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    TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 5, 2023
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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subscriptions.
Chris Sykes ...............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
Cindi Doherty.........................................................................................Advertising
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meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines
or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space
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placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
Obituaries
Ronald “Ron” their Butter Creek home.
Additionally, being part of
Currin
the larger rodeo family, the
Ronald “Ron” Cur-
rin, 86, longtime Heppner
resident,
d i e d
Sunday,
March
26, 2023
at Herm-
iston. A
celebra-
tion of life will be held at 2
p.m. Friday, April 7, at the
Gilliam and Bisbee build-
ing in Heppner.
Ron was born in Pend-
leton, OR, to parents George
and Helen Knotts Currin on
May 26, 1936. He attended
Pine City school on Butter
Creek and later transferred
to Heppner. Ron was active
in school, playing football
and participating in FFA.
Ron’s senior year in 1954
was notable; he served as
student body president,
graduated as the salutato-
rian, and was awarded the
FFA State Farmer degree.
After high school, he
attended Oregon State Col-
lege (later University) for
two years. Then he returned
to the family business on
Butter Creek, where he
lived and worked, ranching
and farming for the next
sixty years. During those
years, Ron found great
success as a cattleman;
he was a keen judge of
livestock, a great horse-
man and had a knack for
developing the business by
piecing together deals for
cattle or property. Ron was
active in the community
with Oregon Cattleman’s
Association and served as
Morrow County Fair Board
Chairman for several years
in late 60s through the 70s.
Starting from a young
age, Ron had always been
interested in rodeo and par-
ticipated in calf roping and
steer wrestling. In 1955,
while at the Ukiah Rodeo,
he met his future wife,
Judy Lazinka. Ron and
Judy were married on Feb-
ruary 14, 1959, and settled
into family life. Ron and
Judy were parents to five
children, Ronald Jr., Tony,
Mike, Steve and Jennifer.
The Pendleton Round-
Up was his favorite event,
where he was the Wild
Horse Race winner in 1958
and ‘59. He also won the
wild cow milking numerous
times.
In 1996, the Pendleton
Round-Up Hall of Fame
inducted Ron’s family, an
accomplishment he was
always proud of. Ron and
Judy were always sup-
portive of their children’s
accomplishments in ro-
deo. Over the course of
their kids’ PRCA careers,
numerous championship
saddles and buckles (and
crowns) were collected
and always on display in
house on Butter Creek was
always open to cowboys
that were traveling through
the Northwest during the
summer season.
Ron is survived by
his wife, Judy, and broth-
er Tom (Marlene); chil-
dren Tony (Kelli), Steve
(Lisanne), and Jennifer
Currin-Gutridge (Shane);
daughter-in-law Rayanne
Engel-Currin (Ron Jr.) and
daughter-in-law Judy Jean
Currin-Pederson (Michael/
Curtis); and grandchildren,
Carter, Shayla, Kolby, Ja-
cee, Cydney, Kallen, Riley
and Rayna.
Ron was preceded in
death by his parents, George
and Helen, and sons, Mi-
chael and Ronald Jr.
Memorial contributions
for those who wish may be
made to the Justin Cowboy
Crisis Fund, 101 Pro Rodeo
Dr., Colorado Springs, CO.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in charge of ar-
rangements. You may sign
the online condolence book
at www.sweeneymortuary.
com.
William “Bill”
Allen Wolfsen
William “Bill” Allen
Wolfsen,
81, passed
a w a y
S u n d a y,
March
26, 2023
at Guard-
ian Angel
Memory Care Home in
Hermiston. A memorial
service will be held at 2:30
p.m. on Saturday, April 8,
at Ione Community Church,
followed by a graveside
service and dinner.
Bill was born Sep-
tember 18, 1941, at Se-
dro-Woolley, WA to Fred
and Elva Wolfsen. He grew
up in Garibaldi, OR and
graduated high school from
Laurelwood Academy in
1959. He had an epic love
with Sandra Lee (Sandy)
(the best wife, Mom and
Grandma in the world).
He married her in 1963
and they settled in Port-
land. After having their
two daughters, Diane and
Yvonne, the young family
moved to Spokane, where
he worked for the Upper
Columbia Conference as a
printer for 40 fruitful years.
