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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1984)
I h r D e p p o rr G a z e lle -T lm r* . H eppner U ill« m> (i range Local student named to hat s Y our Opinion O rr Kon T hursday. O c to tr r ZS. IM -.S K V K K Engagement slates turkt*\ dinner B M C C student council Fifteen representatives to Student Council hove been elected by the associated student body at Blue Mountain Community College Named to the student council were Doug Holland. Heppner. Melody Buck, I'm atilla . Toni Catterson. Burns Teresa Correa. Echo. Deb bie Gerbrrding. Pendleton. Eric Insko, Pilot Kock. Susan Jarvis. Seattle Anita Jones. Pendleton. Missy Key, Milton Freewater. Lyn ne Gorham. North Powder Chris Kasebera Wasco. Kristie tioade. A turkey dinner and bazaar will be held Sunday, Oct 28 from 12 3U to 2 to p m announced the W illows Grange The gì augi- will also tie holding a rattle lor a doll and cjuilt made by the ladies at the grange Tickets for the raffle are on sale for 50 cents each or three for $1 Price for the turkey dinner will be 54 lor adults 5.’ al for children six to 12 and pre school children will he free Pendleton Dorene Schultz. Pendle ton. Ann Stevens. Pendleton, and Tim Weinke. Pilot Kock The new representatives along with the student body officers plan the functions and activities for the students at the college Activities include student dances, activity nights, and the annual Christmas Eve Dinner Advisor to the student council is O n e Ann McLean, student activities director lone \vus Hits ‘ White Elephants’ featured at Methodist sale Nov. 3 Question "Who, in your opinion, came out ahead in the Presidential debate-” ’ " I gave this a lot of thought, too." said Yvonne Fitzgerald of Heppner. "For one reason only, I'll say Mondale, because Keagan makes me really nervous that we'll end up in a war " Hv J l S T IN K W E A T H E R F O R D Elks remind public of their right to vote A pre holiday bazaar is scheduled for Saturday. November 3, begin nmg at 10 a m in the basement of the Heppner United Methodist Church at the corner of Church and Gale Streets The ladies of the church, inspired by their President Alma Green, have been working many months on hand-crafted items for this sa'* They have also been gleaning choice "white elephants" from their homes for a surprise table Soon they will be adding home made baked items to the pickles and Voters are reminded that the Heppner Elks Lodge will be provid mg rides |o the polls for anyone needing transportation on Election Day As previously announced, voters needing rides in the Heppner area should call the Elks l.odge at A party celebrating Halloween is 676-9181 Calls may be made in advance of Election Day, and may set for Wednesday noon, Oct 31. at also be made all day on November 6. the Senior Citizen Mealsite at the county fairgrounds until the polls close Voters in I/exmgton needing rides A group of seniors from Pendleton should contact Gene Orwick at will arrive by bus for visiting and I-exington Lumber (989-8586 1 , while dinner Especially welcomed will be voters in lone may contact Darrell the two musicians who have visited and Alvina Padberg '422 72531 here before, d ru m m er Frances This service by the Elks is strictly Sampson and pianist Glendoris non-partisan, and is offered so that Grove, who will be playing for all voters can exercise their Consti dancing after the dinner Anna Mae Steagall who plans tutional right and duty to vote, stated a spokesperson from the special events for the mealsite says Elks its it m i n t vu \m u t u i m i This year Morrow County's Rich aril and Sylvia l-add of lone are a rare brother and sister combination ■ n the • in > ■ state l diversity Mar clung Hand Richard a senior is serving his third year in the baud He is also treasurer and house manager of his fraternity AUK Alpha Gamma Kho His major is VET agncultur al engineering technology Sylvia this year s Morrow County hair and Rodevi Queen, is a junior who transferred from Blue Moun tain Community College, and who was most pleased that all of her H M tc r e d its were honored by OSU Although this is Sylvia s first year at nst and in the marching band, she is top tenor s.i\ player Sylvia is majoring in journalism Sylvia is sharing an apartment near Gill Coliseum in SW Corvallis with another former Morrow County Queen, Anita Palmer, also from lone preserved goodie* they have recent ly prepared Everyone is invited to this sale, and to enjoy a hearty beef vegetable soup, sandwich, pie and (leverage luncheon between It a m and 2 p m Pie and coffee or tea will be sold and served all during the sale hours, before and after lunch The committee says that the com plete lunch will sell for W They suggest that this sale will be an excellent opportunity to shop (or gifts, especially for those gifts that need to tie mailed to out of town familv and friends verv soon Seniors plan Halloween party at mealsite Wed. They’re Coming Out Our Ears 4X4® * 4X4* 4X 4« 4* 4* 84s & 85s Just in Time For Hunting Don’t forget to get your elk tags at Pettyjohns or Coast to Coast AND YOUR 4X 4 At CHEVROLET that seniors are encouraged to wear costumes if they wish She expects