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' BESSIE "T2ELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 VOL. 102 NO. 7 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY U, 1184 Heppner is finally 'f:"!. r iU..-' , V. r ! ci Pioneer Memorial Hospital's first baby of 1984 finally made his debut. Kenneth Brian Allen was born at 2:53 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the hospital in Heppner. Hia mother is Melody AJlen of Heppner. ' ''.' .;.....- - ..-.... Heppner's first baby weighed S lba., 12oz. Hia grandparent are Barbara Sim morn of Salem and Dave Simmon of The Dalles. His great-grandparent are Esther McKenny of The Dalles and Susie Dunning of Lebanon. W.C.C.C. to hold annual meeting Feb. 20 An annual meeting of the Willow Creek Country Club membership will be held on Monday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the conference room of Columbia Basin Electric Co operative in Heppner. The agenda of the meeting will be presentation of the annual report for 1983; elec tion of officers for the ensuing year; presentation, discus sion, and voting of the budget for 1984; and, the presentation of the calendar for the coming golf season. The usual presentation of the previous years' awards will be dispensed with, The executive committee felt that due to so many members being out of the area at this time of the year, it would be preferable to have the award Green will not seek another term as mayor Heppner Mayor Cliff Green has announced that he will not seek reflection. Green has been mayor since taking office in January 1981. Prior to his election as mayor, Green served on Hep pner' City Council for four Heppner Elks to hold 87th annual celebration Members of the Heppner Elks Lodge will hold their 87th annual celebration this Satur day. Feb. 18. The event will begin with a ladies tea at 1:30 p.m. and lodge at 2 p.m. A seafood dinner will be served at 6 p.m., followed by a dance at 9 p.m . Two bands will be performing. The Coffv 's first baby of 1984 here ! presentations at the opening of the men's and women's golf seasons, which would make possible the participation of those who are away at this time, said a club spokesper son. It is the hope of the execu tive committee that those members in the area will attend this meeting. This year will necessitate some very important changes and addi tions to the budget due to the tremendous increase in pro perty taxes and the need for building and grounds im provements. There is also a great need to plan for replace ment and-or purchasing of necessary equipment to prop erly care for the course, the spokesperson concluded. and one-half years. "There are some things I want to do in my personal and business life that do not allow enough time to do justice to the position of mayor," Green said. Twins will entertain a crowd upstairs while Bill Nichols will play downstairs. - To wind up the celebration, a breakfast will be served Sunday morning from 8:30 to 11:30. Courtesy Cars will be avail able to take people to and from the lodge. Call 676-9181. TTli3 IHsppDisir Morrow County's 8 PAGES Three Heppner businesses burglarized last weekend Three Heppner businesses were burglarized Sunday night, Feb. 11, reports Hep pner City Police Chief Doug Rathbun. Around $500 was taken from a safe at the Heppner Elks Lodge, as well as an American flag. Rathbun said entry was gained by breaking through Les Schwab Tire Centers holding annual beef promotion Les Schwab Tire Centers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho are celebrating their 20th Annual Free Beef Give Away now through February 28. For the past 20 years the company has been giving away free beef certificates with the purchase of new and retread passenger and pick-up tires. This year a $7.50 certifi cate will be given with the purchase of two new passen ger, pick-up tires, or four Les Schwab passenger or pick-up retreads. A set of four new passenger or pick-up tires qualifies for $15 in free beef. Throughout the Northwest the tire centers will promote free beef on television, radio and in local newspapers as well as local cook-offs and beef demonstrations with the CowBelles at the Les Schwab Tire Centers. (See CowBelle corner in this week's issue). Mr. Schwab stated, "It's our way of beefing up the tire business in February and at the same time supporting our Northwest beef industry. Many of my first customers were farmers and ranchers. In fact, their loyalty over the years helped our growth and our free beef promotion was Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 25 Changes, The Heppner-Morrow Chamber of Commerce has begun laying plans for 1984, with proposals for increased community activities, a mem bership drive and changes in the organization's by-laws. At a meeting Tuesday, Feb. 7, chamber leadership pre sented its new ideas to a full house at '.he Heppner Elks Lodge during a noon luncheon. President Harley Sager said the chamber board of direct ors has been working hard to come up with ideas and changes to revitalize the or ganization and "try to get it back on its feet." Included in the proposals for the coming year are: - possible scholarships for high school and college stu dents, and 4-H summer school scholarships. establishing a business of the month award for busines ses that do remodeling, add new products or new services. - sponsor some type of an nual event to be held in July (such as a soap box derby) with prise to be given. T '-'- sponsor an annual cham ber golf tournament and invite surrounding chambers of commerce. the back door. At Heppner Bowl, the back door was pryed open and an undetermined amount of money from video games was stolen, as well as $20 from the cash register. A back window was broken out at Vern's 76 station and a gun cabinet was pryed open and $142 in cash plus checks and our way of saying thanks. It' been a good deal for all of our customers. We don't raise our prices to cover the cost, it a bonafide savings. Many of our customers wait until Feb ruary to buy their tires just to get the free beef. We gave away $142,125 in free beef last year and we expect that figure to reach $160,000 this year." Les Schwab Tire