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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 27,2009 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S .P S 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at Ote 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 editorfu rapidserve net or davidiurapidserve net Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. 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...............................................................................................Publisher Autumn Morgan..............................................................................................Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 pm For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m. Cost for a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 50< per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch For Pubfo'Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m Dates for pub- bcatxm must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required) For Obituaries Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary For Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters MUST include the author s address and phone number for use by the GT office The GT reserves the right to edit letters The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under 'Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Garden Club elects officers The Heppner Garden Club concluded this year’s activities with a plant exchange at the St. Patrick Senior Center on May 2, 2009. The following officers have been elected for the year 2009-2010: Neva DeMayo, president; Danny Picard, vice- president; Jan Delinger, secretary; Melissa Monaco, treasurer. -Contributed Photo Oregon Trail Library District launches Summer Reading Program “Be Creative @ Your Library” this summer at the Oregon Trail Library District libraries in Boardman, Heppner and Irrigon. Explore the worlds of music, dance, art, books, and more. The 2009 Summer Reading Program is open to young people, ages 0-12. There will be programs, a visit by a special performer, prizes and a lot of fun. Registration for the Summer Reading Program will begin Wednesday, June 3. For more information call the OTLD Board- man library (541 >481-2665 or OTLD Heppner branch at (541)676-9964. All programs are free of charge. Summer Episcopal church camp announced The Episcopal Dio cese o f Eastern Oregon invite parents to send their children to summer camp for a week at Ascension School Camp in Cove. A typical day at camp includes blocks of time for Christian educa tion, crafts, sw im m ing, recreational activities and camp fire programs for the entire camp in the evening. Beginners Camp, Interme diate Camp, Junior High and Senior High camps for children 8-18 years of age are available. Anyone interested is sending their child to camp can contact Ascen sion School at 541-568- 4514. Transportation and scholarships are available. Kinzua lunch group meets The Kinzua lunch group met at Service Creek on May 15. Those attending were: Dixie and Bruce Hollomon, Jean Ann and OL Adams, Marilyn and Dawn Garcia, Pat Hyatt, Montell McDonald, Bill Potter, Mary Lee and Bob Britt, Ada and Emice Schell and Sharon and Smokey Smiley of Hood River. The next lunch group meeting will be held July 17. YOUR ASSISTANCE NEEDED. I need help with a new book project. After the recent passing o f my father and listening to all the great stories, not just about him but about his peers as well, I realize that they need to be compiled for all of us and future generations to enjoy and cherish. There is an era of color ful characters, our parents and grandparents mostly that lived much differently than we're allowed to live today. Some would call them "the good ol days"! W e all agree i you just can't get away with things you used to be able to get away with. I plan to call the book "The Best and Last of Eastern Oregon’s Greatest Outlaws" "An era of upstanding citizens who got away with hell!!!" Please mail or e-mail me your stories and please don't be shy! M y goal is not to embarrass anyone, but to share the memories and the laughter. Pictures are encour aged and appreciated. Everyone contributing will receive j a copy o f the book and your names can be included or kept anonymous. I hope I count on everyone, I can't write this book without you..... M y Thanks in advance for your contributions. Shelly Rietmann 7 0 3 3 8 Rietmann Lane, lone, Oregon 9 7 8 4 3 2rfarm@hughes.net V Obituaries Dinner-at-the-Cemetery Players’ production to be held Willard R. Horton W illard R ussell Horton, 68, of Hermiston died Friday, May 15, 2009 at his home. Mr. H orton was bom in Wallowa on April 24, 1941, the son of Cyril and Emma H enderson H or to n . He jo in e