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Morrow County Centennial celebration culminates with evening gala
Editorial
This Bud’s for Who ?
Portland Mayor Mud Clark was in town Saturday
night for an address to the Morrow County Centennial
Celebration, and for those who expected a dog and pony
show from the “ unconventional" Hose City Mayor, they
probably went away disappointed
Sure. Mud gave his famous “ whoop, whoop" (twice in
School board objects to S3,000 fee
The M o rn m County School H oard
raised ob je ctio ns M onday 10 a p ro
jxisod c o n tra c t fro m the co u n ty fa ir
hoard re q u irin g the d is tric t to pay
W.fltxi per y e a r fo r use o f th«- fa ir and
rodeo grounds fo r s p o rtin g and o th e r
events
The d is tric t doe* not pay an
annual fee now and the c o n tra c t
between the tw o bodies h a sn 't been
updated fo r so m e tim e , fa irb o a rd
m e m b e r M e r ly n K o b in s o n s a id
Tuesday
The d is tric t o bjected m a in ly to the
annual fee and re q u ire m e n ts that
the schools clean up the re stro o m s,
gran d sta n d , d ressing room s and
held areas w ith in 24 hours fo llo w in g
use of the grounds, as w e ll as
stip u la tio n s that the d is tric t p ro vid e
crow d c o n tro l d u rin g gam es, and
pay fo r e le c tric ity in a b lin k b u ild in g
on the grounds d u rin g O ctober and
N ovem ber
In the past the d is tric t and the fa ir
hoard d iv id e d c e rta in costs fo r
upkeep of the grounds h o w e ve r, the
fa ir hoard has found that its budget
cannot keep up w ith the expenses fo r
m ainte n a n ce , and has asked the
d is tric t fo r m ore help
The d is tric t uses the grounds for
fo o tb a ll and baseball gam es as w e ll
as p h y s ic a l ed u catio n classes fo r the
a djacent g ra d e schiNil
S uperintendent D oyle M cC aslin
said the d is tric t presently puts about
$J j<si per y e a r in to the grounds
th rough m a te ria ls and la b o r
T his isn t a one sid e d d e a l."
Kobinson said
We w ant to be
e q u itab le to a ll sides and we feel we
should have some re im b u rs e m e n t
because o u r funds don I c o v e r a ll the
e x p e nse s
in
k e e p in g
up
th e
grounds
She pointed out that the fa ir tio a rd
receives only 1.15.lion per ye a r fro m
the sta le ra c in g co m m issio n to pul
on a fa ir, and that it has been hit
w ith se ve ra l la rg e increases in
expenses in the last se ve ra l years
"T h is c o n tra c t is ne g otia b le and I
th in k n othing can tie sa id fo r c e rta in
u n til the two groups fa ir b o a rd and
school h o a rd 1 sit down and ta lk
about it , ' Kobinson said
fle p p n e r E le m e n ta ry P rin c ip a l
D otl Cole, whose school uses the
ground e x te n s iv e ly , lo ld the board
he w ould lik e to see th in g s w orked
out e q u ita b ly because w e ’ve a lw a ys
got along p re tty good w ith them in
the past, and it's best fo r eve ryo n e if
we continue to do so "
In o th e r business the hoard heard
fro m H eppner E co n o m ic D e ve lo p
m ent C o m m issio n HEIM
m em b e r
Jim Hayes, w tio la ia w i atu nil the
d is tric t's possible help in construe
lio n o f a baseball fie ld near W illow
t reek l-ake
Hayes said the d is tric t m ig h t have
use o f the fie ld fo r baseball gam es
and fe lt ouf the hoard on possible
fin a n c ia l help fro m the d is tric t fo r
its c o n s tru c tio n
A t present Hay es and the H E D C
have been w o rk in g on h a vin g sever
al re c re a tio n fa c ilitie s b u ilt at the
la k e , in c lu d in g a c a m p g ro u n d ,
s w im m in g area and a b a ll fie ld
The t ' S A rm y Corps o f E n g in e e r*
has said that it w o u ld fund 5(1 percent
of the cost o f co n s tru c tio n fa i ililie s
at the la ke . Hayes said
Two h o a rd m e m b e n responded to
H ayes' request, w ith Bob M ahoney
saying the fie ld w ould tie too fa r
fro m tow n, and J e rry M c E llig n tt
p o in tin g out th a t the d is tric t is in the
process of tr y in g to get its budget
pass«*! w h ich doe* not in clu d e
money fo r a b a ll fie ld
In o th er a ctio n , the board
tattled a request fro m Tom
M cConnell fo r use of the old la -xin g
ton school as a lib r a ry H ow ever,
because of a m ix u p on w h ich room
was being requested the tio a rd ta b
led the request u n til la te r McCon
nell said he had between three and
lo u r thousand books to put in the
proposed lib ra ry
heard a request fro m County
C o m m issio n e r Ir v Kauch. a sking
that the d is tric t k ic k in $2 ixm fo r
w a te r co n tro l co n s tru c tio n on a road
leading down fro m H eppner H igh
School K auch sa id the w a te r is
ru n n in g down the road and a d iv e r
sion needs to tie b u ilt He said the
county w ould also pay I2.UU0 The
tio a rd took no actio n
heard fro m G ary Olson, a teacher
p re se n tly w o rk in g w ith Id students
in the H oardm an area in vo lve d w ith
the d is tric t s new p ro je c t Help
(llso n said the p ro g ra m is a im ed
at students who have, o r a re consul
e rin g d ro p p in g out of school and is
designed to get them back in to the
school system
The d is tric t has
rented o ffic e space in the post o ffic e
bu d ding in H oardm an w here the
students meet
re m in d e d the board that the
d is tric t budget h e a rin g has been set
fo r M arch 4 The budget e le ctio n
w ill lie held M a rch 2*>
heard fro m John Kdm undson.
