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The Heppner
Gazette-Times
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« PAG E*
‘ Big Tom' helps create the h k k k ì for fair <£ rodeo H eppner girl
takes first
at Nationals
Trisha Mahoney . 18 Heppner has
earnest a first place in Breakaway
Hoping at the National High School
finals held at Kapnl i'itv South
Dakota July 22 28
Mahoney a 198.5 graduate and
Honor Scholar of Heppner High
School, is the daughter of Bob and
Sheri Mahoney
I »ok for more
details of her trip to the finals in next
week s Gazette Times
Meet the
Senator Aug. 5
An ice cream social to allow
constituents to meet Senator Mark
Hatfield will be held Monday. Aug 5
from J-4 p m at Heppner City Park
on No Main Street by the library
Everyone is invited to attend
It must be time for the Morrow County Pair and
Kodeo
Tom Simonton was in Heppner last week
painting his famous window cartoons for area business
es
“ Big Tom" has been coming to Heppner for more than
ten years now to help promote the area s lair and rodeo
and for three years the St Patrick s day celebration
Although working alone for the moment, he normally
creates his transient masterpiece* w hile an entourage of
area children look on
Fairgrounds work day set Aug. 4
Open Class
All superintendents and everyone
who can help make things ready for
the Morrow County fair should come
to work at 1 p m . Sunday. August 4.
and bring potluck food for a 4 p m
meal
Wear work clothes advises
Fair Committee Chairman. Jane
Kawlins
4 |(
4-H leaders and members are
reminded that Sunday. August 4.
will be a “get ready for fair"
workday at the county Fairgrounds,
says Birdine Tullis, OSt! Program
Assistant with the Morrow County
Extension Service
Following the work, a potluck
dinner is planned at 4 p m Every
one is encouraged to come and add
Call fair office for
trailer parking
Anyone who wants to park a
trailer house at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds during the fair are to
call the fair office 67« 9474
All
trailer houses are to be parked on
the grounds by Tuesday evening
August 13
Parade judges named
Joyce Hughes. Chairman for the
1985 Fair and Kodeo Parade sent
word to the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce that judges were still
needed to award ribbons and prizes
to parade participants on Saturday
morning. August 17
The following volunteers respond
ed
Mayor Cara Costa, Mary
Goheen. David Sykes. Bob Costa and
Bill Kunh. along with Bobbi Angell.
Don Shelton, and Clista Venard
There is still room for a few more
judges
Interested persons should
iri Hughes .it 676 > m lH nr 900-
8412
Hughes reports that entries for the
parade are coming in slowly She
says she is hopeful that part of the
Happy Canyon Indian contingent
will enter
She concluded that the deadline
for entering the parade is being
extended to Saturday. August hi
Please send your entries in
Outstanding Heppner High School
track athlete Stephanie Payne re
cently returned from a today cul
tural exchange trip to China She
flew with a group of 150 American
athletes to Tokyo. Japan, and then to
Hong Kong where they stayed over
night then took the morning boat to
Canton in mainland China
The group of athlete* spent three
days in Canton touring ceramic and
jade factories and participating in
other group activities Some of the
fond at the formal dinners she said
was "interesting, but you would
have to be there awhile to learn to
HP A outage effects
C B E C service area
An outage in the Bonneville Power
A dm inistration system between
Arlington and Boardman was
responsible for the late Monday
night power outage pver all of the
Columbia II, i > k i E lectric C oop
system, rejjorts Bill Gentry of
CBEC The power was interrupted
for three minute* and then switched
I>ack on but "It didn’t hold he said
The second outage lasted 27 minute*
and was resolved when BPA
switched the service to another
circuit
C B E C accepting nominations
Columbia Basin Electric Coopera
live, Inc is accepting nominations
for the following two director's
position*
Heppner athlete returns
from Hong Kong
Stephi Payne
their help to getting everything in
lop shape for the big county event
llomeec and creative arts leaders
and helpers are needing to get the
4 II Annex set up and decorated.
Livestock, etc . to get all the barns
and out buildings ready
The same schedule and work day
need* apply to both 4-H and open
class
Bring along your family and pot
luck foods, join the fun. and get
ready for fair. Tullis encourages
like it We tried to try everything
including frog soup sparrow eggs,
dog whole pig* and seaweed Two
or three days was plenty of Canton,
though, she said, "it was pitiful to
see so many people living on the
streets "
In Hong Kong the group of athletes
stayed at one of the newest motels
adjacent to a four floor »hopping
mall
She said their day» were busy with
mornings kept full for group activi­
ties and they were all expected to lie
together at night During their free
time, they were resposible to get a
taxi for transportation
Most eve­
nings, she explains, the shops were
open, so they mostly spent time
»hopping
There were many jewelry and
clothing shops, all »mall, "there
might be two clothing shops next to
each other and each one had only
two rack* " All American* there,
she says received special treatment
and good service
In most shops
they were able to communicate
some in English were given good
service and helped in anyway the
shop keepers could
At the track meet Sunday , July 14.
