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.
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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
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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.