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r ip0r-jj)pr-pi pr -iir pimniyii BESS I E WETZ ELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 07403 Tj VOL. 100, NO. 23 Over 130 to compete Morrow Co. Junior Rodeo opens Friday The Morrow County Junior Rodeo opens al 7 p.m., Friday, June 11 al the Morrow Co. Fairgrounds, Heppner. Queen Kalhy Hansen of Heppner will reign over the three-day event. A weekend of activities has drawn over 1 .10 top cowboys, and cowgirls from Oregon. Washington and Idaho, to compete in junior events for kids ages nine through 14 and senior events for 1518 year olds, said a rodeo spokesper son. The Morrow Co. rodeo is one of nine sanctioned West ern Slates Junior Rodeos to be heid throughout the summer. In liile August a finals rodeo will be h'ld at Sisters, and the firsl and second winners in each senior event have been invited to the National Youth Finals Rodeo in Fort Worth. Texas in November, the spokesperson said. The Saturday afternoon per BP A offers new street All of the street lights in Heppner may le replaced with a more efficient model, if the city gties along with a proposed energy savings pro gram from the Bonneville Power Administration, the city council was told Monday night The city presently has 92 mercury vapor lights, which under the program would be replaced with high pressure sodium lights. Bonneville would pay for the lights and installation said Paul Sumner of Columbia Basin Electric who presented the plan to the council. He said the city would bene fit from the change in two ways One. the lights would use alxiut half the electricity as the present one. and two. the new lights would be' "maintenance free" for two to three years. The lights would produce the same amount of illumina tion as the present ones, said Sumner, however, they would have a pink glow instead of the familiar while light. Also going along with the lights was a request by Colum bia Basin that the city sign a three year contract with the co-op, saying it would keep 92 lights burning for that period of time. Several cities, including Condon, have cut the number of street lights in use to save on electricity bills (Heppner presently pays $827 per month Leslie Paustian appointed to Heppner City Council I ' v.- u 1 2-') Leslie Paustian a t77 t Morrow County's THURSDAY, formance, scheduled at 1:00 p.m.. will feature a Stick Horse Race for kids three through six. They may enter anytime up to 11 a.m., June 12 at the Rodeo Office. Im mediately following the Satur day performance, there will he Open Team Roping and an Open Barrel Race for anyone wanting to enter. Saturday night there will be a dance featuring music by Jade at the fair pavillion. Sunday morning opens with a church service and movie, "More Than a Champion" at 10 am at the Fair Pavillion. The rodeo begins its final performance at 1 p.m. After the rodeo, awards will be presented by Queen Kathy. Silver belt budkles will be given to all event winners and spurs to the all-around girl and all-around boy in each bf the two age divisions, the spokesperson concluded. Heppner lights for street lights. When the cities cut street lights this reduces revenue for the co-op. Sumner also had good news for the city concerning its future lighting bills. "If you do nothing (don't install new lights or sign a contract) you will still pay less " He said under a new rate schedule made up by the rate analysts, street lighting costs will go down from $B27 per month to $r7. lie said with the new lights the cost could go down to $422 per month, however, he could not predict when or how rates would be raised in the future. The city took no action on the proposals, but did agree to meet with Columbia Basin at a later date. In other business, the coun cil: - agreed to hold back $10,250 in payments to the city's new water system contractor, Mc Grew Corp.. for late comple tion of the project. - heard that there were still several leaks in the city's new water tank which need to be repaired. - set a budget hearing for June 21 at 8 p.m at city hall. - asked for public participa tion and comment on proposed changes in the city charter. A meeting will be held June 22 at 8 p.m. at city hall to hear comments, The charter is the set of laws governing opera tion of the citv. lslie Paustian. 340 Barratt Bv. Heppner, has been ap pointed to the Heppner City Council, filling a position left vacant with the resignation of Jim Ackley. Paustian, 43, is a seven year resident of Heppner. His wife's name is Jan. Paustian is superintendent Corp. a production at Kinzua The Heppner 1 nnnrr H Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper JUNE 10. 