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To You Merry Ch ristm as an r : : . : L VOL. NO. 52 THURSDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1NI 10 PAGES Christmas Decorating Contest winners j i 1 :" I fcw44- i . t . If ' i j 1 - ! The Sheltons win best unlighted category. Larry and Betty Mills. Delmar and Judy Buschke, Don and Delores Shelton and Peterson's Jewelers were all winners this year IrTthr Heppner Chamber of Commerce Christmas decorating content, , . Judges picked the Mills' house on Chase Street as the best outdoor lighted home in Heppner, the Buschke "home on Fairview Way as the best indoor lighting display as seen from the street, and the Shelton home on Church Street as the best unlighted exhibit. Rounding out the other winners: Pat and Bill McMinn W. Sperry, second place outdoor lighting. Mary Lee and Ed Hiemstra - AKalfa, third place outdoor lighting. Don and Judy Kcnison - Linden Way, second place indoor Morrow Co. Fair & Rodeo announces 1982 princesses Princetwea Annette Wilgers and Nancy Paine Palmer (Center). Nancy Paine, a 15-year-old Sophomore at Heppner High School, and Annette Wilgers, a 16-year-old Junior also of Heppner, have been chosen princesses for the 1082 Mor row County Fair and Rodeo. Nancy and Annette will Join already chosen queen, Anita Palmer, to rount out the court for next year. Nancy, a pennant bearer in the last two courts, lives with her parents Richard and Judy on the Wilkinson Ranch on Willow Creek. Nancy has been around horses all her life, and when she was eight years old won rookie of the year for the Girls BESSIE WET2ELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR S74C3 and Yours Morrow County's II..' ! - ! Northwest Rodeo Association, where she competed in barrel racing and goat tail tying. A JV cheerleader, and a member of the Girls Athletic Association, Nancy is no stranger to Fair and Rodeo activities either, having rid den in her first parade when she was one year old. In addition, her mother was a princess on the 1959 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court. Nancy has one brother, Shawn, 13. Her grandparents are Dick and Virginia Wilkin son. Nancy's horse, whose name is Pecos Pepsi is an eight-year-old registered quarter horse. Annette is the daughter of The Heppner dmm Home-Owned lighting. Chuch and Donna Moeller Glenn Ward Chase Street , second place unlighted display. Cal Sherman's home won an honorable mention in the outdoor lighting category, and Gardner's Men's Wear won second in the business decorating division. First place winners in the home lighting categories will receive a $30 award, second place $20 and third $10. Money for the awards is donated by the Morrow County Grain Growers, Columbia Basin Electric, the Chamber of Commerce and an unnamed donor. Larry Mills, manager of the M.C.G.G.. said he and his wife will donate their first prize to the Pioneer Memorial Hospital Foundation. Broken conductor responsible for electrical outage A broken conductor was responsible, for anelectrical outage in the Heppner, Lex ington, lone. Olex and Arling ton areas Thursday. Dec. 17. said Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Manager Fred Toombs. The power went off about :40 a.m. "A conductor on a transmission line broke about one half mile west of Lexing ton." said Toombs. The line was placed in 1947 and wear and tear caused it to break. Toombs reported. widi Queen Anita John and Vi v tigers. Rhea Creek. She was a pennant bearer for the 1981 Fair and Rodeo court. She is also a member of dance team, at Heppner High. Annette has one brother Wayne, 13, and she rides a quarterhorse named Smokey. Anita Palmer, who was chosen queen of the 1982 Fair and Rodeo Nov. 23, is the daughter of Lee and Mary Ann Palmer of lone. A senior at lone High School, she has been riding horses all her life and was a pennant bearer for four years. Anita was also a princess on the 1981 court. MR Weekly Newspaper 20 CENTS announced Quiad, third place indoor The broken conductor was spotted by Chuck Moeller of Pacific Northwest Bell Co. "We certainly appreciated Chuck letting us know. He told us exactly where it was, which saved us a lot of time." Toombs said. He said the electricity would have been out much longer had Moeller not contacted them and told them the exact location of the conductor. All but Heppner and Lex ington had power restored ad 10:30 a.m. Power was restored to those two areas at about 1 :22 p.m. Four sentenced in Morrow Four men were sentenced last Friday, Dec. 18 at Morrow County Courthouse in Hep pner, reports District Attor ney Ann Spicer. those sentenced were: Jack Lee Brasel, 23. Board man was sentenced to two years probation and was ordered to pay $150 fine. Brasel was also ordered to pay $4(17.21 restitution for attorney fees after his arrest on June 22 Brasel pled guilty to a reduced charge: one count of frequenting a place where controlled substances are used. The other indictment was dismissed. David Verstoppen. 