The Heppner
Gazette-Times
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F(X)tball seasons starts
for area schools
Hriipner, OrruiHi
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North Morrow Annex Bldg now
have the same number, 676 9061
which will l»e answered dünn# nor
mal business hours by someone at
the County Clerk s office Before H
M arketing seminar set Sept. 25
Tuesday. Sept 1« is the registra
lion deadline for a marketing semin
ar designed for the small business
and service organization which will
be o ffe n d at the Heppner Klks
laidge Tuesday , Sept 25
Registration forms for "T a rget
Hour M arketing" have already been
mailed to most businesses in the
south Morrow County area, but
additional forms are available at the
Heppner Gazette Tim es or from
Nancy Brownfield at Swanson Insur
once in lone
The one day seminar is sponsored
by the Heppner Morrow Chamber of
Com merce and the Blue Mountain
Community College Small Business
Development Center
The workshop s morning session
will tw an introduction to the concept
of marketing including defining a
business s product or service, under
standing the m a rk e tp la c e , and
development of promotional strale
gies
The afternoon session will la*
divided into two workshops one to
explore the basic skills necessary to
develop an effective marketing plan
for a specific business, the other to
work on organizing events to pro
mote the community or business
district
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Co. School Hoard
Courthouse lias new phone number
A new telephone system has been
connected at the Morrow County
Courthouse in Heppner All offices
at the courthouse, the office of the
Department of Public Works in
lx*xington and the offices at the
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Weil . Sept 5
Thürs , Sept 6
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Sat Sept 8
Sun Sept 9
Mon . Sept lu
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a Iti and after S f i n ì , thè number
w ili uutomattcally mie through to
thè county sheriff's office ubere it
vs ili tw answered and forw ardisi
shoiild there I h - someonr at thè office
called
The old numberx for thè v annua
office*. are supposi«) lo trip thè new
numlier .m ord in e to County Clerk
Barbara HI ihk I sw oi th
Ultimigli
there was consideratile difficulty
wilh thè syslem lasl Ernia y hopeful
ly now thè bugs ari' worked out and
il wt11 lie .1 more efficient System for
thè employrea and thè public "
The new 676 9061 number is noi
Ione distarn e from Heppner to cali
me thè county planner or huildme
inspivtor at thè Irrieon annex II is
hopeit also tli.it thè new niimtwr will
eliminate noi eettm e an answer
when (Muple cali ari office, such as
just ice court w tildi is held part of thè
week in Heppner and pari of thè
week at thè Irrieon annex
Hie Morrow County School Hoard
has announced that it will hold its
regular monthly meeting Monday
September 17. 1984 at 8 p m in the
Heppner High School lib ra i)
As the agenda stands now. the
following are items of hoard busi
ness d 1 Kmancial report with an
update on medical dental insurance
prennum costs. *2> I'nfinished bust
ness includes a discussion on con
trad in g for negotiations Ixiord sup
erintendent goals and evaluation,
appointment of a budget com mittee
m em ber, and the lone septic sys
tern and I ’ New business includes
an achievement testing report, re
commended budget calendar . Ilallot
Measure No 2. and kindergarten
enrollment and staffing
Eor further information call Hoyle
McCaslin at the school district office
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Falconers open 1984 season with Heppner hunt
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Heppner football player warm s up before practice last
week
season
Area high schools started the
w ith
games last Friday
M ore
1984
football
sports on
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Over the laibor Day weekend the
Oregon Falconers Association held
its opening hunt of the 1984 season in
the Heppner area A small group of
falconers camped out at the Morrow
County Fairgrounds and spent the
days bunting their falcons and
hawks at the plentyfui chucker.
pheasants and partridge found in the
area said Byron Gardner, president
of the OKA in a news release from
the organization
Some twelve licensed falconers,
about one quarter of the total
number of licensed falconers in
Oregon attended with their birds
ToddSlierer of lone, a local falconer
and m ember of the OKA acted ms
guide and host lor the Meet Todd s
parents Margo and Dick Sherer
served hamburgers for the hunters
Saturday evening after a long day of
chasing the birds
When hunting up land gam e with a
falcon it is necessary to local the
birds either by sight or with a
pointing dog When the falcon is in
position high over the dog. the game
is flushed and if all goes right the
falcon StiMips or dives, hitting the
bird and knocking it down where it
then lands to feed on its kill
The
falconer must gel to the falcon and
pick her up before she eats ehr fill,
reward her then take her up
Taking gam e with a falcon is a very
difficult sport so numbers of head
taken are always small
Kecogmz
mg this fact, the Oregon Kish und
Wildlife Commission allows falcon
ers to hunt for an extended season
I hi I with a reduced bag from that of
gun hunlera This year .September I.
