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w — — - '• - * r • I ..... .. ■ « • The Heppner Gazette-Times Tues June 4 Wed . June 5 Thurs June 6 ►T i . June 7 Sat . June 6 Sun June 9 Mon June 10 M o rro w C o u n ty 's H o m e -O w n e d Weekly N e w s p a p e r VOI IDI N o 2| M UD AV Jl 12. im i i l P V (iE S H e p p n e r, ( )rn'»ni 25 “ l>\ Morgan elevator burns for ò hrs. Tues. Allegedly starting from an explo sion inside the Morgan elevator about 9 a m . a fire caused more than $5ixi ixri damage to the elev ator and surrounding property, reports a spokesperson for Mac Wheat. Inc owner of the elevatoar Roy Taylor and Jeff George, employed by Proudfoot Ranches were working in the elevator at the time of the explosion, but were able lo get out when one of them heard the explosion and alerted the other Neither was hurt A house behind the elevator burmsl as »v«ll as some railroad cars and prop«-rty belonging to Union Pacific Railroad and approxim ately 50 acr«*s of pa lure land across the state highway owned by Proud toot Ranch«-s and G eorge Griffith John Proudfoot of Proudfoot Ranches reported that no estimate of dam age lo railroad property was available The elevatoar was estimated to tie half full of wheat Part of the loss, continued Proudfoot. was covered by insurance Morrow County («rain (¡row ers Colum bia Basin E le c t r ic . and Dohyns Pest Control sent trucks with water tanks and crews to help control the fire Neighbors also respond«-d to the fire Zf Morgan elevofor smolder* Tuesday afternoon $19,000 dam age estimated in Sunday fire Three trucks and 13 men of the H eppner K ire D ep artm en t responded to a house fire at the Norris I looney residence on High way 207 last Sunday afternoon The fire was under control in tS minutes Dire I'b i.i KTxreti* Rm huibm e reported that every room in the house was affected by either fire, smoke or heat dam age Approxi m stely $12.000 dam age was estl mated on the house and $7 000 on the contents Cause for the blare is p resen tly unknown. stated Burkenbine The Dooney s were out of town when W e fire broke out and did noT return home until 9 p m Sunday, concluded Burkenbine Stephi prepares for state All-Star Basketball games Stephanie Payne will begin prac ticing with It other All Star players at North Douglas High School June 17 They will lie coached by Mary Cant of Imbier and Bill Molendykr of Helix Selected for the state Class " A " and It All Star team during the state tourneys, Payne received a letter following the season with specifics about her stay with a host fam ily in Dram during the week which will be capped with two east west exhibition games The first one will tie K riday. June 21, t p m at I-ane Community College A second gam e will follow at H 45 Saturday. June 22 in The Dalles Kinzua Corp has donated her $50 uniform fee Payne says that Killies teammate Jodi Padberg who was also selected to play in the All-Star gam e will be unable to participate txxause she left for Spain on June H w ith a group of Heppner High School students To "g e t in shape" for basketball practice. Payne says that she has t*-en working on her shooting" and doing some running Payne says that practicing for the exhibition games will tie "w ork because I have competed against some of the girls I w ill tie play mg with But it will be fun. too It will be different for all of us because we ve n e v e r co m p eted against teams from the western part of the slate t»-fore except for ithe Killies game with i Regis at the State Tour nam ent." Two sessions of two weeks each will tie offered Students will need their own racquet but do not need to know how to play thr gam e Tennis classes for adults will also tie offered on thr BMCC courts at 6 a m and again at 7 a m Monday through Thursday during summer term A numtier of college transfers classes will also be offered in the areas of computer science mathe m a lic *, s c ien c e. E nglish and psychology Seventy three fourth fifth and sixth graders converged on A C Houghton KJementary School in Irrigon on Tuesday May 28. I9K5. to take part in the Morrow County School District's elementary math contest T h e con test was n rg a n n e d according