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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 23,2011 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S PS. 240-420 M o r r o w C o u n t y 's H o m e - O w n e d W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r P u b lish e d w eekly by S y k e s P u b lish in g, L L C a nd entered as periodical matter at the Post O ffice at Heppner, O re g o n under the A c t o f M a r c h 3 ,1 8 7 9 Period ical postage paid at Heppner, O regon. O ffice at ¡8 8 W. W illo w Street. Telephone (5 4 1 ) 6 76 - 9228. F a x (5 4 1 ) 6 76 -9 2 1 1. E -m a il editoriairapidserve.net or davidtgjrapidserve net. W eb site: w w w .hepp ner net. Postm aster send address ch anges to the H epp ner G a zette-T im es, P.O. B o x 337, H eppner, O r e g o n 9 78 3 6. S u b sc rip tio n s: $ 2 7 in M o r r o w C o u n ty; $21 se n ior rate (in M o r r o w C o u n ty o nly; 6 2 years o r older); $33 elsew here; $ 2 7 student subscriptions. 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Editor * 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 public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for pub lication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks lo 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 who 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 GT reserves the right to edit letters The G T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks will be placed In the classifieds under ‘Card oLT hanks' at a cost of $10. Willow Creek Country Club to offer beginning golf class Willow Creek Country Club will be offering a beginning golf class for people with limited or no prior golfing experience. The class is limited to 12 students per session and registration will be on a first come, first serve basis. The fee is $30 for six 1 Vi hour lessons. The fee includes temporary membership in WCCC for non-members and unlimited practice play for the duration o f the class. The class fee will be waived for family members o f WCCC. A half-price 2011 membership is available for students who were not WCCC members in 2010. Each student must have a basic set of clubs in cluding a putter, 5, 7, and 9 irons, and a wood. Balls and tees will be provided by the class. The first session will be March 15, 22, and 29; April 5, 12, and 19 from 5-6:30 p.m. The second session will be April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 from 5:30-7 p.m. John Edmundson will be the instructor. For more information call 541-676-5177. Friends o f the Heppner Library recognize Volunteer o f the Year Velena “Maxine” Schmidt Velena “ M axine” Schm idt, 72, o f Heppner d ie d T u e s day, F e b r u a r y 16, 2011, at her h o m e . No services are p lan n e d at this time. She w a s b o r n Velena N o v e m b e r “Maxine” 1 0 , 193 8 Schmidt at Fos sil, Oregon, the daughter o f C laren ce and L aR ue Smith Medlock. Her family moved several times during her younger years. In 1949 she attended a one room school at Cam p 5 which was owned by Kinzua Cor poration. In 1955 the family moved back to Camp 5 from where she attended Wheeler County High School in Fos sil, graduating in 1957. Maxine met Rich ard (Dick) Schmidt o f Fos sil in 1958. The couple married that year in Kinzua, Oregon. In 1962 Dick was transferred from the Kinzua Pine Mill to the Heppner m ill. They lived in Hep pner until 1978 when they St. Pat's is coming! TRY OUR I Ewe»p Spaiali: White Chocolate Milky Way $ 3.50 blueberry Italian 5oda $ 2.25 YOCR FR O Z E N • YOGUR -Cones 'Shakes -Sundaes ‘ Mochas • Lattes / f Despite the weath er, a small Kinzua lunch g roup m et at the A pple Peddler in P rineville on February 18. Those attend ing were Mary Bryant, OL and JeanAnn Adams, Ernie and Ada Schell, John and Midge Geer, and Tom and Bill Ledford. The next lunch will be M arch 18 at Service Creek at 11:30 a.m. The group will be meeting the third Friday o f the month with the exception of June as that is the Kinzua re union. lone American Legion & Auxiliary making plans for Perimeter of Flags original flag at home, or for any reason does not have a flag, another casket flag can be purchased and flown in memory o f the veteran. A one time fee o f $50 will be requested to sponsor a pole on which to fly their flag. Any donations will be gladly accepted to be used specifically for the perimeter o f flags project. This project w ill be separate from the small grave marker flags that are also put out each Memorial Day. The lone Post would appreciate any comments and questions. Contact the post commander Bob Baker at 541 -422-7572 or write to: American Legion Post #95, Box 384, lone, OR 97843. Meet Heppner’s foreign exchange students B r y n n a Rus t o f Heppner has been named to Eastern Oregon Univer sity’s dean’s list for the fall semester o f the 2010-2011 academic year. Rust is a freshman studying dental hygiene. To qualify for the dean’s list a student must a ch iev e and mai nt ai n a grade point average o f 3.5 217 North M ain • H eppner • P h o n e « 7 « -H M • Floral «76-9426 Serving Heppner, Lexington i lone or higher on a 4.0 scale while completing a mini mum o f 12 hours o f graded coursework for the duration o f the term. Rust is also a mem ber of the EOU track team and com peted in her first indoor meet last weekend at Boise State. EOU’s out door track season opens in Nampa, Idaho March 12. O’Connell.to speak at Chamber lunch meeting Next week’s Chamber lunch meeting will be held on Thursday, Febriiary 24. The Willow Creek Country Club will be welcomed as the newest Chamber member. The guest speaker will be Andrew O ’Connell with Di versified Winds. Howe’s About Pizza will be the caterer. Those planning to attend Chamber lunch meetings are asked to RSVP their attendance each week so enough food and seats can be accommodated. UMESD Regional Migrant Parent Conference to be held in Hermiston A Regional