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BESS. IE WETZCLL,;;.-.: , U OF :' ORE . 4 NEWSPAPER t-1 8 EUGENE OR 7403 - " The Heppner t r llMiid, id 11 Jl lr Jl ELECTION 78 COUNTY JUDGE 0 D.O. NELSON COUNTY ASSESSOR O EVE RETT HARSHMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER (R) O HOMER HUGHES 483 COUNTY COMMISSIONER (D) I DAN CREAMER(write-in) GOVERNOR (R) O VIC ATIYEH TOM McCALL ROGER MARTIN GOVERNOR (D) O BOB STRAUB O PROJECTED WINNER PNB laying cable Telephone company work men in Heppner will be a familiar sight for the next several days, as Pacific Northwest Bell has begun a $37,400 cable burying project along Gale Street north of the company's Heppner office. Aerial cable is being re placed with buried cable and new plastic ducts through which cable will be placed in the future as demand for telephone service grows. Ac cording to Pacific Northwest Bell manager Dale Slusher, the Heppner project will Heppner High School's top scholars view their upcoming transformation into college students with mixed emotions. ' "I've lived here all my life, so it will be hard to adjust," said , co-salutatorian Cathy Wolff, also a lifelong resident of the area, expects to feel some hometown nostaligia, bit I Is "anxious to move on." For Heppner's other co-salutator- H i- lan, Kristi Edmundson, enroll t ment at Oregon College of - Education will be a homecom j-mDll . -t C. . a " ," '' : ,'. r tm-tmnHT--, - Mum SPECIAL EL BOARDAAAN TAX BASE NORTH MORROW VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT TAX BASE IRRIGON RURAL FIRE DISTRICT TAX BASE BMCC LEVY Total Vote 639 1069 CIRCUIT O WILLIAM WELLS MILO POPE Morrow County Vote 217 142 260 CHUCK BENNETT 413 JACK SUMNER 265 STATE REP 55th DIST (R) 434 O BILLY C BELLAMY 547 include about 1,900 feet of cable along Gale Street, and 600 feet each along Baltimore and Center streets. J The construction work, part of about $150,000 the phone company plans to spend in the Weather by Don Gilliam eppner, HHS will ing of sorts, since she lived in the Willamette Valley before moving to Heppner at high Commencement Friday evening Heppner's commencement ceremony begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the school's gymna sium. Marguerite Glavey, a teacher in Heppner schools for many years and now retired, will be the ceremony's hon ored guest. Former Heppner High so j " ' V A IK I, . . CTIONS YES 92 261 139 4786 NO 45 148 56 5601 Morrow County Vote Total COURT JUDGE Vote 712 370 5843 4122 STATE REP 55th DIST (D) 2490 2333 Heppner area this year, was required because existing fa cilities in the area were full. The existing aerial cable serves about 50 customers on the three streets. weekend catching up on let- ters owed friends and rela- Hi LowPre. tives, since the postage rate Wed., May 17 65 38 for standard first-class letters Thurs.,May 18 70 38 will go up to 15 cents on May Fri.,Mayl9 76 46 29. Sat., May 20 82 53 .22 Stamp collectors may be the Sun., May 21 69 53 only citizens to benefit in some Mon.,May22 60 37 way from the postal increase, Tues.,May23 60 34 since a series of new stamps lone senior classes look to graduation graduate 52 seniors school age. "But I will miss small-town life," she confes sed. cial studies teacher Charles Lutsch, who left the area last year for an instructor's posi tion in the Willamette Valley, will deliver the commence ment address. The popular teacher was asked to return to Heppner to make the speech Heppner High School honor i j students i ' ! J Kathy Wolff Jt"i Kristi Edmundson Cathy Palmer G VOL. 96 NO. 21 25th Annual Picnic As a combination reunion celebration and memorial recognition of the county's early settlers, the 25th annual Pioneer memorial Picnic will feature good food and fellow ship with friends from near and far. The event will be held in the Fair Pavilion in Heppner this Sunday, May 28, with registration conducted from 10 a.m. to noon, and the potluck meal starting at 12:30 pm. Hosts for the 1978 picnic are Postage rate hike effective May 29 Economy minded corres pondents may want to spend a portion of the Memorial Day Kristi said she plans to study early childhood educa tion during her stay at by the graduating seniors. The Rev. John M"aas will conduct the invocaton and benediction. Processional mu sic will be provided by the high school band, and the Jim Ackley Band will present a musical selection. Monmouth, eventually pursu ing a career in the education field in which both her par ents are currently involved. Her father, John, is assistant superintendent of the Morrow County School district, and her mother, Pat, is a first grade teacher. Cathy will enter Southern Oregon College, studying a program of general science and math. Tentative plans are for a career in the health or science fields. She is the daughter of Roger and Shirley Palmer. Kathy, also a specialist in the science field, plans to study geophysics at Oregon State University. She is the daughter of "Heppner physi cian Dr. Wallace Wolff. All three of the honor students had good words to say for Heppner's academic program. "They really stress lrTn- -Trnriiniimi.iiii mutoiH , ' f f- Morrow County's HEPPNER, OREGON Sun the Bryant and Green fami lies, headed by chairmen Herman and Alma Green, Cornett and Florence Green and Howard and Beth Bryant. They plan to prepare ham, beverages and rolls for a crowd of 300, and ask partici pants to contribute salads and desserts. This year's program in cludes the presentation of colors by Edward Baker, Commander of Heppner's American Legion Post 87; will be issued in 15 cent denominations. The new stamps are expected at the Heppner Post Office on Thurs day. The 15 cent rate applies to letters weighing less than one ounce. Each additional first class ounce will cost 