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The Heppner
Gazette-Times
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County schools to graduate seniors
Trisha Mahoney
Joe Wayne Jemmeti
Stephanie Sue ftjyne
Baccalaureate and Commencement
services will lx- held this week at
Heppner and lone High Sehools
Heppner Baccalaureate services
are scheduled for 7 30 p m .
Wednesday May JO at St Patrick *
Catholic Church with the Rev Floyd
Wilks officiating
f irst Christian
Church. 203 N Hale, will host a
reception for the graduates, family,
and friends following the service
Commencement services w ill
Renee Mone Sfruther* Nancy Wilma Martin
Jodi Girisene Ftodberg
tiegin 7 3o p m . Saturday. June 1. at
Heppner High School
Trisha
Mahoney , daughter of Mr and Mrs
Robert Mahonev Heppner will give
the invocation J in - Jemmelt, Son of
Mr and Mrs Blaine Jemmett
la-xington will give the benediction
The following honor scholars will
address th eir classm ates and
friends
Nancy Martin, daughter of Mr
and Mrs Carl Martin Heppner
Janell McKIhany. daughter of \1r
Jane 11® McElhany
and Mrs t.ary McKIhany , Heppner.
Monique Allan, foreign exchange
student hosted by Mr and Mrs
ta rry Cerullo, Itenee’ Struthers.
daughter of Mr and Mrs l.ee
Padberg, la-xington. and Stephanie
Payne, daughter of Mr and Mrs
la-s Payne Heppner
Baccalaureate service for lone
High School was held Tuesday , May
2Jt at the lone I nited Church of
Christ with the Rev
Brian
Mctiovern presiding
Mark Meyers
lone Salutalorian
Jeff Ball
lo n e
Valedictorian
Commencement service will tiegin
at h p in Kriday. May u at the lone
High behind gym Paula Anderson
will give the involution and Kric
Ox>k the benediction Jelf Bull, son
of Jim and Marie Boor, will give the
Valedictory address Mark Meyers
smi of Cordon and Darcene Meyers
will give the Salutatory adilress
(iuest
speaker w ill be Steve
lands!nun, manager of the Port of
Morrow
Family party draws 60
Pre-School Clinic set Thurs.
Some sixty descendents of
Swedish pioneers Andrew and
Sophia Carlson gathered at their
homestead runch on Saturday after
noon and evening. May 25. for a
family potluck
Younger members of the family
were pleased to have older relatives
tell about the first and second
generation of Carlsons who came to
There will he no regular Kinder
garteti classes in Heppner Thurs
day May 10. tx-cause a pre school
clinic has been schedule«! for child
ren who will be five years old
on or before October I and plan to
attend kindergarten next fall
The free preschool clinic is
designed to test motor skill develop
men), vision, hearing, speech, and
language development to review
immunization records and to pro
vide missed shots fr«-e of charge so
that children w ill have their
im m unization* current at the
tx-ginning of sch<x>l
The clinic is fr«-e, but parent* must
this area Because the family has
grown considerably and is now
scattered far and wide, it was . fine
time for getting better acquainted
The present occupants of the
homestead are Clint and Sarah, the
fourth generation of the family to
live on the homestead built by Clint 's
great grandparents
City to re-submit budget
The Heppner city budget wili be
re suhmitted lo voler* June 25. saul
Heppner Mayor Cara Costa The
s a n ie budget w ili I n - re submilted
because thè budget eommittee and
thè council consider it a fair budget
with no place to trim and because
the wording on the May 21 ballot was
difficult to understand
/
Because only 19 voles defeated
the budget, we felt we would try
again,” concluded Costa
Edmund son resigns
Citing pressures of the job. M or
row County School District Assistant
Superintendent John Kdmundson
has resigned his job in favor of
teaching math at Heppner Klemen
tary Schixil next year
Kdmundson ha* been assistant
superintendent for the past 10 years,
and prior to that wa* principal at
lone High School for three years
" I have had a long standing
interest in leaching and the pressure
(of asst supt > wa* causing health
and well tx-ing problems for me,"
Kdmundson said last week
Kdmunson said he requested the
re assignment and that there was
absolutely no controversy involved
The change is not surrounded by
controversy It is a change I asked
forandone I m looking forward to."
