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VOL. 100 NO. ft' THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1982
Morrow Co.
By MARY ANN CERULLO
Morrow County Court met
last Wednesday, Sept. 8 and
again on Thursday, Sept. 9
and signed all Intergovern
mental agreements with
Boardman, Irrigon and Heppner.
C.B.E.C. announces residential
Weatherization Program
Columbia Basin Electric Co
op recently announced its
Residential Weatherization
Program. Under this pro
gram, certain electrically
space heated homes are eligi
ble, at no cost, for weatheriza
tion measures found to be cost
Local broker representative of
unique home financing
V
Bob Harris
Far Western Real Estate of
Heppner is now an Informa
tion center of Miles Homes of
Minneapolis, Minn., announ
C.F. Bike - a
Cathy and Vince Wilson of
Heppner have been appointed
chairmen of a Cystic Fibrosis
Bike-a-thon to be held in Hep
pner Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2
p m. Plans are being made to
hold the bike-a-thon on the
football field at the fair
grounds; weather permitting,
said Cathy Wilson. Joggers,
walkers and tricyclers are
also encouraged to partici
pate, she said. (No dogs
please).
In announcing the chair
menshlp of this event, Charles
Dibert, president of the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation Oregon
Chapter, said "Each year
Bookworms make memorial contribution to Library
By JUSTINE
WEATHERFORD
A superior book about In
dians of the Pacific North
west, published in 1981 by the
University of Oklahoma
Press, was presented to the
Heppner Public Library last
week by the Bookworms. This
large size 294-page book has
many helpful and interesting
pictures and maps. Its authors
are Robert H. Ruby of Moses
Lake, Wash, and John A.
Brown, Wenatchee, Wash. The
men were requested to pre
pare this work for "The Civili
zation of the American Indian
Series" by the University of
Oklahoma.
The foreward calls the book
Morrow County's
Court signs all
According to a county
court spokesperson, as of
Monday, the agreements still
needed signatures from the
district attorney and county
sheriff before everything
could be finalized.
In other business the court :
effective, said Paul Sumner,
co-op services representative.
Cost effectiveness is deter
mined by an energy audit
provided by the co-op. Fund
ing for the program Is provi
ded through a "buy back"
arrangement with the Bonne
ville Power Administration
ced Bob Harris, broker.
With its unique "Shelter
Finance Plan," Miles Homes
supplies Unbuilding mater
ials for houses on a two-year
financing plan. It also can
provide financial assistance
for foundation materials, as
well as plumbing, electrical,
heating, floor coverings, and
paint to complete the house.
Upon completion of the
house, the buyer obtains a
mortgage from a lender,
notably a local bank or sav
ings and loan institution, and
the proceeds are used to pay
Miles Homes and any land
balance remaining.
Local representatives assist
in the selection of ,thc home,
arranging for credit, and in
planning the entire program
- thon to be held in Heppner
people are finding they can
bike their way to a healthier
life for people who suffer from
Cystic Fibrosis, the number
one genetic killer of young
people in the United States."
One in every 1,800 American
children inherits this incur
able lung damaging and di
gestive disease when they re
ceive a gene for CF from each
of their parents. It is estima
ted that one out of every 20
Americans is a symptomless
and unknowing carrier of the
gene which can cause CF in a
child. Through research fun
ded by the Cystsic Fibrosis
Foundation, a test to identify
"a massive synthesis of the
history of Indian-white rela
tions throughout the entire
Northwest." The introductory
page by Alvin M. Josephy
states "Nothing like this book
has appeared before. Reflect
ing an enormous amount of
research and a mastery of the
huge and scattered literature
of primary documents Jour
nals, diaries, government
reports, and dealing with a
multitude of time periods and
geographic areas from the
North Pacific Coast to the
Missouri River it brings to
gether in a wondrously organ
ized fashion much that hereto
fore has been related only in a
fractionated and unconnected
manner."
The Heppner
M
Home - Owned
8 P..UES
intergovernmental agreements
accepted a bid from
Woodpecker Trucks for a
12-yard dump truck for
$58,474.
awarded a bid to Inland
Machinery Co. for a Caterpil
lar Motor Grader In the
amount of $85,665.
for the estimated kilowatt
hours thast can be saved
through weatherization. To
request an energy audit or for
more information about the
program, please can ioium
bia Basin Electric Co-op
676-9146.
at
for each buyer.
