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FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 31, 1978
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All those who have been involved with the County Fair
and Rodeo or who have had house guests at this time have
found their last two weekends mighty well filled. These
annual events seemed very successful to me. I value the good
visiting they promote with folks from nearby and from far
points. The several enjoyable community meals connected
with them the Episcopal Barbeque and the Wranglers
Cowboy Breakfast are always -good mixers, too.
I really enjoyed all three rodeo shows and felt much
pride in the many county folks who took part as officials,
assistants and as such dandy performers. Didn't participants
Janice Healy, Tim and Dave Daly, the collection of Currins
and Eddie Brosnan and a few others bring glory to the Butter
Creek sector? Our busy and gracious queen and two
princesses added much to the success of the last two weeks.
It annoyed me that the WRA announcer at the Sunday
insisted several times that our Navajo friend, Robert Henry,
was from Omak, Washington when we know so well that he
is actually from Gallup, New Mexico, but is a graduate of
Heppner High where he participated with the school rodeo
club, that he is employed at the Kinzua Mill, and that he has
adopted Heppner as home. Bob rode well, but I wondered if
he might have done even better if he had worn his
shamrock-decorated chaps instead of the monogrammed
ones he chose.
One of my visitors last week was Linda Cooper who has
many relatives and friends here. She leaves Oregon soon to
return to Kansas State University at Manhattan to complete
her degree requirements in accounting. Linda flew to
California from college to work in L.A. this summer, then
rode the Amtrak north to visit here while staying with her
aunt Zelma McDaniel, and after more visiting in Pendleton
and Portland will fly back to Manhattan. Linda says Kansas
has become her home, and that she looks forward to working
there, probably in Wichita.
A few lines about last Saturday's parade. Wasn't it nice
to have the fine entries from other communities join the very
good local units? I wanted to hear more from that sizable
collection of band members and also felt that if the paraders
had moved at a little slower pace I could have had a better
change to really examine each entry and to take a few more
snapshots. I got a good action picutre of former Queen Verina
French Schiller and her small son "Double R" (Ryan
Raymond), but couldn't get a picture of my friend Jennifer
Currin.
Weren't the old cars great? Wasn't it good to see this
year's Pioneer Queen and King Velma and Adrain Bechdolt
leading the group in Harold Peck's exciting vehicle, and
among the proud owners and drivers didn't Orville and Barb
Cutsforth beam as they floated by in their elegant, red, 1957
Chrysler Imperial?
In former years there have run-away horses along the
parade route. This year the only run-away I know about was
my puppy Tip who bolted when some really exciting sounds
upset him. He broke the light chain that I thought would
restrain him. He ran off but was caught by Venda
Burkenbine who kindly turned him over to worried me. Scott
Mason had helped me search for Tip, and then good scout
Scott suggested I put the distressed little animal in my
nearby car, which I did, where Scott stood by quieting the
pup while we humans saw the rest of the parade.
Last week the visiting library research team of Jerry
and Lyn Brewster was very favorably impressed with our
County Museum and with the amount of information its
curator has amassed. When the Brewsters were taken out to'
the schoolhouse annex it was discovered that the pins which
held the hinges of the building's old door had been removed.
While Jerry looked around town for replacement pins which
he set in place, Lyn joined several other citizens in picking up
broken glass and trash in the surrounding park. Then when
Rachel Harnett made one of her regular inspections of the
building's exterior she found that the metal screeing over the
windows at the back had been pried loose. She resecured it.
Ever since the quaint, authentic, family-model privy was
put in place at the corner of the school, it has been regularly
loaded with debris and dead animals. It is a shame that so
many residents can't proudly appreciate and carefully help
care for these exhibits that have been arranged for their
education and enjoyment and which are such attractions for
county visitors.
One of the county's outstanding golfers, Charles Rawlins,
was visiting his parents last weekend. Several new teachers
are getting settled in. The only one whom I have visited is
Karen Howe from Colton who will teach math and coach
girl's volleyball at HHS. She is the attractive red-headed
young woman you may have already seen about with her
landlady Inez Erwin.
