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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 17,2009 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Richard A. Ekstrom Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S. 240-420 Morrow C ounts’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post O ffice at Heppner, Oregon under the A ct o f March 3 , 187d Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon O ffice at I88V 3 W illow Street. Telephone (5 4 1 ) 676-9 228 Fax (5 41) 676-9211 I -m ail editor u rapidserse net or davidm rapidserve net Web site ww^v heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Tim es. P.O. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 978.36. Subscriptions $27 in M orrow County . $21 senior rate (in M orrow County only; 62 years or older); $33 elsewhere. $27 student subscriptions D avid Sykes ................................................................................................................ Publisher Autum n M o rg an ................................................................................................................. Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost tor a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost tor classified ad is 50t per word Cost tor Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch. For PublidLegal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for pub lication 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 wntten 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 HEPPSER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Subm it a N ew s Story • View Real E state for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Jfrom tlje 1956 arditile* of tlje Reppner (êa^ette-Œimesi Not Free Parking R ic h a rd A. E k strom o f Enumclaw, WA, died peacefully at his home on W ednesday, June 10, 2009. Dick was bom in Portland on August 8, 1937, to H e rb e rt R. and Pan sy M. (Mc C la in ) E k strom . The family later m o v e d to lone where Richard A. D ick w ent F.kstroni to ^ c h o o 1 and graduated from lone High School with the class o f 1955. Dick continued his education and graduated from Eastern Oregon Uni versity in LaGrande. In 1960 Dick began his professional career as a claim s representative for the S ocial S ecurity A d m in istratio n . As D ic k ’s career advanced, he worked in several social security offices in Oregon, Wash ington, C alifornia and in Baltimore, MD. Dick was a loving father who actively partici pated in his children’s lives. He coached soccer, skied and loved to dig for razor neck clams. Lake Chelan was a very special place for Dick and he spent most of his summers there with his family. In January o f 1995 Dick retired from the Social Security Administration as an assistant regional com m issioner in the Seattle Regional Office. Dick had ~ Tw o Condon Air Force men found last Saturday that parking tin tli ct-ourthouse lawn was an expensive proposition. The two, Ralph G. ( iiltner, 23 and James J. Dillon, 22, got stuck on the front law n after they had driven to the jail parking lot to visit two buddies who had been locked up earlier in the evening. City ofticer Dean Gilman found the car and the two men and marched them the 100 feet to the jail where they spent the rest of the night. The following morning they pleaded guilty to being drunk in a public place and were each lined $50 and S 4.50 costs plus a $ 6 .0 0 towing charge. PUPPIES FOR SALE! Adorable seven-week-old female Chihuahua puppies for sale $250 each. One fawn-colored short hair, one black long hair, both with markings. Have first shots. Call April 676-9228 days, 676-9939 evenings. » 1 » — - - ■ - - ■ ■ ■ P C A i r n o LOAN DISCRIMINATION Federal law m akes it il legal to deny a loan b eca u se o f the b o rro w e r’s race, color, religion, national orig in , sex, m ariial status o r incom e from public a ssistan ce. O th e r law s prohibit the denial o f a m o rt gage because o f the location o f the property — “ re d lin ing". If you think y o u ’ve been unfairly d en ied a loan, y o u can get advice on how to p ro ceed through the C o n su m e r A ffa irs D ivision o f y o u r sta te 's a tto r ney g e n e ra l’s office. O ften, a call to an e x ec u - S Y K E S REAL tive o f the bank w ill q u ick ly right a w rong. E xplain that y o u feel y o u are b e in g d is c rim in ated ag ain st a n d w