The company also provides
blueprints and step-by-step
instructions.
The buyers select their
home from some 50 basic
models in a detailed catalog.
Personal ideas may be incor
porated to help the family
achieve its "dream house."
Miles Homes, founded in
1946, currently serves 48
states from plants In Owaton
na. Minnesota; Atlanta, Geor
gia; Butler, Indiana; Dallas,
Texas; and Mountaintop,
Pennsylvania.
It is a division of INSILCO
Corporation, a diversified
NYSE-listed corporation.
For more Information,
contact Harris, at 676-9015.
carriers is being sought and
scientists are pursuing a cure
or control for CF.
Funds raised in the bike-a-thon
will help support these
research programs as well as
medical care provided at 128
Cystic Fibrosis Centers loca
ted throughout the United
States. These CF Centers
specialize in the diagnosis and
care of children with CF. In
Oregon, the CF Center is
located at the Oregon Health
Sciences University in Port
land. To enter, pick up a sponsor
sheet at Heppner Elementary,
Heppner High, lone Elemen-
In its 24 chapters it relates a
history of the region's native
inhabitants from 1750 to 1900
and deals with the more than
100 Indian tribes in fifteen
language groups which inha
bited the areas of Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Western
Montana. It tells of the first
white to enter the region, the
Spanish mariners from the
south and the British and
American traders stopping for
furs on their way to China.
Later the British North West
Company and Hudson's Bay
Company established trading
posts. "The whites brought
gimcracks, guns, molasses,
tobacco, alcohol and disease.
They took the pelts of sea
otter, seal, beaver and buffalo
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Weekly Newspaper
2V
HEPPNER,
accepted a second bid
from Inland Machinery for a
Caterpillar Loader for
$113,360.
moved to make a final
payment of $5,207 to Lonigan
Assoc. for construction on the
county maintenance shop.
County schools show
slight enrollment gain
Morrow County schools
showed a slight gain in student
enrollment last week, repor
ted State School Supt. Vera A.
Duncan. A spokesperson at
the Morrow Co. School Dis
trict office said enrollment
figures were almost exactly
the same as they were at the
end of last year's school year.
Morrow Co. was one of only
six counties in the state that
showed gains, Duncan repor
ted. He predicted that the
number of students attending
lone area darkened by
electrical outage
lone and rural areas west of
the town were without electri
city Monday evening. - - U
Fred Toombs, manager of
Columbia Basin Electric
Co-op, said connectors were
burned up about 6 p.m. be
cause of an electrical over
load, caused by strong winds
blowing trees into power lines.
Community try outs to be
held for upcoming play
The Heppner High School
Drama Club will hold com
munity try outs for an upcom
ing play, "Fiddler on the
Roof," on Thursday, Sept. 16,
from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and
again from 7 to 9 p.m., an
tary or lone High
offices and then
Schools'
obtain
pledges. '
T-shirts will be awarded to
those who raise $25 or more,
and other miscellaneous
prizes have been donated by
local merchants.
For more information, con
tact Cathy Wilson, 676-9824. or
call the Oregon Chapter of the
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
collect, 231-4015, Portland.
"Make it a family activity
and enjoy the satisfaction of
helping support the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation," said
Wilson.
in return."
Any reader interested in
Northwest Indians will find
this book most satisfying.
Students will appreciate its
pages of notes on each chapter
and its excellent bibliography.
It was purchased at the Yaki
ma Nation Cultural Center in
Toppenish, Washington re
cently. The book was given as a
memorial to the late Ella
Smith from members of the
Bookworms literary club.
Mrs. Smith, who had lived in
lone and in Heppner, served
on both the Heppner Library
board and the Morrow County
Museum board. She was the
secretary of the Museum
board at the time of her death.
JRECON
received $3,647.54 from
the state for building inspec
tion fees, along with corres
pondence stating that the
state takes responsibility for
all building inspections made
before the county took over
the inspection service.
Oregon schools will drop for
the sixth straight year.
A C. Houghton Elementary
School at Irrigon enrolled 276
students, Columbia Junior
High, Irrigon, registered 162,
357 entered Heppner Elemen
tary, 185 were enrolled at
Heppner High School, lone
schools saw 148 register,'
Riverside High School had 262
students begin the school year
and Sam Boardman Elemen
tary enrolled 306 sdtudents.
