TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Births
Deaths
Finnley Marie Palmer—Spencer and Krystal Palmer
of Rexburg, ID are happy to announce the birth of their
daughter, Finnley
Marie Palmer. Finn-
ley was born Feb. 20,
2015. She weighed 8
pounds, 5 ounces and
was 21 inches long.
Grandparents are
Larry and Tina Palm-
er of Heppner and
Chuck and K’Lynne
Wagner of Phoenix,
OR.
Great-grandpar-
ents are Jerry and
Janet Kloeppel of Finnley Marie Palmer
Vernal, UT; Shirley
Palmer of Heppner; and Kent and Karen Hugh of Cedar
City, UT.
Sam Hornbeck—Heppner resident Sam Hornbeck,
76, passed away March 20, 2015. He was born March 4,
1939. A full obituary will follow at a later time.
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PROCTOR RETIRES
-Continued from PAGE ONE catch up on some projects
Beautification Commit-
tee, she isn’t retiring from
public life altogether. She
plans to stay active in the
community, volunteering
her time where needed.
“I love volunteering.
This community has done a
lot for my family,” she says.
“There’s always something
to volunteer for.”
As for the decision to
retire now, “Sixty was a
magic number, I guess,” she
says, but adds that she also
retired to spend more time
with her three grandchil-
dren. That includes taking
care of two of her grandkids
for daughter Julie, who also
works at Bank of EO.
With a little more free
time, she says she hopes to
and maybe learn to play
the piano.
“Maybe I’ll write that
novel I’ve had in my head
for years,” says Proctor.
She also says she has
been fortunate to do a lot of
travelling, but would like to
do more.
“When Mike retires,
I’m gonna drag him around
to finish seeing every state
in the Union.
“I’ll tell him we’ll go
fishing in every state in the
Union,” she jokes. “That
will make him happy.”
For now, though, she’s
says she’s content where
she is.
“I’m very blessed, very
lucky to live in South Mor-
row County.”
Valby plans Palm
Sunday, Easter services
All are welcome to attend services at Valby Lutheran
Church on Palm Sunday and Easter, March 29 and
April 5.
Palm Sunday—March 29—Pastor Wes Sackmann
will lead the service, which begins at 10 a.m. Coffee hour
and fellowship time will follow. The old wooden cross
will be veiled in black and displayed at the front door of
the church.
April 5, Easter Sunday, Rev. Lea Mathieu will lead
the 10 a.m. Easter service. An Easter breakfast will fol-
low. The old wooden cross again will be displayed at the
front of the church but will be unveiled and decorated
with fresh flowers to declare, “He has risen!” Those who
wish to may bring flowers and place them on the cross.
HUMC this week
Palm branches and a sanna in the Highest,” “I
processional lead the jour- Will Enter His Gates,” “Tell
ney into the Palm Sunday Me the Stories of Jesus,”
service at Heppner Unit- “King of Kings, Lord of
ed Methodist Church this Lords” and the “Battle
week.
Hymn of the Republic.”
Rick Drake will lead
A fellowship time will
this week’s service with be held in the community
his message, “Keeping the room following the service.
Passion of Palm Sunday.”
Service begins at 10:30
The choir will sing a.m. All are welcome. The
“Take Me to the Cross.” Heppner United Methodist
Liturgist Ellen Rollis will Church is located at 175
read from the books of West Church St. For more
Mark, Isaiah and Philip- information call 541-676-
pians.
9224 or e-mail heppnero-
Hymns
will
include
regonmethodists@gmail.
classmates from the 60s are
“Hosanna,
Hosanna,
Ho-
com.
invited to attend the meet-
ing to help plan the event.
A game of shotgun golf
and pizza feed at the Willow
Creek Country Club, as
well as a dinner and dance
Twenty men participated in the Sunday men’s club
at the Heppner Elks Lodge kick-off breakfast and play. Breakfast was served by the
with Heppner/local home- Willow Creek Country Club board.
grown entertainment, will
Results were as follows:
be the centerpieces of the
1 st Low Gross-Matt Scrivner, 64; 2 nd Low Gross-Erin
reunion.
Mason, 66; and 3 rd Low Gross-Derek Gunderson, 67.
Questions, contact Ken
1 st Low Net- Dave Pranger, 54; and 2 nd Low Net-Kelly
Evans, 541-922-3949, or Fox and Tom Shear, 56.
Stuart Dick, 541-377-5451.
Special Events: KP 4/13, Mike Doherty; KP 2 nd shot
Heppner class of ’65
celebrates the ‘60s
The class of 1965 is
extending an invitation to
all Heppner classes of the
1960s to their 50 th class
reunion July 24-25 in Hep-
pner.
Also on the calendar is
a second planning meeting
for the “Celebrate the ‘60s”
reunion on Tuesday, March
31, at 6 p.m. at The Barn
restaurant in Lexington.
Each class has a represen-
tative to help notify their
classmates. Any Heppner
WCCC men’s club
results
8/17, Matt Scrivner; Least Putts, Charlie Ferguson, 28.
