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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 2,2010 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U .S.P .S. 2 4 0 -4 2 0 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing. LLC and entered as periodical maner at the Post Office al Heppner. Oregon under the Act o f March 3,1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editorforapidserve net or davidiarapidserve net. Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O, 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 S yk es........................................................................................................ Publisher Autumn Morgan...................................................................................................... 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Correction: In the May 26th edition of the Heppner Gazette-Times the boy in the picture for the Mustang Youth Track was incorrectly identified. The caption should have said “Pictured is Cody Fletcher doing the long jump.” Wright receives Ford Family Foundation scholarship The Ford Family suing a bachelor’s degree Foundation has selected full-time. The renewable scholarship covers 2010Heppner High 90 percent of each School graduate s tu d e n t’s unm et Lane Wright as one financial need for of the 100 students college, with first- from Oregon to be a year student awards Ford Scholars. The averaging $6,935 scholarship winners per year. were chosen from S i n c e 4,253 applicants. Lane Wright Wright 1994, the Founda tio n ’s scholarship plans to attend Or egon State University for programs have awarded students more than $90 biology and pre-med. Eligibility criteria million. For a list of recipi included financial need and merit qualifications. In ad ents and more information dition, scholars must attend about The Ford Family an accredited nonprofit col Foundation, visit their web lege in Oregon and be pur- site at www.tfff.org. Community Bank holds annual barbecue Carmelita “Dot” Halvorsen C arm elita “D ot” Halvorsen, 93, longtime lone resident died Monday, May 24, 2010, at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Hepp ner. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 28, 2010, at th e lo n e Communi ty Church Carmelita “Dot” w ith co n Halvorsen cluding service and burial to follow at High View Cemetery in lone. S h e w as b o rn June 7, 1916 in Turner, the daughter of Jobe and Hattie Lindsey Crabtree. She was raised on a farm near Cecil in Morrow County. She at tended a one room school in the country thru the 8th grade and graduated from lone High School in 1935. On December 30, 1936 she married Lewis Halvorsen in Vancouver, WA. The couple raised five children and two foster children. Mrs. Halvorsen en joyed sewing, playing cards, bingo, going to ball games, and in her younger days waterskiing, participating in ski shows at Hat Rock. She drove bus for the school and also the Senior Citizen bus. Dot was involved in many organizations, serv ing as the Mother Advisor for the lone Rainbow Girls for 19 years, she served as Master several times in the Grange as well as serving as secretary for over 20 years. She was a 65 year member of the Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Matron 13 times and Grand Officer three times. She was a member of the lone PTA, Good Neigh bor Club, and the United Church of Christ. In 1988 she was awarded Citizen of the Year by the Heppner Cham ber o f Commerce, and she was chosen mother of the year in 1969. She is survived by: her children, Linda Hal vorsen Azevado and her husband Xavier of Aloha, Joe Halvorsen and his wife Linda of lone, Mark Hal vorsen and his wife Marta o f Vancouver, WA, and Frank Halvorsen and his wife Cathy o f lone; fos ter children, Judy Mason o f West Covina, CA and Alice Rea of Fairfax, CA; 19 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by: her husband Lewis Halvorsen in 1991; twin sister, Manulita “Dim ple” Munkers; sister, Juani ta “Babe” Stender; a brother Chauncy “Leo” Crabtree; and three grandchildren. Memorial contri butions may be made to the Jason Halvorsen Memorial Scholarship Fund for an lone High School graduat ing senior, in care of the Bank o f Eastern Oregon lone Branch, PO Box 106, lone, Oregon 97843. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Michael William Rowell A burial service for Michael Rowell, 57, of Heppner will be held at the lone Cemetery on Saturday, June 5, at 2 p.m. He died on November 20, 2009 in Heppner. Cherilyn A. Smouse C h e r i 1 y n A . Smouse, 61, of lone died Thursday, May 27, 2010 at Pioneer Memorial Hos pital in Heppner. A memo rial service will be held at 1 p.m. on T h u rsd a y , June 3,2010 at the lone Community Church. She w as b o rn October 6, 1948 in Cherilyn A. Smouse P endleton, the daughter of Kenneth J. and Francis M. Burgoyne Smouse. She attended lone Grade School and High School from 1954 to 1965. She transferred to Heppner High School her senior year where she graduated in 1966. She graduated from Oregon State University with de gree in psychology. She later graduated from Linn Benton Community College with an associate degree in nursing then later received an associate degree in com mercial art from Portland Community College. Throughout most o f her life she remained active in her church, sing ing in the choir, playing the piano and helping with the newsletters and the bulle tins. The family has a wheat ranch near lone which she has remained active in also. During her working years, she was employed in sev eral retirement homes as a registered nurse. Her hobbies in cluded cooking, bicycling, hiking, camping, reading, and picking huckleberries. She also enjoyed nature and animals, in particular her cats and dogs. Survivors include: her mother, Francis Smouse of lone; and brothers, Ken neth L. Smouse of lone and Carl F. Smouse of Hermis- ton. She was preceded in death by her father Kenneth J. Smouse in 2000. Memorial contri butions may be made to the lone Community Church, PO Box 346, lone, Oregon 97843 or to Celilo Cancer Center, c/o Mid Columbia Health Foundation, 1700 E. 19th St., The Dalles, Oregon 97058. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. James Henry Driscoll James Henry Driscoll, bom March 25, 1918 in Heppner, the son of William and Cecelia (King) Driscoll died in Poulsbo, WA on June 1, 2010 at the age of 92. At his request there will be no services. Inurnment will be at Riv erside National Cemetery in Riverside, CA with Cook Family Funeral Home han dling arrangements. Jim lived in Hep pner until his retirement in 1973 after 30 years with the US Post Office serving as Heppner’s postmaster. Jim married Bobbe (Roberta Thelma) Fortner on August 23, 1940. She preceded him in death in 1994. The couple raised three children, Janice Helen (Darryl) Bruning of Pendle ton, Oregon, James Thomas (Judy Schmidt) Driscoll o f Poulsbo, Washington, and Timothy Neil (Susie Clinker) Driscoll of Wil- sonville, Oregon. They enjoyed square dancing, playing bridge and golf, and travelling the US and Canada in their trailer, all pastimes they pursued in both Heppner and in Hemet, California where they lived following retirement. Jim m a rrie d a second tim e to Carolyn Bohlken in December of 1994. Jim and Carolyn lived in Hemet until Caro lyn’s death in 2006. He moved to Poulsbo to make his home with his son, Tom in 2007. During World War II, Jim served as postmaster in the US Navy aboard the destroyer John Rodger. He was a member o f the American Legion post in both Heppner and Hemet, and at the time of his death was the oldest living mem ber o f the Heppner Elks Lodge. He was a member o f All S aint’s Episcopal Church in Heppner and Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Hemet. In addition to his wives, Jim was preceded in death by: his parents; his brothers Thomas, Charles, William, Clifford and Har old Driscoll; sister Lucille Zimmerman; and a grand child, Rebecca Driscoll. He is survived by: his three children; step daughters Bonnie Pietrows- ki o f D urango, CO and Joanne Grisaffi of San Cle mente, CA; sisters Martha (Blaine) Carney of Cama rillo, CA and Mary (Fred) Pointer o f Seattle, WA; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. M em orials may be made to the Rebecca Driscoll Memorial Schol arship Fund in care of First Lutheran Church, PO Box 825 Poulsbo, WA 98370 or to the charity o f your choice. Heppner Junior High golf to host tournament H eppner Ju n io r at 541-676-9138 (ext. 2521) Contact is Randy Sperr at Golf Course at 9 a.m. Con tact is Mike Hegarty at 541- or 541-676-5257, call Ken 541-376-8244. -June 29, Q uail 276-5588. Grieb at 541-989-8353, or -Photo by April Sykes -July 13, Pendle G olf Association tourna send an email to