who said the d is tric t w ould have to
fo rfe it $120 of state m oney because a
n o n -ce rtifle a fe d su b stitu te te a che r
was h ire d .it H oardm a*' fo r
davs
No one can w ork fo r the
d is tric t w ith o u t a c e rtific a te , said
Edm ondson
and when we found
out our m is ta k e we blew the w h istle
on ourselves
The fo rfe itu re re p re
senled the am ount of m oney the
teacher was paid
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fact), and he did take lots of snapshots with his ever
present pocket camera, but he didn’t expose himself to
art (or anyone else), or do anything really very
extraordinary.
After hearing about the man in the media, one
wasn’t sure what to expect from Mud Clark, but what
we got was a Portland Mayor that mingled with the
crowd, talked with all who approached him, and gave a
serious speech on his Morrow County roots, and the
plans he has for the future of Portland.
“ I ’m working on selling Portland as the city that
represents the Columbia Basin area," Clark said He
pointed out that Portland is getting neither its share of
the exporting and trading business of the Pacific rim,
nor the convention business of the Northwest. Hardly
the ramblinas of an aging be nickered yuppie, who’s
been poling his canoe on the Willamette River too long
k No, Clark sounded like the serious mayor of a large
city. He has a plan for Portland And if he can pull it
off, they're sure to be singing ‘‘this Mud’s for Portland"
in the Rose City. Then the next tune we are likely to
hear may well be. is this Mud for Oregon?
D.K.S
K eynote speakers fro m P o rtla n d
am i M onm outh
square dancers
m usicia ns, a w a rd s, am i m uch lig h t
h e a rte d r e m in is i m g l i l l r i ! th e
'■veiling Saturday Kcb in h o noring
M orrow County on its lix ith b irth
day
D c ljih a Jones c h a irw o m a n of the
C entennial C o m m itte e w e lcom ed
the a p p ro x im a te ly J7o who had
assem bled to c o m m e m o ra te the
c o u n ty 's b e g in n in g s
T h e Kev
S tuart D ick of la *xing to n led the
cro w d in a p ra y e r of tlia n k s g iv m g
fo r a good county h a v in g p ro v id e d
1 (Hi years of abundant h a rv e s ts in an
h o u r o f fa m in e a n d p e s tile n c e
around the w o rld
As guests w ere served by m em
tiers of W illo w s Kbou C reek, le x
ington and G re e n fie ld g ra n g e s the
Hoy Seoul T ro o p tad R ic h a rd Hetty
John. H ow a rd and Steven Swanson
and J J Shaw presented the co lo rs
N o n ta M a rq u a rd t of P o rtla n d sang
the S ta r Spangled B a n n e r w h ile
everyone re m a in e d sta n d in g K e lly
M a rq u a rd t p layed the pia n o fo r tio lh
the n a tio n a l a n the m and a unison
sin g in g of A m e ric a the B e a u tifu l
Jones co n tin ue d the p ro g ra m w ith
in tro d u c tio n s of the d ig n ita rie s ot
the head ta b le in c lu d in g present
county c o m m issio n e rs J e rry Peck
and Irv Kauch and fo rm e r m in im s
sinner W a rre n McCoy who was on
the c o u rt when the c e n te n n ia l p ro
Jeet tiegan as w e ll as fo rm e r co u n ty
judge. P a u l Jones was also in tro
duced
Pour o f the county * fiv e m a y o rs
w ere in tro d u c e d
M a y o r Don Kp
pen bach of Irrig o n . M a y o r (.a le
G r ill of B o a rd m a n
M a y o r John
K ip p lc o f L e x in g to n , and M a y o r
C ara Costa of H eppnei
C ounty P la n n e r Deane Seeger was
in tro d u c e d as an a id e to the centen
m al c o m m itte e of K u lh M cCabe and
Delpha Jones T he p ro g ra m con
Untied w ith the announcem ent by
Jean Nelson, c o o rd in a to r of the
essay contest fo r ju n io r high school
students of the th ird place. $5
w in n e r. J ill Nelson, d a u g h te r o f Ken
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Good cause brings Heppner artist to soap box
