TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, March 20,2013
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 maner at Ihe
Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1879 Periodical postage
paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-
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elsewhere; $29 student subscriptions.
David Sykes........................................................................................... . Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo.......................................... ................................................. Editor
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Death Notices
Bernard “Bud” Marshall
Bernard E. “Bud” Marshall, 85 of Milwaukie, Or
egon former longtime Heppner resident died Saturday,
March 16, 2013 at his home. He was bom February 19,
1928 at Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Memorial Funeral Mass
will be held 2 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2013 at St. Patrick
Catholic Church in Heppner with a Graveside Memorial
Service to follow at 3:30 p.m. at the Lexington Cemetery.
A full obituary will appear in next weeks Gazette Times.
Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of local ar
rangements.
Mabel C. Heath
Mabel C. Heath, 85, of Heppner, died Monday, March
18, 2013 at Willow Creek Terrace in Heppner. She was
bom October 25, 1921 at Ridgeway, Colorado. A memo
rial service will be held in April. A complete obituary will
appear in the Gazette Times at a future date. Sweeney
Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements.
Bredfield, Fowler
win Pot o’ Gold
Winners of the Pot o’ Gold $ 100 drawing held during
the annual Wee Bit o’ Ireland Celebration are Tommy
Bredfield and Kay Fowler, both of Heppner. Lapel but
tons sold for this fundraiser were designed by Julie Proctor
Baker and proceeds go to the St. Patrick’s Committee to
help with the event.
Coleman completes
his basic training
Army Pvt. Jeremy A.
Coleman has graduated
from basic combat training
at Fort Jackson, Columbia,
S.C. During the nine weeks
of training, the soldier stud
ied the Army mission, his
tory, tradition and core
values, physical fitness,
and received instruction
and practice in basic com
bat skills, military weap
ons, chemical warfare and
bayonet training, drill and
ceremony, marching, rifle
marksmanship, armed and
unarmed combat, map read
ing, field tactics, military
courtesy, military justice
system, basic first aid, foot
marches, and field training
exercises. Coleman is a
2012 graduate of lone High
School.
Community lunch menu
Willow Creek Baptist and ELOHIM church members
will serve lunch on Wednesday, March 27, at St. Patrick’s
Senior Center. The meal will include Ham and lamb,
augratin potatoes, applesauce, mixed vegetables, hot
rolls and angel food cake. Milk is served at each meal.
Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject
to change.
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Obituaries
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Jay H. Robinson
Jay H. Robinson, 93 tate until they moved to
of Boardman passed away Boardman, OR in 1973.
surrounded by his fam Jay managed Saber Farms
ily on Wednesday March and then Boeing Agri-In
13 at the Kadlec Medical dustrial Company until his
Center in Richland, WA. retirement in 1988. Jay’s
He was bom December 2, retirement days were spent
1919 in his family home at traveling, gardening, and
enjoying his chil
Race Track, MT,
dren and grandchil
eight miles south
dren. He married
of Deer Lodge. Jay
Hope Thompson in
was the second bom
2004 and they spent
child to Andrew and
nearly 10 years en
Eunice Robinson.
joying life together
He joined his older
hand in hand. Jay
brother, Roscoe fol
always
had a joke
lowed by younger
to
tell
and
a rose
siblings Ray, Clyde, Jay H.
from
his
garden
to
Lila, and John.
Robinson
offer
anyone
who
Jay atten d ed
called on them.
grade school in Deer
Jay
was preceded in
Lodge before moving with
his family into the Milwau death by his sibling Ray
kee Depot in Agawam, MT Robinson, and Lila Mitch
where his father worked as ell. He is survived by his
agent. Family life included wife Hope Thompson. His
the coming and going of brothers Roscoe of Inde
freight and passenger trains, pendence, Missouri, Clyde
hunting and fishing with his of Hamilton, MT and John
family and grade school in of Missoula, MT, his chil
Agawam. He attended high dren, Judy Brown (Rob) of
school in nearby Choteau. Irrigon, OR and Jay David
In 1942, he enlisted Robinson of Choteau, MT,
in the US Army to serve his grandchildren Samara
during WW II. Before de Fuzi of Newberg, OR, De
parting for the European siree (Don) Ball of Great
theatre, he married Joyce Falls, MT, Michelle (Kyle)
Kropp. He served as War Rankin of Richland, WA,
rant O fficer and was in and Jason (Kim Holben)
charge of crypto graphics Brown of Tri-Cities, WA,
for the 5th Armored Divi and two great grandchildren
sion. He entered Europe John Timothy “JT” Fuzi
during the second wave of and Liam Rankin.
