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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.