TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the
Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage
paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-
9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve.
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Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $30 in
Morrow County; $24 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $36
elsewhere; $30 student subscriptions.
David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
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column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to
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or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space
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be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
Tailgate Trio in
Heppner Sunday
Tailgate Trio
Summer music returns to Heppner City Park this
Sunday, July 19, from 5 to 7 p.m., featuring The Tailgate
Trio from La Grande.
Three gifted musicians who have played both together
and separately in various configurations for decades came
together as a trio during a wet and windy tailgate party
at EOU last fall.
“We play three much-maligned instruments in the
same band—an accordion, dulcimer and the banjo. None
of us play bagpipes so we added the ukulele in many of
its forms as well,” says Sharon Porter, band member.
The band builds its repertoire of Parisian, Cajun, Irish,
Russian, East European and American folk music partly
around the accordion, which Matt Cooper recently took
up after nearly 50 years as a classical and jazz pianist.
This concert series is sponsored by the Morrow
County Unified Recreation District and facilitated by the
Shared Ministry of Hope Lutheran Church and All Saints
Episcopal Church. Supper, including pulled pork sand-
wiches, will be available for purchase to raise funds for
the Shared Ministry’s mission trip to Haiti in November
(for which there are a few openings; call 541-676-9970
for more information).
Chamber lunch
meeting
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce will be on Thursday, July 16, at noon in Hep-
pner City Hall conference room. Sandy Matthews will
speak on the recent trip she and her father, Don Bennett,
took to Washington, D.C.
Cost of lunch is $10; Bucknum’s will cater. An RSVP
is required; chamber lunch attendees are asked to RSVP
at 541-676-5536 no later than the Wednesday before to
guarantee a lunch.
Obituaries
Robert Clayton Kelly
Robert Clayton Kelly,
92, of Mesquite, NV passed
away January 28, 2015.
Bob will have a military
funeral at the Willamette
National Cemetery in Port-
land, OR this Friday, July
17, at 3 p.m.
He was born July 26,
1922 in San Diego, CA to
Albert Clayton Kelly and
Meta Andersen Kelly. The
family moved to Daven-
port, IA in 1927, where Bob
graduated from Davenport
High School.
Following high school,
Bob graduated from the
California Maritime Acad-
emy. He was commissioned
as an Ensign USNR and as
an ensign in the U.S. Mari-
time Service. He worked as
a shipboard engineer during
World War II in the South
Pacific.
In 1950, Bob gradu-
ated from Oregon State
University with a Bachelor
of Science in geology and
entered active duty in the
Navy at the beginning of
the Korean conflict. In that
same year he married Ma-
rylou Ferguson of Heppner.
After his Navy duty, he was
employed by the Sea Lift
Command as a shipboard
engineer, sailing between
the Pacific Coast and the
Pacific Rim area. He retired
from the Naval Reserves in
1967 as a Lieutenant Com-
mander.
In 1955, Bob gradu-
ated from the University of
Washington with a master’s
degree in business admin-
istration. From 1955-67
he worked in management
positions for Scott Paper
Company and the Boeing
Company. In 1968 Bob
was hired as an instructor at
Blue Mountain Community
College (BMCC) in Pend-
leton, OR. He was later ap-
pointed Dean of Instruction.
Bob worked as dean until
his retirement in 1987.
Bob was an active
member of the Al Kader
Shriners, Heppner Elk’s
Lodge, and a life member
of the Masons.
Bob’s wife, Marylou,
passed away in 1980. He
married Starla Jewell in
1986. The couple lived
in Northern Virginia for
many years before retiring
to Mesquite in 2005. Bob
enjoyed the weather and
golf courses. He continued
his lifelong interest in busi-
ness and economics, as well
as history. He was a world
traveler and loved nothing
better than a trip to a new
country and learning about
the history and geology of
the area, and any golfing
opportunities.
He is survived by his
wife, Starla; his daugh-
ters, Luanne Hurl (Jim)
and Shannon Kelly; three
stepchildren; four grand-
children; four step-grand-
children; and seven great-
grandchildren.
working on a wheat ranch from this time of family
in Washington, he decided vacations spent camping
to return on his own to and fishing at Redfish Lake
Heppner, where he lived in Idaho.
In 1972, Al left Allstate
with the Gonty family and
and moved with his
was able to graduate
wife and daugh-
from Heppner High
ters to the Portland
School in 1954. He
area, where he was
married Nancy An-
a Farmers Insurance
derson of Heppner
agent for 37 years.
in 1958 and went
He and Nancy later
on to graduate from
divorced. He sub-
Eastern Oregon
Albert “Al”
sequently remar-
College in 1959.
L. Parent
ried and was active
After taking
with his step-sons
classes toward a
in
youth
sports, coaching
graduate degree at the Uni-
baseball
and
acting as an
versity of Oregon, in 1962
umpire
at
high
school and
Al began a career in the
college
games.
That mar-
insurance industry with
riage
ended
in
divorce.
Allstate Insurance, where
Upon
retirement
in
2008, he
he received numerous sales
moved
to
a
200-acre
ranch
awards and promotions
in
Grand
Ronde,
where
he
while working at offices in
happily
owned
and
oper-
Salem, Oregon City, Boise
and Spokane. His daughters ated Cody’s Hay and Cattle
have many fond memories Co. until he passed away.
