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B E S S 1 C WE T Z E L L U OF ORE N E WS P AP E R L 1 B EUGENE OR 9 7 4 0 3 The Heppner Gazette-Times M o r r o w C o u n t y 's H o m e - O w n t r d W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r V \ III HU M l I H I H M ' I H I JVM VIO M l»Hi i I 1 VI.I- N Hrp|inrr, Onipm Soroptimists present local Youth Citizenship Award Jodi Padberg and Joe f’adlierg will receive a flOO sav mgs bond and her application will be forwarded tor regional competition Jemmett will receive a 175 tiond The Soroptimist Youth Citizenship Award is not a scholarship but an award of merit to tie used at the discretion of the recipient in any manner which will best further his aims anil purposes Each year A3 awards of $1.250 awards are given to winners in the regional competi turns One $2.000 Finalist Award is then given to one of the 43 regional winners making the total award 13.¿50 to the finalist who is announ ced in June Students who will graduate during the current school year and have not reached the age of 21 were eligible to apply for the award Judging is based on the applicant s service in the home school and community, dependability leadership and clear sense of purpose Jemmet said on his application that his most important activity <si are "Church and tutoring From helping others, I feel a sense of worth and satisfaction I ’adberg lists her most important activities as teaching Sunday school and participating in athletics he cause I have grown strong emo ttonally by being a part of both They have helped me become a leader and also be able to help others Padberg’s list of activities in dude a class representative, vice president of the If fl S student laxly for 1984 85. a member of the Nation al Honor Society . Spanish Club, and Athletic Booster Hub chairman for the Junior Senior Prom . girl athlete of the month, student of the month, four years of participation in volley hall and being named to the all conference second team in 83 84 and first team in 84 85, four years of participation ill basketball being named to the all conference second team for I983 84 and four years of |>artiripution in track qualifying each year for state competition, participation in the St Jude s llospi tal Bike a thon. and the Heart Asso nation Hoop a thon and selection to attend the American legion Auxili ary sponsored 4• iris state at Kugene She has Ix-en a Sunday school teacher for three years, a vacation Bible school assistant, a Colt basket hall referee and assistant coach, and has been active in 4 II and Wrung lers Jem m ett Heppner Soroptimists have named Jodi Fadberg. daughter ni Linda and lux- Fadberg of Lexington, as the recipient of their local Youth Citi zenship Award Joe Jemmett. son of Nita and Blaine Jemmett. l-exirig Ion. was named runner up for the award The students were selected by a panel of three judges from umong eight applicants for the award 2Ó Weather Dies Jan 15 AScd . Jan 16 Thurs Jan 17 Fri . Jan 18 Sat Jun 19 sun Jan 20 Mon Jan 21 High l o w 43 21 31 21 42 18 34 19 'H 42 39 28 36 28 \ Rain M i o r 25 10 V Traci* J bv thi* ( :¡t> u i l l r | i | u i f r 'Punberg joins SCS John Tunberg John Tunlx-rg. 28. is the new Soil Conservationist with the Morrow Countv office of the federal Soil Conservation Service He und his wife fla il moved to Heppner early in December Tunberg has a Bachelor of Sen nee Degree in Kange Management from Washington Stale Cniversitv and has had experience working as a range manager for the Bureau of I and Management in t arlsbad New Mexico the Bureau of Indian Af fairs m Callup. New Mexico and the I s Forest Service at John Day . i«.. expev Is his K>b to focus primal ily ixi erosion control in dryland wheat acreage I like Heppner. it s a nice town." he says I expert to stay Fillies set for showdown with No. 1 Umatilla Friday mghl at Heppner High School the IIH S girls basketball team will battle the V malilla Aik mgs top ranked in the State, for a share of the lead in the Columbia Basin Faslern Division The Fillies boast a record of 9 2. including 5 I in the C B C I'm alilla leads the conference and sports an overall w o rd !