The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday December 28, 1978 THREE
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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.
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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. It took more
than two days for water
pressure to return to some
homes. ,
State, police officer Tom
Dixson and Sheriff Larry
Fetsch began making a series
of arrests in late July, as the
marijuana growing season
entered its peak.
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