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- •> » " u c r . . . ors t M t r W i l — ^ I D A M D i P m O t k »m k - ' £U 3 9 7 1 •* - ! f O fi 3 The Heppner December M Gazette-Times Morrow C ounty's H o m e-O w n ed W eekly N ew sp ap er Heppner, Oregon VOI. IS3 SO i# 25 ' hkummoav dkiem bm Santa brings Christmas to Heppner u. i«* pa «,** 5 Tu™ Wed Til UTS Fn Weather by the ( iity Sal Sun Mon the singing of Chrryrms dow ntow n Heppner os merchants and area citizens prepared for the official opening of the Christmas season when Santa Claus came into Heppner on a fire truck Saturday, Dec Factfinding scusim rescheduled 7. Santa visits with seven-month old Emily Sue Chick at the A factfinding session concerning unresolved issue* in contract nego tuitions bet ween Morrow County teachers and the school board has Iwen re*chedul«*d for 4 30 December at Riverside High School in A session schedul«*d earlier this month was po*tpon«*d because of severe weather and dangerous driving conditions Artifcrlary, another mark of the beginning of the Christmas season in Heppner Naming of princesses completes 1986 Fair Ä Rodeo Court Citrus sale begins Dec. 14 The Heppner I .ions Club w ill be conducting its annual fruit sale on Saturday, Dec 14. starting at 9 a in and going into the early afternoon t.ions Club members will be sell mg orange* and grapefruit door to door For those w ho are out of town or are missed, phone orders may be «now 14 2» 01 0» 4" 4” 1” 2V ’ IH ” tx "n e w -3 ’ T »4" t ndersheriff Denton received an Award of Merit for his work in the Morrow and t'm a tilla County ar«>a in 1H85 in the narcotics enforcement field The O N E A present«*d certlfl cates of merit to runners up and a plaque to the officer of the year during award ceremoni«*» held in Portland on December 5 Th«**e awards are presented once a year to the states outstanding narcotic* officers Out of 12 nominations statewide six nominees received Awards ol Merit and one officer wa* natmxl officer of the year The Heppner office of the Depart ment of Motor V«*hicles will be open on a reduced schedule tieginmng The office w ill January I. ]** ha remain at the same location on Main Street but w ill be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays only Ron Ostrander, the curtent examiner at the Heppner office w ill continue to staff Heppner Condon. Fossil, and Hermiston Trip permit* and I’ llC permits are exp«*cted to lie available at the Heppner office in six to nine month* ccrols Frictay, Dec. 6 in 44 44 43 34 3« P re c lp Merchants giving real nwney’ coupons Undersheriff receives through Satiurtay award of merit Motor V ehicles tells nevv hours LeRoy W ornell led 36 lo w 30 22 30 28 2» 2» 21 «>f Heppner Heppner buxine»*«** w ill be Hiving and reiW m ing real money" coup on* through Saturday. Dec I I A coupon worth SO cent* is given by parti« ipattng merchant* for each five dollars of merchandise pur chavxl Coupons cannot be r«*d«*em ed at the business where they were receiv«*d. but may be taken to other p a rtic ip a tin g businesses and ' spent" )ust like "real money " Coupons have no value after Dec ember 14 Tne Rev High 46 given to either Bob Kahl at 6769113 or Rusty Estes at 676 9228 days or 676 5422 or 676 5808 evening* Proceed* from the sal™ are used for I .ions (Tub projects such as the swimming pool solar heating project and the vocational scholarship fund Under sheriff Verlri Denton S heriff Roy Drago recently received word from the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association that Undersheriff Verlin Denton ha* been nominated for Officer of the Year for 1985 Nomination* arc solicited from law enforcement statewide and nominees are selected based on the Information received from these nominations Denton came to the Morrow- County Sheriff * Office from the Curry County Sheriff's Office on th the Oregon Coast in May of I9HJ He was raised in Kin/ua, attending Kinzua tirade School and Wheeler High School in Eossil until the 11th grade His fam ily then moved to («rooking*, where he finished high school He attended Southwestern Oregon Community College study mg Criminal Justice He currently holds an Advanced Certificate from the Hoard on Police Standards and Training and has I hxti working in law enforcement for over 13 years Sheriff Drago noted that these awards usually go to officers in larger departments which have investigators who work full tune on drug case* Santa to phone area kids The Heppner Lions Club w ill once again 1 m - sponsoring the rnnual Santa Calling proj«>ct Any hild who would like to receive a phone call from Santa this year, should write him a letter and place it in Santa's mailbox at the Post Office in Heppner or al Del s Market in (.exington The calls w ill tie made on Decern tier 17 and 18 m i letters must be in the box by December 16 Be sure to include your phone number to insure a call from Santa The Heppner Lions meet every first and third Tuesday of the month at Kale's at 7 to p m Volunteers , donations needed for Christmas boxes Scndy Wright The Morrow County Rod«*o Com mitte has sel«-cted Missy Schoon over and Sandy Wright, 1986 Pair and Rodeo court princesses to serve as Morrow County representatives this year along with Queen Dawn Timms Princes* Missy is the daughter of l-awrence and Sharon Schoonover of l.exington A 16 year old Junior at Heppner High School, she is active in sports and an avid rider a mem tier of W rangler* and taken 4 H horse for three year* and ejoyed riding horses all her life Missy would like to go on to college and Boeing granted pursue her desire to he a veterna rian Princes* Missy is currently