Looking forward to the exciting Internationa Table
Tennis match coming here in November, I approached
Jackie Jensen about having some of the Thai visitors stay in
my home. He said that he has already arranged for motel
rooms. I have written to my Thai friends in Bangkok, the
Kumphai family, whose daughter Sirinapha and son Siripong
are very special friends, asking them about their
countrymen who will come here. I so enjoyed visiting in
Thailand and especially in the homes there as guests of the
Kumphais the year before I came to live here. The proud
Thais are the "forever free", the only unconquered people of
southeast Asia, and their country is so beautiful.
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Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Sweeney & Shannon
Gaylord-Sweeney wed in
St. Patrick's rite
Nova Rae Gaylord became
the bride of Daniel Joseph
Sweeney at 2 p.m. Saturday,
July 1. The double ring
ceremony was read by Father
John O'Brian at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church in Heppner.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Simpson
of Pendleton. The groom is the
son of Jerry Sweeney and the
late Olive (Tiny) Sweeney of
Heppner. '
The bride was given in
marriage by her father and
wore a long ivory gown of
quiana with ivory lace. She
wore a Juliet cap attached to a
fingertip veil and carried a
bouquet of peach roses arid
"daisies.
Kathy Sunseri, sister of the
groom, served as matron of
honor and Patrick Sweeney,
brother of the groom, served
as best man. Shannon Gaylord
was flower girl and Cory
Sweeney was ring bearer.
Ushers were Jim Simpson,
Michael Sweeney and Brian
Sweeney.
The groom's father, Jerry
Sweeney, and brothers Mike
and Brian, took part in the
ceremony by reading the
liturgy of the mass..
Jim Ackley sang "The
Wedding Song" and Ever
green" and was organist for
the wedding.
A reception was held at St.
Patrick's Parish Hall. Table
settings of peach candles and
ivory flower rings accented
the tiered wedding cake which
was adorned with peach roses.
Charlotte Purcell, Rene
Fisher and Kristi Dennis
served punch, coffee and
cake. Trisha Sweeney atten
ded the guest book and Ms.
Dennis received gifts.
The groom is a graduate of
Heppner High School and the
University of Oregon and the
bride graduated from Pendle
ton High School and Northwes
tern Business College in
Portland. Both are employed
by Kinua Corporation in
Heppner.
The couple is at home in
Heppner following a wedding
trip to Vancouver and Vic
toria, British Columbia.
CPR film to be shown
seniors on Sept. 5
Seniors are urged to corrie to
the Elks Club mealsite early
on Tuesday, September 5,
because a film will be shown
to them there at 4:15.
Suzanne Jepson, the Tri
County Homemaker supervi
sor wil show the film "A Life
in Your Hands". Seniors will
then be given the opportunity
to enroll in Cardio-Pulminary
Resuscitation classes which
will be held the following two
Monday mornings, September
11 and 18 from 9 a.m. to noon
in the basement of the
Heppner Christian Church.
Church.
LPN Linda Connor will
teach the classes with assist
ance from Mrs. Jepson. They
have already given these
classes to senior citizens at
Arlington and Condon. Plans
are made to present the
classes soon at Mitchell,
Spray, Fossil, lone and Irrr
gon. There is no charge for these
classed but donations to the
CPR fund are appreciated. All
senior citizens- from lone.
Lexington, Heppner and the
country around are invited to
come to learn the life-saving
techniques.
Silver Anniversary fete
to be held Sept. 10 for
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Rietmann
The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Rietmann, lone, will
be hosting a reception in honor
of their parents' twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary on Sun
day, September 10.
The reception will be held in
the United Church of Christ,
lone, and will be in the form of
an open house between the
hours of 2 and 4 p.m. All
friends and relatives in the
community are cordially invi
ted! The family requests that
no gifts be given.
Senior Citizen News
- On August 22, 13 Morrow
Countians attended the meet
ing of the ECOAC Area
Agency on Aging at Rollin
Reynold's home at Meacham.
Paul W. Jones, of Heppner,
chairman of the agency,
presided.
At the same time a second
meeting was held in the
nearby motor home of Ardith
Hunt, where an ECOAC Pro
ject Council meeting was
chaired by Margaret Graham
of Milton-Freewater.
