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Vol. 92, NO. 24
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
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