looking for a new horse Princess Sandy i* the daughter of Patricia Wright and the lute Harvey Wright of la’ xmgton An IS year old junior at lone High School, she is active in volleyball, basketball and tennis She has been a member of Heppner Wranglers and taken 4 II horse Sandy's horse this year, due to the generosity again of John (.edbrttrr. w ill he a bay horse named Kelsup John was kind enough lo have loaned him lo last year's princess Sheila Sieler also use p erm it Boeing was granted a conditional gave up t«•»tlng at a site near Seattle use permit at the November 25 because there was too much inter meeting of the Morrow County Plan ference The Hoardman area has a ning Commission, reports member low level of interference* of the plnanmng building depart The lest area w ill tie a circular ment staff. Mike Oths The permit arrangement with a fence to prevent allows the company to conduct cattle from wandering too close and preliminary tests through August. disrupting the signal Cars traveling lt*H6 of new types of remote antennas on Tower road would not be a at a site owned by the company near problem because, with headlights on, they can be seen and those the Hoardman Coal Fire Plant conducting the test can wait until The fact that they are testing is not secret," explains Oths. "but the they have passed and then continue design of the antenna is,” so the tests w ill be done at night Very Oths said that the commission listed several conditions which must weak radio signals will be "shot” down a 4,ooo ft gravel "runway ” be met by Boeing in order to Company officials told the commis continue their t«*sting. among them sion that the fr«xjutncies used would that Tower Road must remain open not interfere with radio or television for public access, and that no signals in the area extreme security measures such as Hoeing also told the commission, electrical fences or armed guarda continue* Qthj, that the company would 1 m aassl \ An allcom m unity volunteer effort For families, all canned goods are is underway this year to provide Parents may then bring the requisi a good donation b««'au*e energy Christmas dinners, boxes of canned tion forms to the NeighborhiHxl costs are so high this time of year goods and toys to needy families Center IW-emU-r 18 19 and pick out and they require minimal prepara in the area Heppner Neigh borhood toys according to the r««|uisition tion Slapl«** such as cereals without (enter Coordinator Pat Brindle Individuals who wish to make added sugar, margarine, peanut expect* upwards of 30 volunt«x-r* lo donations may bring th«*m to the butter and raisins are ulxo needed assist with sorting items and pack Neigh!xirho«x11 enter, or leave dona txxau.se of Iheir high nutritional ing box™ throughout this week and lions of cann««l gixxis at box««« value next in preparation for the Decern provided at Central and Court Street Fr««ih orange* and apple* are n ic e tier 20 delivery of the Christmas Market* additions to a n y I h ix , she says, but box««« Brindle suggests that small cans bananas spoil a n d freeze too e a s ily Member* of area church««« led by of vegetabi™ or cranberry sauce, So far Brindle says that the Center Bettie Doherty and Jane Rawlins small jars of che««ie. sardines, and ha* received very few donations of have been providing much of the Vienna sausage are nice donations gifts for men Shaving supplies and volunt«-er labor Brindle says that for box™ for senior citizetis. ™peci large red or blue handkerchiefs all persons wishing to volunteer to ally for men who don't know how to help may contact either Doherty or rook and can't read Rawlins to h«dp after regular Neigh borhood Center hours, or may c«ime to the Neighborhood Center tielwix-n 8 30 a m and 5 p m Monday through Friday to volunt«wr their help in washing and refurbishing toys or preparing the box««i Volun leers are ungently need«-d on Dec ember 20 lo deliver the boxes The Christmas dinner* purohas«-d with donated funds are packed at Central Market each year Accord ing to fam ily sire, the dinners include a chicken or turkey ipre ( (Hiked. frozen chicken for those who cannot cimki. sweet potato™, can ned cranberry sauce, brown sugar, eggs, canned m ilk, canned pumpkin, pie pastry sticks, dressing mix. and treats as donations permit or ( as has happen««! several times, Brindle says i if donated by soft drink bottlers "A t Christmas time we like to be generous," said Brindle, "but we can only be generous if funds allow it." Area schools are competing to see which can collect the greatest amount of canned goods to donate to the Center Churches and Cub Scouts also have been gathering donations Soroptimists donate dolls each year for the Christmas boxes and Brindle says that this year they have purchas««i some boys' toys also The toys w ill not he included with the gift boxes, however, says B rindle, partmts of families needing toys will From left: Volunteers Gcrnee Huddleston, Vern Batty, and receive requisitions for the number a lle ys they need for their childrren goods fo r Christmas boxes. f make line gills Cologne i* a nice! gift for senior citizens, continue*! Brindle. and the Center already ha*| several boxes of stationery which] would make a very nice gift if each! n r i packed w ith 10 postage^ stamps "th a t’s a 62 2fi donation Hand towels and wash cloths arel another suggestion for gift* fo r| families or seniors, she continue* Additional deni* who h .in- needed| for the 1 .»sc* include w.irni hats, mitten*, underwear, soap, fa cia ll tissue shainpiKi. and of course! money donation* to buy the it«-ms| which are not donat««l Verna Brinda sort canned
