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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Morrow C ounty’s Hom e-Owned Weekly N ewspaper
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David Sykes............................................................................................... Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo............................................................................................. Editor
Funeral Notice
Barbara A. Gilbert— Barbara A. Gilbert, 93, died
February 19, 2014 in Eugene. OR. A graveside memorial
service will be held Saturday, July 26. 2014 at 11 a m.
at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. A potluck reception
will follow from 1 to 5 p.m. at Cutsforth Park. Sweeney
Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements.
Local student plans
Africa mission trip
presentation
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August chamber
lunch meetings
Sebastian Wenberj; with a group of children during his recent
trip to Africa. -Contributedphoto
The August lunch meetings of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be an all entities report on Thursday,
Aug. 7, and guest speaker Gary Neal with the Port of
Morrow on Thursday, Aug. 21.
Meetings are at noon in Heppner City Hall conference
room.
Cost o f lunch is S10. Chamber lunch attendees
are asked to RSVP at 541-676-5536 no later than the
Wednesday before to guarantee a lunch.
Community lunch
menu
Willow Creek Baptist Church members will serve
lunch on Wednesday, July 30, at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center.
The meal will include a turkey bake of mashed
potatoes and dressing layered with turkey, mixed
vegetables, cranberry sauce and strawberry Jell-O parfait.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50
per meal.
Menu is subject to change.
G E R A L D C. S U M N E R
Feb. 1 9 3 9 - M a y 2014
Some of you reading this may remember Jay
as “Jay Bird”. Our family
moved to Heppner when
he was 6 years old. He was
anxious to leave, as many of
us Heppner kids were, when
we graduated. He went to
Oregon State, receiving a BS
in Statistics. He moved on to
UCLA for his Master's and
PhD. Degrees. (But, don't
dare call him”Dr. Sumner”!)
Jay was a statistician.
He w rote su rv ey s and
samplings, and interpreted
them for the US government,
the State ofCalifomia, UCLA, and the University of Peru,
and other agencies. He worked for Rand Corporation for a
total of 20 years and UCLA in statistical research. Much
of his career he was self-employed. He authored and co
authored numerous books and papers on the subject of
statistical research.
After graduating from OSU, he worked as a
gardener (many calls to Mom) for room and board for
the Matells (think “Barbie doll”). Later on he worked for
Helen Sheats, a silent film star-turned painter. He did this
with a couple of other families before he struck out on
his own.
He bought property on a Malibu mountain side.
Grand view of the ocean. Here he built his house. He
read books, took classes, and generally taught himself.
In the same way he built his furniture. He had timbers
from the construction of The Dalles Dam sunk 30 feet to
bedrock, so had no fear of sliding off the mountain side
during the rains that cause many land slides. Fires? He
said, “Everyone knows that if you stay with your house
you have a better chance of saving it.” So he stayed.
Unfortunately, so did the eucalyptus trees...he didn't like
them much.
In his young years he fell in love with the idea
of rain forests. When he finally walked in one, in Costa
Rica, he found his fantasies, but also that rain forests were
more than he ever could have imagined. He loved Costa
Rica, went there several times, and considered retiring
there.
But, when he did, he came to Oregon, where
most of the family still is. Urban life in Portland was a
big change from the quiet mountain side. In fact, he slept
in his walk-in closet for the 1st couple of weeks because
of the night lights.
Jay was an avid hiker. He hiked in all 3 Americas,
and especially in our gorgeous Northwest. He became
close to younger members in our family doing this. The
people he did these activities with became close friends.
They all have their own stories of him. All these friends
and families remark about how good a man he was. He
cared. He kept in close touch with his family.
Our parents, Cal and Jerry Sumner are gone,
as are the siblings—Jeanne, Tom, Jim, Jack. Four from
cancer, and now Jay on May 5th.. He's survived by me, the
youngest, Laura Lee Sumner Krenk, our sisters-in-law,
Phyllis and Joan Sumner and our wonderful family of
nephews and nieces and their children and their children.
So, brother Jay: scholar, mathematician, musician,
composer o f music, poet, writer, builder o f houses,
builder o f furniture, gardener, mountaineer, hiker, skier,
observer of nature and human kind, and close and loving
man to your family and friends, we bid you adieu We are
loving you always.
Laura
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S eb astian W enberg
recently went on a mission
tr ip th e D e m o c r a tic
Republ ic of Congo in A frica
to hold an evangelistic
series about the Bible with
the people in the capital city
of Kinshasa.
Wenberg is going to
share his trip experience
this Saturday, July 26,
at the Heppner Seventh-
day Adventist Church at
11 a m. There will be a
potluck dinner following
the presentation. All are
w elcom e to com e hear
about his trip.
Shared Ministry plans
summer activities
Art , music featured in church
events for whole family
The Shared Ministry of
Hope Lutheran Church and
All Saints Episcopal Church
has launched a summer Art
& Music Camp, to be held
on Monday and Wednesday
afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m.
in the basement of Hope
Lutheran Church (comer of
Alfalfa and Cowins).
The first session began
on July 21, and this first
week will be devoted to
paint, using a variety of
techniques. Pre-registration
is not n e c e ssa ry , and
everyone is welcome to
attend at any time on a
drop-in basis.
The camp is intended
as “an op p o rtu n ity for
both children and adults
of all ages to exercise their
creativity and just have
some fun during these long
summer days.”
