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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1984)
In retrospect. ►«H 11 Ttif Ifrppnrr (-»lettrT lm e». Ifrppnrr. Oregon H rdiifw lai. flecember I*. I*W 1 Editor's note Since this is the last 1WM issue of (he Gazette-Times. II seemed appropriate to look back at some of the year * front page stories Following ta a month by month glance at the year IM4. the year in retrospect i January Irene Anhorn, lieppner. and Louis Carlson, lone, were named Morrow < ounty s First Citizens of I M 3 at the annual Chamber of Com m erce ban quet January 3 A benefit spaghetti dinner and basketball gam e earned $1,200 to offset medical costs for an lone woman who had undergone a series of surgeries Mail route driver Dorothy Stefani barely escaped from her 1 wheel drive pickup when a four foot wall of water cam e rushing across the road in Kightm ile Canyon Police Chief Dean Gilman was honored with a retirement dinner, for his 29 years of service to the city of lieppner February The first baby of 1984, Kenneth Hryan Allen was born at Pioneer Memorial Hospital February 7 Dr Harold Huber announced that he would retire March I after practicing dentistry in lieppner for M years M arch A Calcutta pool tournament in lieppner raised $l,5ou for a Lexing ton woman who had twen receiving medical treatment at St Mary Medical Center m Walla Walla after being injured in a Decem ber I I accident Albert J "John" Dchsner III !*•< arne the new administrator of Pioneer Memorial Hospital A drilling crew struck water at 848 feel at the well site adjacent to the new lieppner city reservoir just off the new section of Willow Creek Hoad Cindy Schmidt became the owner of the Country Hose, form ally Cole's House of Fashion and Posy Patch lieppner Auto Parts moved from its old location to the newly remode led rrram ery building Jim Swanson, lone, was named Morrow County Conservation Man of the Year Sylvia latdd was crowned 1984 Hodeo (Juern at March 23 cerem o mes Dexter Miles, Fuller Canyon rancher, expanded his family busi nes-. to include a rahhitry of five barns and neurly .’><«> rabbits The newly formed lone Commu nity and Agri Business Organization Is g.in a community clean up project by tearing down and burning debris from Mam Street buildings April Several parents visited a lieppner c ity council meeting to request that i fence he built ulong the Hager Park section of Willow Creek The Morrow Co S h eriffs Dept and area pastors combined efforts to form a chaplaincy program. Mint iters whose qualifications are more appropriate than those of law en forcemenl officers in some sorts of situations such us fam ily disputes or trauma causing accidents agreed to accompany police officers on those type of calls Joseph DeVito. Ph D became the new director of the Morrow County Mental Health Services Dotpha Junes Lexington, was named Morrow County Extension Woman of the Year Cliff and Cindy Green became the new owner managers of the Hepp nert oast to Coast Store following a new owners training seminar " I he Greens maintained ow nership of the lieppner Garbage Service with Jefl Maben becoming the new operator of the gartiage truck Prospective irrigators along Wil low Creek and the Arm y Corps of engineers agreed to postpone a decision until after the IMS irnga tion season before making a decision about the possible purchase of <tonsl water behind Willow Creek Dam A loosely kntot organization of about 17 farm ers and ranchers in Morrow and Gilliam counties ac i ompllshed the initial spraying of t 368 acres of rangeland in a projec t'd five year herbicide program ittempting to control the spread of hffu.se knapweed in the upper Hock Creek drainage area The proposed Morrow county school tax base increase was defea ted by a margin of over SO votes in the May 13 p r i n i t y election lieppner Higti School seniors vo ted to honor the top eight students of their class In lieu of a traditional vaiedictunan and salutatonan com mencement cerem onies Goat tiers to meet j an. 9 The next meeting of the W rangler Goat Tiers will be January #. 