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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Timesk Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, July 10,2013
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
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M orrow C ounty’s H om e-O w ned Weekly N ew spaper
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Over the Tee Cup
Twelve Willow Creek
Country Club ladies braved
a hot, hot, hot day on the
course on July 2.
Corol M itchell took
low gross of the field. Karen
Thompson and Laura Rog
ers tied for low net, and
Sarah Rucker had least
putts.
For Hight A, Corol
M itchell had the long
drive.
On flight B, C arrie
Grieb had low gross, Judy
Harris took low net, Lor
raine Montgomery had least
putts and Sarah Rucker had
the long drive.
For flight C, Betty Carl
son had low gross and long
drive, while Jackie Allstott
had low net, and Bev Stea
gall had least putts and
KP.
Willow Creek Coun
try Club has announced
that the 2013 Ladies Club
Championship Tournament
will be held July 19-20. All
lady members of WCCC
are eligible to participate
in the tournament, which
will name a Ladies Gross
Champion and a Ladies Net
Champion.
The 36-hole competi
tion tees off at 5 p.m. Friday
with 18 holes, followed
by 18 holes on Saturday
morning with an 8 a.m. tee
time. Awards will be given
for each day’s play, to in
clude a number of special
events, with champions be
ing named from their two-
day combined scores.
The WCCC board will
host the event both days
and says it extends a warm
welcome to all challeng
ers at all skill levels. To
register for the event, or
for any questions, call the
clubhouse at 676-5437.
Obituaries
Wilma Louise
(Dobyns) Hardesty
family.
Wilma loved sewing,
quilting and gardening, and
was an active volunteer at
Our Redeemer Lutheran
Church and in the com
munity of Eugene. She was
also a member of Valby Lu
theran Church in lone.
She had many close
friends and will be remem
bered for her devotion to
her immediate and extend
ed family, her kindness, her
willingness to help others
in need, and her sense of Above: Skip and Peggy Connor when they were “going out”
humor. She loved Oregon in the "50s. Below: The Connors on their 25,h wedding anni
and its history, and delved versary. Contributed photos
deeply into family geneal
ogy in later years.
She was preceded in
death by her mother, father
and husband.
W ilm a is su rv iv ed
by: her son Jeff and his
wife Susan Jacobson; son
Gary; daughter Sharon and
husband David Koeltzow;
granddaughters Amanda
and Mikayla; and numerous
cousins, nephews, nieces
and friends, all of whom
loved her dearly and will
miss her.
Wilma Louise (Dobyns)
Hardesty, 87, passed away
April 25, 2013 in Vancou
ver, WA surrounded by
family. She was buried next
to her beloved husband,
Tad, at Lane Memorial
Gardens in Eugene, OR on
May 1,2013.
Wilma was bom Feb
ruary 17, 1926 in lone to
Walter Dobyns and Esther
Petersen Dobyns. Wilma
was raised on the family
ranch near lone and attend
ed schools there, graduating
from lone High School in
1943. She moved to Corval
lis in 1944 to attend Oregon
State College (now Oregon
State University) and then
to Portland in 1945, where
she graduated from Western
Business College.
Wilma went to work
for Pacific Tel & Tel, where
she met the love o f her
life. Tad E. Hardesty. They
were married on November
22, 1947. Sons Gary and
Jeff were born in Portland,
OR and daughter Sharon
was bom in Eugene, where
Wilma and Tad raised their
Heppner students
named to EOU
WCCC Ladies Club
dean’s list
Two Heppner students, of Boardman, and Robert
championship set
Eric Jepsen and Kellee Weems of Irrigon.
Martin, Grant tie
for top spot in
Sunday men’s play
Co-chairmen John Ed-
mundson and Ray Cecil
reported that 29 men played
in the regular Sunday men’s
play on July 7.
Results were as fol
lows:
Gross: 1. (tie) Jim Mar
tin and Greg Grant - 63; 3.
Barry Munkers - 65; 4. (tie)
Duane Disque and Matt
Scrivner.
Net: 1. Nate Kennedy
- 49; 2. Bill Morris - 52;
3. Shawn Wilson - 53; 4.
Jones, were among 586
students Eastern Oregon
University named to the
dean's list for the 2013
spring term.
Other county residents
named to the dean's list
w ere S hannon C allow
and Kelly Doherty, both
To q u alify for the
dean's list, students must
achieve and maintain a
GPA of 3.5 or higher on a
4.0 scale while completing
a minimum of 12 hours of
graded coursework for the
duration of the term.
