John of Roseville, CA; eight nieces and nephews; a cousin, Lawrence Carey of Pendleton; as well as many cousins in Ireland. He was preceded in death by his parents, J.K. and Bridie Doherty. A memorial fu neral mass for Mr. Do herty will be held at 11 а. m. on Friday, May 22, 2009 at St. Patrick’s Cath olic' Church in Heppner. Recitation of the Rosary will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 22, 2009 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Memorial contri butions may be made to Pioneer Memorial Hos pice, PO Box 9, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Sw eeney M or tuary o f Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Carol M. Shipps Carol M. Shipps, 79, former Heppner and Kennewick, WA resident died Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Regency Hermis ton Nursing Facility. A memorial graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on June б, 2009 at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. A complete obit uary will appear in next weeks Gazette-Times. Sw eeney M or tuary o f Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Heppner utility bills to increase Chamber lunch meeting speakers announced Justice Court Report Judge Charlotte Gray, Heppner Justice Court, has released the following report: -Joan M. Dieter, 62, Stanfield, violation of the basic rule by going 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $185 fine. -Steven Brudevold, 28, Heppner, disorderly conduct, $645 fine. Collier’s Market sold but will remain open Marcus and Lisa Collier recently sold their grocery store. Collier's Market, in lone. The store was bought by Don and Willa Coe, owners of the Morrow County would like to re mind you of the County Ordinance 5.010 Transportation of Solid Waste. No person shall transport or self-haul, 365 W Hwy 74, P.O. Box 428, Lexington, OR 97839. 541-989-9500 as defined in the Solid Waste Manage ment Plan, solid waste on a public road unless such waste or solid waste is cov Transfer Station Locations: North of the County 69900 Frontage Ln, Boardman South of the County 57185 Hwy 74, Lexington Hours of operation Saturdays and Sundays 9:00-4:00 ing and applied it towards the new debt and some maintenance costs. In 2005 the City completed its water im provement project. We had some legal issues that needed to be addressed with the firm doing the project and things were not fully resolved un til last year. As a result our debt paym ents to the state for this project have been on hold. Now we are obligated to start making our annual pay ment of $118,819 and to create a reserve account of $11,882 per year, to taling $130,701 per year. After 10 years the reserve will contain one year’s ered and secured. Be aware that Morrow County will attach a $10.00 fine to anyone not complying with this County Ordi nance. Thank you for your time and understanding. Woolery House in lone. The Coes took over operation of the gro cery store on May 8. The market's name will revert back to the lone Market. The Col l i e r s will be moving to Kitsap County. WA, but for now are helping the Coes with the day-to-day operations of the market. Senior Center Menu Wi l l ow C reek Baptist Church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, May 27. The menu will include pork roast, sage dressing with gravy, green beans, applesauce, hot rolls, and ice cream. full paym ent and that requirement will cease. The loan is to be repaid in 30 years. Knowing that our payments would begin, but not until the legal is sues laid to rest, we began putting some money aside towards our payments. As a result we were able to make our first pay ment without raising our utility rates. This can not continue however, because of the large an nual payments. The utility commission has devised a way that we can pay off the sewer loan and overall our utility bills will only rise $2. We are going to pay off the sew er loan with money we had been saving against the Water Improvement project loan. This loan will be paid in full. The money that we were pay ing on the sewer loan and maintenance (the $8.90) will instead be applied to the Water Improvement project loan. There will be a $2 increase to cover increased operational and maintenance costs. This total bill of $10.90 will be applied to everyone’s water bill and the $8.90 w ill be dropped from the sewer bill. For most people this will be a mod est increase overall. The utility commission has done an excellent job of keeping increases well below what other cities are experiencing. Mustang Mop-Up held Heppner High School students Stephanie Cutsforth, Mer cedes Garrett, and Eric Vogel help Kay Proctor with some clean up work outside the Bank of Eastern Oregon. The stu dents were participating in the annual Mustang Mop-Up. Students worked throughout the Heppner and Lexington communities worked on approximately 100 projects at 64 different sits. Some of the projects included stacking wood, mowing yards, planting gardens, and garbage clean up. -P hoto by David Svkes