he adil«‘d
He said the district would tx-gin
looking for a new sup«-rintend«-nt
immediately
Krebs escapes
John M Krebs I II serving to
year* for the June 1983 robbery of
the lone branch of the Hank of
Kastern Oregon has reportedly e*
raped from the Oregon State Pen
itentiary farm annex
Krebs and another inmate fleil
from the annex hx ated southeast of
Salem, at about 9 a m
Sunday
morning according to state police in
Hermiston
Krebs and Richard G Met awley.
46. from Marion County . were opera
ting a white 1978 International silage
truck with a red box
No further
information on the escape was avail
able
Krebs 34. of Hermiston had
pleaded guilty to first degree rob
tx-ry ami ex convict in possession of
a firearm in connection with the
June 9. I9KJ robbery of $i9.txxi from
th«- bank at lone He was arrested
without incident at a Bend r«-sort two
days after the robbery
Krebs had tx-en sentenced to 10
years in prison with no chance of
parole until five years had tx-en
served
Hopper «survey underway
Grasshopjx-r* may pose a signi
fincant economic threat in portions
of Morrow County. according to OSII
Kxtensmn Agent Sieve Campbell A
surv ey of arras to the viuth and west
of Heppner by Dick Jackson. Oregon
Department of Agriculture Kntomo
logist. and Camptx-ll indicate that
some potential hot spots are
developing Hatching is in progress
below 3,(881 foot elevations It is still
too early in the higher areas
A more detailed survey will be
conducted on June 3 according to
Campbell This w ill allow fer all the
late hatching hoppers and should
provide a clear picture of the situ
ation. said Campbell If the results
of this survey indicate a need for
further action survey crews will
move in June 4 and 5 and do a
thorough evaluation ot .viorrow
County Rangeland
A public
meeting to begin planning and to
sign up blocks of land will be held on
June 7 Meeting time and place will
be published in that week's Gazette
Times.
It is hoped that extensive control
efforts will not be needed However,
such action cannot be ruled out.
according to Jackson, and proper
plai ning now can save a lot of lime
iater Areas to be sprayed must he
blocks of 10.(881 or more acres
There can be no more than 10
percent cropland w ithin each block
All prmlucers within the block must
sign up or it will not be approved
Jackson stressed that there can be
no exceptions to this requirement
All money must be paid before an
aerial application will be scheduled
« all ahrud (or appianinomi* for Iheir
ehildren
Parents need lo bring
their « hiId » bu tti certificate and
immum/ation record in order tu
enroll their child in kindergarten
A free dentai checkup is also
avallatile for ttxise attending thè
clinic
May Mi only parents may
take their preschooler lo Dr
A le x a n d e r* office without an
appointmenl for a dentai checkup
Kaeh chili! should pian tu *|x-ml
alxiut 90 minute* at (he schixil lo
compiete thè screening exams. lo
meet with kindergarten teacher
Cherry Mehlx-r and take a test in
(he kindergarten rixim
Water supply outl(X)k
Mater supplies are forecast to be
slightly below average during the
next three month*, reports the
Morrow County Soil and Mater
Conservation District
Amount* received were Ckiah
0 58 '. 43 percent of averag e.
