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the City of Heppner
Bombing range withdrawal
Public hearing requested
Morrow County Court, the county
Planning Commission, and the cities
of Boardman and Irrigon are send
ing letters to the Bureau of (.and
Management requesting that public
hearings be held in Morrow County
Bombing range undergoes
changes
By B E T H W IL L I AMS
Indian Summer
Kick Smith, (Loft i Jimmy Taylor and Donnie Tax lor
"choo choo train” down the slide at Heppner (Tty Park
Tuesday afternoon While pleasant Indian summer
weather continue* in the area rrcrnl cool niKhts seem
beckon the -.(ain to come » inter weather
Premature twins delivered at Pioneer Hospital
Premature twins born at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Heppner last
Wednesday, Sept 18 were taken to
Kadlec Hospital in Kichland later
that day Doslinee Jeanne Kippee
arrived at 10 44 a m weighing 2 lbs
9oz She was 15" long Two minutes
later, at 10 46 a m . a second baby
was born weighing 2 lbs 10 < n and
measuring 1 5 V long The parents.
Terri and Chris Kippee of Eagle
Creek near Kstacada. were expect
ing only one child so the second
baby was not named Danielle Denise
until later
A lifeguard helicopter first arrived
at the Heppner hospital but was
unable to transport the infants Two
ambulances arrived later tone had
taken a wrong turn near Arlington),
but both babies were transported in
one ambulance to the neonatal inten
sive care unit at Kadlec
The twins are the fifth generation
of the family born in Heppner Their
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father, Chris was delivered by Dr
Wagner in 1954 grandfather. laiw
ell. was delivered by Dr McMurdo
in 1929 The late Klma McKerrin
Hiatt was the first generation born
in Heppner
The Kippees were staying at their
grandparents' cabin at Keeds Mill
on Kock Creek Chris had gone bow
hunting at 5 a m and learned of his
daughters' birth from neighbor Mil
drill Eubanks who had taken Terri
to the hospital and left a note for
Chris to come to the Kuhanks cabin
"This is the neatest hospital, said
Chris of Pioneer, "Everyone here
has been Just great ” He and his
SB DC slates business series
A business lunch series sponsored
by the Small Business Development
Center will tiegin in Heppner Octo
ber 3
The seven consecutive
Thursday discussion series will f«w
lure topics selected by area busin«s
people Pre registration is required
for the series which includes
Computers and Small Business. Cus
turner Kelations Successful Adver
tising Methods Inventory Control.
Cash Klow Management Evaluation
of Operations, and Credit and Collet"
turns f orms are available at the
Heppner Gazette Times office. 147
West Willow
A buffet lunch w ill begin at 12 noon
at the Heppner Elks Club with
discussions to tiegin as soon as
everyone is seated Kees are $9 rfi
per session or 6«n for the entire
series
52 % mark
sales tax
ballots
Kifty two percent of the registered
voters in Morrow County voiced
their opinion on the sales tax meas
ure at the Tuesday . Sept 17 election
lone led the county w ith a 65 percent
turnout Irrigon 47 percent and
Boardman 4.1 percent
wife plan to slay with relatives in < !
