FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, September 3,2014
A View from the Hill
By Doris Brosnan
G ard en h a rv e sts
continue to complement
the menus at the Terrace,
thanks to many wonderful
community neighbors who
have taken pity on these
victims of “deer avarice”.
Apparently, not ev
eryone’s garden is being
depleted by aggressive,
hungry ungulates.
The month of August
was also somewhat a month
of pies at Willow Creek Ter
race, probably because it is
a month of days dedicated
to various, abundant fresh
fruits perfectly suited to
pies.
And now, the fall har
vest o f apples suggests
more pies on the menus
this month. Residents and
staff view this prospect with
pleasure.
Remembering favor
ite poets and poems was a
pleasure at the morning dis
cussion on August 21. and
Manager George Naims
surprised Lucile Peck,
who was Nairns’ second-
and-third-grade teacher,
by reciting a poem that the
student had memorized in
the classroom, more than a
few years ago.
A n o th e r s t a n d
out August day was the
Wednesday spent at the fair,
and one resident also took
in the Sunday rodeo that
week. On Aug. 25, three
residents appreciated the
sounds of Luke Basile and
Dakota Brown at “Music in
the Park,” which had to be
moved inside because of the
outdoor thunder-lightning-
rain show. Everyone at the
morning discussion was
surprised on Aug. 26 to hear
that it was the anniversary
of UPS, which was started
in 1907 as the “American
M essage C om pany” by
19-year-old Jim Casey in
Seattle. Aug. 26 was also
a day for serious discussion
of an amazing woman bom
in 1910, Mother Teresa.
Septem ber co n tin
ues the featuring of some
special days for good dis
cussions and celebrations.
The Japanese formally sur
rendered on September 2,
1945, and residents remem-
ber that event. They also
remember the voice of Paul
Harvey, who will be a topic
on Sept. 4, which also hap
pens to end the preseason-
season and ushers in the
season-season of NFL. On
Sept. 5, “Be Late For Some
thing Day,” the always-
punctual residents will be
challenged, but maybe the
always-late residents will
want to try reversing their
modus operandi.
Grandparents Day is
on September 7, a perfect
day for visiting favorite per
sons at the Terrace. Add
ing to that significance is
its beginning of the week
dedicated as “A ssisted-
Living Week.” “Ballroom-
Dancing Week” begins on
Sept. 21, maybe a chance
for a demonstration of this
“blast from the past” and an
opportunity to “trip the light
fantastic.”
S e p te m b e r 17 is
designated “Constitution
Day.” One organization is
sponsoring a synchronized
Pledge of Allegiance across
the United States, so the
Terrace community will be
checking on line to find out
when that pledge should be
made to coordinate w ith the
rest of the states, hoping to
participate. Also available
on line are opportunities
to test one s know ledge of
the “Constitution”, since
more than one site can be
accessed for this entertain
ment. (This writer obvious
ly needs a refresher course. )
Easier to answer on
September 11 will be the
question: Whose special
day is it? Inside informa
tion: Barbara Struthers.
Barbara will be celebrat
ing her 93rd birthday with
family and friends. We all
view this as a true reason to
celebrate at the Terrace and
in the extended community.
Heppner High School Class of 2004
holds reunion
Left to right: Brian and Megan Smith with sons, Connor and Aaron; Cam and Stefanie
(Hanson) Sweeney with sons. Mack and Keller; Randy and Brooke (Rust) Carnine; Cody
and Lindsey (Clough) Jones with daughter, Fallon; Aaron Smith-Griffith; Darin Skaggs;
Ben and Jessie (Woodward) Smith with children, Aubrey, Hannah and Jude; Blake
(Allstott) Johlke with son, Caden; Justin and Danielle (Looslie) Hoeft with son, Colden.
Members of the Hep
pner High Class o f2004 and
their families met on Friday,
August 29, at the Mor-
row County Fairgrounds
for their 10-year reunion.
Class members enjoyed a
potluck barbecue, visiting
and reminiscing, and the
children played games and
‘entertained everyone,” ac
cording to a spokesperson.
