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Gazette-Times
Morrow C ounty's H o m e-O w n ed W eekly N ew sp ap er
Heppner, Oregon
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Santa brings Christmas to Heppner
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the singing of Chrryrms
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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
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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
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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
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Merchants giving
real nwney’ coupons Undersheriff receives
through Satiurtay award of merit
Motor V ehicles
tells nevv hours
LeRoy W ornell led
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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
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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
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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.
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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