TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 19, 2023
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
Columbia All-Stars Death Notice
headed to state
Robert L. Stevens—
Robert L. Stevens, 84, of
Hardman died July 9, 2023,
at Heppner. He was born
July 22, 1938, at Heppner.
A memorial graveside
service will be held at 2
p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5, at
the Heppner Masonic Cem-
etery. Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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Chris Sykes ...............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
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ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
Heppner members of the Columbia All-Star 10U baseball team
stopped by the Heppner Gazette-Times last week while they
were out raising funds for their upcoming trip to La Grande.
After winning the District 3 championship in Hermiston last
month, they are now headed to the state tournament in La
Grande this Friday. Anyone wanting to sponsor the team to
help cover costs of lodging and meals at the tournament can
contact Stefan Matheny at 541-371-0881. Pictured L-R are
Columbia All-Star Heppner players Keller Sweeney, Lucas
Matheny, Cooper Patterson, Kason Botefur, Urijah Wedding,
Sonny Matheny, and Casyn Adams. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
Jones receives Yard of the
Month recognition
Theresa Jones with parents, Sharon and Bob Jones. Sharon
states that she is very proud of what her daughter has accom-
plished with her yard and home with her hard work. -Photo
by Kay Proctor
By Kay Proctor
Heppner’s Yard of the
Month recognition for July
goes to Theresa Jones.
The home at 220 W.
Willow was the site of an
older home that sat vacant
after being purchased by
neighboring Randall Peter-
son. Peterson had the home
demolished and the lot sat
empty for years. Theresa
asked Peterson if he would
sell it; he would and did,
and her work began.
After leveling and
foundation work, a man-
ufactured home was ma-
neuvered into place. Prior
to that, Theresa bought a
shed in Pendleton, disman-
tled it, and reassembled it
on her lot. She uses this
for her wood shop, which
is her favorite place in her
backyard.
Sitting on a semi-grav-
eled, dead-end and quiet
street meant lots of terrace
work to do to create a lev-
el yard. Using landscape
blocks and large rectangle
pavers, Theresa created a
sloped path through the
front terracing, and then
planted the beds along the
terrace with perennials and
shrubs, mulching them in.
Her favorite is her
Weeping Cherry tree. Other
plantings are roses, hostas,
two healthy yuccas, two
older lilacs and rhododen-
drons.
More terracing behind
the house was done with
basalt rock, all found on the
property. Found and gifted
old bricks are used in sev-
eral areas and a fire pit sits
below the back terrace. A
little arched bridge between
a fence that Theresa made
of some free posts leads
to a gazebo, with an angel
garden nearby. Shaped beds
Lorraine Ruth
Bates—
Lorraine Ruth Bates,
94, of Condon passed away
July 17, 2023. She was
born October 29, 1928.
Arrangements are pending
with Sweeney Mortuary. A
full obituary will follow in
next week’s Gazette-Times.
are topped with river rock.
Theresa laid realistic but
artificial grass for her back
lawn because her lawn-
mower didn’t fit over the
little bridge, so now some
vacuuming is needed.
The front lawn was
started with grass seed
which did not turn out well,
so sod was placed. Theresa
always wanted a wishing
well, and there is one in
the corner. Theresa does
have future plans such as a
metal sculpted tree on the
side of the home that faces
the street, a waterfall and
railings for the sloped path
to the woodshop.
Since deer had claimed
the empty lot for years,
they returned to sample the
new plantings. For some
reason, no deer have both-
ered things this year, but
two large bullsnakes have
visited. She did have goats
to keep weeds down, but
they are at a new home now.
The lot has a cut bank
against the hillside where
remnants of some sort of
building show. There is also
some low-grade opal in the
bank and Theresa found
obsidian when working the
grounds. A friend found
a large brass ring when
doing some groundwork
and, since they discovered
it, Theresa let them take it
home.
While she had profes-
sionals do work and other
people including boyfriend,
Richard St. Clair, helping
out, Theresa worked solo
on many of the projects, just
figuring out what and how
to do them. She states that
she is not a gardener, and
had never landscaped be-
fore, but imagined a vision
of what she wanted and ac-
complished it, enjoying the
results. She recommends
others try that process be-
cause “they can make it
happen with hard work.”
Theresa grew up in Ti-
gard and has worked at the
Heppner Post Office as a
USPO Clerk for eight years.
Her daughter, Jamie, lives
in the area, and son, Rom-
ney, lives in Arizona, as do
her parents, Bob and Sharon
Jones, former Heppnerites.
Yard of the Month is
co-sponsored by the Hep-
pner Volunteers, MCGG
Green Feed & Seed store
and the City of Heppner.
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