A Memorial Service
troops at Omaha Beach.
&
Masonic
Service will
After his honorable dis
be
held
on
Friday
March
charge in 1946, Jay returned
22,
2013
at
11:00
AM
at
to his home in Choteau,
the
Hermiston
Church
of
MT. He was active member
of the Masonic Lodge No. the Nazarene 1520 West
44, Scottish Rite, serv Orchard Ave in Hermiston.
ing as Worthy Patron and G raveside Service with
was Commander of the C. Military Honors will follow
James Smith Post No. 6 of at the Riverview Cemetery
the American Legion. He in Boardman at 12:30 PM.
remained a proud member A luncheon & gathering
o f both organizations his will follow at the Boardman
entire life. While in Cho Senior Center 100 Tatone
teau, he and his wife Joyce Street in Boardman, OR
ranched and farmed while 97818. M emorial dona
raising their two children tions may be made to the
Boardman Senior Center
Judy and David.
Jay moved to Swan PO Box 1062 Boardman,
Lake, MT in 1971 and mar OR 97818. Bums Mortuary
ried Marge Baldwin. He of Hermiston is in care of
was involved in Real Es- arrangements.
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
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. The 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 of Thanks" at a cost o f S 10.
Statue meeting
choreographed but
not well rehearsed
Dear Councilors and
Citizens;
Normally 1 would re
frain from com m enting
about a meeting. It is nor
mally in poor taste and ends
up as a personal affront to
those in charge. Unfortu
nately this incident cannot
be overlooked, and it is not
the fault of the individual
leading the meeting.
On March 14, the Parks
& B eau tificatio n com
mission met to continue
considering the proposed
metal silhouettes of Native
Americans gathering food.
During the opening remarks
several members o f the
commission mentioned be
ing approached by members
of the public opposed to the
silhouettes (some former
Heppner residents also pro
vided negative feedback).
In the audience there
were three in favor and one
opposed. As the meeting
proceeded, a new idea was
presented, fully formed like
Athena, born fully grown
and armed for war from
the head o f Zeus : boul
ders with plaques would
be strategically located
throughout the city, and
all the varied peoples such
as native Americans, Ger
mans, Swedes etc. would be
recognized for their contri
butions to settling this area.
On the surface this sounds
reasonable, however, I am
not sure that this will bear
close scrutiny (that is for
another time).
One o f the audience
remarked that this could be
done at minimal cost, and it
could be funded by volun
tary contributions, resulting
in “no strings attached” to
any grant awarding entity.
Soon there was a virtual
chorus o f minimizing the
cost and minimizing out
side influences. However,
the city hall has recently
been remodeled using not
only the city’s money but
also money from the coun
ty’s discretionary fund and
a grant from none other
than-you guessed it- the
Wildhorse Foundation. I
wonder how much good
we have enjoyed from its
grants to our community.
The meeting appeared
to be choreographed, but
not well rehearsed. If you
the citizens wish to be ig
nored don’t come to the
public meeting or the city
council vote when the time
comes. If you don’t like the
outcome you won’t be able
to complain.
Dave DeMayo,
Heppner
Account set up to aid
local girl
Kellie Nelson, daughter of John and Alita Nelson,
Heppner, was injured in an automobile accident on Sun
day. She was taken to Good Shepard Medical Center in
Hermiston. An account has been set up, and donations
are being accepted, at the Bank of Eastern Oregon to help
defray expenses.
Free Sky warn Weather
Kinzua group meets
Spotter training April 5 The Kinzua Lunch Group met at Service Creek on
Volunteers are being
sought to participate in
the latest weather spotter
training April 5 in Heppner.
