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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
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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
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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.
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A $1,000 grand prize will be
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ter for poets.
Rules and offical entry
forms are available from
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'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.
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