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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1983)
"lHrniinrryiriry Around About By Justine Weatlwrford Everyone who ventured out In Oregon or nearby itatei was delighted to have such typically Ideal weather for our natlon'i 207th celebration of It independence. During my weekend traveling, I managed to experience several brief showers up In Central Washington State on Saturday, but found all of Sunday and all of Monday Just great, ' ' This summer I am dedicating considerable time to three of my grandsons, Last week I had the oldest one here, and learned again how much food a six-foot-plus teenager can consume. Wow! Early in August I hope to have a six-year-old and an eight-year-old here together, and I expect that together they will not need the amount of cooking, the gallons of milk and ice cream, etc? that very large Scott went through last week. ' Maybe you have noted that Congress lot serious just before it went home for its July 4th holiday and passed resolutions, designating July IS, next week Wednesday, as National Ice Cream Day. Senator Huddleston, D. Ky., In introducing the commemorative revolution, stated, "Ice cream has been enjoyed by Americans throughout our nation's history. It is said that George Washington enjoyed Ice cream so much that he had Ice-cream-making equipment installed at Mount Vernon. In 1904, at the St. Louis World's Fair, the Ice cream cone was Introduced. Ice cream continues to be a favorite dessert of many Americans. Last year alone, we consumed more than three billion quarts of It." Saturday morning, Ida Farra, my grandson, Scott Haberlach, and I started on our trip to the Yakima Valley. Our first and most exciting stop was at the beautiful, new Chateau Ste. Michelle's River Ridge French Provincial Winery at Patterson, Wash. We three joined a morning tour group that was conducted through the modern, energy-efficient, winery which cost more than $25 million, covers more than nine acres and was built with the profits its parent company, U.S. Tobacco of Connecticut, made on smokeless tobacco. The chateau building is very lovely. I was especially thrilled by the four large French hand-made, all-wool tapestries hanging in its great entrance hall. Although the above-ground rooms are elegant, the real money in the building is underground where the wine making, storing and aging take place. We, along with about eight other viewers, were shown about the plant by a very knowledgeable young woman who encouraged our questions. One of the facts that interested me was that the imported oak corks used in each bottle cost lots more than the bottles themselves. This winery uses oak-bark corks from Spain and Portugal. They also store much of their finished wine in imported oak cooperage. After our educational tour we were taken into the tasting room where we were given tastes of four of the finished products. Because my grandson is only 15, he was given a generous glass of St. Michelle grape juice, as were several other young folks who accompanied their parents. It was so pleasing to eat our in-car picnic lunch very close to the chateau in spot where we had a beautiful view of the Columbia River. Then we drove north on a much improved state highway 221 Into Prosser where we stopped to visit at Phil Blakney 's Drugstore. We heard about the fine progess of the Blakney family members. Their daughter, Susan, and her husband live very close to the chateau we had just visited because he is in charge of the grape acreage for the winery. Just as we parked beside Phil's store the town's fire department went into action, and we could see crowds gathering a few blocks away where a church was on fire, . From Prosser we went north on the Interstate 82 to Sunnyside where we left Ida to visit with her sisters. Scott and I continued to Selah where his parents were waiting at Karla'i home to take him back to the Seattle area. I then had a lovely two-night stay with the Weaver family who showed me so many interesting things in the Yakima vicinity. I particularly enjoyed our Sunday drive through the North Yakima River Cnayon up almost to Ellensburg. We saw groups of vacationer floatiang down the river on rubber boats, rafts and inner tubes. Since this was my third trip around the Yakima Valley this spring, I am beginning to feel very enthusiastic about that area. Last Sunday and Monday, Mt. Adams was so clear and imposing. We also had some glimpses of Mt. Rainier. The whole, huge valley seems to be a most productive area. It is a national center for the culture of hops and of asparagus and has long been famous for its variety of fruits. Now the acres of lovely vineyards are becoming a dominate feature. The Ste. Michelle Vintners, Inc. operate three wineries, one at Woodinville, one at Grandview and this newest one at Paterson. The cellarmanter, John Falcone, at River Ridge states that 12,000 to 14,000 tons of European wine grapes will be crushed there th is fall. "At 180 gallons to the ton this translates to two million, five hundred twenty thousand gallons. "In the lower levels of the chateau there are 192 steel tanks which Include two 80,000 gallon ones and the rest are 3,000, 6,000 and 12,000 gallon tanks, which all together give the Paterson River Ridge Winery a capacity for holding 1.4 million gallons of finished wines. It is Interesting that the top winemaker at the new chateau is Kay Simon, who began work there as assistant enologist In 1978 and moved up to the senior position. She Is a 1976 graduate in fermentation science from the University of California at Davis. Her first job was with Italian Swiss Colony Winery. Many women will be employed at the new winery when processing and bottling begins there. This exciting new agri-business operation is only about one and one-half hour's drive from Heppner. I surely recommend it as an interesting and beautiful place to visit. Ida and I had a very warm, pleasant and rather uneventful trip home on Monday. I left Selah soon after 9 a.m., gathered Ida at Sunnyside about 10 a.m. and drove down the freeway to the Trl-City area before noon. There we walked through the Columbia Center and had our lunch before coming back to Oregon. We stopped at Irrigon to check out a garage sale and to investigate the apricot situation. We got back to Heppner close to 4 p.m. because I had to stop driving several times when I got feeling drowsy. rHE LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN CHURCH Present Bhag wan Shroo Rajnoosh 'Fals o Prophet In the Desort' July 10, 17, & 24 following 11a.m. worship service Why Oregon ? What are their goals & methods? What does Bible prophecy say? How can use be protected from this takeover of our land? Where does the church stand? Senior News Boiler tech departs on USS D ninth Navv Boiler Technician Wil- During the deployment, hi The Heppner (Jazette-Tlmes. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 7, 1 981 THREE A drill team of girls on roller skates from llermlston will perform at the Heppner Senior Mealsite on Wednesday, July 1.1. following the noun meal. About 11 girls ranging from 9 to 18 years old make up the team. Heppner seniors needing a ride to the mealsite should call Mary Nikander, 676 5571, to make arrangements. lone and Iexington resi dents needing a ride to Hep pner on Wednesdays are ask ed to call Dot Halvorsen. 4227141. to make arrange ments. Seniors attending the noon meal at the mealsite are not charged for transportation. Those riding the bus from lone, and who are over 60 and do not attend the meal at the mealsite are charged 75 cents round trip. Cost for commu ters under r0 is $1.50. Ham W, Weatherford III, son of Justine P. Weatherford and the late W.W. Weatherford of Heppner, recently-departed on a deployment to the Western Pacific. He Is a crewmembcr aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Duluth. homeported in Ran Diego. Calif. unit will participate in various training exorcises with other 7th Fleet Units and those of allied nations, Several Far Eastern port visits arc scheduled. Tlie Duluth is 570 feet long, carries a crew of 473 and can accommodate 930 combat equipped troop. "rr" ATTENTION CLASS OF '73 YOUR REUNION PICTURES ARE READY FOR PICK-UP AT THE GAZETTE-TIMES l V Justin FUTEE 1FOMMS Own a computer? Plan on buying ono? Soo Us for All Your Forms STATEMENTS PAYROLL CHECKS CHECKS GENERAL PURPOSE FORMS INVOICES LETTERHEADS STOCK FORMS ENVELOPES Samples to look at. Wo'll match the form to your soft ware. 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