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Chris Adolman tells a story to a group of pre-school
youngsters at the Heppner Public Library. An open house
will be held at the Library Thursday, April 26 to
commemorate the service provided to Southern Morrow
County by the facility. The story hour is sponsored every
eh house is slated for April 26
for Heppner Public Library
An open house and birthday
party will be held Thursday,
April 26 for the Heppner
Public Library. Hours for the
open house will be 10 a.m. -12
noon and from 1-3 p.m. and
again in the evening from
7:30-9:30 p.m.
The library serves all of
Southern Morrow County
without charge to users and
Librarian Bethel Heinrichs
noted that library cards aren't
Lumberjack Show, Queen's Coronation
are on tap this weekend in Heppner
Saturday, April 21 marks
the date for the second annual
Heppner Lumberjack Show
and coronation of Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo Queen
Debora Palmer of lone. In
cluded in the full day of
activity at the Fairgrounds in
Heppner will be an oldtime
fiddlers' show and dance.
Contestants from five states
are expected to converge on
Heppner to participate in the
lumberjack contest, including
local crowd -pleasers Mark
and Matt Greenup. National
and worl champion lumber
jacks and jills are expected to
enter such events as vertical
chopping, men's double buck
ing, Jack and Jill crosscut, .
axe throwing and more.
A stock power saw contest is
new to the show this year for
Morrow County residents only
and a local champion will be
selected from the power saw
contest is new to the show this
year for Morrow County
residents only and a local
champion will be selected
from the power saw, axe
throwing and choker race
competition.
The Lumberjack Show is
sponsored by the Morrow
County Fair Committee and is
sanctioned by the Northwest
Association of Logging Sports.
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needed to check out books.
Heppner Library is open
Monday and Wednesday 1-5
p.m., Thursday 7:30-9:30 p.m.
and Saturday 2-4 p.m.
Punch, coffee and cookies
will be served and several
attractions will highlight the
open house beginning with the
pre-school childrens story
hour at 10:30. The story hour is
sponsored each Thursdayat no
charge by the Heppner Chap
Corporation assist in putting
on the show.
Following the afternoon
show a stew and pie feed will
be held at 6 p.m. in the Fair
Pavilion leading up to the
coronation of the 1979 Fair and
Rodeo Queen at 6:30 p.m.
Queen Debora Palmer and
Princesses Lori Edwards and
Jennifer Wenholz and their
Mounties hope to sign Lucas for
sheriff s department benefit
Will Trailblazer Maurice
Lucas start at forward this
Friday night in the lone High
School gym?
Don't count on it,, but the
Morrow County Mounties
have permission to put the
power forward's name on the
roster and hopes are that
Lucas will be wearing a jersey
when the Mounties take on the
Rolling Stones Friday, April
20 at 8 p.m.
The Mounties members of
the Morrow County Sheriff's
department and the Stones
a group of youth from the
lone-Lexington areas will
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Thursday at 10 a.m. by the American Association of
University Women. During the open house several
demonstrations will be given and refreshments will be
served. Please see story on this page.
ter of American Association of
University Women (AAUW).
Two AAUW members, Chloe
Pearson and Joy Krein, are
helping organize the open
house.
During the afternoon hours
of the open house two demon
strations will be given. Judy
Laughlin will demonstrate
various kinds of needlework
and Mary Nikander will
demonstrate china painting.
parents will be introduced
following the stew feed. Queen
Debora will be crowned by
last year's Queen, her twin
sister, Donna Palmer. Willows
Grange will present each of
the girls with flower bouquets.
Special entertainment for
the coronation will be pro
vided by Ionians Mike
Mathews, Gene Rietmann and
square off in a benefit
basketball game to raise funds
for the purchase of summer
recreational equipment to be
used in supervised activity in
the months ahead.
Jim Macomber, sheriff's
deputy and player-manager of
the Mounties sent a letter to
Lucas last week offering him a
one-game contract complete
with round-trip transportation
via Greyhound, overnight ac
comodations at the Heppner
Hotel and more.
"A spokesman for the Trail
blazers said we could put
Luke's name on the roster
Morrow County's
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A group of volunteers are
presently raising funds' to
purchase new books for the
childrens and pre-school sec
tion of the Library and civic
groups and organizat ions have
responded with substantial
donations. The Heppner
Library operates on a meager
budget provided by the City of
Heppner and Morrow County
and donations to the Heppner
Library Association will be
appreciated.
Charlie Davidson. The Girls'
Dance Team from C&B
Studios in Hermiston will
present several numbers and
music will be provided by the
old time fiddlers.
After the coronation a
special program of fiddle
music will be staged followed
by a fiddlers' dance at 9 p.m.
in the Pavilion.
although no one at the team
offices has seen Lucas since
the playoffs ended," said
Macomber. "If he doesn't
show for the game I think we'll
put him on waivers," joked
the deputy.
In addition to the fast-paced
basketball action a half-time
prize drawing will be held for
ticket holders with more than
$300 in prizes to be given
away. Southern Morrow
County merchants have don
ated the prizes ranging from
groceries to auto tune-ups and
clothing.
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Award-Winning Weekly Newspaper
THURSDAY, APRIL
Teachers9 contract is approved;
Wolff resigns from school
A three-year contract bet
ween the Morrow County
School District and the
county's teachers received
final approval this week.