6 p m at the Morrow County Fairgrounds Trisha Mahoney is scheduled to show team roping films at the annex building "H ung your goat tying string.” reminds a spokesperson for the Wranglers < President Lincoln s succea lo c Andrew Johnson, never went to school He had not learned to write and could barefy read when hit w ife undertook teaching him these skitli June A ribbon culling cerem ony o f ficially opened the new interchange between Interstate 84 and the Port of Morrow A buffalo owned by the Harold and Ken Wnght ranch at Ruggs Jet wanderrd away and was shot in the Little Rutter Creek area lieppner attorney Herman Winter died suddenly at hu home Mike Currin. son of Ron and Judy Currtn. lieppner won first place in the steer wrestling event at the College National Finals Rodeo at Bozeman Montana The Rev Susan West w as installed as the new pastor of the Heppner L’niled Methodist Church July The H eppner G a ze tte T im e s changed from an eight column to the new standard six column size A $5oo,tax) aviation fuel tax grant was awarded for improvements at the la-xinton Airport The city of Is lin g to n became the first of the county's towns to slate celebrations for the coming loo-year Morrow Countv celebration The Gazette Tim es became the 66th member of the HW-vear club at the Oregon Newspaper Publisher Association meeting Crews began working on Hepp ner's Main Street at the site of the new post office building Ceremonies at the l,exington t en tennial Celebration officially opened Friendship Park on Is lin g to n 's Mam Street August Morrow County Court announced to senior citizens lhat Ihe county would donate tax lot No 2603 for the future senior services center Morrow County employees built the float which look the Grand Sweepstakes at the fair and rodeo parade Pal Schwarz won the amateur calf roping trophy saddle donated by Kinzua Corp at the Morrow County Hodeo Tony Currin received the All Around Cowboy award at the Mor row Co Rodeo September Michael I lean Dupont. Jr caught a 20‘ « inch $ i. pound trout while fishing off (he hanks of Willow Creek Lake A new telephone system was connected at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner which placed all county offices, including those at la-xington and Irngon, on different extensions of the same telephone line Jim Yam Winkle of Heppner was appointed to the new position of Morrow County Weed Supervisor laiuis Carlson, lone, president of the Port of Morrow and Wayne Schwandt, Boar dm an Manager of the Port joined Oregon Governor Vic Atiyeh on a trade mission to the Far Enl A portion of the Morrow County Grain Growers grain elevator auger building was destroyed by fire October The Rev Rick Kvenson was instal led as the new pastor of the Hope Valby Lutheran Church Roving "J o d y ." Foss of Clark Fork. Idaho passed through Hepp ner As a roving reporter for the Sandpoint Dally Bee She was traveling with her two mules to smaller towns in route to the coast interviewing the "biggest character in town Soroptimtsls donated a tree for the mini park which county 4 H ers had been working on during the summer The park was dedicated during the Saturday, Oct 13 Heppner ctly celebration for the county's centen nial November A new accounting firm Barnett Dennis, and Moro opened an office in Heppner Bridget! Greenup was named queen of the IMS fair and rodeo court Her princesses were also named Bobhrftr Angel I Stacey Ken nedy, Sheila Sieler. and Cindy Lou Davis This is the first court with four princesses for several years In the November 6 general elec lion. Cara Costa defeated Warren Plocharsk) and Justine Weather ford for the Heppner m ayoral post bun In a close race. Jerry Peck unseated incumbent Warren McCoy in the County Commissioner's race Morrow County Grain Growers announced plans to build a tZ 'K .r' J grain elevator in Heppner to replace the one which had burned in late September Chuck Starr and Betty Carlson, loth of lone, returned from a mee ting in WashingtonD C of the Natio rial Task F orce for Agriculture in the ( iassroom Geophysical Service. Inc set up a held office in Heppner as a base for their seimic exploration in the area Heppner Post O ffice moved back into a permanent building on Mam Street The Oregon Stale Legislature Em ergency Board approved trans fer to the Port of Morrow of control for 2.700 acres of land and the airstrip belonging to Boeing The Port began petitioning for control in IM2 CBF.C Board of Directors signed a •'w heelingagreem ent" with the Kin zua Cogeneration Company in order 10 supply a path over the C B M system from the Kinzua generator to the BonneviU Pow er Assoc December Son Vinh became the new owner operator of the Chevron station in Heppner Joan Records became the new owner of Rainbow Balloons Morrow County Court refused a request from the city of Heppner to enforce a 1931 dog licensing ordi ance The Port of Morrow hosted a meeting to discuss the need for a proposed road connecting Hoard man and southern Morrow County by a more direct route Kinzua Corp received an outitan ding business award from Oregon Governor Atiyeh S o r o p t im is t s a n n o u n c e c o n te st w in n e r s JANUARY 1,1985 Time to wish all Our friends and customers a wonderful New Year along with our thanks 1 Pictured are the winners in the Soroptimist sponsored Christmas coloring contest Front row from left Jennifer Cox. Jerid Ploy ha r, Justin Adelman. Mark Moeller, and P a lly Anderson Back row from left Jason Hanna. Sarah Britt, Becky DeVito, and Joey Hoffman l im b e r s a le s total $ 4 7,037 A total volume of 4.630 thousand IxNird feet 1M BF of tim ber from lands managed by the Umatilla National f oresl so ld fur $4/ u lT So to three bidders in Novem ber, accor ding to a report recently from offices of the Forest Supervisor in Pendle Ion The sales were Swale laKlgfpole. Heppner District. 