Sheriff's Report
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May 2: -A female from
Irrigon stated there was a
bunch o f screaming and
hollering at the location and
then everyone went home.
She stated that everyone
was gone and no officer was
needed. She stated no one
was injured and it was just
her and the bartender now.
MCSO did not respond.
-MCSO was advised
that James Ernest Stout was
arrested by Umatilla County
Jail on a Morrow County
Circuit Court warrant for
Failure to Appear/Theft II.
-Parole and Probation
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d ir e c to r re p o rte d a
possible verbal dispute
at lo c a tio n . M CSO
responded and arrested
Kelly Ray Finger, 44, for
A ssault IV - D om estic
Violence Misdemeanor and
Harassment.
-MCSO was advised
that Spenger L. Gibbons,
29, was arrested by Gilliam
County on an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for failure to
pay fine on Driving While
suspended Violation.
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Irrigon advised MCSO that
her neighbors had been
having large equipm ent
com ing to th e ir house
making a lot of noise all
night.
-A woman in Irrigon
advised MCSO that she was
getting married that day and
expected a lot of people at
the location.
-A female from Irrigon
advised MCSO that she
received a butt dial from
her sister’s ex-boyfriend.
She could hear a dispute
occurring and also heard
the male hit the female.
The caller was currently in
Stanfield. MCSO responded
and contacted both parties at
the residence. Both subjects
advised verbal only.
-A woman in Heppner
advised that while she was
out o f town, a male was
watching her house. He
was supposed to come in
and check it and then leave.
When she arrived home,
the male was lying on her
couch and had been eating
her food. The caller also
advised there were multiple
items m issing from the
residence.
-/Vn Irrig o n c a lle r
reported that a go cart was
running around, with one
15-17 year old male wearing
a black hat and black shirt.
MCSO made contact and
the male advised he would
Struthers win August Yard of the
Month
By Kay Proctor
August Yard o f the
Month recognition goes
to Ed and Marie Struthers
home at 235 Rock Street in
Heppner.
In 2000, the couple
moved into their energy
efficient (R-38 insulation
factor) home that they de
signed and built together. It
sits on a sloped 90’ x 120’
lot which they have carved
out and created seven ter
races from. No small ac
complishment with little
topsoil and basalt base rock.
Their gardening inter
ests are wide and they have
literally planted everything
from ‘A’ (artichoke, aspara
gus) to ‘Z’(zucchini). They
enjoy garden challenges
such as the bald cypress
trees planted three years
ago. Bald cypress is native
to southern swamps and
wetlands, but two of them
are still growing on the dry,
rocky slope.
Unique materials are Ed and Marie Struthers with their dog. Fair Dinkum
used in their home and
yard. Doorsills are made view to the hill
from diamond plate metal. top. A water fea
Terracing is done with land ture with a fish
scape blocks, rocks and pond provides the
boulders. Walkways are soothing sound of
laid with pavers, tiles or a waterfall. Be
river rock. Ed created stone sides a barbecue
mosaics in the walks, with nearby, they have
designs such as trees, snake, built an outdoor
dome oven for An artichoke grown by the Struthers,
and an owl.
Fruit and nut trees are bread baking with then dried
scattered throughout. Ed bricks from the
espaliered a row of apple old demolished Heppner
trees and in another area, High School.
Retired from the state
mulched beneath a row of
fruit trees with clover and circuit court where she
violas to hold the moisture w orked at the M orrow
in. All produce is canned, County Courthouse, Marie
dried or frozen to enjoy keeps busy with many hob
throughout the year. One bies including spinning,
of the varieties o f plums weaving, looming, knit
grown is the ‘Santa Rosa' ting, and quilting. There
plum, a hybrid developed are plants from the garden
by the famous botanist, used for dyes in her raw
Luther Burbank, who had a materials. She caught her
home and lab in that Cali “compulsion” of gardening
fornia community which is at an early age from her
also Marie’s hometown. Ed grandfather.
