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-FOUR The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 30, 1979
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Did anyone count the spectators at last Saturday's
parade? It was quite exciting to see so many folks massed on
Main Street.
The parade preparation demanded extra work by the
city police and by the parade committee headed by Jim
Wishart, as well as by those who paraded. Many deserve
special acknowledgement, but one who made an extra effort
in inspiring and helping othprs with their extra efforts was
Jim Ackley who organized and drilled the band and then
marched in its center beating a drum with his stop-and-go
whistle firmly placed in his mouth.
After the parade, I had a little visit with Helen Martin,
lone, about past parades and the bands that used to
participate all decked out in their colorful uniforms. We
thought this year's band looked neat in their white tops and
dark pants; however, we were recalling the Cardinal and
Mustang bands of years past.
We both remember Arnie Hedman's work with the lone
musicians before he came to the Heppner schools, and we
recall how Arnold Melby led such lively Heppner bands
during his tenure here.
Several people have mentioned that although this year's
parade was neat and well organized, it seemed to have fewer
groups entered than former parades had. The organizational
participation or the total number of floats, seemed to have
dwindled. Also individual entries, kids on bicycles, folk
walking along in clown costumes, just people enjoying
parading were conspicuous by their absence. In fact, this
year we viewed a rather serious parade really short on
clowns the tavern beauties on the Bucknum's float got the
day's best laugh.
There was a goodly number of young equestrians riding
ponies alone or riding along with family members. They and
their doting families will always be able to tell that little
Mary or little Billy rode in the Heppner parade before she or
he was three years old.
An outstanding event of this year's rodeo was the hcppy
winning of the County Ail-Around saddle by the first female
performer, Jana Steagall, Lexington. This is Jana's second
saddle winning, as she was the Oregon High School
All-around winner earlier. She is bringing fame to Morrow
County.
A great many followers of Heppner rodeo events were
delighted to see Howard Bryant's hat fly in the air after he
and young Tony Currin won the heading and heeling first
place. Howard, along with our so-skillful Grand Marshal
Cornett Green, has been such a faith ful helper and
performer at many, many rodeos.
For the first time in at least a dozen years, I missed the
excellent dinner at the Episcopal Church on Saturday.
Friends say the food and the crowd there were outstanding,
as usual.
That afternoon after the parade I drove to rainy Portland
to return Grandson Scott to his parents and to visit with my
brother and family. I also visited with Ola Mae Groshens who
many of us miss here in Heppner temporarily. She is
struggling to close up the large home that her parents shared
so long in northeast Portland. Ola Mae says she is anxious to
come home to her piano pupils and others here. It is very
depressing for her to be working alone since her parents'
deaths, sorting through the accumulations of their many
years.
As I drove up Willow Creek late Sunday afternoonI met
cars, campers and horsetrailers that indicated that some
rodeo performers and viewers were heading homeward.
Ah, "Homeward" reminds me that a very serious
problem in our community seems to be the extreme shortage
of rental houseing. Incoming teachers and others arriving
here are feeling desperate about finding suitable housing I
had hoped that the apartments that were considered -for the
Gilliam Tract off of Aiken Street would be built, but
understand that this was not permitted because nearby
residents feared traffic problems there. 1
Last week's G-T told us that work is really about to move
ahead on preliminaries to the construction of the
long-considered Willow Creek Dam. Quite a few workers are
getting busy with road reconstruction north of town. Where in
the world can the influx of new people live?
The need for a good trailer court has been recognized for
a long time. My husband really wanted to build a good court,
but just couldn't find a suitable, available location. Now I see
that one of the parcels of land that he was interested in
buying is up for sale the Mollahan Ranch north of town. It
seems like an attractive, well-managed court could be
loatedon part of that acreage that slopes up from Willow
Creek.
35 return for 1 Oth anniversary reunion
of Heppner High School Class of 1 969
Thirty-five classmates out
of the 46 members of the
Heppner High School class of
1969 gathered for their 10th
reunion here on July 28. They
began their getting re-acquainted
at the West of Willow
at 7 p.m. and enjoyed a steak
dinner there beginning at 8
p.m.
After dining, they moved to
the Elks Club where they
danced to the music of Jim
Ackley and band. On Sunday
the graduates and their fami
lies were at Cutsforth Park for
a buffet picnic, horseshoe
competition and lots of good
visiting.