He was preceded in
death by his parents; broth-
er, Leslie; and sister, Joyce.
He is survived by:
daughters, Lisa Parent of
Portland, Shelly Parent and
husband Steve Korsness
of Sherwood, and Alison
Parent of Berlin, Germa-
ny; stepsons Matt Gehrke
of Gladstone and Geoff
Gehrke and partner Donna
Kirkpatrick of Panama City,
FL; and eight grandchil-
dren.
Al loved Eastern Or-
egon, the high desert and
the western lifestyle. He
remained grateful to the
end of his life for the home
he found in Heppner and in
that spirit his family returns
him there to rest.
Adamson’s Sheridan
Funeral Home of Sheridan
is in charge of the arrange-
ments.
Albert ‘Al’ L. Parent
Albert “Al” Parent, 79,
died Thursday, June 18,
2015 at his home in Grand
Ronde, OR. A graveside
service will be held Tues-
day, July 21, at 3 p.m. at
the Heppner Masonic Cem-
etery.
Al was born November
3, 1935 in West Plains,
MO to Orville and Myrtha
Marie Parent. His family
moved frequently, settling
for a time in the Spokane
area, before moving to Hep-
pner in 1951, where he
hoped they would remain.
Tragedy struck, however,
in November of 1952 when
Al’s brother, Leslie, died
at age 11 of a congenital
heart defect and the family
subsequently splintered.
Al then lived and attended
high school in Prineville
until the end of his junior
year. After a summer spent
HHS alumni ‘celebrate A visit to Nazareth at
the 60s’ this weekend VBS next week
The Heppner High ture Museum in Heppner
School Class of 1965 will
be hosting a “Celebrate
the 60s” class reunion this
weekend in Heppner.
Every Heppner High
School class from the 60s,
as well as friends and fami-
lies, has been invited to join
in the celebration.
Friday, July 24, the
group will have a no-host
parmesan chicken dinner
at the Elks Lodge from 6-8
p.m.
Saturday, July 25, it will
be time to tee off at Willow
Creek Country Club for a
time of golf, pizza, drinks
and fellowship from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Participants are
asked to bring chairs.
That afternoon, Mor-
row County Museum and
Morrow County Agricul-
will be open 12-4 p.m.
That evening, a dinner and
dance is planned back at the
Heppner Elks Lodge. Social
hour begins at 5 p.m. Reser-
vations are required for din-
ner and a program, which
will run from 6-8 p.m. From
8 p.m. until midnight, the
evening will be all about
60s music, featuring alumni
karaoke talent.
Sunday, July 26, the
group will finish off the
weekend with worship at
Heppner City Park, 10:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m. Again, at-
tendees are asked to bring
chairs.
Contact Stuart Dick,
541-377-5451, or Ken
Evans, 541-922-3849, for
more information.
THE LANDING RESTAURANT
We Are Back to Business as Usual!
We would like to say:
To Heppner Community , OHV Guests,
Forest Service and Employees for
understanding our circumstances.
Appreciation Night
Saturday, July 18
Prime Rib $18.95
Reservations Req uired
Landing at Morrow County OHV Park
Hours: mon-Sat 8am-8pm Sunday 8am-6pm
541-969-3822
find us on facebook www.facebook.com/TheLandingLodge
Community children
ages four to 12 are invited to
visit “Hometown Nazareth,
Where Jesus was a Kid”—
a week of vacation Bible
school sponsored by five
Heppner churches (Bap-
tist, Episcopal, Lutheran,
Methodist and Nazarene)
beginning Monday, July
20, through Friday, July 24,
from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
at Hope Lutheran Church
and the adjacent parsonage
lawn.
A free supper will be
served to the children each
night, and parents are in-
vited to attend the final
wrap-up session on Friday
evening, followed by an
ice-cream social.
There is no cost to at-
tend, but parents will need
to complete a registration
form for each child. Those
who would like to pre-
register their children will
find a VBS registration
table at Music in the Park
on Sunday, July 19.
Shared Ministry
plans for well-drilling
mission trip
Drilling wells for peo-
ple in parts of the world
where clean water is
scarce has been a goal of
the Shared Ministry of All
Saints Episcopal and Hope
Lutheran churches in Hep-
pner. The next mission trip
will be to Haiti this fall.
There are openings
available in the 12-person
team going to Haiti Oct. 31
through Nov. 6 of this year.
The trip is made through
Living Water International.
The team will participate in
the actual drilling process
and teach hygiene practices
to the local people.
The trip will require
payment of $1,900, which
covers all expenses includ-
ing air travel, food and
lodging. Fundraisers, some
of which have already oc-
curred, will offset some of
the cost.
To get more informa-
tion, or to be added to the
list, please contact the
Shared Ministry office at
676-9970.
Community lunch
menu
On Wednesday, July 22, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center,
local volunteers will serve a meal that will include build-
your-own chef’s salad with croutons, garlic toast and
melons. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation
is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Murray's Gift Registry
Laurie Murray & Sean Wood Wedding - September 5
Kelly Nelson Baby Shower - July 17
Murray's Drug, 217 N. Main, Heppner • Phone 676-9158