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TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 14,2009 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S PS 240-420 Morrow C ounty’s H om e-O w ned Weekly N ew spaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3,187*» Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211 E-mail editor u rapidserve net or david u rapidscrve net Web site www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. PO Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $27 in Morrow County; $21 senior rate (in Morrow County only, 62 years or older), $33 elsewhere; $27 student subscriptions David Sykes................................................................................................ 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On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! New pre-trial date set for Cannin At a pretrial hearing for former Heppner High School teacher Wendy Cannin on Thursday, October 8, defense attorney Kittee Custer asked for more time to complete her investigation. Morrow County District At torney Elizabeth Ballard stated that she anticipates turning over phone records to the defense. Cannin was arrested August 31 and charged with multiple sex crimes involving underage students. A new pre-trial date has been set for December 17 at 8:15 a.m. at the Morrow County Courthouse. jfrom tfje 1957 arcljibes of tlje Heppner <§a$ette-{Eimesi Near-normal number of students report for Tuesday classes Heppner schools resumed classes Tuesday after a six-day forced layoff due to heavy absentee ism because o f the flu. The superintendent reported Wednesday that when class opened there were only 7 students missing from the high school. When school was dismissed on November 4 there were 82 out of high school a percentage o f 61% absent and 112 out o f the grades. The 40 still ill in the lower grades is a much higher percentage than normal, it was reported, but it was not felt that the percentage was sufficiently high to require further postponement o f classes. Most o f the new absentee list is on the primary grades, a group that had not previously affected by the epi demic. One casualty o f the epidemic and school shutdown, was the high school’s final season football game, which was to have been played Monday against Echo. Coach hoped to be able to field enough team members to play the game, but last Thursday a second practice call turned up only 11 able bodied athletes, two less than had turned out that morning. As a result the game was forfeited. ODOT Heppner project near completion The Oregon Depart ment of Transportation’s $2.17 million project to upgrade sur faces for vehicles and pedestri ans in and around Heppner is nearly completed. The project included repairs to the Willow Creek (Court Street) Bridge, rebuilding sections of Court Street / Oregon Highway 74 in town, resurfacing OR 74 east of town and constructing new retaining walls, sidewalk and bike lanes in the area. Weather permitting; the final stages of the paving work will be done October 21 through 23. Dur ing that time approximately 500 tons of asphalt mix will be laid down. Travelers can expect delays of up to 20 minutes and local detours in Heppner. In addition. Willow, Stansbury and Barrett streets will be closed during the pav ing operation. Motorists are advised to plan for extra travel time and use alternate routes. ODOT will stripe the new pavement later this fall, after all the paving work finished. “This project is seen as a big success for ODOT, our contractors, the City of Hep pner and Morrow County,” said ODOT Public Informa tion Officer Tom Strandberg. “Along with the downtown improvements, a 19-mile sec tion of Oregon Highway 74 east of town was chip sealed, thanks to the infusion of about $1.02 million in ARRA federal stimulus funding.” The project includ ed numerous retaining walls along the hillside. ODOT’s contractor Knife River Con struction of Bend, Oregon and their concrete subcontractors worked with the City to select an embossed concrete pattern for the retaining walls that complimented the original basalt stonework of other retaining walls in the area and the circa 1903 court house. “ T he c o n ta c to r has been very responsive,” said Heppner City Manager Dave DeMayo. “Everyone is pleased.” The extensive trans portation project has been on the City’s needs list for years and is now providing safer routes for cars, bicycles and pedestrians. The new walk ways connect with the school, county fairgrounds and sports fields. “It’s very important for pedestrians to have safe access to those sites,” DeMayo said. John D. Ledbetter John D. Ledbetter, 82, o f Heppner died Tues day, O c to ber 6, 2009, at P io n e e r M e m o r ia l Hospital in Heppner. H e w a s b o r n John D. January 28, Ledbetter 1927 in Hep pner the son of