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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1985)
The D epporr (la tr ile Time*. H rp pn rr. O regon. W ednesday. D ecrniber 4. I SITS H i t Rhea family has Thanksgiving reunion A Thanksgiving family reunion was held Saturday. Nov SO, for the Rhea fanulv at the home of Mr and Mrs Iasi Ashbeck of the Buttercreek area 62 family members and three guests were in attendance to enjoy Fifth Quarter Sports u ith Mike Oths ('»liege football ta wiruling up the regular teason heading for the bo» 1 game«, and some interesting developments have taken place Assuming that Oklahoma beats S M I’ this weekend the Orange Bowl has its dream match up between \ o I f’enn State 11-Oi and Oklahoma > 10-1 and ranked No 2 or No 1 depending on whom you believe Presumably, the winner of that game will be crowned national champion Pine and dandy if Penn State wins, but what if Oklahoma wins’ You see the only team to beat Oklahoma is you guessed it, Miami The Hurricanes would be justifiably upset if they end the season with I I straight wins after an opening loss, and still finish No 2 Especially considering that the beat OU Oklahoma's response will surely go like this a » you beat us because you broke the leg of starting MB. and now we re much better 'they a re 1 and b when you beat No 1 on New Year's Day you become No 1 also generally true It should be a shouting match equal to last year’s furor over B Yl"s title All this brings gp the recurring question of a college football playoff A lot of people advocate for it, but I hope things slay they way they are. for three reasons First, a playoff would destroy the bowl picture, relegating all but one game to second class status Second, a playoff would make football more like basketball, with all the media emphasis on winning the title As it is now. all the rivalry games are the highlight of the college season I m afraid they’d lose some luster under a "road to the final four" mentality Finally . I like to argue about who's number one IPs more fun Closer to home, both UO an OSl' have some thinking to do about pigskin progress The Ducks had a 5-« year, but didn't live up to their potential at all In an ironic twist, the U(> boys placed three players on the all Pac 10 team at the so-called "skill" positions < Miller at MB Barnes at receiver and Cherry at running back1 The rap has always been that the Northwest couldn’t compete for lack of skill players Now what's the excuse’ The Beavers had a reasonable showing, given the predictions but all their wins came early, and the injuries left the status of the improvement in doubt It didn t help to get hammered by CO either Both teams were left saying "if. if. if " But as my heroes on the Braves games love to say If your Aunt Minnie had a mustache she d be your Uncle Fred Did you catch the final day of the Skins game golf tourney , on T V ’ Of course you didn t-the electricity went off on the first hole (Fuzzy Zoeller won i Cryslall Hall The old CB race is coming down to the nitty gritty, as only three weeks remain for the challengers to make up ground and for the leader to hang on Dale retains a one game lead over Brent heading into week 14 It may be time for the trailers to stop this "pick the favorites" nonsense and go for broke Last week's guest, Kandall Peterson, stayed right in the middle of the pack He certainly did better than this week's guest, because there isn't one Oh well The standings were printed incorrectly last week and this week s listing reflects the corrected version Standings Dale 101 -53 1 7-7 1 , Brent 106-S4 1 7-7 1 Mike 96 54 <9-5 George * 5 8 <H«>. Dave 9361 H«>. Cues! >7 7' By Juvtlnr Weatherford By now I should have learned that bragging never pays just a month ago when Portland was getting fall rain I was writing about our "wonderful sunshine ' Then on Sunday morning. Nov 10 when Ida Farra and I needed to drive to Portland our snowy, cold, record shattering weather began Within nine days Heppner has experienced two power shortages which positively prove how dependent we are on electricity How hectic driving long distances became over Thanksgiving I was thankful that 10 members of my family made it here, and then each branch reached home safely, and kindly called to tell me this Following last Friday » great tragedy thoughtful persona have opened a savings account at Benjamin Franklin Savings and lavan for Sen Vinh The young widow told me l)ur baby should be born about Christmas " Several projects are pending in the south county the matter of the conversion of the Heppner Hotel into retirement apartments, the hope (or the formation of a park district above the Willow Creek Dam and the building of a Senior Citizen Building It is exciting to hear that several county agencies will soon move into the new office building along the highway just north of town All these county developments are relatively very small endeavors compared to the possibility of the huge Superconducting Super Collider which might be located in the north county by the U S Department of Energy We are all needing to learn more about this "must elaborate and ambitious physics project ever undertake