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Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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VOL. 102 NO. 2S. THURSDAY, JUNE 21. 1984
8 PACES
Weather
by the City of Heppner
Tues., June 12 70 48
Wed., June 13 71 49
Thurs., June 14 81 51
Fri., June 15 78 42
Sat., June 16 72 40
Sun., June 17 79 43
Mon., June 18 78 43
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Heppner girl wins state essay competition gch()ol digtrict to leyy legs tax than planned
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Noella Rill, daughter of San
dra and William Rill of Hep
pner, received ward recently
thai her essay, "Food: Amer
ica'! Growth Industry" re
ceived first prize at the state
level of competition for her
age group. The contest is
sponsored by the U S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Lexington slates events for
centennial celebration
Lexington City Council met
Tuesday, June 12 for a regular
meeting, according to city
recorder Linda Jones. July 28
was selected for their city's
observance of the Morrow
County Centennial. Plans for
the day include a chicken
dinner sponsored by the Re
bekah lodge early in the after
noon. Two blocks of "C"
street are expected to be
blocked off for children's
games, a flea market binge, a
dunk tank, and a steet dance
later in the evening. Also
during the day, 10 balloons
provided by the county will be
released with a prize awarded
Flood waters invade
Hardman home
to the person who returns a
balloon from farthest away.
The council appointed a
committee of Shirley McCarl,
Ray Papineau, and Linda
Jones to oversee and co-ordinate
the event.
In other business, the coun
cil: -accepted the resignation of
mayor Ed Baker and appoint
ed John Ripple as mayor until
the November election.
-held a public hearing on the
1984 85 budget and passed a
resolution to adopt the budget,
levy taxes and make appropriations.
Last Wednesday, June 13,
about 3 p m., it started to rain
at Hardman. It rained about
half an ho,.r then it began to
hail and rain some more. By
this time, water was running
quite high along the highway
and as more rain came, the
Huston and Marie Lesley
home flooded for the fourth
time in recent years (one in
1979, in 191(0 and again in
February and in July of 1981.
Lesley descnbes last Wed
nesday's rain as "the worst
jstorni wo've had for a long
lime," The Lesley home sits
next to the highway and the
other buildings in Hardman
are on higher ground so are
not eifec'ed by the high wat
ers. After the floods three
years ago, a second culvert
was installed along the road to
help carry the water away,
"but it still doesn't do the
Job," Lesley continues. He
estimates the water was about
five feet deep at its deepest
place, but only about three t
four Tnchescane into me
house.
Mrs. Lesley says that the
water was in the house about
two hours before it subsided
enough that they were able to
get in to clean up the mud. A
dozen or so neighbors came to
help. They brought brooms,
shovels, and two commercial
vacuum cleaners. Most ot the
neighbors had helped them
before, "so they knew what to
do and just went to work. If
not for their help, we'd never
have got it done," she con
cluded. The mud is beginning to dry
up outside, but when the next
rain comes.
Campfire
slates Day
Camp
Campfire Day Camp will be
held July 23, 24, and 25, 1984
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
Morrow County Fair Grounds.
Registration fee is $9 per
member. Non-members may
attend with an additional cost
of $4 for insurance. Contact
Irene Plocharsky by June 25 to
register for the camp.
She has competed her soph
omore year at Heppner High
School, is in her seventh year
of 4-H and "has made some
big contributions to the Mor
row County 411 program"
says Morrow County Exten
sion agent Steve Campbell.
Rill, excited about winning,
says she wrote her winning
essay in March and "rewrote
it about 15 times," before
submitting it for local compe
tition. After she won first
place for Morrow County, her
essay was forwarded to Cor
vallis for statewide competi
tion. Campbell received a
letter from the Oregon State
Extension Service announcing
her selection as first place
w inner and called her w ith the
news. Rill has received a
certificate and medal from the
state competition.
Her essay has now been
forwarded to Washington D C.
for national contest consider
ation. If Rill's essay wins on
the national level, she will
receive an expense-paid trip
for herself and an escort to
Washington D C. where she
will receive a 200 savings
bond and a trophy from Secre
tary of Agriculture Block dur
ing the National Food and
Fitness Fair. August 16-18.
Rill, has lived all of her life
on the family's farm; has two
brothers. Dean, 17, and Cory,
11. and two sisters, Jennifer,
13, and Madera, nine; and she
says she likes working out
side. Meeting to air
zoning problems
Morrow County Judge Don
McElligott has scheduled an
open meeting June 26, 8 p.m.
at the School District Building
in Lexington at the request of
the planning commission. The
purpose of the meeting is "to
clear the air on enforcement
problems involving violations
of the county's zoning and
subdivision ordinances," said
McElligott.
