TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
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Obituaries
Nadine L. O’Brien
Nadine L. O’Brien
was born Aug. 14, 1927 in
Palouse, WA and passed
away Apr. 10 in Walla Wal-
la, WA. She was the tenth
child of the 13 children
born to Harry and Hattie
(Sellers) Cox.
Nadine married Patrick
O’Brien on Aug. 28, 1949
in Milton Freewater, OR.
They resided in Heppner
for the majority of their
marriage, moving to Walla
Walla in 1990.
O’Brien is survived by
her daughter, Sherri Lynn
O’Brien Watson and son-
in-law, Bill Watson; sister,
Roberta (Bobby) Haer and
numerous nieces and neph-
ews.
She was preceded
in death by her husband,
Patrick; brothers, Clinton
Cox, John LaDow Cox,
Shaldon Cox, Darrel Cox
and LaVonne Cox; sisters,
Zona Marsh, Audrey Smith,
Bethel Smith, Claudine
Smith, Beverly Parks and
Gwen Green.
A graveside service
will be held Apr. 20 at Blue
Mountain Memorial Gar-
dens, 300 SE Myra Rd, Col-
lege Place, WA at 2 p.m.,
followed by a gathering at
the Rancho Villa mobile
home community room at
1396 Dalles Military Rd.
The family suggests
donations be made to Blue
Mountain Humane Society,
7 E George St, Walla Walla,
WA 99362.
Ralph Norton
Ralph Norton, a retired loved spending time with
sawmill worker, died of his family and friends. He
cancer Tuesday, Apr. 10 loved to tell endless stories
at Pioneer Memorial Hos- (often sports related), from
pital in Heppner. He was his life.
Survivors include
97. He was born
his wife Beverly Nor-
June 19, 1920 in
ton at their Heppner
Morrowtown, ID to
residence; three sons,
Alphia and Vivian
Richard Norton and
Junkin Norton. He
wife Rita of Missou-
attended school at
la, MT, George Nor-
Morrowtown and
then high school in Ralph Norton ton and wife Trudy
of Boise, ID, Ralph
Craigmont.
Norton served in the Norton and wife Tami of
Army from Jan. 21, 1943 to Enterprise, OR; daughter-
Nov. 24, 1945, when he was in-law, Pam Norton of Hep-
honorably discharged and pner; 14 grandchildren, 28
was a technician fifth grade great-grandchildren, two
for Battery B anti-aircraft great-great grandchildren
gun battalion. His occupa- and numerous nieces and
tion in the military was a nephews.
He was preceded in
welder combination 256.
Ralph married Beverly death by a son and daugh-
Wallace Fabian on Sept. ter-in-law, Tom and Sue
19, 1953 in Oakland, CA. Norton; parents Alphia and
Ralph gained two sons, Vivian Norton; his broth-
Tom and Richard with the ers Ray, Homer and Mike
marriage and then they had Norton; his sisters Hazel
two more sons, George and Gray and Alta Clute and his
great-granddaughter Emily
Ralph.
The couple owned and Koltonski.
A memorial service
operated a dairy in Cali-
fornia for seven years until will be held Saturday, Apr.
they moved back to Idaho, 21 at 3 p.m. at the Mor-
where he was a sawmill row County fairgrounds.
worker and drove fork lift Friends and family are in-
in the shipping department vited to attend with a light
until he retired in 1982. meal being served follow-
During his retirement he ing the service.
Memorial contributions
worked for the Forest Ser-
vice doing various mainte- can be made in Ralph’s
nance duties for 11 years name to Willow Creek Ter-
before completely retiring race Assisted Living, 400
and later moving to Hep- Frank Gilliam Drive, Hep-
pner, OR 97836 or Pioneer
pner.
He loved fishing, gar- Memorial Hospice, PO Box
dening, woodworking, 9, Heppner, OR 97836.
Arrangements are un-
camping, playing cards and
especially playing cribbage. der the direction of Swee-
He was an avid bowler ney Mortuary in Heppner.
for many years. He also
Over the Tee Cup
WCCC ladies brave
rain showers
The Willow Creek
Country Club ladies braved
the rain showers on their
playday held Apr. 10. Sev-
enteen ladies came out to
play.
Low gross on the field
went to Virginia Grant, low
net to Judy Harris and least
putts to Eva Kilkenny.
Low gross for flight A
was Corol Mitchell, low net
was Pat Edmundson and
least putts went to Karen
Thompson. Longest putt
was Corol Mitchell on hole
number five.
Flight B low gross went
to Betty Burns, low net to
Pat Dougherty and least
putts to Shirley Martin.
Betty Burns had longest
putt.
Sharon Harrison took
low gross on flight C, with
Jackie Allstott and Josie
Kindsfather with a tie for
low net. Lorrene Montgom-
ery had least putts. Jackie
Allstott had the longest
putt.
Shirley Martin man-
aged KP on hole number
four.
Golfers celebrate
Friday the 13 with
fun night
On Friday the 13 th the
Willow Creek golf course
hosted a two-person fun
night with a Friday the
13 th theme. Several players
participated in the first night
out in the cold weather.
The play was a scram-
ble format and included a
putting event on the second
green. Players were also
Local students make
OSU honor roll
biology.
From Irrigon, with
a straight-A average was
Alexus R. Williams, a
freshman studying animal
sciences and with a 3.5 or
better, are Asusena Mu-
noz Flores a sophomore in
human development and
family science and Isabel
Orozco, a senior in bio
health sciences.