Bergin and Leta Nix Led better. He attended school in lone, Boardman, Lexing ton and Heppner. He joined the United States Navy in 1944 and served two years in Alaska before returning to Oregon in 1946. On June 5,1976, he married Rene Griffith Toll at Heppner. Mr. Ledbetter farmed the Duvall Ranch for Amanda Duvall from 1963 until 1973, then leased the land until 1978 when he purchased it and continued farming. In 1986 he retired and the couple moved to Heppner in 1989. He was a member o f the Heppner B.P.O.E. # 358, the Willow Creek C ountry C lub, the O re gon Wheat League and he served as vice president o f the board o f M orrow C ou n ty G ra in G ro w e rs from 1975 through 1987. He enjoyed snowmobiling and golfing. He is survived by: his wife o f 33 years, Rene L e d b e tte r o f H e p p n e r; daughters, June Bennett o f D allas, TX, and Judy Lathrom o f Portland; step daughters, Toni Carter o f Sand Point, ID and Tami Johlke o f Pendleton; step son, Terry Toll o f Prinev- ille; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and sister, Clara Sue Pikens o f Centralia, WA. He was preceded in death by: his daughter, Jeanette Sunseri; grandson, Robert K linger; brother, Jimmy Ledbetter; and sis ter, Barbara Bergstrom. Graveside service with M ilitary Honors for Mr. Ledbetter will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oc tober 10, 2009, at the Hep pner Masonic Cemetery. M em orial contri butions m ay be m ade to Pioneer M em orial Home Health and H ospice, PO Box 9, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Sweeney Mortuary o f Heppner is in charge of arrangements. 3, 1963, he married Mona Louise Jewell in Spokane, WA. Mr. Schade was a heavy equipment operator in the underground utili ties industry and member of Local Union 701. Some of his favorite things to do were hunting, fishing eating ice cream and exploring the Blue M ountains with his dog Hershey. Survivors include: his wife Mona o f Heppner; children, Kris L. Schade and his wife Constance, Tamara Lynn Hansen, Charles M. Schade, Alfred A. Schade III, Timothy L. Schade and his wife Allisyn, all o f Port land; and grandchildren, Ashley B. Hansen, Nicolai H. H ansen, C h ristian T. Schade, Jacob P. Schade, Emily J. Schade and Cohen A. Wiblemo. At his request no service will be held. Dis position was by cremation. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge o f arrangements. Anita Hughes Lutcher A n ita H u g h e s Lutcher, 101, died Thurs day, O ctober 8, 2009 at the home o f her son, C. L a w re n c e L u tc h e r, M D and d a u g h te r - in-law, Pris cilla A. Gil man, MD. She Anita Hughes was bom on Lutcher D ecem ber 26, 1907 to M abel and Percy H ughes o f H epp ner. Mrs. Lutcher was the granddaughter o f William H ughes, one o f the first Irish immigrants to Morrow County in the early 1870’s. Her father, Percy Hughes, filed a hom estead claim near Heppner in 1909 and this land and adjacent prop erties were later developed into the H ughes fam ily cattle ranch centered on Little Butter Creek. Mrs. Lutcher grad uated from Whitman Col lege in 1930 and married L aw rence J. L u tch er in 1933. They settled in Milton - Freewater, Oregon where they were founding mem ber o f St. James Episcopal Church. She was a member o f P.E.O and had long-lived interests in public educa tion, in development of the Columbia River Gorge, and in Irish ancestry. Mrs. Lutcher was predeceased by her hus Alfred A. Schade Jr. band, Lawrence J. Lutcher; A lfred A. Schade daughter, Suzanne Colgan; Jr., 71, o f Heppner, died and brothers William “Ebb” Sunday, October 4,2009, at H ughes and A rthur Lee his home near Heppner. Hughes. He was bom June Survivors include: 12, 1938 in Tillamook the h e r so n , C. L a w re n c e son of Alfred A. and Ruth Lutcher and wife Priscilla F. Dix Schade. He gradu A. Gilman o f Evans, GA; ated from Franklin High son-in-law, Richard C ol School in P ortland. Mr. gan o f Newberg, OR; five Schade served in the United gran d ch ild ren , L arry K. States Air force. On March Lutcher and wife Roberta of Heppner Head Start students take field trip Heppner, Shaw na Todd and husband Glenn o f Evans, GA, Loren Derk Lutcher and wife Sandra o f North H o lly w o o d , CA , S arah Muzzin and husband Gary o f Birm ingham , MI, and Stephen Colgan and wife Susan o f Silverton; and 11 great-grandch i ldren. A m em orial se r vice w ill be held at St. Jam es Episcopal Church in M ilton-Freew ater at a time yet to be determined. In lieu o f flowers, contribu tions may be made to the C olgan-L utcher account at the Medical College of Georgia Foundation, Inc., 1021 Fifteenth St., Suite 6. Augusta, GA 30901-3197. P le a se sig n th e guestbook and send con dolences at www.plattsfu- neralhome.com. P l a t t ’s F u n e r a l H om e o f E vans, GA is in charge o f the arrange ments. and his wife, Monica; 13 