Heppner
U 78
65 percent of
average
Thr mountain snow pack I* well
tx-low normal for this time of year
forecasts of stream flow for May
July are a* follows
Butter Creek
near I ’inr City
I 4 thousand acre
fret which I* 92 p«-rcent of average
3 7 a f Rhea Creek near Heppner
2 0 thousand acre feel which is 91
High
81
84
86
73
74
77
71
Urn
SI
Free
ss
54
48
43
45
44
01
II
1»> the ( !it> of ll(>p|>ner
$63,687 pared from county
operating levy
¡
Monique R Allan
W eather
Tues May 21
Misi Mas 22
Thurs . May 23
F r i . Mav 24
Sat . M
Nun , Mav 26
Mon May 27
percent of average 2 2 a f W illow
Creek .it Heppner 2 7 thousand acre
feel which is 93 percent of average
2 9 a f Rick Creek above fayuse
Canyon near Condon 2 2 thousand
acre feel which is 92 percent of
average 2 4 a f
These slream flow forecasts
assume normal weather conditions
for th«- rest of the season, concludes
the S M C D report
The Morrow County Budget has
ticen reduced $ > l 4ii3 since the May
21 election defeat reports County
Budget Office I a) Ray ne Bowman
Service* have boon cut in different
areas, but short of cutting pro
grams it * all we could do.” said
liow man
I'he Hospital Board requested that
their operating levy go to the voters
separately from the county's oper
ating lev y There were no cuts in the
hospital lev v following the May 21
defeat The total amount of the levy
remains the same $419.704 which
reflects a 31 cent jx-r It non lax rate
The amount of taxes required to
balance the budget lias tx-eii reduced
2 5 percent $*-( 687 from the $2.M2.
>4i excluding the $417.704 hospital
levy ' M.iy 21 lew
The $2 198.856
s|x-cial levy reflects a lax rale of
$3 4‘* (x-r $1 non voters will voice
their opinions June 25
Budget cuts were made in the
following areas
Road Department $10. 0 «*l from
roadside wi-ed spraying
IIS.IXXI
from engineering lor new projects
which the county will now lx- unable
to do $< ixm from the line item for
extra help and personnel services,
tv xsi for paint and latxir from the
striping project
(•cneral fund $.-oo from County
Court, extra help. $5txi from the
Assessor s office lor materials and
services gasoline
$.x«l from the
County Clerk's Office for materials
and services $1.830 Iron» secre
tarial help for the County Counsel.
$2<X) (or Juvenile Serv ices, materials
and services $5,598 from the Sher
iff s Department from the line item
for parttime personnel. $1.700 from
the Planning Department for map
ping lixlgmg ami meals -materials
and services $5<X) from the Build
mg Inspector for materials and
services $1 2i*i reduced from rupi
tal outlay for a computer terminal
which will not be purchased,$300
.from the Museum for repair and
maintenance of the b uildin g.II.000
from the Weed Control District $.150
from the boil and Mater Conserva
lion District $1 475 from the Kxten
sion Service $1 078 from the money
alhx'ated to city road districts 'has
ed on a percentage of the county
road department levy- and $250
from the North Morrow Medical
Clinic lor materials and services
Not affecting the tax levy, but
included in the total budget amount
is $5 ixm additional income from the
sale of software for the county *
computer
325 attend Pioneer Picnic
t l v J t s I IN I Ml \ | H K K K l I H I I
I he 12nd Vnnual Morrow County
Pioneer Picnic Oil Sunday. May 28,
wa* attended hv 125 persons The
large fairground hall became a
diningrixmi gaily decorated with
Swedish style garlands of blue,
yellow and red and with many
Swedish flags prnv tiled by the
Carlson family lanus and Betty and
Swede and Krance* were the
primary hosts Betty prepared the
ihree sectioned, eight fool high
family tree on display
After the presentation of Colors by
memlx-rs of the Heppner High KFA
Chapter Dick McKHigotl of lone
Legion Post 95 and Geneva
Mathews, music teacher in lone's
si'hmils were introduced by Louis
Carlson during In* welcome, and the
three of them gave a serious opening
to the reunion by remembering the
war herix-s from the county Then
Carlson introduced members of his
family
The day * invnca'ion was given by
Pastor Rick Kvenson of Hop*- Valhy
Lutheran Church
Jean Nelson of the Morrow County
Historical Society presented the loth
Century Plaque to the Alvin
McCabes who presently live on and
operate the M A Olden farm
Prizes were given out by Mildreil
Carlson Hope and Janet Carlson
Schoolcraft which were Ixiught last
year in Sweden especially for pre
senlatmn at this reunion Kach was
wrapped in the Swedish colors, blue
and gold
One non Swedish prize, a sheep
skin rug from New Zealand, was
also presented by Jim Barratt,
fovallis to the couple who had
traveled the farthest to attend the
reunion. Sally and David Cureton.
