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VOL. 102 NO. 7 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY U, 1184
Heppner
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.