KZtTntli GAZETTE-TIMES. Thunder. MT . 70
Barbara's Diary
(Barbara' Diary U a day-to-day
on the ot report of A tour
taken thU past winter by the
Orvllle Cut&forths. the Phil M
honey, and the Fhll Cohna to
the South Seaa. New Zealand
and Australia.)
The cemetery at Rotorua Is
built on top of the ground with
concrete block covers for this
aame reason.
The lake at Rotorua Is noted
for Its rainbow fishing, bo wc
rented a boat and went out to
try our luck. We had a beau
tiful Maori woman. Mia Potts,
who had studied for and passed
the pilots tests as our fishing
guide, much to the pleasure of
Orvllle and Phil M. Everyone
caught fish but Phil M. and he
did have one to the boat and
lost It. Could have been the.
wintart of the eutae as
she was ready with the net to
lift the fish Irom me water.
Hazel became so excited when
cha had rnf strike her lure, she
threw her last package of Amer
lean cigarettes and matches ov
er board.
We took the fish we caught
th hntol and the chef pre
nared Dart of them for dinner
that evening.
As we continue our travels on
south through the north Island
wo came to a dam In the Wair
ahei river. The total flow of the
river goes through a tunnel to
a power generating plant, but
to preserve the beauty of the
cascading waterfall, at 10:00
a m. and at 2:30 p.m. each day,
the gates in the dam are open
ed for one hour to let the wa
ter flow down the original chan
nel. It Is a sight well worth tim
ing ones travels to see. The wa
ter Is so blue as it falls over
the rocks and fills the pools.
It takes 20 minutes for all the
water to fill the rapids to their
natural state. ThU is one of nine
hydro-electric dams in the Wair
ahei river to control floods and
produce electricity for private
and industrial consumption.
From here we went to the fa
mous Hydrothcrmal power plant.
Here they drill bores (wells t
thousands of feet down to hot
steam caps in the molten lava.j
steam generators. 87 of all the
electricity used on the north is
land is generated here.
From here we went to lake
Rotoaro. We stopped at the in
formation center to view a mod
el of one of the largest engineer
ing projects in the world where
the rivers and streams form Mt.
Torgariro and Mt. Ngurahoe
are being diverted to the Wai
halo River and Lake Toupo. This
is done with large tunnels, some
of them 25 miles long, to firm
up the water supply to Lake
Toupo and the down stream hy
droelectric dams.
On to Chateau in the Tonga
riro National Park on Mt. Rua
peha. This is a very famous ski
area on the north island in the
winter. Mt. Ruapehu is an ac
tive volcano. It erupted this last
December and the occupants of
a village at timber line evac
uated just in time to save them
selves from a lava flow that
covered most of the buildings.
Mt. Tongariro and ML Ngaura
hoe are also active volcanoe.
The residents of the area told
us that they rumble, growl and
emit steam and smoke at fluc
tuating Intervals. ML Tongario
was putting on a good display
r tipnm as we drove by the
base.
Just before we arrived In Wan
ganui we went by many flax
fields on plantations. We soon
came to a flax shredding plant
where we stopped to see how
the plant was prepared for dry
ing. The green flat leaves are
run through a bar type machine
and washed. The fiber Is then
draped over wire racks which
are then taken to drying fields
to dry in the sun. They make
rugs from this fiber after It has
teen dyed. The fiber U also us
oft in the manufacture of warp
ing for wool and synthetic fiber
rugs. Much of it is exported to
the U. S. and otner countries.
From Wanganul to Wellington
the terrain is more uai ana lev
el than what we had previous
ly drove through. Sheep and cat
tl erazlne all alone the high
u-av Th number of sheco is
otruriallv amazing. Young
sheep are called lambs from the
day they are born until cpi. i
From then until the next or sec
ond Sept. 1 in their life span
they are called Huggetts. From
then on they become sneep or
mutton when butchered lor
We met Phil and Marian Cohn
in Wellington. They had left us
at Rotorura and went on ahead
as they had some appointments
to fulfill. We could not get res
ervations on the same plane for
Christchurch on the south is
land so Phil and Marian went
on ahead again and we were
to take a later plane. This gave
Orville an opportunity to visit
with the Minister or Agriculture
for this area. Phil M.. Hazel and
i tfw.k a tour of the city of Wel
lington and had the chance to
vivit the rose and beeonia ear-
dens which were in full bloom
and really gorgeous.
