Z. Laverne Smith passed away on Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, in Portland, Ore., at the age of 88.

She was born on Nov. 27, 1919, in Post, Texas.

She resided in Hood River, Ore., for about 10 years in her youth, then moved to Portland. She worked for Jantzen Mills for 27 years.

Laverne is survived by her brother, Jim Smith, and his wife, Sallie, of Hood River, and numerous nieces and nephews in Oregon and Washington.

There will be a Celebration of Life in Portland in April. The contact will be Buford Lee, at (503) 780-6480 or Leslie Smith, at (503) 281-1487.

Don Shawe died Dec. 11, 2007, at his home in Hood River. He was a resident of the Hood River Valley since after WWII, advocating no DDT as early as the late 1940s.

He was born to Leon Victor Shawe and Louise May (Herman) Shawe of Genessee, Idaho, on Aug. 14, 1917, in Prineville, Ore.

Don was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, David, and sister, Dorothy.

He is survived by sons Sam Shawe, of Bend, Ore., Victor Shawe, of Kamuela, Hawaii, Danno Shawe, of Portland, Ore., and their mother, Mimi Shawe, of Corvallis, Ore.; daughter, Silvan Shawe, and her mother, Karey Shawe, of Hood River; and grandchildren Ashley, Laurel, Max and Cierra Shawe.

This morning when I get up

I’m going to do everything right.

No slip ups!

I will have one cup of coffee,

Not two.

Like a solitary mountain climber

I will pick a point higher up

And go for it.

I will breathe in,

Breathe out,

Mindfully.

I will stay out of the fast lane

I will try to keep up in the slow.

At work I will only smile

At those I love

Or when I am happy.

I will be especially careful

Not to smile at the telephone

As if there were a person present.

I won’t think about money all the time.

— Don Shawe

1917-2007