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.. .M.. M f. y " ... j' V I - . ,f . ' 1 v The llciin( r (;;mMi--Tim's. Heppner. Oregon. Thursday. February 28. 1980 SEVEN ""J lone News ,"v Kv,a mieu I i ii iii - i'mVt im iii 1 1 tiarkJf .Lani.'WaLtf John Nordheim and Debra Kit Hoeft Wedding plans revealed for local extension agent The wedding plans of Debra Kit Hoeft, 23, and John Prescott Nordheim, 27, both Extension Service agents for Oregon Slate University, have been announced by her par ents, Charles E. and Kit Hoeft of Pilot Rock. The future bride is a 1974 graduate of Pendleton High School. In 1975 she served as princess of the Umatilla County Fair. She earned a bachelor of science degree in home eco nomics from Oregon State University at Corvallis in 1978. In that same year, she went to Hungary as a 4-H exchangee. She is now employed in Lake County as the home economics county extension agent. Nordheim. the son of Carl J. and Ivadell Nordheim of , Waitsburg, Wash., is a 1971 graduate of Waitsburg High School, and in 1975 earned a bachelor of science degree in animal sciences from Wash ington State University at Pullman. He is employed in Heppner as county extension agent with 4-H. livestock and range responsibilities. Debra Hoeft 's father is a farmer and member of the Umatilla County Fair Board. Nordheim's father is mana ger of Frontier Machinery Co. in Dayton, Wash. An April wedding is planned and the couple will reside in Heppner. lone Sunday school celebrates bi-centennial lone United Church of Christ will celebrate the 200th anni versary of the Sunday school movement at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 2. The Rev. Cathy Barker, pastor, said the event will be a family celebration for the family and community. An open house will be held at the church's Education Build ing, with tours planned of the classrooms and newly remo deled chapel. Hot chocolate and "friendship tea" will be served. Miss Barker will lead in singing. A family worship service is scheduled at 11 a.m. Children will participate in most of the service. One highlight will be the children's anthem, "O, How I Love Jesus," they have been practicing for a month. The meditation will especially involve the children. The children will be given an opportunity to leave, and the service will conclude the celebration of the Commu nion. A potluck dinner hosted by the Board of Christian Educa tion is scheduled at 12:30 p.m. Participants are asked to take food. Beverages and dessert will be provided. The base ment of the church and tables will be decorated by Sunday school members. A birthday party will follow the dinner with games planned and special recogni tion for Ruby Roberts, who has been active in the Sunday school. Miss Barker said the first Sunday school was held in 1780 in Gloucester, England. Rob ert Raikes, owner of the Gloucester Journal, helped organize the Sunday school out of concern for children caught in the Industrial Revo lution. They had no education and were sent to work at an early age. After consulting with the Rev. Thomas Stock, vicar of St. John the Baptist Church, he enlisted the help of some women who would teach the children on Sundays. The Bible was used as a textbook and the children were taught simple prayers and Scripture lessons. The first few Sunday schools were a success, so in 1783 Raikes offered his idea to the world. John Wesley started Sunday schools in his Metho dist Societies and his influence helped to expand the move ment. Some persons were criticd -but Sunday schools became an essential part of churches all over the world. Family reunion honors Letha Archer Letha Archer, who has lived in Heppner most of her life, celebrated her 96th birthday Tuesday, Feb. 26, with a family reunion and potluck dinner. Her son, Austin I. Smith, and daughter-in-law, Esta D. Smith, came from Portland for the event. They were accompanied by the Smiths' granddaughter, Vicki Palmer, and great-grandaughter, Mary Ann Palmer. Mrs. Archer's parents came from Missouri and spent their early years in Sand Hollow. Smith said the family re union brought cousins ' and other relatives here from Walla Walla and Pendleton. Smith, who was born in 1904, a year after the tragic Heppner flood, recalled that he had worked in the Heppner Gazette-Times office as a "printer's devil" under the late Vaughter Crawford in the early 1920's. The office was situated, in the newspaper's present location at 147 West Willow Street. He and his wife were married in 1927 and they have lived in Portland. The family reunion took place in Mrs. Archer's Water Sreet home where she con tinues to live. Women 9s club meeting set The Heppner Christian Wo men's Club will meet March 3 1 at 6:45 p.m. for a dessert meeting at the West of Willow Restaurant in Heppner. Carol Kelly of Gresliam will be the guest speaker. Music will be 'presented by Donna Prewitt of Hermiston. The meeting theme is "Stepping in Style." All area women are invited to attend. Reservations for the $2.50 special dessert can be made by calling Lynda Crane at 676-5175. Baby sitting is provided. Garden Club plans beautification project Board positions close IONK BKAUTIF1CATION The continued beautification of lone, a project of the lone Garden Club, will be resumed Saturday, March 1, weather permitting, .with the annual pruning of the street trees planted 18 years ago. Mem bers of the lone Lions Club are welcomed assistants in this project. At a recent meeting of representatives of the two groups pruning procedures Septic tank permits expire Hundreds of approved sep tic tank construction permits may expire this year if property owners holding the permits do not construct septic systems on the sites by July 1. 