TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 9,2009
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A Salty Story
Salt can be a dangerous weapon, according to
news item received this week from the GT’s Monument
correspondent.
A Monument man suffered a broken toe one
day last week when he dropped a block o f salt on his
foot. Not long afterwards salt caused a second casualty
when a woman dropped a block on her foot while load
ing some in a car.
When in Monument it might be wise to steer
clear o f all salt.
Season flue clinic
schedule announced
The Morrow Coun
ty Health Department will
be holding their seasonal
flu clinic at the following
locations:
-Monday, Sept. 14
- Stokes Landing Commu
nity Center in Irrigon from
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
-Wednesday, Sept.
16 - St. Pats Senior Center
in Heppner from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
For Sale:
Seed Wheat
Stephens and
limited supply
of Tubbs
$7.25 /bushel
cleaned no treat
$8.50/bushel treat
ed with Dividend
Cruiser available
Ralph Morter, lone
422-7429
-Wednesday, Sept.
16 - lone Fire Hall in lone
from 4-7 p.m.
-Tuesday, Sept. 22
- Boardman Senior Center
in Boardman from 11 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m.
-Monday, Sept. 28
- Morrow County Health
Department in Boardman
from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
and 1-7 p.m.
-Thursday, Oct. 1
- Morrow County Health
D ep artm en t in H eppner
from 8:30 a.m. until noon
and 1-7 p.m.
Senior Center
Menu
United M ethodist
Church m em bers will be
serving lunch on Wednes
day, Septem ber 16. The
m enu will include Swiss
steak, baked potatoes, peas
and carrots, fruit juice, hot
rolls, and lemon bars.
Obituaries
Thomas David
March
H ospital and a certifica
tion in Social Development
T h o m a s D a v id from the School o f Social
March, 74, died peacefully Work at the University o f
September 1, 2009, at the Washington. With his edu
home o f his beloved son cation and innate ability to
and daughter in
philosophize, coun
law M ichael and
seling seemed to be
T isha M arch o f
a perfect fit. Tom was
Benton City, WA.
employed as a group
At the time o f his
counselor for several
death, he was sur
years at various state
ro u n d ed by h is
group homes in and
Thomas
throughout, Tacoma
loving family.
Tom w as David March and Bothell before
changing careers to
born on May 13,
1935 in Bath, New York work for the Boeing Com
and spent most o f his child pany as a NC Mechanic spe
hood years in rural upstate cializing in computerized
New York. He has said his machine tools. According
most treasured childhood his closest friends Charley
memories were those at the and Dave, they said, “Tom
Harlem Valley Psychiatric was known as the spiritual
State Hospital in the town leader and philosopher of
of Dover where his father our group.” Tom retired in
was employed. Tom said he 1990 with over 20 years of
spent countless hours scout service.
In fo llo w in g his
ing through the wilderness
with his trusty rifle. He love of nature and the out
enjoyed going to the movie doors, he retired to a hos
theatre, watching the people pitable sm all rural com
work at the blacksmith shop munity located in the foot
and stables and would often hills of the beautiful Blue
go to the train station as Mountains called Heppner.
they unloaded the supplies The Blake Ranch is where
to w atch the passengers he joyfully spent the re
come and go. An adventur m ainder o f his life doing
ous and bright boy, he said what he loved, going for
sometimes he would sneak long hikes in the w ilder
away on the train by him ness with his faithful com
self and said no one ever panion, Cidney (a German
knew. Tom truly loved the Sheppard dog), at his side
outdoors and winters with and spent afternoons each
very heavy snowfall. Other day socializing w ith his
activities he enjoyed during many friends in town over
the winters were ice skating a cup of coffee.
Tom w ill be r e
and playing in the snow
with his sister, Peggy and membered mostly for his
her future husband, Jim. quick wit, sense o f humor,
He fondly recalled Peggy his captivating charm and
and Jim spending time with intelligence. Whether you
him when his parents were just met him or knew him
away. He said “they were for years and w hether or
really good to me and often not you agreed or disagreed
took me with them on their with his political, religious
and gender ideologies, his
dates!”
A f te r th e W ar, stories w ere alw ays en
when his father returned tertaining and the lives he
home, he moved to Florida, touched were many.
