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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1980)
pi 1 N Taniiii Hums (right) the lone graduation o 0WS 0 Jim Ackley deft) and Lisa Nix sang for The Jim Ackley Hand in front of Hrppner's crowd. Roller Bv Steven A. Powell Roller skiitintf has come to Heppner, to the delight of many, thanks lo efforts made by the Morrow County Fair Iniard and Holly and Shirley Cassens. The Cassens Imilt the roller rink in Hermiston in 14. Members of the fair hoard asked the Cassens if they would like to rent the pavilion at the Morrow County Fair grounds for $50 a day and offer jskHtjng. They accepted, so for the past three mouths, skaters of all ages have gone to the fairgrounds on weekends to try. it out. It is a small rink with a holding capacity of 125 skat ers. Roily Cassens said the i rink in Hermiston holds 4(H). It currently is open Friday and Saturday nights from 6:30 ' to H:H() and another session fromH.HO to 10 ::). There are matinees from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Cost is $1.00 admission, $1 for under five-years-old and 50 cents for skate rentals. Roily Cassens said the rink will probably be cutting down its sessions when fewer people come once the novelty of the rink wears off. and Terry Slarr (behind) look apprehensive at they begin ceremony. I O 4 XS 1 J ,1 ix. f skating comes to Heppner "We have to have 80 here just to open up," he said. "Once it drops below that, we will close the session down." He said one Saturday after noon session had only 24 skaters and "That was not enough to pay for the mus tard." , Shirley Cassens takes care of the concessions at the rink. Although they do not buy the concessions in large quanti ties. Cassens do charge rea sonable prices with pop 35 or 45 cents, hot dogs 75 cents, popcorn 25. candy bars 25 and coffee 15 cents. A tape player plays the music the customers skate to. Two tapes play six hours of non-stop disco music. "It's not what I like but it's what the kids like," Cassens said. "We are here to satisfy them, not us. It all sounds the same to me." He said the floor is slick so the skaters don't go very fast and they are more cautious so the skating in the small rink is very controlled. He does have races with free drinks going to the winners. When the Heppner swim ming pool opens, Cassens said the rink will not be open because "I do not want to G - R 4 i u ft compete" with other activities in Heppner. The rink is not open Sunday nights because he said he does not want to compete with the churches. Cassens' Agreement with the fair board is until August 1 . He said he does not know yet Highway A "Patrolled by Aircraft" sign has been placed just north of Heppner on Highway 74 but motorists do not have to vn ri. ; l-,vA i BMCC has summer classes Blue Mountain Community College Kvening Division for south Morrow County will have two classes for the summer term, coordinator Nancy Brownfield announced Monday. John F.dmundson will in struct a Beginning Golf class starting June 12. The class will run Thursday nights from 5:,') to 7 for seven weeks at a cost of $11. Anyone who is not a member of the Willow Creek Country Club will be charged a sepcrate fee of $5 for green fees. A 12 to 15 student limit has been established. Anyone interested in taking the class - A - DU - A - T - I ' IV J j . ; ? i ' i ; " . i , , M I i 'o ; P ' v. ! : v ' j - t Valedictorian Alice Abrams receives an Principal Jim Bier. if he will negotiate with the board to have it after that time. He has made an agreement with the board that there will not be skating on days when fair activities are taking place so they can receive priority. 74 now 'Patrolled by Aircraft9 worry about it yet. Lt. Bill Barbouletos of the Hermiston branch of the Orcuon State Police said the may contact Edmundson at WW -8 123 or Brownfield at fi7fi-5(M9. Ron Forrar will be the teacher for a Landscape Drawing class. It will be on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 for six weeks beginning June 2J Cost is $11. It will be an outdoor drawing class with the subjects being barns, creeks and historical buildings. The artists will use pencil and pen and ink. The first meeting will he at the Heppner High School art room. Anyone interested in the drawing class may contact Forrar at 676-9922 or Brownfield. I r n 1 "I ' " 'v v ; . ( " r John Stere Powell photos W t... . n.Tr.--1r- Tt award from While the Cassens are in Heppner with the rink, their son. Merlin, and daughter-in-law. Sandy, are operating the roller rink in Hermiston. Roily Cassens said the rink in Heppner has been popular with the adult crowd. siun was put up two weeks ago but stripes have not been painted on the shoulder of the highway to time the travel of cars. He said white stripes about six feet long will be painted on the shoulder at one-fourth .mile intervals at different locations on the highway. About twice a month on clear days, a state police airplane will fly above the hii'hway with a liming device to check speeders. The officer in the aircraft will radio state police in vehicles on (he ground who then track down the speeders. The aircraft observes the speeding vehicle until it is pulled over by the arresting officer on the ground to eliminate mix-ups. Barbouletos said "Patrolled bv Aircraft" signs are placed on all state and federal The Heppner - O - N Bier lights the candles to begin lilt 5 1 " - Y 7 ''ti.. -"HJ&Jw Paula Lindstrom receives her diploma awaits his turn. at least "We have about 15 adults each night and three or four usually come up to me afterwards to compliment about the rink." he said. "I have heard nothing but good words about it." He added that if there is any highways that may have aircraft supervision. They are not posted in every town but somewhere on the state high ways. To warn motorists even further, the Hermiston office announces over local radio stations when the state pat trol's airplane will be in an area. Quarterly meeting set at CBEC The Columhia-Blue Moun tain Resource Conservation and Development district is planning its quarterly meeting June 3 at 10 a.m. at the Columbia Basin Electric Co op in Heppner. Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the Oregon Association of Conservation Districts will be discussed. Oazette - Tlme, Heppner, Oregon, the Heppner graduation. from school board member Harold until August dissention in the community about the roller skating, "I can pull out just as quickly as I came. I am retired and am doing this just to help." Cassens said he can have private skating parties if interest is shown. Besides the roller skating rink in Hermiston, the Cas sens have had roller skating in Jepsen receives doctorate degree in vet medicine William R. Jepsen. son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Jepsen of Heppner. has re ceived his doctor's degree in veterinary medicine from the College of Veterinary Medi cine at Iowa State University. William K. Jepsnn Thursday, May 29, 1980-THIRTEEN 'Mi Uuf Snider while Dennis Stefani Weston and in Pendleton. "We know every trick a kid can pull." Roily Cassens said. "We can get along because we can be strict and still friendly and not hold grudges. "This is a nice bunch of kids here. After awhile, the bigger kids will probably stop Coming making room for the smaller ones to come and trv it." Commencement exercises for the class of 124 veterinarians was held May 24 in Ames, Iowa. His wife. Nancy Jepsen, was named the graduating scholar in the College of Agriculture at Iowa State for the class of 1980. This award is given for the highest scholastic record in the college, which has 3,800 students enrolled. One such award is given each year. Nancy also received the high scholarship award in the curriculum of agricultural education at an awards ban quet held May 6 at Iowa State. Bill and Nancy will be moving to Hermiston where Bill has taken a position at the Lieuallen Veterinary Clinic.
