TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 23,2011
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.