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. P receding her in death were her husband Gar Swanson, their first born infant son Ronald Swanson, and a son-in-law Kenneth Turner. R ecitation o f the Rosary will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 17, 2009 at St. Patrick’s Catho lic Church in Heppner with Funeral Mass to follow at 11 a.m. A luncheon will be held at the church parish hall immediately after the funeral w ith concluding service and interment at 2 p.m. in High View Cem etery at lone. M em orial contri butions may be m ade to Pioneer Memorial Hospital, PO Box 9, Heppner, Oregon 97836, or to Willow Creek A ssisted Living Facility, 400 Frank Gilliam Drive, Irene M. Swanson Heppner, Oregon 97836. Sweeney Mortuary Irene M. Swanson, o f Heppner is in charge of 99, a longtime lone resident arrangements. died Sunday, October 11, Rodger Arntt Jr. 2009 at Pio neer Memo Rodger A rntt Jr., rial Hospital 81, passed away October in Heppner. 1, 2009 at Ahtanum View C o rrectio n al F acility in She w as b o rn Union Gap, WA. M ay 2 4 , Rodger was bom 1910 in the April 3, 1928 in DillerNE. At the age o f 12 the family small Cana Irene M. Swanson dian Tow n moved to Oregon. This is w here R odger grew up. o f L eipzig, Saskatchewan, the daugh He graduated from Ben ter o f Jacob and R egina son High School. He then Schwab M iller. She was w ent to w ork at Journal the sixth o f nine children. Newspaper in the printing Her parents were bom in shop. He also w orked at Manheim, Germany, immi various jobs in his lifetime grated to Russia as farmers, including: Woahink Lake and in 1875 m igrated to Resort, Rabbit Meat Com Canada. They left Canada pany, Richfield Oil Com in 1919, and moved to the pany, Chicken Ranch with small town o f Shaw, near Swift Company, D anny’s Salem. Her father died in Restaurant Grand Ronde, 1922, leaving her mother Oregon, he managed Circle and the nine children. They K M arkets, and managed all w orked odd jo b s and several movie theatres is the contributed to the support Portland area. With health prob o f the family. Irene met her husband. Gar Swanson lems he moved east o f Hep w hile w orking at a soda pner to the Blake Ranch fountain in Salem . They area where he worked at married on June 30, 1932 Central Market for a time at Gladstone and settled in and also worked with Black lone. She was very proud Mountain Water District. H e m o v e d to to becom e a naturalized U nited States citizen in Brem erton, WA w ith his son and daughter-in-law , December of 1940. Mrs. Swanson was then back to Blake Ranch, very dedicated to her family and then to Ahtanum View and to her Catholic faith. where he passed away qui She enjoyed crocheting, etly on October 1. He enjoyed fishing, oil painting, and flow er arranging. She was known hunting, boating, etcetera. for her cheery disposition, He was a member o f Hope her positive attitude, and Lutheran Church. He made her witty sense o f humor. Cursillo in 2001 at Cove, She lived in Heppner the Oregon. He is survived by past few years at Willow seven grandchildren, his Creek Assisted Living and a d o p te d son R o d g er Jr. at Pioneer Memorial Hospi Arntt, and adopted daughter tal Long Term Care where she died surrounded by her Michelle Larson. He was preceded loving family. She is survived by: in death by: his first wife, her dau g h ter; Jean Ann Wanda, their adopted son, Turner; sons, Dennis Swan Daniel; his second wife, son and his w ife Joann, Sandi, his father, Henry John Swanson and his wife Arntt, and his mother, Ma Kathy, and James Swanson ria Arntt. A memorial service is pending. Stone to speak at Chamber lunch meeting Daye Stone, prin c ip a l o f H ep p n e r H igh School, will be making a presentation on the gradua tion requirements for HHS at the Chamber lunch meet ing this Thursday, October 15, from 12-1 p.m . at the S enior On Wednesday. September 30, Heppner Head Start student* were given a tour and healthy snack* at Heppner Family Food*. The student* purchased apple* to make applesauce in the classroom. Heppner Family Foods provided string cheese, juice and yogurt to all the students. -Contributed Photo Center Dining Room. The cost for lunch is $9. Sweet Productions will be the caterer and will be serving assorted deli sa n d w ich e s, hom em ade potato salad, and jum bo cupcakes. Valby Lutheran to host pumpkin carving party Valby Lutheran Church invites the community to a pumpkin carving party on Sunday, October 25, at 2 p.m. Bring pumpkins, carving tools, and your creative carving ideas for an afternoon o f fun, food and fellowship. Mike Gendron, who was scheduled to speak at Sunday worship continues at 9 a.m. weekly, and Heppner Christian Church on October 18, will not be all are welcome. speaking due to a scheduling conflict. Gendron cancels speaking engage ment at Heppner Christian Church I I
