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Bratton receives
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Col. Robert Williams of the Walla Walla Corps of
Engineer! (R), presents Lt. General Joseph Bratton, the
chief of engineers out of Washington D.C., a polished piece of
aggregate as a souvenir of his tour of the Willow Creek Dam
project.
Bratton, accompanied by Brigadier James W. Vanloben
HHS grad to fight for ihe East
in Shrine game Saturday
Squads for the the Shriner's
Hospital 30th annual East
West All -Star football game
have been polishing tech
niques and making last-minute
lineup adjustments as they
complete their hurry-up two
week practice session in prep
aration for the annual gridiron
battle August 14 in Baker, said
an EOSC spokesperson.
A parade will begin at 1:30
p.m., a pageant at 7 p.m. and
kickoff time Is scheduled for
8:13 p.m. at the Baker High
School Stadium.
Morrow's unemployment rate improves
It's too early to start the
celebration but there were
signs of improvement in East
ern Oregon's economy In
June, according to the State of
Oregon Employment Division.
Most of the gains are attribut
able to seasonal improve
ments. Agriculture, construc
tion, wholesale trade, wood
products and government pro
vided expanded employment
opportunities in most
counties, the division said.
Morrow County's unemploy
ment rate was 7.6 percent In
June, down from 12.1 percent
In May. The county's unem
ployment rate for June 1981
was 7.0 percent, according to
the division.
A significant drop In Mor
row County's unem
ployment rate is attributable
primarily to the resumption of
activity at the Kinzua mill at
Heppner. Seasonal govern
ment and construction provid
ed some additional job oppor
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Morrow County's
THURSDAY, AUGUST
souvenir
engineers
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John Murray, a 1982 Hep
pner High School graduate,
was chosen last year to play in
the game.
Both teams invaded Eastern
Oregon State College's cam
pus and have been staging
two-a-day workouts to prepare
their teams of graduated high
school seniors for the game,
the spokesperson said.
Head Coaches Len Lutero,
Florence, for the West, and
Ken Wigle, Myrtle Creek, for
the East, say they are looking
for a game the fans will enjoy.
tunities. Work on U and I's
food processing plant began in
June and will continue into
August. Several other projects
are in the planning stages with
work to begin over the next
several months. Seasonal lay
offs at the food processing
plants increase unem
ployment during the month of
July, said the division.
Statewide, lumber and wood
products employment re
mains severly depressed from
normal levels but there now
seems to be a trend toward
hiring as short-term interest
rates fall. Most industry an
alysts see Improving condi
tions for wood products at
least through the end of the
summers. Inventories have
been pulled down because pro
ducers chose to close their
operations rather than oper
ate in the red. If the demand
for wood products increases
substantially over the sum
mer it could bring prices back
to profitable levels. The vari
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visits dam project
Sels, Williams, and other Corp personnel, arrived at the
project site about 3 p.m. in helicopters last Thursday for an '
inspection tour of the project. '
After meeting with local Corp officials, touring the site and
receiving the souvenir, the general and his group left from
s" dam's public viewing area at about 6:10 p.m.
Both coaches lay claim to
quickness as their greatest
asset.
Tim Dodson, Florence, is
expected to fill the quarter
back slot for the West, Lutero
said. Calling the plays for the
East, according to Wigle, will
be either John Coppedge,
Stayton, or Mike Hasskamp,
Henley.
Both teams spent the early
part of the first week's prac
tice in drills, with contact
starting late in the week, the
spokesperson concluded.
able in question here is will
there be enough money avail
able to fund the government
deficits and the the recovery
too? If a money squeeze devel
ops it could easily push inter
est rates higher. Increased
competition for dollars com ,
bined with a tight money
policy by the Federal Reserve
could bring about the scenario
that respected investment
economists Henry Kaufman
has foreseen "that by the
fourth quarter long-term In
terest rates will rival or ex
ceed those of 1981," reported
the division.
Most of the retail trade and
service sector is content to
watch from the sidelines.
When they see that a definite
trend has been established,
then, and only then will they
return to a more aggressive
stance. Their seasonal hiring
has been weak at best and
this trend is expected to con
tinue, the division concluded.
