TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 12,2011
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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.
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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
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When she’s not working, Rita Van Schoiack likes to ride on
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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.”