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vol. 102. N0.21 Thursday, may 3i, ism Heppner, Oregon!
Grand
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Central Market owners Mary Jean and Ernie McCabe (left) and Gail and Forrie Burkenbine
stand In newly remodeled store ready for the grand opening starting this Wednesday, May 30.
The remodeling project doubled the size of the store and will allow Central Market to carry
more Items.
"We've expanded in every department and will be offering more items at better prices," said
Forrie Burkenbine.
During the grand opening you can enter to win a 13" RCA color TV, $50 gift certificate, $25 gift
certificate, free bag of groceries or many other great prizes.
Check the 12 page blue and gold Insert, "The Family Grocer," in this week's paper for many
specials on sale at Central Market.
School board
approves $5,000 for drain
The Morrow County School
Board met Monday, May 21 at
Riverside High School In
Boardman. A delegation from
Lea Calvert's fifth grade at
Heppner Elementary school
presented "50 Nifty United
States," a brief summary of a
five-week social studies pro
ject. After considerable discus
sion, the board took action to
allow a one credit increase In
the total number of credits
required for graduation from
Morrow County schools. The
board has adopted the sug
gested one credit increase in
math and one credit Increase
in science, and a one credit
reduction in elective courses.
This changes will effect the
students entering as freshmen
this fall who will be graduat
ing in 1988.
The board also heard a
report on the drain field prob
lem at the lone schools. It had
been hoped to put together a
plan for a drain field which
would benefit the schools as
well as several other residents
who are also experiencing
problems with inadequate
drain fields. The department
of Enviornmental Quality in
formed the board, however,
that such a project would not
be approved. Additional drain
field is a non-budgeted item,
bo the board approved an
amount of up to $5,000 to
correct the drainage problem.
Currently, measurements are
being taken of the flow, to see
how many much drainage
area will be required.
In other business, the
board:
-canvassed the ballots for
tax base election.
-awarded contracts on bids
received for services and sup
plies to:
1) Benz-Air Co. of Portland,
$21,558 for three heat pumps to
be replaced at Heppner High
School;
2) United Pipe and Supply
Co. of Portland, for the mater
Opening at Central
continues to June 5
increases graduation requirements ;
ials needed for a sprinkler
system at three schools, lone,
Irrigon, and Boardman;
3) Russell Oil Co. of Board
man to Suply gasoline to the
district for $1.0125 per gallon
and diescl at $0,885 per gallon;
4) McCall Oil Co. of the
Tri-Cities to supply heating oil
at $31.60 per barrel;
5) Trl-Cltles Fence, of Tri
Cities, $5,228 for fencing mat
erials to be used at two schools
In Irrigon;
6) Heppner Nor-C-as, 57-60
cents per gallon for propane
depending on the distance the
fuel is to be delivered away
from the Heppner Nor-Gas
plant;
7) Benz-Air. $3,800 for ther
mostats and automatic valves
which will keep the tempera
ture regulated in the build
ings; 8) M & R $13.95 sq.yd. for
carpeting to be used at A.C.
Houghton at Irrigon and at the
district office at Lexington;
and
9) Les Schwab of Heppner,
recapped tire bid; Hermiston
Tire Company, of Hermiston,
new tire bid.
hired classified employees
of the district from the lone,
Heppner and Lexington scho
ols who had been reviewed by
the respective advisory bo
ards. Classified employees
from the schools in the north
end of the district will be
Playday
canceled
The Wranglers Summer
Series Playday scheduled for
this Friday, June 1, has been
canceled because of a conflict
with the commencement ser
vice at Heppner High School.
A spokesperson for the Wran
glers says that the next play
day will be Friday, June 8 at
6:30 p.m.
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field
reviewed by their respective
advisory boards and present
ed the the school board for
hiring next month.
- heard the superintendent's
report in which Doherty en
couraged the board to read the
detailed task force on educa
tion report and to make re
commendations to the state
board of education. Doherty
also advised the board that
because of the system used to
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Plan to attend the IUCC Auction
& Barbecue this Sat.
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Tracy Osterlund tries out one of the toys which will be on
sale in the toy section of the Country Store at the lone United
Church of Christ Auction and Barbecue this Saturday, June 2
at the Grange Hall in lone.
noon
Co. Centennial begins with awards to 9
The Morrow County Histor
ical Society is taking the lead
ership celebrating this coun
ty's 100 birthday which comes
next year. Society members
have worked this year on their
first centennial project, the
recognition of century farms.