His resolute faith in
the Seventh-day Adventist
Church led him to serve in
multiple activities and out-
reach, his favorite being a
Pathfinder leader, where he
stayed involved for many
decades.
His passion for all
things outside included
camping, hiking, backpack-
ing, bicycling, canoeing,
kayaking and Ham Radio.
Obituaries
He was well known for his
midnight hikes and “inten-
tionally” getting lost in the
woods, even while using a
compass. He could’ve even
patented the art of roasting a
marshmallow for S’mores.
One of his favorite
places to explore was the
Oregon Coast. He loved
spending time in and photo-
graphing God’s nature and
had an adventurer’s spir-
it. Bill and Sandy always
talked about living out their
dreams by living in an RV,
becoming snowbirds. So,
when he retired in 2003,
they headed south the very
next day. Their escapades
brought them closer than
ever before and also gave
them many great stories.
Who else could say that
they biked across the USA?
After losing his wife at the
end of 2010, he continued
to RV until the diagnosis of
Parkinson’s Dementia.
He was preceded in
death by both his parents,
Fred and Elva Wolfen; his
wife, Sandra Wolfsen; her
parents, Jack and Patricia
Lee; her brother, David
Lee; and a nephew, David
Lee, Jr.
He is remembered by
his siblings, Elva “Cor-
leen” and Paul Johnson, and
Richard and Judy Wolfsen;
Sandy’s siblings, Thomas
and Janice Lee, and Linda
Democko; children, Diane
O’Shane and Yvonne and
Keith Morter; grandchil-
dren, Brittnee and Clay-
ton Schmith, Rebeka Des-
Bouillons, Austin and Katie
Morter and MaLinda Mort-
er; great-grandchildren,
Clinton Schmith, Tanner
Schmith, Zelan Ballesteros
and Harper Morter; and
multiple nieces and neph-
ews.
He has touched so
many lives and all we can
say is, “He is the best!”
Memorial contribu-
tions can be made to the
Oregon Trail Pathfinders
Club, sponsored by S.D.A.
Church, PO Box 1126, Hep-
pner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in charge of ar-
rangements. You may sign
the online condolence book
at www.sweeneymortuary.
com.
Irrigon, Heppner fire
departments
-Continued from PAGE ONE System (OFMAS) when
water tenders and type 3 en-
gines. Skeeter was awarded
the contract to build the
type 6 engines. The OSFM
anticipates deliveries to
begin in 2023 through the
first two quarters of 2024.
The equipment will
become the property of the
local fire department, and
all of the engines will arrive
equipped per the 2022 Or-
egon fire service mobiliza-
tion plan for response in the
wildland-urban interface.
Local fire agencies
were eligible to apply. A
selection committee com-
prised of members from
the Oregon Fire Chiefs
Association, Oregon Vol-
unteer Firefighters Associa-
tion, and Oregon State Fire
Fighters Council reviewed
applications.
Applicants were se-
lected based on four prin-
ciples: assuring statewide
distribution and allocation
based on local initial at-
tack, regional mutual aid
and conflagration needs;
necessary infrastructure to
maintain and protect the
apparatus long term; recent
apparatus awards from the
legislature and other legis-
lative funding sources such
as wildland-urban interface
and omnibus legislation;
and the capacity to staff the
newly-awarded apparatus.
The OSFM relies on
the
Oregon
Fire Mutual Aid
consideration in hiring the
next city manager.
The new recruitment
brochure for the city man-
ager is currently being cir-
culated with the job ad and
job description. The job
The Heppner Chamber
posting can be found at of Commerce will host a
the city’s website, www. candidates forum for both
cityofboardman.com. The Morrow County Health
city plans to review appli- District and Port of Mor-
cations after April 11, and row contested positions
then select the finalists for on Thursday, April 13, at
interviews.
7 p.m. The forum will take
For more information,
contact City Manager Pro
Tem Rick Stokoe at 541-
481-9252.
Save the date for
meet and greet for
Boardman city
manager candidates
The Boardman City
Council is moving forward
in its search for candidates
for the city manager’s po-
sition.
