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VOL. 100, NO. 22
Solar heating project
be complete at pool
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Workmen began installing solar heating panels on top of the Heppner swimming pool building
last week.
Completion of the project is expected before the pool opens June 13, says George Koffler of the
Heppner Lions Club.
Pioneer Memorial Picnic
a huge success
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A cupucity cTond filled the Morrow County Fuirground'u pavilion
luMt Sunday for the 29th unnuul I'ionecr Meinoriul Picnic. This
year'n picnic was hosted hy the descendant of Henry I'adberg.
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WKVniEKKORII
Ncailv 4ro (wrsiins sat to
gether at the Morrow County
Knirnrouiid's pavilion build
ing early Sunday afternoon.
May 30 and enjoyed a lot of
visiting, a ureal program and
very delectihle food. This
year's Pioneer Memorial Pic
nic, which was hosted by the
descendants of pioneer Henry
I'adherp,, was rated "a huge
success" and "a hard act to
follow, "
Many people worked on ad
vance preparations for t tie
event, including the crew bar
beetling the beef all night long,
the Lions Club members who
set up the tables and the
I'adberg family committees
arranging the table settings
and the placement of the food
and drinks. Heppner Garden
Club members worked Satur
day afternoon arranging table
flowers in gingham-covered
containers. This year they
featured old fashioned, double
yellow, "pioneer" roses. The
Heppner Soroptimist registra
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Morrow County's
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tion crew was very busy at the
entrance to the diningroom as
long lines formed there.
The Rev. Cathy Barker of
lone presented the invocation.
The patriotic portion of the
program was impressive un
der the leadership of veteran
Kd Raker. Marvin Padberg.
lone, proved to be a great
choice as master of cere
monies and kept things mov
ing along with good humor.
Heppner troubador, Hon Mc
Donald, accompanied himself
on his guitar and sang three
selections, "Dear Friends and
Gentle People." "Danny Roy"
and "How Great Thou Art."
Two small dancers. Darree
Padberg and Amy Pointer,
were so diminutive that per
sons sitting away from the
stage could only see their
bobbing heads,
When the hosting family
members stood, everyone was
impressed with the number of
Henry Padberg's descend
ants. The family members
were efficient in seeing that
people were served plenty of
pil-barlxM'ued beef, baked
beans, cole slaw, pot luck
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salads and desserts and
drinks.
Prizes of five silver dollars
mounted on blue riblxnis were
awarded to Marvel Jones. 93,
of Heppner. as the oldest
person present: to Mae Wood,
sister of ('Icll Hea and an aunt
of Darrell Padberg from New
York Stale, for traveling the
.furthest: to Virginia Meek,
who came over from Ilermis
ton with cousins dene and Fay
Ferguson and whose number
brought her the door prize; to
two-and-one-half month old
Kimberly Pointer, the daugh
ter of Mark and Cathy Point
er, l-exinglon. who was the
youngest person present and
who took home a woolly lamb
which was created by Dot
llalvorsen.
It was announced that the
descendants of pioneer Albert
Wright will host the 1983 pic
nic, with Albert Jr. and Rever
ly serving as chairmen of the
family committee. Also, the
descendants of James and
Catherine Doberty can look
ahead to taking charge of the
annual gathering in 1984.
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Election day is June 29
Co. seeks voter approval of budget for 3rd
By MARY ANN CERl'LLO
A third county spending pro
posal of $5,409,785 was endors
ed by Morrow County Court in
Irrigon on Wednesday. May
26.
Voters will be asked to
approve the proposed 1982-83
budget on June 29. The pack
age includes the operation of
Kinzua employees back to work
after 9 week closure
About 65 sawmill and log
yard employees at Kinzua
Corporation in Heppner re
turned to work on Tuesday,
June 1 after a nine week
closure, reported LaVerne
Van Marter of Kinzua. The
BMCC schedules to be available Thurs.
The summer term schedule
of Blne"MnurtTam Community ":
College classes will be avail
able to area residents by
Thursday. June 3. announced
BMCC area coordinator
Nancy Brownfield. The sche
dules will not be mailed to
local postal partons this term
in a money saving effort by
the college, said a college
lone woman plans summer tour
with PLU Mavfest Dancers
A performance at Mount
Rushmore is one of the
highlights of a summer tour
by the Mayfest Dancers from
Pacific Lutheran University
in Tacoma. Wash.
Natalie Tews of lone is one
of the 36 members of the
semi-professional folk dance
group. A PLU senior majoring
in Scandanavian Studies, she
has been a member of the
Mayfest troupe for two years,
it was announced in a news
release from PLU.
Mount Rushmore is one of 12
appearances scheduled on a
two-week tour of Montana.
South Dakota. Wyoming.
Idaho. Oregon and Washing
Ion in late may and early
June. In past years the danc
ers have appeared at Disney
land three times and at Expo
'74 in Spokane. Wash., the
news release stated.
Organized in 1934. the May
fest Dancers began as a small
group of college women who
celebrated the coming of
spring with a maypole dance.
Men joined the group as the
folk dance repertoire grew.
Today the Mayfest Dancers
present authentic, colorful
dances from all over the
world, including Germany,
Scandanavia. Poland. Russia,
Mexico. France. Hungary,
Yugoslavia. Africa and
others.
The group performs regu
larly throughout the Puget
36 golf in W.C.C.C. educators tourney
On May 29, a Morrow
County Educators Tourna
ment was held at Willow
Creek Country Club in Hep
pner. Thirty-five educators
from Morrow and Umatilla
counties participated in the
MES
HEPPNER, OREGON
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
and North Morrow County
"Medical Center and is $-17,010
.' less than what the county is
"currently spending for 1981-82.
which is 5.456.795. '
In March, voters rejected a
remiest for a property fax
increase to balance a $5.6
'.million budget bv 29 votes. On
Mav IR. voters voted down a
t
3 2 million tax base that would
nine week closure was the
S econd time this year that the
imill was forced to close after
adverse weather conditions
stopped logging operations.