The committee in charge of
the reunion was headed by
co-chairmen Debby Bennett
Johnston and Jerry Healy and
their helpers were Charles
Anderson, Jim Lynch, Christy
Watkins Davidson, Mike
Smith and Linda Orwick
Murray.
Teachers and spouses who
attended were Madge and Jim
Thomson, Jane Rawlins, Dale
and Karen Holland, Tom
Huges from Fossil and Bob
and Barbara Clough from
Albany.
Prizes awarded included a
gas can for the person who
came the farthest to Terry
Peck; popsicles to the one
with the most children to Jim
Lynch, father of three; a
picture for the most changed
went to Debby Bennett John
ston; a hairbrush was awar
ded Vernon Fredrickson be
cause he had the most hair
and Bill Baker was given a hat
to cover his "least" hair.
The 35 who attended were
Ginny Clough Fike, Eagle
Point, Oregon; Marcia Jones
Hage, Beaverton; Larry Pet
tyjohn, Pasco, Wash.; Jill
Chitty O'Donnell and Jon
O'Donnell, Klamath Falls;
Melvin and Alvin Ashbeck,
Pine City; Rick Witherrite,
Hermiston; Terry Peck, San
Francisco; Steve Munkers,
Ukiah; Kay Huson Gasinski,
Seattle; Donna Pointer Gray,
Aloha; Mona Lisa Marshall
Pelesky, Mt. Home AFB,
Idaho; Patti Healy Merrit,
Woodinville, Wash.; Sue
Greenup Walton, Long Creek;
Vernon Fredrickson, Irrigon;
Sheryl Britt, Nancy Campbell
Nash, Calvin Ashbeck, Jill
Padberg Perkins, Dale Cooper
and Martha Pierce McQuinn
all from Pendleton; Jim
Bloodsworth, and Candy Papi
neau Gates from Lexington;
Mark Tullis and Linda Orwick
Murray from lone and Charles
Anderson, Chris Watkins Da
vidson, . Bill Baker, Jerry
Healy, Jim Lynch, Mike
Smith, Gary Kemp, Monte
Evans, Debby Bennett John
ston from Heppner.
The committee heard from
the following who could not
attend: Sherri Brock, Hepp
ner; Cathy Schiller Isom,
Ocean Park, Washington;
Dean Kindle, Pendleton, Sara
Miller Mitchem, Beavert6n,
Teresa Harshman, Spring
field, Don Cossitt, Spray, Sue
Chally Springer, Salem, Pam
Hughes, Portland and Sherri
O'Brien, Madras. No one was
able to locate Jari Lee, Don
Ward, Dan Leathers or Ron
Sullenger.
Boardman Harvest
Festival slated
Boardman will celebrate its
annual Havest Festival on the
weekend of Sept. 8 and 9.
The two-day event will open
with a parade starting at 11
a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8. It
will be followed by a produce
auction at 1 p.m. at the
Boardman Marina. Conces
sion booths and "games for
the kids" will be located there,
a spokesperson said.
On Sunday, Sept. 9, starting
a 1 p.m., there will be boat
races featuring mini-hydroplanes
on the Columbia River.
Games and contests are
scheduled for 2 p.m.
Four young princesses will
reign over the festival. They
are all 16 and jurfiprs in high
school. They are Kathy Pet
teys, Lisa Mittlesdorf, Heidi
Conboy and Lori Russell.
Morrow County's rustic exhibit
wins blue ribbon at State Fair
A rustic display of the
county's agricultural produce
between weathered, wooden
cellar doors won champion
ship honors in the county
booth section at Oregon State
Fair.
Exhibits were judged prior
to the opening of the state
event so fairgoers could see
winning entries on opening
day. Designer of the Chamber
of Commerce sponsored booth
was Birdine Tullis, who tra
veled to Salem to erect the
winning entry, with assistance
from John Nordheim and
Harold Kerr, Extension
agents.
The booth entires were
divided into two sections this
year. ..eastern and western
Oregon counties. The Morrow
booth took the blue for
Eastern Oregon, in addition to
the overall championshp tro
phy. More counties had en
tries this year than previous
years.
