SIX-The lleppntr C.aiftte-Tlmes.
By JUSTINE
) WEATHERFORD
A little special excitement in Heppner last week was the
baby boom at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital where three
boys and one girl filled the four pretty cribs in the attractive
nursery to the room's regular capacity. However a staff
person says that the capacity can be stretched if need arises.
She said this was the second four-baby week in recent times.
The Portland Rose Festival Association, in spite of well
made plans, has surely suffered inadvertently these last two
years. Last year volcanic ash cut way down on attendance
and this year the almost constant June rains kept people
away. The money-making water front carnival center even
had to be closed part of its week.
I love parades and would like to go to every Rose Parade,
but now find it is easier to watch on TV. I missed some of the
participants last Saturday - was our Morrrow royalty
entered? I noted the Gilliam County girls and the Pendleton
Round Up Court and Happy Canyon Princesses all looking
very good. Heppner's Janice Healy, now Miss Rodeo
America, looked great as she smiled and waved.
Thoughtful Kathleen Hisler mailed me a copy of the
ten-page monthly newspaper put out by the Camlu
Retirement Apartments in Pendleton. In the May issue there
is an article about Annie Hynd Schaffer which is very
interesting to me. My first four yeares in Morrow County
I lived where Annie was born on the old Kilcup Ranch, much
later the Weatherford Ranch, near the now extinct town of
Lena, Oregon.
It is sad to drive past that place now and see that no one
seems to be caring for much of it. Mrs. Schaffer was born
there on April 9, 1903, just two months before the great
Heppner flood. The nurse who took care of her mother, who
was breaking out with smallpox when the birth took place,
and who cared for tiny Annie, who was tea witn an eye
dropper, was Zetta Brosnan's mother Belle Hager.
The Camlu News interview with Annie tells of her girlhood
on thai ranch hefore the family moved to Cecil. Annie tells of
coming from a little country school to Heppner High School
where she and another country-school friend. Rose French
Francis, Raymond French's mother, were a bit frightened by
the large school which enrolled about 100 young people.
After Annie married E.R. Schaffer in 1925 the couple
moved back to the Freezeout Ranch above where Annie was
born and operated that high ranch for 20 years before again
settling near Cecil. The interview concludes with Annie's
statement that her early years were hard but joyful. "What
we lacked in conveniences for many years were made up for.
in happiness, good times and wonderful friends who were
frequent visitors. The Schaffers two children are Doris
Schaffer Clerf and Jack Hynd Schaffer. . Doris lives in
Washington state and Jack in California.
Last Sunday, besides being the 78th anniversary of the
great flood, was Flag Day, so carefully remembered here by
the American Legion and by a few residents. This day was
first officially observed in 1877 to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the selection of the flag. Congress requested
all public buildings to fly the flag on June 14 of that year. It
was not until 1916, however, that Flag Day was established as
a national celebration by a proclamation issued by President
Woodrow Wilson.
As I visited with Amanda Duvall on Sunday morning and
we were remarking about the date, Mrs. Duvall said that
when she came to Heppner in 1906 there were water marks on
all the buildings here showing how high the flood waters had
come and that many folks were still talking about the flood
quite constantly.
Do you suppose summer weather is really coming to
Morrow County this week? Summer will actually begin next
Sunday, June 21, which is also Father's Day. The recent,
almost too constant, rains have really stimulated lush growth
and kept down lawn watering, but for some of us "enough is
enough."
Last weekend a good many pickups were loaded with yard
trimmings which were headed for the dump. I noted that
quite a few pickups were coming down from the mountains
with loads of wood. Some families are getting double good out
of their weekends - enjoying the mountain scenery and
working ahead to cut down on the costs of heating their
homes next winter. It seems like a good idea, too, to be
getting some of the surplus wood out of the mountains now,
just in case of summer forest fires, which we always hope
will not develop.