1980. The permits in question were issued by the Depart ment of Environmental Qua lity or a contracting county agency prior to July 1, 1976, under a special "prior appro val" rule, using soil and topography criteria in effect before the adoption of more protective soil standards. The prior approval rule carries with it a construction, deadline of July 1, 1980. that requires all construction of septic facilities on those sites to be completed by that date. Any site approved for septic tank use on a prior approval permit and not meeting the construction deadline will be required to obtain a new septic tank site approval permit under the new, more stringent Hospital Notes Patients at Pioneer Memo rila Hospital in Heppner for the week ending Feb. 25 were Elvira Irby and Joy Krein. Both patients have been dismissed. Mr. and Mrs. Hoby Darrell Hansen of Heppner had a baby girl, Jayme Lynn, Feb. 22 at Pioneer Memorial Hospi tal in Heppner. She weighed seven pounds, six-and-one-half ounces. Her grandparents are El mer and Kathy Hansen of Heppner and Hermann and Jovce Ward of Boise, Idaho. septic tank rules. Prior approval permits were issued by the State Department of Environmental Quality office and county contract agencies to allow transition from the old septic tank standards and soil siting criteria to the newer, more protective standards. Citizens who are not sure if their permits fall into this category can check with any DEQ office in their area, or with the county office that issued the permit. Prior approval permits were issued before July 1. 1976. were discussed and plans laid for the actual pruning pro gram. All helpers are to meet at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. March 1, at St. Williams, Roman Catholic Church and bring the necessary equip ment. A lunch will be provided and served by the Garden Club under the leadership of Jean Nelson. Representatives of the Lions Club at the planning meeting were Virgil Morgan, presi dent: Dana Heideman and Marvin Peterson. Garden Club representatives were beautification committee members, Loree Hubbard, Helen Martin, chairman, and Fredrick Martin, consultant. Mrs. Delta Huber is president of the lone Garden Club. NEWS OF PEOPLE Mr. and Mrs. AI Brazell and family (Kathleen and Brian) formerly of Jordan Vallev PNB telephone customers lose service have moved to the Oregon Trail Farm near Buttercreek. Mr. Brazell is employed as maintenance man for the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Martin were recent visitors in Moses Lake. Wash, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Martin and family. Mrs. Martin was a guest program leader for Beta Sigma Phi sorority of which Shawlene Martin is an active member and was hostess for the evening. Africa has been their pro gram theme for the year. Helen Martin gave a slide presentation on the wildlife safari the senior Martins took in 1976 through Kenya and Tanzania. The Bunchgrass Rebekah Lodge met at the home of Anna Ball on Thursday, Feb. 21. Discussion was held on plans for the District No. 20 Convention to be held March 15 at Holly Rebekah Lodge in Lexington. Nineteen persons filed for the Morrow County School Board and Advisory Committe positions by the deadline date Feb. 19. Voters will decide which 13 candidates will be in the positions at the election March 25. For the School Board, in cumbent John Matthews will be running unopposed for his four-year term for the Zone II Irrigon district. Incumbent Jean Bennett is being challenged by Robert L. Greene for the four-year term for Zone V from Heppner. There will be a new repre sentative on the school board for Zone VII of Heppner because incumbent Jim Wis hart has decided not to run for that one year term. The two candidates are Paul Sumner and Monte Stnokey. Pauline Winter is being challenged for her at -large position of four years by Sharon Hill of Boardman and F.E. Ed Glenn, also of Boardman. Approximately 20 Pacific Northwest Bell customers out of the 1,482 customers in the Heppner, Lexington and lone areas did not have service last week because of freezing fog on the telephone lines. PNB Portland spokesman Dale Osborn said freezing fog on the lines occurs frequently in the area but it is the first time this year that it has happened. Osborn said the moisture from the fog settles on the lines and it gets so heavy that some lines break. He said 13 workers were in the area last wpek "beating the lines with poles" trying to knock the ice off. Approximately five lines were effected with four cus tomers on each line. By Friday. 15 customers still were having telephone prob lems after four days of work. Osborn said the warming trend and thaw helped clear some of the ice off but it also New Life, USA dedicated (Continued from Page 8) site and then will be made available for sale. Connie Hartell has a college degree in physics and math and will help Jones in teaching the Hmongs. Ed and Reggie Weise He has taken an early retirment from his job in hydraulics at Bonneville Power Administra-. tion to help with New Life, USA. They will both help with the teaching and he will also help with maintenance. "Some of these people were earning as much as $40 000 a year, but because of their dedication to this project, have given up their jobs to come here on a missionary's salary and some are on no salary," Nicholson said. There is a possibility of some industrial operations moving to the site and already under discussion are welding, electronics, making compo nents for kidney machines, and both Pendleton Woolen Mills at Milwaukie and White Stag Mfg. Co. in Portland have shown response towards in volvement. Nicholson said. "Two wood burning stove companies have approached us and asked if we could turn out 15,000 stoves a month. We could hire every one in Condon with a contract like that." Although the staff has been