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Weather
by the City of Heppner
High Low Prec.
Tues.,May29 88 50 .01
Wed., May 30 61 35
Thurs.,May31 62 36
Fri.,Junel 69 49
Sat., June 2 66 42
Sun., June 3 70 47 .43
Mon.,June4 59 43 ,33
The total precipitation for May was 1.16
inches. Normal is 1.26 inches.
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lone Iljh School graduated seven si-niors at commence
ment ceremonies last Thursitay, Mny 31, l'J84. Pictured from
Heppner High School graduated
45 seniors at commencement
services Friday, June 1.
left: Howard Leavitt, Mike Douglas, DarrinPadberg, Steve
Millman, Scott Parnett, Andy Hobcrts, and Craig Hams.
Begin planning for July 7
Saturday Market .
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Carllena Katlibun and Kovin Kenison
Michele Saling and Dean Rill
Booth space is available for
the "Saturday Market" which
Heppner merchants are plan
ning for Saturday, July 7.
Anyone needing booth space
should contact Linda Hutchin
son, 676-90(11 to arrange for
space on Main Street during
the market.
Merchants have planned to
have their regular sidewalk
sale bargains on this day, but
want to encourage the whole
community to participate.
Main street will be blocked
during the day and many
people from Lexington and
lone as well as Heppner will
be invited to exhibit their work
and sell merchandise. Com
mittee members will be con
tacting area organizations to
Plan for VBS
next week
Vacation Bible School offer
ed. The United Methodist, All
Saints' Episcopal and Hope
Lutheran churches have again
combined to offer the com
munity a Vacation Bible Scho
ol, next week, June 11 through
June 15, from 9 a.m. to noon
daily. The cost is $6 00 per
child, up to $18.00 per family
with three or more children.
The preregistration will be at
8:30 a.m. on Monday, June 11,
at the Methodist Church.
School will close at noon,
Friday, June 15, with a sack
lunch brought from home,
held on the lawn of All Saints.
There is still a need for some
helpers and at least one teach
er. If you would like to help or
if you have any questions,
please contact the Rev. Ed
Watts or Geneva Matthews.
Summer story
hour scheduled
During the summer months,
children's story hour at the
Heppner library will be held
only on the last Thursday of
each month.
The library will remain o
pen from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30
a.m. on Thursdays for the
convenience of the public.
arrange for "carnival -type
booths."
The merchants 'goal's' to
get as many people Involved
as possible in promoting Hep
pner. Merchants will adver
tise the Saturday Market on
KUMA radio and in four sur
rounding area newspapers.
They are also having posters
printed which will be display
ed in Heppner as well as
surrounding communities.
If you read the letters to the
editor column, have coffee in
one of the local coffee shops,
or spend much time around
downtown Heppner, chances
are you have met the Rev.
John Maas of the local Luth
eran Church.
Maas will be leaving soon to
go to the Prinville Lutheran
Church. He visited recently
about his six and one-half
years in Heppner, what it has
meant to him, and about his
own particular brand of ministry-While
many people shy a-
way from controversy, choos
ing to remain silent on com
munity issues, Maas is just the,
opposite, usually jumping feet
first into an issue to express
his views, and point out injust
ice where he sees it. J
"I like to take sides on an
issue," he says flatly. "My'
family has alwaysteen debat
ors. We would sit around the
dinner table and tear an issue
apart. We could argue, but it
didn't mean we didn't love
each other."
He sees a town, a commun
ity in the same way. "It
comes down to family. If we
don't work together and talk
things over; we become isolat
ed and scared of each other,
and that's not good."
His willingness to speak out
has not always been smooth
sailing; however, and Maas
says, with a hint of a smile,
"My wife Judy cringes when
she sees me pick up a pen
sometimes "
On a personal level the
people of this area will re
member him for his friendly
smile and pleasant words to
those he meets on the street
and at clubs and meetings.
"These two congregations
(Heppner and Valby Church
es) have made me incredibly
secure because of their sup
port and caring. With that
kind of base to operate from it
has allowed me to take some
risks and to take some shots."
Those shots also include the
emotional hazards of being a
minister. "It's not easy to
watch someone die," he says.
) . "It's hard to visit someone
who is sick. It's hard to
understand the old, because
I've always been healthy. It's
hard to deal with problems in
t marriage, drinking, abuse.
