TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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Member’s son from Morrow County
wins Union Plus scholarship
Welsh, the AFSCME A d
vantage Coordinator for the
natio n al union in
W ashington, D.C.,
stated that G rego
ry’s application was
evaluated according
to academic ability,
character, letters of
Jacob
re c o m m e n d a tio n
G r e g o r y is th e
and a 500-word es
son o f Local 2479
Jacob Greg
(M orrow C ounty) ory hopes to say. Overall, the 121
member Alan Greg be a heavy scholarship winners
ory. He graduated e q u i p m e n t represented 42 dif
from Heppner High and c r a n e f e re n t A F L -C IO
S c h o o l th is p a s t o p e r a t o r . unions. G regory’s
-Contributed s c h o la r s h ip w as
June.
S u s a n Photo
worth $500.
J a c o b G re g o ry ,
the son o f an Oregon AF-
SCME member, is
one o f 121 recipi
ents nationwide o f
a Union Plus Edu
cation Foundation
Scholarship.
$11 million bond to appear on
Boardman November ballot
The Board o f Di
rectors for the Boardman
Rural Fire Protection Dis
tric t voted unanim ously
in favor of placing an $11
million General Obligation
Bond on the November 2,
2010, ballot at its regular
board m eeting Thursday
evening. W ith voter a p
proval o f the funds, the dis
trict would build a new fire
station, pay off its current
debt obligation, and replace
an aging ladder truck
While an attem pt
to pass a similar bond two
years ago narrowly failed,
board member Jerry John
son is optimistic the com
m unity w ill support the
bond this time around.
“We are good stew
ards o f the tax payer’s mon
ey, and have never asked
for funds beyond what they
already pay towards having
the district,” Johnson said.
“We are not increasing the
amount we asked for last
time. We are convinced the
new fire station would bring
added value to the commu
nity in a myriad o f ways,
especially as a long term
training center, and would
be something we could all
be truly proud of.”
Twelve years ago,
by a vote of the people, the
Boardman Rural Fire Pro
tection District annexed the
City o f Boardman to create
a more efficient fire depart
ment. In the years since,
the BRFPD has seen its
community and fire district
grow beyond its expecta
tions. The current BRFPD
building is at m axim um
capacity. Built in 1973, it
was remodeled in 1998 to
help with growth. Since the
station was originally built,
Sam Boardman Elementary
and Windy River Elemen
tary have been constructed
across the street. There is no
room for expansion at the
current location. A new sta
tion would include updated
training facilities that could
be utilized by the BRFPD
and other local emergency
services.
A key component
in the board’s view is the
opportunity this funding
could provide for a Fire Sci-
ence/EMT college program.
In this type o f program, 15
students work and live at the
fire station on an internship,
which is a requirement for
their degrees. At the same
time, these students would
also do shift work while
at the station and provide
em ergency fire and EMS
calls when not attending
classes. These interns could
aid staffing levels at the
district, which could then
potentially provide 24/7
service, 365 days a year,
to the community without
having to pay for additional
staff. The current structure
does not have room for this
type of program.
Community Bible Church to
host m ission’s presentation
The Community Bible Church in Lexington will
host a mission's presentation by Kellie Hodges on August
Ladies Play Day was held on Tuesday, August 22 at 6 p.m.
Hodges is with a group o f young adults in Vir
10, at the Willow Creek Country Club. Results are as
ginia
on
a mission trip and will be returning Saturday.
follows:
Sunday evening she will be sharing with the community
August 10
Low gross of the field was Nancy Propheter. Low the impact this trip has made. The evening promises to
net of the field was Pat Dougherty. Least Putts o f the Field be entertaining, encouraging and enlightening.
The evening will include a recap o f the mission
was Virginia Grant.
work completed, special m uiil performed by Hodges, and
Flight A winners: low gross was Jan Paustian.
Flight C winners: low gross was Luvilla Son- some group singing, followed by refreshments.
Community Bible Church is located at 160 “B”
stegard.
Street in Lexington.