Tri-Cities until the babies are re
leased to go home Grandparents of
the twins are Lowell and Beverly
< Kberhardl > Kippee of Milwaukie,
Jeanne Johnson, Portland, and the
late Wayne Johnson
Great grandparents are Letha and
Oscar Kippee, Condon
Heppner High School has been
notified by National Merit Scholar
ship Corporation (N M SC ) that Alex
4
is Liz
Curls
landsay has been designated a
Commendisi Student in the 1986
Merit Program Lindsay was pre
Oregon Falconers hunt in area
The original bombing range was
an area of about IIOJXX) acres It
included what is now the Boardman
Airport, part of Taggares farm s,
and the P G E Coal fire Plant site ()f
Many hunters expected for
season's opening day
Prospects for smaller bucks may
lie somewhat better than last year,
reports Bob Krein of the Oregon
Department of Kish and Wildlife
who anticipates that la rge numbers
of hunters will converge on the
Heppner area between now and the
opening day of buck season, Satur
day , Sept 28
Some concern has boon voiced
locally about animals which have
been afflicted with Blue Tongue
Virus, he said, hut only 20 10 cases
have been verified, some in the
Hinton Creek area and a few along
Little Butter Creek More animals
than that are lost each year when hit
by cars
The virus he says is
common among mule deer over all
of Kastern Oregon and occurs dur
mg years with a hot dry summer
when animals are in a concentrated
area "There's nothing you can do to
prevent it ”
Hunters need not tie concerned
however about the insect transmit
ted virus because it is not transfer
red to humans, he says A nasal
discharge and a lethargic manner,
are the visible symptoms, but do not
HHS senior receives NMSC commendation
at H H S assembly* Presenting aw ard
The Naval Weapons System s
Training facility at Boardman has
come a long way since Jimmy
Dohtlle dropped live bombs on
broken flour sack targets for the
Army Air Corps Their targets are
larger UUt no more sophisticated
They use abandoned cars It is the
bombers and the state of the art
electronics that separate today's
bombing range from that of World
War II
The bombers are A6 Intruder
bombers from Whidby Island The
"hits" are made with small bombs
with about the same charge as I2
gauge shot gun shells, according to
l.t Commander Hal Curtis, com
mander for the Boardman range
The "h its" are recorded with video
cameras mounted in the unmanned
towers near the bull" or target
The record of the "h it" (or miss) is
transmitted via micro wave to a
manned tower where the informa
lion is relayed immediately to the
pilot of the bomber Other targets
used are remote control dune
buggys from a station in a tower
that resembles the dash board of a
car. an operator controls tne buggy
dodging back and forth across the
the original site, less than 47,uoo
acres is now held by the Navy The
Navy actually uses somewhere in
the neighborhood of 9.t«xi acres The
rest is leaved to private parties for
grating, dedicated for environmen
tal uses, the I'niversity of Oregon
often uses the area for studies', or
reserved as a National Historic site
(the Oregon Trail passes through the
far south end of the range )
The 27 people who man the range
are responsible for the road main
tenance. building upkeep, and
keeping the moving targets or dune
buggys running, and maintaining
and monitoring the electronics equip
merit A large number ol me person
ncl at the range live on the Cmatilla
Army Depot but seven of the staff
live in Boardman The men who man
the bombing range are actively
involved with the community
In 1984. their funds raised for CKC.
the military compliment to United
Way. were directed to Morrow Coun
ty for the first time due to the efforts
of Commander Hal Curtis
concerning the length of time for the
propused withdrawal of the Board
man Bombing Kangc The Navy s
current 4 0 year contract soon ex
pires and they have requested that it
be extended another 25 years The
lands would remain closed to sui
face entry and mining but would be
opened to mineral leasing subject to
Navy concurrence
BI.M is accepting written com
menls from area residents request
mg public hearing through October
If sufficient response is received, the
BI.M says hearings will bo held in
the area
County Court and the Planning
Commission have expressed con
corn that the 25 year proposal is too
long a time and should lx- reduced to
five or ten years Keasomng inelud
es the bombing range s proximity to
the urban growth boundary of
Boardman. possible retardation of
development in the county, its un
known effect on the Boardman
airport, and that the current rapid
rate of advancement of military
technology which might make such
a large withdrawal a wasteful and
inefficient use of key real proper tv
in the not too distant future*
Written comments may he ad
dressed to
Stale Director. BI.M
i94.t Oregon Stale l iffico. P t) Box
2965. Portland, Oregon 97211«
vented with a l-etler of Commenda
tion at a school assembly. Kriday,
September 20, in honor of outstand
ing academ ic promise, dem on
strated by placing in the top five
percent of over one million partici
pants in the 31st annual National
Merit Scholarship Program
The
letter encouraged commended stu
dents to broaden their horizons and
develop their potential to the
fullest "
Lindsay is the son of Corn ne and
l-arry Lindsay of la-xington
A
senior at Heppner High. Lindsay
plans to study genetics or microbio
logy when he graduates from high
school Currently he is president of
the Heppner High K K A Chapter
Participants entered the current
M arti Program by taking the
PSAT N M S y T in October
1984.
