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It has been sometime since promotional brochures were
last printed to tell outsiders about our county. Several
successive brochure committees of the Heppner-Morrow
Chamber of Commerce have worked on the project, and now,
at last, an updated brochure about this productive, beautiful
county is available. The last brochure came out during
Judge Paul W. Jones' tenure in office. The new one was
"unveiled" last week, and you may obtain a copy of it from
one of the city offices, from the courthouse, from the school
district office, from the Gazette-Times or perhaps from an
industry or business that contributed to its reality.
It has been a pleasant and interesting effort to be part of
the committee along with ex-officio members. Chamber
President Fred Toombs, V-P Bob Harris, the Rev. John
Maas, David Sykes and Judge McElligott, whose recent
secretary, Judy Laughlin, drew the county map on its outside
back, mailing section.
The committee members are hoping that folks will enjoy
the pictures and the text on the 12 sections or pages of this
"come hither" pamphlet. My knowledge about this county
has grown considerably since I began to collect some of the
facts, figures and information included. David Sykes was the
capable chairman for the pictures selected. A few of the
colored shots used were inherited from previous committee
workers, particularly from Harold Kerr and Terry Hager.
When the original committee was assigned the project of
producing a "first-class brochure" costs were probably
much less than half of what they have grown to now. The C. of
C. had managed to include the cost of the previous
publications in its budget, but could not possibly pay out all
that this slick-paper, larger production cost. So in addition to
collecting pictures, figures and facts, the current committee
went about trying to collect money for the pamphlet.
I find the collection of funds most difficult-I've long known
that selling something is definitely not my forte. However,
Judge McElligott, Rev. Maas and the other members of the
committee proved to be more adept. County residents should
be pleased to know that contributions were made by
industries, by businesses, by communities and by an
individual. Each of the "five incorporated, thriving
communitites" contributed as did the Morrow County Grain
Growers, Kinzua Corporation, Portland General Electric,
Columbia Basin Electric, Far Western Real Estate
(Heppner) and Mountain Valley Land Co. (Boardman). The
project was primarily funded by the Heppner-Morrow
Chamber, the county government and the Port of Morrow.
The county schools purchased some brochures and former
County Judge Oscar Peterson, lone, made a most helpful
personal contribution to the cause.
In reviewing the contributions made toward this project it
is satisfying to find that about one-third of the funding came
from "whole county" in contributions from the county
government, the County Grain Growers, Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op and the purchase by the county school district.
A second one-third came from the "south county" including
the Heppner C. of C, Kinzua Corporation, the cities of
Heppner and lone. Far Western Real Estate and from Oscar
Peterson.
We positively object to dividing the county and know that
the three classifications we are using are disputable. The
contributors we count as "north county" are Port of Morrow,
Portland General Electric, Mountain Valley Land Co.,
Boardman Commercial Gub and the cities of Irrigon and
Boardman.
We understand that Kinzua Corporation will soon become a
"north county" business, too. We appreciated the
information given to us by our County Extension Office, by
Heppner U.S. Forest Service District Ranger Ben Siminoe
and by the Port of Morrow manager and the information
center at the coal-fired plant and by Kinzua Corporation. Mr.
Siminoe explained that the USFS did not budget any funds for
local promotions.
Some previous brochures were definitely dated by the use
of officials' names. The current committee did not include
any personal identification in this effort, but found it
impossible not to use a date (1980) when presenting some
statistics.
So many changes have taken place in Morrow in the fifteen
years that I have lived here, and more are coming along now
with further developments at the Port of Morrow and with
the building of the Willow Creek Dam at Heppner.
Never in all my three-score plus years have I been as hot as
I was last Saturday afternoon when I was driving east on 1-84
through The Dalles. I had taken my grandsons to Portland on
Friday when the temperature reached 105 there. I am certain
it was several degrees hotter up on Sam Jackson Hill where I
had an appointment at the University of Oregon Health
Sciences Center at 2:15 p.m. We were grateful to have
air-conditioned motel rooms that night right beside my sons
and family members who came there to collect their sons.
On Saturday I managed to leave Portland at hot. high noon.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday,
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WITH
THOMAS CONDON
Oregon's Pioneer Scientist and Minister
A play by Dorothy Velasco, author of
The Northwest Woman
Starring Wes Hardin as Thomas Condon
Commentary by Dr. Robert D. Clark
Heppner
St. Patrick's Church Parish Hall
Monday, August 17, 7:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Sponsors
University of Oregon Museum of Natural History
Oregon Committee for the Humanities
Heppner Branch lone Branch, AAUW
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August U, 1981
I had to stop more often than 1
as traveling alone without
dehydrating and exhausting. After I got back to my own TV I
learned that Medford reached 114 on Saturday, and I realized
how lucky I was to have come back to "cool" Heppner. My
grandson and his family went home to Medford to feel that
all-time record-breaking heat.
The Heppner High annual field trip to .Ashland's
Shakespearean Festival took off on Monday morning. The
group will return by Friday evening -- if they don't all melt
away in Ashland's 112 degrees.
A friend just told me that the latest edition of the "Oregon
Farmer" announces on its page 29 that the late August
Morrow County Fair will take place in Pilot Rock. A few
people need to set that publication straight.
Road work
The Morrow County Public
Works Dept. released the
following work report for the
week ending August 8:
Roads graveled and bladed
this past week were: Lena
Hisler. Clark-Rice-Beech.
Paul Brown and No. 573.
Bladed only was Barclay
Road.