Ladies Play Day Results
Former HHS grad spending summer break
volunteering in Guatemalan clinics, classrooms
For many college
students, summer break is a
time for flipping burgers at
a part-time job or lounging
by an outdoor pool. Hep
pner resident and Seattle
Pacific University freshman
Sarah Ballard’s experience
is currently a bit different
as she is spending part of
her sum m er break on a
short-term mission project
in Guatemala.
Ballard is spending
August 9 through Septem
ber 6 working with America
L atin a, an o rg an iz atio n
fo cu sed on health care,
e d u c atio n , and co m m u
nity outreach in Guatemala.
A lo n g w ith e ig h t o th er
students, she is volunteer
ing in a number o f differ
ent program s, including
medical clinics and school
classrooms.
Ballard’s trip is part
o f SPRINT (Seattle Pacific
Reachout International), a
short-term m issions pro
gram for students. SPRINT
has been organizing student
short-term mission trips all
over the world for the past
24 years. Students m ust
raise their own money for
airfare, training, room and
board, and team expenses.
Founded in 1891,
Seattle Pacific University
is a p rem iere C h ristian
university that equips peo
ple to engage the culture
and change the world. Its
com prehensive academ ic
program serves 4,000 un
dergraduate and graduate
students.
Safety corridor between Irrigon and Umatilla
to receive safety improvements
A s ix -m ile s e c
tion o f the Columbia River
Highway (US 730) between
Irrigon and Umatilla was
designated a traffic safety
corridor in 2003. The safety
corridor signage along the
route helps raise awareness
o f the a re a ’s high crash
rate and is a reminder for
motorists to use extra cau
tion. Since the route re
c e iv e d the d e sig n a tio n ,
the Oregon Department o f
Transportation and other
transportation stakehold
ers have been working to
secure funding for safety
im p ro v em en t alo n g the
route. ODOT also met with
local residents to define
proposed im provem ents,
which include more turn
lanes, shoulder upgrades
and some frontage roads to
consolidate accesses that
connect to the highw ay.
These highway safety en
hancements are scheduled
for construction in the next
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“Because it takes
time to design and secure
funding for long term im
provem ents, labeling the
highway section as a safety
corridor was a first steps in
helping to improve traffic
safety,” said ODOT Public
Inform ation Officer Tom
Strandberg.
“The ‘safety cor
rid o r’ and ‘lights on for
safety’ signs are meant to
encourage motorists to pay
closer attention to traffic
laws and drive more cau
tiously,” Strandberg said.
Safety corridors are
stretches of state and local
highways with an incidence
o f traffic crashes higher
than the statewide average
for that type o f roadway.
In n o rth e a st O r
egon there are two separate
safety corridors, the one
on U.S. 730 and another
on O regon H ighw ay 11
between Milton-Freewater
and the W ashington state
line. A dozen highway sec
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corridors throughout the
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Obituaries
Neita Lucile McGhee
N e i t a L u c i l e ning full-time ministry in
M c G h e e d ie d A u g u s t Toronto, KS. After serving
9, 2010 in her hom e in faithfully together in four to
Clarkes, Oregon of
five churches in the
pancreatic cancer
Kansas Conference
at the age o f 92.
o f the church they
S e rv ic e s w ill be
m oved to O regon
held in the Canby
in 1957 where they
Church of the Naza-
s e rv e d c h u rc h e s
rene on August 19,
in Yoncalla, H ep
at 1 p.m.
pner, C ave Ju n c
Neita Lucile
M r s .
tio n and W ilder-
McGhee
M cG hee w as the
ville, and M olalla
wife o f Rev. Austin
and Clarkes. Both
L. M cG hee w ho served A ustin and N eita fell in
as pastor o f the Heppner love with the beauty and the
United M ethodist Church people o f the Clarkes area,
from 1960 to 1962. While and retired there together
in Heppner, She played the on three acres with a beauti
organ at the church, taught ful view o f Mt. Hood. Mr.
Sunday School, helped with McGhee died on June 17,
youth group functions and 1989 after a long struggle
was active in the Methodist with Parkinson’s disease.
