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A View from the Green
Senior golfers hold
annual meeting
The Columbia Blue
Senior Golf Association
annual meeting was held at
China Creek GC in Arling-
ton on Nov. 5. Election of
officers and the tournament
schedule for 2019 were
some of the items on the
agenda.
Officers elected for
2019 were Tom Hoskot,
Arlington as president;
Rich Hess, The Dalles as
vice-president; Dave Mes-
senger, Condon as past
president; Doug Wilson,
Condon, secretary; Mike
Kyles, Milton-Freewater,
treasurer; Wayne Kostur,
Milton-Freewater as hand-
icap chairman and Al Scott,
Heppner as results chair-
man.
Tournaments sched-
uled for 2019 will be Apr.
8 at The Dalles, May 13 in
Echo, June 10 at Willow
Run in Boardman, July 8 at
Goldendale, Aug. 12 at Big
River in Umatilla, Sept. 9 at
China Creek in Arlington
and Oct. 14 at Milton-Free-
water. The tee times for the
tournaments will be printed
in the annual directory.
Senior golfers who are
age 50 or over, a member
of Willow Creek Country
Club and have a USGA
GHIN system handicap
are eligible to become a
member of the Columbia
Blue Senior Golf Associ-
ation. Those interested in
joining should contact John
Edmundson, local director,
at 541-676-5177.
Community lunch menu
United Methodist volunteers will serve a Thanksgiv-
ing lunch on Wednesday, November 21 at St. Patrick’s
Senior Center. Lunch will be roast turkey, mashed pota-
toes and gravy, green beans, sliced tomatoes, hot rolls and
pumpkin pie for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Churches provide
food boxes
Community members
in need of help keeping
food on the table are invit-
ed to pick up a box load-
ed with fresh and canned
foods along with hygiene
products this Sunday, Nov.
18. This gift, provided by
several area churches, will
take place from 2 to 4 p.m.
(or while supplies last) at
the back entrance of All
Saints Parish Hall on the
corner of Church and Gale
in Heppner.
The food and hygiene
product boxes are provided
with no strings attached and
no questions asked. Home
delivery can be arranged for
those without transporta-
tion by calling the Hopeful
Saints Ministry office at
541-676-9970. Callers are
asked to leave a detailed
message with name, ad-
dress and phone number.
GILLIAM-BISBEE
Obituaries
John William
Jepsen
-Continued from PAGE ONE
John William Jepsen, chester in Heppner. They
87, passed away on Nov. 6 were married in 1962 in
Ione. In April of
at his home in Ione.
1964, they wel-
Jepsen, born in Hep-
comed James (Jim)
pner on Mar. 21,
into their family.
1931, was the son of
In 1970 they ad-
Walter and Matilda
opted Judy Marie
(Burns) Jepsen, the
fourth child in a fam- John William to complete their
family. John was
ily of nine children. Jepsen
supportive of the
He attended and grad-
kid’s involvement
uated from Ione High
School in 1949. According in school, 4-H, and church
to a family member, he was activities. After the kids
mischievous and sometimes were grown, he decided to
led a few students on esca- sell the business and the
home to his son Jim and his
pades.
He worked for farmers wife Gina. John and Jean
in the area for a short time then purchased a smaller
after he graduated and was house and moved a little
inducted into the US Army closer to Ione.
Jepsen was a charter
on Jan. 7, 1953. He com-
pleted his basic training in member of the Ione Li-
San Luis Obispo, CA, then ons Club, Ione American
requested over-seas duty, Legion Post #95, the Ione
being stationed in Germa- Community Church and
ny for two years. While was also a member of the
in Germany he traveled as Pacific Northwest and Or-
much as he could and on egon Pest Control Asso-
his leave time he visited his ciations. He served as a
father’s family in Denmark. deacon for over 30 years
He loved the Army and had and enjoyed doing upkeep
thoughts about an exten- and grounds maintenance at
sion, but decided to come the local churches, as well
home and go to school on as the Legion Hall.
In the past several years
the G.I. Bill, choosing to
be discharged on Dec. 15, he loved spending time with
his grandchildren, traveling
1954.
John attended Ore- with his wife and assisting
gon Technical Institute in anyone in town that ever
Klamath Falls, OR, taking needed a little extra help.
