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Tree, decorations ready
for Christmas Opening
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The Christmas tree is up,
street decorations have
been hung and merchants
have been planning and work
ing all week for Hcppner's
Christmas Opening this Fri
day and Saturday. Many new
activities have been planned
to add to the Christmas spirit.
CHRISTMAS TREE
LIGHTING CEREMONY
A new feature of this year's
opening will be a Christmas
Tree Lighting Ceremony
which will begin at 4 p.m. on
Friday around the tree In front
of Oa Furniture Chnnn
students and everyone in the
community Is Invited to join In
singing Christmas carols as
the ceremony begins. At dusk.
Of, Cutsforth is scheduled to
flip the switch, lighting the
tree. The Soroptimists will be
giving out free hot cider be
tween 4 and 5 p.m.
SILENT AUCTIONS
Another new feature this
year will be silent auctions.
Many Heppner merchants will
have items on display in their
stores to bid on. The highest
bid on each item buys the
merchandise. The auctions
Will be held Friday and Saturday.
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A Columbia Basin Electric Co-op crew placed Christmas tree on
Far from Heppner but at
Though four local rodeo ers
will be far from Heppner this
weekend they should feel right
at home in the arena at
the Cowtown Coliseum at Fort
Worth, Texas. Tara Mahoney,
Jeff Bailey, Earl Hammond
and Lee Rice are to compete
Jnjhe Youth National F'inals
Rodeo November 26, 27 and
28.
National champions and
runners up In nine events will
clash head-on in the Super
Bowl of youth rodeo, said a
rodeo spokesperson. Premier
youth athletes from major
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SANTA CLA US
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus
will be arriving In Heppner
from the North Pole on a fire
engine Saturday at 2 p.m.
Children may meet them and
tell them their Christmas
wishes at the Post Office. A
photographer is scheduled to
be available to take pictures of
Local churches plan
All Saints Episcopal Church
All Saints Episcopal church
in Heppner will hold an Even
ing Prayer Service on Wed
nesday. Nov. 24. at 7:15 p.m.
Everyone is invited to attend.
On Thursday. Nov. 25, a
Thanksgiving Day Eucharist
will be held at 11 a.m. A
traditional Thanksgiving day
turkey dinner with all the
trimmings will be served fol
lowing the service. Members
of the community who wish to
share the day with others are
welcome to attend.
Dinner trays can be deliver
ed to those who cannot leave
their homes.
rodeo associations will be vy
ing for $50,000 scholarships
plus buckles and saddles, the
spokesperson said.
What is said to be the
toughest, most talent-packed
youth rodeo of the year will
include saddlebronc, bare
back, bull riding, calf roping,
steer wrestling, team roping,
barrel racing, breakaway and
goat tying events. National
Intercollegiate rules will be
followed the spokesperson
said.
The champions and second
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children with Santa.
BAKE SALE
The Morrow County Search
and Rescue Posse'ettes will
hold a bake sale Friday in
front of Central Market begin
ning at 3:30 p.m. Cookies,
cakes, cream pies, breads and
other goodies will be available
for sale.
Those who plan to attend the
dinner and anyone who would
like a dinner tray are asked to
contact the' Rev. Ed Watts,
676-9691 or 676-9970, Theta
Lowe, 678-9496 or Bob
Abrams, 676-9789.
lone United
Church of Clirist
A 7:30 p.m. Thanksgiving
Eve Service of prayer and
song will be held at the lone
United Church of Christ.
A thank offering for world
hunger will be taken.
Everyone is invited to
attend.
home in the arena
place winners in each of the
following associations are
eligible: the National High
School Rodeo Association, the
National Little Britches Rodeo
Association, the Western
States Junior Rodeo Associa
tion, the American Junior
Rodeo Association, the Lone
Star High School Rodeo Asso
ciation and the North Texas
High School Rodeo Associa
tion. Mahoney, a senior at Hep
pner High School, is first in
goat tying in the Western
States Junior Rodeo Associa
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IHS students,
plan Comm.
Students and faculty at lone
High School will hold a Com
munity Service Day on Wed
nesday, Dec. 8, announced
Principal Chuck , Starr. The
group will be working to help
clean up the community, and
will help individuals with
projects or work that needs to
be done. Starr emphasized
that there is no charge for the
G-T office to
Thanksgiving
Because of the Thanksgiv
ing holiday, the Heppner
Gazette-Times office will be
closed Thursday, Nov. 25 and
Friday, Nov. 26, so that staff
Thanksgiving services
Hope & Valby Lutheran Churches
The congregations of Hope
and Valby Lutheran churches
will join together for a
Thanksgiving Eve Service,
7:30 p.m. at Valby Lutheran
Church. The church is located
St Williams & St. Patricks
Catholic Churches
Bishop Thomas Connoly has
announced that a special Mass
of Thanksgiving will be cele-
tion (WSJRA), Bailey is
ranked second In steer wrest
ling with WSJRA. Hammond
is first in the saddle bronc with
WSJRA and Rice is second in
the bareback event with the
National High School Rodeo
Association. Bailey, Ham
mond and Rice are all 1982
graduates of Heppner High
School and are attending
Walla Walla Community Col
lege at Walla Walla, Wash.
