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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1976)
BESS ! E U OF ORE NEWSPAPER L I? G OR WETZELL L I D 97403 rs s ay y second evy A bare necessities tax levy was approved by the voters of Heppner Monday. 172 138. It was the city's second go-around with the levy outside the six per cent limitation. The approved levy adds $32,138 "to the city's budget. If the city voters would have balked at this second levy, taxpayers would have had to settle for the Heppner tax base of $39,137. For an example of this total, Blue Mountain Community College's tax base at least doubles Heppners. The first levy brought before Heppner voters was for $93,866 outside the six per cent limitation. The budget committee pared that amount over $00,000 to the now approved $32,138. When they shaved that sum, budget committee members called the new levy "far below that which would be necessary to maintain any resemblance to the present levy of city services; that the city is growing in population; that costs of unexpanded services are increasing by more than six per cent each year; and that the pared budget was probably inadequate to maintain city solvency and fiscal responsibility." The lk-ppner city council approved raising water rates last week to raise an additional $21,600. Swimming pool rates were doubled. The city will not get as much federal assistance this year, financially. This year's revenue sharing monies total $16,925, compared to $35,704 from last year. The total operational budget was $309,446. With the approved levy, the total budget will be $348,584. This new increase will provide the city with more money for street department employees, street paving, a part time police clerk and the city's share towards maintain ing a night dispatcher on conjunction with the sheriff's office. Gov. Straub to visit Tuesday Gov. Bob Straub will visit Heppner Tuesday, meeting with local officials and citizens, and then tour Kinzua Corp. later in the day. Straub's town hall visit Tuesday will be held at noon in the Heppner High School auditorium. Aloi.g with Heppner. the governor will visit Hood River, The Dalles, Pendleton, Milton Freewater and the Hermiston-Uniatilla area on his two day. June 21-23 tour. Since entering office, Straub has visited with Oregonians in 18 counties throughout the state. Inside Jr. Rodeo - 8 THE m (&A lLjILj 1. PPBIEI2 ME Vol. 93, No. 20 Heppner, OR, Thursday, fty-1, 1976 Weather Cloudy but warm :iMIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIII Illllllllllllllllll IIMMIimillMIMMIItlMIMIIimilMIIMIIMIHHI ,,,, ..H.I.H.I.. ..." IW ..MHM........U.IM..... .MM.M..,M..MH..,H.H!. Respiratory therapist receives certification The City of Heppner has a certified breathing specialist. Craig Cooley received his certification from the Ameri can Certification Board for respiratory therapy this week. J CRAIG COOLEY Cooley has been actively employed at Pioneer Memo-, rial Hospital here since Jan. I. There are two bourds for certification. Cooley said a national and an American board. He was required to pass one of two board tests. He has not yet received word on the National certification. Cooley is employed in a rather new field. Respiratory therapy is about seven years old. according to Cooley, but new progress is Iwing made every day. Ureal lung is a very essential part nf living and Cooley knows just alsiut everything when it comes to that. At Pioneer Memorial, he has such tasks as performing elcclro-curdmgrams on the heart, oxygen therapy, pul monary function tests, and croup test therapy for infants and pediatrics. He will also head up any emergency rescusitalion teams for cmphasema and asthma, chronic diseases. His oxygen therapy and pulmonary function tests are much like the breathmobile that will come through Hepp ner Wednesday but his work is more advanced. Cooley is working on pros pects of obtaining a blood gas analyzer to determine am ounts of PH in the blood. He said this information was valuable to doctors lor diag nosis Cooley trained at the Uni versity of Oregon medical school hospital after stints at Blue .Mountain Community iinil Ml. Hood Community Colleges. The 25 year-old has been in resprilory therapy for four vears. He lives in Heppner, with his wife Valarie and his two children. Carrie, four and Curtis, three. Morrow Couniy premium books note two additions The 1976 Morrow County Premium Books were mailed this weekend. .Recipients of the books are invited to study them and plan to exhibit at the 1976 fair. Aug 24 27. The entire schedule for both the fair and rodeo, which extends through August 29 is Included In the book. Anyone who did not receive book but would like one can stop by the Extension Offices in Irrigon or Heppner or call Ui Curtis, liTfi !M.'.4 Exhibitors w ill note two new additions lo the open class section of the book. A trophy is to be awarded to the Im-sI exhibit in each of 10 depart ments in the open class section of the fair. They are Ix-ef. awarded by Sabre Farms; sheep Western Fmpire; poul Irv and rabbits Sabre Farms; AAcCabe "good" Laurie McCabe, a ITyearold Heppner girl, was listed In good condition Tues day al Kadlec Hos pital In Richland. She has been at Kadlec ince June 7 fol lowing a one car ac cident. Sunday mor ning. June 8. According to her mother, Mary Jenn McCabe, Uurie has shown encouraging signs. She has some movement, accord ing to Mrs. McCain' but is still partially paralyzed. She suffered frac tured vertebrae In the accident near Ruggs, The car Miss McCiiIm' was in failed to negotiate a curve live miles south of Rungs, flipped end over end and came lo rest on its lop All Ihrce passengers in the front seal were thrown from the car. Mrs. McCain' said there were plans lo move Iuric