Wildhorse Foundation grant upgrades

Boardman playgrounds

Two of the most utilized parks in Boardman are the Marina and Campground playgrounds, which are used by thousands of children throughout the year.

Experience over time has found that organic mulch (wood chips) are no longer appropriate for protection from falls. A much better option for fall protection is rubber mulch, which consistently absorbs more shock impact than any other surface material.

Thanks to a generous $20,000 grant from Wildhorse Foundation, these two playgrounds now have been upgraded to require minimal maintenance. The mulch dries out quickly after rain and does not decompose. Best of all, children are much safer with the rubber mulch.

Boardman Park & Recreation District strives to provide a user friendly, safe space for you to play and explore for many years to come.

· Full Service pump installation and repair from well to pressure tank for both agriculture and domestic applications.

· A local dealer and installer of the best solar pump package in the market today.

· Installation of pipe lines, cisterns and complete water systems for most applications.

· Full line of excavation equipment for your excavation needs.

· We do well rehabilitation for increased water supply and bacterial growth problems.

Arlene Walters Obituary

Arlene J. Walters, 84

Arlene Walters was born in Corydon, Iowa, on August 17, 1938. She passed away peacefully on January 17 in Whitefish. Until dementia sidelined her, she lived a full and active life alongside her husband, Fred. They met and married in the territory of Alaska 64 years ago. She was also loved by her children, Michael, Sandra and Janet, and a wide circle of family members, friends and beloved pets.

Her journey from Iowa to Montana was a long and fascinating one. Arlene's father, James Hellyer, was a construction supervisor on Wake Island just as WWII had gotten underway. When Pearl Harbor happened, he was taken as a P.O.W. by the Japanese and spent the war in prison camps in China and Japan. Meanwhile, his family was notified that he had been killed.

Stateside, Arlene's mother remarried and Arlene did not have the opportunity to reconnect with her father until 1978. They enjoyed many happy times together until his death in 2002.

In the interim, Arlene's family moved extensively throughout the United States, finally landing in the native villages of Aniak, Nome and Kotzebue in Alaska.

From there, Arlene attended the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, where she graduated as a teacher. It's also where she met and married Fred and subsequently started their family.

Fred became a Civil Engineer and the family moved to various towns and villages throughout Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. In 1975, Fred was offered a job on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia and Arlene, always one for adventure, jumped at the chance and was the catalyst for their eventual move. The family spent nearly 3 years in Indonesia and loved every minute of it.

When they returned to the United Sates in 1978, they settled in Bellevue, Washington. About a decade later, more opportunities came and Fred and Arlene moved to Atlanta, Georgia, then Boardman, Oregon, finally settling in Kalispell, Montana, in 2018.

During her life, Arlene worked as a teacher, spent time contributing her talents to sev-

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She also spent years volunteering for 4-H and Campfire Girls as a Brownie leader, making a lasting, positive impact on many children.

An avid quilter, Arlene never saw a quilt store she didn't love. She leaves a legacy of vibrant, hand-crafted quilts to her family.

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Known for her wonderful sense of humor and infectious laugh, Arlene was a well-loved wife, mother, friend and family member. She is survived by Fred, her three children and their spouses, Michael and Sydney Walters of Bellevue, WA, Sandra and Perry Payne of Los Angeles, CA, and Janet and George Bristol of Whitefish, plus seven grandchildren, two greatgrandchildren on the way, and her sister, Thirza Zagelow and husband, Dick, along with many nieces, nephews and cousins. https://www.legacy.com/.../ name/arlene-walters-obituary... In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Humane Society of Northwest Montana.

New Book List: Oregon Trail Library Boardman

F iction:

A Quiet Life: A Novel - Ethan Joella

Bone Canyon - Lee Goldberg

Dismal River - Wayne D. Dundee

Fort Misery - William W. Johnstone

Wicked Dreams - Lisa Jackson

Kingdom of Bones: A Thriller - James Rollins

Murder at Black Oaks - Phillip Margolin

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Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone: A Novel - Diana Gabaldon

Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine - Janet Evanovich

Irish Coffee Murder It Starts With Us: A Novel - Colleen Hoover

Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel - Kevin Wilson

The Bachelor - Sabrina Jeffries

The Key to My Heart - Lia Louis

The Night Travelers: A Novel - Armando Lucas Correa

Non-Fiction

8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go - Jay Shetty

Sophie’s World: A Graphic Novel about the History of Philosophy from Socrates to Galileo. Volume I - Vincent Zabus

Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World’s Ugliest Sweater - Peggy Orenstein

March Crafty Nights @ the Library will be Wednesday, March 8th at 6:00 pm at all three libraries - register at otld.org to reserve your spot. Preschool storytimes are at 11:00 am on Tuesdays in Boardman and Heppner, and on Fridays at 11:00 am in Irrigon.