TIMES
HEPPNER, OREGON
Free sports physicals slated Tues.
Joseph Gifford M.D., Hep
pner, will conduct free sports
physicals at lone High School
Princess Nancy Paine to
be honored at Sat. dance
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Nancy Paine
The Morrow County Fair
Pavilion will be hopping this
Saturday night during a dance
honoring Morrow Co. Fair and
Rodeo Princess Nancy Paine.
Up Against the Wall will pro
vide the music which will
begin at 9 p.m. and wind down
at 1 a.m. Admission is $3 for
singles or $5 per couple.
Nancy is the 18 year-old
daughter of Richard and Judy
Paine. She has a 14 year-old
brother, Shawn. They reside
on Willow Creek next to
Nancy's grandparents, Dick
and Virginia Wilkinson.
When the Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo parade rolls
down Main Street in two1
weeks, spectators will find
Princess Nancy riding alone,
unlike IS years ago. She rode
in her first Heppner parade
Co. Court working to settle
By MARY ANN CERULLO
Morrow County Court came
together last Wednesday,
August 4, hoping to settle the
conflict between the cities of
Heppner and Boardman and
the county on the renewal of
the agreement for transport
ing cities' prisoners.
Morrow County Sheriff Lar
ry Fetsch explained to the
court that he is not willing to
- be liable for a city prisoner in
the initial transport to a jail
within 60 miles. Once the
prisoner is lodged, any ad
ditional transporting, the
sheriff said, he is willing to do.
Musicians
needed for
parade band
Heppner schools' new band
instructor Don Christensen is
seeking people interested in
playing in the Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo Parade on
Sat., Aug. 28.
An organizational meeting
will be held Tuesday, Aug. 17,
7:30 p.m. at the Heppner
Junior High band room. Sheet
a music will be distributed and a ","
rehearsal planned. Christen- ;
sen said.
Musicians of all ages are
encouraged to attend, he said.
on Tuesday, August 17 begin
ning at 7 p.m.
with her father at the age of
one.
This year she will be on top
of Sandstone Rebel, a four
year-old bay gelding register
ed quarterhorse.
Princess Nancy's Interest in
hore began at an early age.
She has been riding ever since
she can remember. At the age
of seven, she competed in
rodeos sanctioned by the Girls
Northwest Rodeo Association
and was nominated rookie of
the year. Nancy placed in
nearly every event she enter
ed. She no longer competes, but
can be found working cattle
and riding on her grandpar
ents ranch.
This summer finds Nancy
busy riding and attending
cheerleading practices. Court
activities take a lot of her time
but she admits "I love every
minute of it, especially the
parades and rodeos."
Being on the Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo Court is a
family tradition for Nancy as
her mother, Judy, was prin
cess on the court during the
1959 Oregon Centenial.
The 5T' princess with
brown hair and eyes will be a
junior at Heppner High School
this fall. She is a varsity
cheerleader and participates
in the Outdoor Club, volleyball ,;,
and Girls Athletic Booster
Club. Her hobbies, besides
riding, are snow skiing, rock
music, dancing, rollerskating
and photography.
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According to Harold Mc
Lean, deputy district attor
ney, the cities' prisoners are -not
the county's responsibility
until they are lodged.
"A fee is not the question," -stated
Fetsch, "I don't care '
what it is as long as it is equal
(between the cities)."
After a private session with
he sheriff, Heppner Mayor -Cliff
Green made a statement
to the court.
"The City of Heppner has
refused the agreement. When
Don McElligott is back in his '
chair, we will be back to
negotiate," he said.
The city of Heppner had
Lightning causes fire, power
outage in local areas HI on.
A electrical storm was the
cause of a grass fire and a
three hour power outage in the
Heppner area on Monday. .
Lightning struck a grass
hillside on the AI Bunch prop
erty about seven miles from
Heppner on Clark's Canyon
Road about 2:40 p.m. Heppner
Fire Chief Forrest Burkenbine
said about five acres were
4 year-old boy rescued at
Heppner Pool last Tues.
. A four year-old boy was
rescued last Tuesday, Aug. 4,
at the Heppner Swimming
Pool. Shawn Moore of Hep
pner was swimming at the
pool with his babysitter when
he was swept under the water.