Carlson relatives from Alexandrea.
Virginia
A s«-cond far traveler
prize was awarded to Kdith Tupper
Castle, a non Carlson from San
Diego. California
Special prizes honored the oldest
person present. Kdith
Babb,
Heppner who will sixin lx- 95. the
oldesl lady of Swedish descent,
Ksther Bergstrom and the oldest
gentleman with Swedish blond,
laiurem e Hecket
Two of the hosts for the 1988
reunion. Robert and Judy latughlin.
representing the John Kilkenny
Family, and Alvin and DeAnna
McCabe of thr M Olden family who
will host the 1987 reunion were
inlrixluced
25% of voters turned out May 21
only 25 percent or 1,120 of the
county * 4 559 registered voters cast
ballots in lb«- Tuesday. May 21
election
lone precinct had the
largest percentage of voters turn out
with 4.. percent of the i-e.i registered
voters casting ballots
The com
bined Heppner Hardman precinct
with I., percent was second. followed
by Lexington with 31 percent,
Boardman with 16 percent, and
Irngon with 12 percent
7 th graders learn tree planting
Pettyjohn s to
turn oyer
operation of
store
Howard and Jo Pettyjohn. owner*
of Pettyjohn* harm A Builder*
Supply for the past 21 years, have
announced they will lx- turning over
operation of the business to their son
lairry and hi* wife Kerry on June l
Howard and Jo purchased the
store in Nov of 1963 from J G
Barrett
Howard had been an
employee of Kinzua Corp as a
certified lumber grader for 18 years
In 198*. the Pettyjohn's built a new
store where it is presently located
Although they plan to move out of
the hardware business, th«- Petty
John's still plan to remain active by
running their plumbing and excava
ling business out of their home on
the Heppner Condon Highway
Jo
also plans to do some Ixxikkeeping
and advertising work for the hard
ware store "We'll manage to spend
some more time up in the mountains
and on our mini farm tixi." said Jo
tairry Pettyjohn will he taking
over after spending the past four
years working in the business He
and his wife Kerry are txith gradu
ate* of Heppner High and Larry is a
graduate of Oregon State
lairry
had previously worked eight years
as a teacher in Washington
The
couple has two children. Melissa
eight, and Travis six
«*■ i »
on May 7 and 8 a bus of seventh
graders from Heppner Jr High
rolleil nut for a different classroom
the forest Forest Service personnel
Dave Tharp and Nancy lainkfnrd led
the field trqj to help expand on the
subject taught in Sarah Carlson's
science class
The students first had a tour of the
seedling facilities at the District's
compound This included the storage
ctxiler where seedling* are kept at
near freezing temperature* so the
seedlings will stay dorment It also
included the jellyrolling pnxes*
in which the seedlings root* are
dipped in a water and vermiculite
mixture and then wrapped in wet
burlap
Both prix-esses help the
seedling retain moisture and greatly
enhance survivial of the seedling
after planting
After touring the seedling faril
dies the students were off for the
wixxls where they were instna ted to
find as many different tree cones as
possible pine cones fir cones larch
«•ones, male cones, female cones, or
whatever else they could i-ome up
with
The student* brought back
more questions than they did cones,
said a Forest Service s|x>kesperson
This led to some on site explanations
of harriers to natural regeneration
and the genetic program of the
Forest Service
Student* ate sack lunches at Bull
Prairie Campground so they had
plenty of «-nergy for learning about
tree planting in the aftermxin After
a short discussion of forest manage
ment, the different methods of
planting were demonstrated and
then the students tried it on their
own They enthusiastically planted
tree* Just as fast as the Forest
Service cleared and drilled the
holes
rhe students then learned
how to install seedling protectors so
their trees would lx- protected from
browse damage
Basically the
planting the seventh graders did is a
scaled d«iwn version of the planting
the Forest Service and its con
tractors do on hundreds of acres
every year
To end the day each student left
with a si-edling to plant al home, and
a little more knowledge of the
reforestation process, concluded the
spokesperson