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Obituaries
Marjorie
“Madge”
Street
Marjorie Street of Port-
land, OR passed away on
Dec. 9,
2022, at
the age
of 97.
A me -
morial
service
at her
church
will be scheduled at a later
date, probably in the spring
of 2023.
Marjorie was born to
Sadie and Dale Under-
wood on Jan. 9, 1925, at
the Hillsboro, OR hospital.
She lived with her parents
and her sister, Dorothy,
who was a year and a half
younger, in Forest Grove,
OR.
In 1935, the family
moved to Yamhill, OR,
where they had a grocery
store. The family moved
back to Forest Grove in
1939, where they again had
a grocery store. The whole
family worked in both.
Marjorie attended high
school there, and subse-
quently graduated from
Pacific University with a
B.A. in psychology. There
she met Don Campbell, and
she married him in 1944
during World War II.
Two years later she
moved with her husband
and daughter to a wheat
ranch in Lexington and
learned all about farm life,
including flash floods,
wood stoves and canning
everything. When her hus-
band decided to leave fam-
ily farming and go back to
school and into the ministry
in 1955, the family moved
to Eugene, OR. By 1959,
they had three children, and
her husband took a position
as a pastor in Redmond,
OR. Shortly after, the fam-
ily moved to Portland, Or-
egon, and Marjorie started
teaching as an elementary
school teacher in the Park-
rose School District.
She was divorced in
1961, and in 1964 mar-
ried Peter Street. In 1974,
Marjorie received her mas-
ter’s degree in teaching at
Portland State University.
Previously, she obtained
her teacher’s license there
while raising three children
and teaching. She taught in
Parkrose for 22 years until
she retired in 1983. Fol-
lowing retirement, Marjorie
volunteered as a teacher for
adults for seven years.
In 1992, her beloved
husband, Peter, passed
away. She subsequently
moved to independent liv-
ing at Holladay Park Plaza,
and recruited numerous
other Parkrose teachers
to move there, which de-
Obituaries
from Baker High School in
1945. She spent summers
in Ione working alongside
her beloved aunt, Lucile
Rietmann, during harvest.
They had a very special
relationship.
In 1945 her family re-
turned to Ione, where she
worked at Bristow’s Mar-
ket, the family store. By age
18 she ran the store alone,
due to the health of her
father after a major heart
attack, until his recovery.
Her wonderfully happy
marriage to Ernest McCabe
began on April 18, 1948.
In 1959 they moved to Bay
City, OR. Three years later
they moved to Heppner,
where they eventually be-
came part owners of Central
Market. They lived in Hep-
pner until 2020, when they
moved to Rose Arbor as-
sisted living in Hermiston.
Mrs. McCabe was the
Treasurer of the City of
Heppner for 25 years, a
long-time member of the
Heppner United Methodist
Church and, for more than
15 years, a volunteer at St.
Patrick’s Senior Center,
decorating the dining room
monthly. She had a tre-
mendous sense of humor,
loved people, and loved
and enjoyed life. Many
saw her dressed up over the
years with Sharon Lewis
on their shared birthday in
unimaginable garbs. She
especially enjoyed working
at Peterson’s Jeweler’s with
Randall and Marlene Pe-
terson before being elected
city treasurer. She enjoyed
Scrabble, crossword puz-
zles, bridge, the Oregon
Coast, and most of all her
family, friends and grand-
children.
She was preceded in
death by her husband of 73
years, Ernie; her parents,
Edmund Bristow and Mary
Bristow; and her brother,
Donald Bristow.
She is survived by her
son, John McCabe of Hep-
pner, and daughters, Pam
(Jim) Doherty of Golden,
CO, Lisa (Joe) Gifford of
Oro Valley, AZ, and Laurie
(Dan) Wilson of Newberg,
OR; three brothers, Tom-
my Bristow of Rockaway
Beach, OR, Jerry Bris-
tow of Tillamook, OR, and
John Bristow of Ione, OR;
and the lights of her life,
12 grandchildren and 15
great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Heppner
United Methodist Church,
PO Box 733, Heppner, OR
97836
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in charge of ar-
rangements. You may sign
the online condolence book
at www.sweeneymortuary.
com.
lighted her. She was on the
plaza board, engaged in
many other activities, and
volunteered in the Smart
Program at two elementa-
ry schools in Portland, as
well as for the Northeast
Emergency Food Program.
Marjorie served as a HPP
floor representative until
her passing. She also trav-
eled extensively through
Elderhostel within the U.S.
and overseas, and visited
family. She moved from in-
dependent living to assisted
living, then to skilled nurs-
ing at the plaza, retaining
her many friendships there.
Preceding her in death
were her daughter, Dorrine
Campbell, at the age of
12; her devoted husband,
Peter, in 1992; her sister,
Dorothy Tenny, in 2005;
and her sons-in-law, Greg
Mlynarcyk, David LaFond
and Don McCune.
