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K il l H The H ep pner ( i n i t t f - T I n r t . Ileppner. O tfjo n H r d n n d j) . January 38. 1865 Wheatland Pomona hears reports, approves resolutions H> DELPMAJONES Wheatland Pomona Grange I>»t ru i No 29 met al thr Willows Grange in lone on Saturday Jan 26 al II 40 a m with Master H Johnson presiding Koll call of officers found Ceres absent with Adeline \U Donald filling the office, and an Executive member Dorns (irave*. absent The following honored goeala were introduced and escorted to the Mas ter s station Jack Preston, slate membership chairman, and his wife Joe IhiP uit. I'm a tilla County Pomona Master, and his wife Others acknowledged at this time were the following Masters of their granges. Martha Maker, (ireen field Vernon Knot. Kufus Mildred Wright Mhea Creek Wilma Martin. Mikkalo. Dclphw Jones, la'sington and Wheatland Pomona (»range Ids trict Deputy. Prank pought. and County Deputy ami Master of Mar low (late and guest Iwwis Croce of Cherry Park Ag chairman Vernon Moot repor led on the wheat storage in the various counties Sherman County Hi) percent (»illiam 72 percent. Morrow County 128 percent w ith 21« million bushels stored on the ground A building project at Mikkalo will store JOU.ixio bushles A problem which has harrassed the farmer for over 30 years is the wheat control projects There are many kinds of weeds such as thistle, knapweed bindweed und many new species Kussia is complaining about dirty wheal from the I S . but we know the wheat is clean of insects as it comes from the combine, so perhaps the farmer should tie policing the ways of delivering their product Hoot also gave a bit of needed advise Parly to bed early to rise makes you up to your neck in income tax " The legislative chairman Wilma Martin had a most interesting report mostly on the meeting of the farm organizations and C S Agriculture Secretary John Block and the Na tional (»range Master The National Master outlined a program for Block on the grange stand I > establish a non recourse loan al or near world price 2' long and short term buy out of fragile land to tie placed in a conservation reserve 3> basing production control programs on u nils of production and not acres 4 cross compliance lietween farm pro grams tienefits and soil conserva lion, and Si realignment of the target price deficiency payments The Secretary of Agriculture said there w ill be no more paid diversion programs and probably lower loan rates There is a great difference of opinion between the Secretary of Agriculture and National (»range Martin also stated that there are those again wanting a salt's lax and that the (»range is again fighting this tax We must keep abreast of all the issues that coni ern the voters She also brought to the groups attention several issues we should fie concern E ngagem ents ed about such as balancing thr budget, the barge railroad merger and others All farm organizations should work in closer harmony for their own good Roll call of granges Willows It Rufus« Rhea Creeks. Iwxington 7 (ireenfield S Mikkalo 2 and 14 visitors The CWA Chairman. Delta John son told of the fine reports that she had received about the work of the clubs such as mending for nursing homes, hospitals, c ra ft classes cleaning the Grange halls and working for the needed projects of the state grange session to tie held in Canby in June and the National Grange session to be held in Pugene in November The state membership chairman Jack Preston told grange members of the needs of more members in our granges At one time (iregon had over 30 ii OO members but al present are down to 2f. mxi members (iregon rated fifth in the- C S in membership and we should work hard to bring this up again He complimented the Pomona on thr opening of the meeting and on thr lovely dinner and fine (¡range Hall at Willows After a bountiful dinner and cake walk a fine program was enjoyed under the direction of l-ecturrr Delta Johnson A reading New N ears, by Adeline Mi lkmaid. "L ife and the Nickle of 50 years ago " by Martha Bakrr a skit misconception by Dot llalvorsen and Margaret Akers Johnson introduced Ixvuis Carlson, past president of the Ore gon Wheut la-ague Commission and chairman of the Port of Morrow Commission, who gave a very inter estmg talk on the trip he and a group recently made to Japan with the goal of interesting that country in Tenor to sing at \azarene Oregon and its products There is already a good market there for alfalfa pellets, wheat, and lumber They were most gracious hosts and the group was quite satisfied with the trip The Japanese send com mitlees and may tie one individual to other countries, where they may even live and work in order to learn about their products A reading. My income T a