The "farmhouse" scene,
with white clapboard wall,
weathered shingles, and old
cellar doors, included a lawn
of Morrow County sod, pine
trees representing the lumber
industry, a rain barrel which
served as the resting place for
a dusty saddle and branding
iron saluting the cattle indus
try, and part of an old
windmill pump to indicate the
growing irrigated commodi
ties. Brown wrapping paper
served as the background for
county statistics and a brief
descriptive story of the coun
ty. Pouring out of the cellar
doors were wheat, potatoes,
wool, peas, bean, mint, and
Other agricultural produce.
The nostalgic natural set
ting of the booth accented by
bright yellow mums, drew
crowds of admiring fairgoers.
County booths are housed in
the Jackman Long Building on
the fairgrounds, as are all
other agricultural and home
economics exhibits.
3 royal nieces for
Lexington woman
Gladys Van Winkle of Lex- the Morrow County Fair and
ington has three nieces who Rodeo Court.
Stephen Peck of
Heppner to wed
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Peck of
Heppner announce the forth
coming marriage of Camille
Malcolm, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Malcom
of Heppner to their son,
Stephen.
They will marry October 20
in Portland.
have served in royalty this
year.
Her Lexington niece, Lori
Edwards is a Princess with
Hospital
Notes
Charity Clark, another
neice, is a Grant County
Princess at John Day and
Donna Clark, her third niece
was a Spray Rodeo Princess.
Hospital admissions at Pio
neer Memorial Hospital this
week were John LaTrace,
Heppner, dismissed, Marietta
Schultz, Prairie City, dis
missed, Lena Kelly, Heppner,
Harold Hill, Heppner and
Armond Wynne of Heppner.
Sen. Jernstedt visits Heppner for rodeo;
named to three interim committees
SALEM State Sen. Ken
Jernstedt of Hood River has
been named to three impor
tant interim committees of the
Legislature.
The State Senator and his
wife were guests of the Bob
Jepsen's of Lexington last
weekend and rode in the
Morrow County Parade Satur
day in Heppner.
Senate President Jason Boe
last week named Jernstedt to
the Committee on Sunset
Review.
Earlier, Boe named Jern
stedt to the Interim commit
tee on Executive Appoint
ments, the panel which
screens gubernatorial ap
pointments to Boards and
Commissions.
The Revenue Committee
has been directed to monitor
the implementation of the
Legislature's tax program,
and to study its impact on
individuals and local govern
ment. The Sunset Review Commit
tee will review agencies as
directed by the 1977 Sunset
Law. with major agencies to
be scrutinized including the
Oregon State Bar and the
State Builder's Board.
The Committee will deter
mine whether a need exists to
continue the agencies.
In making the appoint
ments, Democrat Senate Pre
sident Jason Boe praised
Republican Jernstedt's "con
tinued hard work and contri
butions to the Senate and to
the State."
Jernstedt will carry one of
the heaviest work loads of any
Senator during the interim
period between legislative
sessions.
State Senator Ken Jernstedt
reports that the first-ever
interim Senate session went
smoothly, with all of Gov. Vic
Atiyeh's appointees receiving
confirmation.
The Senate meetings be
tween regular sessions are
required by a Constitutional
amendment approved by the
voters last November.
The amendment provides
for the Senate to confirm
gubernatorial appointments to
boards and commissions.
The first meeting lasted two
hours, with all 43 apointments
receiving a strong endorse
ment of the Senate, Jernstedt
said.
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..Terry Springer is Morrow
Traffic County's new Oregon State
Trooper providing traffic con
COIltrol trol in the south end. Officer
Springer formerly served the
retlirilS sp in Coos Bay, Oregon and
has moved to Heppner with his
wife and children.
Heppner girl bakes
cake for
winning entry
Dinah Jackson, Heppner,
walked off with the honors in
the Morrow County Baking
Contest, sponsored by the
Wheat Growers League. ..with
second place honors going to
Cheryl Ammons, Boardman, a
former winner. Third place
was given to Betty Christman,
also a former winner.
The spicy prune cake entry
was Dinah's first try at the
cake contest and there was
never a more excited winner.
She will have an opportunity
to travel to Portland to the
Oregon Wheatgrowers Con
vention in late fall to rebake
her cake and make a try for a
state championship. In addi
tion, her name will be en
graved on the county plaque
with other winners.
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