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VOL. 101 NO. 47 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1983
Christmas at Home ' to kickoffthis week
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"Christmas at Home" will
kkkoff this Friday br many
local merchants will bfnin
giving "Krai Money Coupons"
to choppers, and a Christmas
Tr! Lighting (Vremony will
b hld that vpning, ()n
Saturday, the jolly couple
from the North Pole will be
making their annual visit.
The Heal Money Coupons,
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Local basketball players to
play benefit games Friday
Four teams of Heppner City
League Basketball players
will take each other on in two
tx-nefit games this Friday
night. The event will be held at
the Heppner High School gym
and will begin at 7 p.m.
Cost to attend will be a
donation at the door for Doug
and Darwin Ansolegui of Hep
pner. The brothers occupied a
house at 375 W. Linden Way
that was almost totally des
troyed in a November II fire.
The fundraising event is
being coordinated by Sharron
Harrison of Lexington and
Helen Kiohl. Heppner.
A team headed up by Don
ftt and Jeff Orr will meet
Gar Aviation, and John Kil
kenny's team will meet Greg
Johnston's Each game will
last about one hour.
If IIS cheerleaders Missy
Turner, Lana and Dana Heid,
Shelley Stroeber and Tammy
Hays, along with students
Stephanie Payne and Pam Orr
will root for one team each
game, and "retired" cheer
leaders Joyce Hughes, Barb
Watkins, Janice Huddleston,
Kelly Boyer and Patti Allstott
will cheer on the other teams.
The Heppner High band Is
scheduled to play, and Hon
McDonald will be the announ
cer. Riehl said.
Many local merchants have
donated door prizes which will
be given away at halftime.
Some of the prizes Include an
electric knife, T-shirts, chic
ken dinners, a case of oranges,
a lug wrench, hats, a tea
kettle, 20 lbs. of laundry de
tergent, plus cash awards and
more. By giving a donation at
the door, everyone will be
eligible for the door prize
drawings.
Also during halftime, H11S
choir sludent Wanda Itiley
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decoroiions
lo pul up hanging
worth 50 cents each, will be
given to shopper with each
five dollar purchase at parti
cipating stores. Shoppers can
accumulate the coupons and
use them at other participa
ting businesses.
Carolers will gather around
the city Christmas tree, which
was donated by Stan Powell
Logging of Dayville. at 4 p.m.
for the lighting ceremony.
plans to sing, and the Heppner
High Dance Team may be on
hand to perform, said Riehl.
Homemade pie along with
coffee and soft drinks will be
sold at the concession stand
during the event.
Hospital board releases info
regarding
The Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital Board has released the
following information con
cerning the resignation of
hospital administrator A.K.
Lucky" Felt:
The Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital Board has asked for, and
has received, the resignation
of Mr. A.K, "Lucky" Felt as
Novmber J.S.C. meeting
shows record attendance
A November 2 meeting of
the Morrow County Juvenile
Services Commission saw a
record number of 20 people in
attendance, reports Pam Min
ster, bookkeeper and secre
tary of the comission.
Deborah Mcintosh, school
psychologist for the Morrow
County School District, was
guest speaker at the meeting.
She explained the various
facets of her job, and offered
suggestions as to how the
commission could better serve
the youth of the county, Min
ster said.
Morrow Co. Judge Don
McElligott, Carolyn Holt of
the County Juvenile Depart
ment, and Bill Shierbon of the
Children's Services Division
discussed new state laws and
how they will affect juveniles.
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Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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Heppner City Police Chief
Dean Oilman will flip the
switch to light the tree. The
Heppner Soroptimist Club will
give out free hot cider. Every
one is invited to attend this
event, which is becoming a
tradition. Choirs from St. Pat
rick's Catholic and United
Methodist churches are to
Anyone wanting to donate
cash or household items to the
Ansoteguis may drop them off
at R & W Drive-In in Heppner,
or call Harrison at 989-8496 for
pickup.
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Felt's resignation
administrator of Pioneer
Memorial Hospital. Mr. Felt's
resignation is retroactive to
November 4.
After serious and painful
consideration of Mr. Felt's
status with the hospital, the
lxard reached the difficult
conclusion that it could no
Several new commission
members were welcomed at
the meeting. Eunice McElli
gott, Connie Sills, Carolyn
Ming and Cindy Doherty have
recently been appointed lo
serve on the commission.