She is survived by
her daughter, Laura Mly-
narczyk; her son, Will
Campbell, and his wife,
Patti; her step-son, Mike
Street, and his wife, Alice;
her step-daughter, Linda
McCune; her step-daughter,
Carolyn LaFond.
Marjorie was blessed
with 12 grandchildren and
12 great-grandchildren.
Her nieces, Janet Spence
and Judy Wels and their re-
spective husbands Clay and
Eric, their four children,
spouses and grandchildren,
were close to her also. The
entire family had such ad-
miration for her courage
and strength.
In lieu of flowers, do-
nations can be made in her
memory to Holladay Park
Plaza Employees’ Scholar-
ship Fund, Holladay Park
Plaza, 1300 NE 16th Ave-
nue, Portland, OR 97232,
the Tuberous Sclerosis Alli-
ance, 8737 Colesville Road,
Suite 400, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, or the Capital
Improvement Campaign,
Apply for your spring
Westminster Presbyterian
bear tag
Church, 1624 NE Hancock
Fall season for black
St., Portland, OR 97212.
bear closed Dec. 31. The
spring bear controlled hunt
season will open April 1,
but the deadline to apply
Mary Jean McCabe, for a tag is Feb. 10. That
95, died deadline will be here before
Jan. 9, you know it.
2 0 2 3 , Cougar
Cougar are well-dis-
at Rose
tributed
in our forested
Arbor
areas.
Calling
with dis-
House
tress
calls
or
cougar
vocal-
a
t
izations
can
be
effective.
Guard-
ian An- However, locating a fresh,
gel Homes in Hermiston, naturally-made kill has the
OR. Graveside services best chance of success.
were held at High View Coyote
The population is
Cemetery at Ione on Satur-
healthy
with good num-
day, Jan. 14.
bers
of
coyotes
available for
Mrs. McCabe was born
those
who
wish
to pursue
on January 3, 1928, in Ione
them.
Watch
wind
direction
to Mary (Grabill) and Ed-
to
help
prevent
giving
away
mund Bristow. She was
your
location.
Calling
with
raised in Nampa, ID and
game
distress
calls
can
be
Baker City, OR, graduating
very successful.
ODFW
Recreation
Report
Mary Jean
McCabe
Lexington council swears in
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that she hopes to get to.
While there was no fire
department report, the may-
or also mentioned that she
heard the Lexington Fire
Department got paged out
to a house fire in Heppner
the first week of January.
“That was exciting to
see,” she said. “It’s nice to
have them out in the com-
munity.”
In his report, Lexington
Maintenance Director Keith
Hess told the council that
several valves needed to be
replaced on the town water
lines and talked about a new
valve system that he includ-
ed in the meeting packet.
“They’re a little bit
pricey, but they have quite
a few benefits to them as
well,” said Keith Hess.
“You don’t have to shut the
water off to install them, so
it saves on that. They have a
much smaller footprint, and
they have a much longer
service life.”
He said the valves that
needed replaced were one
four-inch, one six-inch and
two eight-inch valves. The
two eight-inch valves are
on the main water line. The
cost for the four valves that
needed replaced would be
about $4,400. Keith Hess
mentioned that the two on
the main line could possibly
wait until the town replaced
the main line as is planned.
He also said that in
addition to the cost for the
valves, in order to install the
system himself he would
have to purchase all the
appropriate tools.
“The tools for them are
ridiculously expensive. It’s
a lot cheaper to contract out
to a company that would
come install them,” he said.
“I’m wondering, really,
what is the level of it need-
ing to be replaced,” said
Imes. “Can it be repaired
to last another two, three
years?”
Council member Bill
Beard added that the prob-
lem was that some of the
valves don’t work at all, so
there is no way to shut the
water off.
“If you have a pipe
break, you better be really
creative finding how far
back you need to shut it
off,” Beard said.
“So are all four of them
not working at all?” asked
Kennedy.
Beard replied that one
of them is leaking severely
from the stem and the pack-
ing is “completely shot,”
and said that they might be
able to isolate and repack
that one, “if we can find
packing material any more.
Last time I had to get into
my own personal repair
parts,” he added.
Imes asked if it was that
difficult to find resources,
and Beard replied that it
was difficult to find parts
because everyone wanted to
sell the whole valve.
“Not like the old days,
when you could find parts
for them,” he said.
Gordon asked if there
were valves available that
weren’t so expensive and
costly to install. Beard re-
plied that it was usually a
fraction of the cost for brass
valves but that it cost more
to install them. Keith Hess
added that the water would
have to be shut off and they
would have to dig a much
bigger hole. Beard said they
would get estimates for in-
stallation of cheaper valves
from local companies, and
that would probably work
much better price-wise.
“This is new technol-
ogy,” he said, referring to
the more expensive valves
Hess had mentioned, “and
I think they’re probably
going to go down later on
after they’ve been out for
a while.”