On Saturday, July 26,
the Shared Ministry will host
a Hand Chime Workshop at
Hope Lutheran Church
beginning at 10 a.m. and
continuing through lunch,
led by Dean and Judi Mason
of Hermiston.
The church recently
acquired a two-octave set
of hand chimes for use in
teaching basic music skills
to children, in addition
to en h an cing w orship.
Community members are
welcome to attend.
More information about
Shared Ministry activities
is available by calling the
office at 541-676-9970.
Kinzua Lunch Group
A small group of four, including Bob and Mary Lee
Britt, Pat Hyatt and Marilyn Garcia, met for lunch on July
18. The group celebrated Pat Hyatt’s birthday, a great
visit and good food.
The next Kinzua lunch will be Aug. 15 at 11:30 a.m.
at Service Creek.
Home-school support
group to meet
South Morrow County
families who home-school
or who are interested in
finding out more are invited
to a meeting next Thursday,
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The meeting is intended
for those who do or plan to
home-school and would
like to form a support
netw ork, as well as for
those who are interested in
home-schooling but would
like to find out more.
For more information,
contact Andrea at 541 -989-
8184 or Jessie at 541-701 -
4896.
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Public comment
meetings denied by
forest supervisors
In a letter dated July 17 of2014 the Forest Supervisors
of the three national forests (Wallowa-Whitman, Malheur
and Umatilla) of the Blue Mountains closed the door
on public comment meetings to the people of Eastern
Oregon.
Mr. Laurence of Baker, Ms. Raaf of John Day, and
Mr. Martin of Pendleton all signed a letter provided
to this paper stating that they did not feel there was a
need for public comment meetings, and no extension
was warranted as they were doing their due diligence
to interact with the public o f Eastern Oregon. Mr.
Laurence assured a group of people on March 1 that such
meetings would take place; now he is declining to move
forward with those meetings as promised, yet another
misrepresentation of the truth.
The people of Eastern Oregon not only deserve to
have open public comment meetings on the Forest Plan
Revision, they require such meetings because of the
limited opportunities they have to comment on the 1,400-
page document. The U.S. Forest Service has supplied
three electronic means to submit comments, and one paper
means, all in written format, with no way to articulate the
positions verbally, and has also stated you may visit a
supervisors or district office to submit comments, that is
if one wants to be made to feel like a criminal in accessing
an office building, or can get an appointment with a Forest
Service employee to discuss the matter.
It is grossly apparent the USFS in Eastern Oregon
does not want to engage with the public in Eastern Oregon
in an open forum public comment meeting, and they are
hoping that the written comment method will help limit
the amount of comments they will receive in the matter.
You must stand up for yourselves and have a voice.
Please contact the below people and let them know you
expect and demand public comment meetings before the
Aug. 15 cutoff deadline or request an extension of the
comment period on the Forest Plan Revision.
Wallowa Whitman Forest Supervisor - John Laurence
- jalaurence@fs.fed.us
Malheur Forest Supervisor Teresa Raaf - traaf@
fs.fed.us
Umatilla Forest Supervisor Kevin Martin - kdmartin@
fs.fed.us
Regional Forester Pena - jpena@fs.fed.us
Secretary Vilsack-tom.vilsack@usda.gov
Chief Tidwell - ttidwell@fs.fed.us
(s)John D. George, Bates, OR
Editor s note Below is the text o f the letter from the
forest supervisors to Mr. Bates, which he provided to the
Gazette along with his letter to the editor.
Date: July 17,2014
Mr. John George
34266 Austin Road
Bates, OR 97817
Dear Mr. George:
Thank you for your emails of June 23, 2014 and July
13, 2014. We have considered your request for holding
forma! public comment meetings. After this consideration
we do not plan on holding formal public comment
meetings based on these factors:
1. There are a number of ways the public can provide
comments on the Proposed Revised Land Management
Plan and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement;
2. Information is summarized on the plan revision
web site at
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_
DOCUMENTS/stelprd3793222.pdf, and
https://cara.ecosystem -m anagem ent.org/Public/
Conimentlnput?Project=31195;
3. Since the Draft Release, we have continued to
engage the public through media outreach, a webinar,
and answering questions over the phone and by email;
4. When county governments and interest groups,
including yours, originally requested an extension of
the comment period, the Regional Forester considered
a 30, 60, or 90 day extension. Based on a number of
factors, including the complexity of the plan revision
effort, he settled on 60 days as the appropriate extension.
We support that decision and would recommend that he
continue with the plan to end the comment period on
August 15. 2014.
Thank you for your interest in the National Forests
of the Blue Mountains.
Sincerely,
JOHN A. LAURENCE
Forest Supervisor
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Wallowa Whitman NF
KEVIN D. MARTIN
Forest Supervisor
Umatilla NF
TERESA RAAF
Forest Supervisor
Malheur NF
TO OUR AMAZING FRIENDS AND FAMILY. ....
You are invited to join in the marriage of
CHARISSA GATES and JIM N E W M AN
Saturday, August 2nd, 2014 a t 11:00 am
lone City Park, lone, OR
Reception to follow a t lone Legion Hall.
For in q u iries p lease con tact Arlynda G ates
at gatesarlyn d a@ h otm ail.com or call 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 3 3 4
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