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The H eppner
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N o 27 H K IIN K S O A Y . J l I V J. is«*
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Seniors recieve deed to site
Wed . June 25
Thur , June 26
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Sal . June 28
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Last W< lnesday. June 27, was a
big day for south Morrow County's
senior citizens
During a regular
Wednesday luncheon nl the Senior
Mealsite. Morrow County Judge Don
McF.lligutt accompanied by com
missioners Irv Kauch and Jerry
Peck turned over the deed to a
parcel of land no longer needed for
county use and a check for (41. inn )
from Morrow County's federal
revenue sharing fund to tie used for
building a multi use senior center
Hill Cox accepted the deed and
check on behalf of the Senior Citizen
Building Fund Committee in the
absence of chairman Hob Harris
who is on vacation He told seniors,
members of the Court, and guests
that the senior citizens appreciate
the Court 's donation and w ill do their
best to erect a multi use center
"They have tossed the ball to us. and
now it is up to us to put the building
up." He invited »• >ors to volunteer
any time to do a "little part" or a
"big part" to make the proposed
building a reality
In addition to the current nutrition
site where meuls are provided from
government commodity foods and
donations one day a week for over 70
seniors and delivered to shut ins. the
proposed building will be a per
manent nutrition site as well as a
place for seniors to meet, play
Hingo. hold dances, and bazaars,
five days a week Outreach, tax
assistance and an office for the
Senior Services Supervisor are
additional services planned for the
new building
Local Red Cross needs support
The Morrow County Hed Cross is
out of Funds. Bethal Heinrichs, local
Hed Cross voluneer for 22 years has
announced
Locally the Hod Cross provides
first aid classes and provides the
only contact for local families with
servicemen in times of emergencies
First Aid classes are done by
volunteers, but it requires approxi
mately (40 each month to maintain
the telephone serv ice, she continues
Also on a volunteer basis, the Hed
Cross keeps all records certifying
completion of swimming and first
aid classes If the community wants
to keep the service open to military
fam ilies, funds a r r desperately
needed
No fund drive has taken
place in Heppner for many years
and donations are asked only for the
telephone service not for other Hed
Cross services
If funds are not
received to maintain the telephone
service, it may be difficult for area
families to notify servicemen of
serious illness or death in the family
Because the Pendleton Hed Cross
has had to cut its services recently it
may be necessary to go as far as The
Dalles or Portland to obtain the
Hed Cross service
Donations may be made to Bethal
Heinrichs or Judy laiughlm or
mailed to P O Box 402, Heppner
Mahoney IB a recent graduate
and Honor Scholar at Heppner High
School began competing Wranglers
Hiding Club events at age s'X She
won her first saddle at age 12 at the
House Junior Kodeo and has accumu
lated various other awards over the
years
She says that at the beginning of
her senior year, she had two goals, a
4 0 grade point average and thr state
all around title Falling short at the
former with a " B " in Physics, she
still managed a 3 6 cumulative gpa
high S A T scores, a Presidential
Acaem ic Fitness a w ard, and
achieved the title by placing first in
Breakaway Hoping, second in Pole
Bending, second in Girls Cow Cutting
fifth in Barrels and fifth in Goat
Ty ing at the Hedmond event Going
into the finals, she explains that she
was third in barrels and second m
goat tying, but she hit a barrel and
her goat got up in one go aroun- ^
bringing her average down and
keeping her from national compe
tition in those events State finals
prqs ide an opportunity to earn twice
asfmaoy points as all of the other
high schools rodeos during the
season, so a lot depends on "lu rk and
how well you perform under pres
sure ”
Trisha Mahoney and Cloud Nmer
In addition to thr handmade Brad
Mcluiughlin saddle and the horse
trailer she received for earning the
all around title she also brought
home a silver belt buckle, a head
hand hand beaded bv the Klamath
Indians, and Acme tioots for earning
the championship in Breakaway
Hoping, silver spurs for earning
second place in pole (tending, a
silver cantle plate for third place in
cow cutting, and tote bag for win
ning Best Dressed which she
explains isn't really best dressed but
based on a combination of sports
manship. dedication and good
grooming and voted for by the
student directors of the rodeo, so
“ it's quite an honor."