Next men’s play will be March 29. Ron Bowman,
Duane Disque and Dave Gunderson will be hosting the
The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the 8 a.m. tee-off time.
following report of marriage licenses:
March 19, 2015: -Euell Dwayne Hickam Jr., 67, of
Boise, ID and Sylvia Lee Anderson, 65, of Chino, CA.
Marriage Licenses
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St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish members will serve lunch
on Wednesday, April 1, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
The meal will include an Easter spread of ham, scal-
loped potatoes, green beans, carrot salad, hot rolls and
cake. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Kinzua Lunch Group
The first Kinzua lunch of the year was held at Service
Creek on March 20.
Those attending were Betty Breeding, Monument; OL
and Jean Ann Adams, and Bonnie Campbell, Heppner;
Gael Liptak, Condon; James Craig, Stanfield; Pat Hyatt,
Rollene Allen, Bob and MaryLee Britt, and Marilyn Gar-
cia, Fossil; and Frank and Melba Cecil, Spray.
The next lunch will be April 17 at Service Creek at
11:30 a.m.
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Op/Ed
Wolf attack a cow
man’s nightmare
Editor’s note: Reprinted from the Wallowa County
Chieftain. Mack Birkmaier, a past president of the Oregon
Cattlemen’s Association, is a lifetime rancher on Crow
Creek and Joseph Creek in Wallowa County.
Wolves attacked and stampeded 250 head of very
pregnant cows (calving start date March 1) on the Birk-
maier private land on Crow Creek pass Feb. 12, 2015.
The cows were wintering on the open bunch grass range
receiving one-half feed of alfalfa hay. This 1,700-acre
piece of land is about 10 miles northeast of Joseph. These
cows were to be moved to the Birkmaier home ranch at
the mouth of Crow Creek the last of February (the ranch
is about 20 miles north).
With no warning from agency people, who normally
warn producers of wolves in the area, the wolves attacked
in the night. The herd split into three groups. One group of
about 70 cows went east, running in total panic, obliterat-
ing several barb wire fences. These cows ran about two
miles to the Zumwalt road, then south and west about five
miles down the OK Gulch road to the Wallowa Valley,
then north to the Birkmaier ranch land, about three miles,
then reversed and ran about three miles south where they
were stopped. These cattle were wet from the condensa-
tion of cold air on their overheated bodies. Their tongues
were out gasping for air.
Another bunch went north through several fences to
the Krebs ranch, about four miles, then back and were go-
ing in a large circle still running when they were stopped.
A third bunch stayed in the pasture, but were in a high
state of panic. The cattle could not be fed for two days.
They ran away from hay and the pickup trying to feed
them. None were killed, no broken legs or stifled joints;
some cuts from barbed wire, not serious. We thought we
were lucky. The rest of the story, we feared, would be
told at calving time and maybe before. By the way, the
attacking wolves, from the Umatilla Pack, were at Dug
Bar on the Snake River the next day (32 air miles away
and over a mile climbing and descending).
Now about fladry and why it wasn’t used. Fladry was
not an option under these conditions on a large area with
cattle grazing out in the winter time. Fladry is an electric
wire with strips of colored plastic attached. Wolf cheer-
leaders, both local and everywhere, claim this cureall is
the answer to end all wolf depredations. Our experience:
It may have a place on small acreages; we find it hard to
keep it electrified. Wet snow will take it to the ground,
wind blows tumbleweeds and mustard plants into it and
if you use existing fences to put it on, wind blows it into
the wires of existing fence and shorts it out. To use it on
larger acreages requires a separate fence and many electric
fence controllers and it’s just impractical.
In the early days of the wolf debate, fladry was offered
as a tool by the agencies and enviro groups to suck stock
producers in to thinking they could use this to protect
their animals. If it was practical it probably wouldn’t be
stacked up in the courthouse. Talking to other ranches in
other states confirms our belief that most ranchers know
it doesn’t work, and so does the wolf.
As I write this on the 11th day of March, 50 cows have
calved. Our worst fears are coming true: one aborted a
few days after the attack; three backwards hind feet first;
one upside down and backwards (the hind leg of this calf
penetrated both the virginal and rectal walls); one more
upside down and backwards; one tail first (breech); two
with legs turned back; one with head turned back. Several
vaginal prolapses probably caused by improperly posi-
tioned calves. Is this indirect loss or what?
My son Tom and his wife Kelly have had to deal with
this horrible task night and day, 31 miles from vet clinics
and assistance. What kind of people support turning the
terrorist of the animal kingdom loose on these defenseless
animals and inflicting this kind of pain and loss? When
I think of my family out in the barn trying their best to
save these poor animals — it takes hours with good luck
to straighten and get them out — I get damn mad. Who
do I blame? After devoting about 10 years of my life to
fighting this invasion of wolves from neighboring states
through the political system, attending numerous ODFW
hearings and workshops all over the state and participating
in the largest “no wolf” hearing in the state of Oregon at
Enterprise, and losing it all when we were slam-dunked
by the ODFW commission in Troutdale (who, by the way,
didn’t have guts enough to attend the Enterprise hearing)
yea, I’m bitter.
We lost eight calves this summer, we were com-
pensated for one. If we aren’t compensated for indirect
loss from wolves, our ranch and all others are in serious
jeopardy.
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