Three students from River
side High, Mark Stevens, Tif
fany Mark and Michelle Coo
ley also attended as student
advisors.
A new director was selected
for the "Student Tutor and
Assistants Program" in
Boardman and Irrigon. Bruce
Russel of Boardman will fill
this position. He holds a Ba
chelor of Science degree and a
current teaching certificate.
He is currently doing substi
tute teaching in Boardman,
Minster said.
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Coupons lo be used during Christmas at Home.
lead the carolers.
On Saturday, from 1 to 3
p m.. Mr. and Mrs. Santa
Claus will make their long
awaited visit at Les Schwab ;
,Tire Center and give out
candy canes. A photographer
will be available to take
photos of children with the
Clauses.
Interim administrator named at PeM.H.
A Portland man. E. Byron
Smith, has been named inte
rim administrator at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital following
the resignation of A.K.
"Lucky" Felt November 4
(see related story).
Smith, 62. is employed by
Brim & Associates, a Portland
company which specializes in
the management of small and
medium-sized hospitals.
Smith, who is on a 30-day
contract with the hospital to
longer communicate properly
with its administrator, and
that it would be in the best
interest of the hospital that the
resignation be requested.
The board has voted to
provide Mr. Felt with two
months' salary as severance
for his resignation. This action
was taken in light of the fact
that the board's decision gave
Mr. Felt no opportunity to
prepare for an orderly transi
tion to alternate employment,
and also in light of the fact
that Mr. Felt's resignation
necessitates his vacating the
house which was provided to
him as part of his compensa
tion by Morrow County.
"The board's action was
made especially difficult in
light of Mr. Felt's exemplary
service to the Pioneer Memo
rial Hospital. During the four
years that Lucky served as
administrator of the hospital,
he was the catalyst for many
of the positive steps that have
been taken at the P.M.H. In
the final analysis, the board
felt that the lines of communi
cation had deteriorated to the
point that it needed to request
Mr. Felt's resignation in spite
of, rather than because of, the
qualities that he brought to his
post," said a board spokesperson.
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Charles Hutchinson will
again sponsor a Merchant's
window decorating contest.
I The displays will be judged by
1 tunior high students later in
the . season.. The , first prize
winner will receive $100 in"
printing, while the second
place winner will receive a $50
gift certificate.
provide administration ser
vices, last worked at Good
Samaritan Hospital in Port-1
land as a vice-president in
charge of corporate affairs.
He had been with Good Sa
maritan for 30 years.
Smith also served as interim
manager at the Quincy. Wash,
hospital for seven weeks.
"I'll be here for 30 days, and
then the board will decide
where they are going to go
from there," Smith said.
Community Service Day
to be held in lone
lone High School students
and faculty members will be
busy working around town on
Wednesday. Dec. 7 during
their annual Community Ser
vice Day. The students and
teachers will be decorating
the community Christmas
tree, splitting and stacking
wood for senior citizens,
New, First Interstate Bank
employee promoted
Dave Hampton
First Intersate Bank has
promoted Dave Hampton to
senior banking officer at the
Heppner branch. He succeeds
Weather
by the City of
School board votes against
sending tax measure to voters
The Morrow County School
Board voted Monday night
against putting a proposed
sales tax measure before the
voters on a March or May,
1984 ballot.
The proposal includes a
sales tax measure and a
spending limitation measure
(both separate measures).
Both must be passed before
either one may take effect.
Another measure included in
the package is a tax rate
freeze.
A majority of the taxing
districts in Oregon must vote
in favor of putting the propo
sal to the voters before, it can
be placed on the ballot.
Locally, the city of Heppner
has already voted not to send
the measure to voters, and the
County Court, city of lone and
town of Lexington, will vote on
the issue later.
The school board was split
on the issue Monday, voting
three to three. A tie vote
automatically defeated the
motion.
Board Chairman Jerry"
McElligott emphasized that
the vote did not mean either
E. Byron Smith
weatherizing seniors' homes
and cleaning up city streets
and lots.
