TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 10,2010
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Small puppy’s loyalty to master saves
boy from serious injury
The old saying that a dog is a m an’s (or boy’s)
best friend was proven last week in Heppner, it was
also proven that the size o f the dog has no bearing on
his loyalty.
As the story goes... two small boys were
sledding on West Baltimore Street when they crashed
at the foot o f the hill. A big dog, thinking his master
was being abused, proceeded to correct the other boy.
With blood gushing from the second boy’s leg and hip,
his own dog Fritzie, a four month old puppy, made a
vicious attack on the big dog only to be overpowered
and thoroughly whipped, but never the less, accom
plishing his undertaking by distracting the big dog
from his young master.
There were no serious effects from all the
scuffle and according to reports boys and dogs are
still good friends
[Pioneer Memorial Clinic, Irrigon Medical Clinic
and non-emergency lab and radiology
services at Pioneer Memorial Hospital
I Will be closed on Monday, February 15,
fo r the P re sid e n ts' P a y Holiday.__________
February
F rie n d s H elp in g
Friends will be making a
group donation to the Wil
low Creek Valley Assisted
L iv in g ’s B u ild in g Fund
in memory o f their friend
Donna Schonbachler. A fun
walk and run is planned for
March 13 during the St. Pat
rick’s Day Celebration.
“ W h en w e lo se
special people in our lives,
our world seems to stop.
Slow ly the healing pro
cess starts and part o f that
process is h o noring the
m em ories o f those very
special people. Donna was
one of those special people
that touched us all in many
ways. She touched our com
munity with her passion and
dedication to health care,
as an RN, Home Health,
and Hospice nurse,” said a
spokesperson.
“The Willow Creek
Terrace facility was another
area o f Donna’s job. Donna
saw residents there weekly,
right up until her passing.
She has left a huge imprint
on our lives through her
w onderful exam ple o f a
dedicated health care pro
vider. Her vibrant personal
ity to live life to the fullest
is something we will never
forget. In return, we want
to continue the giving she
instilled in all o f us. It is
our hope that “Together we
can make a difference!” We
invite you to join us in that
quest.
“The Willow Creek
Terrace was built in 2002.
Residents there are people
w ho can no longer live
alone in their own homes
and may need some assis
tance. The facility consists
o f 16 apartments. There are
17 residents at this time and
the facility employs around
12 people. “It is governed
by a board o f directors who
have a vision to expand for
additional needed space,”
sa id th e sp o k e sp e rso n .
“ Friends Helping Friends
feels Willow Creek Terrace
is very im portant to our
community. It enables our
loved ones to live comfort
ably with needed assistance
in a loving environment and
still remain in Heppner. We
encourage you to join our
cause with a charitable tax
deductible donation to the
Willow Creek Valley A s
sisted Living, in memory of
Donna Schonbachler.”
On March 13, the
Saturday of Heppner’s St.
Patrick’s Day Celebration,
the fun walk/run is planned
to start at 9:30 a.m. The
walk will be the same route
as last year. A nyone in
te re s te d in the 5K R un
may contact Janelle Healy
at 541-676-5240, Origan-
elle@hotmail.com. A $5 fee
for the walk or the run will
go to the Willow Creek Val
ley Assisted Living Build
ing Fund. Registration is at
9 a.m. in front of Heppner’s
United Methodist Church.
For more informa
tion, contact: Kathi Dick
enson, kathidickenson@
hotmail.com; Patty Mathe-
ny, mathenyranch@mach-
m ed ia.n et; Jan Stroeber,
stro eb er@ cen tu ry tel.n et;
S usan H isler, 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -
5878; or Peggy Fishbum,
541-676-5246. Checks may
be made payable to: Willow
Creek Valley Assisted Liv
ing or WCVAL, c/o Kathi
Dickenson Friends H elp
ing Friends, P.O. Box 566,
Heppner, Oregon 97836.
Contributions are tax de
ductible.
