SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 28,2013
August Yard of the Month
announced
By Kay Proctor
Family teamwork has
earned the Dowdy family
at 875 Lakeview Drive
recognition by the Heppner
Volunteers as Yard of the
Month for August.
In 2000, the Dowdys
were more than happy to be
the first family in the newly
built home on its corner
lot. The yard was dirt only,
and they started right away
with improvements. When
the adjacent em pty lot
behind their home became
av ailab le, the Dowdys
purchased it to add a half
size plus basketball court.
The court was built and
the empty, extra rocky lot
began the transformation
to its now park-like setting.
Taking th e ir tim e,
P am a n d d a u g h t e r
Kendall carefully planned
the location o f features,
potential views and flow
patterns.
Willow Creek Reservoir
can be seen from the fire pit
that is used extensively
for family gatherings. A
garden shed was built in
the corner. An ironwork
arbor with benches was
carefu lly selected and
surrounded with perennial
plantings. A secret garden
is in the process of growing.
Fencing was built. Outdoor
lighting, including solar
LEDs, was put in.
Because their first lawn
was over shallow, rocky
soil, the Dowdys decided
to re-sod it at the same time
they laid new sod on the lot.
Underground, automatic
sprinklers keep it green
while drip lines water the
beds. Pam plans further
w ork on the w aterin g
system and to keep up with
fertilizing and mulching
with bark, saying that there
“is always something to
do.” She is the mower,
while Kendall and sons, Jeff
and Josh, are the official
weed pullers.
O n v i s i t s to h e r
The Dowdy family—mother Pam and children Kendall, Jeff
and Josh—were honored with the August Yard of the Month
recognition. - Photo by Kay Proctor.
hometown of Port Orford
on the Oregon coast, the
family collected rocks and
brought them back to use
in the landscaping. Large
boulders were also brought
in and used for extensive
terracing.
Listing even a portion
o f the extensive plantings
would be too lengthy. Pam
believes that she has at
least “one of everything”
from the nursery at MCGG-
G reen Feed Store. Her
favorite plant is probably
the dahlia, while Josh calls
the entire yard “gorgeous.”
Jeff has too many choices
to name just one. Kendall
likes d aisies best and
appreciates how “serene
and quiet” their yard is,
“like the woods.” Adopted
cat, Pippen, enjoys it all.
Wildlife visitors include
birds, does and fawns, and
now hum m ingbirds are
feeding on the flowers.
But the heart o f the
entire yard is the memorial
water feature designed and
hand-built with much love
by the family. It has a series
o f small falls cascading
into pools of recirculating
water. A three-cornered
keystone brought back from
the coast and marked with
carefully selected wording
is featured in memory of
husband and father, the
late Mark Dowdy, beloved
local teacher, coach and
community volunteer.
Pam teaches fifth and
sixth grades at Heppner
Elementary and has coached
sports, also. She suggests to
just “enjoy the process” of
working in the yard, to do a
project “in stages” so that it
is not such “a huge chore”
stating that with “patience,
it is worth waiting for.”
While Pam mentions
names and appreciates the
help o f others with all of
their yards projects, it’s
easy to see that love is what
the Dowdy home and yard
is built with.
Yard o f the M onth
recognition is sponsored
by the Heppner Volunteers,
MCGG-Green Feed and the
City o f Heppner. Contact
Kay Proctor if you would
like to be a part o f the
Heppner Volunteers.
Sheriff's Report
J u n e 30: -M orrow
County S heriff’s Office
re c e iv e d re p o rt from
an Irrigon man that his
neighbor keeps dumping
garbage on his property.
He said that he took three
loads of it to the dump the
previous week, but they put
more down. MCSO cited
Justino Yautista Viegas, 39,
for Offensive Littering.
-MCSO received report
of a drive-off at the Heppner
gas station. The subject
came back in and paid.
-MCSO received report
of two missing juveniles,
a girl and a four-year-old
boy, last seen 45 minutes
previous on their way to the
grocery store in Heppner.
