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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 11,2012 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 P ublished w e e k ly by Sykes P ublishing. L L C and entered as perio dical m a tter at the Post O ffic e at H eppner, O regon under the A ct o f M a rc h 3, 18 7 9 P eriodical postage p aid at H eppner, O regon O ffic e at 188 W W illo w S treet Telephone ( 5 4 1 ) 6 7 6 - 9 2 2 8 F a x ( 5 4 1 ) 6 7 6 -9 2 1 1 E -m a il: e d ito r« ra p id s e rv e net o r d a v id u ra p id s e rv e W e b site: w w w heppner net. Postm aster send address changes to the H e p p n e r G a z e tte -T im e s , P O . B o x 3 3 7 , H e p p n e r. O re g o n 9 7 8 3 6 . S ubscriptions: $ 2 7 in M o rr o w C o u n ty ; $21 senior rate (in M o rro w C o u n ty o n ly ; 6 5 years o r o ld e r); $ 3 3 e lsew here; $ 2 7 student subscriptions. 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The G T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under ‘ Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. Local student places in essay contest Jeannie Collins (L) with third-place regional essay winner Skyler Hawk. - Contributed photo Skyler Hawk placed third in the Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs regional essay competition with his essay, “The Benefits of Community Gardens.” The federation sponsors contests for essays, posters and poetry. The Heppner Garden Club sponsors Heppner students and sends them to the state competition. Jeannie Collins worked with the essay group. HES to hold Wild West dance Mrs. Gentry instructing third-graders Mikel Jaca, Sage Fer guson, Gaige Futter and Rylee Bray on the western swing. -Contributed photo Heppner Elemen tary School invites area families to kick off spring the western way at the Wild West family dance at HES. Desert Sounds will be there to keep the music pumping from 7-9 p.m. for line dancing and western swing. The FFA students will be giving roping les sons. Raffle tickets for gift baskets will be available for purchase, and snacks will be served. “Dress in your best cowboy and cowgirl clothes and kick up your heels with your family and friends,” says one HES staff mem ber. This event is free and sponsored by the HES Parent Teacher Club. tH ttO N MILLER BENEFIT 90FTBALL TOURNAMENT AND Date: April 14 Tim e: 8:30 Cost: $200 per team Teams: 9 player minimum Obituaries Herbert Lawrence ‘Larry’ Lovgren Herbert Lawrence chinery run, which came in “Larry” Lovgren, 77, of handy on the farm. He was Squam Bay Valley, BC a man who never raised passed away on March his voice to his girls, al ways a gentleman, 11, 2012 after a long battle with with never a harsh Alzheimer’s dis word to say about anyone. He was a ease. A memorial service will be held friend to many and at 2 p.m. on May 12 will be missed by all who knew him. at the Squam Bay He w as Hall. Herbert Larry was Lawrence preceded in death by: his parents, Vic born in Morrow “Larry” tor in 1991 and Jes County on Decem Lovgren ber 6, 1934, the son sie in 1974; his first of Victor Arthur wife, Joan June Lovgren and Jessie Irene (McDan in 1995; his brother, Dean iel) Lovgren; he grew up Arthur Lovgren in 1983; on a farm where they grew and grandson, Tyrell Dean grain and raised cattle. Af Wilson in 1984. He is survived by: ter graduation, in 1955, he married Joan Thomas and a sister, Donna (Vince) All- moved to Canada in search man of Pendleton, OR; four of a piece of land with daughters, Vicky (Tom) water. They settled in the Davis of Barriere, BC, Jan Squam Bay Valley in Brit Davis of Kamloops, BC, ish Columbia, where they Brenda (Gordon) Wilson of shared many happy years Little Fort and Beisecker, raising their family. Af Alberta, and Jacki (Wayne) ter his wife’s death, Larry Van Sickle of Squam Bay, married Darlene in 2000, BC; nine grandchildren, and he was able to do some Justin (Sheshawna) Da traveling. He lived on the vis, Deana Davis (Destry farm until being admitted Nowoczin), Joe, Kevin into Forest View Place in and Lauren Davis, Tyler the Dr. Helmcken Memo Wilson, Katelyn Wilson rial Hospital in Clearwater, (Brandon Abel), Jacob B.C. in 2008. Van Sickle (Kim