that some of the guests from Pendle ton will be dressing up Goodyear named to B M C C budget committee Heppner resident. Kent Goodyear, was named to the Blue Mountain Community College budget commit tee by the college hoard at their October meeting held in Lexington (»oodyear replaces Carolyn Cole on the budget committee Mrs Cole has changed her residence to the Pendleton area and asked that someone in the Heppner area lie assigned to her position, stated a BMCC spokesperson The college board reviewed a request from Eagle Cap Realty for a permanent easement through col lege property adjacent to Highway 37 The board had turned down the initial request at their last month's : meeting The Bible Life Church plans to use a duplex on their property for a church and wants to continue using an access road that run* through college property The board agreed to reconsider the granting of the easement when the exact size of the parcel involved is determined In other business, the board Approved a teaching contract for Patrick Smart, nursing instructor Smart lias his Hachelor of Science Degree m Nursing from Southern Oregon State College Changed their November meet ing date to Tuesday . Nov 20 . so as to not interfere with board members Thanksgiving plans Weddings Arbogast Blei nns — Al 2 p m on Saturday Oct 20. in the Community Church at I kiah Pam Blevins, daughter of Mrs Terry E V Blevins was given in marriage by her grandfather E E Gonty to Albert Arbogast A large reception in the I'kiah school gym followed the wedding, and that evening a buffet supper was served by the bride s mother in tier nearby home Two sisters of the bride's late father attended the reremonies Mrs Dan Ayleaworth came with her family from Seattle and Mr and Mrs Swede Herchel came from Tacumsch, Kansas Mr and Mrs Kay Gonty. son Rotiert. daughter Ramona and Robert's girlfriend, all from Seattle, were weekend house guests of Ray s parents, the E E Gontys, in their Heppner home The newlyweds will make their home at Dale where the groom works at logging Lexington News Heppner liy Help ha Jonen FFA Chapter Come Bid on your Thursday, Oct. 26th 7:30 p.m. Heppner High Cafetorium Refreshments HUNTERS Save Your Hides Donate your Deer & Elk Hides for the Veterans Rehabilitation Center Look for hide barrels around town | Heppner Llk* 358 The Blue Mountain Concert held Saturday evening at the Ia*xington Grange Hall was a fun and enter taming evening A stew supper was served from 6 to 7 p m There were members from Slayton. Ore, Sunny side. WA and the eastern Oregon Counties of Baker. Union, Wallowa. Umatilla. Morrow and others The date of Oct 19. 1985 has again been set for another fun filled evening There were several families bring ing campers and staying over a couple of evenings at the hall Mr and Mrs Lyle Peck and M r a and Mrs Cecil Jones attended the Rooster night program and 60 th anniversary of Kingville Grange near Baker Sunday Morton Waiver ton State Grange Master was the WW-HIHV speaker for the day He was accompanied by his wife Frieda The grange honored two ladies who were charter member« A pot luck dinner and a lovely anniversary cake was served Betty Marquardt and daulers Pam Piper Carlita Bloodsworth and Kristie. Joyce Hughes and Jarlynn. Sheree Smith and Mindy and Tami were Portland callers where they attended a baby shower honoring Andrew Hyan. son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Messenger the second Mr and Mrs Charles Buchanan spent Sunday in The Dalles and visited with her daughter who lives in Portland Mr and Mrs James Boor of lone and Mr Lewis Wayne Ball of Portland announced the engagement of their daughter. Robin Mane to Krank B Engleman. lone, son of Joel Kngleman of lone A January wedding is planned 7 N N .' Around About Hv Justine It eatherford Suddenly it is the last Thursday of the tenth month That attractive schedule l>ourd fixed in a glass case at the side of Central Market several months ago didn t prove helpful for much over one week when the grooved plastic base became rippled und the w hite letter* refused to stay in place A sad situation A month ago todav intrepid Jody Eos* from Clark Fork. Idaho, reached Heppner on her wav to Newport with her two mules and carried off 9u minutes of taped local historic stories told by Orville Cutsforth It was Tuesday Oct 2 that Heppner s latest big fire struck the Morrow County Grain Growers elevator complex north of town Statistics were released showing that deer hunting was down this year but that Morrow County has risen from 17th to loth in the ranking of slate counties in the number of marijuana plants seized The annual meeting of the county historical society, held again at la'xington Grange Hall, went well High school sports activities moved along with the Mustang footballers breaking iheir scoring drought again! Umatilla Many classes and social groups moved along into their winter schedules The Heppner City Council decided that the two hour parking limit will tie enforced from 8 a m until 6 p m during business hours with offenders being penalized it the fine is paid within 24 hours> \mong the bird hunters coming here were three of the four sons of (till and Winifred Cox who hunted with their