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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1975)
DES3IE ttETZELL U OF ORE N t: '.V SPATCR LID EUGLNE OR 97 4 03 THE Heppner, OR, July 31, 1975 15c Vol. 92, NO. 24 $720,000.00 approved nTo nrnTTiv yTTrrO I.. A princess, breolung those uild mustangs? rinccss June McLean has earned a reputation for herself this summer. She is consider ed the "life" of the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court, according to the other mem bers of the court. It doesn't take long to learn how June earned her reputa tion She is full of fun, out going, and a lively 17 year-old girl. This year's fair and rodeo court is distinguished by its extremes. Princess Donna Ilea lived in South Sun Francisco before moving to lone. Princess June repre sents a way of life just the opposite. For most of her 17 A L .-;' ' " -,- r r.,; ".! t , i iPHlllJIL J III I ' l'" I 1 . . -t. 4 PRINCESS JUNE r ' IT- years June has lived in one of Oregon's most isolated areas in southern Harney County. Home to June had been Oregon's High Desert at Fields in the Steens Mountain area of Hurney County. At the age of 2 she moved from Pennsylvania to Fields with her family, where her father ranched. A year and a hulf ago her father bought the Swaggart Ranch on Little Butter Creek and June, her twin brother John Al. brother Chappo, sister Sue and all the rest of the McLeans moved to what to them seemed very hilly country. June holds the distinction of 4 i 4 McLEAN 1 4 V. ALLEN HUGHES, Heppner, is busily having . attended the only public boarding school in the United States, Crane High School. She likes to talk about what it was like. To her Heppner High School seems "pretty big." Most of all Princess June and her sister miss the smell of the sage. "We bring bunches of sage into the house to remind us of the desert," she said. "It was hard for mc to get used to riding a horse on this hilly country. "I was used to everything being flat." Her first love is ranching. She thought she would like to be a veterinarian. "On a ranch you learn to be a vet quick." she said June learned other skills too. On their Fields Ranch there were no calf chutes, so all the calves were roped. She learned to be a good roper. She breaks horses, even wild mustangs. At present she has seven head of horses on the Little Butter Creek Ranch. Ule isn't all horses, sheep and cattle for June. She loves music and says she picks at the piano and guitar. She doesn't have too much to say about it but her aunt boasts of June's artistic abilities. "She is a good drawer," she says. Saturday should be fun at the Morrow County Fair grounds. That is lrincess June McLean's dance. Music will be provided by the Country Review. New subdivision for Heppner lYeliminary plat for a new six lot subdivision, Highland Subdivision was approved by the City Planning Commission la.ot Wednesday night, The tentative subdivision will be constructed on the southerly portion of Chase Street. The six lots can be supplied with existing sewer and water facilities. Some minor change were requested by the planning commission prior to accept ance of the plat. One of their requests was that a 50 foot easement be constructed be tween the lots as a roadway for any future development. Developers of Highland Subdivision are Rill and Daisy Collins, Heppnef. . engaged harvesting his wheat. Citizen Involvement ' requested The Morrow County Court . and Morrow County Planning Commission wish to inform all interested citizens of Morrow County of the opportunity to serve on a citizen involve ment committee. The purpose of this committee is to act as an advisory committee to the planning commission. The committee will be involved in all levels of planning from plan development to imple mentation. The committee will also serve as an advisory group to all state agencies engaged in planning in Mor row County. Those interested are invited to attend a meeting to be held Aug. 14. 1975. 7:30 p.m. in the Morrow County Courthouse, Heppner, OR. The meeting will be held to discuss state and county subdivision regulations, and to establish the membership of the Committee for Citizen Involvement. Hours changed at city pool The management of the city pool has announced that effective Aug. 1, 1975. the pool will return to its original scheduled hours of operation. This action has been taken due to two main factors. First, attendance at the newly added adult and family hours has been poor and thus does not necessitate keeping these activities any longer. Second, the new schedule has brought about schedule conflicts and therefore the pool will return to the follow ing schedule for recreation swimming. Tuesday through Friday, 15 and 79 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 15pm. Closed Monday. Swim team and lesson schedule will not be changed or affected. These new hours will become effective on Friday. Aug. I. Further questions will be answered at the Heppner Swim Pool. GOLDEN AC.ERS HAVE PICNIC The Golden Age annual potluck picnic will be held at the city park on August 5, at 1:30 p m. oardman receives grant for water system A grant in the amount of $720,000.00 has been approved by the Economic Develop ment Administration for the City of Boardman. Sen. Pack wood's office informed the Gazette Times Monday of the approval for the city's water system. A bond issue in the amount of (480,000 was approved by Boardman voters last May by Visitor from chamber of Nese Kizilkoy, Ankara, Tur key, a 1975 delegate to the United States in the Interna tional 4-H Youth Exchange Program, was guest speaker