TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 4,2012
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
G A Z E T T E -T IM E S
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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David Sykes............................................................................................... Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo............................................................................................. Editor
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Local students
graduate from WSU
PULLMAN, WA—Washington State University has
announced that the following local students have earned
undergraduate degrees for the spring 2012 semester:
Emily Jean Bergstrom of Heppner graduated with a
Bachelor of Science degree in animal sciences.
Emily Katherine Rietmann of lone graduated with
a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. Rietmann
graduated Summa Cum Laude with a cumulative grade
point average of 3.90 or better.
Local students make
OSU honor roll
roll. Other county students
on the roll were Aaron M.
Hendricks o f Boardman,
junior, pre-mechanical en
gineering; Leticia Rodri
guez of Boardman, senior,
human development and
family science; Ivan A. Es
trada of Irrigon, sophomore,
exercise and sport science;
Julio Orozco o f Irrigon,
senior, history; and Tamra
J. Tovey of Irrigon, senior,
applied visual arts.
All o f the students
earned a B-plus (3.5) or
better to make the listing.
To be on the honor roll,
students must carry at least
12 graded hours of course
work.
WCCC men’s club
results
Twenty-five Willow
Creek Country Club men’s
club members played in
the Sunday morning men’s
play on July 1. Results as
follows:
Gross: l 5' (tie), Don
Eaves and Slater Mitchell,
69; 3"*, Tom Bedortha, 70;
4th Dave Pranger, 71
Net: 1*, Shawn Wilson,
54; 2nd, Rod Wilson, 55; 3rd,
Stacy Wilson, 57; 4,h Gene
Orwick, 58
Least putts: Ed Stru-
thers
Special events: Slater
Mitchell and Gary Proph-
eter
The next regular Sun-
day morning men’s play
will be on July 8 with Dale
Boyd, Matt Scrivner and
Jeff Hams as hosts.
We will be closed 'v
4th of July
Have a safe & happy 4th
Mark your
calendar!
TRY OUR
French Vanilla,
& Dulce del
Leche
Yo Creaml
Murray’s
Wine Tasting
Thursday
August 16
6pm-10pm
DRINK SPECIALS
Leonard W. Gilm an tions, he stopped the first hi
passed away June 27, 2012 jacking of a commercial jet
in San Diego, CA. A cel in the U.S., earning Special
C o m m en d atio n s
ebration of his life
from President John
w ill be held on
F. K ennedy and
Thursday, July 5,
Bobby K ennedy,
at 1 p.m. at Glen
Attorney General
Abbey Memorial
of the United States.
Park, Chapel of the
He was proclaimed
Roses, 3838 Bonita
a national hero.
Road, Bonita. CA Leonard
Gilman
He retired as
91902.
the Commissioner
Len, or G il,
was bom in 1918 to Vi and o f the Southwest region,
Walter Gilman in “Top” Or a GS-18 appointed by the
egon, a.k.a. Gilman Flats. U.S. Attorney General in
Len attended grade 1970.
After his retirement,
school and high school in
he
operated
100,000 acres
Heppner, where he was an
of
cattle-grazing
and elk
athletic marvel. He gradu
ated college from Pacific hunting operations in Eagle
University in Forest Grove, Nest and Chama, NM. He
OR. where his student/ath- organized hunting safaris to
letic career continued. As Africa, and, with partner Lit
a football player, he is the Ng, opened the Manchurian
only man in history to be border of China to big game
selected to the Northwest hunting.
Len resided in Dulzura,
All Star team four years in
a row, and was three times CA. He was a devoted hus
honored as a “Little All band, father and grandfa
American.” He was a Gold ther. He was a true “man’s
en Gloves boxer, a baseball man” in every sense of the
pitcher and set track records word; the world will miss
that still stand today. As a him.
In addition to his wife,
student, he was selected for
Blue Key National Honor Mary Gayle, he is survived
Society and Who’s Who by his brother. Dean Gilman
in American Colleges and of Heppner; sons, Lance of
Universities.
Reno, NV and Brent of San
Len entered the U.S. Diego; step-son, James;
Border Patrol in 1941 as four grandchildren and 10
a horse patrol officer. He great-grandchildren.
interrupted his career for
In lieu of flowers, Len
World War II, joining the U. requested donations be
S. Navy as naval air gunner, made to the U.S. Border
after which he returned to Patrol Museum in El Paso,
the Border Patrol.
TX.
There, as head of opera-
Lundell memorial
service planned
A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 21,
2012 at the Valby Lutheran Church cemetery for James
Wallace Lundell and Dorrie Lundell and their son, Mi
chael Vincent Lundell, all of Portland, OR. All three died
at separate times over the last several years.
The service will begin at noon and will be followed
by a light luncheon for those in attendance.
Wallace was the son of Algott and Beulah Lundell, a
pioneer family who farmed in the Gooseberry/Valby area.
The area was largely settled by Swedish Immigrants who
had read about the government land grant of 1862.
Over the Tee Cup
WCCC ladies held their
9-Hole Tee Bird Invitational
on Tuesday, June 26. Ladies
from Oregon and Washing
ton clubs braved the rainy
forecast for an enjoyable
morning of golf.