Ed retired from Mor
is originally from Condon.
The large backyard row County in the court
has 6’ fencing which has house, as the com puter A stone mosaic of an owl by
s u c c e s s fu lly kept out technician. He has helped Ed Struthers
deer. All kinds of plants develop the Community
have been planted over Garden as a volunteer and they thrive and keep weed
the years in the unfenced his latest hobby is creating free. On average, only
front yard. What is left furniture from juniper. The about three to four hours
has survived the grazing couple sets up a table of per month are spent pulling
deer which includes creep- various wares at Heppner’s the occasional weed, dead
ing thyme, snapdragons, Farmers Market where their heading and maintenance.
Russian sage, yarrow, rud- top seller is homemade Neither chemicals nor a
beckia, ivy and potentilla. mincemeat stuffed cookies. weed eater are used.
The Struthers will cel
M a r ie ’s f a v o r ite
Amazingly, this lush
plants are her numerous ebrate their 50th wedding yard full o f birds, bees,
lavender varieties. Ed’s anniversary next year by beneficial insects and a few
are the grapevines twining returning to where they frogs has not one blade of
around their fence line. He met-at a base in Maryland grass and they do not want
likes to eat them fresh, but where they both were serv any. The Struthers do not
does make juice from them, ing in the Navy. Their four own a lawnmower. Their
too.
children. Pat, Soft, Renee, goal was to have an edible
All watering is done and Dan, all grew up in landscape. In accomplish
with timers, drip line, over Heppner.
ing that, Ed and M arie
head sprinklers, or “drag
Ed and Marie claim created an attractive and
ging the hose around”. By not to have any advice for environmentally friendly
enriching the soil and using others, but a top priority for yard.
mulch, their water bill is them is amending the soil
Yard of the Month is
minimal.
naturally. They do this with co-sponsored by MCGG-
Both state that the peat moss, compost and Green Feed, the City of
back patio is their favorite straw. Ed plants tomatoes Heppner and the Heppner
place. It is private with a right into straw bales where Volunteers.
not do it any more.
-A caller in Heppner
asked that someone swing
by his neighbors' apartment.
They had ^
drinking and
vvere 8e,t*n8 loud. MCSO
advised they would keep it
down.
-MCSO was advised
that Portland Police Bureau
arrested Joshua Lee Rains,
25, and an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for Failure
to Appear on Possession of
Marijuana. Subject was also
arrested on other charges
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^ 0 hold placed,
May 4: -Morrow Coun
ty Sheri fTs Office received
report from an anonymous
Irrigon resident that he
heard loud music, yelling,
laughing and singing com
ing from a residence.
-MCSO received report
of a 911 hang-up from a cell
phone. On call back a male
subject said that he was
broke down on 1-84. He
was given the number of a
towing company.
-MCSO received report
of a brown cow loose, last
seen heading westbound
in Boardman. MCSO re
sponded. but the owner was
already on the scene. The
MCSO Sergeant assisted
the owner in returning the
covv
-MCSO received report
of a car alarm that had been
going off every 15 min
utes for the last hour and
sounding five-10 minutes
at a time in Irrigon. MCSO
responded and attempted
contact at the residence, but
no one was home.
-MCSO cited Victor
Ruben Sanchez M endo
za, 23. for Driving While
Suspended-Violation, No
Motorcycle Endorsement
and Failure to Wear Helmet.
-MCSO received report
o f four people walking
across an Irrigon wom
en’s property. She said that
while she was on the phone,
two subjects crossed the
fence into her neighbor’s
property. MCSO responded
and determined the subjects
work for Bonneville Power
and were doing a survey.
-MCSO received report
o f a brown cow running
down the road by County
Garden Estates in Irrigon.
There were additional calls
and the cow was returned to
its owner.
-MCSO received report
o f a newer silver Chevy
parked at the mill driveway
in Heppner. MCSO re
sponded and the vehicle had
broken down. The owner
left a note stating he would
have it moved the next
Monday.