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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 8,2011 100,h Birthday party planned for Alice Jones A 100,h b irth d ay open house will be held for Alice Jones, form erly o f Heppner, on Saturday June 25, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Redmond, OR, Grange. Alice was bom July 1, 1911, at Mosier, Oregon. She was a ranch wife and a teacher, retiring in 1975. She went to Gilliam County from Hood River County to teach school at age 18. She met and mar ried Lawrence Jones whose parents had hom esteaded between Condon and Hepp ner. They raised their fam ily and lived on the family ranch until they retired to Condon in the early 70s. “Knowing you made a difference best part of job,” says retiring school aide By David Sykes She has lived in central Oregon for 21 years. She was a member of Eastern Star in Condon and Redmond. She loved her family, garden and flow ers. She liked sewing and crafts. Her family includes chil dren, Fem Wilde and her husband, D ick, o f R ed mond, Lawrence “Larry” Jones and his wife, Judy, of McMinnville, and Kenneth “Ken” Jones and his wife, Jackie, ofTenino, WA; 10 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and 18 great, great-grandchildren. Friends and family are invited to attend. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is F R E E of charge. If Y O U h a v e a fa m ily m e m b e r w h o su ffers fro m g a m b lin g ad d ictio n , Y O U ca n als o re c e iv e F R E E tre a t m e n t e v e n if th e g a m b le r is not re ce iv in g tre a tm e n t. 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Free Cleaning and Inspection Always! ’Dies-Sat • 9:30-5:30 1-800-900-3975 then went on to go to col lege, have a family and a successful life. “She said she c o u ld n ’t have been where she was at without m e,” M unkers relates. “ 1 think that was one o f the most satisfying experiences o f my career,” she says. “ It has been a remarkable experience and I learned som ething new every day,” she says. “Ev ery kid is different and it is fun to watch younger kids mature into young men and women.” As far as retire ment, Munkers says she has no plans right now. There is an open house for Munkers this Friday, June 10, from 6-8 p.m. at the high school library. The public is in- Thursday is the last day o f school, not only for the kids, but also for long-time district employee Martha Munkers, who will be retiring after working since 1980 for the district. Munkers started with the Morrow County School District working as a substitute in the kitchen at Heppner Elementary School in 1980. She moved to a part-time position in 1984, working two hours in the kitchen and three hours as an education assistant. She w ent out o f the kitchen com pletely around 2000 when she became a full time educational assistant and moved up to Heppner High school. “ I have seen a lot o f kids go through our schools, and then 1 have seen their kids come through,” Munkers says of her many years working in the schools. “Knowing you made a difference in a kid’s life, when you see a light bulb come on and they say they understand, is the best part of the job,” she says. Munkers relates an experience when a stu dent was getting ready to drop out o f school. The young lady came back 10 years after graduating and told Munkers she was the “most inspirational person in her life, more than her family.” She said the girl, who was now a wom an, told her she w ould have dropped out of school, but Over the Tee Cup Pioneer Memorial Hospital Foundation awards scholarships Results for the May 31 play day at the Willow C reek C o u n try C lub in Heppner are as follows: Low gross o f the field-Pat Edmundson. L ow n e t o f th e field-Bural DeBoar, Jackie Allstott. Least putts o f the field-Pat Dougherty. Low gross-Nancy Propheter, Mary Gunder son, Bev Steagall. L ow n e t- C o lo r M itchell, Lorrene M ont gomery. Least putts-Virgin ia Grant. Long drive-Pat Ed m undson, Mary Schoon over, Bev Steagall. C h ip - in s - J a c k ie Allstott, #16 and #11. B ird ie s -P a t E d mundson, #13. A ladies’, 18-hojp invitational was held on June 7. LES SCHWAB The Pioneer M e morial Hospital foundation a n n u a lly aw ards s c h o l arships to students from Morrow County who wish to pursue a career in health care. This year the directors of the foundation awarded $9,000 to students ranging from this year’s graduating class to students who are in advanced stages o f their education in the field o f health care. The foundation an nually