The city, tentatively,
plans on hosting a meet and
greet on Thursday, April 27,
to meet the candidates for
the position. The meet and
greet will begin at 5:30 p.m.
and run to 7 p.m. at the Port
of Morrow’s Riverfront
Center.
The meet and greet is
the community’s opportu-
nity to visit with the can-
didates and complete com-
ment cards for the council’s
Chamber to hold
candidates forum
place at the Gilliam and
Bisbee Event Center and
will be available on Face-
book Live. Light refresh-
ments will be served.
Submit questions for
candidates to heppner-
chamber@gmail.com.
Boardman to sponsor
spring clean-up
Sunday men’s play
Thirteen men partici-
pated on another cold morn-
ing at Willow Creek Coun-
try Club on Sunday, April 2,
playing through numerous
snow showers. The results
are as follows:
KP #4-13: Scott Burri-
ght, 16’10”.
Least putts: Charlie
Ferguson, 25.
Low Net: 1 st /2 nd (Tie),
Dave Pranger and David
Allstott, 58.
responding to wildfires or
other disasters that could
impact communities. More
than 300 local fire service
agencies make up the sys-
tem across Oregon. These
firefighters and equipment
are mobilized under the
Emergency Conflagration
Act, pre-positioning or im-
mediate response assign-
ments. OFMAS is used
when a fire or disaster ex-
ceeds the local fire service
agency’s capacity.
The OSFM Engine
Program is a part of the
agency’s Response Ready
Oregon initiative, launched
in 2021. The initiative is
part of a multi-pronged
approach to prepare, pre-
vent and respond to wild-
fires. The goal of Response
Ready Oregon is to attack
fires while they are small
and keep them away from
communities.
Award recipients will
enter into a contract with the
OSFM to support OFMAS
mobilizations, boosting
local, regional, and state
response. This investment
into the Oregon fire service
is intended to bring more
resources—and the right
resources—to a stretched
system.
The OSFM Engine Pro-
gram funding was made
possible through Senate
Bill 762, Oregon’s wild-
fire omnibus bill passed in
2021.
Low Gross: 1 st , Charlie
Ferguson, 67; 2 nd , Barry
Munkers, 68.
There will be no play
this week, Easter Sunday.
The next play will be on
April 16, hosted by Tim
Wright and Rod Wilson.
Players are reminded to get
signed up for Wednesday
night match play by April
10, as play begins on April
12.
PROPERTY WANTED
I have buyers looking for homes,
land and building lots in the
Heppner, Lexington and Ione area.
Chris Sykes - Sykes Real Estate
541-215-2274 - cell
541-676-9228 - office
177 N Main St. Heppner, OR
The City of Boardman
will sponsor a communi-
ty-wide clean-up the month
of April.
The city has garbage
vouchers available, with a
$50 limit, to residents of
Boardman. The vouchers
are valid during the month
of April at Finley Butte
Landfill and the North Mor-
row Transfer Station. The
garbage voucher program
encourages citizens to clean
up their residences by dis-
posing of yard debris.
City residents may pick
up their vouchers at Board-
man City Hall at 200 City
Center Circle beginning
March 29. For more infor-
mation on this program,
call Boardman City Hall at
481-9252.
Lunch
& Dinner
Menu
Specials 4/06-4/12
Thursday- Meatloaf sandwich with fried potatoes for
$9
Friday- Captains Seafood platter, coleslaw and
breadstick for $11
Saturday- SW Corn Chowder
Monday- 1/4 Hawaiian Burger with deep fried mush-
rooms for $9.
Tuesday- Reuben and fries for $9.
Tuesday night- 6-9pm $2 hard shell tacos
Wednesday- chicken fry steak, hashbrowns, and
scrambled eggs for $9
Wednesday night- 6-9pm chicken fry steak, mashed
potatoes and gravy, roll, and salad for $11
Live music Sat the 29th featuring Aaron Harris and
James Hunnicutt.
I nstallatIon of o ffIcers
l adIes n Ight
Thursday, April 6th
Dinner at 6:00pm
BBQ Salmon,Roasted Veggies
Coleslaw and Dessert
Dinner prepared by Mark and Jan Huddleston,
Ken and Kaedene Bailey and
Mark and Tami Rietmann
Installation of Officer’s will begin around 7:00 pm
(family memebrs are welcome to attend)