TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 14,2009
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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.
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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
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