TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
H eppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.PS. 240-420
M o r r o w C o u n ty 's H o m e - O w n e d W e e k ly N ew spaper
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David S y k e s....................................................................... ..........................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo................................................................................................. Editor
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McDaniel, Davis
exchange vows
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K yle a n d K elsi M c D a n iel
Kelsi Davis and Kyle
McDaniel exchanged mar
riage vow's on June 30,
2012 at Bridal Veil Lakes
near Corbett, OR. Ramsey
Warren, friend of the bride,
officiated. Ceremony music
was provided by the Grant
High School jazz band.
Kelsi is the daughter of
Kelly and Jackie Davis of
Portland, OR. She graduat
ed from Grant High School,
and then went on to obtain
degrees from the University
o f Washington and Gon-
zaga Law School. She now
works as the Deputy Dis
trict Attorney in the Union
County DA’s office.
Kyle is the son of Scott
and Joan McDaniel of Hep
pner. He is a graduate of
Heppner High School. He
also graduated from Oregon
State University before go
ing on to obtain a master’s
degree from Aberystwyth
University in the United
Kingdom. He works for the
U.S. Forest Service.
C o u rtn ey D avis o f
Seattle, WA, sister o f the
bride, served as the bride’s
maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Karly McKone, friend
of the bride from Pendleton,
OR; Lauren Brill, friend
of the bride from Seattle,
WA and Shelby Mitzimber,
cousin o f the bride from
Spokane. WA. Hailey and
Annabelle McDaniel at
tended as flower girls.
C aleb M cD aniel o f
Heppner, the groom’s broth
er, stood as best man. The
groom was also attended
by groomsmen Chris Peck
of Pendleton, friend o f the
groom; Joe Papineau o f
Prineville, OR, friend of
the groom; and Matt Baker
of Lexington, friend of the
groom. Ring bearer was
Nolan Ramirez.
U shers w ere Travis
Wilhelm, Stevie Spencer,
Travis Almon, Jake Doran
and Andrew Hart.
A reception followed
the ceremony at Bridal Veil
Lakes in Corbett.
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Letters to the Editor
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of the sender along with 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 tenets expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card of
Thanks" at a cost of $ 10.
Wind power
endangers wildlife
To the editor:
The Oregon semaphore grass is a unique and amaz
ing grass that occurs in two populations within the state
of Oregon, and nowhere else in the world. It has a global
heritage rank o f G l, “critically imperiled because of
the extreme rarity.” (Rare, Threatened and Endangered
Species of Oregon, October 2010; Oregon Biodiversity
Information Center, Institute o f Natural Resources, Port
land State University)
Construction of the Antelope Ridge Wind Facility in
Union County constitutes a threat to the Oregon sema
phore grass. EDP Renewables chose to ignore it in their
application until the Friends of the Grande Ronde Valley
challenged them to address it.
This rare plant is on the chopping block due to a
renewable energy program that is proving to not be en
vironmentally friendly and will ultimately provide less
than 1 percent of our energy production. The question
now is how many other endangered species of plants and
animals are being ignored?
Pamela Wilkinson
Cove, OR
Reward kids who do
well
Recently, the John Day River Little League, formerly
Willow Creek Little League, picked the Majors Baseball
All-Star team.
It’s amazing that the player on the Heppner team
who had the best batting average, least amount of errors,
three homeruns, several RBIs, and who never missed a
game or practice for the season received only one vote
to be on the 12-year-olds’ team. So, what are All-Stars?
The All-Star Team should be kids with the best stats.
Right. Instead, they are sons or daughters of family and
friends who are in control of the association and want to
go camping together at the games.
Also another question. Was the team picked before
the season started? Let’s give kids who do their best their
just reward, or what incentive will kids have to be a part
of the baseball leagues and do their best?
Heppner Majors Little League team has a great bunch
of kids and two great coaches, Dr. Russ Nichols and Scott
Coe, whom should be appreciated for their hard work and
dedication. Toni Nichols also works hard, operating the
Snack Shack at all the home games.
John Steagall
Lexington
BEO staff takes heat
for wheat growers
A little bit of history
To the Editor,
Harriet Hall recently let me pore over Josephine Ma
honey Baker’s scrap books and articles of the past. She
was a neighbor of mine when I was a girl and I always
admired her.
There are so many articles of interest in these trea
sured books. She started writing for the papers in the late
30s and continued until the 50s. She also was the librarian
for a few years.