to grade level comp«-tition with the following students winning ribbons for finishing with one of the lop six scores Grade 4 first Mark Conklin, lone, second Amy Daulton. Hoardman third Chris Tallm an Hoardman. fourth Seth Smythe Hoardman, a tie for fifth between Krika Bergstrom, lone and Scott Grenfell, Hoardman. and sixth M arc Evans. Irrigon tirade 5 Kirst Jana Mounts. Hoardman. a tie for second between Christy Corwin Heppner. Ryan Adelman. H eppn er. and T ra c y D um lar. Irrigon, third Mina (¡in. Hoard m an . a tie for fourth between Brandi Ball, lone and Jason Stanley. Irn gon fifth April Miller. Irrtgon. a tie for sixth between Kelly Spray, Hoardman and Nicole Kapp«'rt. Irrigon Grade 6 first Bob Krein. Heppner. second Christi Irwin, Irrigo n . third Kevin Guthrie Hoardman fourth Angela Smythe, Hoardman. fifth Doug Devin Heppner and sixth Todd Payne, Irrigon Kirst place finishers in each level contest also received award plaques and all p a rtic ip a n ts r e c e iv e d souvemer pencils and cert it i. After the individual competition was c o m p leted , students w ere divided into groups of nine for a The lone community w ill be having a celebration, the fourth of July, to c o m m e m o ra te th eir Centennial and that of Morros ( ounty The i tty paik will he the hub 0^ activities »it h org.mirations setting up food booths and an Art she» mg of local artists works (lam es and contest will lie conducted during the day for both adults and children at the (Mirk The festisdies will begin at 12 main with a Kids and Kids at Heart Parade down Main street At 12 10 81 H ( ‘ | I| III«T Krebs, McCawley transferred to ( Hackamas County Richard Girmi Mct'awley plc.idcd guiltv Monda» afternoon lo » barge* of R u b is i» I «mi I nauthonred Use of .i Motor \ rhu 1« in Pendleton Circuit Court tutore Juilge olscn Koil » , 1 « set ot tloo.UUl MoririW County Districi \ttorne» Richard McNerm-v nqsirts thol fo llo » ing McCawley s pli o. his office dropped addition.il charges of Altcm pted Assolili I Ass.iulling o Cubile S o ffi) O fficrr Kx ( om u t in Possession of •i Kirearm Possession of o Kirearm h> on lnni.it«- of o IV nal Institution and R urglor) I McCaw ley ss ili rrturn lo Circuit Court in Morrnw County Jul) Il for sentencing Mei avi Ir ) and John W Krrlis were indictrd In a Morrim Conni) Grand Jur> .Inni- 7 on idrntical chargcs strnirning frorn thr M a) 29 armed robhery of thr Ione («ranch of thi- Bank of Eastern orrgon Krrlis ssos trans portevi h) thr Orrgon State l ,olicr from thr scrnr of thr arrest at the junction of Juniper Cons on and lloinhing Range roads, ininulrs (olios mg thr rot», tier) to the l mat ilia Counts Jail McCawley sso- transported («) lh< Morrosi Counts Sheriff s O ffice to thr same Jail Morros« County S h e riff Koy l>r.igo reports that Monday after noon thr Cmatilla County Jail reached maximum capacity »In ch necessitated tinning Krebs and McCawley Hie closest faciltls sshich could lx- fount! to house the Oregon Stale Penitentiary es« a pees was Clackamas Counts Jail While in the Clackamas Counts facility, Morros« Counts ssill pa) u $4H per das fee which Drago says, the county \xtil no longer huse to pas after the |>air are transjMirted to the Stale I ’en on Wednesday, June 17 Krebs also » i l l return I«« M o rro » County Circuit Court on July It for further judicial action booths will open and a horseshoe tournament and frog jumping con test will start There will be live entertainment. Model T car rides. Pony Cart rides a Klea Market, Arts and Crafts demonstrations a historical tour of lone and free swimming throughout the afternoon The lon e C ard in al Club w ill sponsor a barbecue chicken dinner with entertainment at the school from 6 30 to 8 30 p m The lone U-gion will set off fireworks at dusk A street dance on Main street will fo lio » (IS P Sgt Rrnekie led and MUSO Sheriff Hoy Drago keep watch m et Krebs foreground' and McCawley t kneeling' while they urc secured for transport 2 H U S seniors named Oregon Scholars Renee Struthers and Stephanie Payne are among 1.509 graduating seniors in O regon have been announced as I9K> Oregon Scholars by the Oregon State Scholarship Commission Students