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BESSIE WETZEL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 87403 VOL. 191 NO. S7 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IS. im New members added to Heppner Planning Commission Tom Reihl New member! were added and a new chairman chosen at a meeting of the Heppner City Planning Commission Mon day night. Joining the commission as new members were: Jerry Hollomon and Tom Reihl. both Hunters' Safety Course to be held next week A Hunters' Safety Course will be offered next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Morrow County Court house in Heppner. The classes will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. each evening. Youth between the ages of 10 and 18 who want to hunt are required to take the course School district meet Monday The Morrow County School District Board is expected to adopt a budget calendar at the board's September 19 meet ing, according to a district office spokesperson. The meeting will be held at Hep pner Hgh School beginning at 8 pm. Also on the agenda is a review of a recommendation regarding the carrier of the district's health Insurance Volleyball returns By ASHLEY CONKLIN After a year of no high school girls' sports, lone re turns to the scene with volley vail. The Cardinals have a new head coach this year, Jocelyn Jones. Jones pre viously had coached at Culver High School. The Cardinals will be very Inexperienced this year with one junior, one sophomore, and six freshmen. Paula An derson, a junior played as a freshman. Michelle Beeson is the lone sophomore. They are joined by Maryann Alvarado, Deena Hams, Kim McCabe, Patty McEIligott, Candi Rudi sill and Sandi Wright. These spikers will be tested on Sep tember 16 at North Powder. Even though lone is inex perienced, starting with the basics and working hard in practice will overcome lack of experience in games, Jones said. 'We are looking forward to getting a good effort from everyone. If we have this and the inexperience doesn't get to Larry Bowman David Alktott Jerry Hollomon Heppner businessmen, and David Allstott, a local building contractor. Larry Bowman, an em ployee with the Forest Ser vice, was elected chairman. He replaces Dick Bigelow who resigned from the planning and carry a Hunters' Safety Card Those who plan to take the classes need to sign up at the sheriff's office at the court house before the course begins. The Morrow County Search and Rescue Posse is sponsor ing the course. board to program, and considering a report from a steering com mittee for selection of a dis trict superintendent. The committee is to have a calen dar of activities to present to the board, the spokesperson said. The board is also scheduled to review the district's hiring procedure and its conflict of interest policy. us. we will do fine. The inex perience thing is mental and we can't let it affect us. We will be very goal-oriented this Social Security rep's visits to be terminated Due to budget restrictions the social security represen tative's monthly visit at the Heppner Neighborhood Center will be terminated after the Appreciation potluck to be held Sept. 25 An appreciation potluck dinner will be held on Sunday, Sept. 25 for all fair and rodeo volunteers, for all the live stock buyers and all suppor ters of the fair and rodeo. The dinner which will include barbecued lamb by Lee Anso tegui, will begin at 3 p.m. at the fairgrounds. Coffee and punch will be provided. Prior to the dinner, tryouts for the TSae Heppimer Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper g PAGES commission. The commission conducted no business at the meeting; however, relations with the county planning commission were discussed. "There are problems now between the city and county," stressed city Attorney Bill Lions to sponsor benefit golf tournament September 18 The Heppner Lions annual golf tournament will be held Sunday. Sept. 18. at Willow Creek Country Club. Play will begin at 8:30 a m. following registration at 8 a m. The tournament is a benefit for the Lions Heppner Swim ming Pool solar heating project and the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Founda tion. Charge for the tournament is $10 which covers coffee and doughnuts, lunch, play, prizes and a donation to the benefit activities. Golfers will play in three flights determined by a quali fying round of nine holes. There will be place prizes in each flight and special event prizes. Heppner golfers can sign up in the golf course club house. Out of town golfers should to