Below is a little bit o f history, from a former writer
for the hometown paper and a permanent correspondent in
the Heppner area for Associated Press, United Press, Inter
national News Service, two Portland dailies, a Pendleton
daily and a Walla Walla daily paper. She also had a daily
column of local neighborhood news in the East Oregonian
with the byline “Seen along life’s highways” by Josephine
Mahoney. History courtesy of Harriet Hall.
Sharon Harrison,
Lexington
From the Heppner Gazette-Times archives, July 10,
1969:
To the Editor:
Since the recent flood in Heppner, my hometown,
I have been asked a few times the name o f the stream
coming down through the town and past the municipal
swimming pool.
To set the record straight, the name o f the canyon is
“Donaldson Canyon " named for my grandfather, Samuel
C. Donaldson, a pioneer land and stock holder rancher
He, in those long ago days, owned what is now known as
“the Bisbee place ” which at that time was the Donaldson
family home o f my grandfather and grandmother and my
mother, Rose Donaldson (Richardson).
His holdings took in what is now the Masonic Ceme
tery and extended on fo r miles over he unfenced range.
After the death o f my grandmother when my mother
was 16 years o f age all this land was sold.
There is a small stream which flows down Donaldson
canyon the year around, only this year it seems it got out
o f bounds.
There is a Shobe canyon out in the hills but this car
ries no water unless from heavy rains or a cloudburst.
There is no Shobe creek.
The Courthouse records and maps should show all
o f this.
Very Truly Yours,
Josephine Mahoney Baker
2545 S. W. Terwilliger, Apt. 525
Portland 97201
Treat wolves this
way?
I am wondering if the good people of Heppner are
going to treat the wolves the same way they treated the
bear that came around?
Bobby McEwen
Heppner
Christian author to
speak at area church
No, we're not talking financial hot water. Bank of Eastern
Oregon lenders (L-R) Russell Seewald, Mike Short, Ed Rol
lins and Joe Perry, friends of agriculture and the OSH Exten
sion Service barbecued steak for the Morrow County Wheat
Because of the Independence Day holiday, Grower’s annual social dinner held at Eric and Brandi Orem's
lunch will not be served at St. Patrick’s Senior Center on farm northeast of Lexington on Friday, June 15. This oppor
Wednesday, July 4. The meal will be served instead on tunity has become quite a tradition for BEO employees, and
they say they're already looking forward to next year’s event.
Community lunch menu
All area women
Boswell, who
are invited to meet
lives in Woodland,
C h ristian author
WA and is in town
and speaker Barb
as part of the Relay
Boswell this com
for Life weekend,
ing Sunday, July 1,
is a cancer survivor
at 1:30 p.m. at Wil
and inspirational
low Creek Baptist
author who speaks
Church, 560 Minor Barb Boswell to women’s groups
Street in Heppner.
around the country.
Women and teens can meet She is the author of Every
and greet Boswell over re- Time I Turn Around I Bump
freshments at 1:30. Herpre- Into God and Every Time
sentation will begin about I Turn Around I Catch a
2 p.m.
Glimpse of God.
Friday, July 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
-Contributed photo
United Methodist Church members will be serv
ing cheeseburgers, potato salad, pea salad and sliced
melons. Milk is served at each meal.
Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is
The next meeting o f the Heppner Chamber of Com
subject to change.
merce will be Thursday, June 28, at noon in the St.
Patrick’s Senior Center dining room. Jerry Slaughter,
clinic supervisor for Advantage Dental, will be the guest
speaker.
FARM E R S
Lunch expense is $9; Willow Creek Diner will cater
and will be introducing their new menu. Attendees are
asked to RSVP no later than the Wednesday before.
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introduces her show lambs for the Morrow County Fair in
August. Morgan is the daughter of Eric and Brandi Orem
and will be entering the seventh grade next year. The club will
be hosting a harvest portion bake sale at the lone Market on
Monday, July 2, from 2-5 p.m. -Photo by Erin Heideman
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem,
help is available and that help Is FREE of charge.
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If Y O U have a family member who suffers from
gambling addiction. Y O U can also receive F R E E treat
ment even if the gambler is not receiving treatment.
If you are a resident of Morrow County and you wish
to take advantage of the services above or desire more
information, Please call any of the following numbers
to set up a L O C A L appointment or just to talk:
Bobby Harris Q 541-676-9925 or 541-256-0175
Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) Q 541-676-9161
O R 1-677-695-4648 (1-688-MYLIMIT)
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