ODO I plans info meeting
on Boardman bridge closure
T he O regon D e
partment o f Transportation
w ill host a public open
house meeting on Monday,
F ebruary 22, from 6:30
- 7:30 p.m. to present in
formation on a deck repair
project for the 1-84 Exit
164 Interchange Bridge in
B oardm an. The m eeting
will be held in the River
front Room at the Port o f
Morrow, located at 2 Ma
rine Drive, Boardman.
The project will re
sult in a four-week closure
during June, July, or August
o f the bridge that extends
Main Street over the free
way. Specific closure dates
have not been defined at
this tim e, but the bridge
w ill be open during the
July 4 holiday. Pedestrian
access over the structure
will be maintained and the
freeway ramps will remain
open during the construc
tion activities. Local resi
dents and business owners
are encouraged to attend
this meeting to hear details
about the project.
“The work is need
ed to re p a ir crack s and
other damage to the bridge
deck before it gets to the
point where more extensive
repairs are needed,” said
project leader Tim Rynear-
son. “If we wait too long,
it could lead to more ex
tensive impacts and longer,
more costly delays.”
The p ro je c t in
cludes grinding out dam
aged sections o f the bridge
deck and resurfacing the
entire deck with new micro
silica concrete. The bridge
closure is needed to ensure
proper preparation & curing
of the concrete surface and
to expedite the completion
o f the repair work.
“Closing the struc
ture to vehicles during the
repair work will allow us to
get the project done faster
and save Oregon taxpayers
about $140,000 in traffic
control costs,” Rynearson
said. “We realize it will be
a temporary inconvenience
to the Boardman commu
nity and will work to get
the project com pleted as
quickly as possible once it
has started.”
ODOT has been
working with the city o f
Boardman to identify how
to minimize impacts to local
residents and businesses.
The four-week bridge clo
sure has been discussed and
supported by the Boardman
City adm inistrative staff
and council.
Young artist competition
planned
Inland N orthw est
Musicians is accepting ap
plications for its 10th annu
al Young Artists Competi
tion, scheduled for Sunday,
March 7, at the Verb Club
Room in Pendleton.
This competition
is open to young m u si
cians in four categories: El
ementary Division (through
grade five), Junior Division
(grades six-eight), Senior
Division (grades nine-12),
The community is invited to the annual Val and Young Adult Division
entine’s breakfast at the Heppner Christian Church on (through age 25). Instru
Sunday, February 21, from 8:30 to 10 a.m.
mentalists and singers will
There is no charge and everyone is welcome to perform for a panel o f ad
attend.
judicators.
Valentine breakfast set Feb. 21
A ll p a rtic ip a n ts
will receive critique sheets
and winners will be chosen
from each d iv isio n . A ll
winners will receive $100
cash prizes and some win
ners m ay be selected to
perform w ith the Inland
Northwest Orchestra at its
May concert.
The entry fee for
the competition is $25 and
the deadline for applica
tion is Feb. 20. For more
inform ation and applica
tion materials, contact Al
ice Massey, Young Artists
Competition chairman, at
541 -276-7340.
Community rallies to help injured cowboy Emmet Evans
M ’S PUCE WILL
RE-OPEK
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Friends Helping Friends to
gather for memorial fund
raiser
hole New Menu!
HAPPY 8 5 ™ BIRTHDAY
G lad ys VanW inkle
Quacker Backer”
” Muzz, also known as Bawga, you are the center of our
universe, our friend, our mentor, the glue that holds our
fam ily together." You have our heartfelt thanks for being
you. Please com e and say Happy Birthday to Gladys on
Thursday, the 11th from 2:00 - 4:00pm in the sitting room at
St. Patrick's Senior Center. Cake and Ice Cream ? Yes!
Your "Kids” - Linda, Donny, Leora, Billy, Bobby, Glenda Kay
Grandkids • Will, Patrick, Theresa, Christy, Josie, James
Greatkids • Emily, Matt, Isaac, Olivia, Victoria, Connor, Jack, Lenna
The rodeo, ranch,
and business communities
have come together to help
cowboy local Emmet Evans
with expenses incurred as
a result o f a recent calf-
roping accident in Walla
Walla, WA.