x." by Krnneth Srnouse was enjoyed The resolution committee of Cecil Jones. Kenneth Srnouse and Glen Prock reported on the resolutions as follows 11 a thank you to Willows (»range for the fine dinner and hospitality which was found favor able 2> a resolution on a fee for studded tires This is a proposed ( iregon legislation that would re quire an annual fee of $15 for the privilege of using studded tires on vehicles It is felt that this would result in accidents because many people could not pay this fee annual ly and would not use these tires The committee amended this to read that an excise tax be charged where tires are sold instead of the annual $15 payment There was some discussion from the floor and the resolution was reported favorable and accepted by the body 3) opposition to the merging of the railroad and barge lines was approv ed 4’ balancing the Pederal bud get. this was to recommend that (Iregon aoorove of balancing the Pederal Budget This was favorable and passed The District CWA conference will be held in Greenfield Grange in Boardman. Pebruary IS at 10 30 a m with a polluck dinner at noon Verla (.arson w ill conduct the meet mg Rufus Grange w ill celebrate its 5(Mh year March 7 at 6 30 p m dinner and program later Fillies shut out E 1 L tarsi .ct K u rtis O rc u tl a nd Keren W h eelhouse Mr and Mrs Jay Wheelhouse of llermiston announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter. Karen Marie, of Phoenix. Arizona, to Kurils Paul Orcutl of Marion. Montana The bridegroom elect is the son of Mr and Mrs Korrest Orcutl of Escondido. California The couple plans to la- married at the Phoenix Pirst Assembly of God on February 23 at 7 p m A reception is planned also al the llermiston Assembly of God Church March 2 at 4 p m with a video of the wedding to he shown then for all friends and family The proaprelive bride is a 1962 graduate of llermiston High Schiwil and a m i graduate of Plaza III Modeling School in Pheomx She attended Northwest College in Kirkland. Washington and works for the regional corporate office for Silo in Phoenix ilrc u lt is a m 2 graduate of llood River High School and attended Northwest College in Kirkland. Wash and Glendale Junior College in Arizona He is employed by Jim Dowen Nissan in Kalispell Montana Sweek — Weddings Milton berger Kathleen p Mlltenberger, daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Miltenberger of Pendleton became the bride of Curtis I. Sweek son of Mr and Mrs Clayton Sweek of Heppner at a ceremony read by Pather Todd 1 nger at SI Mary 's Catholic Church in Pendleton at 1 p m October 13, 1984 The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a gown fashioned of white taffeta featuring a AJueen Anne neckline, puffed Camelol sleeves and a court length train trimmed in lace She wore a hat especially designed by Iw titia Roas of Pendleton, and carried a bouquet of cascading silk lavendar carnations and purple rose buds trimmed with baby's breath Matron of honor was Nancy Mlltenberger, Kcho. sister in law of the bride Bridesmaids were Theresa Burton. Pendleton, sister of the bride, and Pam Mlltenberger, Albany, Mater in lav. of the bride Best man was Roger Mortimore, Heppner Usher* were Mike Sweek llermiston and Dana Sweek, The Dalles, both brothers of the bridegroom A reception at the St Mary ’s Church basement followed the wedding The bride is a graduate of Pendleton Senior High School and Blue Mountain Community College She is employed at Taxman. Pendleton The bridegroom is a graduate of Heppner High School employed by Morrow County Grain (¡rowers following a wedding trip to Canada, the couple is at home in llermiston guest on the Gary Randall Program, .■ nationally syndicated television show Johnson s four record albums have received wide acclaim The concert w ill include a variety of styles The community is cordial ly invited to attend the concert Admission w ill be a free w ill offer ing Nutri Nibblers to meet Feb. 4 Ron Johnson Ron Johnson an outstanding gos pel tenor soloist, w ill appear in concert at the Nazarene Church of Heppner 7 30 p m Wednesday, peb 6 Johnson has criscrossed the I'nit ed Slates and Canada since 1975 singing gospel music in numerous local churches for concerts and crusades as w ell as conv entions One recent special event accorded John son was singing the National An them for the l»os Angeles Ikxlgers He has also been a frequent musical Alonday evening Keb 4. at 7 p m * iil hold their second meeting of 1985 at the general purpose room of the Sev enthday Adventist church in Hepp ner The subject Energy Poods, is the second in a series of twelve lessons on foods that help build healthy Indies reports a spokesper -on for the group Any one interested in the class can still pick up the first lessor and join the