There is no charge for their
services, and anyone with
projects that need to be done,
or anyone knowing of someone
who could use some help, is
asked to contact Charles Starr
at lone High School, 422-7131.
Harley Sager, who was pro
moted to manager.
Hampton has been with
First Interstate Bank for six
years. He entered the bank's
management training pro
gram after graduation from
George Fox College in 1977.
In 1977 he was promoted to
operations officer at the Wil
sonville branch and in 1979
transferred to the Madras
branch. He worked at . the
Madras branch until 1983
when he was assigned to the
Burns branch.
He and his wife, Phyllis, and
children Michael, five, and
twins Jennifer and Janell, age
three will be living in Heppner.
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Wed., Nov. 16 59 41 .03
Thurs.. Nov. 17 56 40
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an endorsement or denuncia
tion of the sales tax by the
school board.
"We feel the citizens of this
state should have a chance to
vote on this, and we should not
take their place." he said.
In other action, the board
voted to include $33,500 in the
1984-85 budget for purchase of
computers in the district.
It is proposed that the dis
trict purchase 17 computers
next year, nine starter units
and eight full units. (Starter
units are comprised of key
board, central processing
unit, video monitor and one
disk drive. Full units have an
additional disk drive, and a
printer.)
Under the proposed pur
chase. A.C. Houghton, Sam
Boardman and Heppner Ele
mentary would receive two
starter units each. lone Ele
mentary. Columbia Junior
High and Heppner Junior High
would get one starter unit
each. Riverside High would
have two. and, Heppner, High,
one full unit.
In addition, all schools
All Saints' to sponsor
Thanksgiving dinner
All Saints' Episcopal
Church in Heppner will again
sponsor a Thanksgiving Day
dinner on Thursday, Nov. 24,
in the parish hall. The dinner,
which is open to the public,
will be served at 1:30 p.m.
"This is for any person or
family that would like to share
Show-To-Go plans grand
opening next weekend
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WEATHERFORD
The Heppner Show-To-Go
showroom and rental and
sales office will open in the
Main and Center Street corner
of the Heppner laundromat
building on December 1, its
owners Pyllis Miller and Bon
nie Christopherson announce.
These ladies are returned
residents who came back to
Heppner this summer from
Grand Junction, Colorado.
Bonnie and Phyllis and Milt
Miller are remembered by
many from the years they
lived on Little Butter Creek in
the home now occupied by
Allen and Gail Hughes. Bonnie
attended Heppner High and
her husband Ron Christopher
son lone High School.
This mother and daughter
knew how popular movie ren
. tals were in Colorado and
Miller (I) and
except the high schools would
purchase one full unit each for
use in the front offices.
The purchases are part of a
long-rajjge plan under which
the district will buy 66 com
puters over the next five
years, at an estimated cost of
$120,000.
In other action, the board:
accepted the resignation
of Tom Busey. a sixth grade
teacher at Sam Boardman
Elementary, effective De
cember 31. The board voted to
hire Teresa Proctor, Board
man, to fill Busey's position
for the remainder of the year.
voted to hire Bruce Rus
sell as assistant basketball
coach at Columbia Jr. High.
Russell has been a substitute
teacher in the district.
agreed to begin accepting
applications for the superin
tendent's position. Closing
date for applications will be
January 25, 1984. The starting
date for the new superinten
dent will be July 21. Present
, .Superintendent,, JtatL Doher
ty, will remain on the job until
that time.
a very special day with others,
and is unable, for various
reasons, to be with loved
ones," said the Rev. Ed Watts,
vicar of the church.
There will be a Eucharist on
Thursday at 12 noon for those
who would like to attend, he
added.
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of Show-To-Go.
because this county has no
movie theater they deter
mined to install an agency
here which will rent or sell
movie-projecting equipment
that is easily attached to home
television sets to provide a
wide selection of the best of
current films from tape pack
ages. They arranged to move
their business into the space
occupied by Bob Harris's Far
Western Real Estate office as
soon as he discontinues using
it. In the mean time they have
been renting their Show-To-Go
equipment out of their home
on Cowins Street.
Phyllis and Bonnie cordially
invite everyone to come to the
grand opening and Open
House of Show-To Go next
Friday and Saturday, Decem
ber 2 and 3, from 10 a.m. to 7
p.m. each day.