26. Dale Woods Camp, arrested June 17 and later charged with Theft in the first degree pled guilty to Theft in the second degree in Morrow County Circuit Court on (K'tobe? 2. VerstopH-n was sentenced to two years probation, a 10 C.C.C. interest rate policy Kcttinning Jan. 1 . the (uter es! rale on Commodity Credit Corporation loans will be set at the rale charged C.C.C. by the U.S. Treasury during the month that the loan is issued, according to Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block Loans disbursed since April ' 19K1 and which hnvp IT IT a a HEPPNER. OREGON Nistad elected pres.of iveep Oregon Green ' ! Jv ' f 1 Allen Nistad 4 Allen R. Nistad. Heppner. has been elected president of Keep Oregon Green Associa tion, the statewide organiza tion which for over 40 years has been urging Oregonians 'To Help Prevent Forest Fires and Keep Oregon Green." Nistad was elected at the annual meeting at Western Forestry Center in Portland on Friday. Dec. 11. A native of Minnesota. Nistad attended school in Idaho and is a graduate of Whitney College of commerce in Coeur d'Alene. Idaho. He entered U.S. Civil Service in 1941 until entering active duty with the Army Air Corp in 1943. Since discharge from the U.S. Air Force in 1946, he has worked for Kinzua Corpora day suspended jail sentence. $350 fine, was ordered to make $100 restitution to the W E. Hughes ranch, was ordered to make restitution to Frank Tubbs of $170, must reimburse Morrow County Sheriff for transportation costs of return ing stolen posts to Hughes ranch. Terry Lee Haldy, 20. Hills boro, was sentenced to two years probation, ordered to pay $65 restitution to Morrow County, must make $500 restitution for court appointed attorney's costs, and was ordered to consume no con trolled substances during his probation period. Haldy was charged with delivery of a controlled substance and pled guilty Oct. 16 to a reduced charge of frequenting a place where controlled substances are used. Lonny Trumbull, 27 of Hermiston, indicted on Sept. 10 and charged with three counts of sexual abuse in the interest rales subject to change will have their interest rales adjusted Jan. 1. These loans, which currently have a 14.5 percent interest rate, will lie adjusted to the interest rales charged C.C.C. by the Treasury in January. Previ ously. C.C.C. interest rates were 9ot scmi.nnmiallv-.nr. appy By Weather tion in Heppner, Oregon, retiring in November of this year from the position of Vice President for Timberlands and Corporate Affairs and culminating 34-years of active service in forest products industry. He is currently employed by the Timber Operators Council in Port land. Oregon. Mr. Nistad is vice chairman of the Oregon Department of Energy Sitting Council and a former member of the Oregon State Board of Forestry. He is a Trustee of the Oregon 4-H Foundation and has served as a director of Associated Ore gon Industries. Oregon Forest Industries Council and Oregon Tax Research. Co. last week first degree, two counts of sodomy in the first degree and one count of attempted rape in the first degree. He entered guilty pleas on all counts Oct. 15. Trumbull was sentenced to serve a three year jail sentence on each sexual abuse count, seven years on the attempted rape charge and twelve years on each sodomy count, all suspended. He was placed on probation for five years and will serve three months in the Umatilla County Jail. He must obtain mental health treatment and must pay mental health costs. if needed, of the victim. He shall not associate with anv person under 18 years of age. and shall have no association with the victim until his probation officer, his mental health councilor and the Children's Services Division feel association may be per mitted. to change April 1 and Oct. 1. The interest rale paid by C.C.C. has declined from a peak of 16.75 percent in October to 13.625 percent this month. Farmers should benefit from this downward trend in interest rates. Block said. Holidays City of Heppner High Low Precip Tues., Dec. 15 , ' 51 31 Wed., Dec. 16 49 28 trace Thurs.. Dec. 17 31 29 trace Fri.. Dec. 18 57 29 .38 Sat., Dec. 19 - 49 32 trace Sun.. Dec. 20 38 34 ,8 Mon., Dec. 21 40 30 4 .. ; V. 9. t' n 1 AND it came to pass in v . I i 77V j. I rSl i e t "'' i - I I Vi jt- ... f. decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, And Joseph also went up Nazareth, into Judaea, unto Bethlehem : (because he was David:) To be taxed with Mary his child. And so it was, that, while accomplished that she should And she brought forth her in swaddling clothes, and laid there was no room for them And there were in the same the field, keeping watch over And, lo, the angel of the glory of the Lord shone round sore afraid. And the ar.gel said unto them. Fear not: for. behold. I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto wrapped in swaddling clothes, And suddenly there was with heavenly host praising God, Glory to God in the highest, toward men. And it came to pass, as the them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another. Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, come to pass, which the Lord And they came with haste, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, saying which was told them And all they that heard it wondered at those thines which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, for all the things that they had unto them. Portland man arraigned Lewis Wayne Ball, 42 of Portland was arraigned in Morrow County Circuit Court on a charge of criminal w - - iP- 5 - those davs. that thpp. ,. - made when Cyrenius was every one into his own citv. from Galilee, out of the citv of the citv of David, which is called of the house and lineage of espoused wife, being great with they were there, the davs were be delivered. firstborn son. and wranned him r ( him in a manger: because in the inn. country shepherds abiding in their flock by night. Lord came uoon them, and the about them: and thev were in the city of David a Saviour. ' you; Ye shall find the babe lying in a manger. the angel a multitude of the and saying," and on earth peace, good will angels were eone awav from and see this thine which is hath made known to us. and found Marv. and JoseDh. they made known abroad the concerning this child. clorifvine and Draisine God heard and seen, as it was told St. Luke 2:1-20 non-support last week, reports District Attorney Ann Spicer. Ball is to enter a plea on Monday. Dec. 28.
