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B - S S ! E WETZELL U OF ORE newspaper EUGENE OR Lia 97403 The Heppner Gazette-Times Morrow County « vol 1 no m W e d n e s d a y . j t L Y a«, im • ' Toes , July 16 Wed , July 17 Thurs . July 18 Fn . July 19 Sat . July 2U Sun . July 21 Mon , July 22 Ho me-Owned Weekly Newepaper H eppner, Oregon « PACES 2.V High 88 88 »4 99 99 97 97 low 53 57 57 61 58 59 55 Free 0 0 0 0 0 0 by the City of Heppner Death takes Morrow County patriarch HHS grad to lead EOSC student body Orville W. Cutsforth By DEI PIIA JONES Graveside services for Orville W Cutsforth were held Sunday. July 21, 2 p m at the Masonic Cemetery in Heppner with the Kev Stuart Dick officiating and Ron McDonald as soloist Ritualistic services were performed by the Heppner BPOE No 358 Cutsforth, 83, died Thursday. July 18. 1985 at his home in Heppner, following an extended illness He was born May 22. 1902. at Gervais, Ore , to Thomas and Lillian ■ i Troupe i Cutsforth Most of hts childhood was spent in Lexington except for a 10 year period spent in Canada Cpon his return to Morrow County he purchased the Schriever home near la-xington where he lived until his retirement in 1965 He then moved to the home he built near Heppner on Fairway Drive Cutsforth was active in com munity and civic affairs, and was most helpful in many projects, by donating both money and materials He donated many hours of labor and machinery helping with various pro jects in the community such as Fair Building la-xingtnn Grange Hall. Morrow County airport. Penland 1-ake, the Solarium at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital and Cutsforth Park He donated this land and spent many hours helping build this for not only the local people but Morrow County visitors He was also instrumental in helping build the opportunity Center at Kt*dmond for the handicapped After he was 40 years of age he learned to fly and owned his own plane which brought him and his family hours of pleasure as they flew to many interesting places Three of his great interests were hunting and fishing and preserving our mountains and water shed cutsforth received die Outstanding tree farmer of the year award in 1981 He purchased and transport«^ wild turkeys from Pennsylvania to Morrow County and from that intro duction. the Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife has continued He had several projects he was concerned about at the time of his death including the head water of Willow Creek, and the pr«*servation of that area known as Hells Half Acre He was a Charter member of la-xington Grange, member of Na tional Farmer's Union, the Heppner F a rm e r's Union, the Heppner Museum Board Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce, was a 45 year member of BPOE No 358. served on the Agricultural Stable ration and Conservation Service board, and served on the Morro » County Fair Hoard for several years S urvivors include hts w ife Barbara home in Heppner, three sons Orville Junior "F ritz" of Heppner. Krnneth of Hermiston. and Patrick of Lexington, stepson Eugene H eliker of F ulleton. California, five daughters Dorothy Hawkins of Echo. Vesta Handy of Portland. Faye Uhter of Kennewick. B arbara Lisa Hudson of G a ith e rs b u ry , Md and Donna Dougherty of The Dalles.. 27 grand children and 11 great grandchildren and a sister Dora Brasilia. Lakeview Honorary casket bearers were Tom Cutsforth, Mark Cutsforth. Jerry Cutsforth. Kraig Cutsforth Jeff Cutsforth. Chris Zita. John Kilkenny. Jim ('utsforth, Curtis Cutsforth, Kick Zita. Andy Gorman. Mike Gorman. Russell Kilkenny and Pat Kilkenny A son Gene Cutsforth died in 1971 and a daughter Sharon Stookey 1961 Memorial contributions may be made to the Pioneer Memorial Hospital aquarium fund. P O Box 9. Heppner 97836 Sweeney Mortuary. Heppner. was in charge of arrangements Cindi Bergstrom, a 1982 graduate of Heppner High School, w ill serve the coming school year as president of the Eastern Oregon State Cm ver sity student body Her slate of officers includes Steve H art. Gresham • vice-president for the Senate. Sandra Ward. Heppner fin a n c ia l vice p re s id e n t. and R ichard McConnell, Heppner vice president for committees The senior business economics major is the daughter of Donna Bergstrom and Elwayne Bergstrom, both of Heppner She has one sister. Kelli, a 1985 graduate of It It S The president's biggest goal for next year is better communication between the students and admini stration and to begin things on which w ill work for successive years "In the past things have been started and then they don t keep going. ' she says Better use of the spare in the student center is a secondary goal Bergstrom received 43 percent of the student vote Her next clox«»st of five competitors received 25 percent Her past experience in student government includes one year as a student representative, secretary treasurer of the ski club, and historian for Phi Beta lam bda, an organization of future business leaders Skeletonweed sighted in Morrow County Skeletonweed. as ominous as the name sounds, has been discos ered in Mevfow County reports 'Vee«k Supervisor Jim Van Winkle He located 40 plants last Friday along the right-of-way of Interstate 84 eight miles east of Boardman He clipped the plants and sealed them in a plastic sack to dispose of them, but w ill probably use an herbicide, tordon 22K, on the area also laist Friday's discovery of the plant in Morrow County follows the discovered in the early I96iis has spread and now dominates several million acres of rangeland An intensive chemical control program has been conducted In California for over 10 years, yet the weed persists and continues to sprrad " Although usually found on range land. once the weed gains a foothold and spreads to farmland, it can reduce wheat yields by as much as 70 perc«*nt Van Winkle urges landowners to watch for the noxious weed, mark the sites where it is spotted and report to the Weed Supervisor. 