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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 20, 2019 -- THREE Obituaries Kenneth “Kenny” Gates Delta Martha Huber K e n n e t h “ K e n n y ” spending time at the chip Gates, 73, of Lexington plant and watching trucks passed away on Monday, coming through. He also enjoyed trips to March 11 in Heppner. Sumpter to stay a A memorial service will few days with his be held Friday, March sister Bonnie. 22 at 11 a.m. the Lex- Kenny be- ington Bible Church. longed to the He was adopted at Truck Loggers age five by his grand- Kenneth Association and parents, Lillian and “Kenny” Fraternal Order Jack Gates. Kenny was Gates of Eagles where raised on the Middle Fork of the John Day River he achieved golden Eagle. on the Jack Gates Ranch He was a proud and active from birth until the age of member of AA. He cher- twelve. When he lost his be- ished the years as a member loved father, the ranch was and a sponsor to many. He sold. From there he moved was loved and adored by constantly across Oregon, many for his helpful, kind, caring and gentle heart. Washington and Idaho. He was preceded in He moved to Lexington in his teens and met the love death by his parents, Lillian of his life, Candace Papin- and Jack Gates and Kenneth eau. They were married on Hallanger as well as a neph- June 17, 1967. The couple ew, Kenneth “Little Kenny” lived in Lexington their en- Graves. Survivors include his tire life. Kenny was proud that as a husband and father beloved wife Candace; he provided a stable home- his children, Melissa and life with the purchase and Michael Towers, Melanie ownership of two homes Gates and Will Martin; for his family. He worked five grandchildren and a at Morrow County Road great grandson. He is also department, Kinzua Pine survived by his mother, Mill and for various logging Connie Lucille; sisters, companies. He then became Bonnie Paullus and Rita an owner/operator of his Woolsey and many nieces own logging trucks. It was and nephews. Memorial contributions his dream and he enjoyed the long hours and trips to may be made to the Rheu- matoid Arthritis Foundation the woods. Kenny enjoyed hunt- at https://www.helpfightta. ing, fishing, camping and org. You may sign the on- anything and everything in the mountains. When his line condolence book at health didn’t allow him to www.sweeneymortuary. drive truck, he then enjoyed com. Delta Martha Huber dentist). Delta loved nature died March 14 at the home and the outdoors and taught her family the val- of her daughter in Van- ue of exercise and couver, WA. She was healthy eating long born April 11, 1924, in before it was fash- Umapine, OR, where ionable. her parents met and She is survived married. The family by her four chil- moved to La Grande, Delta dren, Marianne OR when she was a Martha Huber Brams, David Hu- small child, then to College Place, WA so she ber, Gary Huber and Lucy and her four siblings could Huber-Dawes; three grand- attend Walla Walla College. children, as well as her She attended nursing school sisters, Christina Gerking there and at Portland San- and Hazel Davis. Delta will be buried itorium until she married Harold Huber in 1947. She next to Harold in the Herm- completed her Bachelor of iston Cemetery. There will Science in nursing at Co- be a brief memorial cer- lumbia Basin College after emony there at 2 p.m. on launching four children Thursday, March 28, with into the world. Harold and a reception following at the Delta were married for 65 Best Western Hermiston years until Harold’s death Inn, 2255 Highway 395 South, Hermiston, OR. in 2012. Burns Mortuary of Harold and Delta lived most of their lives in Hep- Hermiston is in care of local pner where they first built a arrangements. Memories of home on the hill. They later Delta may be shared with bought a ranch they called her family at burnsmortua- Toothacres (a reference to ryhermiston.com Harold’s job as the town Lexington schedules community meeting A community meeting to discuss applications for upcoming grants will be held Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. at the town hall in Lexington. Everyone is invited to bring ideas and suggestions. For additional information contact the Lexington town hall at 541-989-8515. Morrow County Health District hosts open house at Irri- gon Medical Clinic Newly expanded clinic offering more essential health services Morrow County Health District will host an open house at Irrigon Medical Clinic located at 220 N Main St., Irrigon, on Thurs- day, March 21 from noon to 2:30 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Guests are invited to tour the newly remodeled facil- ity and learn