This project is carried out in
coniunction with the Oregon
Nearly 600 attend Pioneer Picnic
Places were set for 500
persons; however an estimat
ed 600 attended the 31st An
nual Pioneer Memorial Picnic
Sunday, May 27 at the Morrow
County Fair pavilion hosted
this year by the descendants
of Catherine (Grant) Doherty.
After the presentation of the
national colors by the Amer
ican Legion Post No. 87, Cliff
Aldrich read the list of the
county's war dead, Gene Riet
mann blew taps, and Janet
Runnion led the crowd in
Tarnasky elected to CBEC board
Columbia Basin Electric
lAMrd of directors met Thurs
day, May 24 and appointed Ed
figure unemployment Insur
ance, the amount the district
pays will probably increase
and the board may need to
readjust it's budget. He furth
er advised the board that the
1983-84 base teacher salary of
$14,165 did not compare very
favorably across the state and
that at collective bargaining
time, the board may have to
consider adjustments there as
well.
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State Historical Society which
, recognizes century farms
I every five years. Nine county
farms established before 1885
'were honored publicly at the
: Morrow County Pioneer Pic
; nic on May 27.
Jean Nelson, a director of
the county society, explained
: that to qualify for this honor a
singing "God Bless America."
Ben Doherty presented the
j flag of the Republic of Ireland
: and Janet Runnion sang "It's
a Great Day for the Irish";
her mother Jean (Turner)
Runnion was pianist for the
day. Members of the host
family seated at the head
table were asked to rise and
receive recognition.
Pastor John Maas, of Hope
and Valby Lutheran Church
es, offered the invocation be
fore emcee Joe McLaughlin
Tarnasky to fill the position
Created by Norm Rickert's
death. Tarnasky will serve
untU the CBEC annual meet
ing in November when anoth
er member will be elected to
fill the final two years of
Rickert's term. Tarnasky
works in the forestry depart
ment at Kinzua Corp.
The board approved a write
off of $9,000 in bad debts for
the 1933-84 business year
which represents One-fourth of
one percent of the total reven
ues for that period. Fred
Toombs, general manager of
The Rev. Cathy Barker says that committee people and
chairmen are busy working at the Grange hall, preparing for
the event.
Weather
by the City of Heppner
member of the family of the
original owner must have
owned and operated the farm
continuously for 100 years or
more. Nelson and Barton
Clark, another director, con
tacted possible candidates and
determined that nine farms
met all historical society qual
directed guests to fill their
dinner plates from the potluck
tables. After dinner Louis and
Betty Carlson were introduced
as the chairmen for the 1985
picnic which will be hosted by
descendants of Swedish pion
eers Anders S. Carlson and
Sophia Carolina Carlson.
Jean Nelson and Barton
Clark, directors of the county
historical society, presented
plaques to members of the
nine families whose farms
have qualified for century
CBEC says that this is a
considerably low rate of bad
debts since power bills rose
300-400 percent during the
same time period.
A report was also given to
the board on non-firm irriga
tion program which provided
a $20,000 savings to irrigators.
Part of the savings Toombs
adds may have been because
the rainy spring required less
irrigation. Non-firm rates are
special reduced rates which
BPA has begun to encourage
irrigators to use power earlier
in the season when stream
flows are higher.
Tues., May 22
Wed., May 23
Thurs., May 24
Fri., May 25
Sat., May 26
Sun., May 27
Mon., May 28
100-yr. farms
ifications for the award. The
list includes :
1- Orian"Albert" Wright and
his son Dean's upper Rhea
Creek farm was established
by Albert's great-grandfather,
Albert Wright, in 1872.
2- Raymond and Norma
French manage the farm east
of Little butter Creek home-
farm recognition (see related
story).
Traditional picnic prizes
were awarded to the oldest
person present, Marvel Jones,
to the youngest person, a
3-months-old baby from Con
don, and to Mr. and Mrs. Dan
McLaughlin from New York
State who were determined to
have come farther than a
visitor from Hawaii.
The eight rows of dinner
tables were decorated with
Irish flags made by Jerry
Doherty and with an assort
ment of Iris blooms which
were contributed by Dr. W.