C ork Norene is no! o n ly a locally
p ro m in e n t a rtis t, but also is w e il
known fo r her a b ility to stand on a
soap box now and then
if it 's fo r a
good cause And Norene ha* found
such a cause in A rtis ts in Educa
lio n , a p ro g ra m in w h ich v is itin g
a rtis ts and c ra fts people are placed
in the schools fo r the e d ucation and
d e lig h t o f the students
" A r tis ts in E d u ca tio n is a concern
fo r m e as w e ll as m y frie n d s in A rt
Club and c o m m u n ity m em bers
s a id N o re n e
"W e re
lo o k in g
to w a rd s a b e tte r and m ore w e ll
rounded in d iv id u a l Nol a ll of us.
u n fo rtu n a te ly , a re ath le te s A few
are good in both 'a th le tic s and the
a rts • t- o r those who have oth er
ne e ds. I w o u ld hope s o m e d a y
schools w ould use m ore a rts w ith the
other p ro g ra m s they now o ffe r
Norene a g ra d u a te of the M orrow
County school system , is one who
has done an e ffe c tiv e jo b of co m h in
mg a th le tic s , scholastics and the
a rts A m e m b e r of the UM£ G illia m
County Kodeo C o u rt and the RM7
M o rro w C o u n ty K o d e o C o u rt.
Norene also played in te rsch o la stic
v o lle y b a ll in high school and was a
ju n io r life g u a rd at the H eppner Pool
d u rin g the su m m e r
( if her in vo lve m e n t in the a rts.
Norene says I w o rk in a ll m edia
le a rn in g to see is m y n u m b e r one
p rio rity
I II a lw a ys and fo re v e r
re m a in a student I never tir e of
le a rn in g m o re and som ething new
and d iffe re n t
" A n a rtis t is usually hardest on his
own w o rk
she add<>d
and th a t's
how it should tie N ever re a lly being
co m p le te ly sa tisfie d and s triv in g lo r
b e tte r m e n t is v e r y im p o r ta n t
Y o u 're a lw a ys pleased when some
th in g yo u 've done pleases someone
else S ou ve told it w e ll and th a t’s
w hat counts
" I try fo r o rig in a lity in m y w ork
this a llow s me tu
photograph to lie rn m p o itio n u lly
co rre ct fo r m y canvas and not have
an exact likeness T h a t's the p r iv i
lege an a rtis t has
by so doing he
can give o r c re a te a fe e lin g of
g re a te r depth o r d ista n ce to his
w ork "
The o rig in a l o f the p a in tin g pic
tured above is d isp la ye d at the
m useum in H eppner The o rig in a l,
don«* in IK7H by O live Bush Swag
g a rt. depicts the b a ttle at W illow
Springs B a ttle M ou n ta in an h is lo r
leal s ite ' al the headw aters of L ittle
B u tte r C reek
I ve becom e involv
ed w ith the p ic tu re ." said Norene
" h e r (S w a g g a rf's i h a n d lin g o f the
m ed iu m , s to ry , e v e ry th in g I had as
a youngster, m ade a c a ttle d riv e one
su m m e r th ro u g h the sam e area,
sleeping out and kn o w in g the sto ry
fro m old So it's tieen a c h a lle n g e to
me seeing if I can ca p tu re her s ty le
When fin ish e d I ¡1 re v e rt back
im m e d ia te ly to m y own s ty le
" I do ve ry lit t le copy w o r k ," she
continued, and the s m a ll a m ount I
do Is le g a lly rig h t up fro n t It's a
fu lly accepted p ra c tic e as long as
the a rtis t gives fu ll c re d it to the
o rig in a l a rtis t, sig n in g th e ir ilh e
o rig in a l a rtis t s ' nam e fir s t, follow
ed by his own s ig n a tu re "
Norene who says she like s w o rk
mg alone, also e n joys the free d o m
" t o change fro m one m ed iu m to
another, s im p ly to g iv e m y s e lf a
break
It a llo w s m e to fre e up
m ore, have m ore tun, if you w ill "
Norene com es fro m a ric h h e r it
age of the a rts H er g ra n d m o th e r,
Cora E ic h in g e r. a g ra d u a te of the
M inneapolis School of M usic, w ro te
m u s ic , ly r ic s a n d p o e try
T he
fam ous W estern a rtis t. E'. H Wuig
ley. was a fa m ily frie n d of N o re n e s
p a re n ts " f o r o ve r 5« y e a rs ' and was
