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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 13,2010 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Pub lished w eekly by S y k e s P u b lish in g, L L C and entered as periodical matter at the Post O ffice at H eppner, O re g o n under the A c t o f M a r c h 3 , 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, O regon. O ffice at 188 W W illo w Street Telephone ( S 4 I ) 6 7 6 - 9228. F a x ($ 4 1 ) 6 76 -9211. E-m ail: editorur rapidserve.net o r david(a:rapidserve net. W eb site: w w w.heppner.net Postm aster send a ddress ch ange s to the H epp ner G azette-T im es, P.O. B o x 337, H eppner, O r e g o n 9 78 3 6. S u b scrip tio n s: $ 2 7 in M o r r o w C ounty; $21 senior rate (in M o r r o w C o u n ty o nly, 62 years or older); $33 elsewhere; $ 2 7 student subscriptions. D a v id S y k e s ....................................................................................P u b lish e r A u tu m n M o r g a n .................................................................................. E d ito r All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 504 per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch For Public/legal Notices: pubhc/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for pub lication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the bme of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required) For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner G T at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or vrtio wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor M U S T be signed by the author The Heppner G T will not publish unsigned letters All letters M U S T include the author's address and phone number for use by the G T office The G T reserves the right to edit letters The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will PGE representative to speak at Chamber lunch meeting The next Chamber Lunch Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 21, starting at noon at Heppner City Hall. Amy Dunkak from Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center from La Grande will be the speaker. There will not be a chamber meeting on Thursday, Oc tober 14. Northeast Oregon Area Helath Education Center has served Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Northern Malheur, M orrow, Sherm an, U m atilla, U nion, W allowa and Wheeler counties for nearly 20 years providing health career education and resources to grade and high school teachers and students as well as providing coordination and lodging for medical students and residents in our communities. Their goal is to bring health care providers to our rural communities. Heppner will be hosting some medicals students as they complete their education in a rural hospital environment. Heppner Family Foods will be catering the meal and will be serving. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP so that there is enough food and seating for everyone. Starvation Farms completes solar installation be placed in the classifieds under ‘Card of T hanks' at a cost of $10. Lien to participate in PGA Jones Cup Chris Lien, a mem ber o f the U niversity o f Idaho Professional G olf M anagem ent Club, has qualified to participate in the 2010 PGA Jo n es Cup to be held Oc tober 20 and 21 at the PGA G olf Club in Port St. Lucie, FL. Lien is a 2010 Chris graduate of Heppner High School. The 36-hole tour- nam ent features the top five players from each PGA G o lf M anagem ent University. Students in the PGA G o lf M anagem ent Pro gram study a com bination o f golf and b u s in e s s - r e la te d subjects, as well as serve 16-20 months Lien in an on-course in ternship within the golf industry. Heath places in Dutch Oven Cook-Off Former Heppner resident Ryan Heath (right) placed third in the 7*k annual Chuckwagon Café Dutch Oven Cook-Off held in Hermiston. For the competition he made Ragin Cajun Jam- balaya. Pictured with Heath are Adam and Everett Willard. -Contributed Photo Young child killed in farm ing accident Starvation Farms recently completed a 4.2kw solar project. The project was built on top of a shop that was built in the 1920s. It was built with the help of J & G Services of Heppner, ShellCo Electric of Hermiston and Syncro Solar of Portland. The power from the solar panels will provide about 70% of the power used on an annual basis. When no power is needed it will go back into the grid with an electric meter that measures net use for the year. - Contributed Photo Boardman appoints former mayor to city council position Tuesday night the B oardm an C ity C ouncil unanimously voted to ap point form er B oardm an mayor, Ed Glenn to fill a va cancy on the council. Glenn was one o f three people who submitted a letters of interest to be considered for the position left vdéant by Councilor Jerry Johnson, who moved to central Or egon last month. Boardman residents Tony Navarro and Mark Pratt were the others who wrote letters o f inter est. All three were on hand Tuesday night to be consid ered for appointment. Mayor Phillips said he was pleased to have three people to consider for the vacancy. He reminded the applicants that if they were not appointed, they could run a w rite-in cam paign for the upcoming council positions up for election in November; only two people have filed. To help make their decision, the council asked each ap p licant to explain why they wanted to serve on the council and asked a series of ques tions. N a v a rro said he wanted to establish com m unication betw een the Hispanic comm unity and the p o lic e d e p a rtm e n t. Pratt’s focus was improv ing Boardman’s livability. Glenn said he would like the city to consider a five- year strategic plan, to re examine the C ity’s Urban Renewal Plan, and to think about the succession o f the c ity ’s senior sta ff m em bers. M ayor Phillips said it was a hard decision the council had to make, but ultim ately, they voted to appoint Glenn. In other city busi ness, the council approved letters o f support for the City o f Hermiston’s Trade and Event Center and for Colum bia River Com m u nity Health Services’ grant application. The council also granted a 10 foot ease ment to Umatilla Electric C o o p erativ e along city- owned property located at