d the United States Navy in 1949. Af ter his honorable discharge from the Navy he worked in logging and with heavy equipment. Willard He married Judy Horton Ann S av ag e at Lewiston Idaho in 1962. He is survived by: his wife, Judy Horton of Hermiston; daughters, So nya Edgemond of Weston, Judy Marie Story also of Weston, and Diana Teal o f Hermiston; son, Wil lard Russell Horton Jr. of Wallowa; brother, Rich ard Horton of Hermiston; sister, Daphene Nytz o f Hermiston; eight g ra n d c h ild re n and three great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, b ro th ers W ar ren Horton and Steve Horton, a nephew , Cyril R. Horton. D is p o sitio n was by cremation and a memorial service will be held at Wal lowa at a later date. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Lee T. McRoberts L ee T h o m a s McRoberts, 80, formerly o f Heppner died Friday, May 22, 2009 at his home in Portland. He was born Oc tober 24, 1928 in Heppner, the son o f W illiam and Stella McDander McRob erts. He was raised and attended school in Heppner where he graduated from high school in 1946. He attended college for a time before marrying Marianne Gammell on M arch 12, 1949 in Pendleton. Mr. M cR o b erts worked in the welding sup ply business which took him around the Pacific Northwest. Following his retirement he took up the game of golf and accom plished a hole in one on four different occasions, a feat he was understandably proud of. He also enjoyed traveling, biking, garden ing, and cooking. Survivors include: his wife, Marianne McRob erts of Portland; sons, Terry McRoberts and his wife Ellen o f Coto De Caza, CA, and Tim McRoberts of Vancouver, WA; daughter, Sherie Knight and her hus band Don of Auburn, WA; sisters, Caroline Goodwin o f Portland and Frances Wright of Twin Falls, ID; brothers, Arlo McRoberts of Rancho Mirage, CA and Ellis Me Roberts of Hep pner; grandchildren, Amy Herter, Eddie McRoberts, Kristin McRoberts, Molly Kinghom, Kevin Knight, Chris Knight, and Shaun Knight; and great-grand children, Aiden, Delaney, Cassie, Jadyn, and Logan. A graveside service for Mr. McRoberts will be held at noon on Thursday, May 28, 2009, at the Hep pner Masonic Cemetery. Memorial contri butions may be made to the Oregon Food Bank, PO Box 55370, Portland, Oregon 97238-5370. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. By Doris Brosnan “Rails, Riches, and Rejection: The History of the Railroad in the Willow Creek Valley” is the title of the June 13 play that will feature the Dinner-at-the- Cemetery Players. The dialogue of the main characters - Tom Ayers, Marian Good, and Jerry Brosnan - and scenes depicting significant events carry the audience through the coming of the OR&N railroad and its history in the valley, to the final departure of the UP railroad, and into a thought-provoking image of the future. “Rails” is the fifth play offered by the thespian group that originated with its 2003 presentation com memorating the 1903 Heppner Flood. The core group is joined this year by several more actors eager to help bring history to life. A cast of thirty-two will entertain with drama and comedy as the stories unfold. These stories will feature railroad “suits,” Valley movers and shakers, good guy-bad guys, local names and faces from the distant and recent past. As this is “dinner theatre,” a formal dinner will precede the production. This year, the dinner will be served inside the museum, surely a first for the museum and the diners. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and the play, which will last approximately one and a half hours, will begin at 7 p.m. Dinner-theatre tickets will go on sale on June 1. They will be available at the Heppner Chamber of fice, Murray’s, Bank of Eastern Oregon, and Heppner TV. The price is $20. The thespians will present this original stage production by the mural on the side of the agricultural museum, on Riverside Drive, weather permitting. Should inclement weather require a change, a decision to move dinner and the play to the St. Patrick Parish Hall will be made on Saturday morning. Boardman Community Clean Up Day a success T h e B o ard m an cooked hot dogs for all the Community Clean Up Day workers as a way to say was a huge success for the thank you for spending the residents of Boardman. morning working. The hot With over 70 peo dogs and buns were do ple working 233 hours on nated by Boardman Family Saturday, May 16, from 9 Foods, and Swire Coca- a.m. to noon, volunteers Cola donated soft drinks. bagged over 150 bags of The organization trash along Boardman Av that donated the most vol enue and on Front Street. unteer hours was the Youth The volunteers planted Advisory Group from Riv bushes and trees in front of erside High School; they Boardman Family Foods received $300 