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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, December 25,2013
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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lone holds annual
Christmas open
house
Robert ‘Bob’
Marshall
Robert “Bob” Marshall, their five grandchildren,
85, passed away quietly Candis, Brandi, Kristen,
on Tuesday, D ecem ber Alec and Kayla. If Bob
17, 2013 at his home in wasn’t with family, he was
Umatilla, OR. A private “On the river” each and
family gathering will be every day he could be. Bob
took great joy in supplying
held.
He and his twin brother his extended family with
Roland (nicknamed Rollie), salmon, steelhead, sturgeon,
were born July 11. 1928 bass or other fish he caught.
Bob always had a smile
in G illingham , Wl. His
parents w ere John and on his face and a twinkle in
Emma Marshall. Bob was his eye.
Bob was p rece d ed
raised on the family dairy
farm and graduated from in death by: his parents,
John and Emma; his
R ichland C enter
brothers, Roland,
H igh S chool in
Gordon and Ron;
1946. A fter high
and his sister, Jean.
school. Bob went
on to c o l l e g e
He is survived
by: his loving wife,
and then into the
military, where he
G inny; daughter,
served our country Robert "Bob” L u a n n e ( S t e v e )
during the Korean Marshall
B row nfield of
War as a supply
Heppner ; sons,
sergeant. Before leaving for Rollie (Debbie) Marshall
the war, he married his high o f Athena, Bill (Cheryl)
school sweetheart, Virginia Marshall of Franklin, MA;
“Ginny” Richards. They sister, Ida Mae; brother,
shared their 61s' wedding Maynar d; muc h- l ove d
anniversary together in gr andchi l dr en, Candi s
May.
(Mike) Smith of La Grande,
When he returned from Brandi (Corey) Sweeney of
the war. Bob worked for Heppner, Kristen Marshall
a short time as a deputy of Heppner, Alec Marshall
sheriff in Richland County. of Franklin, MA, and Kayla
Bob and Gi nny had a Marshall of Franklin, MA;
daughter Luanne and a son and great-granchildren with
Roland (nicknamed Rollie) whom he loved to spend
born in Richland Center. time, Garrett, Gracey and
Soon after that, the family Aspen Smith of La Grande,
moved to Portland, OR, and Kane and J or den
where a second son William Sweeney of Heppner.
(Bill) was born. While in
Bob could not talk
Oregon, Bob was a Portland enough about how proud
policeman for many years he was of his daughter, his
until his early retirement sons, his grandkids, and his
from the police force, due great-grandkids.
to a disability he received
P l e a s e sign the
during his tenure with the c o n d o l e n c e b o o k at
police department.
burnsmortuaryhermiston.
The couple then moved com.
to the Hermiston area and
Burns Mort uary o f
spent as much time as they Hermiston is in charge of
could with family, including arrangements.
Community lunch
menu
lone held its annual Christmas open house last week. Dec.
18. Above: Taranna Patton of the Bank of Eastern Oregon
lone branch checks out offerings in the lone Market & Deli.
Below: Jessica Peterson, also a BEO employee, signs up for a
door prize at the market. The lone market was one of many
lone businesses that participated in the open house. Photos
by Paula Emmel
NURSE RETIRES
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE
area to Pomeroy, WA.
O th er than the
transitions surrounding
uprooting a lifetim e o f
memories, future retirement
plans include traveling.
Dunaway says they plan a
trip to Las Vegas over the
New Year, with a trip to
Hawaii in January.
“( I t’s) b ittersw eet,”
says Dunaway. “It’s sad but
I’m looking forward to it.
“I think I’m ready to
move on. I’m ready for new
adventures and to make
new memories.”
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Christmas Eve 7:30 am -5 pm
CLOSED Christmas Day
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Christmas
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Sale at 9AM
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Nazarene and Seventh-day Adventist church members
will serve the last lunch of the year this Friday, Dec. 27,
at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
The meal will include roast beef, mashed potatoes and
gravy, green beans, hot roll and Christmas cake. Milk is
served at each meal.
Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject
to change.
The first meal of the New Year will be on Friday,
Jan. 3.
Hope Lutheran, Valby Lutheran and All-Saints
Episcopal church members will serve; menu is to be
determined.
Chamber lunch
meeting
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce will be the annual luncheon on Thursday, Jan.
9, from noon to 1 p.m. in the St. Patrick’s Senior Center
dining room.
The theme for this year’s luncheon is “Heppner
Magic, It’s the People.”