*' ^ Friday nights o p m showdown will mark a rematch of a game plwved two weeks ago at I'm alilla. won in the closing seconds by ( m alilla 39 37 l m alilla has earned its lop rank mg bv utilizing its superior size and strength featuring several players at or near six feet tall Heppner has built its record on the basis of its shixiiing and quickness, employing pressure defenses with great sue cess In the nightcap Heppner s Mus tangs will attempt to rack up its first CBCwin also against I'm alilla The Mustangs dropped a seven point game in the first match with the Vikings, and hold high hopes for that elusive first conference win Both the Mustangs and the Fillies are also at home on Saturday night, against the visiting VSahlonka Fag Fillies move up Heppner High School moved up to 8th in the poll of Class A Girls Basketball teams released this week Three CBC teams made the top ten. including I ’m alilla and Sherman County at first and second The Fillies meet I'm a lilla this Fri day at 6 p m at the Heppner gym TEAM Record I ’omts 1 2 3 4 5 l'm a tilia Sherman Co Neati Kah Nie Corbett Im bler |:)-o 12 1 || | ||.| 11 2 «8 84 49 45 <3 6 Regis 10 2 3t 7 Monroe 9 1 30 8 Heppner 9 2 37 9 M cKenzie III F in e F ag le 9 2 10-3 20 15 Grabill celebrates 1031 District announces date change The Morrow County School Disl net has announced a change to January to for the academic chol lengr program Beading In the Front Bow which will lx- held at Columbia Junior High School in Irrigon The challenge program Is part of the School district s program to meet the minis of Talented and (lifted students Preliminary work continues on proposed county road At a meeting Iasi Wednesday . Jan lb at the Port of Morrow Offices in Boardman. Chuck Starr lone, was elected as chairman of the commit tee proposing that a road be con structed to provide a more direct route between Boardman and south Chamber will not meet next l ues. The Heppner Chamber of Com merce will not meet next Tuesday. Jan 29 Next Tuesday is the fifth Tuesday of the month and the chanitn-r had earlier decided not to meet during five week months The next meeting will lx- Feb 3 ern Morrow County Jun Hayes. Heppner was elected Vice Chairman of the committee The committee, still in the early stages of its proposal is requesting a survey of probable routes for the road Proposed routes cut across land owned by Portland (leneral Flectric near a tract leased from the Boeing Company and managed by the Port of Morrow The county must obtain permission from PGE and Boeing Ix-fore surveying the land, and then will negotiate for the right of way once the project is approved Since the proposed road would have to lx- built as a county project, the Court fell that it needed major MCHS discusses Centennial plans The Morrow County Historical Society met on Sunday afternoon at the Jones Kanch for a yearly politick dinner After the dinner a business meeting was held Plans are being made by the ( omnutlee to mark more of the unmarked groves this spring A bit of lime was given to the plans for the Morrow County Centennial Dinner and Celebration February 16 at 6 to p m at the Fairgrounds in Heppner The dinner is being prepared and served by the grange ladies of Willows, Rhea Creek, (ireenfield and la-xington The tables are being decorated by the same of the organizations in the County A full evening of entertain ment is being planned An election of officers was held with Delpha Jones chartnam Har old Perk vice chairman and Ruth McCabe secretary An invitation to meet in March in Boardman was accepted Those present were Mr and Mrs Don Kppenbaugh of Irri gon Mr and Mrs Harold Peck Mr and Mrs Barton Clark Mr and Mrs Darrell Vinson of Heppner Buth McCabe of lone and host and hostess Cecil and Itelpha Jones involvement in the preliminary sta ges leadership in the project has shifted from the Port of Morrow to the County Court, said Acting Port Manager. Bob Miller We hope to have a preliminary working survey of a couple of potential routes and maybe some tentative cost estimates before our next meeting. March 6 concluded M iller French tells appointments Newly elected Oregon legislator Raymond French has teen appoin ted to the house committee on Human Resources and Labor. French announced last week Those were not my first choic es. said French. "t»ut we have to take what we can get ." Commenting on the opening of the legislative session he said "several hundred" bills have already been intrixtuced. but that the legislature has so far tx-en devoting much of its time to