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The Heppner
Gazette-Times
Tues June 4
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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