group in the current discussion s»mie have expressed an interest in nondairy milk and there w ill be samples of several varieties to taste lest A light supper w ill be served All who are interested in lielter health through better food are welcome Around About B y Justin e K eatherford It seems like (his last month of our county s 99th year has been extra long and cold Those of us who have stayed at home for its 31 days have rather envied (he snow birds who have flown to southern states or to Hawaii Woodpiles have surely been shrinking fast and this has been a good month loi the business lolKs w t i o sell t u e l s ,is meet ill us have really struggled to keep our dwellings somewhat warm during the long sequence of below freezing nights and days Having some good mid winter TV programs to watch has helped pass the time As we move from long rather dreary January, into shorter, and we hope warmer Pebruary we must all Ieel excitement over the celebration of this county s centennial l'h< Morrow County Historical Society has been working a long time planning .i lug celebration to tie held at the County fairgrounds on Saturday Pebruary 16 which is only three short weeks away We understand that many county organizations w ill be involved in this lixith birthday party that happens to fall just two days after the birthday of our state (lur Valcntim state was admitted to the union on Peb 14, IK59. just 126 years ago Oregon was the Urd state to join the U S . and is thus only 26 years older than Morrow County i me month after the centennial birthday party. we w ill be celebrating St Patrick s Day which has become a really big event in Heppner thanks to community stimulation by Jimmy Parley and others This year the Irish will lead us into a weekend fete l lie fourth annual, modern days celebration of Heppner s Saint s Day is -el for Saturday March 16. and Sunday, March 17 A committee is hard at work on the programming and arrangements Area Senior Citizens are really working at raising funds toward the building of a Senior Center in Heppner The seven member board of thier corporation includes Bob Harris, chairman Jane Rawlins, secretary; k y e li,B ill( 1 ■ ml W lories arid Prieda Slocum The card party the s**niors held on Jan 24 was rateii successful and some who attended asked f « more like I \ future effort will be the senior Citizens Rummage Sale and luncheon at the Pairgrounds on Saturday, April 13, which they expei I to lx- a lucky day lor them and for the bargain hunters who come shopping You need to check these tug pebruary March and April dates on vour calendars now the time w ill pass quickly Vte hope the fine high school athletic efforts at our three county schools w ill please many fans during the . ommg months We close with a big cheer for the outstanding Heppner High School glr | » basketball team which so excitingly defeated the unbeaten Umatilla team last Pnday night in what I heard folks say was "the lx-st game ever seen Many of us enjoyed the Boosters Saturday night chill feed and watching the Killies and Mustangs gain victories over Wahtonka p h O «0 Missy Eubanks (24) shoots w h ile looks on. By DANA REID The Heppner Pillies shut down the Wahtonka Eagles early in the game and went on to win their seventh league game of the season The game was played here at Heppner on Saturday Jan 26 Starting for the Killies were guards Slephi Payne and Dana Reid, forwards laina Reid and Jodi Pad lierg and center Missy Eubanks The tip went to the Wahtonka Eagles to start the game The Eagles also scored the first two points Heppner got an early foul as Wahtonka was sent to the line for two The Pillies started the game in a full court press, falling hack to a zone defense The first quarter ended with Heppner having a 10 point lead. IH 8 The second quarter started with Heppner receiving the tip Again using a full court press This hurt thr Eagles and gave the Pillies a chance to make their lead stronger Half way through the quarter. Hep pner was play ing a man to man defense part time The second quarter ended with the score 40 21 The third quarter Heppner receiv ed the tip As Heppner held the Eagles to 11 points in the quarter the Pillies had twenty The quarter ended with a score of 60-32 Heppner received the tip once again to start the fourth quarter The Pillies played a man to man taking off the press The W ahtonka Eagles got into foul trouble and Heppner was put to the line The Pillies played well and won the game The final score was Heppner 74 and Wahtonka 4(i Jodi Padlxrg put in 21 points for the Pillies and Missy Eubanks added 13 Slephi Payne led assists with five and Dana Reid had five re bp # Fillies overpower No. 1 - ranked Vikings O o rt A O lii« Ellen A rbogast(20) iMiurids By DAN A III- ID I thought we might have