The AAA meeting opened
with a prayer by Truman
Messenger followed by per
sonal introductions. The mat
ter of state senior identifica
tion cards was briefly discus
sed and the use of these
standard cards was approved
by those present.
Next considerable time was
given to the transportation
program and to the many
problems with the various
buses. It was determined that
the five county transportation
chairmen along with Reynolds
would consider with bus
company people and local
Chevrolet dealers what steps
to take perhaps returning
the machines perhaps ac
cepting rebates because of the
delays and problems defi
nitely insisting that each bus
be brought as close as possible
to the specifications agreed
upon when they were ordered.
Reports were given by
representatives from the 17
senior mealsites in the five
counties. Some of these are in
Senior Citizen Centers which
offer many aides and much
sociability to the over-55-year-olds
of their communities.
Several of those reporting said
that their communities were
hopefully approaching the
acquisition of permanent
sites. The three sites in
Morrow County reported the
smallest attendance of the 17.
Thirteen of the 17 sites offer
noon meals, four (including
the Heppner, lone and Irrigon
sites) have other times sche
duled. Chairman Jones re
peated the fact that a recent
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Seen Wednesday Evening, Aug 23 In
South Heppner He is White With
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There is a $10.00 reward for information" ,'
leadinq to his return.
Please contact Jim Ackley at home
676-5591, or at one of the ichooli.
By Justine Weatherford
survey shows that about 1,000
are eligible to participate in
this program in Morrow
County and that the per cent
attending is very low.
The Homemaker Program
for District 12 seems to be
flourishing it is helping cut
costs of assistance for fixed
income and invalid persons.
Suzanne Jepsen who super
vises this program in Morrow,
Gilliam and Wheeler counties,
in 10 towns, has eight home
maker helpers assisting sen
ior citizens in 41 homes. She
also helps persons with Medi
care or medical insurance
forms and problems. She
works with LPN Linda Connor
in giving CPR classes to
groups of seniors who request
this important, life-saving
instruction.
Under the Title IX, CETA
Program, there are now 37
senior citizens employed
throughout the district. Dur
ing the afternoon, professional
workers gave several reports.
Rogena Marks, area nutrition
ist, spoke on the meal pro
gram and the outreach of the
AAA. A United Health Service
Agency representative from '
Salem talked about supple
mentary health insurance and
offered to visit each mealsite
but his offer was tabled until
local groups decide whether or
not they wish to invite him to
visit them and talk to them.
Jim Ellis, executive direc
tor of the Blue Mountain
Economic Development Coun
cil which supervises the CAP
(Community Action Pro
gram) spoke about the weath
erization program which has
made 700 homes in the
five-county area more comfor
table for senior residents. He
explained that the weatheriza
tion workers install storm
windows and doors, insulate,
put in vapor barriers, wrap
pipes and also, in several
communities, bring firewood
where needed.
As was reported last week,
100 cords of firewood was
made available in Morrow
County by the U.S. Forest
Service and is being prepared
and delivered here until about
the end of September. Any
who want this wood must let
the Neighborhood Center in
Heppner hear from them very
soon.
Cont. on page 8
SandraJPalmer
to marry
Raymond
Van Liew
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Pal
mer, Heppner and Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Van Liew,
Medford have announced the
forthcoming marriage of their
children, Sandra Kay Palmer
and Dan Marshall Van Liew
on Saturday Sept. 2 at 10 a.m.
in Valby Luthern Church. A
reception will follow in the
Parish Hall. Friends and
relatives are invited.
Dunlap to wed
Marshall
on Sept, 2
The parents of Lori Dunlap
and Jeff Marshall cordially
invite all friends, relatives
and neighbors to their chil
dren's wedding.
The ceremony will be held
Saturday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.m., at
St. Patrick's Catholic Church,
Heppner. The reception im
mediately following will be
held in he parish hall.
A Comment From
CHUCK
BENNETT
AGRICULTURE
"The state's role is to
support and expand our
basic industry, not to
over-regulate or inhibit its
growth. Our farm lands
must be protected and with
CHUCK BENNETT there
is no doubt and no non
sense." Paid Advttml. Morrow County
Neighbor For Chuck Bnntt, Did.
58 Rp., Mit5wnY, Chrmiv
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