dad After returning from Saturday, i let U s hunting the four males looked around downtown Heppner. the sons each bought new shoes and along with Dad enjoyed hot dogs at the Senior Citizens centennial txHith UiRae Kindle and Sally W ilson and a large committee really worked hard arranging Heppner s community celebration of the county centennial If the weather had just tn-en warmer that Saturday, more people would have enjoyed the activities Hill and Jane Rawlins had planned to supply the Garden Club’s F armers Market with super cauliflower and just right heads of cabbage from the garden they had worked hard on during the spring anil summer, hut some despicable character climbed into the garden and took almost every one of those vegetables the week before Oct 13 Surely the thief wasn't a regular Heppner resident My neighlmrhood is home to several very busy citizens laite summer and early autumn has seen much building activity as the Steve Brownfield residence was expanded by a new patio dock amt enlarged kitchen, and the Marshall Lovgrens rebuilt their Gilmore Street garage and storage space City Manager laivgren was busily applying paint to the much improved building this last weekend Recent Garden of the Month winner Virden Slim Heliums spent much of a recent cold day trimming hack and hauling away part of the wild rose hushes that grew into the street in front of the vacant lot beside (he Heliums South Court St home l-ast Tuesday noon. Oct 16, Louis Carlson lone, told the Chamber of Commerce about things he had learned when traveling with Governor Atiyeh's trade mission in Japan He stressed that Japanese buyers know exactly what they want, and they will buy only topgrade items He said they like to get to know the Americans they deal with and then to maintain constant relationships with these business people Carlson said that Oregon has a fine chance of increasing trade with Japan, and that the Fort of Morrow is ready to really get involved in Oriental trading lie praised the work that Wayne Schwandt has accomplished at the jiort and regretted that Schwandl had resigned so soon after visiting Ja|Min laist week saw Iwo important meetings here on Thursday night It would have twen great to attend tiolh of these hut how can one gel to two different places at the same tim e-’ Some of the candidates who spoke at the efficiently organized AAl'W Fair had traveled long distances Karen Heck. Bill Deeter and Annette Spicer managed the evening very well Hopefully there was a really good discussion lietween citizens and the army engineers concerning possible uses of the lake Ix-hmil the Willow Creek Dam Of course it is rather impossible to please all the people all the tune hut if divisions were reached, it is hoped these will please most of the jieople The new lake can be such a valuable asset to South Morrow This week in addition to the usual newspapers and magazines which I try to read, along came the 1984 Voters Pamphlet that I've s|>ent an unusual amount of time studying Maybe others understand the nine measures written out and then explained It is hard to understand them all completely. and I found that the arguments in favor and in opposition are not always too helpful Now I've pencilled in "yes and "no" under each measure number on page 83 which I plan to carry to the voting I mmi II i with me I see I have decided "yes" four times and no" five times Choosing candidates is much easier than deciding about measures The 14 "Hugh Welshoe" soapbox cartoons furnished free of charge to the Voters' Pamphlet by James Cloutier. Eugene, are nice comic hut serious relief Maybe some folks will recognize which 1 S President is quoted in each iexcept one» pour or five of them seem fairly easy to identify The cover cartoon states "The instrument of all reform in America is the ballot" How lucky we are here How sad it is that some U S citizens don't even bother to register Although it is hard to praise Kajneesh politics- they may have actually done a good deed m frightening more Oregonians into becoming registered voters How many times did you try to turn on an electric light last Sunday morning or look at an electric clock that didn't move-’ All the lucky county people who have woodhurning stoves were cozy, hut our churches were mighty cold and w here little children met in basement Sunday School rooms it was best to dispense with classes for the day So, one of young children's favorite days. Halloween, is coming next Wednesday Next Sunday all clocks will lie reset again as we all fall hark to regular time tnspite of the shutting off of Juice last Sunday and the later hour change, the turkey dinner put on by lone's Cardinal Club drew a fine big crowd Many lucky prize winners look home prizes generously donated by friendly merchants The lone feast was the first of several planned soon in our county Be sure you mark your calendars for the Methodist Church Bazaar and luncheon and the la'xington Craft Sale, both due on Saturday. Nov l We hear that only a few tables are still available for the Dec 1st Artlfaetory Hurry and call Joan Records if your organization wants one BOARDM AN RANCH & H O M E 210 S. Mam. 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