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FOUR The Heppner GMette-Tlmes. Heppner, Oregon. Thursday, June 10, 1982
Around About
By Justine Weatherford
Maybe the depression is really ending. It surely seems
great to have log trucks moving through town and to have
part of our mill workers back at work. Most of Heppner's
shopkeepers and tavern operators have felt a happiness this
spring as dam construction workers and various visitors
have increased business here. Having two shifts working at
the dam site, the mill re-opening, summer crews at work
with the U.S. Forest Service and work picking up on ranches
has really revitalized businesses that were pretty slowed
down for sometime.
A busload of Heppner folks went off to Reno for a four-day
holiday. They left early Sunday morning and were returning
sometime Wednesday. Bill Flatt and an assistant driver were
taking them non-stop. Sounds like they might feel "Happy
Days Are Here Again!"
Area senior citizens went to dinner at the Irrigon mealsite
on Monday and then over to Hermiston for an evening of fun ;
listening to the Old-Time Fiddlers there. Soom thev will h
off to tour the Maryhill Museum, too. Their bus driver, Bill
Cox, wears a gold T-shirt proclaiming he is "No 1 Bus
Driver" which was a gift of appreciation from the families on
his school bus route.
Last week the Bob Millers (she was Inez Meador made a
few short visits with friends around town. They drove up
from Brookings where they have a salmon-fishing boat.
Anyone who doesn't drive along West May Street should
drive or walk there right away while the mass of many
colored iris are in bloom on the city-owned land across from
the First Interstate Bank's parking area. Eleanor Gonty
spends much energy and time tending to this large space
which was filled with blooming daffodils and tulips recently
but where iris are now at their peak. The City of Heppner is
fortunate that the Gontys keep this property so attractive,
besides tending their own sizeable yard nearby.
Some post-Memorial Picnicfacts I gained from the
Padbergs are that they had set the tables for S75 persons this
year. Alvina states that actually 469 people ate there. The
busy family hurriedly made more table space. It seems that
some folks came in the side door of the fair pavilion building
and did not get their names included on the registration book.
Henry Halvorsen from Medford, who came to attend the
reunion, telephoned me to say I had made a mistake in the
writing about the family. Henry has turned historian and has
published a book "Padberg-Halvorsen," a few copies of
which are available from the Halvorsens in lone, (see related
story.)
This weekend there should be crowds coming to Heppner
for the Junior Rodeo which begins at 7 p.m. on Friday.
Saturday and Sunday will see almost full days of activity at
the Fairgrounds with Queen Kathy Hansen of Heppner
reigning over the exciting events.
The annual lone United Church of Christ Auction and
Barbecue drew many to the Willows Grange Hall last "
weekend. A big crowd had assembled before the 10 a.m.
opening of the popular Country Store there. lone has had
many visitors in the last month's time who came to the high
school graduation, the county Padberg -hosted picnic and now
to this renouned auction.
Our neighboring town, Arlington, is planning a big doings
on Saturday, June 26, when its citizens invite everyone to
come to the dedication of their Governor Earl Snell City Park
with the new gazebo that has been built there this spring.
Although I would have liked to have been in Corvallis to
watch the OSU's commencement exercises on Sunday
afternoon, I was happy to sit comfortably at home and see it
on my television. The official greetings from the State Board
of Higher Education were nicely presented by tall, blond,
Marion Weatherford, who graduated from Condon High just
three years ago and is now a junior in the School of Business
at OSU.
Now, as I sign off this week, I feel most disappointed that
the Falkland Island War has not yet ended and more
distressed, with the whole world, about Israel's fighting in
neighboring Lebannon. How lucky we are to live in this little
corner of the globe where we feel war will not come.
Oregon Ag.
Calendar
June 14 - The Oregon Potato
Commission regular meeting
and budget hearing will be
held Monday. 14. 8 a.m. at the
Aladdin Desert River Inn at
McNary.
June 14 - A regular meeting
and budget hearing of the
Oregon Caneberry Commis
sion will be held Monday
evening at 8 p.m. at the North
Willamette Experiment Sta
tion in Aurora.
June 15 - An Oregon Proces
sed Prune and Plum Growers
Commission meeting and bud
get hearing will be held at 10
a.m. at Oregon State Univer
sity in Corvallis.
June 15 - The Oregon Dairy
Products Commission will
hold a regular meeting at 8
a.m. and a budget hearing at 2
p.m. at the Oregon Dairy
Center Conference Room in
Portland.
June 17 - The Oregon Wheat
Commission will meet at 2
p.m. at the Portage Inn at The
Dalles.
June 17 - The Oregon Re
gional Sweet Cherry Commis
sion will hold a meeting and
budget hearing at 7:30 p.m. in
room 44 of the Oregon Depart
ment of Agriculture in Salem.