IHS season and if we can accom plish these goals, we will be very successful," remarked Jones. October 14 visit. Anyone having any ques tions about Social Security may call 1-800-452 1654 toll free. 1984 Morrow Co. Fair and Rodeo Court will be held at 1 p.m. Also scheduled are movies that were taken in the 1940s and '50s which include Mor row County rodeos featuring local cowboys. For more information, con tact Ruby Munkers, fair secretary, 676-9474 or 676-5028, or Bill Broderick at 422-7524. c,ii 25 City Kuhn in reference to planning procedures. He suggested a review of the city's urban growth boundaries, and the way in which the city and county are managing the area. contact tournament chair man. John Edmundson, at 676-5177 or 9119 -8202. Over 50 men participated in last year's very successful tournament, Edmundson said, A.A.U.W. to kick off season with international dinner The Heppner-Ione Branch of the American Association of University Women will be kicking off the 1983-84 year with an international pot luck dinner on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 6:30 p.m., at Laura Brode rick's home in lone. Members are asked to bring an international dish of their choice. Guests are asked not to bring anything, said an A.A.U.W. spokesperson. Adult High School Program to begin September 19 The Adult High School Pro gram, sponsored by Blue Mountain Community College willl begin its fall term Mon day, September 19 at the Heppner Neighborhood Cen ter, announced Joy Krein, instructor. The program is available to adults interested in achieving a high school diploma or a G.E.D. (General Educational Development) equivalency. Two classes are available for instruction. One class will jlvu HEPPNER, OREGON Census Bureau to conduct local survey Local representatives of the Bureau of the Census will conducting a survey in Mor row County during the week of September 19-24. 1983. to de termine the extend people have been immunized against selected diseases, Leo C. S hilling, director of the bureau's regional office in Seattle. Wash, announced. The survey is conducted Cards begin quest By ASHLEY CONKLIN The lone Cardinal football team starts its quest for the Big Sky conference cham pionship as they take on the Powder Valley Badgers on Friday. Sept. 16 in the North Powder at 2 p.m. lone, how ever, doesn't start their Big Sky season until Friday, Sept. 30. when they tackle the Con 1 don Blue Devils at home at which is open to anyone who is interested in participating. Players need not be Lions Club or Willow Creek Country Club members. Carpools will be leaving from the Heppner Library at 6 p.m. for those needing trans portation or directions. Some topics that are cur rently scheduled for the year include Child Find, Women in Politics and Rajneeshpuram, the spokesperson said. For more information about the meeting, or A.A.U.W. in general, call Mary Ann Cerul lo at 676-9635. meet Mondays from 1 to 4 p.m.; the other will meet on Wednesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. All classes will be held at the Neighborhood Center. English instruction will be provided for adults who have a limited background of the English language. Additional ly, the opportunity to improve math, spelling or reading skills will be available to any cont.p.4 D Weather by the City of throughout the U.S. every year to provide information on immunization against mea slea. influenza, polio, dipthe ria. whooping cough, tetanus, rubella and mumps needed for administration of health pro grams geared to disease pre vention. These health ques tions are in addition to the usual ones asked in the monthly survey on employ 7:30 p.m. lone has a new coach this year, Ron Mack. Mack led the junior high team last year to a 4-2 record. He takes over for Gordon Meyers, who in 22 years, won three state titles. Seniors Craig Hams and Howard Leavitt return giving lone perhaps the best back field ia Big Sky. Two concerns for the Cards are the inexperiences at quar terback and the line. Denny Starr, a two-year starter, is gone, putting new comer Randy McCabe as the probable starter at Q.B. with Mark Meyers as his backup. Darrin Padberg, who played center last year, is the only player returning to the offen sive line. Seniors Steve Mill- New school psychologist introduced to County Court By MARY ANN CERl'LLO Morrow County Mental Health Director, Dr. Terry Templeman, introduced Debra Mcintosh to Morrow County Court last Wednesday as the new psychologist for the Morrow Co. school district (See related story). According to