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
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He was oldest o f nine
to r the obituary
children. He entered the
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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,
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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