about the va- riety of services, programs and free community classes to be offered at the clinic. “We have nearly dou- bled our clinic space in size. This expansion project was necessary for many reasons, including to accommodate our significant increase in patient volumes. Increas- ing the space was the first step to better meeting our community’s health needs. Now, we are actively re- cruiting additional health professionals and expect to have news on this front by early summer 2019,” said Bob Houser, CEO of Mor- row County Health District. Boardman sponsors Cattle Barons spring clean up scholarships available The city of Boardman will sponsor a communi- ty-wide clean-up during the month of April. The city has garbage vouchers available, with a fifty-dollar limit, to residents of the city of Boardman. The vouchers are valid during the month of April at Finley Butte Landfill and the North Morrow Trans- fer Station. The garbage voucher program encourag- es citizens to clean up their residences by disposing of yard debris. City residents may pick up their vouchers at Board- man City Hall at 200 City Center Circle beginning April 1. For additional in- formation on this program, call Boardman City Hall at 541-481-9252. Cooking class reschedules celebration February marked one year of vegetarian cooking classes. Due to the weather, the celebration that was to be held Feb. 26 has been rescheduled to March 26. The class participants are asked to bring their favorite vegetarian or plant- based potluck dish to share with the class. The instruc- tor will demonstrate and provide a plant-based des- sert. You may bring copies of your recipe to share with the class if you would like. The class will be held Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. at the Heppner SDA church gym. For additional infor- mation, contact Cynthia at 541-561-9132. Pendleton Cattle Bar- ons Weekend scholarship program is available for applicants again this year. Cattle Barons will award scholarships to young adults who are enrolled in or will be enrolled in under- graduate or graduate studies in the field of agriculture. Applicants must be from the Eastern Oregon coun- ties of Umatilla, Morrow, Grant, Baker, Wallowa and Union. Applications for the scholarships are due by April 20, 2019 and are available on the Cattle Bar- ons website https://www. cattlebarons.net/. Included with the op- portunity to apply for the scholarships from Cattle Barons, the title sponsor for the event Protect the Har- vest, in coordination with Lucas Oil, is offering its $1,000 scholarship as well. MCSO rescues couple stuck in deep snow On March 11 at approx- imately 5:31 p.m., Morrow County Sheriff ’s Office received a call from Pamela Emerson, reporting that she and her husband were stuck in the snow. Mrs. Emerson reported they were stuck approximately three miles past Cutsforth Park on Wil- low Creek Rd. Sgt. Brian Snyder and Sgt. Nathen Braun respond- ed and were able to con- tact the Emersons, but the Sheriff ’s Office vehicle also became stuck in the deep snow. Local resident Luke Young was contacted and he was able to free the vehicles from the snow. All parties were escorted to Cutsforth Park and the Em- ersons were later returned safely to their residence in Heppner. There were no injuries to persons or damage to vehicles or property as a result of this incident, but the Morrow County Sher- iff’s Office would like to remind everyone that there is still a lot of snow in the mountains. They advise to stay off deep snow-packed roads, be cautious and be prepared. June Marie Crowell June Marie Crowell, her. There were two annu- al events that the mom, grandma, sister, world stopped for godmother and friend, and that was for passed away March 15 her Mother’s Day at the age of 86, sur- weekend with her rounded by her loved sisters and the ones due to complica- family reunion at tions of a stroke. June Marie Bull Prairie. J u n e w a s b o r n Crowell June is sur- to Wilbur and Marie Breshears Steagall on Aug. vived by her children; Gene 27, 1932 at Heppner. She (Kristy) Crowell, Ione, Kar- was the oldest of eight en Kandle, Vernal, UT and children. June attended and Sharon (Brian) Rietmann, graduated from St. Joseph’s Ione. She has also left be- Academy, Pendleton with hind ten grandchildren and the class of 1950. She mar- 16 great-grandchildren, ried Howard Crowell on siblings; Bob (Beverly) Nov. 12, 1951. Together Steagall, Bill (Margie) they had three children and Steagall, Deanna Brand- hagen, Patricia Dougherty, made their home in Ione. She began her banking Barbara (Greg) Leyva and career with First Nation- Jim (Loel) Steagall. She is preceded in al Bank before