To his loving chil
New York, Washington DC
and Virginia before enlist dren he w ill forever be
ing in the Army in 1952. remembered in their hearts
Tom initially was trained as as a respected, affectionate,
a parachutist and joined the forgiving and supportive
82nd Airborne, stationed father whom will be greatly
in Fort Benning, GA. He missed.
Tom is su rvived
then transferred to Infantry
because he said he had by: his sister Peggy and
determined he did not like her husband Jim A nder
jumping from airplanes in son o f Houston, TX; three
the middle o f the night at children, son, Michael T.
all. During his time in the March and his wife Tisha
m ilitary, he received the M artin-M arch o f Benton
National Defense Service City, WA, daughter, Susan
M edal o f H onor for his E. M arch-H icks and her
tours o f duty in Japan and husband, Robert R. Hicks
Korea and received an hon Jr., o f Branch, LA and son,
Charles D. March and his
orable discharge in 1955.
For a b rie f tim e, wife Lisa Hughes-M arch
Tom m oved to Pittsburg o f West Richland, WA; nine
(Allegany), PA before relo grandchildren, Kristin S.
cating across country with March, Michael J. March,
his parents to Lakewood, Daniel T. March, Zachery
WA in the Heart o f the Pa C. March, Garrett A. March,
cific Northwest. Eager to Jacob R. Hicks, Griffy C.
start a career, Tom received M arch, Gavin M. M arch
a certification in Psychiatric and G abrielle L. M arch;
Nursing from Western State and one great-grandchild,
Cassidy K. Crigler-March.
He was preceeded
in death by his m other,
Violet Evelyn March and
his father, Dr. Thomas A.
March o f Lakewood, WA.
At Tom ’s request
there will not be a funeral
or a memorial service and
his ashes will be placed at
an undisclosed location as
his final wish. A memorial
m arker in his honor will
be placed at the Tahoma
National Cemetery located
at 18600 Southeast 240th
Street, Kent, WA.
In Lieu o f flowers,
donations can be made the
name o f “Tommy March”
to the American Cancer So
ciety P.O. Box 22718, Okla
homa City, OK 73123-1718
or by visiting the American
C ancer Society online at
https ://www. cancer, org.
Please visit Thom
as D. M arch’s biography
and G uestbook available
online at http://hillcrestme-
morialcenter.com.
NOAA issues monthly climate
summary for Heppner
Beef donation made at senior center
According to pre
liminary data received by
NOAA’s National Weather
Service in Pendleton, tem
peratures at Heppner aver
aged slightly warmer than
normal during the month
o f August.
The average tem
perature was 70.8 degrees
w h ich w as 1.7 d e g re e s
above normal. High tem
peratures averaged 85.9
d eg rees, w hich w as 0.7
degrees above normal. The
highest was 105 degrees
on the 2nd. Low tempera
tu res averaged 55.8 de
grees, which was 2.7 de
grees above normal. The
lowest was 44 degrees, on
the 16th.
On nine days, the
tem perature exceeded 90
degrees. It was at least 100
degrees on three days.
P re cip ita tio n to
taled 0.65 inches during
A ugust, w hich was 0.11
inches above normal. Mea
surable precip itatio n -at
least .01 inch-was received
on 4 days with the heaviest,
0.52 inches reported on the
7th.
Precipitation this
year has reached 7.61 inch
es, which is 1.71 inches be
low normal. Since October,
the water year precipitation
at Heppner has been 11.23
inches, which is 2.30 inches
below normal.
T he o u tlo o k for
Septem ber from NOAA’s
C lim ate Prediction C en
ter calls for near normal
tem peratures and near to
below normal precipitation.
Normal highs for Heppner
during September are 76.0
degrees and normal lows
are 46.2 degrees. The 30
year normal precipitation
is 0.69 inches.
The National
Weather Service is an office
o f the National Oceanic and
Atm ospheric A dm inistra
tion, an agency o f the U.S.
Commerce Department.
f
Betty J. Green
Betty J. Green, 85,
o f Heppner died Tuesday,
September 1, 2009, at Pio
neer Memo
rial Hospital
in Heppner.