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May rains brighten
EO range outlook
Above average precipitation
over most of eastern Oreenn
thrnuch May boosted the
ranee fnraae outlook to 114
percent of n normal vear's
production, a ranee scientist
has forecast.
Forrest A. Sneva. USDA
scientist based at Oreeon
State University's Eastern
Oregon Agricultural Research
Center in Burns, said excel
lent forage production is
exported on ranges east of
Valley Falls and north to Vale,
with estimates rangine from
125 percent of normal or
above.
"Ranges west of Lakeview
also have an improved outlook
from May 1 hut are still the
driest with the production
forecast ranging from 75 to ion
percent of normal." Sneva
said.
"In a northeastern belt
extending from Chemult and
Wickiup Dam on the west, the
Tole painting
classes added
Tole painters in the Heppner
area have an opportunity to
take an afternoon class next
fall, according to Nancy
Brownfield, Blue Mountain
Community College coordina
tor for the South Morrow
County area.
The new class has been
added because the "response
was so good" to the originally
scheduled evening class. Both
classes will be taught on
Tuesday in Lexington by
Phyllis Piper and Eileen
Padburg.
Students who would like to
take either tole painting class
should call Mrs. Brownfield at
676-5039 to sign-up. The dead
line for registration forms and
payment of fees is June 30 for
the fall classes. The early
deadline is in effect for this
class so materials can be
ordered for students.
Both the afternoon and
evening sections of Tole Paint
ing are for students who have
had the beginning class.
EOSC on campus
On-campus registration for
the terms and special sessions
of Eastern Oregon State
College summer session will
be Monday. June 22. 8 a m . to 5
p.m.. in the EOSC Records
Office, Inlow Administration
Building.
The on-campus registration
is for students who did not
pre-register by mail, accord
ing to summer session Direc
tor Dr. Kats Sakamoto.
This year more than 145
different classes will be offer
ed by the four-year college.
There will be one eight-week
term. June 22 to August 14:
two four-week terms. June 22
to July 17 and July 20 to
August 14: and special ses
sions and workshops at other
times during the summer.
Sakamoto said persons in
terested in the second four
week term could also register
on campus July 20.
"Summer session serves
DMV schedule
The Motor Vehicles Division
office at Heppner will be open
every week day from 8 a.m. to
12 noo and 1 to 5 p.m. except
for the following days:
Wed., June 17 - Heppner
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fnrnce outlook is slmhtlv
below normal, increases to
about 113 percent of normal in
the Paulina - John Ditv area
and then decreases to slightly
below normnl in the Ukinh
Wallowa renion. In The Dalles
- Antelope - Mikknlo area,
near normal production is
expected with strong in
creases in the Condon-Fossil
area."
May's moderate tempera
tures and above normal pre
cipitation held down soil
moisture loss on the ranees
and should enhance later
forage production, he said.
The I9B0 crested wheatgrass
crop, a record, lowered the
soil's nitrogen level so yields
this year have dropped unless
the wheatgrass has been
fertilized.
"We can expect crested
wheatgrass yields to be favor
able hut quality may be
somewhat lower than
normal." Sneva said.
Aerobic dance
classes open
There is plenty of room in
summer sections of Aerobic
Dance offered by Blue Moun
tain Community College, ac
cording to Nancy Brownfield.
BMCC South Morrow County
area coordinator.
There are two sections of
morning exercise classes open
in Heppner. Students may
take the class Mondays and
Wednesdays from fi to 9 a.m.
or Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 7 to B a.m. Renae
Siminoe is instructor for the
course.
The evening dance session
will meet from 7:30 to 8:30
p.m. Monday and Thursday
evenings in Lexington. Joyce
Hughes is the instructor for
the class.
Summer term classes start
the week of June 22. The
aerobic courses last five
weeks and cost $13. Those
interested in registering
should call Mrs. Brownfield at
676-5039.
registration Mon.
many different kinds of
people." said Sakamoto, ex
plaining the session, lone a
favorite with graduate stu
dents, is more and more used
by community people to pick
up an interesting class or
business skill and by new
freshmen wanting to get a
jump on their college study.