Monsos), Larry loved and Trevor Van Sickle; and four took great pride in his work great-grandchildren, and his farm. He drove Cat, Memorial dona building roads for Mac Al tions in his memory may len Logging for around 40 be made to the Alzheimer’s years, only taking time off Society, North Central In to put up hay on the family terior, Box 277, Stn. M, farm in the summer. In the Kamloops, BC, Canada, fall, he would take a week V2C 5K6. or so to go hunting with his Online condolences buddies in northern British can be made to www.north- Columbia. He was a great thompsonfuneral .com. story teller and always had North Thompson a sense of humor. Larry was Funeral Services in Bar a great mechanic; he could riere, BC is in charge of make any old piece of ma arrangements. Sara R. ‘Isa’ Brown Sara R. “ Isa ” Brown, 86, of lone died Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at her home. A memorial service was held 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, at the lone Community Church. She was bom June 13, 1925 in Rochester, NY, the daughter of William and Ruth Mead Titus. She was raised and attended school in Rochester. She attended both the Ironaquoit High School and Fairport High School in Rochester. Af ter graduating from high school, she was a dancer on and off Broadway and was in summer stock theatre in New York. Isa had several ca reers in her lifetime, one of them being an executive secretary for Alistair Cooke, the journalist; John Howard, who was responsible for setting up the engineering school at Columbia Uni versity; and Ron Sholnech, the director of the YMCA in Rochester. In 1973, while working at the YMCA, she met R. J. “Hasa” Brown, and the couple was married in 1976. She earned a mas ter’s degree in philosophy, as well as a master’s in the ology. She attended Bexely Hall Seminary in Rochester, graduating in 1980; she began serving churches in Lyle, NY and proceeded to serve other churches at the Fort Berthold Reserva tion in North Dakota, in North Fork and Alturas in California, and in lone, Condon and Enterprise in Oregon. She also did pulpit supply in various churches in Oregon; a favorite was a house church in Bend. She retired from the ministry in 1988 while serving the United Church of Christ in lone. She was very proud of her Native American heritage. Survivors include: her husband, Hasa Brown of lone; daughter, Khita Wyatt of Ann Arbor, MI and grandchildren, Mekiah and Aleya. Memorial contri butions may be made to the lone Community Church, PO Box 346, lone, OR 97843. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. (at least 4 m em bers must be fem ale) Raffle: 1 for $1.00 or 6 for $5.00 Dog Bed • 2 bags of Dog Food • Trickle Charger • MCGG Sportsmen Gift Basket • ToolSet • $50 Gift Cards to HFF (2) • One Night Lodging at Wallowa Lake Lodge with Dinner Package • Two Nights Stay at Juniper Cabin at OHV Park t Two Nights Stay at A-Frame Cabin at Morrow County Parks t Traeger BBQ • Metal Artwork Sign ~ Letters to the Editor ~ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the sender along w ith a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks" at a cost of $10. Wolf management not fair to ranchers Howdy Editor, On March 11, the Heppner Tea Party sponsored an informational meeting on wolves. The gathering was well worth the travel to get there. Their goal was to tell the facts and leave out the media spin. 1 am not quoting or attempting to put words in their mouths. The following is my “take” from the meeting. It was well done with little finger-pointing. The presentation was made up of three rancher wives along with their local county sheriff. Each gave a verbal and vi sual presentation. The visual showed the sheriff, rancher, ODFW representative and veterinary, all witnessing the several investigative autopsies at the same time. The evidence represented the huge unreasonable and over whelming challenge ranchers face 24 hours a day to stay in business and save their agricultural livelihoods. Not only do they have to deal with the wolves, they have also received death threats. Their verbal presentation: Oregon was not in the original federal wolf recovery plan. Wolves have never