Centers was started in 1952 by Les Schwab in Prineville. The first store was a dirt floor O.K. Tire Many events planned for St. Patrick's Day Planning for the St. Pat rick's Day celebration in Hep pner is well underway with many event planned for the big day. A parade through town will be held, and anyone wishing to participate is urged to begin preparations now. Other events planned are a ham dinner at the Catholic HEPPNER. OREGON ideas proposed for chamber of - change meeting format to have one week for business, two weeks for programs and one week for individual com mittee meetings. During months with a fifth Tuesday no meeting would be held that week. - establish closer ties with city and other government bodies and work closely with the Heppner Economic Devel opment Corp. Irrigon school board member won't run again Morrow County School Board member Bob Byrd of Irrigon has announced he will not seek re-election to the board in the coming election. ' Byrd first served on the board during the 1981-82 school year. He was first appointed to the position and later ran and was elected. Prior to serving on the board he was a member of the , Irrigon-Boardman Advisory . Committee. Now an insurance ,,'Hgent, byiu is a futKner Mor row County teacher. Stating why he will not run for another term, Byrd cited a change in his employment and credit cards were taken. None of the guns, however, were taken. The chief said the thief or theives were unable to open the cabinet far enough to remove the firearms. The Heppner City Police Department is investigating the case. Shop specializing in retrea ding. Today the company operates the largest retrea ding facility in the nation and services 143 tire centers from its Prineville Distribution Center with a complete supermarket selection of tires, wheels and batteries along with complete align ment, brakes, shocks and ser vice backed with warranties in writing honored at any of its 143 locations. Church, demonstration of sheep dog training, a slide show, KUMA's "Coffee Hour" at the Elks, champagne re ceptions at Farley Motors and Ron McDonald Chevrolet, and a Shillelagh Ball at the Elks Lodge. OTher activities are in the works and will be announced at later date. , ': ?iJ Weather by the City of possibly meet several times during the year in Lex ington and lone to form better relations with those com munities. donate $100 for the St. Patrick's Day celebration in Heppner March 17. Also discussed during the meeting was a new dues sche dule under which different size businesses would pay dif wanting to spend more time with his family. Anyone interested in run ning for Byrd's or any other open position must file with Morrow County Clerk Bar bara Bloodsworth by Feb ruary 16. The election will be held Tuesday, Mar. 27. Monday closures announced Next Monday, President's Day, all county schools, county offices, the post office and local banks will be closed. Salem agency contracts funds for medical services here Northwest Human Services, a private non-profit agency based in Salem, has contrac ted monies to Dr. Clare Koznek in Heppner to access medical services to unem ployed and-or disadvantaged persons. These monies were made available through fede ral legislation known as the Hundreds M.C.G.G. Brittni Padberg, nine months, enjoys a pan cake breakfast during Saturday's Morrow County Grain Growers Customer Appreciation Day. Brittni is the daughter of Wade and Connie Padberg, Lexington. The annual appreciation day drew approxi mately 700 people to a free pancake breakfast and a variety of equipment and farm supply displays at the M.C.G.G. headquarters in Lexington. High Low Preclp. s Tues., Feb. 7 35 29 .02 Wed., Feb. 8 40 30 .20 1" Thurs., Feb. 9 50 30 t Fit, Feb. 10 48 32 .01 Sat., Feb. 11 50 39 .12 Sun., Feb. 12 58 42 .33 Mon., Feb. 13 . 48 29 .n Heppner ferent dues amounts. The amount of the dues would depend, among other things on classification of businesses (retail, service, wholesale, etc.), property value, number of employees and total volume of business. In presenting the proposed changes to the chamber mem bership, Sager said, "We have heard some negative things City council, planning comm. report vacancies Both the Heppner City Coun cil and the Heppner City Plan ning Commission have vacan cies. Council member Joyce Winters and planning com mission member Ron Mc Donald have resigned. Winter's replacement will serve until January 1985, or Campfire kids to Local Campfire kids , will . begin selling Campfire candy door to door in Heppner, Lex ington and lone on Friday, Feb. 17. "Jobs Bill," reports Luz Ba zan Gutierrez. Gutierrez, the project direc tor stated, "These monies were made available through congressional legislation P.L. 98-8 more commonly known as the "Jobs Bill." These monies are to access medical services to unemployed and disadvan enjoy breakfast at Appreciation Day . - j , ,n mm jit, commerce about the chamber in the past, and that they didn't do any thing. We'd like to get this organization moving and make it something that will benefit us all." The chamber meets every Tuesday at noon at the Hep pner Elk Lodge, and every one is invited to attend and participate. may run for election in Nov ember. Planning commission members are appointed. Anyone interested in serv ing either position may con tact Mayor Cliff Green, any council member, or call city hall, 676-9618. begin candy sale Costof the candy is $2.50 oer box. With each box purchased, a coupon for $2.50 off on a Shakey's Pizza is given. The sale ends March 5. taged persons by contracting with physicians, health de partments and-or agencies providing medical care. We provide them the money so that they in turn can provide medical care at minimal or no cost to the patient, one or two times on an outpatient basis." Winners of the door prizes given away were: Jonathan Metz, Heppner, who won a 2 plus 2 toy tractor; Mike Lott, Heppner, won a roll-around tool box with chest ; Jerry Dagget, Heppner, won a pickup tool box; Linda Hutchinson, Lexington, won a kerosene heater; Kym Warren, Heppner, won an oxygen acetelyn welding kit; Ken Palmer, Lexington, a toaster oven; and Charlie Doherty, lone, won a salad bowl.