June 18 - An Oregon Chew
ings Fescue and Creeping Red
Fescue Commission meeting
. and budget hearing will be
held at the Tropadera Motel in
LaGrande at 6 p.m.
June 21 - An Oregon Crab
Commission meeting and bud
get hearing will be held in
Bandon.
June 22 - The' Oregon Fryer
Commission will meet in room
44 of the Oregon Department
of Agriculture in Salern at 7:30
p.m.
Road Report
The Morrow County Public
Works Department has re
leased the following Work Re
port for the weeks ending May
29 and June S:
In the north end of Morrow
County pot holes were patched
on the Peters Road. Kunze
Road, the Old Columbia River
Highway. Alpine Nelson Road
and the Klinger Doherty
Road. Grasses and vines were
cut and removed from the
road sides of the Irrigon Ordi
nance Road.
Roads patched with cold
mix were: Upper. Willow
Creek, Sandhollow. M. Baker,
Basey Canyon. Upper Rhea
Creek. Blackhorse. Ella. Pine
City to Lena and the Lena
Hisler Road.
Roads bladed were: Spring
Hollow. Wilson Creek. Stock
Drive. Balm Fork. Hughes
Hirl (Swaggert). Baker E-W,
French. Gurdane. Archie Ball.
Klinger-Doherty and the Gil
liam County Road.
Cravel was spread on Van
Schoiack Road, Deadman
Road and Sunflower Flat
Road.
Small sections of creek
channel were straightened on
Basey Canyon Road and the
North Fork of Willow Creek.
Corner reflectors were in
stalled on the M. Baker Road
and signs were reset on the
Rugg Jordan Road and CTarks
Canyon Road.
Reconstruction of the bridge
at Lundell Canyon is under
way. The old decking, beams
and railing will be replaced
with steel decking, corrugated
guard rail and steel stringers.
Ore. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife sets
deer and elk season dates
The Oregon department of
Fish and Wildlife has announ
ced thai 19K2 door and elk
seasons have been set.
Staff recommendations for
general deer and elk seasons
were adopted by the Fish and
Wildlife Commission with
little change. But hunters need
to be aware they will have two
weeks loss to get their applica
tions for controlled hunts in
than they did last year. Print
ed regulations and application
cards should be available at
license agencies by about
June 15. stated a news release
from the department. Hunters
must have applications in to
the Portland headquarters of
the Fish and Wildlife Depart
ment or postmarked by the
July 2 application deadline.
The drawing will be held on
August 12.
The "first come, first serv
ed" procedure used in past
years for controlled buck deer
and bull elk seasons has been
dropped and a drawing will be
used hi select tagwinners for
all controlled hunts this year,
the news release said. A pro
vision was adopted to permit
landowners to get a permit for
permit entry buck, deer or
controlled bull elk seasons in
which their ownership falls
without the necessity for en
tering the drawing. Applica
tion and affidavit forms and
further details will be avail
able at department offices.
The Eastern Oregon general
buck season will be only seven
days long in 20 management
units where fawn numbers or
buck ratios are below man
agement objectives. Dates for
the short season are October 2
through 8. the news release
reported.
In other Eastern Oregon
units, a 12-day season will
prevail running October 2
through 13. Bucks with a spike
antler or lxtter will be legal
during the general mule deer
seasons. Steens Mountain Unit
will again have a four-point
buck rule with 1. -100 tags avail
able and the Trout Creek
Mountains hunt was also put
hack under a four-point regul
ation with 400 permits.
Mule doer controlled permit
numbers are down substan
tially, from more than 19.0(H)
last year to 7.450 in 1982.
According to the news release,
a severe winter was rough on
fawns and in some areas adult
doer as well.
A split season was continued
for Rocky Mountain bull elk
east of the Cascades. The first
period runs October 30
through November 3 and the
second period November 6
through 14. Bulls with spike
nntler or better are legal in
most areas.
In Boulah. Northside. 'and
the east portion of Murderer's
Creek Unit the second season
is closed for general bull
hunting, and hunting will be
permitted only by permit for
elk of either sex. All elk
hunting south of Highway 20
and east of Highway 97 is by
controlled permit. Sprague
I'nits east of Highway 97 and
Klamath Falls Unit are closed
to all elk hunting in 19K2. the
news release stated.
A single bull elk hunt run
ning October 30 through Nov
ember 7 was set for Chesnim
nus Unit with 1.500 tags avail
able. The Snake River will
remain under a three-point
rule with 550 permits autoriz
ed for each season. Season
dates are the same as for the
general bull season. The staff
had recommended fewer per
mits and a bag limit of spike
bulls or larger.
Permits were increased for
some Rocky Mountain elk con
trolled hunt units, bringing the
total to 12.050. about 500 more
than the staff recommended.