Hamley’s o f Pend
leton has donated the use
o f the S lick fo rk Saloon
Saturday, February 27, be
ginning at 7 p.m. Emmet’s
fam ily will host a silent
auction while Hamley’s Pat
Beard hosts a “ Roundup
o f Talent’. As o f this news
release, eight different acts
were on the tap, each sched
uled to perform two to three
numbers, There will be a
$ 10 entrance fee at the door:
h a lf will go to E m m et’s
benefit fund and h a lf to
cover Hamley’s expenses.
O n J a n u a ry 17,
3 0 -y e a r-o ld E vans w as
Welcome Amy Kollman
To Community Bank
se rio u sly injured at the
calf roping in Walla Walla,
WA. The accident occurred
w hen he stepped o ff his
horse to tie his first c a lf
and som ehow his horse
clipped his leg as he was
getting stopped. According
to reports, he broke both his
tibia and fibula bones above
his ankle. Both the bones
shattered with the tibia also
breaking further down the
leg at the ankle joint. Un
fortunately, the force o f the
accident did result in part o f
his tibia coming out through
the skin, the side o f his
boot and his jeans into the
dirt, so it was a really bad,
open fracture with lots o f
contamination. Evans had
surgery at St. M ary’s hos
pital the day it happened, to
clean the wound and repair
the fibula with a plate and
screws. Doctors also placed
an external fixator on the leg
to stabilize his tibia which
still has not been repaired.
The wound is still open,
because it cannot be closed
due to all the swelling. To
try to keep the wound clean,
he has had a “wound vac”
on. which sucks out fluid
and dirt. He went to surgery
again, two days after the ac
cident, but the swelling was
too m uch for the doctors
to do anything but wash it
out again. On January 24,
his family was finally able
to move him to his current
home in Pullman, WA, with
the wound vac in place. The
first appointment with the
Pullman surgeon resulted
in reports that his leg was
still too swollen to close.
Once the swelling subsides
the surgeon will attempt to
repair his tibia. He was cur
rently scheduled for surgery
Tuesday, February 9. He
remains at home in Pullman
with his wound vac on and
his leg elevated.
“Emmet, a 25-year
Pendleton Roundup volun
teer raised in the Pendleton
area, has lived in P u ll
man , WA, since 2006. His
girlfriend, Mami Hamack,
will graduate from W SU’s
School of Veterinary Medi
cine in 2010. He works for
Wesmar Construction, and
tra in s and shoes horses
for a living. “ Emmet is an
excellent leatherm an and
also competes in Northwest
rodeos in roping events,”
said a spokesperson. His
mother, Julie Evans, a certi
fied nursing assistant from
Eugene, has been taking
care o f him since he was
able to go home to Pullman.
Unfortunately, he does not
have health or disability
insurance to help cover
the en orm ous ex p en ses
that will result from the
accident.
An a c c o u n t has
been established for Ev
ans at Banner Bank. Any
one w ho w o u ld like to
contribute to the Emmet
Evans benefit fund, send
c o n trib u tio n s to B anner
Bank, 1300 S.W. Court,
Pendleton, OR 97801 .
Evans is a Heppner
High School graduate.
BOMBING RANGE ROAD TEMPORARY CLOSURE
Morrow County Public W orks Department would like
to announce Due to reconstruction on the south end of
the Bombing Range / Hwy 207 Intersection project It
is necessary to close the South end section of Bombing
Range road for a period beginning on (anuary 4,2010
and continuing through February 28, 2010 weather
Amy Kollman
permitting. The primary north detour route will be
We’re proud to announce that Amy Kollman has accepted a position as our
Heppner branch manager. Come to our Open House on Tuesday, February 16,
from 9:00-5:00 to help welcome her. Refreshments will be served.
Grleb Ln. The South detour route will be luniper
Canyon to Baseline Rd. All traffic of any kind with the
exception of those local residents will be restricted and
the closure will be strictly enforced during this period.
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BANK
Local Money Working For Local People
Contact Amy:
Local residents will be allowed access subject to
tis tu n U
127 North Main Street, Heppner
following traffic control measures necessary at the
time.
541-676-5745
akollman@communitybanknet.com
This protect is a Statewide Transportation
Improvement Program (STIP)
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