Let us pull together to conserve
and preserve the strength and spirit set
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forth by our nation's forefathers.
VOL. 101 NO. 26 THURSDAY. JUNE 30. 1983 .
New Soroptimist officers installed, Cutsf orth Park scheduled to reopen
members initiated
Back row. left to right: Molly Rill. Pat Hyatt. VI Wllgers, Clista
Barbara Bloodsworth.
Front row, left to right: Christy Lovgren. Mary Coheen and
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New Heppner Soroptimist Club
Bowman.
New officers were installed
and new members initiated at
a Heppner Soropti: ist ban
quet held June 17 at the
Heppner Elks Lodge. Sorop
timists and their husbands
attended, as well as several
out of town guests.
Mary Goheen was installed
as president for the 1983-84
year by Sally Shumway of
Baker. Shumway is director of
district three of the Northwest
Local businesses to observe 4th
In observance of Indepen
dence Day next Monday. July
Area cowboy takes all -
college rodeo title
Irrigon cowboy Ricky Stca
gall took the All Around Cow
boy title during (he National
College Rodeo Finals in
Bozeman, Mont lust week and
received a saddle as part of
his winnings. Steagall also
won the bull riding, and re
ceived another saddle for that
award.
In the steer wrestling he tied
for second and third place in
the second go, in the team
roping he took seoend with Nip
Tucker in the second go, ended
up fourth in the short go and
fourth in the average. In the
saddle bronc. he placed first in
member Chris Limanen (left),
Region of Soroptimists. Also
installed for new terms were:
Christy Lovgren - first vice
president, VI V.'llgers - second
vice president, Molly Rill -corresponding
secretary, Pat
Hyatt treasurer, Clista Ven
ard and Gail Burkenbine -board
members and Lenna
Smith - regional representa
tive. Mrs. Venard, secretary of
district three, Installed new
4. all local banks, the post
office and most area busines
the short go and third in the
average. He also made it to
the finals in the bareback
riding.
Maureen Healy of Heppner
took the Reserve Ail-Around
Cowgirl award.
Tony Currin, also of Hep
pner. finished fifth in the steer
wrestling in the second go,
fifth in the team roping in the
second go with Joe Crowder,
and fifth in the short go and
fifth in average in calf roping.
Two other Heppner cowg
boys. Lee Rice and Earl
Hammond, also competed;
Rice in the bareback and
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Vernard. Gail Burkenbine and
Jackie Allstott.
Barbara Hayes and LoRayne
members LoRayne Bowman,
Barbara Hayes and Chris
Limanen.
During the evening, seven
members of the Heppner club
were awarded for perfect at
tendance for the year, a
plaque bearing their names is
displayed at the County Mu
seum in Heppner, and gifts
were presented to outgoing
president Jackie Allstott.
ses will be closed.
around
Hammond in the saddle bronc.
Steagall and Currin are both
members of the Blue Moun
tain Community College team
which placed second. BMCC
had been in first place, ahead
by nine points, until a cowboy
from the Solsulross team of
Alpine. Texas had a good bull
ride, slipping by the Pendleton
team for first place.
Luck was with the Steagall
family during the rodeo as
Carol Steagall, Rocky's
mother, won a two-eye Jack
bred colt in a drawing held
during an evening performance.
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Don Briggs, director of the
County Public Works Depart
ment reported Tuesday that
he had received word from the
Department of Environmental
Quality that Cutsforth Park
could be opened this week.
Briggs said the park would be
opened on Friday.
The park was closed follow
ing a huge insecticide spill in
Willow Creek just above the
park on June 13.
Briggs said D.E.Q. has been
testing the water for contam
ination levels, and test results
now show that it is safe to
reopen the park.
Fireworks &
The lone American Legion
Post will present an annual
fireworks display on Tuesday,
July 4, at the lone High School
athletic field at about 9:30
p.m.. announced spokesper
Lions to begin fireworks sale
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Christopher Sykes (right) and Lions Club
member Bill Kuhn show some of the fireworks to
be sold in Heppner starting Thursday at 4 p.m.
The Lions will have a booth set up between Cole's
House of Fashion and Abram's and Kuhn's office
on Main Street.
The booth will be open Thursday and Friday
from 4 to 7 p.m., on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m., bunday from 12 noon to 6 p.m. and on
Krebs pleads guilty to
robbing lone bank
John Krebs, charged with
robbing the lone branch of the
Bank of Eastern Oregon June
9, changed his plea to charges
of First Degree Robbery and
being an Ex-Convict in Pos
session of a Firearm to guilty
on Monday. Morrow County
District Attorney Richard
HHS rodeo'ers take 1st at state
Four members of the Hep
pner High School rodeo team
took first place in events
during the Oregon High School
Rodeo Finals last weekend in
Redmond.
Placing first in their events
were: Marty Britt, steer
Auxiliary begins new fund raising project
Alma Green, president of
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary, has announced
plans for a new fund raising
project. A popular doll with a
complete wardrobe designed
and sewn by Helen Stevens of
Hardman. will be raffled.
The doll is now on display at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner and will be moved to
various other locations in
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Irv Jones, staff biologist
with the environmental man
agement section of the De
partment of Fish and Wildlife
said Tuesday that the creek
may be restocked with rain
bow trout as early as this fall,
but probably won't be until
next spring. Insect life must
return to the area before
restocking.
Jones said the exact number
of trout to be planted should be
known soon, and he added that
West Wind Helicopters, Ya
kima, Wash., would be re
sponsible for making restitu
tion for the cost of the project
Sat. dance scheduled in lone
son Dick McElligott. The lone
post has sponsored the event
every year but one since the
late 1940s, he saia.