The meeting agenda includ
es information provided by
Judge McElligott on zoning
and subdivision ordinances;
enforcement procedures ex
plained by District Attorney,
Rick McNerney; an explana
tion of the Sheriff Depart
ment's role by Sheriff Roy
Drago; and examples of enfor
cement needs explained by the
planning and building depart
ment. 25 year reunion
set at Lexington
school
The 1959 graduating class of
Lexington High School will be
holding their 25-year reunion
Sunday, July 15 at the school
grounds in Lexington with a
no-host potluck picnic.
Since the class of '59 was the
last class to graduate from
Lexington High School, they
also have extended an invita
tion to those people who were
not graduating, but were also
attending Lexington high
school at that time.
Because of increases In sta
te aid, and better tax collec
tions, the Morrow County
School District will levy $234,
278 less in taxes next year than
had been anticipated, school
Superintendent Matt Doherty
told the board of directors,
Monday night.
Doherty said basic school
support from the state was
higher than anticipated, and
collections of prior years was
good, allowing the district to
lower the amount of taxes
for the 1984-85 school year.
In other good financial
news, Doherty, who attended
his final school board meeting
Monday, said that because of
lower health insurance, elect
ricity and fuel costs, the dis
trict will have a carryover of
about $2Wi,ooO in the current
year's budget. (The district's
fiscal year ends June 30.)
The carryover was anticip
ated, and is included in the
coming year's budget.
Doherty attended his last
meeting as the Superintendent
of Morrow County Schools, a
position he has held for the
past 10 years.
J Doyle McCaslin from the
Glide school district has been
hired by Morrow County and
will take over as superinten
dent in July.
McCaslin has been in the
county looking for a home, and
is expected to be back next
week, Doherty said.
In other business.the board :
-heard that a judge had
ruled in favor of the school
district concerning a court
case ovr ownership of land
adjacent to Columbia Junior
High in Irrigon. The district
and Ken Evans, of Oregon
Land and Water Inc. of Irri
gon, had gone to court to
determine ownership. The
district had been using the
disputed property for parking.
The district's lawyer, Bill
Kuhn, told the board Evans
had appealed the decision, but
Kuhn anticipated the appeals
court would rule in favor of the
district.
-learned that the district will
pay $2,000 as part of a sewer
Save your fairbook
Included in this week's issue of the paper is the 1984
Morrow County Fair i Rodeo Premium Book. Keep this
special section for reference to all information about the fair
and rodeo.
Extra copies of the premium book are available at Morrow
County Extension office in Heppner, The Enterprise
newspaper office in Boardman, and The Heppner Gazette
Times newspaper office in Heppner.
A special thanks to all who contributed information for the
book, and to the many advertisers who made its publication
possible.
line project at the county fair
grounds. The district will help
pay for the new line, as it
benefits the bus shop located
next to the grounds.
-saw a demonstration of an
alarm system by Jimmy L.
Wilhelm. No action was taken
on the alarm system.
-voted to accept the resig
nations of teachers Jim Har
per, Riverside, Judy Maas,
Heppner, and Terry Erlebach,
Columbia.
-voted to give extra duty
assignments to the following
teachers:
Riverside High School
Football - Stan Scott, head
coach; Larry French, assist
ant coach.
Volleyball - Theresa Ruud,
head coach; Donna Barton,
assistant coach.
Basketball - Larry French,
head coach;. Mike Wetherell
and Kevan Pratt, assistant
coaches; Dirk Dirkson, head
coach; Donna Barton, assist
ant coach.
Tennis - Maureen McElli
gott, head coach.
Golf Mike Wetherell, head
coach.
Baseball - Kevin Pratt, head
coach.
Track Larry French, head
coach; Donna Barton, assist
ant coach.
Athletic Director - Larry
French.
Cheerleader Advisors - Sha
ron Barrick and Cynde Bur-ford.
Heppner High School
Football - Head Coach.Craig
Kitching; Asst. Coach, Les
Payne and Tim Birkby.
Volleyball - Head Coach,
Barbara Stefani; J.V. Coach,
Karen Howe.
Basketball - Boys Head Coach,
Brent Eggers; Girls Head
Coach, Mike Royer.
Track Head Coach, Dale
Conklin.
Baseball - Head Coach,
Mike Royer.
Golf - Head Coach, Duane
Neiffer.
Cheerleaders' advisor - Val-
ery Volesky.
Dance Team - Pat Clausen.
Academically Talented -Larry
Cerullo.
Athletic Dir. - Dale Conklin.
lone Schools
High School: Head" Football
Coach. Ron Mack;
Assistant Football Coacn,
Del La Rue;
Head Volleyball Coach, Joe
elyn Jones;
Head Basketball Coach
(Boys), Del La Rue;
Assistant Basketball Coach
(Boys), Dave Sime;
Head Basketball Coach (Gir
ls), Jocelyn Jones:
Head Track Coach, Del La
Rue; Athletic Director, Del La
Rue; Annual Advisor, Peter
Lonway-Vince; and
Music (Pep Band), Dave
Sime.