deciding "the Pal Gillix matter French said tilths was found lo have submitted false education claims during his election tlilh s won the election and legislators have Ix-en deliberating possible punishment since the ses sion opened " I 'll be glad when we get that Ix-htnd us and on with the business at hand said French, who has invited constituents to call him at 378 8o2l or write Kay French. State Capitol Building Kixxn MV Salem. OR 97310 French beat out Jesse Himmels bach for the District seat in the November general election Boardman to furnish water for Port The Port Commission and Board man city council met in a joint session Monday . Jan 14 to discuss the ports current water shortage The city council voted unanimously to furnish the port with water It has been felt for some time that the port businesses should have a backup system and city officials and port representatives have been dis cussing using city water for that purpose according to Boardman mayor Gale G ra il The ports artesian well is right now only capable of producing about 75 per cent of the businesses needs Result ing in shut downs in the plants According to «>rau it com l a i approximately $ 10.000 an hour for these shut downs C A I experienced about 15 hours of shut dow n time in a two dav Deriod recently The problem lies in the well It is not furnishing the amount of water it has in the past and the trmperature has risen seven to nine degrees according to acting Port manager Bob Miller Miller said they didn't know how long this w ill continue or if the problem will be alleviated They have hired a well consultant to investigate The city of Boardman water line currently goes as far as Olsen road The pipeline will be built from there to the plants a distance of about 1500 feet l A I will build the pipeline at an estimated cost of $50.000 The citvs water system can pro duce in excess of 5,non gallons per minute says Boardman city admin istrator la irry Walrymple The city of Boardman uses about 1500 gallons per minute and the combined plant use is 2500 to 3000 gallons per minute during peak periods I The plants have recently convert n l to gas boilers making the use of city water possible In the electric boilers they were using the city s high mineral content water could not have been used according to Grail There will be -ome problems with the copper tubings the plants use, but it was thought by reducing the chlorine content of the city's water ami mixing the city's hard water with the softer water from the port's artesian well the problems could be worked out The city's water is now chlorinated 6 parts per i.ononoo gallons but can be reduced to 2 parts per I mm mxi and still be within slate health department regulations The ports 684 foot well was instal led in 1978 There are no answers yet as In why the loss of water and the increasing temperature according to port officials Ida Grabill. on her moth birthday, pictured at her home in lone holding a birthday greeting from Fresident Ronald Reagan Itv II s r iN t WE A tilt B H IH II Ida May ' lla le i Grabill. who is being honored as the Resident of the Month at the Fioneer Memorial's Nursing Home, is as far as we know Morrow County's oldest ell izen She was txirn in lone, in (m a tilla County, on January 28 1892, the daughter of Milton and Mary Ellen 'Sperry Hale Morrow County wasn't txirn until February 16, 1885. when the Oregon State la-gixlature created it out of the western part of I matilla County Ida attended school at lone On Christmas Day. |9t)2 in her moth i t s home in Oregon City, she married Thomas E Grabill The couple lived near lone all the years of their marriage Thomas' primary occupation was (arming Four of their five children are still living Their son Eugene of lone died in l!8*4 their daughters are Anna Wright. Baker Mary Bristow and Hazel Ellis, lone, and Helen Keilhley. Heppner all are grand mothers now After the death of her husband in 1918 Ida worked for a short time for Roy and Betty l.ieuallen in their lone restaurant She continued lo live alone with assistance provided by her daughters until 1984, when at 102 years she moved lo the nursing home Her granddaughter Mary Jean 1 Bristow 1 McCabe says that She has always born very undemanding, kind and cheerful She is a real Christian never gossips, and has always had a remarkable sense of humor