on NE Front Street. T h e n e x t m e e t ing o f the Boardman City Council will be Tuesday, October 19, at 7 p.m. According to the Morrow County Sheriffs Of fice, on October 5 2‘/ j year old Aden Martine Marguia of Hermiston was killed in a farming accident in Irrigon. Sergio Marguia, 35, o f Hermiston was working to replace the product belt on a 10-wheeler potato/onion truck located at the cleaver/lamb facility on Paterson Ferry Road near Irrigon. During the course o f the repair, the young child got to close to the belt as it was being tested and was pulled into the machine and died. Units from the Morrow County Sheriff’s Of fice, Irrigon Fire Department, Morrow County Health Justice Court Judge Charlotte Gray has released District, and Umatilla Police Department responded to the following Justice Court Report; the scene. -Jay Arthur Coil, 49, Heppner, Failure to Use Seat Belt, $106 fine. -Anthony Aaron Zollinger, 34, Buhl, ID, No Operator’s License, $289 fine. -Matthew L. Tomlinson, 37, Everett, WA, Viola tion o f the Basic Rule by driving 76 mph in a 55 mph Morrow County will be hosting another zone, $289 fine. Justice Court Report Obituaries Robert (Bob) Allen Bryant Robert (Bob) Allen Bryant passed away at his home in Redmond, WA on Septem ber 28, 2010. He was 70 years old. Bob was born in Heppner on July 4, 1940 to Earle and Roberta (Thomp son) Bryant. He spent most o f his childhood in Heppner, moving to Idaho where he attended middle school and joined the Espy family. This move increased his siblings from one sister to three stepsisters, two step broth ers and two half brothers. He returned to Heppner for Middle school and gradu ated from H eppner High School in 1958. In 1963 he married Joan Spencer and they had two sons, Mark and Martin. The family lived in Port land, where Bob attended college, earning an associ ated degree from Multno mah Com m unity College and then a bachelors and a m aster degree from Port land State College. B ob w o rk e d for U nited A irlines until he retired. D uring this time the Bryants moved to Red mond, WA. Bob was passion ate about things that in terested him photography, histo ry (all th in g s old), guns, books, artifacts and family. If it was in his pos session he researched it in depth, his friends and fam ily enjoyed the knowledge he shared with them. He inspired many people with his love of Eastern Oregon and family and treasures. Many nieces and nephews owned a screen he had built for treasure hunts and pic tures o f landmarks he sent regularly. If you were even an acquaintance you had a stack o f black and white photos from B o b ’s dark room. If you were family, you knew to expect him at your door, bedroll in hand any time. He will be missed for his quick hum or and constant smile. He is survived by: his wife Sarah Joan Spencer Bryant o f Redm ond WA; his children, Mark Bryant (w ife D enise) K ent, WA and Martin Bryant (partner Karen Clark) Monroe, WA; his m o th e r-in -la w June Spencer; his sister Sharon Lewis; half brothers, Mick and Lynn Espy; step-sisters Charlotte McCallum, Sher ry Nygaard, and Beverly Jones; step-brothers, Butch and Buck Espy; and his uncle Howard Bryant and aunt Kathryn Webb. He was preceded in death by his father and mother and his grandmoth ers M adge B ry a n t and Sophrona Thompson. A service will be held October 16, 2010 at 1 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church in Heppner with a reception to follow. In lieu o f flow ers, contributions can be made to the Morrow County Historical Society. Edwin Lavern Hill Edwin Lavern Hill passed away on October 2, 2010 in Bend after suffering a stroke. He w as born on August 2, 1944, in Pendle ton to Wilbem Archie Hill and Gladys Mae (Casebeer) Hill. He moved frqm H epr pner to Portland when he was six years old but always called Heppner his home. He was the owner of a medical x-ray service and supply com pany in Portland before his retire ment to Bend in 1999. He had a lifelong love o f the outdoors and hunting in Oregon, Alaska, Canada, and Africa. He was known for his ability to fix any thing and for his skill in the woodshop. He shared those talents and his love o f hunting with his sons. He supported many organiza tions and charities, and was a longtime member o f the Heppner Elks Lodge. He is survived by: his wife Rhoda; sons Mike (M indi) and Tim; sisters June Evans and Joan Jarvis; brother Larry H ill; aunt Alvina Padberg; uncle Mar vin Casebeer; aunt Joyce B re e d in g ; c lo se c o u sin M arvin Padberg (Tanna); and many other relatives. A c e le b ra tio n o f Ed’s life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Rocky Mountain Elk F oundation, 5705 G rant C re e k R oad, M isso u la, MT, 59808; the Heppner Elks Lodge; or a charity o f choice. William C. “Bill” Ulrich William C. “Bill” Ulrich, 83, lifelong Hep pner resident died August 1, 2010 in Boise, ID. A graveside memo rial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery, a com plete obituary was in the A ugust 12, 2010 edition o f the H eppner G azette Times. Sweeney Mortuary in charge of arrangements. First session of First Fridays - Friends of Jesus held Household Hazardous Waste Event Household Hazardous Waste event FREE of charge to County residents Saturday April 23, 2011 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Lexington Road Dept. 3 6 5 W. Hwy 7 4, Lexington, OR Accepted during the event: Used oil (containers less than 2 5 gallons) O il filters, Spent Antifreeze, Automotive batteries, Alkaline & rechargeable batteries, Propane Tanks (smaller than 25 gal.) O il based paint, Paint thinners and solvents, Roof and asphalt patch, Adhesives, glues and contact cement, Caulks sealers and joint compounds, Lawn and garden chemicals and fertilizers, Pool chemicals, Household cleaners (including bleach, ammonia, furniture polish, toilet bowl cleaners, carpet shampoos) Sludge (soil contami nated with oil smaller than 25 gal. containers) Mercury thermometers, Florescent lamps, All types of aerosol cans, Used cooking oil, Road flares, PCB ballasts, Organic peroxides (hardening agents) Items not accepted: Empty containers, ammunition, explosives, biological waste, radioactive waste. Morrow County Public Works mcpublicwork@co.morrow.or.us P O . 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