A total of 1,398 stu-
dents earned straight-A
averages (4.0). Another
4,609 earned a B-plus (3.5)
or better to make the listing.
To be on the honor roll,
students must carry at least
12 graded hours of course
work.
Several Morrow
County students have been
named to the OSU winter
term scholastic honor roll,
Oregon State University
has announced.
From Heppner, with a
3.5 or better GPA, is Me-
kayla S. Kindle, a senior
studying human develop-
ment and family science.
From Lexington, with a
3.5 or better GPA, is Logan
S. Grieb, a sophomore in
pre-business.
From Ione, with a 3.5
or better GPA, is Oskar M.
Peterson a senior studying
mechanical engineering.
From Boardman, with a
3.5 or better GPA, is Taylor
R. Hamby, a freshman in
Community lunch
menu
United Methodist volunteers will serve lunch on
Wednesday, Apr. 25 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch
will be a build your own taco bar, Mexican rice, lettuce,
onions, olives, jalapenos, cheese, sour cream, tortillas and
apple burritos for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
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Oregon East Symphony, as
well as many other Umatilla
County activities. Having
served as a judge myself,
I appreciate the fact that a
good trial judge is one who
treats all litigants, attorneys
and jurors who come into
court with courtesy and
respect. I believe that will
be one of Rob’s greatest as-
sets as a judge - the ability
to listen and have people
feel that they have truly had
their day in court.
Having known Rob
Collins and his family for
many years, I can vouch
for his integrity, his deep
knowledge of the law and
his sense of fairness and
justice. I would highly rec-
ommend him to you as our
next circuit court judge.
Jeff Wallace, retired
circuit court judge
The Dalles, OR
Re-elect Don Russell
To the editor:
Please join me in re-
electing Don Russell as
Morrow County Commis-
sioner. Don has worked
hard to bring some changes
in the county that have
needed to be done. He al-
ways listens to peoples’
concerns and tries to help
them. Let’s give him an-
other term and the chance
to improve our county.
Vote Don Russell for
Morrow County Commis-
sioner.
John Wenholz, former
Morrow County Commis-
sioner, Irrigon
Births
Alonzo Jack
“AJ” McCabe –
Adam and Shelley
McCabe of Ione an-
nounce the birth of
a son, Alonzo Jack
“AJ” McCabe. AJ was
born on Apr. 9, 2018
in Pendleton, weigh-
ing 8 pounds and was
21.5” long. AJ joins a
brother, Anson.
Maternal grand-
parents are Mark and Tami
Rietmann of Heppner,
great-grandfather is Bill
Rietmann of Ione.
Paternal grandparents
are Ashley and Cathy Mc-
Cabe of Ione, great-grand-
mother Carolyn Hall, Hep-
pner and great-grandparents
Alvin and DeAnna McCabe
of Apache Junction, AZ.
Grange hosting
bingo fundraiser
The Lexington Grange will be hosting a bingo fun-
draiser for the Bowman family on Apr. 27 from 7-10
p.m. The event will include fun, food and prizes with all
proceeds going to the Bowman family to help pay for
medical expenses for Ryker Bowman.
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great growth at the port. He
brings all these experiences
to bear on the job of Mor-
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We believe Don’s continued
experience will be an as-
set and that he will work
toward the best interests of
the whole county.
We value people who
get involved to make a
positive difference and so
we urge you to support Don
Russell for Morrow County
Commissioner.
Sincerely,
John and Ann Murray
Collins for circuit court
judge
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Support Don Russell
To the editor:
We are writing in sup-
port of Don Russell and
his re-election for Morrow
County Commissioner. Don
knows Morrow County. As
a long time county resident
who operated a local family
business with decades of
history in Morrow County,
he shares many of our con-
cerns and experiences. We
can talk with him and he
understands. We appreciate
his business and also his
community service point
ond was Barry Munkers of view.
with 63 and Ron Bowman
Before being elected
was third with 65.
to the board of commis-
Dale Holland and Dave sioners, Don was a Port
Creswick tied for first place
net with a 51. The third
place tie was Bill Morris
and Kelly Fox with 52.
The next scheduled
To the Editor:
play date is Sunday, Apr. 22
I am writing in support
and will be hosted by Barry of Rob Collins to be our
Munkers, Ron Bowman and next circuit court judge.
Duane Disque.
I believe that he has the
right combination of broad
legal experience, judicial
temperament and commu-
nity involvement to be an
th
outstanding judge.
Rob has practiced law
in Pendleton since 1981. He
has represented clients in a
required to play their fist broad cross-section of cas-
drive on hole one wearing es, both civil and criminal.
a wig or a witches hat.
He knows his way around
After the event, prizes a courtroom and as a judge
were awarded and food pro- he would “hit the ground
vided by Sharon Harrison running.” He has served as
was enjoyed.
a pro tem judge for many
The next fun event is years and is knowledgeable
scheduled for May 28 for about courtroom procedure
the Memorial Day family and Oregon law.
BBQ at 4 p.m.
Rob Collins has deep
roots in this community,
serving on the Round-Up
board of directors and the
The Willow Creek
Country Club men’s golf
group hosted 22 golfers on
Sunday, Apr. 15 in the par
three challenge.
Results for the special
events went to Dave Cres-
wick for KP on the putting
green, Charlie Ferguson on
hole nine green and Dave
Pranger was awarded least
putts.
First place gross was
John McCabe with 62, sec-
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