A dance with music by the
Jim Ackley Band, originally
scheduled for July 3. has been
McNerney dismissed a charge
of Unauthorized Use of a
Motor Vehicle.
Judge Richard Courson sen
tenced Krebs. 32. to 10 years in
the Oregon State Penitentiary.
McNerney said he must serve
at least five years before
becoming eligible for parole.
wrestling; Jack McGuire, calf
roping; Hank Vazza. boys
cow cutting; and Tara
Mahoney, pole bending. Ma
honey also placed fourth in
the girls' cow cutting.
Also placing from the Hep
pner team were: Mike Currin,
third in steer wrestling and
Heppner and lone for display.
Tickets, available for 25 cents
each or five for one dollar, are
available wherever the doll is
displayed, or from any auxili
ary member.
The drawing will be held
Saturday, August 27.
Proceeds from the raffle
will be used to help purchase a
new patient lift for the bathtub
in the nursing home.
Weather
by the City
as well as for the cost of
investigating the accident.
The truck involved In the
accident was owned by the
Yakima company, which was
hired to spray Sevin 4-oil in the
Miller Prairie area to kill
Western Spruce budworm.
C.B.E.C. hoping for good news
in suit with W.P.P.S.S.
The Columbia Basin Elec
tric Co-operative Board is
hoping for favorable news
within the next 10 days news
moved to Saturday, July 2.
The dance will be held at the
lone Legion Hall from 9 p.m.
to 1 a.m. Cost will be $3 per
person.
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Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Prices will range from 10 cents to two dollars
for individual items, and from $2.50 to $15 for
packages containing an assortment.
Proceeds from the sale will be used to help pay
a debt from the Heppner Swimming Pool solar
heating project that the club undertook. The
system was completed last summer.
The robbery occurred the
morning of June 9 when Krebs
entered the bank wearing a ski
mask and carrying a pistol.
He left the bank with over
$18,000 and was picked up
early Sunday morning, June
12. near Bend.
second in calf roping; Pat
Schwarz. fourth in calf rop
ing: and David McCarthy,
third in bareback riding.
Because of their top finish
es, they will all compete at the
National High School Rodeo
Finals in Douglas, Wyo., July
17 through 24.
Previous projects the aux
iliary has sponsored include a
stereo system, a patio with
ramp, air purifiers - all for the
benefit of residents of the
nursing home. Recently pro
fessional permanents were
given to three ladies and one
room is being decorated with
wall paper, thanks to auxili
ary efforts.
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Sat.. June 25 79 53 .01
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Mon.. June 27 77 49 .01
of Heppner
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Patter
son, who live along the creek,
had been using water from
other sources since the spill
because they suspected their
well might be contaminated.
Test results proved the water
concerning a suit the co-op is
involved in claiming it is not
liable for bond debt on two
abandoned Washington nu
clear plants. Fred Toombs,
co-op manager, said Monday
that the cooperative was pre
senting a request that day for
a summary judgment in the
case, which must be respon
ded to within 10 days.
Recently. Washington pub
lic utility districts and muni
cipalities were freed of their
part of the debt after a judge
ruled that they didn't have the
authority to enter a contract
agreement for the plants.
The suit Columbia Basin is
f named in claims no liability
since the plants were not
finished and no power will be
obtained from them.
"We're hopeful we'll be able
to get out from under it (the
debt)." Toombs said after the
Washington P.U.D.'s and mu
nicipalities were relieved of a
G-T to be closed Monday
The Heppner Gazette-Times
office will be closed Monday,
July 4. to observe Indepen
dence Day.
Deadline for submitting
New Methodist minister
arrives in Heppner
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Tbe Rev. and Mrs. Rob Andrews-Bryant
a dog and two cats with them.
By JUSTINE
WEATIIERFORD
The Rev. Rob Andrews
Bryant and his wife, Ruth
Andrews-Bryant, arrived in
Heppner last week from Port
land to serve the United Meth
odist Church. Rob grew up in
Whittier, Calif. Ruth lived in
Idaho her first nine years, in
Oregon the second nine years
and has traveled about since
then. Rob was the pastor of
two churches in Portland be
fore being invited to come to
Heppner. The couple brought
Friday
did contain the chemical.
Mrs. Patterson said they
were now able to use the water
as Environmental Emergency
Services arranged to have a
filter installed in their spring
last Thursday.
large share of the overall debt.
Meanwhile, the co-op can't
get any loans, declining sales
are a problem and uncollecti
ble accounts are up sharply.
Columbia Basin has applied
for approximately $1.8 mil
lion from the Rural Electrifi
cation Administration
(R.E.A.) and the National
Rural Utility Cooperative Fi
nance Corp. (C.F.C.) but
won't receive any of the fund
ing until they are relieved of
their obligation to the Wash
ington Public Power Supply
System, or until the debt is
paid.
A corrosion analyst has
"been laid off at the Heppner
office and an equipment
operator was laid off at Con
don. Also the Condon office's
hours were shortened. For
now. Toombs said, the Hep
pner office's hours will remain
the same.
news articles and classified
ads is Friday at 5 p.m. Display
advertising deadline is Tues
day at noon.
Both Rob and Ruth enjoy
outdoor activities, bicycling
and swimming. Rob says he
really enjoys camping, back
packing and fishing. Ruth is a
collector of spoons and of
demitasse cups. She also
enjoys knitting and sewing.
They both feel Heppner is a
very friendly community.
"Everybody here says 'Hi'
which is so different from
Portland." Both Rob and Ruth
love traveling and look for
ward to. being able to see
more of the world in the
future.