hy. Tell the e x ec u tiv e that you w ould like to give the len d er an o p p o rtu n ity to rev iew y o u r a p p lic atio n ag ain before you c o n ta ct the ap p ro p ria te a g e n cy. I f you feel u n c o m fo rtab le a bout m ak in g such a call, ask y o u r law y er or so m eo n e from y o u r sta te ’s office o f c o n su m er a ffa irs to p lace it for you. Such a call w ill usu ally g et re sults faster th an a ctu ally filing the c o m p la in t Property listings are available at www.sykesrealestate.net 188 W. Willow • P.O. Box 337 • Heppner, O R 97836 (541) 676-9228 • Cell (541) 980-6674 Fax (541)676-9211 E-m ail david@ sykesrealestate net little difficulty adjusting to retirem ent life. He loved p lay in g golf, fo llow ing the horse races and read ing. But his true passion was travel. He took several road trips throughout the United States and felt very fortunate to be able to travel to M exico, H aw aii and Europe. Dick was a member of the Heppner Elks Lodge and Hope Lutheran Church where he recently served on the church council. Dick is survived by: his w ife D ebbie o f Enumclaw, WA; children, Vickie Turrell of Heppner, Karen (Geoff) Saunders of Seattle, WA and Kathyrn (Pat) Manahan o f Seattle, WA, all daughters of Sue C olem an M atthes; ste p daughter Renee Lombard (George) o f Maple Valley, WA; brother Roland Ek strom of The Dalles; sister- in-law Nancy Ekstrom o f lone; nine grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and numerous nieces and nephews. Dick was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Herbert. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2009, at 2 p.m. at the Hope Lutheran Church in Enumclaw. Memorials may be d irected to the M elano ma Research Foundation, 170 Township Line Road, Building B, Hillsborough, N J 08844 or H ope L u theran Church, 1316 Gar field Street, Enumclaw, WA Letters to the Editor ~ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the follow ing criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the sender along w ith a legible signature. We are also requesting that you prov ide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card o f Thanks” at a cost o f $10. To the editor: The Heppner Mustangs were eliminated from the Or egon state baseball tournament this past year; but more than a game was lost, it was the end an era at HHS. It had to happen; everyone knew it would not go on forever. The end came in the afternoon of May 22, 2009, in Astoria. Heppner was defeated and “Coach” shook hands, gave his boys a thank you, I love you kind of speech and it was over. We must assume that the next coach will also see Mustang baseball as a sport for the sake of sport, that teamwork, commitment and a love of the game will be the goal; but it will not be the same as when “Coach” and his assistants were on the field. “Coach” will not walk out on the field for Mustang baseball again. After many years of contributing time, energy and heart to the school, to the game he has loved since childhood and especially the kids of Heppner, Rick Johnston hung up his cleats. His record speaks loudly for his abilities as a teacher of the game, the quality of the young people that he mentored into adulthood and the admiration of Mustang fans and the entire baseball community in Oregon. Rick was an institution and he will be missed. Chances are good he will still be at most of the games but as a fan, not as a coach but I assure you he will always be “The Coach”. It can not go unsaid that “Coach” did not do and accomplish the great things he did all by himself. He had the support of his coaching assistants, I am thinking of John Mc Cabe but I know there were others. The greatest supporter of them all though has to be Susan “Mrs. Coach.” “Mrs. Coach” kept us up to date on the action, scores, play by play as it were and always seemed to keep things on an even keel through the season. Rick Johnston will be missed by Mustang Baseball but he will be remembered by everyone that saw what he did, all he accomplished and the hero he truly is. Bob Dobbs Chandler, AZ 98022. Thompson o f Romulus, Ml; A rrangem ents by 12 grandchildren and five Weeks’ Enumclaw Funeral great-grandch i ldren. H om e. An on lin e guest Graveside service book can be signed at www. for Mrs. Hughes were held weeksfuneralhomes.com. at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at the Lexington Joyce A. “Joy” Cemetery. A potluck meal Hughes followed at the Rebekah J o y c e A. “ J o y ” Lodge in Lexington. Hughes, 63, of Boardman M em orial contri d ied T ues- butions may be m ade to day, June 9, ■ n J Pioneer M em orial Home 2009 at her ^ J Health and H ospice, PO home. •* * J Box 9, Heppner, Oregon 97836. She w as b o rn Sweeney Mortuary im V -'* : A 4 o f Heppner is in charge of arrangements. 