"We're offering a solid core
of undergraduate and grad
uate courses as well as such
popular things as a stained
glass workshop, ceramics,
"How to Listen to Music."
bird identification and astron
omy, to mention just a few,"
he said.
Sakamoto said summer ses
sion catalogs are still avail
able in the EOSC Records
Office or will be mailed free of
charge. Interested persons
can order one by calling
963-2171. ext. 255. or the
Oregon toll-free number 1-800-452-8639.
ext. 255.
office closed; Condon office
open.
Mon., June 22 through July 5
- Heppner office closed, with
the exception of Thurs., June
25 - Heppner office open.
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Doug and Kathleen Lowe
are the new owners of
But'knum's Tavern in Hep
pner. The couple took over the
business Mnndav. June 1.
Before moving to Heppner
the I ou rs lived in Bend where
Doug worked as a route
salesman for Pepsi Cola and
lone swim pool
Ione's swimming pool open
ed Tuesday, June 16. As in the
past, it will be open Tuesdays
through Sundays and closed
on Mondays.
Hours are from 2 to S
p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m.
Prices are: grades 1 - 6. 50
cents: 7 - 12. 75 cents: adults,
$1. Season tickets are: grades
1-6, $10; grades 7 - 12. $15;
nrtolts. 20: and family tic
kets, $35.
Swim lessons are $3.50 per
two-week session per person.
The first session of lessons
Heppner News
Last Friday Carmen (Mrs.
Jerry) Healy and the couple's
younger son. Jonas, returned
to Heppner after four weeks of
traveling. They left here on
May 18 and spent three days in
New York City before flying to
the Dominican Republic
where they visited with Car
men's parents who were
meeting their grandson Jonas
for the first time.
Carmen says that this
spring the rains have been
heavy and constant in her
hot-weather homeland and
that flooding prevented her
visiting around very much.
She and Jerry and their first
ton, Joseph, had been there in
979 just after Hurricane
David, and Carmen says there
has not been very much
change in her family's situ
ation these last several years.
She and Jonas flew back to
New York City on June 4 and
stayed there a week before
flying to Portland last Thurs
day where Jerry's sister,
Jeanmarie, met them and
brought them home to Hep
pner last Friday.
Joseph Healy stayed with
his grandparents. Jack and
Gwen Healy. while his mother
and little brother were travel
ing. Jerry Healy is employed
by the Columbia Basin Elect
ric Co-op.
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rct'isii'i'ed nurse. She is pre
sently working at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital In Hep
pner. When asked if they were
planning any changes. Done
said "better food and maybe
some darts."
hours, fees set
begins Tuesday, June 23, and
rung through July 3.
Hours for advanced begin
ners are 9:30 to 10:30; for
swimming beginners, 10:30 to
11:30; and for non-swimming
beginners, 11:30 to 12:30.
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Close to Home...
Mary Ann Cemllo
Nuts!
have you ever wondered whether you're allowed to eat
from those bowls of uncracked nuts when you go to a friend's
house?
I think it depends on where they are. If they're on top of
your host's console TV. and he's trying to wutch the Super
Bowl. I don't think you're supposed to.
But if they're right alongside the cheese dip, and those little
stainless steel vise-grips are right there with them saying
"go ahead," I wonder.
Then there is the problem of shells. Do you put them back
in the bowl?
No. They're trash, now that you've pulverized them.
How uhout the ashtray? There isn't one.
Your pocket? I've tried that. But someone always notices.
About the only thing you can do is start a neat little pile
right in front of you. But that always sends someone dashing
into the kitchen for a saucer.
I guess you're not supposed to eat from those bowls of nuts '
you have to crack when you go to a friend's house; Just
decoration. Except, of course, if there's a dish for the
"empties."
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