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Christmas Decorating Contest winners
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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
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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
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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.
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Weekly Newspaper
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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
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HEPPNER. OREGON
Nistad elected pres.of
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.