,; Van Marter said the remain
ing 30 - 35 planer employees
iv xikesnerson.
Brownfield said she would
distribute schedules in Hep
pner. Lexington and lone gro
cerv stores.
In Heppner. at Willow
Creek Countv Club, a golf
class will be offered through
the college, the spokesperson
said.
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Natalie Tews with Mayfest dancing partner.
Sound area for schools,
churches and festivals. A
highlight of the year is still the
annual May Festival on cam
pus, a two-hour performance
of polished dances and elabor
tournament, said a spokesper
son. Jack Bowen of Hermiston
won low gross for the men
with a 67; Lois Hunt of Lexing
ton won low gross for the
women with 89: low net for the
men was awarded to Don
Weather
by The City
have supported the same bud
get offered in March. The
current tax base of $413,000
has been unchanged since
1916.
To reduce the budget, the '
County Budget Committee cut
$100,000 from the working fund
of the Road Department. An
other $3,000 was slashed from
the general operating fund for
special investigations con
will begin work again in one
and one-half to two weeks.
The log deck is now full
enough to operate the mill,
and "barring any adverse
weather conditions, we should
be O K." Van Marter stated.
The college's Adult Basic
Education courses will con
tinue through the summer at
all locations.
Thursday. June 17. at noon,
is the deadline for class regis
tration. Summer term at the
college begins Monday. June
21. the spokesperson conclud
ed ate costumes - which still
includes the traditional may
pole dance, the news release
.continued.
Natalie is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tews. lone.
Hefner of Hermiston; and Lois
Hunt won low net for the
women.
The tournament was spon
sored by Heppner High School
and lunch was provided by the
ladies of the club.
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Tups..
Wed.,
of Heppner ;r5
Thurs..
Sat..
Mnn..
ducted by the district attor
ney's office.
The largest cut came from
the North Morrow County
Medical Center in Boardman.
Counlv support will drop from
$202,287 to $149,420. The cut
was made when the medical
center's hoard of directors
offered a plan to operate the '
clinic with a smaller subsidy
bv the countv.
British soccer player and
wife visit Heppner
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Stephen and Karen
By JUSTINE
WEATHERFORD
Stephen Murphy. Cathy Jen
sen's soccer-playing nephew
from Nottinghamshire and his
bride. Karen, arrived last
weekend for a one month's
stay in the states. This is
Karen's second visit in the
U.S.: Steve has come more
often.
Early last summer when
Steve visited here, he told us
how excited his countrymen
were over the weddding plans
tor the Prince of Wales and
Lady Di. Now the big excite
ment and great concern is the
war over the Falkland Is
lands Many families have
young men fighting with the
British forces there, including
Cathy and 'Stephen's family.
The day the Murphys left
home the word of the sinking
of the H M.S. Coventry was
released Nicholas Kemp.
Mrs.. Jensen's nephew and
Sieve's cousin, was serving
aboard her. and all of his
family was most distressed
until word came that he was
neither missing or injuried.
Kemp relatives in England
telephoned Cathy with this
news. Steve wants his Grand
mother Kemp's friends in
Nutrition clinic slated
The Juvenile Advisory Com
mission, along with the Child
ren's Services Division and
the Juvenile Department of
Marrow Co. is sponsoring a
family clinic on Nutrition and
Kids, to be presented by Dawn
Hawkins from the Umatilla
County Extension Service, an
nounced a spokesperson from
Morrow Co. Children's Ser
vices Division.
The clinic will include film
strips on "Super-Marketing,
Snacks - the Food You Hate to
High Low Precip
May 25
May 26
81 39
58 38 20
55 41 23
63 39 trace
67 , 42
72 48
76 52
Mav 27
28
May 29
May 31
Total rainfall for May was
1.02 inches
time
Because Morrow County
will receive approximately
$500,000 in back taxes from
Portland General Electric's
coal-fired plant in Boardman.
the tax rate for the 1982-83
proposed budget has been esti
mated to be smaller than the
current $4.39 per $1,000 of
assessed valuation.
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Murphy
Heppner to know "She is still
very fit." and she plans to
come to Heppner again in
1983.
Murphy. 26. who plays mid
field, has played soccer since
he was a schoolboy of eight
years. He has been playing
professionally some years
now in England, and he is
going to Portland soon for an
interview with the staff of the
Portland Timbers. Several of
his soccer-playing friends
play with the staff of the
Portland Timbers.
The Murphys. who were
married last August, say that
although all the British news
papers feature Falkland War
news on their front pages,
interest is very high concern
ing the first-ever visit of the
Pope and the coming birth of
Prince Charles and Princess
Diana's first child.
Cathy Jensen's fellow em
ployees at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital and other friends
here have become very con
cerned about her nephew's
fighting in the south Atlantic.
When they learned that Nicho
las Kemp was safe after the
H M S. Coventry went down,
they sent Cathy some flowers
which she sincerely apprec
iated. Love". ' Food Becomes You"
and "Food to Grow On." On
June 8 the clinic will be held at
the Children's Services Divi
sion office in Boardman at
7:30 p.m. and on June 9 the
clinic will be held in the
multi-purpose room at Hep
pner Elementary School,
starting at 7:30 p.m.
"If an interest is shown,
other clinics of various topics
related to family living will be
offered." the spokesperson
said.