Women’s Society o f Chris
Neita was an excel
tian Service (WSCS).
lent pianist and known for
Neita was bom as her love of poetry and the
Neita Lucile Foiles on De m any quotes that were a
cember 12, 1917 in a Meth part of her daily life. She
odist parsonage in Fulton, often wrote poems for her
KS. She was the daughter of family on their birthdays
Rev. Earl Raymond Foiles and special occasions and
and his wife Esther Rachel wrote very well. She did the
(Whitwam). Her father was daily crossword everyday
also a minister o f the Meth over the last 20 years and
odist Church.
had an amazing knowledge
She married Austin o f the m odern w orld be
Leonard M cGhee on De cause o f it.
cember 12, 1935 (her 18,h
Mrs. McGhee was
birthday). They were mar preceded in death by: her
ried for over 50 years. Their h u sb a n d ; her only son,
first pastorate was in a small Larry A. McGhee; her par
church in Parker, CO which ents; and brother, Charles
they served while he attend Foiles.
ed Iliff School of Theology
She is survived by:
in Denver. Because this was her sister Earline Foiles o f
the midst o f the depression Iola, KS; four daughters and
the church was hard pressed their spouses, M elba and
to pay them - so they also Harold Hauser o f G resh
ran the local Parker News am, C heryl and Rodney
newspaper, setting the type Ayers o f Lynchberg, VA,
by hand on a linotype from Dana and Don Reynolds of
their basem ent. The cur Woodbum, and Kerry and
rent 2010 Parker News is John Rietmann of lone; 14
printed in a modem build grandchildren; and numer
ing across the street from ous great-grandchildren.
the old parsonage.
M e m o ria ls m ay
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Mrs. McGhee and be m ade to the O regon
her husband also ran a news Parkinson Foundation or
paper in LaMonte, MO for the Providence Willamette
a few years before begin Falls Hospice Program.
Valetta Jo Burt
A memorial gath partner Larissa of Heppner;
ering for Valetta Jo Burt sister, Janet O ’Connor and
will be held at 10
her husband Jim of
a.m. Saturday, Au
Moscow, ID; broth
gust 21, 2010 at the
er, Lael Umbarger
Heppner City Park.
and his w ife Kris
Mrs. Burt, 65, died
o f Reno, NV; six
T hursday, July 1,
grandchildren; and
2010 at Fleppner.
n u m e ro u s n iec e s
and nephew s and
She is sur
vived by: her hus
cousins.
Valetta Jo
M em o rial
band, A1 B urt o f Burt
Heppner; sons, Al
contributions may
be made to Pioneer
fred C. Burt and his
wife Jeannie of Chapel Hill, Memorial Long Term Care
TN, Tony Burt o f Portland, Unit, P.O. Box 9, Heppner,
and A ndy B urt and his Oregon 97836.
Britt completes ABA
financial course
S h e lli B ritt, a c ABA program. I congratu
counting assistant at Bank late her on this accomplish
o f Eastern Oregon, recently m en t,” said J e ff B ailey,
received an Ameri
president and CEO
c a n I n s titu te o f
o f the bank.
“ I appreci
Banking & Finance
D ip lo m a , w h ic h
ate the o rg a n iz a
was awarded by The
tion’s willingness to
continue investing
Am erican Bankers
Association. To re
in my career. I am
looking forward to
ceive the diploma,
putting into prac
B ritt c o m p le te d , Shelli Britt
over a two-year on
tice new skills I’ve
learned to provide
line study program,
11 courses to include prin the best service and con
ciples of banking, analyzing tinued commitment to the
financial statements, finan bank," said Britt.
cial accounting, economics
B ritt s ta rte d her
for bankers, law and bank ban k in g c a re e r in 1992
ing applications, consumer as a teller in the Heppner
lending, general account branch. She also provided
ing, accounting 1, business se rv ic es as v au lt teller,
communications, business operations supervisor, and
law, and teller update.
loan processing, until she
“The bank would transferred to the operations
like to acknowledge Shelli’s center in her current ac
dedication and perseverance counts payable position.
in completing the rigorous
Shelli and her hus
coursework and obtaining band, Rick, live in Heppner
her diplom a through the and they have two sons.
Community Lunch Menu
Christian Life Center members will be serving
lunch on Wednesday, August 25, at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. The menu will include beef enchiladas, rice and
beans, green salad, fruit juice, hot rolls, and flan.