grantg@ Ridge Golf Course at 9 a.m. Contact is Jody Stewart at ton Country Club at 9 a.m. ment on Monday, June 14, morrow.kl2.or.us. Red Hats to hold no-host luncheon at 1 p.m. at Willow Creek Contact is Tyler Brooks at The cost is an an 541-523-2358. -July 6, La Grande 541-443-4653. There will be a Red Hat No-Host Luncheon at Country Club. Echo Hills nual one-time fee per player -Aug. 10, Buffalo Sweet Productions at noon on Thursday, June 17. You do will be hosting another of $ 10. Per tournament the Country Club at 9 a.m. event the following day, cost is $ 10 for Pee Wee di Contact is Cody Goodan at Peak Golf Course at 9 a.m. not have to belong to Red Hats to attend. Contact is Scott Marcum at June 15, beginning at 9 vision and $15 for all other 541-963-4241. -July 8, Wildhorse 541-562-5527. divisions and includes golf, a.m. All youth in ter awards and lunch. lone Art Show looking for artists 676-9181 "W here Friends M eet” 142 N orth M ain A t our nament ested in junior g o lf can Local artists are invited to showcase their work access information regard schedule is as follows: A m e ric a n L egion & Th e Elks in the first annual lone Art Show July 3-4 at the American -June 14, Willow ing the NEOJGA at www. Legion. neojga.com. NEOJGA is Creek Country Club at 1 Artists of all ages and styles of art are welcome available to all youth ages p.m. Contact is Ken Grieb to participate. 8 to 18. Sign up is avail at 541-989-8353. For more information or to sign up contact Terry D inner at 6:00 p m able through the NEOJGA -June 15, Echo Felda at 541-256-0277. Flag Service at 8:00 p m website, calling Greg Grant Hills Golf Course at 9 a.m. Open to the public Boardman offers free trees and water/sewer services to new homeowners The second resolution of D uring the May tions were recommenda in Boardman. •Vouth night flog burning ceremony fers these new homeowners The first resolution 18 Boardman City Council tions by the Boardm an •formal history of the flog program ^ meeting, councilors passed Economic Development offers free trees to new three months of free water •Prizes for the kids two resolutions in hopes Committee, who have been homeowners who purchase and sewer services, up to Anyone who has any old hags may drop of promoting development working over the last sev or build their home within $150. This incentive also them off at the barrel behind the elks club within the city. The resolu- eral months on ways to en the city limits between July runs from July 1, 2010 courage new development 1,2010 and June 30, 2011. through June 30, 2011. The council felt these steps could attract new hom eowners to Boardman. In other city news, councilors approved the When your loading garbage for the contract with Crestline Con transfer stations to please keep in 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Heppner High School struction, of Hood River, to mind we have a separate WOOD bin do the South Main Street Field day -June 12th at Lexington Gun Club and a separate METAL bin. These sidewalks and curbs proj Any person under 18 who wishes to hunt must ect. The new sidewalks and items do not get put in with your regu I pass this course in order to acquire a hunting license curbs project will begin lar household garbage. So please keep in the State of Oregon. Any person wishing to hunt out of state must May 24, and is expected the wood and metal separated out for also hold a valid Hunter Education Card. The course is being taught by to be completed at the end easy dumping. Thank you. North end [Jim and Darlene Marquardt. of June. Transfer Station, 69900 Frontage The next regularly Lane, Boardman, OR. 97818. South scheduled City Council end Transfer Station 57185 Hwy 74, Lexington, OR. meeting will be Tuesday, The fee for the course is $10 and is set by ODFW June 1, at 7 p.m. at Board- 97839. Both hours of operation 9:00 - 4:00 Saturday Information about the course can be rawed at man City Hall. r.dfw.state.or.us/outdoor skHls/hunter/courses/index and Sunday. Residents enjoyed the annual community appreciation bar High golf will be hosting becue put on by Community Bank on Thursday, May 27. a Northeast Oregon Junior HEPPNER ELKS 358 F lag D ay P rogram 'June 10th •6:00 pm Morrow County Public Works would like to remind everyone Hunters Education Course to be held June 8th, 10th, 15th and 17th ^ To register for the class call Jim at 541-969-4843 t
