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Mustangs bag 1M C B C win; Fillies whip No. 1 10 economic matters discussed
H i M I N I O TM S
Heppner s Kiris basketball team,
fresh fnim its triumph over No I
ranked t'm atilia, will set their siKhts
on a new No 1 team this weekend,
while the much improved boys var
sity will try to add to their initial
CBi' win. a Saturday niKhl upset of
Wahtonka
Both teams w ill tx- at home Friday
night aKainst Wasco County, and
then w ill travel to Sherman County
on Saturday Games begin at 6 p m
and 7 to p m both nights
The Killies will find themselves
Irving to defend their first place
standing in the CBC Kast
la st
Friday, the 112 girls knocked I'tna
tilla from its No I ranking handing
the previously unbeaten Vikings a
18 15 setback
On Saturday, the
Killies bombed Wahtonka. 74 4o and
moved into sole possession of first
place, as Umatilla was beaten a
gam. in overtime, by Weston Mel'
wen
Although certainly not overlook
mg Wasco County, the Killies must
be set for another No 1 showdown on
Saturday, as they face SI K in to-be
No | Sherman County The Huskies
were No 2 prior to Cmatilla s losses
and w ill probably ascend to the top
spot Sherman's only loss was to
Madras and the Huskies should
prove to tie a stern test They were
No 1 most of last season also,
hai diny Heppner two of its losses
including the elimination blow in the
lh> net playoffs
Meanwhile, the tioys will head into
this weekend on a high note, follow
mg the 5545 win over Wahtonka's
Kagles The Mustangs saw a valiant
comeluirk short Kriday night, as
the, erased most of an 1H point third
quarter deficit, only to fall 61 57 to
Cmatilla
Friday's game against
Wasco will feature a Bedside club
that has posted a gaudy 12 I record
so far its only loss coming last
Saturday against a very tough Stan
field team On Saturday, the Mus
tangs will face a struggling Sherman
team-one which has won only one
game ai d is winless In league play
Sherman County is always tough at
home however, and should give the
Mustang, all that they can handle
As of press time, plans were
uncertain for a planned fan bus to
Moro for Saturday's game Persons
interested in making the trip should
call the II gh School 1 67» 9U8i by the
end of the school day on Thursday ,
and espress their interest
Bogus prizes offered locally
Jodi Padberg shoots w h ile Missy
and Dana Reid (fro n t) m ove in.
Eubanks (back)
Activity bus tentatively planned
An attempt is being made to take
an activity bus to Sherman County
on Saturday. Keb 2 (or the basket
hall games there
If there are
enough students and adults from the
community who indicate a desire to
go to the games, arrangements will
lie made for a bus to go The cost of
will I h ' $1 .'ill per person plus a game
admission cost of $1 for students and
$2 for adults
The bus would leave at 3 p m
Saturday and return around mid
night
Adults interested in riding a bus
are asked to call the school office
(676-9138) and leave Iheir name
This should be done no later than
Thursday Jan 31
Should there tie more who wish to
go than there is room for. priority
will lie given lo those who call m
earliest
"You have just won over W.issi in
prizes "
Heppner Police Chief Doug Hath
bun reports that recently several
local people have received telephone
calls of this nature Bui (here's a
catch
the caller informs (he
prizewinner that he must have a
valid credit card to win the prizes
then asks for the expiration dale and
credit card number
Chief Kathbun warns lhal the
caller is especially inleresled in
General fund proposal approved by
school budget committee
Monday evening Ihe Morrow
County School District Budget Com
mittec completed its work on re
viewing Ihe district s proposed bud
gel for the 1985 H6 school year
report* a district spokesperson
The committee unanimously ap
proved a general (unit budget in the
amount of $8.684.303
The committee also approved spe
d a l fund budgets for federal pro
grams, bonded indebtedness, food
serv ices and sludenl body accounts
Final adjustments in the budget
figures included an increase in the
projected revenues from Ihe state
Basic School Support Fund and Ihe
shift of some cafeteria equipment
purchases into Ihe food services
fund from the general fund budget
Also Ihe committee look into ac
conni .in anticipateti increase in thè
countv s assessed valuation for next
year in drterm ining its estimate of
thè tax levy rate needrd to fund Ihe
educational program (or thè enming
year
Beef promotion underw ay
at Schwab l ire Centers
Be* Schwab Tires 2 1st annual Free
Beel Promotion is now underway at
the local Ues Schw ab Tire Center in
Heppner
As with last year the company will
be offering certificates good for free
tx-ef with the purchase of tires
Throughout the Northwest the tire
centers w ill promote free beef on
television radio and in local news
papers as well as local cookoffs and
beef demonstrations with the Cow
Belles al Ihe Ia*s Schwab Tire
Centers
The Morrow County Cow Belles
will tie holding a free chili feed at the
la s Schwab Tire Center in Heppner
on Friday. Feb 15
Mr Scwab staled. "Its our way ot
beefing up the tire business in
February and at the same time
supporting our Northwest beef in
dustry Many of my first customers
were farmers and ranchers In fact,
their loyalty over the years helped
our growth and our free beef promo
tion was our way of saying thanks
Customer
Appreciation Day
slated at Morrow
(]o.Grain Growers
The Morrow County Grain Grow
ers will hold its annual customer
appreciation Day Saturday. Feb 9
The special day w ill begin with a
Iris- pancake breakfast beginning al
B a m . and will continue with free
door prizes, demonstrations by var
io u s
product representatives and
equipment on display.