( ilher members of the fourth place
le v in m em ber M orrow County
rodeo team who brought home
honors were Steve Currin. whq
placed second in team roping,
second in calf roping, second in steer
wrestling and sixth in cow cutting to
earn third place in competition for
the boys all around title
He ex
Power rates held at 4.95c/kwh
Electric
The Colum bia Basin
Board of Directors agreed at a June
27 meeting to continue its policy of
absorbing
Honnieville
Power
A dm inistration wholesale rate
increases at the present time,
reports
M anager Fred
Toombs
As long as the kilowatt
hour usage remains at the current
high rate, the cooperative hopes to
be able to avoid passing the in
creases along to its customers
Residential customers are paying
4 95 cents per kilowatt hour
CBEC
Chamber honors local business
Toombs says he told the Board
that current usage and increase in
revenues indicate that the cooper
alive is recovering considerably
from the devastation caused by the
ice storm during the first few
months of I9H5
We are making up
our losses, but crews are still
repairing some of the lines and total
expense from the storm still cannot
be calculated "
In other business. Toombs reports
that the Board
heard lengthy reports concerning
the 67 lawsuits connected with the
Washington Public Power Supply
System
Although
is not
directly involved in all of them, at
present, Toombs says that consoli
dating the cases as the Judge has
promised to do will result in easing
the workload in filing complaints
and additional paper work for
The WT’I ’SS lawsuits -a v -
Toombs. are still at the discovery
and deposition stagr. and at this
point, legal expenses are still being
covered by
insurance
carrier
approved a (17,000 write-off in
the past year's operations
denied AKCO's request for an oil
lease on the radio site owned by
at the top of Blackhorse
agreed to a two mil discount to
irrigators during July and August
HPA has sold non firm power at the
reduced rate and
is passing
the discount along to its irrigation
customers
CBEC
plums that only two points kept him
from bringing home the all around
title Ills total score was only two
points below that of the champion
and one half point below the runner
up
Hank Vazza. Bourdman earned a
first place in cow cutting and Bob
Lipscomb also of Boardman earned
fifth in Bull Hiding Fourth place is
not bad for a small team competing
with 21 other teams from all over the
state, some with :»o Mi members,
Sheri explains Most boys tend to
specialize in one event and girls
compete in more, so teams with a
large number of boy» aren t able to
accumulate team points as readily
At the Kedmond rodeo, first place
team honors went to Kedmond.
second to Cmatilla County and third
to South Cascade
Some schools
classify rodeo as a sport and partici
pants a rr able to earn letters and
gain other recognition from the
school At Heppner. rodeo is con
sidered club and no awards are
earned
The statuesque champion explains
that although she has
been
runner up before and has won all
around titles at rodeo competitions,
she hasn't traveled or worked
enough until this year to gain the
all year title laist year she com
peted in only seven of the 14 high
school rodeos und this year she
entered competition at all eight of
the rodeos, missing only the cow
cutting at the Molalla rodeo because
she had to be home (or commence
ment services at Heppner High
School
Trisha s next step is the National
Itodeo Finals at Rapid City, S D
July 22 28 where she expects to
compete with over l.2tk) contestants
from all over the l' S She also hopes
to earn a rodeo scholarship to use in
conjunction with the Troedson
scholarship she has already won
wfien she enters the radiology
nuclear medicine program ut Boise
Stale l mversity this fall
Before matriculating, however.