when most of them were juniors
Although their qualifying test scores
are very high, the 35.00) Com
mended Students nationwide scored
slightly below the level required (or
Semifinalist standing
Only the
I5.WU Semifinalists, whose names
were announced on September It,
will continue in the competition for
some 5.8«) Merit Scholarships to be
awarded in 198«
affect the meat, according to the
Oregon State Veterinarian
Cool weather a week and a half
ago has slowed the virus down,
continued Krein A hard frost in the
higher elevations has
it
there and the continued cool weather
has the virus on a downhill slide in
lower elevatiuns
Time to enter
wool contest
Judging will begin at 9 a m at the
K<sl Lion Motor Inn in Pendleton for
the District II sew with wool contest
Kntry forms for the contest and
reservations for the no host lunch
eon should lie returned as soon as
possible to Dorothy Hurrle. 11X19
N W 13th Place. Pendleton Kntry
forms are available at the Morrow
County Kxtension Office for those
who still need them Contestants
need not be 4 H ers
Kirst place winners in the junior
and senior divisions will tie awarded
a trip to the state contest
Kirst
place winner in the pre teen contest
will be awarded a wool pelt donated
by the Henry Krebs family
Contestants are judged (Kith on the
quality of the workmanship and
modeling of the wool garment which
may lie sewn, woven or knit
The Oregon f alconers Association
held its annual field Meet at llepp
nor September 20 22 The organua
tion camped at the group camp area
of the Morrow County Kair («rounds
Mike Syring of Kstacada is pictur
ed above with his five year old
Harris Hawk Syring is treasurer of
the O K A
Hawks pictured at right are ow ned
by the association's president,
Byron J Gardner
“Thulla," a
Peregrine Kalcon is in the fore
ground and "(»ray Spirit," a Pore
grine gyr hybrid is in the liack
ground
Several projects raising funds for Sr. Center
By Jusllnr Weatherford
The South Morrow Senior Citizens
have a building site and plans for a
full-time senior center and com
munity building
Now they are
really eager to raise more funds so
that the building can tiegin Several
projects are on going presently and
more projects are planned soon
The three cords of wood on the
vacant lot on Main Street are being
raffled with chances selling at $|
each or seven chances for 65 The
woodcutting took place on Dr
Tibbies mountain property and in
volved Ph yllis Hunter. Clayton
Ayers. Bill Collins. Bill Cox. Ed
Dick. Bill Driscol. Jim Hayes, Paul
Jones, and Everett Keithley This
crew cut four cords and hauled it to
town They delivered one cord to Dr
and M rs Tibbies and stacked the
other three cords downtown
Ask
any of them, or Babe Harris, when
you want chances on a cord of wood
the three cords will be passed out
before Thanksgiving Day
Jane Rawlins has inaugurated a
new weekly project
At each
Wednesday meal there will be a
"G o Kor It Table" which will dis
play donated jam and Jelly, baked
goods handmade articles, fresh
vegetables, house plants and mis
cellaneou* whatnots or white ele
phanla for sale The first table on
Sept 18 brought in $23 to for the
building fund
Parents club
to meet
The first meeting of the Hrppner
Parents Club will be held this
Thursday, Sept 2«. starting at 7 30
p m at Heppner Elementary
The meeting will follow the
Heppner Elementary School's open
house which is planned from 6 to to
7 .to p in
Parents, teacher, administrators
and everyone interested are invited
to attend to voice their concerns and
ideas Kor more information con
tact Chris Adelman 67* 619« Marcia
Kemp 989 8178. or April Hilton-Sykes
«76 9839
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Soon more card parties for pino
( tile and bridge players are planned
under the leadership of Gladys
Connor Daisy Collins w ill chair food
sales Dot Halvorsen will he chair
ing a pancake supper at lone Nina
Denton will donate an afghan to lie
raffled later Grace Buschke Millie
Harris, and Babe Harris will assist
with various planned projects
The Irrigon Senior Citizens gave
the South Morrow S»*mors a quilt
that is being raffled presently Babe
Harris is selling tickets on this the
group of fund raisers is alreudy
planning to have a table at the
December 7 Artifactorv
The South Morrow Seniors are
very enthusiastic about Meg
M urray's announced plans for r<
modeling the Heppner Hotel into
retirement apartments They for see
that plan and their projected Senior
Center will surely make the
Heppner South County area a more
attractive place for mature resi
dents. a very fast growing segment
of America s population