By a vote of 81-17, the
county's teachers approved
the pact Monday afternoon,
while the Morrow County
School Board gave unanimous
approval to the contract
during its regular meeting
Monday night in Irrigon.
Major features of the con
tract include a seven per cent,
across-the-board pay raise
during the first year, with
wages during the next two
years to be increased to keep
pace with inflation, as shown
in the Portland Consumer
Price Index. The new pact
also adds a "longevity" step
on the pay schedule, providing
for an extra pay increase for
teachers with many years of
service in the county school
system.
In oilier developments Mon
day night, the school board
accepted the resignation of
board member Dr. Wallace
Wolff. Wolff, a Heppner physi
cian, ciled "personal health
factors" as his reason for
leaving the school board. Dr.
Wolff suffered a heart attack
in February, while making
rounds with his patients at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
In accepting Wolff's resig
nation, the board voted to
present the Heppner physician
with a plaque and a letter of
thanks to commemorate his
years of service to the school
district.
A replacement for Dr. Wolff
will be appointed by the board
to represent the Heppner area
until the next regular school
election in 1980. Whoever wins
the 1980 election for Wolff's
seat on the board would then
only represent the Heppner
area until 1981, when the
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doctor's regualr term will
expire. The position will then
become an "at-large" post,
representing the county as a
whole.
Heppner's junior high shop
program received attention
during Superintendent Matt
Doherty's report to the school
board. A number of parents
have appeared at school
advisory committee meetings
in recent weeks to complain
that several pieces of equip
ment used in the shop pro
gram may be unsafe for use
by junior high-aged youths.
Doherty told the board that
he had investigated the situa
tion and found that the
parents' concerns were "legi
timate enough" to prompt
some changes. Doherty said
he and Principal Don Cole
have agreed to remove a
radial arm saw, and allow
only instructor Ron Forrar to
use the shop's table saw and
joiner.
The schools superintendent
also told the board that he
planned to meet with U.S.
Forest Service officials, to
determine if any program is
planned for the removal of
pine beetle-damaged timber
from the Heppner Dustrict of
the Umatilla National Forest.
Doherty noted that the Hep
pner businessman Orville
Cutsforth recently stated
during a Chamber of Com
merce meeting that an esti
mated $1 million worth of
school timber severance tax
funds could be collected from
the otherwise unused insect
damaged trees.
A delegation from Heppner
High School's senior class
appeared at the meeting to
ask the board to sanction a
rather un-sneaky senior sneak
day.
The sneak day would consist
of a trip to Ritter Hot Springs
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Shawn Paine and Michael Horner give perspective to the size of a massive Cottonwood tree that
was uprooted during Monday's eerie wind storm that passed through the Heppner area. What the
storm lacked in duration, it more than made up for in intensity. Highly centralized winds uprooted
a number of similar size trees on the Dick Wilkinson ranch on Willow Creek, and leveled a stand of
willows along the creek bank with scythe-like precision. High winds tore off roofing on the Willow
Creek home of Dick and Judy Paine. Mrs. Paine, who was inside at the time, reported that she felt
she was starring in a remake of "The Wizard of Oz." The storm also tore up a quantity of sprinkler
pipe on the Wilkinson ranch before dispersing up a side canyon.
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sometime between the end of
classes and commencement
ceremonies at the end of May.
The students said that the trip
will be financed by them
selves, and that an adequate
number of chaperones would
accompany the graduates-to-be.
The only cost to the school
board would be whatever
w ear and tear would occur to a
school bus in making the trip.
Board members indicated
that they appreciated the
students' above-board ap
proach to holding the tradi
tional sneak day, and granted
unanimous approval to allow
ing the trip.
In other action Monday, the
school board discussed prop
osed drug, alcohol and medi
cation policies for district
wide use.
As it is currently drafted,
the drug and alcohol policy
calls for mandatory suspen
sion and psychological coun
seling "whenever possible"
for first-time offenders for
possession of drugs or alcohol.
Weekend accidents hurt
several county residents
Several Morrow County res
idents were involved in traffic
accidents or mishaps last
weekend according to area
law enforcement agencies.
An accident occured about
9 :.'?() p.m. on Willow Creek
Road about 14 miles south of
Heppner when a car driven by
Terry Toll, 17, Heppner,
rounded a corner and the
driver apparently lost control,
rolling the vehicle at least
once. A passing motorist
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A conference with parents is
required for reinstatement.
Second possession offenses
would result in automatic
expulsion.
Use. of alcohol or drugs
results in the same conse
quences for first-time offen
ses, with automatic expulsion
also in effect for second-time
violators. Students found to be
selling or supplying drugs or
alcohol would be referred to
the school board, which would
consider expulsion from
school.
In all instances, students
accused of breaking terms of
the drug and alcohol policy
could request hearings from
the board, if they feel they are
innocent of the charges. All
violations would be reported
to the appropriate law en
forcement officials.
Final action on the proposed
policies was deferred, until
school advisory groups across
the county could study the
proposals and make suggest
ions. discovered the accident and
transported Toll and three
passengers to Pioneer Memor
ial Hospital.
Paul Carlson. 18, Heppner, a
passenger in the Toll vehicle,
was transferred to Kadlec
Hospital in Richland for
observation of possible head
injuries and was released the
following day. Treated for
minor cuts and bruises at
Pioneer Memorial and re
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