67(P5452, so that the suspect plants can be positively identified and eradicated before the weed poses a problem within the county he also wrote on page 120 of the county history “ I have always tried to be a help to my fam ily, neighbors and com munity and helped with money, labor and donations of property for the use of the community and county One of the first community projects I did was to help dig a basement for the Congregational (hurch and parsonage in 1922 using a team of mules From then on I helped wherever needed helping with the building of the Lexington Grange Hall, the Is lin g to n Airport, the Morrow County Fair buildings, and donated 24 acres of land to Morrow County for a park In 1972 I helped build Penland I.ake, contri buted to the Hospital Annex, and moved the Democratic Gulch School House into Heppner where it is standing near the museum " A long row of alert Cutsforth grandsons >all but one of the fifteen > stood at attention with the Rev Stuart Dick beside Orville's casket helping to guárante«- that Morrow County can never forget the name Cutsforth and a most noteworthy member of that line. Orville W Cutsforth All interest«^ persons are invited to attend an organizational meeting Tuesday. July 30, 7 30 p m at the Heppner Neighborhood Center At the meeting, a chairperson w ill be designated and work w ill begin on Block Home program in the Heppner area A Block Home is intended to serve as a safe refuge for children who are frightened, in jur«*d. lost, in danger, crime victims, or in any emergency situation The block Home is not intended to provide babysitting or child care service Spokesperson for the group Joan Records, says that it w ill probably require several meetings to get a Block Home program organized in Heppner, but then should only re quire four or so meetings a year to keep it going Anyone can apply tor status as a block home, she explains, not just people with children All full or part time residents. 12 years or over, of the Block Home shall sign a release for a background investigation liocal law enforcement agencies review the application and may reject the application on evidence of criminal history, moral turpitude. irr«*spnnsible behavior, or environ mental hazard The reviewing agency may not release any infor mation concerning the reason for rejection to the Block Home pro gram or to anyone except the concerned person For more information about the program or if unahle to attend the meeting, call I’ at Brindle at the Heppner Neighborhood Center. 678 5873 or Joan Records, 676 5260 Block Home program organizes She lists her major hobby as snow skiing and spends as much time as she can enjoying it, but has also participated in the colleges intra mural volleyball, basketball and softball programs An active student. she expects to help this fall for the second year with New Student Week” helping to acquaint new students with the Fair & Rodeo edition deadline nears News articles for this year's special fair and rodeo edition of the newspaper must he submitti'd to the Heppner Gazette Times office no later than Thursday. Aug t Repre sentatives of all fair and rodeo events are invited to submit articles The special edition w ill be in eluded in the August 7 issue of the newspaper The Heppner merchants Commit tee met last Friday, to finalize date and time for the upcoming Sidewalk Sale. Friday, Aug 16 from 9 a m -8 p m Fosters w ill be placid at the fairgrounds to let fair and rodeo goers know that they may ride a shuttlebus downtown to take advan (age of the sale and then to return to the fairgrounds Also on the day's agenda. Doug Smith, president of the Chamber of Commerce explained one of the Chamber's projects, a "welcome wagon hook" which will tentatively list local merchants, provide a map of Heppner. and some coupon items for newcomers of the area He invited local merchants to partirt pate in the proje«'! A souvenir of Heppner w ill be pr«-sented to Charles and Linda Hutchinson recently of Lexington The souvenir plaque contains photos of Heppner, the St Patrick's Day Parade, their print shop here, and local merchants' business cards A final item merchants discuss«d was the increase in shoplifting which they have experienced Several possibilities for handling the situ ation were considerid including re porting suspected incidences to the Heppner Police Dept Sidewalk Sale coming Aug. 16 Police chief warns Shoplifting is theft Remembering Onille Cutsforth B» Jt STINE WEATHERFORD A most devoted citizen of Morrow County was buried Sunday after noon, July 21. atop the h ill in Heppner where a large group of his family members and friends looked up Willow Creek Valley, over the dam and reservoir, toward the forest and mountains O W Cutsforth loves so much and remembered their contacts with that unusual man Orville long ago built a récréa tional cabin in those mountains which he often shared with many others He gave the county one of its moat attractive forest parks there Some of his happiest days were spent there hunting with his wife Barbara, other fam ily members and friends Orville worked diligently toward preserving the watershed at the headwaters of Willow Creek He was a p rim a ry developer and builder