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Bechdolts chosen royal couple
for Morrow Fair & Rodeo
Morrow County has gone
through a number of changes
since Adrian Bechdolt was a
farmboy on his family ranch
near Hardman.
"I can remember seeing
three or four teams hauling
lumber or freight going down
Toll Rock Road towards the
John Day Country," he recol
lected recently.
His wife, Belva, is a
descendent of the Hardman
family, the namesake of the
southern Morrow community,
and a long-time grade school
teacher in the county. The
couple now lives in Pendleton.
The Bechdolts will be spend
ing a considerable amount of
time in Heppner during the
coming weeks, since they
have been chosen this year's
Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo King and Queen.
Duties for the honorary
posts will include appearances
at Family Fun Night, the
annual parade, and serving as
general goodwill ambassadors
during other fair and rodeo
activities.
During his years in Morrow
County, Mr. Bechdolt farmed
a family owned tract of land
near Boardman (now buried
beneath the Columbia back
waters) and the home ranch
near Hardman. He left farm
ing at different intervals to
teach math, geometry and
commercial subjects at
Boardman, and to try his hand
at accounting in Portland.
While a student at an
Oregon State summer session,
he met his future wife, then a
California girl. A romance
was kindled, but it was not
until more than 15 years later
that the two became married.
Humane Society plans Heppner thrift shop
to raise money for animal shelter
The Morrow-Umatilla Hu
mane Society is attempting to
locate a thrift shop in Hepp
ner, as part of a fund-raising
effort to construct a county
animal shelter.
Chapter members Edna
Posey and Mary Wilson were
in Heppner on Monday to
check into renting store space
for the thrift shop, which
would be operated similar to
an existing shop in Hermiston.
Mrs. Wilson noted that the
town of Irrigon has donated
land on which to build a county
animal shelter. The nearest
such facility is currently
located in Hermiston.
At present, there are no
animal shelters available to
Morrow County residents for
handling stray pets, hosting
immunization clinics and neu
tering clinics, and other ser
vices such facilities provide.
Without such a shelter,
"there is really no purpose for
the laws and ordinances that
have been passed to deal with
stray pets," Mrs. Wilson
noted.
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Mr. & Mrs Adrian Bechdolt
"It was at the depth of the
depression that we met," said
Bechdolt. Belva remained in
California, teaching in Sacra
mento elementary schools,
while Bechdolt stayed in
Oregon. "We stayed engaged
most of the time during that
period," he said, adding that
"we really got to know each
other by the time we got
married."
After moving to Oregon,
Mrs. Bechdolt taught a class
of three children at a school
house at Rood Canyon quite
a change from Sacramento
then two years at Boardman
and 27 in Heppner.
The Humane Society is
hoping to build the shelter
with funds from both local
donations and from the na
tional organization. Prelimi
nary plans call for hiring a
consulting veterinarian to
hold immunization and neu
lone CF chairman named
Mrs. Howard Crowell has
been named chairman of the
1978 Breath-of-Life Campaign
for the Cystic Fibrosis Foun
dation in lone, according to
Pat Straub, Breath-of-Life
Campaign Chairman.
Volunteers will be out in full
force, soliciting donations and
distributing information
among friends, neighbors and
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Bechdolt was a member of a
three-person graduating class
at Hardman High School. He
was class president.
Both Bechdolts have en
joyed attending past Morrow
County fairs and rodeos,
which have traditionally pro
vided county residents with a
site to relax from harvest
worries and to catch up with
visiting. Mrs. Bechdolt recalls
having helped put up a
number of school exhibits at
previous fairs.
Mr. Bechdolt possesses a
county fair ribbon his father
won in 1912 for a wheat
exhibit.
tering clinics at the facility,
and handle emergency calls.
Some thought has been
given to building a "mini-shelter"
facility in or near
Heppner, where animals could
be held until they could be
transported to Irrigon.
the business community on
the nature of cystic fibrosis.
Volunteers are needed to
make the local campaign a
success, said Mrs. Crowell.
For more information call
422-7171.
Whether you are buying or
selling, a Gazette-Times
Classified Ad reaches
thousands of readers in your
area each week. Phone
676-9228.
Chain
Stravb to dedicate
new fish hatchery
Dedication of a new $3.2
million McKenzie River Fish
Hatchery will take place
Saturday, August 12, at 11
a.m. Oregon Governor Bob
Straub and Colonel Harvey L.
