Jennifer Wenholz, insua holdings bring million
Lori Edwards named to Morrou County treasury
to Morrow Fair &
The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday November 16, 1978 THREE
Jennifer Wenholz of Irrigon
and Lori Edwards of lone will
join Queen Debra Palmer as
princesses on the 1978 Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo Court.
Princess Lori, a 16-year old
junior at lone High School is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Edwards. Her interests
include volleyball, basketball,
football and she was a
Homecoming princess at lone
this past year. Lori served as
a pennant bearer for the 1977
Fair and Rodeo Court and she
hopes to become a physical
education teacher following
college.
Princess Jennifer is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Wenholz of Irrigon and is a
16-year old junior at Riverside
High School in Boardman. Her
interests include horseback
riding, swimming, water ski
ing, bike riding and dancing.
She is active in a 4-H horse
club, volleyball, basketball.
track, softball and the RHS
dance team. Princess Jennifer
would like to try her hand at
becoming a pilot, then on to a
life as a psychologist or social
worker.
The announcement of the
1978 princesses came at a
meeting of the Rodeo Commit
tee Tuesday evening. The
Committee also changed the
Morrow County show all
around title qualifications,
from the dollar system to a
point system.
Rocky Proctor, Rodeo Com
mittee Chairman, said the
dollar system created too
many inequities because a
first place in team roping
brought the contestant $140
while the top cow rider
received only $40. Under the
point system, the first six
places will qualify for all
around competition with six
points for a first place one
point for a sixth place.
Heppner's Kinzua Corpora
tion will pay $358,540 in
property tax assessments for
1978-79, with Morrow County
getting the lion's share at
$248,092.
"This is an all time high and
OEITUAEIIiS.
Christmas mail
deadlines are set
All Christmas cards and
Inters should bp in the mail no
later than Dec. 15 in order to
he delivered prior to Christ
mas Day. tin Heppner branch
ol the U.S. Postal Service
sunnests.
The local post office also
recommends that parcels for
West Coast delivery be mailed
by Dee. it. and parcels for the
eastern I'nited Slates be
i slcd no later than Dec
Ala.s';i and Hawaii-bound
parcels houkl he mailed by
Dec. 1. i'a : 'ices destined for
overseas deliv-v should be
mailed by Nov. ''!.
Any other mail destined for
Europe should be posted by
Dec. 2. via air mail.
Alvin R. Yates
Alvin R. Yates, 80, Heppner,
died Saturday, Nov. 11, in
Heppner after an extended
illness. '
Mr. Yates was born in
Mercer County, Mo., June 12,
1898 and had been a resident of
Heppner for the past ten
years.
Private cremation services
were held Tuesday, Nov. 14.
Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner,
Hospital
Notes
Patients admitted and still
receiving care this week at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
are Vivian Hayes and Judy
Hampton, both of Heppner.
Patients admitted and dis
charged this past week were
Preston Ream, Lakeview;
Carole Campbell, Heppner;
Thomas Epping, Lexington;
Vilas Ropp, Depoe Bay ; C.R.
McElligott and Elizabeth
Jacobson, both of lone.
County buys
new patrol car
Business transacted by the
Morrow County Court during
the preceding week included
purchasing a 1979 Ford patrol
car for the sheriff's depart
ment for $6,302.
The new patrol car was
bought through a collective
bidding program operated by
the State of Oregon.
The court also authorized
installing an additional vapor
light at Cutsforth Park.
was in charge of arrange
ments. Mr. Yates is survived by two
sons, Howard E. Yates, Sno
homish, Wash., and Harold
Yates. Rapid City, S.D.. and a
daughter, Agnes Wardell,
Renton, Wash.
Edwin Collins
Edwin W. Collins, 61, Board
man, died Friday at Board
man. A journeyman plumber,
he was working on a construc
tion project at the time.
Mr. Collins was born June
14, 1917, at Pueblo, Colo.
He is survived by his wife,
Eleanor M. Collins, Seattle,
Wash.
A private cremation service
was held Tuesday. Nov. 14.
with Sweeney Mortuary, Hep
pner, in charge of local
arrangements. A memorial
service will be held later at
Washington Memorial Funer
al Home, Seattle.
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reflects continued expansion
of the Kinzua Tree Farm and
the investment in new manu
facturing facilities at Hep
pner," said Kinzua General
Manager Allen Nistad.
The company completed
construction of a $4.4 million
computerized sawmill at Hep
pner in October, boosting the
total value of the Heppner
operation in excess of $15
million. The sawmill is the
first of its kind in the pine
industry and enables Kinzua
to make full utilization of the
small diameter, beetle-killed
tree.
In addition to Morrow
County's payment, Kinzua's
properly lax assesments in
other counties were: Wheeler,
$74,362; Grant, $23,903; and
Umatilla. $1 1 ,583.
Kinzua Corporation also
paid $195,921 in severance
taxes in the last 12 months. A
direct payment of $37,210 was
made to Wheeler County with
the balance of severance tax
payments going to the Depart
ment of Revenue for distribu
tion to Eastern Oregon count
ies based on the amount of
private timber volumes in
each countv.
Veterans group to start
newspaper recycling
A newspaper recycling
drop, sponsored by the V.F.W.
and Auxiliary Post 4184 of
Heppner, is being established
here with the first monthly
collection day set for Sunday,
Dec. 10.
The drop will take place on
the first Sunday of each month
at the home of Darlene
Arrington, at 280 East Matlock
in Heppner, between the hours
of noon and 4 p.m.
Newspapers only are want
ed and the V.F.W. asks that
newspapers be kept free of
mmmmmmmmmmm
contaminants such as metal,
wax paper, aluminum foil,
plastic bags and other such
items. Newspapers must be
kept dry and should be tied in
bundles or folded and put in
heavy grocery bags.
Door-to-door pickup will be
provided for senior citizens
who have no transportation on
the drop day only. Persons
wanting further information
should call: Doris Flynn,
676-9259; Welma Mabe, 676
9611; Jean Ball. 676-9666; or
Beverly Launer, 676-5290.
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