The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 30, 1979 THREE
Condon group puts emphasis on
safe sports parachuting fun
Busy planners accept property uses
"We are trying to build up
the name of safe sports
parachuting," John Pierson, a
skydiver and trainer, told the
Heppner Chamber of Com
merce at last week's luncheon
meeting.
Pierson started parachute
jumping in 1966 and has a total
of 286 successful jumps includ
ing 77 while in the U.S. Air
Force. As a master parachu
tist with the Air Force and
rescue jumpmaster, Pierson
spent five years as a parares
cueman, making jumps into
the ocean with a full set of
scuba gear, night jumps and
intentional tree jumps.
He has also jumped from
helicopters, amphibians, multi-engine
jets, turbo props and
Cessna aircraft.
Pierson is a member of the
U.S. Parachute Association
and president of Eastern
Oregon Skydivers Inc. of
Condon, which is training
beginners in sports parachu
ting. One of the trainees is
Heppner Mayor Jerry Swee
ney who has already made two
successful jumps and will be
trying his first skydive.
Before Pierson's presenta
tion, Sweeney said the veteran
skydiver once postponed his
honeymoon plans to dive into
the ocean to treat a Russian
. sailor aboard a ship.
Pierson explains the train
ing given by him and another
jumpmaster with 18 years
experience as "safe and thor
ough" and teaching attitude
for safe sports parachuting.
The Condon training pro
gram uses surplus design
military parachutes at a cost
of about $500 each compared
to the average $1,500 chutes,
but as explained by Pierson,
the equipment is in good
condition and not really worn
out; it is surplus in terms of
the most advanced chutes
used by today's sports para
chutists. In a demonstration of the 50
pounds of gear worn by Mayor
Sweeney, Pierson said two
chutes are carried, the main
and reserve. Should the main
chute fail to open when the
chutist pulls the ripcord, he
has 25 seconds to pull the
ripcord of the second chute.
Some chamber members
wondered whether this was
enough time for the person to
react.
Pierson said before the
trainees make their first
skydive, they are heavily
instructed in emergency pro
cedures. The veteran jumper
has had two malfunctions in
his long number of jumps and
managed to pull the reserve
ripcord in time.
Each jumper packs his own
main chutes. The reserve
chutes must be packed by
licensed packers.
Asked how a jumper pre
vents the lines connecting the
chute and harness from be
coming twisted, Pierson said
the jumper can straighten
them out. He can also use
toggles or handles on the chute
to steer the chute once it has
come open.
Mayor Sweeney said chu
tists can turn a 360 degree
circle with the aid of the
Susan Anton , Rick Nelson
to headline State Fair
Susan Anton will headline
free entertainment at the 1979
Oregon State Fair, August 31
on the Oregon Showcase
Stage.
Combining breath taking
good looks and fine singing
talent, Anton will give two free
performances on the Show
case Stage at 2:00 p.m. and
8:00 p.m. All entertainment at
the Fair is free this year with
paid grounds admission.
The first runner-up in the
1970 Miss America Pageant,
Susan Anton began her profes
sional acting-singing career
as the "Murial Cigar Girl" in
1976.
She has appeared on Merv
Griffin, Mike Douglas, The
Tonight Show and Dinah Shore
talk shows and had her own
variety show with Mel Tillis.
She is presently starring in
the title role of "Get Susan
Williams," part of the NBC
series "Cliff Hangers" and
co-stars with James Coburn in
the new motion picture "Gol
dengirl." Susan Anton is the
fourth largest selling poster
personality in the country.
For "The Time of Your
Life" see and hear Susan
Anton, on the Oregon Show
case Stage August 31 at the
1979 Oregon State Fair, Au
gust 25 through September 3.
Rick Nelson, whose televi
sion and recording career
spans three decades, will
entertain 1979 Oregon State
Fairgoers, August 30 on the
Oregon Showcase Stage.
Blues to rock, by Nelson and
"The Stone Canyon Band" will
be on the Showcase stage for
two free performances at 2:00
Labor Day
Monday
The Labor Day holiday is
Monday, September 3 and
most businesses, state and
federal offices and the county
courthouse will be closed in
Heppner.
TneTJazette-Times will be
closed for the holiday but will
reopen on Tuesday. Because
of the holiday, news and
advertising deadlines are this
Friday at 5 p.m. If you have
news items or classified
advertisements, please sub
mit them to the Gazette-Times
office before the deadline.
Drive safely and have a
good holiday.
p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
From his first single, "I'm
Walkin', Teenager's Ro
mance" to his most recent top
ten hit "Dream Lover" Nelson
has entertained audiences as a
pop singer, teen idol and
actor. Nelson began his career
in 1948, when he joined his
parents radio show "The
Adventures of Ozzie and
Harriet" which moved to
television in 1952 for a 14-year
run. Since then, Nelson estab
lished himself as a fine singer
who works with a variety of
music, from blues, rock,
country and a combination
country -rock.
See and hear Rick Nelson
and "The Stone Canyon Band"
at the 1979 Oregon State Fair.
It's free with your admission
for "The Time of Your Life."