-MCSO received report
of several vehicles, possibly
11 cars, and a large group
of people on the runway at
the Boardman airport. The
drivers were issued verbal
w arn in g s and ad v ised
that they would be issued
citations if they trespassed
on the property again.
-MCSO received report
of a natural gas leak at an
Irrigon residence. Irrigon
Fire Department responded
and MCSO assisted and
the gas was turned off until
repaired.
-MCSO received report
from a female in Irrigon.
She was moving out of a
residence and reported that
the male at the residence
said that she couldn't take
her stuff.
-MCSO cited Chuanji
Zhang, 23, for Violation of
the Basic Rule, 85 mph in
a 55 mph zone.
-MCSO received report
from a Heppner man that
the family dog was run over
and he needed to have the
dog dispatched.
-MCSO received report
of three large Black Angus
bulls fighting on Indian
Creek. The caller believed
he knew who they belonged
to.
-M C S O r e c e iv e d
report from a female that a
26-year-old male left Crow
Butte around 8 p.m. on a red
and white jet ski, unknown
what direction, but had
not returned by 10:45. The
Benton County boat deputy
was dispatched.
- L e x i n g t o n F ir e
D ep artm en t, lone Fire
D e p a rtm e n t, H ep p n er
Fire Department received
request for mutual aid for
a very large fire on Hwy.
19 and Pennington Rd. in
Gilliam County.
-Irrigon A m bulance
r e c e iv e d r e p o r t o f a
fem ale w ith chest pain
and pain in her left arm.
She was transported to
Good Shepherd Hospital in
Hermiston.
-Irrigon A m bulance
r e c e iv e d re p o r t o f a
77-year-old female having
tro u b le b reath in g . She
was transported to Good
Shepherd Hospital.
-Heppner Ambulance
assisted in preparing for
a life flight at Pioneer
M em o rial H o sp ital in
Heppner.
-Boardman Ambulance
re c e iv e d re p o rt from
a wom an who said her
husband was stung by
a hornet and w ithin 15
m inutes lost all o f his
energy. The subject refused
transport.
July I : Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office received
report from an lone man
that he had just observed
subjects running across his
property and then running
to the neighbor’s property.
MCSO cited a 25-year-old
male, for Unlawful Use of
Weapon, Trespass I with
Firearm and D isorderly
Conduct II. He was lodged
at Umatilla County Jail with
$16,500 bail.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman that
she found a fawn in the field
with no mother around and
was concerned that her dogs
would attack it.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman
that her red 1995 Toyota
4 Runner was stolen from
Irrigon som etim e after
midnight on Sunday night.
-M C SO , B oardm an
Fire Department, Boardman
Ambulance and Boardman
P o lic e D e p a rtm e n t
responded to a report of
a tw o-vehicle accid en t
on Bombing Range Rd./
Wilson Lane in Boardman.
Both vehicles were off the
road. An elderly female
in one vehicle had facial
injuries and her airbag had
gone off. Two patients were
transported by ambulance to
Good Shepherd Community
Hospital.
-MCSO reported that
Benjamin Bowen was to
register at Irrigon Justice
Court as a sex offender.
-MCSO received report
from the c o n stru c tio n
company in Heppner that
T h o m p so n A ve. from
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
to Barratt Blvd. would be
closed starting the next day
for a couple weeks. Barratt
Blvd. from Fairview Way
to Court St. would also be
closed.
-MCSO received report
from the Irrigon Justice
Court that a female came
into court to pay fines for
driving while suspended
and then drove off while
s till s u s p e n d e d . T he
CLINE 100 BIRTHDAY
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE daughter. Lloyd passed
orphanages were all but
unheard of, especially in
rural areas. Instead, children
were taken in by friends or
relatives. Cline went to
live on a dairy farm where.
Huwe says, she learned her
work ethic, cutting grain
with scythes and separating
the cream from the milk.
“Her work ethics are
extraordinary. She could
w o rk c ir c le s a ro u n d
people,” says Huwe.