Junior High:
Football, Mark Jones;
Volleyball Coach, Barbara
Collins;
Basketball Coach (Boys),
Mark Jones; and
Track Coach, Ron Mack.
"" Academically Talented Co
ordinator, Marlene Davison;
and High School Cheerleader
Advisor, Melinda West.
Summer intern pastor arrives at I.U.C.C.
Rodeo Court keeps busy
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The Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo Court won the
"Best Court" award in the
Spray Rodeo parade May 26
announced a spokesperson for
the court. The following day,
May 27, they made an official
appearance at the Doherty
sponsored Pioneer Picnic at
the Morrow County fairgro
unds pavilion.
June 9, the court added a
second place ribbon achieved
at the Umatilla Landing Days
parade. Later the evening of
June 9, they attended the Sage
Riders Rodeo. They competed
in a special royalty event,
which required chasing calves
and trying to remove handker
chieves from their necks. The
Morrow County court placed
third.
A spokesperson for the court
says that so far members of
the court describe their exper
ience as "Terrific, a lot of
fun."
T'
Barry Cammer
First year seminary student
Barry Cramer arrived Wed
nesday, June 13 to begin tea-
Soroptimists award two scholarships
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the local winners is eligible to
compete for regional match
ing funds. AH entries were
judged by the Youth Fellow
ship Committee of the Soroptimists.
cher training for Vacation
Church School at the lone
United Church of Christ.
Cammer is enrolled in a
four-year program at Pacific
School of Religion at Berkel
ey, California, after the com
pletion of which, he well have
earned a M.A. in Divinity and
in Pastoral Counciling. Just
prior to entering the ministry,
he spent six years as a volun
teer and three years as a
professional director at a YM
CA where his duties included
adult education, and teen pro
grams. Cammer's mother is retired
and living in Santa Barbara,
California, where she crochets
and sells hats. His father who
died 12 years ago was
self-employed in the air
freight business. He has a
twin sister living in Alabama
who was a missionary of the
church for several years with
a Christian radio station in
Brazil, and two brothers, one
in Virginia, the other is Santa
Barbara.
After supervising this
week's Vacation Church
School at lone, he will travel to
Condon where he will perform
Dance to honor
Princess Stroeber
Kristine Fishburn Ann Quigley
The Heppner Soroptimists
have announced two winners
for their annually awarded
scholarships. LeAnn Quigley
was chosen from among three
entries for the $200 vo-tech
award and Kristine Fishburn
was chosen from among six
entries for the $200 academic
award.
Funds for the scholarships
are earned by the local club's
fund raising events. Each of
Rodeo board dance director
Don Christensen reports that
plans are complete for the
second dance in the series of
rodeo dances. This dance, in
honor of Princess Shelley Stro
eber who celebrates her birth
day on the same day, will be
Saturday, June 23rd from 9
p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Morrow
County Fair Pavilion. All
ages are welcome to attend at
a cost of $3 per person. The
band "Jade", from Pendleton,
will be providing the music.
"Jade" has been a popular
rock n' roll band in the area
for several years. It promises
to be a fun night for everyone.
Coming on Saturday, July
6, wiii be Princess Bridgett
Greenups' dance. Later in
August, on rodeo weekend
Friday and Saturday, July 17
and 18, will be two nights of
music and dancing. Put these
dates on your calendar and
plan to be
Christensen.
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the same duties for the next
week. Then, while the Rev.
Art Buck, is on vacation,
Cammer will "assume all pas
toral duties" there with the
Rev. Cathy Barker of lone as
supervisor. Following the
Rev. Buck's return from vaca
tion, Cammer will return to
lone to assume duties there
with the Rev. Buck as his
supervisor while the Rev. Bar
ker is on vacation.
This is the third year that
the Condon and lone churches
have cooperated in hiring a
summer intern pastor says the
Rev. Barker. The program
was designed to give seminary
students a chance for a posi
tive experience in a rural
setting.
Cammer says that part of
his goal at seminary is to
understand what the church is
and can be by the time he
graduates, and that to do that
he needed to spend some time
with rural, farming commun
ities and will need to spend
some time learning about ur
ban, inner-city problems.
Where this will lead him at the
end of the three years, he
doesn't know at this time; but
is confident that in three
years, he will know if he is to
be a rural minister or chaplain
or a private counselor.
Cammer says that he likes
working with people and finds
that they are very much alike
in that "similar things make
us happy and sad."
Seventeen years in the land
scaping business at his home
town of Santa Barbara, Calif
ornia, brings him to say that
"Ministry is a substitute for
gardening because every
plant and every person has a
potential, something which
they can be." He sees his role
as a "minister" to help each
person identify what they can
be and to help them achieve
it. If we understand that all
living things are God's crea
tion, we tend to respect each
more," he concluded.