Keith Hess also in-
formed the council that the
Port of Morrow was going
to come down and vacuum
excavate, or “pothole,”
some lines that need to be
replaced. Potholing is a
L-R: Town recorder Veronica Hess, councilor Katie
Imes, mayor Juli Kennedy, councilor Bobbi Gordon
and councilor Bill Beard. Not pictured: Councilor
Will Lemmon. -Contributed photo
non-destructive excavation
method of utility location
done by simultaneously
shooting compressed air
or water jets and remov-
ing excavated material by
vacuum action. It’s less
invasive, and usually safer
and easier for the utility and
the operator.
“Instead of going on
people’s property and dig-
ging up people’s yards a
stuff, we just pothole into
the service line, clean the
line, and close it back up,”
Hess said.
He also showed the
council information on a
Vermeer vacuum excava-
tion trailer unit, which he
thought would be helpful
for the town to purchase.
“It would help out a lot
for when we need to do this
type of work instead of hav-
ing to access a contractor,”
said Hess.
“I would say something
like this needs to be present-
ed to the budget commit-
tee,” said Gordon, adding
that the town might look
at it for next year’s budget.
Hess replied that he
had looked into financing
plans, and at a seven-year
plan the town would pay a
little more than a thousand
dollars a month for the
machine.
“I think that’s a pretty
good deal for such a useful
piece of equipment,” he
said.
Beard said he had seen
similar equipment used and
that it worked really well,
and he questioned whether
there might be any funding
available through agencies
like the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency (EPA).
“It would be nice to
know,” he said.
In her report, town
recorder Veronica Hess
informed the council she
had set up a work session
with Points Consulting, a
consultant out of Idaho,
with whom she had been
working through the Mor-
row County Planning De-
partment. The consultant
has been working with the
cities in the Willow Creek
Valley and has put together
an economic development
and employment lands as-
sessment specific to each
of the cities.
The work session will
be from 5-6 p.m. before the
next town council meeting.
It will be a community out-
reach event, so there will be
a flyer made encouraging
the public to attend. There
will be a brief overview of
what they’re trying to ac-
complish and time for input
and questions. She said they
will be doing the same type
of event at council meetings
in Heppner and probably
Ione.
Veronica Hess also said
she is working on a draft
report for the 2022 CREZ
II money.
She also informed the
council that the Department
of Environmental Quality
(DEQ) has started a Re-
cycling Act movement for
local governments to get
more recycling options in
towns across Oregon. The
town needs to submit a
needs assessment survey,
which is due in April.
“They’re probably go-
ing to be financing whatev-
er options are available or
helping with it,” she added.
She also met with the
ODOT road inspector for
final road inspection at the
North Hill paving project.
Veronica Hess and ODOT
signed off on it and it was
submitted for reimburse-
ment.
Imes and Veronica
Hess gave an update on
the Transportation Growth
Management (TGM) Pro-
gram with the state. Lex-
ington had applied for a
grant to fund development
of a strategy to improve
the safety of the Lexing-
ton downtown area. The
two said they met with
a program representative
and had drafted a letter of
interest to begin education
and outreach, which was
included in a grant appli-
cation submitted last July.
“This is just a prim-
er for us to get going on
something to gain commu-
nity input on improving our
downtown area,” said Imes.
The program would help
facilitate the workshops
and community outreach.
“Then, when we go to apply
in July for the next round,
we’ll have this under our
belt, and it will look good
on our application,” she
added.
“Between now and
July, we can probably count
on having some kind of
community outreach event
that would hopefully draw
the community to give in-
put,” said Imes.
Before the end of the
meeting, Gordon gave an
update of the town’s IT
(internet technology) sit-
uation.
“I’ve been trying to
chase down where a lot of
things are and how every-
thing connects, and I think
I have it figured out,” said
Gordon.
She said she and the
IT contractor will do some
drawings showing where
everything is and how ev-
erything connects and then
put together a proposal for
some additional equipment.
They have determined that
the town recorder’s com-
puter can probably be re-
built and passed on to either
maintenance or the fire hall.
The maintenance computer
is not upgradable. Gordon
said she’s also trying to fig-
ure out if they have budget-
ed funds available, because
they’re going to need to buy
some equipment.
“The main thing is that
it appears that the connec-
tivity for the internet that
goes to the fire hall is just
an extender from this side,”
she said, and added that the
consultant will probably
propose some switches and
a couple of wireless access
points. “I guess the first
thing we’ve got to figure out
is if we’ve got any money.”
She mentioned that the
water fund had untouched
money in the office expens-
es category.
“I’m thinking there
might be enough money
but, if not, maybe we can
budget for the next year and
do a little of it now and a
little later,” she said.
Gordon said the town
already received an initial
bill for $600 from the con-
tractor, which was basical-
ly to evaluate the system
and get the ball rolling. It
was pointed out that there
are also funds in improve-
ments and capital outlay,
and Imes said the Amazon
technology grant funds can
also be used for technology
enhancement.
“But we definitely do
not have secure internet
here, and we really need to
have a managed network,”
concluded Gordon. “I’m
hoping we can spend some
money and do that. It makes
me very nervous.”