Later in childhood,
Cline moved to Joplin, MO,
where she finished high
school, graduating with
honors. That high school
was leveled in a tornado
a few years ago, Huwe
recalls.
Cline went on to attend
college in Missouri and then
became a schoolteacher;
she taught until she got
m a rried . She and her
husband “ m ig rated ” to
Yakima, WA in the 1930s.
They later divorced, and
Cline married Lloyd Cline
in 1949.
They co n tin u e d to
reside in the area, in Union
Gap, WA, where she was a
bookkeeper and a grocery
clerk, as well as working
with her husband on their
ren tal p ro p e rtie s . H er
biggest job, though, wasn’t
a job at all, says Huwe.
“ Her
biggest
a c c o m p lis h m e n t w as
volunteerism,” recalls her
daughter. “She taught me
volunteerism, I tell ya.”
Cline was chairwoman
o f the Yakima C ounty
Cancer Drive for 35 years,
as well as going through all
the chairs in her Rebekah
Lodge. She was active
in the Union Gap Civic
Betterment Association and
in various organizations
w ith in th e L u th e ra n
church. The couple was
also instrumental in the
establishment of the Central
Washington Agricultural
Museum in Union Gap.
It’s not surprising then,
that in 1988, Cline was
chosen by W ashington
Governor John Spellman
to receive the State o f
Washington Volunteer of
the Year Award. It was
a h ig h lig h t o f C lin e 's
life, in which the Clines
were dinner guests at the
governor’s mansion, dining
with Spellman and his wife.
The C lines lived in
U nion Gap for alm ost
their entire married life,
until they moved to Sun
Terrace Hermiston Assisted
Living nearly 10 years ago
to be closer to their only
away only a few months
later.
Now, approaching her
century mark, Cline has
trouble with her eyesight
and hearing but, Huwe says,
she is still active and a light
in her community.
“She always has a smile
on her face and always is
helpful o f others,” says
Huwe.
Her grandson, Scott
Wadekamper, lives nearby
and visits often.
“That’s his very best
friend, his grandma,” adds
Huwe.
C l i n e ’s b i r t h d a y
c e l e b r a t i o n last week
was attended by, among
others, her friends, three
grandchildren, two great
grandchildren and many of
her 36 nieces and nephews
from all over the country—
Cline has outlived all of her
siblings.
H er c a k e , H uwe
says, was a shaped like
a Smuckers jar with her
picture on it. Jars full of
memories and printed with
historical facts about the
day also played into the
theme of the party. Huwe
says they even sent in to
the Today Show to have her
mother featured but haven’t
heard back yet.
Recognition also came
from another quarter.
“She got a letter from
the president of the United
States,” Huwe says. “It’s
quite a nice letter. It’s a
form card, of course. (Still)
I liked what they wrote.”
A cent ury can blur
together when a person
reads about it in the history
books; perhaps it does when
one lives it, as well. Still,
Huwe says her mother has
vivid memories of many of
the events of her life.
“The Great Depression
probably made the greatest
impact on her life, as far
as a negative impact...two
families living in a chicken
coop with a curtain between
them,” Huwe says. “How
people went without, what
little wages they made for
all the work they did.”
She adds that her
mother never did get a grasp
on technology.
“ S he j u s t d i d n ’t
u n d e r s t a n d all the
technology. Used to be
reading, writing, arithmetic
in a book, and now it’s all
on a computer. It was very
muddling to her. She was a
very bright lady but she just
didn't understand that. And
money,” Huwe adds. “She
just couldn't believe that a
loaf of bread costs what it
does. She just thought that
was ludicrous.”
There were other ways
in which Cline clung to her
past, seeing no need for
modem trappings.
“ She never owne d
a clothes dryer; always
hung her clothes o u t,”
her daughter remembers.
“Thought it was a waste of
money.”