at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday. In her native Turkey her position is comparable to that of a county extension agent. Having majored in home economics, she teaches worn em and young girls how to sew and cook. Although her office is located in Ankara she travels to the outlying villages to teach women and young children various 4-H pro grams. "Farming is quite different in Turkey than here in Oregon," said Nese. "Many families live together in the villages and in the summer they travel to their farms. When the farm work is completed they return to their villages." Most of the villages have only one primary school, kindergarten through the six th grade, with scondary and high schools located in larger cities. At pre5"1 on,y one member of a family is allowed to attend secondary or high school. , Nese has three sisters who will be allowed to attend primary school only because she has already attended secondary and high school. Over population is one of the primary reasons for the exist ing school situation. A test is given in the primary grade to determine if the student should be allowed to continue his education or If he should remain in the same grade until he learns his basics. Prior to entering secondary school another test is given to see if the pupil will be allowed to continue his education. The government does not pay any subsidy to students to further their education. Nese placed first in Turkey in her efforts to visit the United States, however, her trip to the United States was paid by donations to the National 4 H Foundation, of which Turkey is a member. The monetary value of Turkey is the lira and 14 lira being equivalent to one Amer ican dollar. Nese receives 1,400 lira per year plus an additional bonus of 500 lira per year from the government. School district special meeting A special meeting of the Morrow County School Dis trict Board will be held on August 5, 9 pm. In the Lexing'on District Office. The board will review plana developed by architect Bob Smith, Ontario, for aiiop buildings at lone and Heppner and classrooms at A C. Hou ghton Elementary School and Riverside High School. a 4 to 1 vote, to meet the estimated cost of $1,200,000. It will provide water for the present town as well as the area south of present site to be developed. The system will be adequate for a population of 4,000 to 4,500. The new system will pump 5,600 gallons per minute as compared to the present well capacity of 800 gpm. The Ranney well system is a shaft She is classified as a techni cian by her government. While traveling through the United States she receives a small salary from the various counties she visits to help defray the cost of her expen ses. She is presently living with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baker. Boardman, and will leave today for Hillsboro, OR, then on to Champaign, IL. From there her destination is uncer tain. She will remain in the United States for approxi mately four months. Upon completion of her tour and her return to Turkey she will travel and tell her people of the American way of life and of the benefits derived from her tour. Nese speaks French and German in addition to her native language. She has some problems with the English fit if J in the banks of the Columbia River with eight different fingers to draw water. The gravel will provide a natural filtering system for larger impurities and will have a final filtering before chlorina tion. Farmers Home Admini stration has offered to pur chase the bonds for the water system. A grant for a sewer system Turkey tells customs language. Kris Baker, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baker has been helping Nese with her English and accord ing to Kris Nese is improving daily. At first she was afraid to speak for fear of making errors. In a short time she has overcome this obstacle. Nese told of the older customs in the villages as compared to the modern way of life in the cities. Citing an example she told of wedding ceremonies in the small vil lages that will last two to three days. In the city a wedding ceremony lasts about one hour. She also spoke of the different customs still carried out in the villages and of the traditional dress. In the cities the national dress is used on festive occasions only. She ' displayed some of the national dresses used in villages and m- Jm m: Nese Kizilkoy, extension agent from Ankara, Turkey, displays one of the National dresses worn by the women of the villages on special occasions. Most of the attire she la wearing is hand made. for Boardman is also in process. The estimated cost for the sewer system will be near the 1 million dollar figure. The voters of Board man have already approved $420,000 for this project. The EPA has been asked to supply the additional funds. It is expected it will be next year before plans and loans are finalized on this project. explained that at one time much of the dresses were hand made, however, today most are machine made. Nese also displayed some towels, jewelry, tablecloths and Turkish money. One item of particular interest was a meerschaum necklace, intri cately hand carved. Following the meeting she spoke of meeting Nels Ander son, former Morrow County Extension Agent, in Ankara and of the visits she had with him never dreaming that someday she would visit Oregon. Birdine Tullis, Morrow County extension agent said, "Perhaps kids have finally gotten the message as to what we have been trying to teach them through our 4-H pro gram when they start touring the world, maybe the 4-H program has come of age." mm mi ii if j F 4 3. m W . m a w " jt. ,11r j,,.."' " "w,,i,w""- - F