She
w as b o rn
F e b ru ary
23, 1924 at
L os A n g e Betty J.
Green
les, CA the
daughter of
H arold and L eona R ice
Hough. The family moved
from California to Oregon
where she attended school
in the W illamette Valley.
After graduating from Bar
ton High School near Mo-
lalla she attended a business
college in Portland.
O n J a n u a ry 20,
1947 she m arried Robert
Green at Noti, Oregon near
Eugene. The couple then
moved to Central Oregon
eventually settling in Spray
in 1975. Mr. G reen died
in 1995 and she m oved
to Heppner in July o f that
year.
S u rv iv o rs in
clude: her brothers, Glen
Hough and Jack Hough,
both o f E ugene; a son,
Buster Green of Redmond;
grandchildren, Sandi Day
o f Heppner, Nick Kroske
o f Bend, Mickey Kroske of
Corpus Cristi, Texas and J.
P. Green o f Boise, ID; 11
great-grandchildren; and
one great-great-grandchild.
Her daughter Jean Kroske
preceded her in death in
1973.
A graveside service
for Mrs. Green will be held
at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Septem
ber 8, at Redmond Memori
al Cemetery in Redmond.
M em orial contri
butions may be made to the
American Cancer Society,
Great West Division Inc.,
PO Box 3366, Portland,
Oregon 97208-3366.
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
George H. Jefferies
George H. Jeffer
ies, 90, o f H eppner died
T hursday, S eptem ber 3,
2009 at Providence St. Vin
cen t M edical C en ter in
Portland.
George H. Jefferies,
the fifth o f eight children
was born at North Loop,
NE on November 17, 1918
to E dw ard
and Rebecca
S m ith J e f
fe r ie s . He
farmed with
h is fam ily
until the mid
1930’s when
th e fa m ily George H.
m o v e d to Jefferies
F ru itla n d ,
ID and eventually to Gresh
am.
Mr. Jefferies joined
the U nited S tates N avy
and entered active duty in
November of 1939. He was
aboard the USS Avocet at
Pearl Harbor when the Navy
was attacked on December
7, 1941. He later served
aboard the USS Traw until
his honorable discharge in
December o f 1945.
F o l l o w i n g h is
discharge from the Navy,
Mr. Jefferies returned to
Gresham where he married
and raised four children. He
worked as a Union Glazier
in Portland and in Kona,
HI until his retirement in
1983.
A fte r his r e tir e
m e n t, G e o rg e liv e d in
Shasta, CA, and moved to
Heppner in 1990. He made
his home at St. Patrick’s Se
nior Center before moving
to Willow Creek Terrace
Assisted living.
Mr. Jefferies liked
to sing, dance and walk.
He was especially good at
making friends.
He is survived by:
sons, Jerry Jefferies and
his wife Peggy, and Peter
Jefferies; daughters, Jeanne
Tongret and her husband
Leon, and D’Anne (Suzy)
Jefferies; and grandchil
dren, C hristiania, Sarah,
M e lissa , M ic h e lle , and
Brian.
A m em orial se r
vice for Mr. Jefferies will
be held at 10 a.m., Satur
day, September 12,2009 at
Hope Lutheran Church in
Heppner.
M e m o ria l C o n
trib u tio n s m ay be m ade
to Willow Creek Assisted
Living, 400 Frank Gilliam
D rive, H eppner, O regon
97836.
Sw eeney M ortu
ary, o f Heppner is in charge
o f arrangements.
Pictured is PGE representative Becky Gardner (left) present
ing Judy Buschke of the Heppner Senior Center with beef that
was donated. PGE provided money for Dean Mason to bid at
the Morrow County Fair auction. The beef was then divided
between the senior centers in Heppner, Boardman and Irrigon.
Mike’s Mobile Slaughter donated the wrapping for the beef.
-Photo by Autumn Morgan
Miller named recipient of
Lexington Voting Precinct Award
The South Morrow County Scholarship Trust
announces that Josie J. M iller is the recipient o f the
2009 Lexington Voting Precinct Award in the amount
o f $500.
Josie is the daughter of Reid and Sheila Miller
o f Lexington. She attends Blue Mountain Community
College, majoring in agricultural education.