Hot mix patching was done
The most common
the U.S. end Great
Food preserving subject of OEPBS TV
Preserving food at home is
the subject of a new television
series from the Oregon State
University Extension Service
now airing on the state's
public TV channels.
The Oregon Educational
and Public Broadcasting sta
tions are showing the seven
part series, called "Food for
Later." each Tuesday at 7
p.m. The series is seen on
KOAC-TV. Corvallis; KOAP
TV, Portland: KVDO. Salem,
and KTVR-TV. LaGrande.
Plans call for the series to
be shown each Wednesdav on
Three members sought for BMCC budget committee
Three vacancies have devel -oped
on the Blue Mountain
Community College budget
board and replacements are
currently being sought, ac
cording to President Ron
Daniels.
Candidates to fill the vacan
cies will be reviewed at the
Aug. 26 BMCC board meeting.
Persons interested in serving
on the college budget commit
tee should call the president's
Hope Lutheran Church
welcomes new members
Hope Lutheran Church of
Heppner, in a special worship
service, welcomed 26 new
members into the congrega
tion this last Sunday.
The service was followed by
a gala reception for the new
members sponsored by the
church council and coordinat
ed by Mrs. Alan Nistad.
Centerpiece of the reception
was a special cake baked by
Mrs. Lucky Felt and that was
decorated to say, "Welcome
New Members."
Reverend John Maas. pas
tor of the congregation, led the
worship service that saw one
infant and three adults baptiz
ed, five adults received into
membership through adult in
struction and four families
welcomed into membership
via transfer from other Luth
eran congregations.
This is the largest num ber of
people to be received into
membership in the congrega
tion in recent history. Pastor
HUMANITIES
CHAUTAUQUA
usually do along the highway
air-conditioning was quite
on Keck Canyon. Lena Hisler.
Willow Creek, Upper Rhea
Creek. Pointer. Kenny Ranch.
BI;ickhorse, and Jerry Dough
erty. The Sandhollnw Road
rehabilitation project was also
continued.
The shop worked on trucks
No. IT. No. 18 and No. 15.
Numerous other repairs were
done including maintenance
on the portable crusher.
last name in both
Britain is Smith.
KSYS. Channel 8, Medford,
starting Aug. 12 at 7:30 p.m.
"Food for Later" programs
cover making jams and jel
lies, freezing fruits and vege
tables, canning fruits and
tomatoes, drying fruits and
vegetables, canning vege
tables, making pickles and
sauerkraut and canning meat
and fish.
Hostess for the series is
Nellie Oehler, Albany home
economist and former OSU
Extension agent with exten
sive experience in food preser
vation. She helped develop
office at 276-1260. ext. 230.
Candidates must be residents
of Morrow or Umatilla coun
ties. Each year, the college
budget committee is active in
reviewing budget requests
from the various college
departments. The committee
builds a budget based on this
review and recommends the
budget to the college board for
adoption. The budget requests
are then turned over to voters
Maas was quoted to say,
"We're really excited here at
Hope. These people are a real
gift to us at Hope and we hope
we can be just as big a gift to
them. This last Sunday was a
high point in our congregation
al life."
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Soroptimist
Newly installed officers of the Heppner Soroptimist Club
pose for a photograph.
Left to right are: Mary Goheen, regional delegate and
corresponding wrcisrv I.enna Smith board member;
and teach the training pro
gram for the volunteer Master
Food Preservers working with
Extension agents in seven
Oregon counties.
Joining her on the show is
Carolyn Raab, OSU Extension
foods and nutrition specialist,
who emphasizes the need for
correct food preservation
methods in order to assure a
safe, wholesome product. She
and Mrs. Oehler will also
discuss some common food
preservation questions and
problems.
The TV series is part of the
in Umatilla and Morrow
counties for final approval.
Positions to be filled include
those currently held by: Hugh
Erwin, Milton-Freewater;
Anna Lee Kennedy, Pendle
ton; and Jim Pratt. Hermis
ton. Erwin was appointed last
year to complete one year
remaining on Wally Wedin's
position. This position would
be for a full three-year term.
Mrs. Kennedy is completing
her second three-year term
and does not wish to be
re-appointed to the commit
tee. Her position would also be
for a full three-year term.
One two-year position is
available to replace Pratt.
Pratt was appointed to the
committee in 1980. but ran for
election to the college board
and was successful in that bid
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educational effort of the
Extension Service in the area
of home food preservation.
Ms. Raab pointed out. Educa
tional efforts include a range
of bulletins which are avail
able free from county offices
of the Extension Service,
the Master Food Preserver
program, a "hot line" to
serve homemakers in the
Portland area, as well as
special educational programs
conducted by Extension home
economists in almost every
countv.
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Bettie Doherty, recording
president; Clista Venard,
president-elect; and Jeanne Sumner, past president.
Informal reception
planned for actors
An informal "reception for
the artists" involved in the
chatauqua presentation of
"An Evening with Thomas
Condon" will be held this
Sunday. Aug. Hi. on the
Morrow County Courthouse
lawn in Heppner around 7 p.m.
The public i.s invited to visit
with the members of the
touring theater group and
enjoy refreshments in the cool
secretary;
treasurer;
Gail Burkenblne,
Jackie Allstott,
of the evening.
The free theatrical present
ation of "An Evening with
Thomas Condon" is scheduled
for the following evening,
Monday, Aug. 17. at 7:30 p m
at St Patrick's Church Parish
Hall in Heppner.
The reception and presenta
tion are sponsored by the
Heppner lone Branch of the
AAUW.