Low gross of the field:
Jamie Loney, Walla Walla
Country Club
Low net of the field:
Donna Duckett, Walla Wal
la Country Club
O ther Winners:
Buckskin Golf Club
Low gross: 1”, Velma
Sparks; 2nd, Charla Casey
Low net: 1“, Marla Fox;
2nd, Holly Gould
Canyon Lakes G o lf
Club
Low gross—Tie, Jean
Brooks and Connie Rich
ardson
Low net— Inez Mow-
ery
La Grande C ountry
Club
Low g ro s s — B etty
Hyde
Low net—Gin Drew
Walla Walla Country
Club
Low gross— Barbara
Jackson
Willow Creek
Low gross— 1st, Pat
Edm undson; 2nd, Corol
Mitchell
Low net— 1st (tie), Ann
Elgin, Sarah Rucker and
Loa Heideman
Special Events:
Long drive— G uest,
Becky Armatrout; Home,
Corol Mitchell
Long p u tt— G u est,
Barb Jackson; Home, Loa
Heideman
Ball in the circle—
Becky Ehrmantraut
Ball on the green—
Jean Brooks, Jamie Loney
and Betty Hyde
C h i p - i n s — Wi l l i e
Vance, Marla Fox, Pat Ed
mundson, Leslie Steele and
Ann Elgin
Birdies—Jamie Loney
Letters to the Editor ~
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criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name
o f 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. Hie GT reserves the
right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in
letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under
"Card o f Thanks” at a cost o f S10.
Just say your name
Thanks to a recent brief conversation with Donna
Osmin at a Heppner store, she solved one of my biggest
problems. Surprise, it’s not political, or even my limited
mobility.
She unintentionally solved my dilemma concerning
memory problems, particularly when trying to recall
names of people and places. Her first words were, “I’m
Donna Osmin.” Fortunately, I did know who she was but,
if asked, I probably couldn’t have said her name.
Her inspiration is so simple. When approaching
“80-somethings” like myself, with limited brainpower,
simply say your name, please, and save all that embar
rassed stammering. I’m still trying to recall the name
of a lady I met in Hermiston who called me by my first
name. Did I ask her name? No. I just blindly went along
with a conversation, hoping there would be clues—how
dumb is that?
Part of the problem, I blame on memory overload;
after all, it’s said that we lose brain cells every day...
and then we are supposed to latch on to new informa
tion. My ability to remember names has been crowded
out, I believe, by trying to grasp the concept of today’s
complicated technology. Once one attains a basic work
ing knowledge of gadgets, manufacturers are sure to
upgrade said technology, probably to keep people buying
new stuff.
You see, people of my age group didn’t grow with
computers or communicating using only fingers to text
away on a tiny hunk of plastic. We weren’t wired for
electronic messaging. We actually used our voices and,
therefore, acquired some verbal skills, sometimes in
rather loud voices by yelling at each other. Talking on
the old wall phone on party line of rubbemeckers made
one censor one’s words when privileged to get the use
of the phone line.
It’s is so easy now to tap out words in printed form,
and praise be for the delete key. The computer is so very
different from my first acquisition of a manual Mont
gomery Ward typewriter (on a monthly payment plan, if
you please) during school days. I thought I had really hit
the lottery, so to speak. However, in those days the only
gambling we knew was usually done with pennies or vy
ing to capture another kid’s prize marbles in a hard-fought
game played in the dusty spot we could find.
For certain, some seniors do have trouble remem
bering names, dates, etc. Computers, television, talking
books and gadgets bombard us with an astounding amount
of information trying to penetrate our shriveled brains
and, perhaps, creating some short circuits, I suppose. So
when you meet me and notice a blank expression, just
please say your name, and maybe next time I won’t have
a brain freeze. Thanks again, Donna!
Merlyn Robinson
Heppner
Community lunch
menu
Nazarene and Seventh-day Adventist church mem
bers will be serving lunch on Wednesday, July 11, at St.
Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include oven-fried
chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, cucumbers and
tomatoes, mixed vegetables, hot rolls and chocolate pud
ding. Menu is subject to change.
MC Chronicles
available now
Sales o f the 2012 edi
tion of the Morrow County
Chronicles have begun ear
lier than the traditional
kick-off sales at the Mor
row County Fair, and the
price has changed.
“The printing of this
year’s Chronicles was com
pleted sooner than usual,”
reports a spokesperson, “so
that gives us an opportunity
to offer the issue earlier, just
in time for some interesting
summer reading.”
This collection of his
torical and biographical
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Four local students
have been named to the
Oregon State University
Scholastic Honor Roll for
the spring 2012 term.
South Morrow students
to receive the honor were
Devin B. Robinson of Hep
pner, a freshman in agricul
tural sciences; Ashley L.
Wolff of Heppner, a junior
in pre-business; Brett R.
Harrison of Lexington, a
freshman in agricultural
bu sin ess m anagem ent;
and Kelsi T. Putman o f
Lexington, a freshman in
agricultural business man
agement.
The stu d en ts w ere
among nine Morrow County
students named to the honor
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I
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articles contains informa
tion about many Morrow
County citizens, past and
present, and about some
early-day farming methods
and pre-electrification days.
Continuing the tribute to
county military veterans,
seven are featured in this
issue.
The Chronicles are on
sale at Bank o f Eastern
Oregon branches, Murray’s
Drug Store, Heppner City
Hall, Community Bank in
Heppner, and the Morrow
County Museum. One may
also look for them at the
farmers' market in Heppner
on Fridays, and they will
again be on sale at the fair
in August.
“Printing costs have
been rising over the last
few years,” says the spokes
person, “and this fact has
finally led the Historical
Society to raise the price
of our publication. We are
pleased, though, that the
new $7 price remains rela
tively low.”
Readers are also able
to access this and past edi
tions of the Chronicles at
the Oregon Trail Library
branches. Individuals who
purchased the complete sets
of the Chronicles last year
can add this year's edition
to their sets by calling Betty
Carlson, 676-5302.
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