The increases were all adopt
ed with the intent of easing
damage problems on private
ranchlnnds. according to the
news release.
Muzzleloader enthusiasts
will have seasons generally
similar to last year for deer
although permit numbers
have been reduced from 2. BOO
lust year to 1 ,600 this year. Not
all permits were taken last
year, however. In addition,
four small controlled muzzle
loader hunts for elk were
adopted.
Bowhunting seasons are
generally similar to last year
in total area, although a few
days shorter, Bowhunters in
the Steens Mountain are will
have the same four-point or
better regulation for buck
door that rifle hunters must
adhere to. the news release
stated.
The Eastern Oregon general
bow season will be open from
August 21 through September
26. The bag limit is one deer
and one elk, with the exception
of a four-point or better on the
Steens Mountain Unit. Open
dates on the Hart Mountain
Antelope Refuge are Aug. 21
through Sept. 6.
I,ate deer and elk bow sea
son will be held September 27
through October 27. The bag
limit is alsr one deer and one
elk. The open area is Canyon
Creek Eow area.
A late deer bow season will
run from October 30 through
November 12 on the Metolius
and Upppr Deschutes units
and the bag limit is one
antlerless deer.
A late elk bow season will
open December 4 and end
December 15 in Mt. Emily.
Starkey and Sumpter units,
excluding the Elkhorn Wildlife
Area, said the news release.
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Heppner attorney named rep.
to Listening Post Program
Heppner resident Robert
Abrams has been named as
Morrow County representa
tive for the Governor's Listen
ing Post Program, it was
announced in a news release
from the governor's office.
Gov. Vic Afiyeh named
Abrams to replace Ken Miller,
formerly of Heppner. who re
signed. Morrow County's
other Listening Post repre
sentative is Dewey West of
Board man.
Listening Post representa
tives make up a statewide
network of county and com
munity volunteers formed by
Atiyeh to keep him informed
of local concerns, the news
release continued.
A self employed lawyer
since 1963. Abrams is a mem
ber of the American College of
Probate Counsel. He was city
attorney for the City of Hep
pner from 1965 to 1978 and
served as district attorney for
Morrow County from 1957 to
12 and for Wheeler County
from 1953 to 1957.
He received his law degree
from the University of Oregon
School of Law in 1952 and
graduated from Stanford Uni
versity in 1948
lone school playground equipment
dedicated in memory of Eddie Skow
Sis'
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Story and Photo by CATHY PECK
. .The lone Elementary School student body and faculty held a dedication service last Wednesday,
June 2, at the school playground where playground equipment was purchased in memory of Eddie
Skow. Mrs. Skow, who was killed in an airplane accident last fall, taught kindergarten and second
and third grades at lone from 1975 to 1981.
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Korean delegation visits Heppner
About 50 people from 33
Korean construction com
panies came to Heppner on
Monday to learn about the new
Willow Creek Dam as part of a
10 state tour across the US to
learn about US dam construc
tion and hydroelectric power.
The group also visited the
John Day Dam. Bonneville
Dam and said they planned to
see McNary Dam before leav
ing for Los AnRcles on JYiday.
and then back to Korea next
week.
Twenty-two members of the
group were civil engineers. 20
were architectural engineers.
two. mechanical engineers
and others were administra
tion managers.
Most of the group members
were from Seoul. Korea's cap
ital city Some members of the
group had visited the US
In-fore, for others, it was their
first trip, a spokesperson said.
lone woman receives home economics
scholarship at OSU
Outstanding students in the
school of home economics at
Oregon State University, in
cluding one lone woman, have
been given acheivement
BMCC adult ed
classes to cont.
in Heppner
Adult education classes
sponsored by Blue Mountain
Community College will con
tinue to be held at the Heppner
Neighborhood Center through
out June and July, announced
Joy Krein. instructor. Classes
are held on Mondays from 1 to
4 p.m. and on Wednesdays
from 7 to 9 p.m., Krein said.
Adults interested in obtain
ing a General Educational
Development (GED. an
Adult High School Diploma
from BMCC or those wanting
to improve or refresh their
knowledge in basic skills
should contact Krein at 676
9956 or by stopping at the
Neighborhood Center on Mon
day afternoons or Wednesday
evenings, she said.
awards, scholarships and fel
lowships for undergraduate
and graduate study, it was
announced in an OSU news
release.
Jan Peterson, a senior in
home economics education,
received the UK Ruth Berk
with Memorial Scholarship.
Summer Term
Class Schedules
Are Now Available at
lone, Lexington, Heppner
grocery stores,
Heppner drugstore or from
Nancy BrcmnfkM, 676-5039
Classes offered in Heppner
area June 9 & 1 6:
Aerobics Dance to Fitness
Golf Expectant Parents
Firearms for Women
Blue Mountain
Community College
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