A co-op crew began the
needed repairs about 6:45
p.m.- and power was later
restored in town. They then
discovered that more trees
had been blown into lines,
which affected the rural area,
Toombs said. Power was re
stored west of lone about 8:30
p.m. he concluded.
nounced Larry Cerullo, direc
tor. Several roles are still open
in the musical, and both men
and women are needed as
village people, Cerullo concluded.
County school board to
meet Monday, Sept. 20
A regular meeting of the
Morrow County school board
will be held September 20 at
Heppner High School. The
meeting is scheduled to begin
at 8 p.m.
Bids for two vans and one
pickup will be considered by
the board. Also, a proposed
budget calendar will be dis-
Swim Team meeting scheduled
A Heppner Swim Team
meeting will be held on Thurs
day, Sept. 23, 7 p.m., at the
Columbia Basin Electric
Co-op conference room, an
Adult Basic
Program to
The Adult Basic Education
Program, sponsored by Blue
Mountain Community College,
will begin its fall term the
week of September 20 with two
sessions, announced Joy
Krein, instructor.
The first session will beheld
September 22 from 7 to 10 p.m.
The program is available to
adults who are interested in
achieving a BMCC high
school diploma or a General
Equivalency Degree (GEDL
Additionally, the opportun
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The 7lst world famous Pendleton Round-Up took off for a four day run on September 15:
Members of the 1982 Pendleton Round-Up Court pictured are (from left) Princess Karl SberreU,
Hermiston Queen, Katy Thome, Pendleton, Princess Cindy Turner, Joseph, (below) Princess
Susan Insko, Pilot Rock and Princess Toni Min thorn, Hermiston.
The Round-Up will be held September 15 -18.
cussed to direct the work of
the budget committee and the
board in preparation of next
year's budget, said a school
district spokesperson.
Brenf Fife, district auditor,
will be on hand to discuss the
recent school district audit,
the spokesperson concluded.
nounced a spokesperson.
An election of officers will
be held, she said.
All interested persons are
invited to attend.
Education
begin soon
ity to improve math, reading
or spelling skills is available
to any adult, whether a high
school graduate or not. En
glish as a second language or
ESL classes are also offered.
Classes are held on Monday
from 1 to 4 p.m. and on
Wednesdays from 7 to 10 p.m.
at the Heppner Neighborhood
Center.
Those interested in enrol
ling, or who know of someone
who might be interested,
please call Krein at 676-9956.
Last Hunter's Safety course offered
The last Hunter's Safety
Course of the year will be held
September 21, 22 and 23 at the
Morrow County Courthouse in
Heppner 'at 7 p.m.
lone Cardinal Qub to meet
The lone Cardinal Club will
hold its first meeting of the
school year on Thursday, Sep
tember 16, at 8 p.m.
Former Heppner woman
awarded scholarship
i y 4
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Cathy Hedlund
The recipient of the 1982
American Association of
University Women, Heppner
Ione Branch, scholarship is
Cathy Hedlund, announced
Mary Ann Cerullo, branch
president.
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High Low Precifl
Tues., Sept. 7 86 50
Wed., Sept, 8 86 50
Thurs.,Sept. 9 82 45 .13
Fri., Sept. 10 62 43 trace
Sat., Sept. 11 62 41 .29
Sun., Sept. 12 64 42 .20
Mon., Sept. 13 64 33
underway
Those planning to take the
course are asked to sign up at
the sheriffs' office at the
courthouse prior to Sept. 21.
A business meeting will be
held, followed by a reception
for the teachers.
Refreshments will be
served.
Hedlund, 22, received a
scholarship of $400 for her
studies mi Southern Oregon
State College, Ashland.
She and her husband. Gene
are living in Ashland while
both are attending college.
Cathy has five terms left to
complete before she obtains a
teaching certificate in inte
grated science.
"I just wanted to tell
A.A.U.W. how much I appre
ciate it," Hedlund said, "with
financial aid being cut for
education, we didn't know
what we were going to do."
"We don't know where we
will settle," she continued, "It
all depends on where Gene
finds a Job."
Gene is currently working
on an accounting degree.
Cathy is the daughter of
Roger and Shirley Palmer of
Heppner.