TW O - The Heppner Gaiette-Time*. Depporr. Oregon M rd n tv b t, Junr IH. WH*
Lexington couple hosts Enterprise reunion
Ken and Lucile Peck of Lex
ington. hosted the L'SS Enterprise
reunion on June 13. 14. 13 Forty-
four members of the ere* and their
wives attended There were 27 RVv
parked and three tent« pitched at the
ranch Although this was a northwest
get together. people were present
from California Nevada and
Florida
The ship was commissioned May
12. I93H and five "plank owners.”
men from the commissioning; crew,
attended Captain Pete Taylor.
USNK. Ret who had the distinction
of downing the last of the 911
Japanese planes credited to Enter
prise, flew in from Seattle
USS F.nterprise wav the most
decorated surface ship m World War
II and participated in 21 operations
and campaigns The ship's air
groups sank 71 ships, damaged 192
others, and caused damage to many
shore installations The Japanese
reported the ship sunk si* times it
moves so far and mi fast over the
Pacific that the Japanese alvi once
reported it as three different earners
She was finally disabled by a
Kamaka/e suicide plane on May 14.
1943 The ship was dismantled and
Lightening causes outage
Saturday afternoon lightening hit
a top crossarm on a transmission
structure near the Nelson ranch on
Baseline Road and damaged the
crossarm and insulatoars causing a
one hour 42- minute power outage
over most of this half of the electrical
system. Mark laisgren of Columbia
Basin Electric Co-op reported
Lightening seldom strikes within
the Columbia Basin system, laisgren
continued It's rare that it hits the
power lines, however. Saturday's
storm was unusual with a mixture of
sheet lightening and direct strokes
taking out many of the lightening ar
restors in the system Columbia
Basin crews repaired five individual
outages in addition to the major
outage on Baseline Road
A crew of three replaced the top
crossarm. insulator string, and
damaged insulatoars on an adjacent
pole
Local girl to compete at pageant
Jessica Sumner, daughter of
Charlie and Cindy Sumner. lex
ington. has been selected to compete
in the Little Miss Jr America
Pageant at the Red Lion Motor Inn
in Portland. Saturday. July 3
The contest is open to H 12 year
olds and Jessica was selected to com
pete by the ( begun pageant commit
tee Prizes for the statewide contest
include a trophy, camera. TV. and
a trip to Florida for competition at
the national finals
Contestants are judged during a
personal interview, sportswear com
petition, and gown competition
Sponsors in the competition arc
Morrow County Grain Growers, the
Heppner Elks, Tom McConnell and
Charlie and Cindy Sumner
Jessica Sumner
sold for scrap metal in 1939 The
first nuclear powered earner of the
United Slates Navy is carrying on
the name and traditions of USS
F.nterprise
The next northwest reunion will he
in Seattle in I9HH
Local delegates
attend state
convention
by Fsa llam lrtt
Waste awareness was brought to
the attention of the 277 delegates at
lending the 39th annual convention
of the Oregon Sute f ederation of
Garden Clubs June 8-11 at the
Monarch Motor H«tel in Clackamas
How do we dispose of old
medicines, chemicals, oil. plastics,
used products, and our many empty
household containers ’ How are we
contaminating the land, water and
air1 This is a real problem that has
no easy answers It was reported that
state officers attended the Energy
Awareness Conference in
Washington I) C and one was held
in the Portland area this spring
Helen Martin and I OTM Hubbard
represented the lone Garden Club at
the convention along with 11 other
delegates from Blue Mountain
District No 10 Jane Rawlins,
delegate from Hcppner Garden Club
and Assistant Director of District
No 10 accompanied the lone
delegates She took the place of Blue
Ml Director. Cece Slocum of Her
miston who could not attend The
three made the pre convention tour
o f » h r I r;». h O a r . l r n c
am t » h r
W'lllamettc National Cemetery . Nxh
supported by the Federation
The theme Multnomah Cares
About Birds and Bees. About But
terflies and Trees. About Herbs and
Flowers, and Blue Star Memorials
Under Oregon Showers was earned
out in the iavors and table decora
lions which were given away daily
Besides the reports of State Of
ficers, 17 District Directors or their
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It voti li like we c.tn talk seed itisi about any month of the sear
Heeause we supply fuel for land prep fertilizer to make the seed grow
insecticides and herbicides to give it the ties! chance to excel
And we supply the sets! Not just any srtxl Imi seed matched to
your area and your specific needs Let us help you in your plans for The
Conservation Reserve Program or The Acreage Reduction Programs.
We don't figure we can pisi show up once a year and take vour
order We re going to live with that sc*ed from the time you order
right through harvest .So it hmi IvlU r l»e good just like all the other
services that go with it
Whatever your seed needs
W heatgrass
Small Gram
Fescues
Forage
Alfalfa
Dryland Pasture Mix
we can't afford to offer you anything hut the lies! Knowing you
and your needs it's all |ur1 of taking care of the country's business
your business!