John is survived by his
refrigeration classes for
two years. After graduation wife, Jean; his children, Jim
he came back home and and Judy; his grandchil-
worked for the local farm- dren, David and Heather,
ers. When he couldn’t find great-grandson, Kian and
refrigeration work, he went his siblings, Betty Newton,
to work for Harold Dobyns, Anna Larson, Frank Jepsen
who owned Dobyns Pest and Evelyn Elder.
A memorial service
Control. After one year of
training Dobyns offered was held Nov. 13 at the
to sell John the business, Ione Community Church.
which he bought. He also Burial with military hon-
had hopes to purchase the ors followed at High View
house on the property and Cemetery in Ione.
The online condolence
he finally did in 1961.
In 1961 he met (Betty) book is available at www.
Jean Gray, a hairdresser sweeneymortuary.com.
who worked for Lois Win-
Valby Lutheran Church
Valby Road
Ione Oregon. 97843
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ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
bring the total of 19 new
buildable lots to Morrow
County. McLane said her
department is expecting an
additional application for
10 to 12 new lots
At the Sept. 19 meet-
ing:
The Commissioners
acknowledged three Mor-
row County Sheriff’s Office
personnel whose efforts
were instrumental in saving
the life of a woman on Sept.
10. Letters from the Board
were presented to Marine
Deputy Mike Cahill, Com-
munications Lieutenant
Kristen Bowles and Senior
Communications Deputy
Marcy Walton. The woman
had apparently been intent
on taking her own life on
the Columbia River and
was rescued by Deputy
Cahill.
In other action the
county approved a lease
agreement with the school
district for use of facilities
at the fairgrounds. The lease
includes use of the foot-
ball field, parking areas,
4-H dormitory, sheep barn
annex building and other
facilities. The school uses
the facilities during sport-
ing events. There is no cash
payment for the five-year
lease as the district agrees to
maintain the football field
and take care of cleaning
the grandstand area and
dormitory after school use.
The school also agrees to
take care of routine main-
tenance of the structures
under normal wear and tear.
In other business the
commission approved a
collective bargaining agree-
ment with the Morrow
County Employees Local
union and the road de-
partment employees. The
three-year agreement calls
for a three percent cost of
living salary increase for all
employees.
At the Sept. 26 meet-
ing:
The commissioners
discussed a fire that oc-
curred on the Navy Bomb-
ing range and that the fire
departments from multiple
nearby entities in the county
will see no reimbursement
from the Navy for helping
fight the fire. This refusal to
pay for fire protection help
when there are fires on the
Bombing Range located in
northern Morrow County
near Boardman, has been
a point of friction with fire
departments and the Navy
in the past. It was also not-
ed at the meeting that the
only firefighting assets the
Navy keeps on the Bomb-
ing Range, a tractor and
disc to build fire breaks,
were burned in the most
recent fire.
An agreement was
reached to apply for a grant
to upgrade the electrical fa-
cilities at the Off-Highway
Vehicle Park the county
owns and maintains in the
mountains. If awarded, the
grant would pay for a major
effort to provide addition-
al electrical service to 25
campsites at the park. The
county looked over esti-
mates provided by contrac-
tors and Columbia Basin
Electric to do the work. The
commission voted to sub-
mit a County Opportunity
Grant to the Oregon Parks
& Recreation Department
for the $120,000 electrical
upgrade project. The coun-
ty will ask for $95,918 to
pay contractors and will
itself provide $24,910 in
matching in-kind work for
the project.
Ogden takes
second at National
FFA Convention
Grace Ogden of Ione
competed in the creed
speaking contest at the
National FFA convention
Oct. 27 in Indianapolis,
where she took second
place. The FFA Creed is a
five paragraph poem that
was written by E.M. Tiffa-
ny and was adopted by the
National FFA organization
in 1930. New members, or
green hands, are required to
recite the creed in a contest
and answer questions that
relate to it.
Ogden won the district
competition, going on to
state. There she won the
opportunity to represent
Oregon FFA at the national
convention. Grace compet-
ed against 144,000 people
Grace Ogden at Nationals.
at the national convention,
earning her second place
plaque. A spokesperson
said, “Grace started her
journey last December and
with her determination and
tenacity she has shown she
will go far in life.”
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