she competed against Chinese ath­
letes who were try ing to qualify for
their national team
The meet
lasted five hours and she finished
fourth in the 2onm and fifth in the
lixim from among all competitors
The stop at the Olympic Stadium
in Seoul. Korea, on the return trip
was interesting, she said, because
it is totally finished now and ready
for use although the Olympics are
not until 1988
/.one No I That territory served
or to tie served by the Cooperative
lying West of the Morrow Gilliam
County line and North of the Town
»hip line dividing Townships 3 South
and 4 South
Zone NO 7, Fossil Zone
That
territory served or to be served by
the Cooperative within the incorpor­
ated city limits of Fossil. Oregon
The members ol the nominating
committee are
/one No I Ernest J Barnett
Mikkalo, Oregon
Zone No 7 Steve Conlee. Fossil
i iregon
The nominating committee will
accept nominations up to and mclud
mg the last day of August, says the
Coop Nominees must be members
of Columbia Basin Electric Coopera
live, Inc They must reside in. and
receiv e service in. the Zone in which
they will be running
Sign up for county
horse show
Sign up for the Morrow County
Horse Show w ill be Saturday.
August 3, from 10 a m to 5 p m at
the dorm building at the Morrow
County fairground* in Heppner
Janelle Bailay. secretary, will be on
hand to take entry fees
Tues . July 23
Wed . July 24
Thurs . July 25
Fri . July 26
Sat , July 27
Sun July 28
Mon . July 29
High
17
85
93
96
94
95
96
low
50
32
58
53
37
58
65
p t f ip
02
by the ( !¡1 > of Heppner
U .P. Ä Kinzua to work together
l nion Pacitic official* indicated al
a July 18 meeting in Pendleton that
they would be willing to cooperate
with Kin/ua Corp to keep the
Heppner branch line operating said
Kinzua general manager. Harry
Kennison I'he Hrjipner branch line
is
under stu d y" by ra ilro a d
officials as well as the Condon,
W allow a Enterprise and Pilot Koch
branches he continues
Kinzua currently ships 3.500.MM
hoard feet of lumber each month. 37
prreent or 1,266.000 board feet of
thai goes by rail With cooperation
from the railroad, says Kennison.
that could reverse and 67 percent be
»hipped by rail What Kinzua would
need to make the reversal is assur
ante that the lumber would tie
secured better in the cars and that
prices would remain competitive
He explains that among the many
advantage* to shipping by rail are
that although some trucks currently
go as far as Georgia lumber ran be
shipped to fa rth e r destinations,
markets are more available by rail,
and the railroad is more reliable
Trucks can be scheduled to arrive at
a certain time, but we re never sure
when they'll arrive because delay*
along their route can make them a
day or more late Trut ks do have
the advantages that the lumber is
more secure and currently prices
are lower Hail prices are "not that
far away " though, hr »ays
Should the railroad decide to
discontinue the branch line Kinzua
would have two options
to ship
everything by truck or to start a
re load system which would involve
van shipping or piggytiack which
he says would not benefit t'nion
Pacific or the branch line
We would rather ship by rail
because it's more reliable, we can
load up our product and »hip it out.
he say*
"It's very important to
keep the railroad here in Heppner
for reasons other thun lumber
Some, not much, comes in now It's
just better (or the community to
have the rail head for future devel­
opment."
INVighlx)rhood Center tell« new hours
The
Heppner
Neighborhood
Center will open one half hour later,
at 8 JO for an indefinite period,
center volunteer Neola Mackey has
announced
The new, shortened
hour*. 8 to n<*in and 15 p m are a
result of a nation wide reduction in
federal block grants to county pro
grains and neighborhood centers,
Mackey explains The Blue Moun
tain Economic Devrlopemenl Coun­
cil which administers block grant
funds to the Heppner center has
been meeting weekly to map out
method* for cutting costs without
sacrificing programs which are pro
vided by the neighborhood centers
Cuts so far have included etimi
lulling overtime and a cost of living
wage increase and establishing a
stringent no waste policy, Mackey
concludes
Teen 4-H ers return from Alaskan trek
Heady to go again and definitely
glad they chose this option Andrea
ball Marion McMillan and Kuntier
ly Wright are among a group of 4 H
Teen Club members who recently-
returned from the cool Alaskan
rainforest
Noella Hill. Kevin
Hughes. Teresa Lindsay. Andrea
Ball, Jason Palmer, and Bobbie Jo
Mrdlock of Spray, also made the
trip
Each paid his own way. the
travelers report, by doing house
work, painting cooking, doing odd
Jobs, and "you name it. somebody
did it." Each needed enough money
to pay his share of the rent on a van
which chaperone Judy Wright chauf
feured to Prince Hupert. as well as
spending money, money for the
campgrounds where they stayed,
the lerry trip from Prince Hupert to
Juneau and food
In Juneau, they stayed with 4 II
host families and each went his
separate way
Andrea Ball says
that she was most impressed by a
flight with her host family over a
glacier
“ What looked like tiny
cracks were really I002 ixi foot
deep,” The ice cap with snow 1200 ft
deep was impressive also
My host family could not believe
how hot it is here and the spacious
ness of the land, said Marion McMil
Ian He expect* that they may want
to come here next year in an effort to
keep the 4 II exchange going
Generally, Alaskan 4 H ers are
younger than those in Morrow Coun
ly because the program is relatively
new. (he average age of Alaskan
4 H ers is 12 4 II lacks the variety
offered in Morrow County there
were no cattle sheep, pigs, or home
ec 4 II clubs, but dogs and horses are
popular, they said McMillan said
that his host family had a two acre.