Cost o f lunch is $10; Alvin Liu o f Cornerstone
Gallery will cater. Chamber lunch attendees are asked to
RS VP at 541 -676-5536 no later than Thursday, Jan. 2, to
guarantee a lunch.
Town and Country tickets will also be available for
purchase for $20, so anyone who doesn’t have tickets by
then can plan on purchasing them at the annual luncheon.
ARLING TO N
FIR EM A N 'S BALL
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2013
ROCK CREEK SCHOOLHOUSE
DOORS OPEN at 6 P.M.
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TRI-TIP DINNER
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Letters to the Editor
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criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name
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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 $10.
Morrow County
taxes not friendly to
property owners
To the Editor,
On the subject of the need for rental properties in
Heppner, we have an experience to share with others who
might be considering investing in Heppner or Morrow
County.
We bought an older mobile home in Heppner about a
year and a half ago to use as a rental property. We invested
a lot of time and some money fixing it up so that it would
be clean and decent home in which someone could live.
To our surprise, when we got our property tax bill this
year, our taxes had almost doubled from the year before,
from $513 to $933. We have bought and renovated a house
in Wallowa County, and also one in Gilliam County, over
the past few of years. We never before experienced this
kind of huge property tax increase from a county after
we cleaned up a dilapidated property, or any property tax
increase at all other than the small percentage allowed
by Oregon law.
We would have been much better off to avoid buying
rental property in Morrow County, or if we had, to have
left the property in its run-down condition and used it
as a low-income rental. However, we do not want to be
“slum-lords.” The lesson we have learned from this is to
avoid Morrow County if you are thinking about investing
in a decent rental property.
We really enjoyed our time in Heppner, and think that
it is unfortunate that the county taxes are so high and the
assessor’s office so aggressive. It’s not encouraging for
home owners or property investors.
Sincerely,
Veil and Charlotte Skvortsov
County fair holds
theme contest
The Morrow County Fair is once again holding a
contest to determine next year’s fair theme. The winner
will receive a $50 prize.
The deadline for 2014 fair theme entries is Dec. 31,
2013. Entries may be mailed to Morrow County Fair, PO
Box 464, Heppner, emailed to mcfair@co.morrow.or.us,
or sent through the Morrow County Fair’s Facebook page
a twww.facebook.com/morrowcountyfairheppneroregon.
Questions, contact Morrow County Fair Secretary
Lacey Jensen at 541-676-9474.
Chamber Chatter
Thursday, Jan. 9 -
Heppner Chamber’s Annual
Luncheon- 12-1 p.m. Mark
your calendars and plan
on coming to the annual
luncheon from 12-1 p.m.
in the senior center dining
room. Town and Country
tickets will also be available
for sale for $20 per ticket.
Alvin Liu with Cornerstone
Gallery will be catering the
lunch.
Thur s da y, Jan. 16
- Heppner C h a m b e r ’s
Annual Town and Country
C om m unity Awards
Event: Nomination forms
will be available starting
Monday, Dec. 9, and need
to be turned into Kuhn Law
Office no later than Friday,
Dec. 20. The event will be
held at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds and the meal
will be catered by Pudding
on the Ritz. The theme is
“Heppner Magic, It’s the
People,” and the event is
sponsored again this year
by Ambre Energy’s Morrow
Pacific Project and Portland
General Electric. The no
host hour will start the
evening out at 6 p.m. with
dinner and the program
to follow. Tickets will be
available starting on Friday,
Jan. 3, at Heppner Chamber
o f Com m erce, Bank of
Eastern Oregon, Murray’s
Drug and Commu n i t y
Bank.
A s w e b e g i n to
close out 2013 and start
planning for 2014, Heppner
Chamber would like to
recognize its members
for their cont ri buti ons
(both monetarily and by
volunteering and offering
s u p p o r t ) to c h a mb e r -
sponsored activities. The
chamber strives to bring
value to businesses, to
communities and to the
chamber as a whole.
“Our hope is that 2014
will be the best year ever
and we will grow even
more together as a team,”
said chamber Executive
Director Sheryll Bates.
Extension office
announces holiday
closures
The Morrow County OSU Extension Office will be
closed to observe the holidays on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day, Dec. 24 and Dec. 25. They will also be
closed New Year’s Day.
Served bv Paradise Rose Chuckwagon
6:30 P.M.
LIVE AUCTION
DANCE
Featuring Bill Mckinney,
DJ and Karaoke
$25.00 PER TICKET INCLUDES DINNER,
DANCE AND ONE COMPLIMENTARY DRINK
For tickets call (541)980-4949
THIS EVENT WILL BENEFIT THE RIC AND PAM
ROSENBALM FIRE FUND
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