TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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A View from the Green
WCCC Sunday
Men’s Play
The June 19 men’s play
held at the Willow Creek
Country Club hosted 22
participants. The event was
a team score based on net.
Dennis Peck got KP on
#7/16 with 10’6” and Scott
Burright got a 34’2” long
putt on #1/10. In the team
event, the team of Logan
Burright, Scott Burright and
Mike Dougherty took first
place. Second place win-
ners were Tate Gentry, Jerry
Gentry, John Edmundson
and Rick Johnston.
The next Sunday men’s
play on July 10 will be host-
ed by Gene Orwick, Dave
Mitchell and Dale Boyd.
Senior golfers place
at tournament
On May 9, 96 players
participated in the Colum-
bia Blue Senior Golf Asso-
ciation Tournament held at
the Par 62 Marker 40 golf
course in Boardman. Wil-
low Creek Country Club
boasted 30 of the partici-
pants.
First place for gross
in the Columbia Division,
0 to 11 handicap, went
to Mike Jesch from The
Dalles Country Club with a
score of 64. Willow Creek
Country Club member Tim
Wright took first in net
with a score of 61. Also
from WCCC, Duane Dis-
que placed third in gross
with a score of 69, Scott
Burright was seventh in
net with 65 and Tom Shear
tied for eighth in net with a
score of 66.
In the Blue Division,
12 to 16 handicap, Kelly
Fox took first in gross with
a score of 72 and John
Kilkenny tied for first in net
with a 72. Dale Holland and
Jim Swanson tied for sec-
ond in gross with 78. Rick
Johnston and Wayne Seitz
tied for fifth in gross with
81, Delbert Binchus tied
for seventh in gross with
83 and John Edmundson
tied for sixth in net with a
score of 67.
First place in gross in
the Senior Division, 17
and over handicap, went to
James Baxter from Beacon
Rock with a score of 79 and
first in net to Steve Swan
from Marker 40 with a
score of 59. From WCCC,
Scott Dougherty placed
second in net with 62, Mike
Sweek was third with 63,
Kelwayne Haguewood tied
for sixth with a 65 and Mike
Gorman tied for eighth with
a score of 67.
Good News Only
By Doris Brosnan
Once again, wet weath-
er that offered periodic
breaks was a key player
in last weekend’s outdoor
events, but the Elks held
their annual Dads’ Day
games and lunch at Cuts-
forth Park. A different story,
one of sunshine and warm
temperatures, seems to be
shaping up for this coming
weekend’s return of the
Ukiah Rodeo, a first in
many, many years.
Last weekend, also, but
able to stay warm and dry in
an AirBnB log cabin on Up-
per Rhea Creek, six women
from the HHS Class of ‘61
relaxed with “good food,
fun, and friends.” Most of
the current thirteen women
of that class had been able
to enjoy a weekend togeth-
er once a year for many,
many years, but this was
their first in almost three
years because of the pan-
demic. Covid continued to
preclude one alum’s plan,
and other health issues and
conflicting schedules also
interfered, so only six wom-
en were able to head for the
Thorn Creek Lodge last
Friday: Sharon (Keithley)
Harrison, Ferne (Albert)
Healy, Jeanne (Schmidt)
Creswick, Marlene (Griffin)
Gray, Sandra (Jones) Blake
and Doris (Morris) Bros-
nan. This column has been
restricted from reporting
the weekend activities….
Next Saturday, Dr. Em-
ily Thompson Jack will
have completed her three-
Obituaries
year Family Practice Resi-
dency in Boise, ID. She and
eleven other doctors will be
honored for their comple-
tions of their programs, and
fully certified Dr. Jack will
be ready to start practice in
Pendleton soon. She and
husband, Keenan, who is a
CPA employed by Colum-
bia Basin Electric, wish to
settle in the Heppner area.
Kudos to Blane Ma-
honey, who has qualified in
steer wrestling to compete
in the National High School
Rodeo finals in Wyoming
next month. Good luck.
Kudos to HHS base-
ball players named to the
all-league first team: Toby
Nation, Kasen Cimmiyotti
and Cameron Proudfoot.
And Nation and Cimmiyotti
also earned second-team
all-state honors.
This was the first year
for the national holiday
created last year, June-
teenth, on June 19. The
holiday is now celebrated
to mark the end to slavery.
All government facilities
will celebrate the holiday
by being closed.
Yes, remembering to
get your tidbit written and
sent or called in can be a
challenge, but when you
do remember, readers are
always appreciative. Take
a few minutes now to send
yours to dbrosnan123@
gmail.com or call 541-223-
1490, okay?
