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The Heppner
Gazette-Times
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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
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Weather
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'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
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2
3
4
5
l'm a tilia
Sherman Co
Neati Kah Nie
Corbett
Im bler
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11 2
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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