a little The Heppner girls varsity basket let down after our big win over Umatilla but we didn t We had a ball team over powered the No I good effort on defense and we shot 53 rated team in the slate, the Umatilla percent from the field, commented Aikings, at a game played here al Pillies Coach Royer When we Heppner Pnday. Jan 25 shoot like that we're pretty tough to Starting for the Heppner Pillies beat The win Prulay night against were guards Stephanie Payne and Dana Reid forwards l.ana Reid and Umatilla and this one against Wah tonka put Heppner Pillies first in the Jodi I ’adberg and center Penny Connor east division The Aikings received the tip to The Heppner Pillies play the start the game Heppner hustled W asco County Redsides Pnday Peb The t here at Heppner The Pillies trav el track to play tough defense to Morn to play the Sherman County Pilhes stopped them from scoring ,ix Huskies Saturday, peb 2 Both Heppner had the first two points of games begin at approximately 6 the game The game was at a fast pace and lioth teams were placing p m There w ill be a rooters bus going good defense The Pillies started the to Moro for the Sherman County game pressing Umatilla got a four game Saturday If interested call point lead at the end of the first Heppner High School by Thursday at quarter. It 15 The Aikings again got the tip for 12 30 p m the second quarter The first half of Heppner IX 22 2« 11-74 the second quarter was play ed pret ly much the same as the first Wahtonka x IX It H ill Missy Eubanks 3. 3-X. 9, t llen quarter with the scoring staying Arbogaxt 3,8-1.6. Andrea Ball I . I I close Towards the end of the second 3; Missy 4 iibanks 6. 12. 1.1 Dana quarter Heppner took control and Reid I . 5- 6. 7. Jodi I'adberg9. 3-4, 21. pulled ahead of the Vikings Hepp Steph I’ ayne*. n (I, 12. Penny ( unitor ner was using their full court press I. lid. 2; I ana Reid I. 12. 1 Totals and Umatilla turned the ball over Al the end of the quarter the Pillies 3«. 14-27, 74 were ahead by 9 28 19 Wahtonka lolals 12. 16 23. In The third quarter was very low league 1 ast Div ision Season Heppner putting in two AV 1 W 1. scoring 7 1 llrp p n rr 1 1 2 points and Umatilla four with both 5 2 1 »natili.» 132 teams playing tough defense The AArslon Ali Kwrn 4 3 3 7 quarter ended with the score. Hepp 3 4 Pilot Rock 7 6 ner 30 and Umatilla 23 The Vikings once again received 8 7 Stanfield 4 It AAesi Div ision Season the tip to start the fourth quarter 1eague w 1 The Pillies continued play ing a full AA 1 Sherman t o I l 1 court press, and the Vikings went to 6 « Riverside i - one. too Umatilla started to make a 3 4 Wasco Co 7 7 2 4 AA ahlonka S II 1 6 New phone lx>ok delivery to begin Delivery of new phone books will begin in the south Morrow County area Pebruary 5, and continue for approximately one week, depending upon wealhei conditions Mr and Mrs Melvin I. Allyn of Iwxington. and Mrs Don Hohinson of Heppner w ill do the deliveries, as they have for the past several years oineback and Umatilla called a time out with Heppner ahead 34 27 Back into the game the Aikings winceloser and called another time ■ 'Ut 16-33 The Vikings had posses sum of the ball Heppner played tough defense but couldn t stop them from scoring as they came within only a one point lead The Pillies called a time out with only 32 seconds left in the game Heppner took the ball down court and Steph am I ’ayne was fouled She shot, and made two freethrows to give the Killies a three point lead Umatilla took the ball track down court They lost control of the ball and a jump was called with approximately four seconds left No baskets were made as the game ended with a final score Heppner 38 and Umatilla 35 Stephani I ’ayne and Jodi I ’adberg Isith had 15 points for the Pillies lama Reid had seven rebounds and Jodi I ’adberg and Dana Reid both had six Stephani I’ayne had five assists and three steals and Dana Reid also had three steals It was our best four quarters of defense all season We had trouble getting into our offense but Stephani I ’ayne and Jodi Padberg both shot the hall well from outside," said Heppner coach Mike Royer "A lot of credit has to go to our defense effort (>ur inside players really played well ” Heppner I m a tilla || IS |7 2 8-38 4 4 12-3$ Alissv Turner I, 8-2. 2; l.ana Reid 2, (III. 4 Dana Reid I. 8-8. 2; Jodi I ’adberg 6.1-4, 15; Stephani Payne 6. 1* IS Totals 16. 6-12. 38. t n ta lilla lolals 14. 7-16. 1$. Special program slated for next l ues. Chamber meeting The Chamber of Commerce did not meet this week because it was the fifth Tuesday in January It will meet again on Tuesday. Peb 5 The program w ill tie presented by Chuck Starr ot lone, who chairs the committee on the proposed lone- Roardman road All members are urged to attend every meeting