Norene s m en to r
" I knew Wuig
a ll my life . " said Norene When we
had a dude ran ch in the Y a k im a
Valley (Juig went w ith m y fa th e r on
roundups and he based his a rt on
those tim e s
VJuigley, who passed
aw ay last y e a r, spent his last years
on the Tony Vcy place g u ig le y s
w o rk is d isp la ye d at the O regon
H is to ric a l Society in P o rtla n d and at
the Cowboy lla li of Kam e in o k la
hom a C ity Norene s m oth e r. K u th
N u ttin g , her husband. J im Norene,
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tie r d a u g h te r. T r a d e Bunch and her
d a u g h te r's fa m ily a re " a ll in v o lv e d
in the a rts in some m a n n e r We tr y
as a fa m ily u n it to lie s u p p o rtiv e and
h e lp lu l of each o th er 's ta le n ts in the
way they 'see
D n f o r t u n a t e ly , a c c o rd in g
to
Norene. the " s ta r v in g a rtis t stereo
type is m ore tru th than fic tio n "A n y
m oney we d e riv e fro m o u r a rt is
im m e d ia te ly |iu t back in to m ore
lessons, supplies, tool*, etc So it's
m ostly o u tg o ." concludes Norene " I
do e v e ry so often save up and then
tr y to buy a s m a ll piece of some
o ther a rtis t's w o rk fo r our hom e and
o ffic e , and by so doing s u p jio rt them
as w e ll as e n jo y the o b je ct of a rt "
A rea a rt a ffm o n a d o s w ill have the
o p p o rtu n ity of doing Ix ith th is T hu rx
day. Kcb 21. s ta rtin g at H p m at A ll
S a m i's E p isco p a l C hurch P a ris h
H a ll in H eppner M orro w C ounty
A rts and C ra fts m e m tie rx w ill dis
pla y a rt (or sale and the H eppner
lone B ra n ch o f A A l W w ill present a
slide show on N orth w e st wom en
a rtis ts K e lre s h m e n ts w ill he served
and the c o m m u n ity is in v ite d to
a ttend
Police Chief issues warning
PARENTS
We have re c e n tly had some in d ica tio n s in our area w hich I deem
im p o rta n t enough to cause m e to issue th is w a rn in g P a re n ts know w here
yo u r c h ild re n are at a ll tim e * I f you have a lre a d y advised them not to ta lk
to or go w ith stra n g e rs , in s tru c t them again
If they re p o rt any in cid e n t to you. L IS T E N and p ra ise them fo r co n fid in g
in you W atch out fo r each o th er s c h ild re n Cooperate w ith yo u r neighbor
If you have any in fo rm a tio n , please, co n tact me
Douglas C K athbun
C hief o f P olice
The P olice C h ie f's re m in d e r is the
resu lt of an in cident last T hu rsd a y
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d riv ing ii (io kup re jx irle d ly stopped
and to ld the txiy th .il he had m issed
his bus and o ffe re d to g ive h im a ride
to school Bei ause the boy ran back
home, his m o th e r was able (o b rin g
him to tow n w h e re they saw the
suspected ve h icle and re p o rte d the
alleged in cid e n t to the C ity Police
H eppner schools have sent notices
home w ith p u p il* a le rtin g p a re n ts to
m o rn in g in v o lv in g a hoy who was w a rn c h ild re n not to accept rules
w a itin g fo r his sctuml bus on the (rom stra n g e rs even in M orrow
H inton ( reek b »
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C ork Norene M orro w C ounty C re a tiv e A rts and C ra ft*
pre sid e n t and A A I W m e m b e r
jxises w ith her
co m m issio n e d copy o f an o rig in a l by O live Bush
S w aggart Norene. along w ith o th e r lo c a l a rtis ts w ill be
d is p la y in g her w o rk at a show h e b ru a ry 21 s ta rtin g at H
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p m at A ll S a in t* E p isco p a l C h u rch in H eppner T he a rt
show and slide p ro g ra m of N o rth w e s t w om en a rtis ts the
same evening is sponsored by the H e p p n er lone b ra n c h
of A A I ' W in c o n ju n c tio n w ith O regon A r t* Week