The spokesperson reported
that the event is to be nation
ally televised.
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faculty
Ser. Day
services.
Anyone who needs wood
chopped, a yard cleaned,
home weatherization or any
vp her. work done is asked to
contact the school at 422-7131.
Also, anyone knowing some
one who needs a job per
formed is asked to contact the
school and give that person's
name.
close for
holiday
members may enjoy the holi
day with their families.
The Gazette-Times wishes
everyone a happy Thanksgiv
ing. west of Highway 206 on Valby
Road.
A thank offering for world
hunger will be taken.
Everyone is welcome to
attend.
brated at St. Patrick's Catho
lic Church, Heppner, on
Thursday, Nov. 25, at 9 a.m.
Rauch to
complete
school board
term
Irvin Rauch, Morrow Coun
ty Commissioner elect, has
announced that he will com
plete his term on the Morrow
County School Board. Rauch
said he will not seek re-election
to the board after his term
expires in July.
Rauch has served as a di
rector on the board for 17
years.
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School board applies for
exercise equipment grant
The Morrow County School
District has applied for
grant from Wells Fargo Bank
of California to purchase and
install exercise equipment at
Heppner grade school.
If the grant is awarded the
equipment would be installed
on a one-half acre site across
the creek behind the school.
The district will be required
to pay $4,600 to match the
grant money from Wells
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The equipment would in
clude various wooden exercise
implements which would be
placed on a cleared area
covered with wood chips.
The Morrow County School
District voted to apply for the
grant at its November meet
ing last Monday night.
In other business, the
board:
decided to put off a
decision on adopting a new
conflict of interest policy
governing employees of the
district until its next meeting.
The board wanted certain
wording in the proposed policy
changed.
heard a report from lone
teachers Bob Deeter and
Marv Peterson concerning a
unique class at lone where
students set up theire own
company and manufacture
goods, (see related story, this
issue).
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Glenn Smith and Joanna Bown
will be presented at Heppner
By MARYANN CERULLO
The Heppner High School
Drama Club is at it again with
"Gift of Murder!" a comedy
thriller by George Batson.
The story unfolds with an
aging actress, played bx
Joanna Bown, resting and re
cuperating in an old,out-of-the-way
hunting lodge with
her niece, Mary (Vicki
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City of Heppner
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voted to sell Warren
Plocharsky, Eric Dick and
Earl Harman four used busses
from the district. A total of
$2,762 was made on the sale.
approved 29 field trips for
four schools in the district for
1983-84 school year. The trips
will cost $11,029.
voted to support efforts
by the Associated General
Contractors of America to
repeal Oregon's prevailing .
wage law. The law requires
contractors to pay union set
Soroptimists to sponsor
kid's coloring contest
Soroptimist International of
Heppner is sponsoring a
Christmas Coloring Contest
for children. The contest will
run from Saturday, Nov. 27 to
Saturday, Sec. 11 and will
include three categories : pre
school and kindergarten, first
and second grades and third
and fourth grades.
Coloring sheets will be
available at Murrays' Rexall
Drugs, Coast to Coast, Shoe
Box, Peterson's Jewelry and
Gardner's Men's Wear.
Entries must be returned by
rehearse a scene from "Gift of
High School Nov. 30 and Dec 2.
Adams). Her producer (Ken
Curtis) arrives with a new
play script and with his arri
val begins a series of strange
and unexplained happenings:
Wimpie, played by Mel Seitz,
finds poisoned birds; Peter, a
neighbor, (Danny Fortenber
ry) drips across the rug;
Oliver (Glenn Smith) reap
pears; Flavia, played by An
nette Wilgers, stalks across
the stage and Nurse Pepper
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wages for all workers
on
public works projects.
Repeal of the law would
enable contractors in some
cases to pay lower wages to
workers. The association
estimated that costs on some
public works projects could be
reduced "from 15 to 30
percent."
approved extra duty
contracts for Ron Mack and
Dave Sime. Mack will coach
jr. nigh track and Sime JV
boys basketball at lone.
December 4 to Peterson's
Jewelry or to the Soroptimist
booth at the Artifactory, said a
spokesperson.
First place winners in each
category will receive a $10
prize. Second place winners
will be awarded $5. Third and
fourth place winners will re
ceive a certificate of recogni
tion. All prizes are sponsored
by the Soroptimists.
This special contest is a
project of the Service Activity
Committee of Soroptimist In
ternational of Heppner.
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Murderl" The three act play
(Mardel James) shows her
salt.
"Come and unravel this
mystery on Tuesday, Nov. 30
or Thursday, Dec. 2 at the high
school cafetorium at 7:30
p.m.," said Larry Cerullo,
director.
Tickets will be sold at the
door, $2.50 for adults and $1.50
for students.