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The INDEPENDENT, November 2, 2006
Ike Says…
From page 2
where I had come from. I
climbed up out of the little basin
so I could look south across the
draw and immediately spotted
some deer 500 yards out.
They were does and fawns, I
stood there for quite a while
hoping that maybe a buck
would be nosing around.
Suddenly, just 40 yards to
my left, a deer left its bed with a
thump and bounded off. I
couldn’t see the deer but made
a short run toward where it had
been bedded, knowing the ani-
mal was headed toward the
draw, which was more open. I
got up where I could see and,
at first, there was nothing; then
a deer appeared, running
through the small trees and old
standing snags. I brought my
rifle to my shoulder, found the
deer in my scope and immedi-
ately saw some nice horn stick-
ing off its head. I flipped the
safety off and brought the cross
hairs of my scope down into the
lungs and swung with the deer.
At the sound of the shot the
buck turned up hill and behind
a snag. I thought that I had hit
the buck and he was milling
around before he dropped. I
waited; I did not have another
good shot at the buck and I
knew he would either drop or
clear from behind the snag.
The only hope the buck had of
getting away without giving me
another shot would be to keep
that snag between us. Well,
the buck made the wrong
choice and came trotting out,
side-hilling the way he was
headed originally; the cross-
hairs settled in on the ribs again
and, at the shot, the buck hit
the ground, he thrashed for a
few seconds and then was still.
My deer season was over,
the buck was a very healthy
3X4 with heavy horns, but not
very wide. This buck had the
most fat of any buck I have ever
taken and when cutting up the
venison. the meat was almost
marbled with fat. Good eating,
to say the least.
The rest of the hunting party
went 50 percent on bucks, with
most having had an opportunity
at a buck. This is a little poorer
than in the past, but I believe it
was due mainly to the increase
in escape cover for the deer.
The deer herd looks healthy
and there seemed to be lots of
fawns with the does, this is a
good sign for the future.
Blacktail deer hunting, local-
ly, has been slow for the most
part. After the first rains hit, a
few bucks started to show up
and the ones being taken are
nice animals, but where are all
the forked horns? Most hunt-
ers report seeing far more elk
than deer; it never used to be
this way in the past.
Now get out there and enjoy
the great outdoors.
ads should be prefaced with a
“parental warning.” Mr. Chester
points out that though we teach
our youth to be honest, civil,
decent to other people, and tol-
erant of others, political cam-
paigns are designed to ruin the
credibility of candidates and
parties. Mr. Chester calls this
“hypocrisy” and I agree. We all
remember when, as kids, we
were told we could someday be
the “President of the United
States.” Mr. Chester points out
that it would be difficult if not
impossible to convince children
today that being the President
is something they should
dream about, given what they
would have to endure to run for
office. It’s a different world for
our youth to grow up in but it is
still our responsibility to instill
proper values in them by word
and deed.
and Company in Forest Grove for over
20 years.
Survivors include her husband; two
daughters, Susan Ann McAdams and
Sandra Kay O’Connor, both of Banks;
two brothers, Robert Lee Smith of Ne-
tarts, and Thomas Earl Smith of Boise,
Idaho; a sister, Betty Marie Guinn of
Buxton; four grandchildren; two great-
grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Remembrances are suggested to
the Scleroderma Foundation, Oregon
Chapter, P.. Box 19296, Portland OR
97280-0296, or to Hospice of Washing-
ton County, 900 SE Oat St., No. 202,
Hillsboro OR 97123.
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home
of Forest Grove was in charge of
arrangements.
and Virginia (Haley) Phipps. She was
raised in W. Va. She moved to Hillsboro
in 1948, to Banks in 1961, then to Ver-
boort in 1967. In 1969, she moved to
Valdese, North Carolina, then to Forest
Grove in 1976, Madras in 1980, Siletz
in 1988, and to Newport in 2006. She
worked as an assembler.
She was preceded in death by nine
brothers and sisters.
Survivors include two sons, Ronald
J. Frantz of Hillsboro, and Robert C.
Frantz of Tucson, Arizona; two daugh-
ters, Barbara J. Olson of Culver, and
Virginia Cook of Newport; one stepson,
David L. Proffitt of Tillamook; one broth-
er, Ulyssis Phipps of Ariz.; one sister,
Stella Hunter of Smoot, W. Va.; 10
grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren;
four great-great-grandchildren; nieces
and nephews.
Remembrances are suggested to a
local hospice or to the American Can-
cer Society, 0330 S.W. Curry St., Port-
land OR 97201.
Tualatin Valley Funeral Alternatives
in Hillsboro was in charge of arrange-
ments.
ANNABEL SMITH
Annabel Smith, 85, Scappoose,
died October 13, 2006. A memorial
service was held October 18, at St.
Wenceslaus Catholic Church.
Mrs. Smith was born November 26,
1920, in Hope, Idaho. The family
moved to Vernonia in 1922. She had
lived in the Vernonia and Scappoose
areas for 83 years. In 1940, she mar-
ried Sam Smith.
Survivors include her husband;
three sons, Gary, Verne and Terry
Smith; a sister, Joan Hunt; seven
grandchildren; and nine great-grand-
children.
Izaak Walton League,
Nehalem Valley Chapter
meets monthly on the 3rd
Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Call
503-429-7193 for location.
Did You Know…
From page 18
day.
In an article I read recently
by Eric Chester, a nationally
known expert on youth and
their generations, comments
that some of today’s political
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ILA MAE GRIBNER
Ila Mae Gribner, 76, Banks, died
October 23, 2006. Funeral services
were held October 27 at Fuiten, Rose &
Hoyt Funeral Home in Forest Grove. In-
terment was at Union Point Cemetery.
Mrs. Gribner was born February 9,
1930, in Monte Vista, Colorado, to
Claude and Gurtha Campbell Smith.
She was raised in Colorado until the
family moved to Banks in the mid-
1940s to pick crops.
In 1949, she married Walter Grib-
ner. They made their home in Banks.
She worked in quality control at Gray
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Louise P. Lloyd, 82, Siletz, died Oc-
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be held at a later date.
Mrs. Lloyd was born June 16, 1924,
in Marfrance, West Virginia, to Lewis
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TRIVIA ANSWERS
Trivia answers
(from page 23)
1. Tribal shamans forbade
most Native Americans to
view the lake, so they said
nothing about it.
2. Five Easy Pieces .
3. George Hunt Pendleton,
whose Oregon relative pro-
posed his name.
4. “Visit as often as you like,
but don’t come here to live.”
5. Basketball coach “Slats”
Gill.
6. A sea stack of basalt in
front of the cape absorbs the
water’s force.