2,550 MBF which brought a high bid of $25 260 from Kinzua C orp o ra tion . H eppner. Hams Sale. 1,830 M BF. purchased by Jack Barem ore (.¿Grande for $2,562.50 Both the Hams and OSU Hidaway Cull Sales arc located on the North Fork John Day District Umatilla s woodcutting permits for use on the North Fork John Day District may still tie purchased at the Supervisor's Office in Pendleton, and at North Fork John Day offices in Dale and Ukiah Woodcutting permits with a November 30. IM4. expiration date may be exlended to April 30. 1M5. by obtaining the new winter woodcutting maps at the above locations concludes the super visor's report E x t e n s io n o ffe r s m o n e y m a n a g e m e n t series By HI It HI M T l l.l.IS Morrow County F x l Service A four part fam ily money man agement letter series will be offered lo people in Morrow ( ounly by Ihe Oregon Stale University Extension Service tieginmng in mid February "Y ou r Money M atler$" is design ed specifically for couples and par ents between Ihe ages of 18 and 34 to study at home Prepared under the leadership of Alice Mills M orrow . OSU Extension family economics specialist, each letter includes Sasic financial plan ning and money management infor malinn as well as exercises to help the fam ily determine how its money is spent, how to build a spending j' Medical Topics plan, and how to determine the fam ily's net worth and how II changes each year Pre registration for the senes is required Those interested must register by February I with the Morrow Co Extension office Les sons wilt be mailed to participants every three weeks Topics to be covered include finan ctal planning, managing credit use. protecting against financial risks, and savings More information about “ Your Money M atter$" is available by calling 676 9642 or stopping by the Extension office at Heppner (k u liiu i Howard. Jo, Larry, Kerry, Buck, John, Pat & Bev .fetiyjoJm J LfflMRS SMI ------------------- $ \ ! All Christmas Decorations & Other Selected Merchandise ON SPECIAL! Happy New Year! C liff tS Cindy say thanks for your patronage during their first six months. $ J| V* CLOSED DEC. 31 FOR INVENTORY Goa s tt:o Goa S t TOTAL HARDWARE SPECIAL OFFER ___________ liv Dr. Sam P o b a n z ^ j Two questions com e up often in everyday practice' "Exercise-’ " and “ How do I screen for disease’ " The tiest exercise program I ever saw was worked out by a physiologist in Illinois, about 1950 You pick out a sport tor other activity > that you can do year round, and w hich you are w tiling lo do all y our life o f course it w ill he extra good if it's something you like to do Then, you do it 30 minutes to one hour each day, 365days a year, to either a slight sweat, or tieginmog muscle tiredness And that is a good plan Personally. I like combining it with stuff I have to do anyway biking to work, push lawnmower. and physical labor around the place on days off Screening (or disease includes lots of things. I ll list them here and tf you want details. I II write m ore on them later the seven cancer signals onesided vision, hearing or smell changes 'test by comparing sides', mouth irritations next to broken or cavities teeth, slow recoveries from infections, new weight loss or gain, limps and lumps, balance loss skin texture change personality changes, difficulties with anything fam iliar (and I don't mean the boss i . eating an unbalanced d ie t. unexplained fe v e r . a new high blood pressure, generally, any unexplained "n e w " item And you'll tw pleased to know there is a book 201 Medical Tests You Can Do At Home, by Linde, publisher New American Library. Z5399 Why should we work at prevention’ Because the specialists are now saying we should never lose anyone from high blood pressure, breast cancer, skin cancer. TB. and some of the chronic disorders like arthritis, diabetes, asthma, alcoholism, and the cigarette related diseases (I. personally, would add the auto accident to that list i CAL'S CAFE & TAVERN Open New Year's Eve til 3 a.m. We’re Serving our Turkey Dinner Special New Years DayJ CALKINS PARTS 20% OFF All Orders Over $100 Ends January 10 M.C.G.G. Morrow County [Grain Growers« f O Box 367 Lexington Of a g o n 97839 Ph 989 8221 • 1(800)452 7396 I