«
It's been a good deal tor all ot our
customers
H r don't raise our
prices to cover the cost it 's bonalide
savings
Many ot our customers
wad until I- ebruary lo buy their tires
just to get the tree beef "
la-s Schwab Tire Centers began
operation in 1952 by Les Schwab in
I ’rinevillc The first store was a dirt
floor I) K Tire Shop specializing in
retreading
Today the company
operates the largest retreading fa
d lity in the nation and services 143
lire centers from its I ’rineville
Distribution Center with a complete
superm arket selection ot tire»,
wheels and batteries along wilh
complete alignment brakes, shocks
and service hacked with warranties
in writing honored at any of its 143
locations
fen issues of economic importan
ce lo the city of Heppner were
address«sf bv the Heppner Kconomic
Development Commission IIK D C 1
at ils annual meeting Monday night
at the Klks l odge in Heppner
M the lop of the IIKDC'* list was
the possible closure of the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Heppner. and
the removal of several government
offices from town for transfer to
I cxington
outgoing president. Jim Have*,
passed out a list of (op issues all
citizens of the area should be concer
ned with and asked membership lo
place those issues in the order of
priority of economic importance
Closure of Ihe hospital and the
moving of the \SCS County Kxten
sion and Soil and Water Conserva
lion District offices out of town were
citisi time and again as being Ihe
mosl important
\llhough nothing official has t>ern
announced word has lx-c-n circulai
mg that the government offices are
looking lor a new location, possibly
in la'xington
The offices, which are now located
on Ihe second floor above Ihe Coast
lo Coast store in Heppner. reported
Iv need new handicapped facilities
and more pal king area however,
landlord lor ihe offices Dick Sargent
says he has not been contacted by
the government agencies on any of
Ihe issues
Uthough mov mg ihe offices would
not be (lis.islerous, said Haves. It's
Doctor visits Heppner
n
A detailed summary of the pro
posed budget for the school district
(or 1985 86 will appear in next week s
Gazette Times concluded Ihe spoke
sperson
Ad seminar set for Heppner
Kftective Advertising tor Small
Business w ill lie Ihe topic of a special
workshop to bo presented Tuesday.
Keb 5. in Heppner by Blue Mountain
Community College's Small Busin
ess Development Center
The workshop w ill meet in the
Klks Club from to a m to 3 p m with
the cost to be $4o per participant
Sponsors ot the workshop include
H.Ml ( and the Heppner Morrow
Countv Chamber of Commerce The
VISA cards Never give your credit
card number so that you may claim
prizes or you may find the prizes
chatged to your account, concluded
the Police Chief
at H E I)C annual meeting
M arcia
Anderson,
Chamber's sponsorship includes
Dr Curtis Thlessen from Winni
providing a free luncheon (or work
peg. Manitoba. Canada was in llepp
shop participants
ner last Saturday to look at the
Dennis Widmer will lead the work
facilities at Pioneer Memorial Has
shop He is president of ComCast
pital and lo see Ihe tow n ot Heppner
Media Service, Inc based in Milton
Thiessen and his wife. I.isa, a
Freewater
In addition to his Hegistered Nurse have been mar
advertising firm . Widmer is also a ried (or seven months
He is a
radio station owner and former general practitioner who says that
newspaper publisher
he "wants to he a family doctor and
Topics to tie covered during Ihe not specialize " Allhough he grew
seminar include advertising design, up in Winnipeg which has a popula
budget and analysis Widmer has lion of Ms) ism. he has been reported
special lips for businesses interested Iv looking al several rural sellings,
in saving up to 30 percent on their hul Heppner was his only slop in Ihe
advertising budget
Northwest
A past president of the Milton
Thiessen was referred lo Heppner
Freewater Chamber ot Commerce. through the doctor recruiting firm of
Wulmer is president of Ihe Walla
Walla Kxchange Club and is on Ihe
Board ot Directors ot the Cmatilla
County United Way
He ts an
advertising and media consultan! lo
the Baker Hover Hank H.mk 01
Commerce and Frontier Federal
Savings and la>an
"Dennis presents the essentials of
effective advertising in a refreshing
style born of his experience in
working (or and wi'h small business
people of our a iea," according to
Tom Hampson. director ot the Small
Business Development Center
I ’ersons interested in registering
(or the seminar should conlacl Ihe
s i l l « in Pendleton .it ITgM
M l .ill
the Heppner Morrow County Cham
tier of Commerce
Jo< k.son and Coker winch Ihe non
tsT Memorial Hospital Board hired
recently
Newly elected president of Ihe
Hospilal Board. Marcia Anderson
says lhal the Board is not trying to
replace Ihe doctors who are already
1<s jlc il m Heppner. hut is respond
mg III a need which l i a s tx-eri
expressed lo them for expanded
local medical services
Anderson replaces Fred Marlin as
president
By laws require the
hoard to reorganize eac h January
Other members of Ihe hoard include
Vice President tru n k Pearson Sec
retary Henee Siminoe, Gail Grail,
and Fred Martin
one of those small things lhal chews
away at you
W wrt the offices would m
• tout
la-xington has not Ix-en de-tern ned
however, the possihdilv ol t.< .