lo Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland In two weeks She is in a striker frame right now. a Irailion tie- in' other commercial crops Sabre Farms; fruits and veg etables John and Ann Prag; flowers Heppner Garden Club home economics Kaslern Ore gon Farms; Arts, cralts and collections Oregon Potato Inc . children's corner Lind sey Ranch; and teen corner-J-S Ranch Hum year's fair will see the addition of competition for commercial potato growers as descrilied on page 24. DO. Nelson is in charge of the exhibit and is responsible for its development. The Blue Ml. Potato Council is awarding a serial Irophy for Ihe cham pion exhibit In Ihe competi tion. Entrants In Ihe (pen Class Horse Show. Friday, Augusl 27. should note than an English Equitation class and a winking hunter hack class have hi-cn added. To speed up this year's show there will be I wo Judges and two rings running simultaneously. The second Annual Family Fun Night, including a picture of entertainer Marly Davis. Is featured on page two. One correction should be noted Page M. titled Child ren's Corner should have also said Teen Coiner. This is noted in smaller print under Ihe heading. There Is a Tern (Continued on Pag 7) Tucked away in the rim-rock canyons of Kck Creek, lives a pretty cowgirl that could probably gentle maverick cattle with her smile as well as a horse and rope. Morrow County can boast of Patricia Van Schoiack's good looks and personable altitude when they start to talk about this year's Queen of the 1976 fair and rodeo. Patricia lives with her family. Bob and Kattie her parents and three brothers and ihrce sisters about 23 miles wesl ol Heppner. deep on the canyon road to ljmerock. A trip to the Van Schoiack ranch reveals rolling lulls, mountain sides and trickling creeks, inhabited by all kinds of Morrow County wildlife. The scene is serene and Patricia likes it that way. She uses the ranch, now, for a weekend recluse between busy weekdays at Blue Mountain Community College and weeks uh.ii weeks of fair and rodeo parades and upiiearances in Ihe summer. Trisha. as she is often called, has In years ol 4 II exH-rience behind her now. She was a member of the Gooseberry Livestock Club Her two olilest brothers. Bill, 18 and Dan Hi along will) sisters Kathleen 13, Marie 14. and Anne 12 still In-long to the club. Little brother Mike, age six. well. Trisha jus) calls him a "holy terror" and watches him skidaddlo through the fields wh le her brothers move inigation pipe. Her weekend retreats lo the rancl. i ren't filled with lackadaisical day dreami. a and napping. She is E'ill included as an integral part of Ihe family ard thai means WORK. As Ihe oldest child in her family, she is still called upon as the main cowhand and uses her vears ol horse experience on Ihe ranch as an asset . Along with Ihe fall round up of mountain grazing cattle. Patricia also doubles as the ocrator of a hay -baler, mover of irrigation pix and basic ranch hand feeding and caring nl animals. All her work doesn't involve just ranching. She is an expert seamstress and is presently working on a blouse thai she will wear in court apix-arances. She sews most of her own clothes and has worn some ol her work in appearances already. An avid cook, she says banana bread is her favorite hut she can whip up about any kind of cake or cookie your lasle buds favor in a matter of minutes. This year Patricia attended Blue Mountain Community College in Pendlelon. living there during Ihe'week and taking the 90 miles plus trip home on weekends. Lasl vear she received a certificate in general business at BMCC and al Ihe end o' July this summer, she will graduate from the college as a licensed practical nurse U.PNI She plans lo work at Pioneer Memorial Hospital this summer and poss Iblv through the fall. Future plans are too far away right now. Royally isn't anything new to the Van) Sihoiaek family. Mother Kattie was a number of Ihe court in 1950 and was the queen in 1952. She knows what work it entails miprn and as motner. pne of Ihe stipulations Involved with the court. Is that a parent must be able to haul around horses and other paraphernalia for the queen and princesses. Kattie is jil aa busy as her daughter this summer. Every week through Ihe fair and even after In September are chuck full of appearances In rodeos, parades, dances and festivals. Queen Patricia will be honored this Saturday in her own dance, June 19 at the Morrow County Fair Pavilion. Patricia, standing a slender 57" with grey eyes and shoulder length dark brown hair, w III ride "Ivan" In Ihe parade this year. Ivan, a seven venr old with "loo much thorough- Queen Patricia enjoys Rock Creek serenity bn-il ha been with Patricia through her roiil' vears. member of Ihe Northwest Rodeo Asso i i.i ion. Patricia is still an active member of the Wranglers and enjoys competing in jack pit rodeos in the area. Her specialties are barrel racing, steer dobbing and goat tying. The 1974 graduate of Heppner High School has to relv on her family for support as well as constant help. When she doesn't have the lime, sisters are willing to help with her chon-s. Patricia Van Schoiack enjoys her life in the Rock Creek serenity. She is the Morrow Con.: v Fair and Rodeo Queen and Morrow Coin xliould be proud of that. 197S Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Queen Micki Hoskens will crown Patricia Van Schoiack as this year's fair and rodeo queen at the coronation exercise. Saturday, at 8 p.m. in the county fair pavilion. The coronation ceremonies w ill be followed by the coronation dance at 9 p.m., featuring music by Mirage. L 5 N. ..I r 8 j 5 j ) I J 1 ' 1 I ! .ft Not only a good cowhand, but a good cook to boot ) i i Queen Patricia and official mount, Ivan. BHMffW N4MM?I..MPHIIIWifci s 3 3