A nother thing Cline
holds to is her faith. “She
was baptized, confirmed
and married Lutheran. It is
very important to her,” says
Huwe. “She can’t always
remember all the Lord’s
Prayer, depending on the
day, but to this day she
says it every night before
she goes to bed. She prays
before every meal.”
One of Cline’s proudest
moments was serving r ;
grand marshal for the Union
Gap Days parade.
“She had a lot of honors
bestowed on her, but she
earned them,” says Huwe.
“She was a giver, a donator
and a doer. She always gave
and welcomed people into
her home and fed them.
She always gave, and sold
raffled tickets, and made
quilts.”
Huwe says that, while
she can ’t speak for her
mother, she doesn’t believe
Cline would change a thing.
“ She j u s t e n j o y e d
everything. They did a lot
o f hunting and fishing;
they travelled the world.
They cruised and trained
and planed. They...loved
meeting different people
and different cultures and
trying different foods. They
were blessed; they got to
enjoy life,” she says.
For herself, Huwe also
considers herself blessed to
still have the companionship
of her century-old mother.
“I’m just so proud to
have her as my mother,”
says Huwe. “ I co u ld n ’t
have chosen a better person
on earth to raise me, to
teach me the morals and the
education and the desire to
volunteer and help others.”
information was transferred
to the Umat ill a Police
Department.
-MCSO received report
from a Heppner woman that
there was a baby unattended
in a car at A&M’s restaurant.
-MCSO received report
of a burglar alarm going off
at a bank in Heppner while
the cleaning company was
there. The subject with the
cleaning company did not
have the right code. A bank
employee was contacted
and no law enforcement
was needed.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon man that his
girlfriend was taking his
five-week-old child.
-MCSO received report
from a Heppner woman of
a suspicious male at her
neighbor’s residence.
J u l y 2: M o r r o w
County S heriff’s Office
received report of a female
screaming on Marine Drive,
Boardman. M CSO and
Boardman Police responded
and determined that the
female was fine.
-MCSO received
report of a patient with an
unknown medical condition
transported by EMS in
Irrigon.
-MCSO received
report from an Irrigon man
that he had heard a lot of
screaming and yelling at the
Homer Fruit Stand and saw
one subject chase a man
out o f the house. MCSO
responded and determined
in was a verbal dispute only.
-Department of Human
Resources received report
of possible harm to children
by a person staying at an
Irrigon residence.
-MCSO received report
o f telephone harassment
on a work cell phone by an
employee that quit work
from a Boardman company.
MCSO made phone contact
with both parties.
-MCSO received report
of a hang-up 911 call. On
call back a male subject
advised that there were no
problems and that his son
must have been playing
with the phone.
-MCSO received report
of a theft in Irrigon.
-MCSO received
another hang-up 911 call.
It was det ermined that
everything was okay.
-MCSO
cited
G eorgianna Marie
Carpenter, 50, for Violation
of the Basic Rule, 75 mph
in a 55 mph zone.
-MCSO received report
of a dog tied up in the sun
on a very hot day, tangled up
with no water in Heppner.
-MCSO received report
of a kitten stuck under the
back porch o f an empty
house in Irrigon for several
days with no water or food.
-MCSO received report
of a disabled SUV on a very
hot day on 1-84, Boardman.
-MCSO received an
open line 911 call which
turned out to be a pocket
dial and another hang
up 911 that was dialed
accidentally.
-MCSO cited a 30-year-
old male for speed.
-MCSO received report
from an lone man that the
window on his hatchback
Honda was shattered.
-MCSO, Irrigon Fire
Departm ent and Irrigon
Ambulance responded to a
report of a double-vehicle
motor vehicle accident on
Hwy. 730, Irrigon. One
subject was transported to
Good Shepherd Hospital in
Hermiston.
-MCSO received report
from a driver on 1-84,
Boardman, that someone
wasplaying games with him
on the freeway, preventing
him from passing every
time he attempted. A deputy
was unable to locate the
vehicle.
-MCSO received report
of a found pit bull mix in
Irrigon. It was transported
to Pet Rescue.
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