for their ef and the Library they put in a forts. Second place went to water drip system and then Cub Scout Troop 615, they finished off the landscaping received $125. by spreading bark. T his ev en t was In front of Board- made such a success by man Auto Parts - NAPA many sponsors and all the workers put in an irrigation volunteers that willingly system and are planting gave their time and en grass. Workers also cleaned ergy to help the Boardman Heppner M ethodist Women to the signs and picked up C ham ber o f Com m erce trash along the Heritage host this important clean hold annual Indoor Yard Sale Trail. up day. On Saturday, June and household items as well M ayor P h illip s 6, the Heppner Methodist as a good selection of tools, Women will once again which is expected again hold their annual “Indoor this year. There also will be Smithsonian Art Series continues Yard Sale”. The sale will many miscellaneous items at Heppner Library be held from 9 a.m. to 1 such as homemade food The next program with local residents. p.m. in the basement of the items and other numerous in a series offered at Hep The SAAM series Heppner Methodist Church, items. pner from the Smithsonian were developed specifi but there may be some Money from this A m erican Art M useum cally for Eastern Oregon outdoor displays of items sale is used for youth pro (SAAM) will be held this residents to enhance the for sale as well. There will grams, repairs and refur Thursday, May 28, at the regional project “A Sense of be many bargains, but no bishment of the parsonage public library at noon. Place” currently underway early sales. as well as other church The public is invit by the nonprofit Libraries In previous years, needs that are not in the ed. Lunch will be provided of Eastern Oregon (LEO) to there has been an excellent budget. The Heppner Meth for all attendees at the one bring programs in the arts, selection o f gently used odist women appreciate all sciences and humanities to hour program. goods including exercise the support that is received the region. SAAM staff will equipment, linens, kitchen from the community. present “Personal Values SAAM staff has de Hardman Cemetery work party held Associated with Place in the veloped its series at no cost U.S.” - a program showing to LEO. Other programs in pieces form our country’s the sciences and humanities national collection of art are made possible by a grant that reflect life on the farm, to LEO from the Institute in small towns, and in cit o f Museum and Library ies. Services (IMLS). This program will “We’re hoping for explore concepts of art as a good turn-out from area portrayals of rural areas as residents,” said M arsha peaceful and tranquil, and Richmond, director of the the city as often conceived Oregon Trail Library Dis of as corrupt, crime-ridded, trict. “If we have a number crowded and polluted or as of people in the audience, On a blustery Tuesday afternoon, several members of the a cultured, progressive, di we can continue to offer Heppner Odd Fellows Lodge held a work party at the historic Hardman Cemetery in preparation of Memorial Day weekend. verse place with numerous programs such as this in our district.” Lawn mowers, weedeaters, and tractors with bush-hog mowers opportunities. The program is pre For more informa moved-in and in short-order had the cemetery looking ship shape. Volunteers donating their time and equipment were Dan sented as a live, two-way tion, please contact Rich Brosnan, Gary Jones, Bob Jepsen, Bob Stevens, Frank Osmin, interactive videoconfer mond at 541-481-3365 or Al Riney, Tim Dickenson, Corey Sweeney, Mark Wunderlich, ence, where local residents LEO executive director Lyn Steve Rhea, and Tom Wolff. The Hardman Cemetery is under will be able to talk directly Craig at 541-763-2355. the care and maintenance of Heppner Lodge #66 of the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and has graves dating from with museum staff and they 1892 to the present. Several century-old grave stones have very decorative and unusual inscriptions, with many pioneer families interned there. -Contributed Photo Heppner Garden Club to hold June meeting HES/HHS Spring Concert to be held Thursday Heppner Elementary School and Heppner High School will hold their Spring Concert on Thursday, May 28, at 6 p.m. at the HES gymnasium. “Prepare for the Fair” will be the topic for the June meeting of the Heppner Garden Club at St. Pat’s Senior Center, 7 p.m., on June 1. Discussion will include plant divisions, classifications, rules and helpful hints for Heppner Elementary School will hold their exhibitors. awards night on Tuesday, June 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Hostesses will be Eve Ironhawk and JoAnne school gymnasium. Burlson. HES to hold awards night I »