Arnold, Jr., district engineer
with the Corps of Engineers,
are scheduled speakers after a
welcoming address by Fish
and Wildlife Department Di
rector Jack Donaldson.
The new facility was con
structed on the site of the
former McKenzie Hatchery
and will rear 1.2 million spring
Chinook smolts or 160,000
pounds each year. Expected
annual return is 4,000 adult
salmon. The first release from
the hatchery took place in the
spring of 1977 when some 2.4
million young salmon were
released. Adults from this
release will return at four and
five-year-olds in 1979 and 1980.
Dorris Graves
reappointed to
headSWCC
Governor Bob Straub re
cently announced the reap
pointment of Dorris Graves,
Heppner, to a four-year term
on the Soil and Water Conser
vation Commission, as well as
the appointment of Henry
Kaiser, Monmouth, to a four
year term.
Graves, 67, is a retired
rancher in the Heppner area.
She is presently head of the
Morrow County Planning
Commission. She helped plan
a mini-college at Eastern
Oregon State College in La
Grande, and has worked with
the Oregon Wheat League and
Oregon Cattlemen's Associa
tion. Persons seeking more infor
mation on the Humane Soci
ety's Morrow County project,
or wishing to donate labor or
money, are urged to call
567-2961 between 10 a.m. and 4
p.m.
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Stop and visit us.
Buyers & Sellers Welcome
Every Sat. and Sun.
Doors open to sellers, 7
a.m.
Open to buyers, 9 a.m. -5
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Look for signs, 567-2889
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The $3,200,000 construction
costs were split with about
half funded by the Corps of
Engineers to mitigate for
salmon habitat losses and
passage problems caused by
Cougar Dam. The other half
was paid by the Fish and
Wildlife Department. Crown
Zellerback Corporation and
PGE also contributed $165,000
as part payment for passage
problems at Willamette Falls.
In one location or another
the McKenzie River Hatchery
has been operating since 1905.
The first hatchery was built in
1902 on a small stream just
east of Vida.
(police blotter )
Burglars entered the Ever
green Terrace apartment of
Heppner resident Delano
Hodgeman by kicking in the
front door Monday, making off
with a shotgun, a rifle, two
scabbards, and a jar contain
ing coins, according to police
reports.
Value of the items stolen
was estimated at more than
$555.
On Tuesday, Heppner police
received word that law en
forcement authorities in Ala
meda County Calif., were
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A strike by Columbia River
grainboat deckhands last
week, while only several days
in duration, "cost us a week to
ten days of barge time,"
according to Mills. Barge
traffic was beginning to gear
up to normal levels on
Tuesday.
The strike forced Morrow
County Grain Growers to
dump a large quantity of
wheat on the ground, since
elevators were full to capa
city. questioning a suspect believed
to be in possession of one of the
stolen guns. Further details
were not immediatly avail
able. City police arrested Waltei
A. Crook, 23, of Heppner, on a
charge of negotiating bad
checks.
Appearing in a hearing in
Heppner Justice Court earlier
this week, Crook pleaded not
guilty to the charge. He was
lodged in jail in Hermiston in
lieu of $1,005 bond.
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Auxilary being formed to
aid operations at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital
On the evening of Thursday,
Aug. 3, an organizational
meeting was held in the
conference room of CBEC to
explore the need for a Pioneer
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
There were 17 interested
individuals who met with
Administrator Bob Byrnes
and others to discuss the
functions and activities of a
Hospital Auxiliary, and the
role that an Auxiliary and
volunteers can play in' the
Hospital.
It was the conclusion of the
group that a Hospital Auxili
ary and volunteers can play
an important role as integral
parts of the community health
care team, and that the
organizing activity should go
forward.
After spirited debate -the
Rev. John Maas and Carley
Drake were elected Co-Chairmen
of a steering committee
to proceed with details of
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BMCC holds
course for EMTs
A 10-hour Emergency Medi
cal Technician review course
will be held Aug. 15-17 from 7
to 10:30p.m. at Blue Mountain
Community College.
The course meets require
ments for annual renewal for
all Emergency Medical
Techs. Fees for the class will
be $10.
Pre-registration should be
made no later than Aug. 8.
More information may be
obtained by calling extension
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