Trisha will help with harvest at the
family owned Clarks Canyon ranch
where she grew up Mom explains
that Trisha is the "greatest pie
baker,
helps cook for the year-
round five member crew has helped
pull calves, drive tractor, truck, or
whatever else needs to lie done in
addition to acting as all around
"gopher" when necessarv
Sitting in thr simple yet elegant
dining room of her immuculate and
serviceable ranch home, Sheri
explains that after 22 years, she is
tired, hut that ranching has its
rewards "You just have to want to
make it go
There's no other
occupation
she says, "where you
ran spend so much time with your
kids "
Trisha travels to the rodeos with
five horses and her family
When
thr kids start comjirting. they re too
young to go bv themselves so it
(»conies a family event. Sheri points
out In addition to mom, dad and
14 year old brother Mike. Grandma
Hazel Mahoney and tier friend Itulh
Nutting usually go along to the
rodeos It x nice to have dad who
will feed your horse if you want to
curl your hair before 9 a m event
she grins
Almost shy but realistic in her
approach to competition. Trisha
explains thut she practices year
round, not Just seasonally as in other
sjvorts Competing in volleyball one
year of her high school year de
munded too much of her lime for
working out with tier horses Kuril
day during the school year she is up
early to feed her horses before
schiMil and home to ride from I 7
p m after which she has to tackle
her school work and other chores
During cold weather, most of her
practice is "ground work, practice
roping a hale of hay in the barn or
typing goats on the ground to helji
coordination. s|>eed and agility \s
the weather becomes warmer she
liegins working more on her ills
mount and precision Manv details
have to la1 perfected for each event
Barrel racing for example, requires
two right hand turns and a left and
they have to he done perfectly at a
speed "as fast as you can go
Her goals for next year’ Com|iete
at the intercollegiate rodeo finals
and be among thr 70 students
accepted for the intensive w. month
radiology program
Acceptance is
based on grades und an interview at
the enrl of her fall term at Boise
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Word has been received locally
that Robert I’enland, former owner
publisher of the Heppner Gazette
Times has begun a six week series of
radiation treatments
I’enland purchased the newspaper
from Vawter Crawford in I9N2 and
remained in the Heppner area with
his family until the mid sixties when
he left to work at papers in
Livermore California. Tillamook.
Hertnislon. and Springfield
Penland s wife. Gretchen, died
several years ago Their son. Neal is
a graduate of Heppner High School
While in Heppner. f’enland was
active in the community as a mem
ber of the council, and the fire
department, he held the position of
fire chief until he left the community
and Forrie Burkenbine succeeded
him to the post
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Hard work and sacrifice pays off for local cowgirl
Former publisher
undergoing therapy
Although unable to talk because
his palate and larynx have been
removed, f’enland is reported to be
alert and able to read
He would
appreciate hearing from friends and
acquaintances in the area
Cards
and letters may be addressed to
Robert f’enland. care of King City
Convalescent Center, Room 107 B.
Tigard. O R 97224
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Heppner, ( >irjf«>n
Giving up her senior trip to
Disneyland is only one of the sacn
fices which Trisha Mahoney has
made over the past 12 years which
along with daily practice enabled
her to bring home the Oregon state
High School All Around Cowgirl
honors from Kedmond June 23 24
This is the first time the title has
come to Morrow County since her
sister, Tara, won it four years ago
The girls have always been each
other's
toughest
com petitors
explains their mother Sheri, but
before the state finals Tara sent her
sister a balloon wishing her "good
luck " and follow ing her w in one that
said Congratulations
Bill Cox ( left) receives deed from Morrow County Judge
Don McElligott
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G-T to close J uJy 4-5
The Heppner Gazette Times office
will be closed Thursday and Friday
July 4 and 5 This will not change the
news or advertising deadlines for
the July 10 newspaper
The office will open at the regular
time Monday morning, July B
Horse trailer and soddle are spoils of state all-around
championship
Youth receives
head injury
Jack and Ruth Maben of Court Street Market in Heppner. stand outside
their remodeled store with Heppner Chamber of Commerce president
Smith
The Mahens were honored with a sign outside their business congratu
lating them for their effort* to improve Heppner's business community
The sign says "Congratulations, we're proud of you "
Doug
O iad Bowman. 14. whose family Is
believed to tie from the Hermiston
area, sustained a head in ju ry
Saturday . June 29 when a tree fell on
him in the woods abov - Heppner
The young Bowman was Iran»
ported from Heppner by Lifeguard
helicopter to St Mary * Medical
Center at W alla Walla where he was
reported to I k 1 in critical and un
stable condition. Tuesday. July 2
10 plaques, silver spurs, silver belt buckle, silver cantle plate
and tote boq atiest skill in various rodeo events