Wolff and arranged by mem
bers of the Heppner Garden
Club. Members of the Hep
pner Soropti-r.ist Internation
al were in charge of registra
tion which began at 10:30
a.m., and the Heppner-Mor-row
County Chamber of Com
merce contributed picnic priz
es. Several organizations
loaned furniture and equip
ment and groups of Doherty
family members and volun
teers set up the tables before
the event and returned bor
rowed things afterwards.
Martha J. Doherty and her
aunt Helen (Doherty) Dyer as
Co-chairmen headed the var
ious family committees re
sponsible for this year's very
successful picnic.
ICABO reports many
projects underway
Approximately 25 people
were present at the noon
meeting of the lone Commun
ity and Agri-Business Organ
ization Wednesday, May 23,
reported the organization sec
retary, Tanna Padberg.
A committee reported that
the property and housing in
ventory is expected to be
finished by the June 6 meeting
and will be ready to be posted
at the school, post office and
bank. It is hoped that the
inventory will let people know
what is available for rent, for
sale, and for development in
and around the lone area.
Ruth McCabe of the Morrow
County Historical Society en
couraged the organization to
join other county groups in
preparing for the county cen
tennial which will be celebrat
ed now through February,
1985.
John Brlstow agreed to
draft a letter which would be
sent to Louis Carlson, presi
dent of the Morrow County
Port Commission. The letter
will ask the port's help by
encouraging them to negotiate
with Boeing to allow traffic
across land owned by that
company. Bristow reports
that the Morrow Co. Chamber
of Commerce, and the mayors
of Heppner, lone and Lexing
ton have also been encouraged
to write letters to the Port
Commission.
High Low Prec.
7 40 .50
60 42
61 36
61 46
67 a
72 40
82 41
steaded by Jesse and Matha-.
bel Hamer, Ray's great-great-grandparents,
in 1873.
3- In 1875 the Irishman
Jeremiah Brosnan began
farming on Little Butter
Creek. That farm is now
operated by his grandson
Jerry, great-grandson Eddie
and Eddie's sons.
4- Anson Wright homestead
ed the land on McKinny Creek
in 1881 that is presently farm
ed by Tami (Anderson) and
Mark Rietmann. Tami is the
great-granddaughter of Anson
and the granddaughter of Mil
dred (Mrs. Walter) Wright.
5- In 1882 Paul Rietmann of
Swiss ancestory homesteaded
land northeast of lone present
ly farmed by Wayne and Vera
Lou Rietmann.
6- Bill and Kathryn Healy
are farming land his Irish
grandparents Michael and
Mary (Doherty) Kenny home
steaded in 1883 west of little
Butter Creek.
7- Louis and Betty (Graves)
Carlson, along with their sons,
operate the Anders S. Carlson
farm established in 1883 by
Louis' Swedish grandparents
in the Gooseberry-Valby area.
8- In 1884 John Lindsay
Kincaid homesteaded the
farm now operated by his
great-grandson Lindsay and
wife Diana (Wright) Kincaid
west of lone.
9- Merlyn (Kirk) and Don
Robinson are farming land
which Mifflin Jay Devin, Mer
lyn's grandfather, homestead
ed in 1884 in the Sandhollow
area.
Directors Nelson and Clark
presented the plaques from
the Morrow County Historical
Society to representatives of
the nine century farm fami
lies. They encouraged a rep
resentative from each family
to attend the Oregon State
Historical Society's recogni
tion ceremony next year. .
A committee of 20-25 volun
teers headed by Eric Ander
son reported that plans were
progressing for the cleanup
days slated for June 8-9 at
which time it is hoped to tear
down seme of the older, unus
ed buildings on Main Street.
Dave Barnett has already
begun razing two of the unus
able buildings (See story in
the May 24 issue of the Gazette-Times).
Anderson says
that the property owners of
some of the other buildings
have "agreed in principle" to
allow the organization to tear
the old buildings down, but he
says that signed releases from
them will be obtained before
the actual work begins. Farm
trucks with hoists, a bulldozer,
loaders, and a dump site have
been donated for the project.
Another committee has volun
teered to prepare a lunch for
the volunteer workers.
"Dave Barnett deserves the
credit for starting the idea,"
continues Anderson. It is
hoped that many positive
things will come from the
project, and that it will stimu
late othe residents to improve
their property. The object,
however, is to get more resi
dences in lone. We are
"trying to promote and make
people aware of the liveability
of lone. We are promoting
lone as a bedroom community
(for those who work in the
northern industial area of the
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