"We have thousands of
teddy bears and cases of
candied apples and other
goodies ready for the 1979
Oregon State Fair," said Ron
Burback, co-owner of Funtas
tic Shows. "We will have the
best carnival we've ever had,
with more attractions than
ever."
More than $2 million worth
of spectacular rides and
equipment will be on the
fairgrounds during the 10-day
extravaganza and more than
100 attractions will be waiting
for fairgoers in the carnival
area. Special attractions in
clude the Laser Light Show,
Sky Diver, German Matter
horn and the Enterprise, plus
lots of games and shows.
Major rides are 60 cents,
kiddie rides will be 40 cents
and some of the more spec
tacular features will be 80
cents according to Burback.
"KATU's Pay One Price Day,
Bob's Buddy Da; and Peps;
Day make it cost even less for
carnival rides and attractions.
"We are anxious to show '79
fairgoers "The Time of Your
Life" on the midway," con
tinued Burback. "We will
have a clean carnival and all
Funtastic personnel will wear
white shirts and ties, be neat,
clean and have a nice smile
again this year."
Field narrowed for
new administrator
The Morrow County Hospi
tal Board has narrowed the
field of applicants for the
position of Hospital Adminis
trator at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital to four and will hold
future interviews, Hospital
Board Chairman Fred Martin
said Tuesday.
Martin said most resumes
for the vacancy October 31
have come from the Oregon
Association of Hospitals.
"We are in the process of
examining and setting up
interviews," Martin said.
As for labor negotiations,
Martin said a settlement could
be reached between the hospi
tal's non-licensed personnel
and Hospital Board Negotia
tor Don Scott by Wednesday.
The negotiations were stalled
by the lack of approved
hospital levy earlier this
summer.
So far, the hospital's new
ambulances have not arrived.
They were expected August 13
and officials had hoped they
would arrive in time for the
Morrow County Rodeo Parade
held last weekend in Heppner
Road Committee to set
maintenance priorities
The Morrow County Road
Committee will meet Septem
ber 5 at 1 p.m. at the County
Courthouse in Heppner to
consider whether the county
should ask for a serial levy for
road repairs and set priorities
for road maintenance, accord
ing to Judge D.O. Nelson.
Members of the committee
are Jerry Peck, Dan Creamer,
Bob Jepsen, Bob Harrison,
Ken Peck, Larry Mills, Louis
Carlson and Matt Doherty.
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toggles affording a spectacu
lar view while falling.
Sweeney said there were
about five other people in the
Heppner area who had ex
pressed an interest in learning
the sport. Dick Berger, loan
officer for First National
Bank, said he has jumped
twice.
During the demonstration of
the procedures carried out in
an actual jump from a small
aircraft, Sweeney said he was
scared when he made his first
jumps. His first two jumps
were from a static jump
releasing his chute automa
tically. The trainees use round
canopy chutes which Pierson
described as producing a low
rate of descent and having low
steerability. But he said they
are extremely reliable.
The jumper goes into the
arch position because the
stomach is the center of
gravity.
ESS
At a special meeting of the
Heppner Planning Commis
sion Monday night at Heppner
City Hall, a number of
conditional uses were granted.
A variance application from
M. Ray Boyce of Heppner to
allow construction of a car
port roof at the edge of his
property line at 435 S. Chase
Street was approved by the
Commission.
Also approved was a
conditional use permit to Carl
and Mary Bonner for the
permanent installation of a
mobile home on a lot in a
residential R-2 zone, condi
tional use for Ray and Lucille
Massey for the permanent
installation of a mobile home
in a residential, R-2 zone, at
355 W. Church Street, despite
an objection from County
Clerk Sadie Parrish who in a
letter to the Mayor and City
Council, said "since I wish to
protest as the alley is narrow
and when a trailer is placed
onthis narrow lot, if they
park their cars beside I am
unable to get my car out of my
garage; so I would not like to
see another trailer on this
jot"; and a conditipnal use
permit for F.D. Messenger of
Heppner for permanent instal
lation of a mobile home at 235
Vz Linden Way despite the
insistence of Mark Lov
gren of Columbia Basin Co-op
that the lot had a "blanket
utility easement".
An application for a condi
tional use permit from Oscar
and Frances Crook, at 233
Linden Way for installation of
a mobile home was rejected
by the Commission because of
"inadequate plans".
The Commission also ap
proved the application of
Norman J. Paullus to partition
property at 235 Linden Way
for the permanent installation
of mobile homes on 4 lots,
setting forth the condition that
he be required to allow a
right-of-way for a 50 ft. street
and provide a 20 ft. improved
roadway (which could be
gravel). The developer is also
required to grant easements
for sewer and water lines.
According to City Planning
Commissioner Chairman
Terry Hager, the partition
process is different from
subdivision requirement and
should property-owners desire
paved streets, a local im
provement district or LID
could be formed. The city has
a policy of not accepting
streets into the city until they
meet required standards.
Present at Monday's meet
ing were Commission mem
bers John Shaw, Mike Gray,
Dave Hanna, Bob Lankford
and Chairman Hager. Ed
Tarnasky was excused. About
10 property-owners attended
the session along an
attorney, Joseph McNaught of
Pendleton.
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