13 cents. Rate increases have also ooen approved for second class, parcel post and other categories. Details on the new prices will be available from Heppner Postmaster Hubert Wilson. The rate increase, combined , with congressional subsidies, is designed to bring in $17.5 billion annually for the debt ridden Postal Service. The total is some $57 million less than the Postal Service has stated that it needed. basic education here," said Kristi. Talks with students at some of the state's larger schools revealed that their numerous elective class op- tions, and halfday classloads for seniors often left high schoolers lacking depth in their scholastic programs, she said. But bringing home consis tent good grades has its drawbacks, as well as its rewards. A certain degree of anti-intellectual sentiment ap parently remains within the Heppner student body. When report card time rolls around the girls reported, they are as ' likely to be teased as praised for their straight-A efforts. Although all three hold National Honor Society pins for "cranial athletics," their activities at Heppner High have not been limited to brain work. Kristi has participated on the school's volleyball, basket ball, and state class-A cham , pion golf teams, as well as serving on the yearbook staff, on the cheerleading squad, dance team, band and in the FHA organization. Cathy has been involved with the band, honor band, yearbook staff, volleyball team, backpacking club, GAB, and 4-H programs in sewing, knitting, sheep, swine, and wilderness survival. Kathy, also a member of the Conf. on page 3 day Award-Winning Weekly Newspaper Pioneer time taps by Gene Rietmann of lone; group singing of "Amer ica the Beautiful", accompa nied by Mrs. Ola Mae Grosh ens; introductions; and pre sentations of prizes, compli ments of Heppner-Morrow County Merchants Commit tee. Morrow County Museum hours, expanded for the plea sure of the host of visitors expected over Memorial Day , v 3 ; : ':-iv The Heppner High School Rodeo Club has won first place in three out of three rodeos so far this year. Gathered proudly around their trophies are: standing, club advisor Michelle Portman, and members Mary Daly, Ron Currin, Janice Healy, Lawrence Rice and Marie Yocuin ; kneeling, Cindy Dougherty, Jack Yocum, Tony Currin and Maureen Healy. Members not pictured are Jo Iynn Daly, Dan Van Schoiack, Jana Steagall and Wade West. IHS commencement tonight Fourteen members of the Class of 1978 will graduate tonight (Thursday, May 25) from lone High School with Natalie Tews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tews, acting as valedictorian, and Grace Mc Eliigott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McElligott, giving the salutatorian address. Commencement excercises will begin at 8 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Cliff Wil liams, retired lone teacher, will be guest speaker, while Jim Ackley, Heppner schools'" band instructor, will provide music for the evening. A reception is planned after commencement in the cafe teria. Valedictorian Natalie is a member of the National Honor Society and the president of the Girls' Letter Club, played on the varsity volleyball, tennis and basketball teams. She is also active in 4-H clothing and cooking clubs, and placed second in the senior division in the Make-It-With-Wool contest held in Heppner last fall. Natalie was a cheerleader during this school year. Natalie has been granted a $600-a-year president's scho larship to Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. While she hasn't yet pinned down her major, she said it would be something in science and mathematics. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1978 emorial of reunion weekend, will be Saturday, May 27 and Monday, May 29, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 28, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Among local groups contri buting time and effort to this year's picnic are the Soropto mists, in charge of registra tion; the Heppner Lions, locating and setting up tables; and the Heppner Garden Club, decorating the Fair Pavilion. Many area businesses have t4 ,. -, 1 Nf . ' T V rv I -. i h iS ! m Three out of three "V ' ' ri v.. I Y N 1 Natalie Tews lone High School Salutatorian Grace served as secretary of the national Honor Society and was also active in sports as a member of the volleyball, basketball and track teams. She was named to the first district basketball team this year. Grace was lone High School's homecoming queen during football season and was a delegate to Girl's State last summer. She was senior class student council repre sentative and is active in 4-H sewing, cooking and livestock clubs. The recipient of a $100 Elk's scholarship, Grace will attend Carroll College in Helena, 16 PAGES 20c donated cash or food for the event. The families of Burton and George Peck will be in charge of arrangements for the 1979 get-together, with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Peck serving as chairmen. This year's hosts invite everyone in the community to join their out-of-town guests in celebrating the 25th annual Pioneer Memorial Picnic. x v 'Pivv yv , 3 i 4 ' s Grace McElligott honor students Montana this fall. Planning to major in medical technology, she was awarded a $500-a-year honor scholarship to the college. Both girls agree that attend ing a small high school Is definitely an advantage. "You get much more individual attention," Natalie com mented. "There's a much better teacher-student ratio than in larger schools." "You also get much more involved in activities," Grace added. The first district bas ketball team member looked at Natalie and laughed, "We never would have made the teams in a big school." r J' J . t 1 k.-j, ..jjKfcjw-
