The Heppner
Morrow County'» Home-Owned Newspaper
SPECIAL
ELECTION
RESULTS
azette
VOL 104 NO 33
imes
Wednesday, August 13, 1986
Heppner, Oregon 25«
School District
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Kinzua donates 36th calf-roping saddle
$473,786 Three-Year
Serial I*vy
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$5,140,000 Spellai
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Irrigon $38,625 Operating Levy
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Irrigon $800,000 Sewer Bond
116
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Court forms transportation committee
Senior and handicapped citizens in
Morrow County may have an im
proved public transportation system
in the near future
Morrow County Court has recent
ly appointed a 12 member commiv
vion and has provided funds for a
temporary secretary.
The commission will deiemune it
there is sufficient public support and
ridership for a transportation system
in Morrow County and map out ten
lative routes and methods for im
plementing ihc system
Capital assistance is available tor
transportation systems benefiting
elderly and handicapped, Denny
Moore. administrator of the Oregon
Public Transit Disision has said, a
"federally tinkled program provides
money tor equipment purchases to
private nonprofit organizations that
serve the transit m-cds of elderly and
handicapped persons State funds.
lottery proceeds and cigarette taxes
also fund public transit
Commissioners include Bob Har
ris, Paul Jones, I .a Verne Van
Marter, and Hill Co* of Heppner,
Herb Fkstrom, Dot Halvorscn and
Helen Craw ford of lone. Hob David
son of Hoardman. and Marge Shade.
Walt Sinclair, Vera Cooley, uik )
Julia Hivins of Irrigon Temporary
sccrctars is Marsha Sweek
Experimental seal tried on {»ravel road
From left: Queen Dawn Timms, Doug Dubuque, Princess Sandt Wright, and Princess
Missy Schoonover.
Doug Dubuque of Kinzua Corp turns over the
amateur calf-roping trophy saddle to the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo Court, Queen Dawn Timrns
and princesses Sandi Wright and Missy Schoonover
The saddle will he presented during the Sunday
afternoon Morrow County Rodeo to the amateur
calf-roping winner
Kinzua began donating a hand Untied saddle in
1950 and have continued encouraging amateur call
ropers by donating a saddle each year since This
year and the past several years, the saddle has been
made by Severe Brothers
Morrow County Court Iasi
Wednesday discussed ihc recent ex
perimental application of magnesium
chloride as a sealer to a section of
Alpine Road
The sealer, known as "Dust Off"
was applied three different ways on
a four mile section of the gravel
road The product is supposed to
make gravel roads hard and prevent
dust, the county also will test its use
on different soil types Anticipated
cost of the product is $2.500 per
mile
In additional business, the court
learned that the Fight mile pav
mg project has been completed, in
eluding widening
approved three (a* refunds V*W
and $7M to AIA I . SUM to Wanda
Gamhy, and SI 17,000 to be col
Icctcd and held in a separate lumi un
til June JO and used as an olisci tor
POE
heard from County Architect Bob
Smith that the Courthouse renosa
turn is nearly complete Smith
recommended a silicone treatment
for a discolored area of the cour
ihousc steps Fhe Court noted that
the Historical Society recommend
ed not using the treatment
heard from Assessor (ireg Sweek
ihai the county may need to look at
adding more memory because its
computer system is slowing down
there are so many users on the
system now, Sweek said, who each
use a portion of the memory that the
entire system is slowed down
•approved a maintenance contract
on a new machine in the Morrow
County Clerk's ( )ffke which copies
microfiche Ihc contract is adv isable
Barbara Hloodsworth, Morrow
county clerk, said for ihc first year
any way until we can see what will
go wrong with the machine
heard from Ag Agent Fred Lun-
din that he was stalling the Irrigon
estension office on Fridays 1.uiklin
proposed a landscaping experiment.
Irrigon teen sparkles as Fair & Rodeo Queen Pav rodeo entry
Continued page 2
Her 14-year-old registered ap^
paloosa show horse named Chief
Shatka was brought out of retirement
this year to carry Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo Queen Dawn Timms
along parade routes and in grand cn
tries of the many parades and rodeos
she is attending as the county's
representative
"H e’s a big pet and will never he
sold." the 19 year old queen said
But he's had experience.too, serving
as her offic ial mount during the I9H4
fair and rodeo season when she was
a princess on the Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo Court
Queen Dawn Timms
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The personable queen explained
that Chiel Shatka has hern a member
of the family for nine years and has
had extensive experience as a show
horse.