awards a scholarship in the nam e o f the late Dr. W allace Wolff. This scholarship is funded by Dr. W olff’s family. This year’s award in the amount o f $1,500 went to W hit ney Mathews from Hepp ner. Whitney attends Boise State U niversity, m ajor ing in respiratory therapy. She is an honor student at Boise State, and has just over a year to complete her degree. T h e f o u n d a tio n aw arded scholarships to members of this year’s high school graduating class that are planning on a career in various health care fields. These awards were in the amount of $500 each. T aighler D o u g h erty graduated from Hep pner High School and plans on enrolling in a dental hygiene program this fall. T aighler was an honors student and was active in sports, rodeo, and various com m unity projects. She is the d au g h ter o f C liff and Dawna Dougherty o f Heppner. Beth Morter gradu ated from lone High School and plans on enrolling at Seattle University this fall with a planned career path o f becom ing an endocri nologist and working in the field o f pediatric diabetes. She was an honors student and was active in sports, school organizations as well several community groups and projects. Beth is the daughter of Ralph and Ann Morter o f lone. Ian Murray gradu ated from H eppner High School and plans on enroll ing at either Oregon State or Pacific University, with a planned career path in medicine or pharmacy. Ian was an honors student and was active in school organi zations, sports, church, and various community projects and activities. He is the son o f John and Ann Murray of Heppner. The Pioneer M e morial Hospital Foundation has also announced schol arship awards to students who are continuing their studies in health care. These awards, in the amount o f $ 1,000, went to Chris H ick- erson, Kellee Jones, Kayla LaRue, Larue Murray, Em ily T hom pson and Lane Wright. Chris Hickerson is currently working towards a career in ophthalmology. He will complete is second year of studies at Central Oregon Com m unity Col lege and plans to transfer to Pacific U niversity for their program. Chris is a graduate of Heppner High G R A D U A TIO N CELEBRATION for Connor Corbin Beaver+on High School Class of 2011 Join us for a be lire smart play your barbecue a+ +he PART Park June 11+h PtESSUR! • ALIGNMENT . I OTADO* • T H A I YOUR LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTER WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT JUNE 5-11 IS NATIONAL TIRE SAFETY WEEK WE DO BRAKES | FREE BRAKE INSPECTIONS FREE ESTIMATES SAME DAT SERVICE (On m ost vehicles) Heppner Ci+y Professionally Trained lest j Brake W arranty Premium lu a lity Pa rts I l r a k e Experts” Ife r ,3 B Tears Les Schwab Tire Center 124 N Main Street, Heppner 541-676-9481 6 : 0 0 p.m. Martha Munkers to retire from school district vited to come up for food and refreshments and wish Munkers good luck. School. K e lle e Jo n e s is working towards a career in nursing. She is attending Eastern Oregon University in their nursing program, and will be starting her sec ond year this fall. Kellee is a graduate of Heppner High School. K a y la L aR u e is working towards her nurs ing degree at Walla Walla C om m unity C ollege and is in her second year. She is currently working in the health care field and is look ing forward to her career. Kayla is a graduate o f lone High School. Laurie M urray is enrolled in the pharm acy program at Oregon State U niversity and is in her fifth year o f a seven-year program. Next year she will be studying at OHSU in Portland and the following year she will be working at internship sites. Laurie was a graduate of Heppner High School. Em ily Thom pson is enrolled at Oregon State U niversity with a career path in m edicine. Em ily will be entering her second year this fall and will be involved in an honors ge netics research lab. Emily is a graduate o f Heppner High School. L an e W rig h t is enrolled at Oregon State U n iv ersity ’s honors co l lege with a goal of entering medical school. Lane will be in his second year this fall. He is a graduate o f Heppner High School. “The hospital foun dation is alw ays open to donations to its permanent fund,” said a foundation news release. “The earn ings from this fund used to provide scholarships to stu dents in the health care field as well as equipment for the hospital and clinic.” For m ore in fo r mation on the foundation, contact any o f the follow ing board members: Bet ty Brown, Linda LaRue, Sheree Mahoney, Shanny M iller, M elissa Lindsay, Larry Mills or Glen Ward.