1982 Kelsie Evans, five, daughter of Wayne and Susan Evans of Heppner, shows the stick horse she will ride in the Morrow County Junior Rodeo this weekend. Heppner Planning Comm. to meet Monday, June 14 The City of Heppner Plan ning Commission will meet Monday, June 14 at Heppner City Hall. A study session will begin at 7:30 p.m. and a regular session will follow at 8 p.m. The commission will con lone pool The lone Swimming Pool will open for the summer on Thursday. June 10. at 2 p.m. The pool will be open Tuesday through Sundays from 2 to 5 pm. and from 7 to 9 p.m. There will be no swimming on Mondays, when the pool wil be closed for cleaning, said a spokesperson. Dailv admission for stu dents in first through sixth grades will be 50 cents: for Heppner TV rates to Basic TV rates for cable users in Heppner will be goi..g up by $2 next month, the city council voted Monday night. Because of higher operating costs. Heppner TV asked the council to raise TV rates from to $7 per month beginning Julv 1. Heppner athlete to play in All-Star Basketball Series The Oregon High School Conches Association has an nounced that Dorian Forrar, a 1!82 Heppner High School graduate, has been selected to participate in the AA-A-B Boy's Fast-West All-Star Bas ketball Series. The two-game series will begin on Thursday. June 10 with a game at Stay ton High School and on June 12 at the Pendleton Armory. Children's arts & The Morrow County Juven ile Services Commission will sponsor a free mini arts and crafts program this summer, announced a spokesperson from the commission. The program, open to children in kindergarten through eighth grade, will be held in Heppner - 8 PAGES 25 CENTS sider an application for a variance and development permit to allow a mobile home in a central commercial zone on the property at 210 N. Chase Street. The applicant is Jim Lankford. said a commis sion spokesperson. to open students in grades seven through 12, 75 cents: and adults. $1. Season tickets are available for $10 for students in grades one through six: $15 for students in grades seven through 12: $20for adults: or a family ticket may be purchas ed for $15. the spokesperson said. Preschool children are admitted free, she added. The first session of swim ming lessons will begin on The TV company, which is under franchise with the city, lost $1,500 last year, according to Dean Oilman. Oilman told the council that the additional channels added to the system last year de pleated the company's capital pool and caused increased The 6'2" forward was named First Team All-League as a senior and following are his senior year basketball sta tistics: FGA-352: FGM-191: FG percentage-54 percent : FTA-104: FTM-75: FT per centages percent: PTS.-457: ASST.-56: and REB.-204. Tickets for the Pendleton game are available at Pendle ton Athletic. Ken Melton's, the Club Cigar and from the Pen - v crafts program slated on Mondays. June 14. 21 and 28 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Seventh-day Adventist Church gym . The program will also be held on the .same dates at Ixingfon at the Lexington School building in the room upstairs across from the county health nurse's office MES HEPPNER, OREGON Community t - y "iff 1 Jim Key operates a grader while Vic Marcher (L) and Jeff Wenholz help prepare a new athletic field at Columbia Junior High The magnitude of a project which can be undertaken once a community puts its mind to it. was evidenced in Irrigon recently with the construction of a new sports field for Columbia Junior High School. Farmers and townspeople alike turned out the weekend of May 14 through 17 to scrape, level, clean up and completely reconstruct a field of grass clumps and brush into a multi use playing field for the child ren at the school. The extent of participation in this project may not be evidenced until one looks at the amount of time, money and effort which was donated by the people of the commun Thursday June 22. Advanced beginners are scheduled from 9:30 to 10 .10 a m., swimming begin ners from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. and non-swimming beginners from 11:10 - 12:30 p.m. This session will run from June 22 through June 25 and June 29 through July 2. The cost is $1 50 per person per swim ming session, the spokespe person concluded. increase overhead for operation. "This equipment is expen sive." said Oilman, "and our expenses are running $6,500 to $fi.700 per month." The increase will bring in $1,200 more in revenue. There are approximately 6o sub scribers to the cable svstem. dleton Elk's Lodge for $3 and $1.50 The Pendleton contest is co-hosted by the Pendleton Elks Lodge No. 288 and the Oregon High School Coaches Association. Proceeds of the two games will benefit youth activities of the Pendleton Elks Lodge and the Stayton Booster Club, said a spokes person. from into ii a.m. and in ione on Fridays. June 11, 18 and 25 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Ione United Church of Christ educ ation building. Children need to bring a paint shirt to protect their clothing, the spokesperson said. Weather by The City No spirit turns brush field to play field is "Ther was over a quarter of a million dollars in heavy equipment up there." said Principal Vic Marchek about the project. Also donated were over 200 tons of fertilizer, trees for landscaping and many hours by the 40 people who worked on the field. The idea to fix the field had been discussed in the com munity for some time, how ever, if was John Wenholz of Irrigon who got it rolling by organizing a meeting with the school administration. Those at the meeting discus sed the condition of the field at the time and decided it was too rough and in too bad of shape Co. Court votes to rename By MARY ANN CERUI.I.O On Wednesday. June 2. Mor row County Court decided to join forces with the Heppner Morrow Chamber of Com merce to rename Willow Creek Dam after the late Oscar Peterson. The chamber voted in May to ask that the new lake, dam or both be named after Peter son. A resolution was then prepared and submitted to county court. The court decided to also write a resolution recom mending that the dam. lake or both he named after Oscar Heppner band teacher resigns v f ! 