was the start of the falconry season
for upland gam e with waterfowl
(«•ginning on September 29
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run through January 13, 1985
l nlike a shot gun. a falcon must t«*
conditioned by regular flying before
she is capable of hunting anything
Regular fly mg and weeks of training
are required to tiring any bird to the
point where it can catch gam e
Efforts at Heppner brought two
plie.I ants, otic Jiàitllilgc alni ont-
rabbit Not a big success in numbers
of game but m falconry the quality of
a flight is often more important than
just having killed something
"A ll who attended found the area
beautiful, the p«*op|e friendly and the
hunting terrific We hope to return
to Heppner another y e a r." conclud
ed Gardner
R ound-Lp activities continue
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Council accepts sewer agreement
The Heppner City Council met
Tuesday. Sept 4 and accepted an
agreement with the county regard
ing a sewer line at the fairgrounds
The sewer line is constructed as far
as the fairgrounds buildings
The
extension will cross the fairgrounds
to service the school district's bus
shed and the city's lift station
Construction is scheduled to tiegin
next week with the school district
chipping in $2 ( 8 x 1 and the city and
county splitting the remaining costs
The city w ill lay the pips* and do the
hack filling and the county will dig
the necessary ditches said a spokes
person for the city
Some area Scouts were present at
the meeting who were working on
their Communications Badges
The Council conducted the follow
mg business
approved a resolution to accept
$2 ixxifrom I .eta Humphreys estate
for the purchase ot books tor tne
Heppner 1‘ublic Library
approved a request from liepp
ner City Cheif Police Doug Kathbun
for the city to pick up the tab for
lunch for the interview board for the
opening for one city policeman
agreed to have some paving done
on Willow View D rive in the Has
mussen lo t addition and on Chase
Street from Cannon Street toward
Center
Corp. \scruitinizing, new park site
Jim llayes. president of the Hepp
ner Kconomic Development Corp
has reported that they are still
scrutinizing" the A rm y Corps of
Kngmeers August 14 suggestion
from their Portland offic e of a new
site for a proposed recreation area
on the lake formed by Willow Creek
Dam
The original site w huh the H E D
< w , 1 ' . or.M,bring for a recreation
area was at the northeast side of the
lake and would have included space
for an overnight campground, a day
use and picnic area, and a “ tnangu
lar shaped recreation area " Cost
for construction of the park area
tentatively was to have been divided
between the county and the Corps of
Engineers
However because this area had
previously been promised to the
1 iregon Dept of Kish and W ildlife by
the Walla Walla office of the Corps,
the Portland office has suggested an
alternate recreation area adjacent
to the dam on the hillside below the
fenced area and Corps office
Another consideration of the Corps
Portland district office is the pro
jected pond size if the occasion
should arise when the dam could
reach flood stage and water spilled
over the top This situation, which,
is unlikely to occur, would place the
originally proposed recreation site
under the water level
M oonlight Sale coming Oct. 13
Heppner merchants will hold a
Moonlight bale Saturday. Oct 13. 7 9
p m . the same day as the Heppner
celebration of the Morrow County
Centennial
A delegation headed by LaK ae
Kindle, chairman of the com mittee
planning the centennial was at the
Merchants meeting last Friday.
Sept 7. asked the merchants for
support of the event
Merchants
decider) that their display windows
could be used for old items and that
"centen nial" dress would be a nice
addition for the businesses that day
Chamber of Com m erce president
Harley Sager asked the merchants if
they could submit a budget of their
expected expenditures to the Cham
ber The reason for the Chamber's
request Sager said, is that they
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have donated tl.HU> to the Mereh
ants to help fund their projects and.
until they receive the bill, they have
no indication of how the money is
being spent After discussion about
the difficulty of predicting some of
the merchants expenditures, mer
chants concluded that perhaps a
tentative budgrt could be prepared
“ We want to do everything we can to
work together with the Chamber of
Commerce because they are offer
ing us Si,Hu> that we didn’t have
b efore," said one merchant
“ Weiome Hunter” signs will be
available for merchants to display
again this year during the coming
hunting seasons, concluded m er
chants president Charles Hutchin
son
Although. Hayes says the Dept of
Kish and Wildlife would probably
trade the promised parcel of land for
another parcel the originally pro
posed site would not, at times, be
adjacent to the water level of the
lake because of the fluctuation in
pool height
A priority of H E D C and an
advantage to the site adjacent to the
dam is a proper designated swimm
ing area concluded Hayes
Enrollment up
Enrollment in Morrow County
schools is 1776 students, up four
percent over the 1983 enrollment of
1707 at the close of the first week of
school said a spokesperson for the
school district
Enrollment at Heppner Elemen
tary has increased by five to 375.
Heppner High School enrollment has
decreased to 177 down from 179 last
fall
lone High School and lone grade
school each lost one pupil, the high
school enrollment is 30. down from
31. grade school enrollment is 107,
down from list
Riverside High School has picked
up 30 students, up to 272 from 242 last
September
Sam Board m ar I
ementary added 42 students for a
1984 enrollment of 346, up from 304
A C Houghton Elementary in Irr
igon shows a seven pupil decrease.
293 down from 300 in 1983 Columbia
Junior High increased three stu
dents to 176 from 173
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Members of the 1984 court are Princess Cindy Insko.
IMot R '« k Princess Candi Turner Joseph f’ rincexs
•Nancy Miller Heppner (Jijcen l.isa Martin Adam s and
Crimes-, Kaly Sorey Walla Walla WA
This year's
slviw is September 12-15, 1984
A Kid s Day is one of the new features of the Pendleton
Round t'p this year announces a news release from the
Round I ’p Association
Kid's Day will he Thursday . Sept 13 All kids 18 years
<4 age and younger < an attend the Round I p for just tl
Those 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult
A drawing for T shirts, cowboy hats and two bicycles
will hr* held for all the youngsters in attendance
Another Thursday highlight is a special Happy Canyon
iXfer take in the pageant and the dance for a single 64
ticket That's Thursday only, with a limited number of
tickets available
Saturday's Round I p show is sold out but seats are
Still available lor Wednesday. Thursday and Friday
South grandstand seats cost $5 Stl and bleacher seal«
M for Wednesday and Thursday Friday Meat her seat*
are available at $7 each
Tickets for the night pageant. Happy Canyon, are
available for all performances
kor more information, call or write the Pendleton
Round t p A ssik lalion The telephone number is < 503 i
27« 253.1 The address is P () Box 609, Pendleton Oregon
97801
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The Round I p office is located at the stadium on
Southwest f our! Avenue near Southwest llth , and is
' 4 >en regular business hours