Here’s hoping that
some good news comes to
everyone reading this.
Bobby G. Harris
Bobby G. Harris was
born December 25, 1940, in
Princeton, FL to Oley Lee
Harris and Vivian Marie
Johns. He passed away in
Heppner on June 2, 2022,
at the age of 81.
Much of his youth
was spent moving with his
mother and grandparents
following migrant farm
work, spending quite a
bit of time in the area of
Willows and Susanville,
CA before finally settling
in Oregon.
Bobby attended Cleve-
land High School in Port-
land before getting his GED
and enlisting in the Marine
Corp. He was proud to be a
marine and often reflected
on his time spent enlisted. It
was also at Cleveland High
that he met his wife, Bever-
ly. They married April 20,
1961, while he was still en-
listed. After his discharge,
they made their home in
Portland near friends and
family.
Bobby got his welding
certification and started
working at Gunderson in
Portland. He later joined the
Boilermaker’s Union and
worked on steam turbines
as a welder at locations all
over the United States. His
career as a welder brought
the family to eastern Ore-
gon as he took a job work-
ing on the construction
of the Coal Fire Plant in
Boardman. In 1980 the
family moved to Hardman
where Bobby and Beverly
lived until his health began
to decline in 2016 when
Linda Rigby – Linda Rigby, 74, of Gresham, died they moved to Heppner to
May 12, 2022, at Gresham. A graveside memorial service be closer to their children.
In his mid-fifties, after
will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 25, 2022, at the
retiring from boiler making,
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
he was able to pursue his
true passion. He went back
to college and received his
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Used books
available for sale
master’s degree in psy-
chology and became a drug
and alcohol counselor for
Morrow County. He was an
extremely active member
of Alcoholics Anonymous
and loved seeing those he
mentored succeed. He has
been credited with assisting
in the recovery of many
and he always made time
for those who needed his
help. He was an advocate
for anyone on their personal
roads to recovery.
He will be remem-
bered as an extremely
loving grandfather who
loved spending time with
his grandkids. There were
many summer days spent
with grandpa fishing at
Anson Wright Park.
Bobby is survived by
his five children, Connie
Harris of Eufaula, OK,
Shirley Harris of Heppner,
Bobby Harris (Senie) of
Irrigon, Gene Harris (Pat-
ty) of Heppner and Candy
Chick (Kevin) of Heppner;
brothers, Tommy Johns
of Aberdeen, WA, Frank
Torres of Payette, ID and
Wayne Woods of Portland,
OR and sister, Tammy
Palmer of Portland, OR. He
was preceded in death by
his wife of 60 years, Bev-
erly; his parents; brothers,
Jimmy and Raymond and
sisters, Sharon and Judy.
A graveside service
with military honors will
be held June 25, 2022, at 1
p.m. at Heppner Cemetery.
A luncheon will be held at
Sage Landing Event Center,
233 N. Main St. Heppner,
following the service.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in care of ar-
rangements. The online
condolence book is avail-
able at www.sweeneymor-
tuary.com.
Bicyclists enjoy trip
through the area
Flood Town Books
will hold a used book sale
Thursday, June 23 from 11
a.m. to 7 p.m. and again
Friday, June 24 from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Hardbacks
will be available for $1 and
paperbacks for $.50.
The Oregon Trail Li-
brary District will receive
50 percent of the proceeds
from the sale.
Lexington has an-
nounced they will be host-
ing a Bingo event at the
Lexington Fire Hall on June
30 at 6 p.m. Cost for the
event is still being decided
but everyone is invited to
attend.
Earnings from the
event will go toward play-
ground equipment for a
future playground and park Pictured (L-R): Steve Connolly – Portland, Bob Tennant - Lake
in Lexington.
Oswego, Bill Valach - West Linn, Carl Christoferson - Lake
Bingo to be played
in Lexington
Plants removed
from Heppner
cemetery
Oswego and Mort Bishop – Portland posed for a picture upon
their return to Heppner June 17. -Contributed photo.
A group of bicyclists
enjoyed a trip through the
Heppner area last week.
The five men left Heppner
on June 16 traveling to
Ukiah. From Ukiah, they
rode over Battle Moun-
The Heppner Cemetery has removed all potted plants tain on June 17, then back
and artificial arrangements that have blown over. Those to Heppner. On the ride
who would like to keep any of their plants should pick from Heppner to Ukiah,
them up.
the group stopped off for a
break at Morrow County’s
Cutsforth Park.
Bill Valach from West
Linn, OR, a member of the
group, told the Gazette,
“The biking adventure was
amazing, the roads great,
people friendly and the
services great.”
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