His babysitter pulled him out
and got him to the edge of the
pool. Pool manager, Margaret
Morrow Co. School Dist. to
A regular meeting of the
Morrow County School
District Board will be held at
the school district office in
Lexington on August 16, at
8:30 p.m., announced a
spokesperson for the district.
The board will consider bids
HHS football teams under
direction of new coaches
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if K?Xvain
Lester Payne
Football season is just
around the corner and Hep
pner High School teams will
be under the direction of new
coaches this year. Lester
Payne will coach the varsity
and Tim Birkby, the J.V,
team.
Payne, 37, came to Heppner
in 1977 from Tonasket, Wash-
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prisoner transport conflict
previously stated that they
need the transport service
because they do not have the
. manpower or a vehicle for
transporting.
Representatives from the
city of Boardman were unable
to attend the court meeting
that day.
According to an earlier
statement, Boardman is al
ready transporting its prison
ers to the Umatilla County
, Jail, so the city is not willing to
pay the county's fee of $6,000
for just a dispatch service.
County Court moved to ex
tend the current agreement
with Boardman for another
week.
burned. Mrs. Bunch said the
fire didn't do much damage,
burning only grass and weeds
along the stubble of a wheat
field.
The electrical outage began
about 4 : 55 p.m . when lightning
struck a power pole west of
Lexington, said Columbia
Basin Electric Co-op Manager
Fred Toombs. Three Bonne
ville Power Administration
Kincaid performed mouth to
nose resuscitation, and he
began breathing again.
He was taken to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital where he
was examined and found to be
okay.
Although Kincaid worked as
a lifeguard at Eastern Oregon
State College last spring from
received for maintaining auto
matic controls and a proposal
from the district administrat
ors for a computer curriculum
for the school district.
The board will also consider
reducing the tax rate for bond
Tim Birkby
ington High School where he
was head coach of their foot
ball and wrestling teams for
seven years, '
He presently teaches health
and citizenship education at
Heppner Jr. High.
Payne graduated from
Eastern Washington State Col
lege (University) at Cheney,
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In other business the court:
heard the service agree
ment by Deane Seeger, Mor
row County planner, for his
position as county coordinator
for L.C.D.C. (Land Conserva
tion and Development Com
mission). The court moved
and adopted the agreement.
accepted a bid from Greg
McLaughlin for $1,725 to in
stall a sprinkler system for the
North Morrow Annex grounds.
The court felt that having the.
sprinkler system would save
the county approximately $20
per month in water fees.
- heard and accepted the
July minutes as corrected.
poles along the Bombing
Range Road also were ignited
by lightning, he said.
Toombs said the pole near
Lexington had to be replaced,
but the other three were sal
vaged. Electricity was restor
ed in Heppner, Ruggs, Lexing
ton, lone and surrounding
areas 'about 7:45 p.m.,. the
manager said.
March to June, she has never
had to perform lifesaving
measures on anyone before.
She received her WSI
(Water Safety Instructor) at
EOSC last April.
Kincaid will enter the col
lege this fall as a sophomore,
majoring in physical edu
cation. meet Mon.
and interest during the cur
rent year because of unexpect
ed carryover money.
In other business, the dis
trict's free and reduced price
lunch program is to be consid
ered, the spokesperson con
cluded. majoring in physical educa
tion and health.
Practice for both teams
begins August 23 and Payne
said that team strategies will
be basically the same as they
were in past years under John
Sporseen. He said the varsity
team lost a lot of players
through graduation last year
but this year's team will have
a good nucleus of kids and will
be competitive.
Payne and his wife Phyllis
have two children, Stephi, 15,
and Kevin, six.
Birkby, 26, graduated from
Eastern Oregon State College
at LaGrande in 1978 and ma
jored in physical and elemen
tary education.
The sixth grade teacher will
enter his third year at Hep
pner Elementary this fall.
Birkby was assistant coach
to the two teams last year.
He and his wife, Vicki, have
one son, Patrick, 19 months.
Dale Conklin, a teacher at
Heppner High School, will
serve as assistant coach to the
teams.