FAIR MANAGER
Mary Beamer
Sunday, July 14, 2013
2:00-4:00pm
Beamer Ranch,
Balm Fork Road
Heppner, OR
Courthouse crane
lift date set
Correction
Community lunch
menu
Car wash fundraiser
planned to benefit
local woman
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as Oregon FFA State Trea
surer. In that capacity, Hintz
travelled approxim ately
30,000 mile across Oregon,
as well as to Indianapolis,
IN and Argentina.
“What I'm doing now is
what I’ve done for the past
year on a large scale,” says
Zech. “It’s fun to practice
the skills I’ve learned."
He will resum e his
educational career this fall,
entering Cornell University
in Ithaca, NY to pursue a
degree in agricultural sci
ence with plans to obtain
either a double major or
minor in marketing.
Hintz says his current
job as temporary fair man
ager is enjoyable but a bit
hectic as he tries to get up
to speed and prepare for
perhaps the most important
fair in Morrow County his
tory.
“No pressure, right?”
he jokes.
The centennial Morrow
County Fair and Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo will take
place Aug. 14-17, 2013.
The theme is "Harvesting
100 Years of Memories at
the Morrow County Fair.”
For more information,
contact Hintz at 541-676-
9474.
Hope Lutheran, Valby Lutheran and All Saints Epis
copal church members will serve lunch on Wednesday,
July 17, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will
include baked ham, potatoes au gratin, green beans, cran-
apple salad, hot rolls and orange freezer dessert. Milk
is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per
meal. Menu is subject to change.
removed; that work can be
best completed while the
courthouse is closed.
Safety zones will be es
tablished around the court
house and will be enforced.
The public is encouraged
to watch the process from
a safe distance. There are
many places in town that
will provide a good view
o f the action while also
being outside of the safety
zones.
As updates becom e
available, they will be pro
vided in the Heppner Ga
zette-Times, on the Morrow
County website at http://
morrowcountyoregon.com/
clock-tower-updates/, and
on the new "Morrow County
Oregon Courthouse Clock
Tower’ Facebook page.
A donation-only car wash to benefit local woman
Crysti Taylor is planned for Saturday, July 13, from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. behind Les Schwab in Heppner. Proceeds
will go to offset medical expenses for Taylor, who is
undergoing cancer treatment. An account for donations
has also been set up for Taylor at the Bank of Eastern
Oregon.
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Chamber lunch meeting
Friends and Family are invited
to the wedding of
Kylee Pisaue and
Sean Allstott
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Skip and Peggy Connor of Heppner will be celebrat
ing their 60th anniversary July 20 from 2-4 p.m. at the Elks
Club in Heppner, Ore. Friends and family are invited. The
couple requests no gifts.
“Your presence will he the greatest present we could
receive,” says Peggy Connor.
The date for the crane
to lift the clock tower and
the bell off o f the Mor
row County Courthouse in
Heppner has been set for
July 23. This date may be
subject to change if weather
conditions or other vari
ables are not favorable.
Northwest Crane Ser
vice will bring in their
225-ton crane early in the
morning and begin their
set-up. If all goes well, the
work should be completed
by noon.
The courthouse will be
closed all day on July 23
for the safety of the em
ployees, the public and the
contractor.
There will be additional
work to be completed after
the clock tower has been
Mike Doherty - 54.
Least Putts - Charlie
Ferguson.
Special Events: KP #3
- Bill Morris; KP#5 - Gene
Orwick; Long Putt - 1.
Larry Runyon, 2. Charlie
Ferguson, 3. Jim Martin.
Next w eek’s Sunday
Play will be headed by
Stacy Wilson, Larry Ru
nyon and Charlie Ferguson.
In last week’s story, “Summer school program gives
Wednesday night team play
kids
academic boost,” Sharon Morris was inadvertently
resumes this week, July
left
out
of the list of teachers and aides.
10.
100th Birthday
Open House
for
Connors celebrate
60th anniversary
on Saturday August 1 7 , 2 0 1 3 a t (¡>.00 pm
Faith Presbyterian Church
1 0 0 5 SB 9thy S tre e t, Herm iston
Reception to follow a t
Purswell's Place
4 6 5 Christensen Loop Rd., Hermiston
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This week’s lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be an all entities report on Thursday,
July 11, at noon in the St. Patrick’s Senior Center dining
room.
Cost of lunch is $10; A&M's Kitchen (Nicole Gas-
pard) will cater. Chamber lunch attendees are asked to
RSVP at 541-676-5536 no later than the Wednesday
before to guarantee a lunch.
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