Time Magazine states the proposed underground ring will be 60 miles around and that 28 stale are eager to bring it within their boundatres Statements say that "the project will have an annual operating budget of Woo million and will enlarge any community chosen hv at least in nno persons Manv of us who have born eager for the building of a good direct road between lone and Boardman now know that the need for this road could become more urgent nf course Oregon must determine which of three proposed sites is the best one to really lobby for The other two being considered are in the Willamette Valley one is from south of Tangent to south of Junction City and from Corvallis to Brownsville and the other is further north from south of Portland to norht of Salem's Keizer area Talking with a few friends about this tremendous possibility for our county, we all agree that it would bring enormous changes some economically good and possibly some sociologically not so good People (eel that the big impact would be on Umatilla and Hermiston businesses Every one knows that a change from a imputation of around 5.(XX) to IS ««) in this county would surely mean a great need for more and larger schools This Saturday s Artifactory and Greens Workshop should really get everyone into the Christmas mood which we need to reallv (eel strongly in the Advent Season with the Day of Days only three weeks from today HEPPNER CITY BASKETBALL LEAGUE IF YOU HAVE A TEAM CONTACT: MIKE ROWELL NOW Radio Shack ^ X-mas Opening W h re : Pettyjohn’s When: Thurs., Dec. 5 A Time 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. r ; R V _______ _ ____ _____ i i- SF —1— — t winner Don Newcombe s career as a Japaneses player’ Answer He was strictly a pinch hitter This week Who was the last Ivy t-eaguer to make a strong showing in the Heisman Trophv balloting’ Send answers to P O Box 509. Heppner 97836. by Friday. Dec 13 We've had very little response lately to the quiz If we don't get some answers we may have to abondon ship Remember. the winners gets a gift certificate for a meal at the RAW Drive in Two week's ago we asked What was unusual about Cv young award Jacks H i-Lift, Hydraulic 1 ton Parts & Service M .C.G.G . 98 9 8221 The (.licking Need left By Phoebe Block The first meeting of the 4 H knitting club was held November 16 at Benji Pearson 's house Nandi Van Liew is the leader, and Benji Pear son is the Teen leader Club metn bers voted and decided to have "The (Ticking Kncedles" as the club name The president is Sherry Bingham, vice president is laiurel Webber Gray. Kandi Fowler is secretary and Phoebe Block is reporter and Aleida Goodyear is the caller At the lirst meeting we learned to cast on and to knit the garter stitch IN MEM ORI AM The faults of our Brothers we write upon the sands, their virtures upon the tablets of love and memory. Memorial Sen-ices will be held on John McNamee Fred Buschke tíÜT IS Come along bring the famltyl 'feltiiivJni’ 6769,57 676 5001 * 4 * " ' i dry goods underwear canned food soup hats facial tissue mittens toothpaste IXinations of money will I m - used to purchase additional items Q I ft r# (J O 424 ^nden W< A * k St- 4 * you want to help 676 5873 kA rdl laical churches will I m - helping Monay Dec 16 - St Patricks Catho lie. Heppner Nazarene Tuesday, lire 17 All Sts Episcopal Hope Lutheran Wednesday, lire lx United Metho dist and Eirsl Christian Thursday. Dec 1 » - Yalby. Lex Baptist, U n i ted Church of ( ’hrixt Drop boxes will be placed at Court Street & Central Markets, all ib t Center Hours ore Mon. - Fri. | local churches & the Neighborhood 8:30-12:00 & 1:00-5:00 r*A ^ ’ This Ad Sponsored By f t Center. ** Deodline is December 1i Bonk of Eastern Orec M.C.G.G. 989 8221 Christmas AM-FM Dash Mount Radio AM-FM Fender Mount Radio Reg 150- Sale 1399S 169* Laurence Doherty Frank Holub AM-FM 8-track Dash Mount Radio Reg IM ” Reg 369* Sale 33255 Complete with leads, helment & instructions 18" Tool Box Sale 13°° Reg Sale 975 Reg. 111 Paul Pettyjohn Sale 35°° Reg I 25" Tool Box i 2 drawer Sale 8 5 °° 49» Jock Loyd Family, friends and the general public are invited to attend the services. Heppner Elks 358, "Where friends meet ” 142 N Man 626-9181 X 14" Tool Box 24" Tool Box Anton Seitz f I f AC-DC Welder 230/140 Amp Sale 13995 Lester Nelson Tom Huston i Sale 15295 William Archie Munkers O.W. Cutsforth f J t Thursday, Dec. 5 8 p.m. for the following Brothers who passed away this past year. ¡ Scivings-Prizes-Fun | TS -1 0 0 0 HAW DRIA F-IN SPOIITS Ml 1/ FREE u O n e * r F io lo s h lig h l i NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER g A VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!I V Food Drive JLi Call the Neighborhood Center if A u t o m o t iv e , T ra c to r, T ru c k , ^ Aft I aiA K -. a i TAMPA HAY 676-9771 PlAYING TUES & THURS, 7 X p m ¡.DESPERATELY NEED DONATIONS OF iLUit * +LQQKI * Batteries the day's festivities One particular branch of the family was repre sented by four generations The pioneer Rhea family mem bers were born and raised in the Rhea Creek area near Heppner Reg 105* Morrow County Grain Growers (503) 989-8221 350 Main St rast Lexington, O re g o n 9 7 8 3 9 1-800-452-7396