Weather spotters trained by
the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administra
tions (NOAA) National
Weather Service (NWS)
are key volunteers who
assist the meteorologists
by providing up-to-date
information about storm
activity.
The Skywam Weather
Spotter training is free and
will be held in the Emer
gency Operations Center,
located at 325 Willow View
Drive in Heppner. The train
ing will begin at 10 a.m. and
is co-sponsored by Morrow
County Emergency Man
agement. Registration is
required for the training and
at least 10 people must reg
ister or the training will be
canceled. Registration is on
the internet at weather.gov/
Pendleton. You may either
follow the clickable link at
the top of the internet page,
or email dennis.hull@noaa.
gov, or contact Dennis Hull
at 541-969-7136.
Even though the Dop
pler weather radar is scan
ning the skies and the
NOAA Weather Radio is
broadcasting forecasts,
w atches, and w arnings,
forecasters depend upon
getting good “ground truth”
information from trained
Skywam weather spotters.
Skywarn spotters at
tend a 2-hour training ses
sion where they learn how
to observe cloud formations
and other weather in this
area. The Weather Service
teaches how to determine
which storms are poten
tially severe. Spotters use
a special toll free number,
amateur radio frequency,
or the internet address to
let the forecasters at the
National Weather Service
office in Pendleton know
what is happening in their
area. Meteorologists use
this data as they issue se
vere weather warnings or
statements to the residents
o f Morrow County.
Skywam is a concept
developed in the early
1970s that was intended to
promote a cooperative ef
fort between the National
Weather Service and com
munities. Additional infor
mation is also available at
the National Weather Ser
vice website at http://www.
weather, gov/pendleton.
The young salt is turning into an old salt!
celebrating 90 years March 27,2013
¡C om e f o b i us a s w e
le b rA te Melvin B rA bvf
larch 30,2013 2:00-5:00 pm
Milton-Freewater Elk's Lodge
611 N. Mala St.
Milton Freewater, OR
March 15. Those attending included Pat Hyatt, Windy
Liptak, John & Midge Geer. Bob and Mary Lee Britt,
Bonnie Campbell who was just back from Hawaii, OL
Adams, Dick Schmidt, Ernie Schell, Jack Palmer and
Marilyn Garcia. The next lunch will be held April 19
at Service Creek. Keep your calendars marked as the
Kinzua Reunion is scheduled June 15. There will not be
a Kinzua Lunch that month.
Time to sign up for
a hunter education
Students interested in
getting certified in hunter
education by this fa ll’s
hunting season should sign
up for a class now, says the
Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife. Classes are
limited and most are sched
uled from spring through
late summer.
To see what classes are
available, go to ODFW’s
licensing sales website and
click the “View all Classes/
Workshops” link; then look
at the “Hunter Ed Class”
or “Hunter Ed Field Day”
tabs.
Students may choose
to take the hunter education
course entirely in a class
room setting or by inde
pendent study (online or by
workbook). Before getting
certified, these independent
study students must pass a
required “Hunter Ed Field
Day” that includes live fire
exercises.
To register, students
will need to purchase a
$10 hunter education class
application fee. Contact
information for the class
instructor is printed on the
receipt.
Students who register
online who have never pur
chased another license or
tag from ODFW will need
to click on the arrow next
to “Hunter/A ngier ID#”
and select “New Customer”
from the drop-down box.
Students can also register
at any license sales agent
or ODFW office that sells
licenses.
H unter education is
mandatory for all hunters
under the age o f 18 and
recommended for any new
hunter. The course covers
topics like firearms safety,
hunter ethics, wildlife iden
tification, hunt preparation
and techniques and outdoor
survival. The program certi
fies about 6,000 new hunt
ers each year.
Classes are taught by
ODFW’s network o f vol
unteer hunter education
instructors. With most hunt
ing seasons over, these vol
unteers are back to teaching
classes, rather than out in
the field. For more infor
mation on hunter education
visit the Hunter Education
webpage or call the pro
gram at 503-947-6028.
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