But those things are really the
core of what Jesus is called to
share; that no matter what the
F- conditions you deserve to be
. .loved."
A He says one of the things
5 which Convinces him God is
there, is that he can go into
these situations and not be
destroyed by them.
An accessible minister,
Maas says meeting people is a
fundamental premise of his
ministry. "I didn't start at the
beginning and say 'I'm going
to be downtown a lot,' but the
congregation, in its way, said
that's O.K. I do much better
when I'm out meeting people.
If I sit in the office I get stale."
The son of an aircraft work
er, Maas was born in New
York and grew up in southern
California, where the family
moved a lot. "This is the
longest I've ever stayed in one
place," he says.
Before entering the minis
try, Maas served in the Air
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Force, built airplanes and
worked for the phone com
pany. It was a radical religious
experience that brought him
to the ministry, and though he
hesitates to call it a rebirth, it
was strong enough that he
"could not say no." "I was
glad I had that experience,
and 1 was glad it happened
because Lutherans are seen as
kind of intellectual and hide
bound concerning doctrine. It
was a conversion experience.
It was dramatic and abrupt."
Heppner and Valby were his
first churches and Maas says
he and his wife Judy, who
teaches school, have felt "in
credible affection and accept
ance." "My six and one-half years
here has strongly impressed
me with being with people,
going through events and
sharing the good and the bad.
That's my validity as a minis
ter, being part of people's
lives."
Port of Morrow celebrates 1-84 interchange opening
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The new interchange will
eliminate the need to drive
chip loaded trucks through
Boardman city streets and
over the narrow bridge cross
ing the Union Pacific Railroad
tracks at the north end on
Main St.
Other county officials brav
ing 30 m.p.h. gusts to observe
the opening ceremony were
Morrow County Commission
er Irv Rauch and County
Planner Deane Seeger. From
Boardman were County Plan
ning Commision Chairman
Gene Trumbull, Mayor Jerry
Peck, City Administrator
Larry Dalrymple, Council
members Ron Black, Dewey
West and Bill Sharkey and
also Port Commissioner Pat
Flug.
"Our goal has always been
to get traffic off the freeway
and into the Port of Morrow",
said Carlson in a dedication
address which followed at the
Dodge City Inn.
Two hundred and fifty
trucks per day will now be
using Port Industrial Park
roads rather than driving
through Boardman, Carlson
estimated. He also mentioned
the new general cargo docking
facility under construction at
the port. Port of Morrow
hopes to corner the market for
containerized cargo now being
shipped by rail or truck.
The dock with its planned 33
ton kone crane will be "the
best we can afford" said Carl
son. Dock completion is ex
pected in four months.
Carlson praised efforts by
Port Manager Wayne Sch
wandt and the State Depart
ment of Transportation saying
the $1.6 million interchange is
an example of how "things
happen when intergovern
ment agencies cooperate to
get things done."
Louis Carlson, Port of Morrow Commission Chairman
officially opens new Interchange in traditional ribbon
cutting ceremony.
By JUDY MILLER
On a windy Wednesday af
ternoon, May 30, Port of Mor
row Commission Chairman
Louis Carlson of lone snipped
the ribbon officially opening
the new Port-184 interchange
located a mile east of Board
man. Leading the list of state and
local dignatories to witness
the ribbon cutting ceremony
was Representative State Sen
ator Gene Timms from Burns.
Timms was appointed to
serve out the term of Bob
Smith who resigned after be
ing elected to congress in 1982.
Currently Timms serves on
the state interim committee
on Transportation.
Also attending were Harry
Oswald, Oregon State High
way Div. of Pendleton; Mike
Gardener, Interchange Pro
ject Engineer, Hermiston;
and Bob Hector, Regional
Highway Engineer from La
Grande. All were instrument
al in completion of the inter
change project.
Joining the celebration were
Kinzua Corp. President Harry
Kennison, Kinzua operates the
Longview Fiber wood chip
plant located at the port.
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Gathering at interchange dedication celebration are (from left) Port of Morrow Commission
Chairman Louis Carlson, Senator Eugene Timms Port Manager Wayne Schwandt and Boardman
City Administrator Larry Dalrymple.
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