WILD COW RACEi Bobby Bolt Ion, gets ready to ride. Frank
HalTorsen, Ion is on the left end and Chris Lorgren. Heppner.
center.
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Riverside Graduate Twenty Four
By MART LEE MARLOW
BOA RDM AN Commence
ment exercLses for the graduat
ing class of Riverside High
School were held last Friday
night In the school gymnasium
with one of the largest crowds
in recent years attending. Rich
ard HlatL EOC. La Grande, was
the speaker.
The processional and reces
sional were played by Mrs. Al
bert Partlow. The Invocation was
by the Rev. John Kenney, pas
tor of the Assembly of God
Church at Irrigon. Thomas Stew
art ua salutatorian. Valedictor-
iin uv JoseDh Tatone and
On To Oregon
Given by 4th Grade
The children of Mrs. Jessie
Fave Morris" 4th erade doubly
enjoyed presenting their Pacific
Northwest program last week
because many of their costumes
and properties were authentic.
They had old-time dresses,
sunbonnets and high top shoes
that had been in their teachers
family for many years. Amaz
ing how much the heels of that
latest fashion of many years ago
so closely resembles the heels
of today. They had a real churn,
guns, coyote and bear traps and
an old time fiddle.
In their presentation of "Wag
ons West", the members of the
wagon train ate beans and fried
hot cakes around the camp fire.
They square danced and sang
while the fiddler "fiddled".
Then they had Oregon today
with song and poem. They clos
ed with the Conservation pledge:
"I eive mv uledee as an
American to save and faithful
ly defend from waste the nat
ural resources of my country, its
soil and minerals, its forests,
waters and wildlife."
Thev closed by singing Ore
gon My Oregon.
The room mothers, Mrs. vern
Viall and Mrs. Charles McDon
nell were nresented sifts.
Readers were Lynne Goch
nauer, Sally Sumner and Mar
jorie Viall. Characters were
Kenneth Howard, Indian;
Charles Riddle, trapper; Chris
Johnson, miner; Ron Currin,
wagon master. Pioneers and cit
izens: Cindy Dougherty, Ken
neth Grieb, Dee Hedman, James
Kenny, Laura Malcom, Douglas
Marquardt, Susan McConneU,
Dixie McDanieL Rita McRoberts,
Cathy Palmer, Krynn Robinson,
Curtis Sweek, Lori Turner, Dan
Van Schoiack, Rosemary Winter,
Jack Yocom and Anita Bona-witz.
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CALF ROPING WINNER Verina French and Dean Longgood, both
of BMCC. A gooa crowa enjoyea ue sunoay www bi im "
collegiate Rodeo here last weekend.
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TOM CURRIN, Heppner, presents Linda Peila her 2nd place award
in uiris Barrel nace.
Knp The Beatitudes , accom
panled by Mrs. Partlow.
Gerald Peck of the Morrow
County school board, presented
the diplomas to twenty-four sen
iors. Dante Daltoso, school princi
pal presented the following
awards: Oregon Scholar awards
to Joseph Tatone and Tamara
Snvder; full tuition scholarship
i'rimo Mountain Community
College for 1970-71, Diane Baity;
L'nion Pacific Railroad Vo Ag
$200 scholarship, Joseph Tatone;
$100 A. C. Houghton PTA schol
arship, Tamara Snyder; Elks
Lodge, Hermiston, scholarship
for $230, Bruce Buchanan; Board
man Tillicum Club $100 scholar
ship, Tamara Snyder; trophy for
the outstanding senior, Albert
Phillips.
The Rev. Herbert Vaughan,
pastor of the Community Bap
tist Church, Irrigon, gave the
benediction.
Awards Assembly
Many awards were given out
at an assembly Wednesday of
last week at Riverside High
School. Dan Daltoso presented
the valedictorian award to Jos
eph Tatone and Tamara Snyder,
and the salutatorian award to
Thomas Stewart. Dennis Surmon
gave the best musician award to
Pamela Kuhn. Nancy Leroux pre
sented an award to Joseph Ta
tone for having the highest score
in the National methematics ex
amination at Riverside.