She has competed on the Nor
thwest Appaloosa horse show circuit
in Hnglish and Western equitation
and in jumping She was the 1983
Northwest Champion Youth which
qualified her to compete at the 1983
national appaloosa show She made
the final classes there, hut modestly
admits that she won "nothing big "
Queen Dawn was also a 1982
princess for the Oregon Trail Ap
paloosa Club With Chiel Shatka of
fictally retired, she is training
another horse that is now a year old
and 14 3 hands, "so he will he big,"
she almost sparkles as she talks "I
have high hopes for him I can't wait
to jump again "
Besides showing horses, her hob
hies include sports, riding, and in
structing riding She has heen both
a junior and teen 4 H leader and is
now in the process of trying to get
her judge's card
Her mam interests, she says are
horses and medicine She has just
finished her Freshman year of pre
veterinary studies at Oregon State
University and this summer is work
mg as a technician at the Hcrnusinn
Veterinary Clinic She hopes to do
volunteer veterinary work during the
next school year to keep current with
animal medicines and diseases She
needs 300 hours of clinical ex
perience to enter veterinary school
She began riding when she lived
in Portland, she relates A neighbor
who was older"was being nice and
asked me to go along with her I was
about seven I called my mom from
the bums and told her that I had sign
cd up for riding lessons and could
she please go along with me
She learned to ride English and
then when her family moved to St
Helens a neighbor knew Western
ruling, so she learned from them and
they learned Fnglish from her
The daughter of Bryan and Sharon
Timm*. Queen Dawn has lived with
her family in Irrigon tor nine years
The 1983 Riverside High School
graduate has a 14-year-old brother.
Scott
She enjoy* water skiing and
played volleyball, basketball and ten
nix while she was in high schtail She
wax a member of 4 H horse and
cooking clubs for nine years She
won grand champion horse for four
years and reserve champion master
showman honors for three years
This year's court outfits arc dif
ferent. the elegant queen says, but
it’s time for a change "Everybody
changes their wardrobes for the
times, so courts must change, too ”
Queen Dawn is looking forward to
the fair and rodeo and a chance to
get out and meet the people she and
the princesses have been represen
ting all season
fees
before slack
Fees for the Morrow County Fri
day Jackpot Rodeo may he paid
anytime prior to slack Friday To
pay entry fees, mail to Gail
Paptncau, Star Ktc 2. lone, or bring
to the rodeo office Friday morning
It mailing the entry Ice. he sure to
allow time for it to be received
because contestants who have not
paid entry fees poor to slack will n«8
he allowed to compete. said a rodeo
spokesperson
Slack for the Morrow County
Jackpot Rodeo will start al I p m
Friday, Aug 1' with the ftrst'goof
team roping
The second go will be during the
Friday night show with the top six
teams from both goes roping on
cither Saturday or Sunday of the
Open Rodeo
First goes of steer wrestling and
calf roping will also he run during
slack lime betöre the start of the 4
p m county show
Weather Report
Bf C*y C* Mappner
Queen Dawn with Chief Shattea
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Wed
Ifiurs
Fri
ed by ihc state a public hearing, and Sat
adoption, of the new plan, can he Sun
Mon
held in early spring
Meador has 15 years experience
in planning, and ix currently
Market
Report
employed by several other cities in C orrsfjfcnw*«
a» !*•
County
O aw tr«
the same capacity
lues., August 12
Areas which will receive special
Soft White
attention by likal planners arc where
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to place mobile homes, how to han Aug
»2 72 »2 74
die existing lots which are too small Sept
•2 76/»2 78
to allow rebuilding alter fire destroy* Oct
»2 80/»2 82
the home which was grandfathered Nov
‘2 84 »2 86
in through it did not meet state Dec
Jan
»2 88/*2 90
requirements
Barley
Police policies and scheduling
•72
were reviewed at an executive Aug /Oct
»73
meeting of Heppner City Council Nov.
•74
last Wednesday No action wa* Dec
Hard Red W inter
taken
Ordinaries
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Engineer assists planners
By Avon Melhy
Nancy lainkford presided as chair
man of Heppner Planning Commis
sum meeting Monday night She was
elected to the position last month
following the resignation of David
Allstott
A schedule for meeting LCDC re
quirements in reviewing Ihe city's
comprehensive plan was presented
the commissioners by Dan Meador
of Kcnncson Engineering. The
Dalles Meador was hired to assist
the planners by the city council last
week Workshops will be held at
regular planning meetings through
November Requirements listed in a
24 page report should he completed
and turned in to the state by
November 28 The state has 90 day*
to review If no change* arc demand
August
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