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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1978)
The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday December 28, 1978 THREE i" ft,!- "'"t : fl& ..j ' n r ilk Iairj lift ' I 9 The 1978 Morrow County Fair & Rodeo was a highlight of the year past and from it came one of our favorite photos of the year (at left). Reigning over festivities were Queen Donna Palmer and Princesses Laurie Childers and Kim Pettyjohn, all of lone. Heading tor eeecner You All Come! Health care dims as summer arrives John Nordheim, a recent Washington State University graduate, joined the Morrow County Extension Office staff as an agent in the 4-H and range management pro grams. Marshall Lovgren, Heppner city recorder, was named city administrator in early June. The move gave Lovgren the authority to act as the city's purchasing agent, business manager and budget director, as well as expanding his authority in personnel matters. Phil Oaks, a Mount Hood Community College physical education major was hired to direct Heppner's summer swimming competition pro gram. The Morrow County Junior Rodeo Court dominated the winners' circle during the Junior Rodeo itself in early June. Sharing all-around honors were Queen Cindy Dougherty and Princess Jana Steagall. Morrow County's health care outlook took a plunge in mid June, when Dr. Richard Carpenter and Dr. Joseph Diehl announced to the County Court that they were terminat ing their practices in Heppner, in August. The following week, voters took the scalpel to a $190,000 operating budget re quest for Pioneer Memorial Hospital, defeating the levy by a 460-568 margin. During the same election, the Morrow County Court clearly proved that one vote can make all the difference in the world. Voters reached a 513-513 tie over a $246,655 levy request to fund county govern ment operations. The tie remained in effect after a recount, forcing the county to trim its request even more and return to the voters later. Heppner High School's Rodeo Club capped an unbeat en season by capturing the state rodeo crown in a championship showdown in Redmond. Janice Healy earn ed Oregon's all-around cow girl honors and qualified for national high school rodeo competition in Huron, S.D., along with teammates Ron and Tony Currin, Lawrence Rice, Cindy Dougherty and Jana Steagall. Lexington wheat grower Steve Peck was named chair man of the Morrow County Republican Central Commit tee during the last week in June. Peck had served as Roger Martin's local cam paign director during Martin's bid for the GOP governor's nomination. With only one month left before doctors Diehl and Carpenter met their August pull-out deadline, a Morrow County Doctor Search Com mittee was formed to attract new physicians to the area. Kent Goodyear was named president of the committee. lone aerialist Rick Peterson took advantage of the hot July weather to practice for the National Hang Gliding Cham pionship. Peterson qualified for the national finals by placing high in regional com petition. He was the only hang-glider from Oregon to qualify for the nationals, where he ended up finishing 13th. The hot air currents which carried Peterson over the McNab area countryside also produced a number of severe thunder storms in July. A flash flood caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to the Harold Holtz ranch at Eightmile. The gullywasher wiped out Holtz's corral, damaged his shop and barn, and rolled one of his combines 50 feet downstream. The following week, Rhea Creek and its normally dry side canyon tributaries spilled out of their banks from Hardman to near lone, dama ging hay fields, blocking roads and drowning sheep. Pioneer Memorial Hospi tal's co-administrator Ilene Laughlin retired in mid-July, the same time that Bob Harris moved to Heppner from Toledo, Ore., to open his Far Western Real Estate office. Sen. Mark Hatfield made an appearance in Heppner in July, when he toured the new $15 million sawmill and ply wood operation at Kinzua Corporation. During . the same week, Balm Fork rancher Ralph Beamer was named Grand Marshall of the Morrow County Rodeo Parade, and members of Heppner High School's class of 1968 held a 10-year reunion. Much of the news during July was bad. Carty coal plant construction worker Loyal A. Vick was killed in an indust rial accident, and Grant Weatherford was electrocuted while making repairs near Columbia Basin's main office in Heppner. Late in the month, nearly everyone in Heppner was without water at one point or another, following a break in a 12-inch main line. 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