offices tx-ing built has lxx-n discuss
•d
Troubles al Pioneer Memorial
Hospital arc also high n Ihe HI
PC's list of economic problems in
Heppner
The hospital has hud too few
patients over the Iasi two years and
is in severe economic trouble The
HF.DC is now helping Ihe hospital
txiurd of directors in Us efforts to
secure another doctor for the llepp
ner area, thus keeping |x*>ple in
town lor medical services and con
scquenlly increasing use ol the
hospital
i The hospital hoard is approach
ing the problem from various dirts
lions, including Ihe jxissihle coni rat
ling ol hospital management with a
private professional management
company i
Maintaining the hospital in gtxxl
sluqx- means a lot lo a community
our size, and I think our hospilal is in
reul Jeopardy." said liny t'
other issues deemed important hv
Ihe IIKDC include
word lhal Ihe railroad tnav dose
Ihe spur line into Heppner thus
eliminating rail transportation hi
Ihe area
the IIKDC is moving ahead with
Us work on securing i camping and
recreational area on Ihe shore of
Willow Creek l-ik c near town This
has been an on going project on
which the corpora I urn has spent
quite a hit of time the past year
"We re still working on '.he master
plan for Ihe area which has to l<-
sent to Washington (or approval
(through Ihe I s Army turps ol
Kngineers, which huili the dam and
is assisting with the cumpgtound
project l" . said Haves
But we will
eventually see some very nice de
velopment up there," tie added
closing Ihe Department ol Motor
Vehicles Office
Hayes says the
slale has lxx-n surveying DMV
offices and Heppner s is going lo lx
closed
Ihe county liuaylx- considering
closing the land fill outside ol town
after the leuse on Ihe property
expires in April leaving Ihe area
without u public place lo duiiiji
garbage
tourism needs lo lie explored as
an industry beneficial lo the area
more motel space is needed for
travelers coming ihrough town
conduct a business site inventory
in Heppner
try and encourage building on the
liurned out site in town
keep a watch on the condition of
Ihe fair facilities, and Ihe (air s
deficit budget
Also during Ihe annual meeting
IIKDC memlx-rs elected three new
hoardiiM-mjx-rs
They were Cliff
Green to a three year term, Ann
Spicer to a three year term, and
Krmc McCalx- to a one year term
The IIKDC meets every Wednes
day morning al 9 a m
Anyone-
wishing lo join should contac t an
IIKDC boardmember
Free throw winners to compete at district
A g Honors scholarships offered
Bv S TK V K I AMPBKI.L
M o rro w ( o u n tv t x te n s lo n A gen t
The Agricultural Honors Scholar
ship might lx- just the creative
opportunity to provide a challenge
for some bright and enterprizing
Icxal high s< hcxil senior The K H
Jackman Foundation and the Agri
cultural Research Foundation'sSav-
erv Fund provided $25,issi in schol
arship awards last year They fund
the Agricultural Honors Scholarship
which is in the sum of ll.issi and is
awarded lo an entering student in
the College of Agriculture
High
school seniors and Iransfer students
are considered for Ihe award
The tx-sl and brightest students in
the local area are encouraged to
ircrclv for this award The aonlirn
lion deadline is April 15. 1985 The
requirements for the scholarship
include
upper 10 percent of their class
an overall record of acedemic
performance and student leadership
•meet admissions standards lor
agricultural programs
-enrollment in Ihe College of Agri
culture
If you, or any oev you know. meets
these criteria and is inleresled in
applying for this award contact the
Morrow County Kstension other in
Heppner. 676 9642
A pplication
forms and additional information
are available
Pictured above are the winners of last Saturday's
(loop Shoot Competition sponsored by the Klks (or
children in bolh lone and Heppner school*
These
winners are eligible lo compete February 16 al Ihe
District Hoop Shoot in Hermislon against the winners
from II other lodges Those who win al the district
competition win tie eligible (or stale competition lo be
held in Corvallis al a later dale
Back row, from lefl
Coordinator Jim Swanson.
Russel B rill. Nancy Wright .md Daw- Oundw w
Front row from left
Richard Pettyjohn. Kevin
Pavne, Jessica Hedman. and Sheryl Conklin