Parent C onference with a focus tow ard Spanish speaking parents will be held Satur day, February 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sandstone M iddle School in H erm iston. The to p ics to be covered are Employment; Drugs and Alcohol; Finan cial Aid & Scholarships for College; Bullying; So cial Networking; Juvenile C rim e and P arental R e sponsibility; The Family, Our Language, and Culture in the Classroom. D oor p rizes w ill be awarded throughout the day. Anyone interested in attending must register. To re g is te r p le a se c o n tact Aceneth Palomares at 541-96603117, or Alfredo Aceves toll free at 1-866- 408-7479 ext. 5. Umatilla-Morrow BMCC Board position on May ballot Pictured left to right are a some of the foreign exchange students who are attending Heppner High School this year. Louise Torell, 18, is from Sweden and is hosted by Teresa and Joe Vandoorn. Kata Szabo, 17, is from Hungary and is hosted by Jess and Staci Osmin. Maroucha Veerman, 17, is from The Netherlands and is hosted by Robin Cobb. Emmanuel Wolhert, 17, is from Germany and is hosted by Leah and Troy Hyatt. Yue “Megan” Zhu, 17, is from China and is hosted by Kathy and John Marick. -Contributed Photo The Blue Mountain Community College Board position for Umatilla-Morrow (Position 1) will be on the May 17 ballot. The position is currently filled by Molly Rill. One person has currently filed for the position. The deadline to file is March 17 with the Umatilla County Elections Office. Willow Creek Park District to meet Willow Creek Park District will hold a regular board meeting on Tuesday, March 1, at 6:30 p.m. at Hep pner City Hall. Heppner Family Foods congratulates The Heppner Mustangs & lone Cardinals and wish them good luck at state! Prescription Profiles for 2010 available upon request HuMUJÏ DjUU) ment. In the mid 1960s he worked as general manager o f Sunriver Properties in Bend. He then was assistant to the m ayor o f Renton, Washington. He th en becam e d ire c to r o f the M orrow County Planning D epart ment, a position he held for 20 years. Upon retiring, he was elected commissioner for the Port o f Morrow in Boardman. He married Colleen Abrahamson and started a family in the mid 1950s. In 1973, he and his second wife, Rose Marie, married and lived mostly in Board- man and Irrigon. Mr. Seeger is sur vived by: children Martius “ D ean e” S eeger III and M olly S eeger; ste p c h il dren Rod, Scott and Cris Paulson; and three grand daughters. He was preceded in death by: his parents, Deane and Emily Seeger; brother Hartley “Hart” Seeger; and beloved wife Rose Marie Seeger. Bums Mortuary of Hermiston was in charge of arrangements. The con dolence book can be signed online at www.bumsmortu- aryhermiston.com. Kinzua lunch group meets Rust named to EOU dean’s list The lone A m eri can Legion and Auxiliary is proceeding with plans for the Perimeter of Flags that will be displayed each Memorial Day at the Ionr* High View Cemetery. The idea is to allow the fam ilies o f deceased military veterans to fly the flag that was draped over the casket on every Memo rial Day weekend. Those flags will be identified with the nam e o f the veteran and the lone Post will be entrusted with the perpetual care o f m aintaining and storing o f those flags when not in use. A nyone w anting to take part in this display but w ishing to keep the At the annual “Love Your Library Celebration” on Tuesday night, February 15, Bill Kuhn, Friends of the Heppner Library Chairman, recognized Shirley Clark as this years' Outstand ing Volunteer. Clark, a new member, has already put in many hours at meetings and sorting books for the annual St. Patrick's Day Friends Book Sale. Her name is engraved on a plaque on display at the Heppner Library. -Contributed Photo 9, 2011, at the Oregon Vet erans Home in The Dalles. Funeral services were held Thursday, February 17, at 10 a.m. at Bum s M ortu ary C hapel in H erm is- ton. B urial w ith m i l i tary honors followed at D e s e r t Lawn Cem etery in Ir- r i g o n . A Martius celebration “Deane” o f life took Seeger place at the Port of Morrow building in Boardman. Mr. Seeger was bom May 9, 1930, along with twin brother Hartley in Bellingham, Washington, to Emily and Martius “Deane” Seeger Sr. The Seeger fam ily relocated to Eugene, where he graduated from E ugene H igh School in 1948. Enlisting in the Air Force in* 1951, he served in the Korean War until his honorable discharge. He graduated from the Univer Martius “Deane” sity o f Oregon. He w as the first city manager o f Union City, Seeger Jr. C alifo rn ia He m oved to M artius “ D eane” Washington, D.C., to work Seeger Jr., 80, o f Irrigon for the Department of Hous died Wednesday, February ing and Urban D evelop bought and moved to their 40 acres 18 miles south of Heppner where she contin ued to live until her death. She worked at Pio neer M em orial H ospital for 21 years until ill health forced her to retire. Maxine enjoyed reading, camping, crossw ord puzzles crafts o f all kinds and her grand- kids. She is survived by: her husband Dick Schmidt o f Heppner; daughter Robin Holbrook and her husband Glenn o f Pendleton; son, Richard Schm idt and his wife Pam o f Heppner; sis ters, Pat Kidder of Dexter, Oregon, Jean Fountain of Eugene, Oregon; brother, Ron M edlock o f Spring- field , O regon; and four grandchildren. M em orial contri butions may be made to Pioneer Memorial Hospital, PO Box 9, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Sweeney Mortuary o f Heppner is in charge of arrangements. ALL NEWS AND ADV ERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Smith to hold meet and greet Representative Greg Smith will hold a meet and greet on Saturday, February 26, from 8:30- 10 a.m. at the Stable o f Youth in Heppner. T h e m e e t Greg Smith and greet is a chance for the public to speak with Smith about the 2011 legislative session.