moving on and eventually retiring death by her parents, lov- from managing the Bank ing husband Howard, infant of Eastern Oregon, Ione brother Charles Thomas Branch. June was involved Steagall, son-in-law Rick in the American Legion Kandle and many grandpar- Auxiliary, Willows Grange, ents and in-laws. For those interested in St. Williams Altar Society, Topic Club, Card Club, donating to a charity, June Good Neighbor Club, City would appreciate donations Recorder, Booster Club and in her memory be made to 4-H sewing leader, among any organization that would others. She was honored to benefit veterans or children. A viewing will be held receive the 2002 Woman of the Year by Heppner Cham- Friday, March 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Sweeney Mortu- ber of Commerce. Although she was busy ary in Heppner. A Rosa- with her clubs, she always ry will be said on Friday, made time for her hobbies March 22 at 7 p.m. at St. and interests, which includ- Williams Catholic Church, ed square dancing with her Ione. Funeral services will husband, sewing blankets begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, for her grandchildren or March 23 at St. Patrick’s patching up their britches. Catholic Church, Heppner. She spent her days and A reception will immediate- evenings in her garden, ly follow her service at St. having coffee or sipping Patrick’s Social Hall and iced tea on the patio with burial will follow at 3 p.m. her family and friends and at High View Cemetery in throwing the occasional Ione. You may sign the on- apricot over the fence. She was always up for a game of line condolence book at Scrabble or Mexican Train www.sweeneymortuary. and cherished her time com with those playing with Matlack re-elected Republican Committee chair Ken Matlack of Irrigon was re-elected chairman of the Republican Central Committee at a March 9 meeting. Other elected of- ficers were Clint Carlson, vice president, Laurie Sny- der, secretary and Randy Durrett, treasurer. According to a press release from the committee the meeting was called to re-organize the Morrow County Republican Com- mittee. The Oregon Central Committee bylaws say a meeting is required follow- ing the general election in November to elect officers and establish committee bylaws. The central com- mittee missed the Novem- ber 25 meeting deadline so a reorganization meeting was needed. Other business at the meeting included appoint- ment of several precinct committee persons. Elected were Brian Snyder to pre- cinct two – male position, Randy Durrett to precinct two – male position and Tom Wolfe to precinct five – male position. There was also discus- sion about the last State Central Committee meeting and the results of the elec- tions. Matlack announced the next State Central Com- mittee will be held in Mc- Minnville on April 6 at the Evergreen Aviation Mu- seum. The keynote speak- er will be Colonel Oliver North. There will also be an evening dinner held. Applications for the Protect the Harvest scholarship can also be found on the Cattle Barons website. In 2018 Cattle Barons awarded $19,000 dollars in scholarships to deserving young adults either through individual scholarships or scholarship dollars to or- ganizations that support students involved in ag- ricultural studies. Final award of the scholarships, including the Protect the Harvest scholarship, will be made during the Cattle Bar- ons event to be held May 3 rd and 4 th at the Pendleton Convention Center and associated event locations. More information about the Pendleton Cattle Baron’s Weekend schol- Hopeful Saints volunteers will serve lunch on arship programs and the Wednesday, March 27 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. events of the May weekend Lunch will be pulled pork sandwiches, jo-jos, coleslaw can be found at https:// and apple salad. www.cattlebarons.net/. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Community lunch menu Family Hunt Club Looking for Big Game Land Wildlife Development Association (WDA), a hunting club which is over 40 years old, is seeking to expand its leased big game hunting areas by 10,000+/- acres. WDA is known for promoting the highest standard of hunting ethics, hunter safety and family hunting. Using club volunteers we hold annual work parties on leased proper- ties working on projects directed by the property owner (fence and gate repair, road improvement, vegetation removal, etc.). We do projects to improve hunting, such as “No Trespassing” signage, and Predator Con- trol program. References are available upon request. If you have land to lease please contact: Wildlife Development Association Jason Slangan, President(503) 927-5643