12 horse farm which was a "herd"
compared with others in the area
They don't use horses for work like
we do, just for fun It's much more
expensive there
Impressed by the closeness of
some whales on a fishing trip with
her host fam ily. Kimberly Wright
reports catching between her and
her host mother. 20 pink salmon, a
who caught three pink salmon on a
trip with hi* host family chimes in
trip with hi* host family chimes in
ibal niter being used to pulling a
worm on a hook, and drinking a Ml
Dew while waiting for a bite, it was
different to use a lure or herring,
and constantly reel in and out
Wright continued that her host fam ­
ily canned their own fish and served
much more seafood for meuls than
she is used to at home
Wright also mentions that she was
impressed by the ferry trip through
the Wrangell Narrows at 2 a m
Because it is so narrow und shallow
they had to go through at high tide
and "there were lights every where,
green, red. white like a pinball
machine " It took 20 minutes, but
I'm glad that we went through first
at night It wasn't as exciting during
the day on the return trip
1 ither choices which were open to
the teen club members this summer
were (ISC Summer Week a leader
ship conference at laike Tahoe,
serving as a counselor at 4 II camp,
and some of their member! did more
than one thing The group of high
school age 4 ll'rrs meet* all year
and participates in many activities
including community service, dis
cussions. and watching movie*
Early morning blaze guts apt.
Lexington to hear
comments on
projx>sed Church
A pulbic hearing will be held
August 13 at la-xmgton (Tty Hall, to
consider an application from the
Church of the laitter Day Saints
i Mormons) to build a church on
property located adjacent to Tom
Street and Highway 74 in l-exington
The hearing will start at 8 p m
No pesticide contamination found
in Oregon w atermelon samples
Final
lab orato ry
analysis,
reported July 19. found no trace of
pesticide contamination or residue
in any of the 86 samples of soil and
watermelon tested
The samples
were taken from more than 1.100
acres in the Hermiston. Oregon
area, and approximately 60 acre* in
10 southwestern Oregon watermelon
fields, according to Leonard
Kunzman. Director of the Oregon
Departmen of Agriculture
We are very gratified to report
that all watermelon commercially
grown in ( iregon is free of pesticide
contaminaton.”
Kunzman added
Consumers can be assured that
Oregon produced watemelons are
completely wholesome and safe to
enjoy."
The sampling and laboratory
analysis are part of an Oregon
Deparment of Agriculture program
to certify all watermelon produced
in t iregon free of pesticide contami
nation
“ In addition to the soil and melon
testing, our department will provide
all Oregon growers certification
stickers to put on their watermelon
These stickers will prov ide an extra
measure of consumer confidence
in and
hopefully
preference
for O regon grown w aterm elo n ,"
said Kunzman
For Hermiston area growers, the
oval red. white, and blue stickers
say "H erm iston Oregon Melon.
Certified Oregon Department of
Agriculture " Growers in southern
( in-gun will receive simitar aUcfcan
that say. "Oregon Melon Certified
Oregon Departm ent of Agricul
lure "
More than two million Oregon
watermelon are expected to be
certified with the stickers by the
Oregon Department of Agriculture
this growing season
Duplex kitchen left in rubble following eorlyh morning fire
Sixteen firefighters responded to a
fire on Cowin* Street in Heppner
early Tuesday morning A spoke*
person for the department reports
that because the Heppner city night
patrolman saw the fire in it* early
stage* and was prompt In turning It
in. the fire department was able to
have the fire under control quickly
The partrolman also turned a gar
den hose on the dry grass and brush
surrounding the duplex which kept
the fire from endangering a house
and shed directly behind
Firefighters worked at the sit*
from 2-4 a m but were able la
contain the fire to one apartment of
the duplex with the other receiving
only smoke and minor water dam ­
age
The apartment which was
"totally Involved in flames when we
arrived" was gutted with only the
shell left in tact, concluded the
department spokesperson The dup
irx is owned by Robert Bergstrom
who is out of town, the department
had not been able to contark him at
noon on Tuesday