Slop in soon and let us take care of vour sessi mssls
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TAKING CARE a
Tl ΠCOUNT W S BUSINESS
WUfft tt*t customer
is the company
County
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Lee Padberg shows load of wood to be auctioned at Reno night Saturday
Reno night coming Sat.
"With over 100 pn/es worth
thousands, the odds favor winning"
claims Peggy Eishbum. prize coor
dinator for the June 21 Little Ren«»
Night "Even folks with bad luck
ought to win at this one "
Games, including 21. poker,
craps roulette, lew and 4 3 b.
begin this Saturday June 21 at 7 p m
upstairs at the Elks ladge The ac
tivity fund raiser is a first annual
project of the Heppner Raster Club
Teen staff’ needed for state fair
About 20 high school age 4 H
members will he selected for staff at
Oregon Stale Fair Assignments will
range from one to three days, with
teen stall assisting in arranging ex
hihits. registering contest par
tic ipants. and greeting visitors to the
4 H area, as well as answering in
quiries aJvout the 4 H program
Young people selected will receive
room and board while at state fair
Application forms and additional
information is available from the Ex
tension Service. h7b 9M2 or Box
'97. Heppner Forms arc due in the
State 4 H Office Julv 10
(¡ener»*us donations by a wide
cross section of the community have
resulted in super prizes "It should
entice nearly everyone and the odds
for winning warrants a big crowd."
insists Diana Ball, chairperson
Many of the prizes are worth
several 3100 An itemized list will
be on flyers at the casino.
Scrip will be used for gaming and
accumulated scrip will he used at
auctuin to bid on prizes at the close
of the evening
Refreshments include all kinds of
beverages and popcorn The public
21 vears and older is invited
Irrigon man launches signature drive
ed and operated Portland Window
Cleaning Co , then a construction
firm in Eugene, a retail store and his
current company. Sampson
Livestock
One of Sampson's main concerns
is the unification ol the county ’‘The
unification of the counts through
more pr«xluctive uses of the bomb
ing range ranks a high on his priori
ty list " "Instead of long term leases
we should only permit one or two-
year leaves The county needs to
regain zoning and civil control ot
what is allowed to occur in that area
Citizens should have the final say
currently we have none The flight
patterns haven't been changed since
the 19M)'s, yet our population has
doubled The bombing range has
physically segregated our county tor
tixi mans years That entire area
would be more productive it it were
developed with roads, agriculture
and industry
University of Oregon at Eugene He
transferred to Southern ( begun Col
lege. Ashland, where he graduated
with a B S in Business Financial
Management in | 9 b 9 He holds
graduate school credits from
Southern Oregon C«»llegc. the
University of Oregon and Portland
Suite University where he was a can
didate for a Masters Degree in
Business Administration
In addition to farming and con
struction work. Sampson has own
Ted Sampson
Former fair & rodeo queen to try for
Miss College Rodeo 20 title
girls are expected to compete
Sylvia I Add. lone, will compete in
the Miss College Rodeo contest the
week of June ¡6 24 in conjunction
with the National Finals Rodeo in
Bozeman. Montana Eleven regions
compete in the National Collegiate
Rodeo Association
Miss College Rodeo is judged on
the basis of horsemanship, rodeo
knowledge, appearance, spx-aking.
modeling, and personality A total ol
ITte 20 year old senior at Oregon
State l !mserxity earned the title of
Miss Congeniality at last year's na
tional contest The 1986-87 queen
for O S ll would normally have
gone to the competition, hut I .add's
reign was extended
A former Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo queen. laidd is a speech-
communications major at Oregon
Slate Unisersity
Local l’iris to
receive 4 -H training
Kim Wright and Paula Plochar
Jf sky. Heppner. will trasel to the 4 H
f Center in Salem the Iasi week end in
June lo receive iheir official 4 H
Ambassador Training and Dcsigna
t lion as well as panicipale in inter
views for national awards They are
M among the 63 lop Oregon 4 H ers
W selected as 4 H Ambassadors
* A spec lal ceremony at the end of
' the training session will honor the
J ambassadors, and national award
trip nominees will he announced
A Final announcement of national
w awards is Sepccmher after nominee
f records are finalized and
S re submitted
j It is an exciting and educational
V event for 4 H'crs who compete for
a the honors, said an Extension
m spokesperson The Morrow 4 H
W program lakes pride in hasing two
j outstanding members named as Am-
. hassadors this vear
Wins beef
certificate
Boh DeSpai
un.
Heppner. won a
\ Father's Day beef gift certificate
I The drawing at Central Market was
0:1 sponsored hs the Morrow County
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