Tatone also received the De
kalb Ag Research award, which
is nrespnted to the senior with
the best agricultural accomplish
ments. It was Dresented bv Ron
ald Black. FFA advisor, who al
so introduced the following FFA
officers for next year: Clarence
Proctor, president; Tony Barn
hart. viee-Dresident: Jon Starke,
secretary; Rick Partlow, treasur
er; Bill Acock, reporter; Steve
Acock, sentinel
Cella Mitchell gave out the
following GAA awards: GAA
girl of the year, Diane Black;
outstanding senior girl Tamara
Snyder. Seniors receiving awards
were Diane Baity, Rhonda Bel
linger, Tonl Hill. Judy Hinton.
Vicky Hobbs, Pam Kuhn, Fran
ces McDonald. Fran Witters.
Juniors Diane Black. Lynel
Braat, Cathy Byerly, Ceneva
Campbell. Judy Franke. Patty
Proctor, Donna Pummel. Vivian
Phillips, Debbie Abercromble.
Sophomores Donna Doubledee.
i inHa Frederlckson. Georgia
Hinton. Linda Hoffman. Sally
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Tamara Snyder. Pamela Kuhn Kestler, Kathy Ryan, Jonl Tiller,
"Tk. Rontiturtes". accom- i-IoKMa Waller Michele Wilkie.
Dehhle Walter. Michele Wilkie,
Judy Snyder, Patsy Skoubo, Car
ol Wiley. Myrna Wilkie. Pat Wit
ters. Freshmen Susan Ball,
Vickie Cayman, Dodt Hilling,
Chervl Hlnkley. Kittle Hixson,
Debbie Hug. Casey Kuhn. Deb
bie McCoy, Marilyn Pourler, Di
ane Rash.
Athletic Awards
Boys' athletic awards were pre
sented by Bob Byrd for basket
ball; Don Hcndrix for football;
and Jim Harper for baseball.
Joseph Tatone received the most
Inspirational player award in
football, Bruce Buchanan in
baseball, and Grant Walter In
basketball. Other special awards
were: Ron Zielinski best defens
ive player; Ron Baker, best of
fensive; Joseph Tatone, best
hustler; Ron Zielinski, best re
bounder; Jerry Downey, most im
proved; Ron Baker, most valua
ble player.
Others receiving awards for
football, basketball, baseball
and track were: seniors Ran
dy Ryan, Albert Phillip David
Franke, Tom Stewart, Richard
Shoemake and Gary HilgeL Jun-
lors Jon Starke, John Stoneman,
Doug rrichard, Dennis Lamb,
Dennis Robins, Jerry Meateth.
Sophomores Rick Partlow, Tony
Barnhart, Bill Acock, Steve A
cock, Gary Frederlckson, Larry
Ball, Larry Shoemake. Fresh
menBob Ryan, David Rich
ards, Wayne Downey. Rob Ad
ams, Randy Baker, Mike Proc
tor, Don Harper, Darrel Pummel
and Jim Hiigel.
The Boardman Garden Club
went to Pendleton Monday of
last week for a luncheon meet
lng at the home of Mrs. Charles
Anderegg. Guests were Mrs. Nate
Macomber and Mrs. Hugh Brown
of Pendleton, former members of
the club.
Mm Rov Ball, president, open
ed the meeting by reading the
state presidents message Irom
the Oregon Newsletter. A dona
tion was voted to assist with
the restoration of an old man
sion in Salem.
Mrs. Rollin Bishop read an ar
ticle on birds at the Cold Springs
National Wild Life Refuge in
Umatilla County.
Announcement was made of
the state convention at Bend
June 15-18.
Mrs. Ball received the door
prize.
Those attending from Board
man besides Mrs. Ball and Mrs.
Bishop included Mrs. Ralph Ear-
wood, Mrs. Glen Carpenter, Mrs.
Walter Wyss and Mrs. Frank
Marlow. - -
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Dear Editors:
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Immunization Records are Prepared
Announcement
Believine that both Repub
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have the right of a choice for
the office of Morrow County
Judge, I did not file for the
nosition In the primaries as
friends urged me to do.
I sincerely appreciate the
write-in votes which express
a desire for a change in this
office. I feel complimented
that so manv persons wrote
in my name, and I assure you
I shall file for the position
as an independent on the No
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I do not believe this coun
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judge with a very liberal ex
pense account. If I am elected
the salarv will be reduced as
the first order of business at
the first session of the court,
ft seems likelv there are oth
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(Bill)
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