of Penland I.ake In the 1981 History of Morrow County. Orville wrote that as a young man I had and exaggerated sense of responsibility That sense stayed with him all his lifetim e In recalling some of his efforts and personal contributions to this county C in d i Bergstrom campus and "get involved in the school so they w ill stay " Having just returm-d from a Phi Bela lam bda leadership conference at Houston. Texas, she hopes to earn the right to compete at next year's national conference at Washington. D C She placed second in market ing at statewide competition to qualify her for this national confer ence She spent some time "looking around" on her way to and from this year's conference and expects to d«> the same next year in an attempt to discover where she would like to locate following graduation Prior to entering EOSC. she had summer job experience at home in Heppner painting the grade school and during the summer of 1982. she and a fellow II H S graduate worked at the larbush Shoppe in Heppner and ran the shop with minimal supervision, most of which was received over the telephone The experience, she says helped her decide to major in business With six candidates vying for the office of president, she said a greater percentage of the students voted than usual, so is hoping to keep the momentum and involvement going throughout the next year It has been brought to the atten tion of the Heppner Police Depart ment that merchants have expert enc«d a recent increase in incid ences of shoplifting, says Police Chief Doug Kathbun Merchants w ill start “ cracking down" and report all cases to the Heppner Police Department "The person involved w ill be charged w ith Theft Theft II. a Class A misdemeanor is the charge for stealing an item valued at $200 or less, he says Penalities are a maximum of one year in Jail and a fine of $2.548) Flow«» and Seed T h e ft I, .i C lass C felo ny V jiu 'c p i - Rosette announcement of a Umatilla county sighting of several plants July 16 Van Winkle w ill continue survey ing the adjacent fields to determine the size of the infestation in Morrow County A perennial, one parent plant is capable of producing two dozen offspring from its root struc ture alone Roots may extend as far as 15 feet and the problem arises when on agricultural land a rod wreder chops the root and drags it along through a field Any section of the root can produce a new plant. he explains The plant also multiplies by spreading seeds in a manner sim ilar to a dandelion In its early rosette stage, skeleton weed resembles common dandelion, but dies back as the flower stalks develop The main flower stem is one to four feet tall with spreading side branches nearly the same height The stem leaves are narrow and generally linear, inconspicuous from a distance The most marked characteristic is downwardly bent coarse hairs on the lower four to six inches of the stem All flowers are yellow, cut surfaces exude a thick white latex sap The native Kura sian weed generally inhabits well drained soils but is adaptable to various climates A Department of Agriculture bul letin warns "Once established, skel etonweed can spread rapidly and u i .,1 p. , ,i» o in spue of intensive control programs In Idaho an infestation of less than 50acres when is the charge if the item stolen is over $200 in value Penalties are a five year maximum jail sentence and a fine of $ 100,000 Juveniles charged with the same crime are remandtd to Juvenile authorities. Chief Kuthbun con tinues Judge D«m McElligott reports that penalties for Juveniles charged with shoplifting have increased along with other penalties which apply to Juvenile crime " It's no longer just 50 cents restitution for pilfering a 50 cent item " Little League moms to play ball Past and present little league moms are invited to participate in a "for fun" game July 26. 6 p m at the little league field in Heppner They will form two trams, the Giants ami the Braves, but do not have to have a child who is a member of either team, just a desire to play hall For more information, call Peggy F ishhurn. 676 1246 Of 8(16611 Johnston. 676 5562 Heppner woman wins $10,000 Heppner resident Belle Lillie is $ 10.000 richer thanks to a lucky spin of the wheel Saturday . July 13 at the Oregon Slate Lottery office in Salem That same day, she reports, there were five $25. (XX) winners, two $1.000 winners, two $5.000 winners and her win of $10,000 The lottery people "served us coffee and hot dogs" and tried to make everyone at ease," she says Although she claims she was very nervous, and had to grab onto the master of ceremonies to k«*ep from falling after her spin, before she spun the wheel, she jokingly asked for one favor, ' 'Please keep your foot off the error button " Of course they don't have one. she affirm s, but everyone there laughed Born and raised in Baker, the 13th of 16 children, she says that apparently 13 is not unlucky for her She spent part of her winnings to celebrate The II year Heppner resident has tended bar at Cal's l/Hinge in Heppner off and on for six years and said that "everyone was waiting for me when I came back ” I've taken a lot of teasing, but everyone's twen great She plans to spend the rest of her winnings to pay some bills, buy a few necessities and hopefully have Belle Lillie enough left to spend a few days at the coast H«*r winning $100 ticket which was sent to Salem and drawn as one of the ten lucky spinners from a pool of 167 was given to her by her husband as an anniversary present She says she has only bought four lottery tickets herself and is really not a gambler