been endangered; they were brought to Yellowstone from somewhere else. The plan manages people, not wolves. There are no constraints on wolves; the constraints are all on the people. We are notified of sex offenders in our neighbor hoods. Only “after the fact” notification—if it comes at all—comes to the ranchers when wolves are around their cattle. Wolves get used to and outsmart the noisemaking, visual and mechanical required gadgets and deterrents that are supposed to scare them away. These required deterrents were originally financed by wildlife groups but, like their promised reimbursements to ranchers for dead animals, the financial load has been shifted to locals and taxpayers to obtain and install. Not all wolves are collared. Wolves can travel six to 10 miles within minutes. It is impossible for the range rider and ranchers to effectively monitor thousands of head of cattle and cover thousands of acres, adding burdensome costs in gas and time that should be spent on other farm/ranch needs. Investigation and evidence handling is very inconsistent with the ODFW. State livestock reimburse ments don’t come when the animal is killed by the wolves. If ranchers are compensated, it doesn’t cover the real cost nor the future production of the animal. Some local citizens have contributed, but owners are ultimately re sponsible for the costs of investigation and vet bills. Wolves don’t let cattle and game disperse over range land, pushing cattle away from feed in one area and causing overgrazing on other parts of the range area. Be cause of wolf harassment, calving rates have dropped. Kill permits are issued, but depredation usually takes place at night. It is very difficult to catch them in the act. Even with a permit, you cannot kill a wolf if it is chasing or biting at your dog or livestock...you must be able to prove they were actually going to kill your animal. Even for self-protection, you must be able to substanti ate that your life was in danger. Houses and people don’t scare them...they will lie in close distance, monitoring your home and every action. Some previously agreed-upon lethal tools for protecting livestock have been taken away. Cattle that have been subject to wolf attacks become unmanageable. Wolves don’t always eat what they kill. Wolves also maim just for the fun of it, or to train their young. Some wounds do not immediately kill the cows. Sometimes cattle don’t respond to treatment; rather, they suffer with 108.4 degree temperatures, dying from resulting infections. Nonlethal wolf attacks leave cattle with scrapes and scars on the inside and outside of legs, flanks, bel lies, sides, and with hideously shredded udders. A person would be booked on probable cause, but the ODFW frequently ignores obvious evidence. There is no appeal to their decisions. Leonard C. Routson Umatilla, OR Legion fundraiser a success The eighth annu al fundraiser for the lone American Legion and Aux iliary Post #95 was success ful. Lots of people showed up for the bake sale, bingo and Texas Hold Em’ poker tournament. Trevor McCoin won the rifle drawing, while Gene Doherty and Ed Riet- mann were the lucky win ners of half a beef each. The poker tourna ment also had four paying placements: first, James Seufert; second, Steve Bul- lack; third, Alva Anderson and fourth, Mary Riggs. The Office Pub graciously donated a $50 gift certificate, which was awarded during the one time bingo blackout game; Ina Peterson won that. P O S IT IO N A V A IL A B L E S eeking a m otivated individual to com plete housekeeping and outdoor yardwork for 3 hours daily, 3 days per week. Must be able to lift 50 lbs, work outdoors, complete specific projects and run errands. Compensation is 12.00-15.00 per hour, DOE. Must be able to pass criminal background check and have valid driver’s license. Please send a letter of interest with your contact information to: Boxholder, P.O. Box 219, Heppner, Oregon 97836 The raffle prizes, shirts, and trophies will be handed out at the Elks Lodge after the conclusion of the tournament. To sign up for the tournam ent or purchase raffle tickets, please contact Josh Henrichs at 541-256-0506 or Corey Sweeney at 541-256-0355. i I