21, 1946 at jovceA. Princewick, •Joy” Hughes Oral C. Wright W est V ir- ginia the daughter of Earsel Oral C. Wright, 94, and Ruby Basham Lytton. formally o f Heppner died She was raised and attended on May 4, 2007 in Bothell, school at Princewick. Washington. O n O c to b e r 16, A memorial grave 1985 she m arrie d M att side serv ice for Mr. Wright Hughes in Hinton, WV. The will be held at 10 a.m. on couple moved to Boardman Saturday, June 20, 2009 in 1985 where they made at the H eppner M asonic their home. She loved to Cemetery. cook but the most important Sweeney Mortuary thing in her life was her o f Heppner is in charge o f family. local arrangements. She is survived by: her husband. Matt Hughes L.E. “Ed” Dick o f Boardm an; sons, Ken L.E. “ E d” D ick, M cC ullough Jr. and Ja 91, o f Heppner died Sun son M cCullough, both o f day, June 14, 2009 in Mil- Boardman; daughter, Misty waukie. A m em orial ser Bellamy of Boardman, Ve nus Payne o f C ham ber- vice will be held 11 a.m. sburg, PA, and M ichelle June 27, 2009 at the United Youngblood o f Baltimore, Methodist Church in Hep MD; bro th ers, M arshall pner. A complete obituary Lytton o f Princewick, WV, will appear in next week’s and Buddy Lytton of Seven Gazette-Times. Sweeney Mortuary Springs, NC; sisters, Er nestine Bragg o f M yrtle of Heppner is in charge of Beach, SC, and Jeanette arrangements. Memorial service and dedication to be held for Thomas Hughes A memorial service and dedication is planned for June 27, 2009 at 6 p.m. for T hom as J. H ughes. Hughes died October 24, 2008 at 79 years o f age. The se rv ic e and d e d ic a tio n are p lan n e d at the Kinzua Hills G olf Course, follow ing a g olf tournam ent in his honor. All proceeds o f the tourna ment will be contributed to an education scholarship in his name, for high school students. Mr. Hughes’teach ing career included posi tions in Heppner, Monroe, and Fossil, before his retire ment in Fossil. Besides his membership in the Kinzua G olf Club, he was also ac tive in civic organizations including the Heppner Elks, Condon Elks, the Shriners, the Free M asons and the Eastern Star. M em orial contri butions may be made to the FosSTTEducation Fund, P.O. Box 26, Fossil, OR 97830, or sent to K .R. Q ualls, Acct. Rep., Bank of Eastern Oregon, P.O. Box 39, Hep pner, OR 97836. To participate in the golf tournament, contact Brian Hughes at 541-998- 3802. The tournament con sist o f four-person teams, $1,000 in p rize m oney, scramble format, with entry fees o f $25 per person for members, and $50 for non members (which includes green fees). The tournament is scheduled to being at 8 a.m. on June 27. lone Fire Department honors Morgan for service Marriages Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers has re leased the follow ing report of marriage licenses issued: -June 15: Derek William Campbell, 25, lone, and Hazel Marie Martin, 19, Lee’s Summit, MO. -June 15: Jacob Leon Kinsey, 30, Irrigon, and Kathleen Ann Durfrey, 37, Irrigon. HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 "Where Friends M eet" 142 North Main FATHEB1 PAY PltWK A nson June 21st M immi Kenny Turner Mem orial HoncsbMTMnuuKit @11:00 a. m I Bill Rietmann (right) receives a plaque from lone Fire C hief Virgil Morgan for his 20 years of service as chairman of the hoard of directors for the lone Fire Department. A barbecue dinner was well attended on Monday, June 8, to thank him. -Contributed Photo Elks Eye Injury Poster Contest winners announced Exalted Ruler Kelly Fox announees the Elks Eye Injury Poster Contest w inners. Karina Rios won first place. She will receive a $100 savings bond. Sydney Qualls won second, and Demitra Schmidt won third. Sydney and Demitra will both receive a $50 savings bonds. Karina also won first place in the northeast district were she competed against nine other lodge winners. The primary purpose of the Elks Eye Injury Poster Contest is to help prevent eye injuries by educating young children with facts and examples of injury prevention.