working feverishly to get everything in readiness for the arrival of the Hmongs, there is still some painting and sheet rocking to be done in the housing area. There is also a need for more beds, bedding, towels, floor tile, stove pipe, dishes, pots and pans and wool clothing particularly, socks. Especially needed are clothes hangers and coming from a hot climate, they will need warm clothing for Condon's cooler weather. Anyone who can help with the painting, laying tiles, or anything else is welcome. There is also a workday the first Monday of each month for women in the Condon and Fossil area to sort and mend clothes. The workday is held in the Fellowhip Hall of the Condon United Church of Christ and those helping are asked to bring a sack lunch. Though there are many things still to be done. New Life. USA was dedicated at noon. Feb. 23. Many people from the East Hill Church at Gresham came to the dedica tion. They celebrated with a Jericho march around the perimeter of the 59" acre site. Heppner High School Rodeo Club Slave Sale March 6 7:00 P.M. Heppner High School Cafetorium Proceeds to aid Rodeo Club for expenses to National Finals This ad sponsored by CAFE & Wlim I LOUNGE r HWHM 676-5025 made it tougher for the heavy repair trucks to cross fields to get to the lines because of mud. He said a few farmers helped pull the trucks across the muddy fields with their equipment. To cut down on that type of problem with the aerial tele phone lines, Osborn said the telephone company is burying its cable "whenever possi ble." Two thirds of the PNB lines in Oregon are buried now, he said. Osborn said the only problem with buried lines is that they are out of sight and they are often dug up when people dig trenches. Area couple repeats vows Toni G. Schultz and James H. McLachlan were united in marriage Jan. 26 at the Hope Lutheran Church in Heppner. It was a double ring ceremony and the Rev. John Maas officiated. The bride was attended by her sister, Darlene Hamman. of Hermiston. The groom was attended by his brother, David McLach lan, of Heppner. The couple now resides in Hermiston where he is em ployed with Western Pacific Irrigation and she is employed by J R. Simplot. County Court Morrow County Court adop ted the majority report of the committee charged with in vestigating the combining of the two justice courts. The committee recom mended not to combine the 5th and 6th district justice courts in Morrow County and the county court agreed with that decision. The county courts agreed to a county contract with the Port of Morrow to build to county specifications old Highway 730 on the Columbia River. Don Briggs, the new Public Works Director, was given permission by the court to look for a modular building to house his department. County court transferred responsibilities of the Board man ambulance to the North Morrow County Medical Clinic for administration. The Boardman Fire Department will dispatch and provide the maintenance, for the ambu lance. A refund will be given to Sabre Co. for money that should not have been collected from it in past years. Judge Don McElligott said Briggs is in Corvallis this week studying new road paving systems. Jim Allen, county insurance agent, reported that Blue Cross costs are increasing so the county must anticipate a 10 percent increase in its 19H0-81 budget. County court took $375 from the revenue sharing fund to i give to the Boardman Library to help it get started. In return, the court asked that the library look in to the possibility of setting up a district or regional library. County court transferred $50,000 from the general fund to the general road fund. Most of the positions on the Advisory Committee to the School Board have only one candidate. The only contests will be for the three-year term for Hepp ner Position No. 1, with Judy Buschke facing E. George Koffler, and the three-year term for the Boardman Posi tion No. 2, with Robin Cooper challenging Shane Fritz. Louella L. Conboy is unop posed for the one-year term for Irrigon Position No. 6 and M.J. Strege is the single candidate for the one-year term from Boardman Position No. 1. The other advisory positions are for three year terms. Robert Byrd , of Irrigion Position No. 5, Sharon Harri son of Lexington Position No. 3. Gail Hughes of Heppner Position No. 5. Paul Tews of lone Position No. 1 and Ed Patton of lone Position No. 5 have their positions on the advisory board locked up because they are running unopposed. $1,000 prize offered A $1,000 grand prize will be awarded in the poetry compe tition sponsored by the World of Poetry, a quarterly newslet ter for poets. Rules and offical entry forms are available from World of Poetry 2431 Stockton Blvd.. Dept. N, Sacramento, California 95817. Income Tax Service Individual, K Business Ranch I I MARIE KEY I I 422-7532 one 'King & P tickets on sale Tickets for the Eastern Oregon State College-Community production of "The King and I" are on sale. The Rogers and Hammerstein mu sical will be presented nightly at 8:15 p.m. Feb. 27 through March 1 at the EOSC Admini stration Building Theatre. Reservations may be made by calling 963-2171 ext. 200. The production features a 50 member cast and a 22 piece orchestra each with perform ers from both the college and community. Sadie Hawkins Dance j Friday, Feb. 29 9:00 P.M.-l :30 A.M. a Dwsne & His New Plainsmen 0 x Oyster Feed & Snacks 0 V Prize for the best costumes BUCKNUJVTS fcj tsa iim xys jry . miii.w.i. jinn in, i n i iiiHw tii.iM jMmwiiwiw Here's a new twist on an old energy-saving idea: Turn down your thermostat to 68 during the day, 55 at night. It could cut your heating use up to 12. Then, check your heating thermostat against an indoor thermometer to make sure it's accurate. 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