earning this honor are selected from all participating high schools in Oregon on the basis of their outstanding academic achieve ment Selection is tiased prim arily on high school grade point average, with consideration given to aptitude test scores The purpose of the O regon Scholars award is to give recog nttion to the academic achievement of students who have excelled in high school These awards are honorary and are not related to financial assistance which students may receive .50 people attend reunion at Celilo Park 11» I I H I 'll V JUNKS The 12nd annual picnic of the descendents of the fa m ilie s of Winnie Olden Chrissinan. Jessie Olden Henderson, Grant Olden, and laila ( Hden Ml 'abe. was held Sunday at the O h io Kails Park A bountiful pot luck dinner was enjoyed and a fine afternoon of visiting There were about 50 people in attendance The next picnic is Persons interested in registering for any class lo be offered by the college this summer may use the mail in registration form found in the scheduled mailed to all district postal patrons Registration for summer term ends Monday. June 24. at noon Persons wishing m ore information about summer term may contact the office of continuing education at 276 1260 ext 290 Elementary math contest winners named ; 75 P im p 07 (17 ID 1 1 lone plans J uly 4 Celebration Register for BMCC summer classes by June 24 A variety of classes will tie offered summer term by Blue Mountain Community College both on campus in other college communities H eppner (la s s e s w ill include aerobic dance, dance to fitness, expectant parents and beginning golf Adult Basic education classes will be offered in Heppner. Hoardman. Milton Kr«‘eu ater, and Hermiston Tennis camps are available for fourth graders through high school students at thr Pendleton campus t ill* ( .¡ I \ o f 1-UM 52 M 52 41 42 43 43 High 73 71 team relay activity Two teams composed of students from all county communities lied for first place in this event Members of the winning teams also received award certificates for their winning per formance Contest co-chairman Mick Tolar and John Edmundson reported that the students showed a lot of intensity and interest in taking part in the annual math competition event They also commended the many teacher« who helped with organizing and putting on the contest, par tic u la rly the con test planning com mittee which included Mark Jones Of lone Mary Haguewood of H eppner. E la in e M oore of Hoardman. and Doug Howell of Irrigon planned for The Dalles There were people there from Mossy Koack. W A. Salt Lake (Tty. Utah, Beaver ton. Gresham, Clackamas. Hood K iver. Arlington. Condon, lone, Pendleton Adams, Summerville The Dalles and Heppner Rvoto COoUMi o t Wtyto* Co • (..**« • Krom left d S P Tron|ier Workman. OSP Sgt Henckie and MUSO Deputy Jim Hankins assist John Krelis into state police vehicle following his May 20 P S U announces degree candidates Students from the local area are among some 1,100 who will be eligible to receive baccalaureate degrees from Portland Stale Uni v e rs ify d uring com m en cem en t ceremonies scheduled for 7 to p m . I i ulay June 11 .«' I Memorial Coliseum Dr JosephC Blumel. president of the University, is slated to confer the degrees and preside at commence ment PSU June degree candidates who attended area high schools include Heppner High School graduates Paula Kay Cole and Sally Marie Sumner IUCC welcomes summer intern The lone United Church of Christ will welcom e their 1905 summer intern on Sunday. June 16 . with a breakfast from 9 to 9 10 a m and worship at 10 a m Joy llaertig. a student at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. California, will spend one week in lon e, s e rv in g as s u p ervisor of Vacation Church School, then go lo Condon to work at the United Church of Christ there for four weeks She w ill return to lone on July 20 to serve the church for five weeks while the Rev Cathy Barker ts on vacation and sabbatical leave * vj * j rt at Momyw C j > • 1 ’J*t • Camera inside lobby of the lone branch of the Hank of Kastern Oregon reveals this photo of one of the bank robbers, tentatively identified as Richard Me t aw lev \
