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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 12,2011 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 Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1179. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at ItS W. Willow Street. Telephone ($41) 676- 9221. Fax ($41) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve net or david@rapidserve. net Web site: www heppner net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-rimes, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97136. Subscriptions: $27 in Morrow County; $21 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $33 elsewhere; $27 student subscriptions. 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Obituaries Charlotte Dora Howell Charlotte Howell, long-time Monument resi dent, died September 25, 2011 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Prineville, OR. She was 85 years of age. Charlotte was bom April 3,1926 at Sour Dough Ridge near Winlock, to Henry and Famie Wilhelm. She married Clifford How ell in 1943. They made their home on Wall Creek, north of Monument, OR. There, they raised three sons— Sam, Bill, and Paddy—on their ranch. Clifford died in 1992, just shy of their 50th anniversary. Charlotte moved into Monument in 1997. Due to health issues, she then moved to Prinev- ille’s Ochoco Care Center in 2008. C harlotte loved ranch life and worked on the ranch most of her life. She also cooked at the Mon ument School for a time. She enjoyed crafts, cooking and gardening. In addition to her husband, Charlotte was preceded in death by: one son, one grandson, and 11 siblings. She is survived by: daughter-in-law, Kathy Howell of Monument; sons, Sam (Joanie) Howell of Monument and Paddy (Ju lie) Howell of Canyon City, OR; sister, Ollie Howell of Spray, OR; six grand children; four great-grand children; four great, great grandchildren; and numer ous nieces and nephews. All are welcome to a potluck memorial at Monument Senior Center on Saturday, October 15 at 11 a.m. Photos and stories are invited. Memorial dona tions may be made to Pio neer Memorial Hospice, 1201 NE Elm St., Prinev ille, OR 97754. Local man in critical condition Darrin Skaggs, 26, is in critical care at OHSU in Portland. The grandson of Frank and Janice Skaggs of Heppner was transported by LifeFlight from Kadlec Medical Center to OHSU in Portland last Saturday evening. He is currently on life support, undergoing treatment for liver failure and blood clots. Skaggs has battled ulcerated colitis—a disease similar to Crohn’s Disease—for several years. Lexington proposes Business after Hours bond for new fire hall features Van Schoiack The town of Lex ington is proposing a bond to fund a new fire station. M easure 25-29, if approved, would issue $200,000 in general obliga tion bonds to provide a new fire station for the town. The proposed mea sure was developed after a federal mandate ruled that the existing fire hall, which is on a flood plain, must be removed by June 2012. If a replacement hall is not built, Lexington will have no place to house its fire equipment. “[T]he ability of the Lexington volunteer fire department to respond to emergencies will be ad versely impacted,” states the measure. Bonds would be payable from taxes on prop erty that is not subject to the limits of sections 11 and lib. Article XI, of the Oregon Constitution. The estimated average annual cost of the bond would be $2.17 per $1,000 of as sessed value. That’s an estimated $112.41 per year for the typical Lexington home. The bonds might be issued in one series or more and would mature 20 years or less from the date they were issued. Lexington May or Jean Brazell said there are several cost factors in volved in the new fire hall’s high cost. As a governing agency, the town is required to pay the prevailing wage, which raises the cost. The fire hall must also include a sewer system, which could bump the price another $18,000. That and other miscellaneous costs, such as lawyer fees, have to be included in the estimated cost, said Brazell. Even though the price tag is steep, Lexington officials have been working to keep that cost as low as possible. An initial bid of $252,000 was rejected, and bids of less than $ 180,000 are being sought. The town also has $40,250 in grant money, matching funds and gifts that it hopes to apply to the cost. Two other grant proposals are in process, and Lexington officials say they would like to see up front donations from those outside the city limits who benefit from the fire hall. While Lexington residents might not be hap py with the idea of a tax increase, proponents of the measure argue that the financial impact would be less than the result of not having a fire hall in town. Without a fire hall, Lexing ton’s status drops from PC6 to PC 10, which indicates there is no responding fire department in a five-mile radius. A higher PC rating could result in higher in surance premiums...some homeowners might even be told they are uninsurable, depending on their cur rent status. While residents are encouraged to contact their insurance companies for specific premiums, the estimated insurance in crease for replacement of a $150,000 home ranged from $300 to more than $600 dollars. Some also point out that it could be more difficult to sell prop erty, since it would be dif ficult for buyers to get loans for high-risk property. The proposed bond will be on the ballot for the special election on Novem ber 8. Thrivent fundraiser for Roy Proctor Between now and October 30, the Shared Ministry of Hope Lutheran and All Saints Episcopal churches will be receiving donations for Roy Proctor. Proctor is in financial need due to a second bone mar row transplant that he un derwent recently. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has agreed to match, dollar for dollar, all donations up to $850. Members o f the community are encouraged to join the Shared Ministry for a German-style potluck According to his grand mother, Janice Skaggs, the young man has had several battles with the disease, each worse than the last, with the current episode being the worst yet. A medical fund has been opened at the Bank of Eastern Oregon to help with medical costs. A bake sale will be held at Heppner B O O S t e T Family Foods on Friday, October 21 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. to raise money for the medical fund. C dinner on Sunday, October 30 at 11 a.m. at Hope Lu theran. The total amount raised will be announced at that time. Checks should be made out to Thrivent Finan cial for Lutherans. Dona tions may be submitted at the Shared Ministry office at All Saints, on the comer of Gale and Church streets; the Victorian Rose on Main Street; during worship ser vices at All Saints or Hope; or by mail to Hope Lutheran Church, PO Box 863, Hep pner, OR 97836. l u b h o ltlS dinner and auction H e p p n e r F a m ily H x x J s n o w h a s g ift c e rtific a te c a r d s . . . Mow gou can come in and load anij amount onto ijo ur new g ift card and give it as a gift or have gour student come in and he purenase groceries fc Tor goui !! i M ake gour life easier with our new grocerg gift cards. The Heppner Booster Club held its annual dinner and auction last Saturday night at the Elks Club. Looking over some silent auction items to perhaps bid on is Robin Bredfield and along with Jennifer Cecil and her children Allison and Ryan. -Photo by David Sykes Morrow County Public Works «1 W H w y 74. r o B os 42* U r u tftn n OK 97S3» »419*9-9600 There are better locations to dispose of paint than a landfill. Recycling your old paint five, is simple and something that everyone can do More importantly, protecting our environment is something we should all want to do. That’s why the PaintCare program was created to make it easy for everyone to recycle and properly dispose of every can of unused paint. Digpom of FREE of charge at these location« North and South Transfer stations. 69900 Frontage Ln. Board man OR When she’s not working, Rita Van Schoiack likes to ride on the family ranch. -Photo by Sibbea Browning By Andrea D i Salvo The H e p p n er Chamber of Commerce is holding a “Business after Hours” function on Thurs day, October 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. B u sin e ss a fte r Hours will be hosted by Rita Van Schoiack, owner of Blue Mountain Invest ment Management Com pany, LLC. Fifty-two-year-old Van Schoiack was bom and raised in Portland. After graduating from Portland’s Cleveland High School in 1977, she went on to attend Portland State University. She graduated from there with a BA in business in 1982. Van Schoiack says she wanted to become a stockbroker. Knowing she needed sales experience to enter that field, she went to work in the sales depart ment of Blake, Moffit and Towne, a company that distributes paper products. She was with that company for two years. Van Schoiack made the move to US Bancorp Investments, working not as a stockbroker but as an institutional investment officer. Around that time she also moved to Lake Oswego just outside of Portland. She lived in Lake Oswego and worked for US Bancorp for the next 17 years. She then left US Bancorp and went to work for D.A. Davidson’s Fixed Income Strategy Group. She met her hus band, Morrow County na tive Dan Van Schoiack, while searching not for love, but for country re cordings. A friend had told her she could find old 45 records on the internet. As a country music fan, she started hunting for record ing singles on 45s. “I went online look ing for country singles and found countrysingles.com. I looked and said, ‘Hey, look what I found.’” What she found, of course, was rancher and CPA Dan Van Schoiack. The couple married within the year and have been married for seven years. Ironically, both were 45 at the time. Van Schoiack left Lake Oswego and moved with her husband to Mor row County. She didn’t immediately launch into business for herself, but found a job with Baker Boyer Bank in their Ken newick office’s investment advisory department. She worked there two and a half years, but says the two-hour commute grew old. That was when she decided to start her own business, Blue Mountain Investment Management Company. “It was practical, given where we live,” she says. She has owned and operated her investment company for two years, do ing financial planning and investment management for her clients. Though she started her company for practical reasons, she says there are perks to having her own business. “ I can spend as much time as I need to with each client,” Van Schoiack says. “There isn’t the pres sure for production. I can tailor my business to the needs of the client.” Van Schoiack still has a brother in Portland, but she also has extended family in Brooklyn, NY and Italy. She speaks con versational Italian, though she says she’s grown a bit rusty, having few occasions to use it in Heppner. Van Schoiack says Heppner was quite an ad justment after life in Port land, but she seems to have adapted well. She loves western art, several pieces o f which adorn her of fice walls. She also enjoys spending time riding and working cattle with her husband. Community mem bers can find out more about Van Schoiack and her busi ness by attending the Busi ness after Hours at Van Schoiack’s office in the Pettyjohn Building, 430 W. Linden Way. The H e p p n e r Chamber invites everyone to, “Come check out her office and find out what her business is about, have some great refreshments and make her feel welcome as she continues to grow her business in our com munity.”