Templeman, Mcintosh began work during the last week of August after she and her husband moved here from Fullerton. Calif. The court moved to transfer funds out of Mcintosh & unex Enrollment figures virtually unchanged from last fall Fall enrollment figures in Morrow County schools are virtually unchanged from last year at this time, reports the Morrow County School Dis trict office in Lexington. This year, county-wide, a total of 1,707 students registered, New agent join8 Extension - aV Y- r -"A ' JT' Stephen Campbell High Low Preclp Tues.. Sept. 6 73 44 Wed.. Sept. 7 79 48 Thurs.. Sept. 8 71 44 Fri.. Sept. 9 66 44 .01 Sat.. Sept. 10 69 44 Sun.. Sept. 11 68 48 Mon., Sept. 12 73 43 Hcppncr ment and unemployment con ducted nationwide by the bureau for the U.S. Depart ment of Laborl. Results of the monthly em ployment survey provide data on conditions in the labor force, prime indicators of the economic health of the coun try. For example, in July the survey indicated that of the 111.9 million men and women for championship man. Scott Barnett and Mike Douglas, juniors Don Doherty, Paul Zinter, Jeff Ball and Mark Meyers and sophomore Rod Taylor will see playing time on the line. Millman started as a sophomore. Defensively the Cards are led by Hams, an all-star end a year ago. and defensive backs Leavitt and Mark Meyers. However, Hams may switch to linebacker. Mack also expects big things from Doherty and McCabe. . Ione's two toughest oppon ents are supposed to be Echo ' and Arlington. Echo is a state quarter-finalist from last year and some think the Cougars will win the state title this year. The Honkers are two time Big Sky champs; they pended salary for the month of August to cover her moving expenses. The court also deci ded to draw up a regular policy on payment of moving expenses in case a similar situation occurs again. In other business, Morrow County Court: approved the receipt of $1,455 in state grant-in-aide funds and awarded it to the Boardman Park and Recrea tion District for a new sprink ler system. held a public on impro- compared to 1,714 last fall. Sam Boardman Elementary shows a decrease of 14 stu dents, lone Elementary School's enrollment is down by 10, Heppner Elementary is up by six, Columbia Junior High increased by 11 students, lone Junior High gained two, Stephen Campbell has joined the Morrow County Extension Service staff as a new youth 4-H, livestock and range agent. Campbell, 36, replaces John Nor'dheim, who transferred to John Day sev eral months ago. He will be working with 4-H programs, the 4-H Advisory Council and livestock growers. Campbell grew up in Grant County and attended schools in Mt. Vernon. In 1981 he graduated from Brigham in the civilian labor force, 101.3 million were employed. The nation's unemployment rate was 9.5 percent, a drop of one-half percent from the June rate. Shilling explained. Personal information sup plied in the survey is kept strictly confidential by law and results are used only to compile statistical totals, he said. won the state championship two years ago and were state semi-finalists last year. The Cards have both of those games at home, though. Other members of this year's staff include junior Eric Cook, sophomore Brian Douglas and freshmen Ashley Conklin, Kierin Doherty, Chris Rea and Mike Rietmann, giv ing lone the largest turnout in the Big Sky. Del La Rue is again the assistant coach. Coach Mack had these comments on the team: "We have the people that have the potential to fill the spots left due to graduation. Our key to success depends on how quick ly these people step in and pick up the slack." improving eight streets before relinquishing them to the city of Irrigon. No action was taken and the meeting re cessed until Wednesday, Sept. 14. at 9 a.m. conducted interviews for a Morrow County Aviation Consultant for the Lexington Airport. approved a packaged liquor license application for George Kenney of Irrigon. approved the minutes as corrected for the August 24 and 26 court meetings. Heppner Junior High is up by seven, Riverside High School decreased by 26 students, lone High School is only down one and Heppner High School's enrollment is down by six students. staff Young University with a B.S. . in Animal Science. From there, he transferred to Okla homa State University where he graduated iu July with a M.S. in Range Animal Nutri tion. "I'm really pleased to get back to Oregqnjt's really an ideal location for met'! h said. Campbell and his wife, Shir ley, and children Eric, five, and Kimberly, two, are living in Heppner.