1& . v Jim Ackley Jim Ackley. Heppner band instructor, has resigned after leaching full time for seven years and substitute teaching for two years in Heppner's schools. Ackley came to Hep- Extension to hold The Morrow County office of the Oregon State University Extension Service will present a program. Insect Control in Farm Stored Grain, on Tues day. June 15. 7:30 p.m., at of Heppner weather available to salvage. "We had hoped the ground would fill in. but this ws not the case." said Mar chek. He said word was put out that help was needed on the field, and the people respond ed. The ground was first diced, rofotilled and fertilized before a land plane was brought in to level the ground. It took all day Friday and Saturday to prepare the ground. Sunday, with the help of donated labor by a local sur veyor, a new track, football and baseball field were instal led. On Monday the land was seeded with grass, and what had been seven acres of scrub grass was now a new sports field for the junior high stu dents. "Older people helped with this too." said Marchek. "not just those with students in the school. It was just something they wanted to do." If was estimated the project would have cost the school district $15,000 if done by a contractor, but it cost the district "about $1,000." said Marchek. The individuals and busines ses which contributed equip ment and fertlizer were: John Wenholz. Irrigon: Jim Key, Hermiston; Vernon Frederickson. Irrigon ; Peterson. Morrow County Court sent their resolution with the chambers" to the Army Corps of Engineers, builders of the dam. Peterson, an lone wheat farmer and former county judge, died in February at age R8. He was credited with in itiating the process for the construction of the dam. The Willow Creek project is set to be finished in June 1983. In other business. Morrow County Court delayed a deci sion concerning two bids for a county building inspector. On May 2fi. in Irrigon, the court opened bids from two pner in 1973. and besides teaching, founded and led many activities for area youth. Though Ackley will be leav ing Heppner. he will still be teaching in Morrow County at Columbia Junior High and AC. Houghton Elementary schools. He will live in Herm iston. Ackley, 31. said of the move, "I don't mind teaching in a small school but I want to live in a bigger town." Some of his extra curricular activities included founding and directing the Colt Basket ball League for eight years -David Gunderson will direct the league next year; began a High School Summer Basket ball League three years ago -Brent Eggers will now be in charge; and handled a Junior insect control program Tuesday Lexington School boardroom. Joe Capizzi, Extension en tomologist at Oregon State University will discuss identi fication of common grain pests, preventing insect in festations, treating grain with at press time Dwayne Carroll. Hermiston: Ron Mark. Boardman; John Cogan. Irrigon: Mick Cim myolti. Irrigon: Eastern Ore gon Farming Company. Irri gon: and Western Empire. Irrigon. Individuals who helped on the project were: Mr. and Mrs. Wenholz and Jeff. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd and family. Mr. Key. Mr. Town and Mickey. Mr. and Mrs. Frederickson, Marvin Cole man. Renee Murrell. Mr. and Mrs. Kowalkowski. Mr. Kil lingbeck. Mr. Dirksen. Mr. Hunt. Joyce Baker. Leslie Caldwell, Mr. Pratt. Mick Cimmyotti. Duane Carroll and Larry. Mr. and Mrs. Putman and Jim. Mrs. Creamer and Danita. Barbie Perrin. Guy Dickinson. Ben Reeves. Mr. Haney. Mr. Marchek. Mrs. Edinger. Allen Gordanier. Mr. Erlebach. Ron Mark, the cooks of A C. Houghton and Columbia Junior High Shool and George Kenney. "This is only a two year school." said Marchek in ex-' plaining the community inter est in the project. "Not every one has a student here.' but they know the school is here." 'To see all these people out here doing this with really no gain to themselves or their kids, it shows what a generous community this really is. It's heartwarming." dam private firms. One bid was made by Donald Dale of Ar lington. The other came from FLS Corporation. The court's delay will allow the managers of each firm to take a required state test for . building inspection firms. According to Deane Seeger, Morrow County planner, the results of the test should be in by next week. The new service will save builders in the county from traveling to Pendleton to fill out building permit forms for the county and state. The court hopes to begin the ser vice in Julv. Bowling League for two years - the county Juvenile Services Commission now sponsors the league; and owned and oper ated the Ackley Teen Club for about eight months. The musician-instructor said he wants the community and community organizations to keep the Ackley Scholarship Award; the Bill Kenny Music Education Award and the Bon nie Nix-John Bier Outstanding Service Award. "I'm going to miss every body. I had a terrific job and worked with terrific people, but there comes a time for change. I hope everyone un derstands. I won't be too far away, so we can keep in touch. I especially want to thank the principals and secretaries for putting up with me and taking care of me," he stated. malathion, and if an interest is shown, fumigating stored grain. The program is co sponsor ed by the Morrow County Grain Growers.
