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TUO - Ih» llcppnrr Ga/rHe-Ilmex, fleppmr, Oregon 33 rdnrsdav, Dxxemher .41 ,f*iH6 Review I 486 from page 1 the ground floor o f a \enior citizen housing project which would locate in a remodeled Hcppner Hotel Huildinit I ocj I organizers pul $20.(1111) donation troin W illow * l-odgc No hb K l O f and a $60.000 donation Irom ihe senior citizens center building fund. with a $300.000 federal b lin k (tram, and $390,000 Irom a losal loan source to finance the pro|eet Morrow Count) voters elected a new |ud|tc. laiuis Carlson, re elected commissioner Irs Rauch to another four year term, said " n o " to in creasing the cirunty and school district tat bases, and to establishing la* bases lor the SWCD and Willow Creek Park I list Hcppner Neighborhood Center delivered thanksgiving baskets to families needing food for the holt day. a first time project for the Center A meeting in le tin g to n allowed representatives from Ihe county's medical entities to state their differ ing views regarding the formation ol a separate health care tating district or districts within the county la k a l l aw enforcement officers dedicated a shooting range, a year long protect requiring city county co operation The first Town County Day allowed local organizations to hold annual meetings at different times on the same duy arul share one banquet in the evening The county extension service arranged lor booths arul sell help sessions which could be attend ed by those not at meetings Maurigracc Mealy submitted the winning motto " Hcppncr Oregon's gateway to the Blue Mts in a Chamber of Commerce contest The school board voted to cut S 'b b .7 th from the year's budget it a final ettorl to pass the budget on January I 1 fails Ihe cut represents the amount ot a thrice defeated serial levy Voters approved a S3.14(1 .64 t one year operating levy August 12 December Ronald "S k ip " Matthews became executive director lor Morrow County ASCS Morrow County Court named a seven member ad fun. committee to consider the issues surrounding for illation o f proposed health care districts and to advise the court ot possible solutions to the problem Union Pacific Railroad announc cd that the Hcppner Condon branc h line» were being put up tor sale to a short line operator Morrow County exchanged 27' miles of unimproved county road tor 23 miles of forest Service maintain ed roads Morrow County signed a lease option agreement tor office space at the old dental clinic building in Hcppner Ihe Morrow County Court voted to acquire the hall ol the North Mor row Medkal Clinic which Ihe county does not already own Ihe H cppncr Neighborhood Center filed for status as a non profit corporation called the Morrow County Neighborhood Counc il Hv Ashley Conklin It would be appreciated it peo pie would leave their Christmas trees and greens at Rcitmann'x lot for the Annual I welfth Night Homing of the Trees and (ireens. sponsored by the lone (iarden Club, which w ill be Tuesday. Jan b (hi Monday afternoon. Dx-c |3. Katherine I indstmm held a coffee hour from 2 to 4 p m for members o f the neighborhood Those atten ding were Gladys Drake, fd ith Mat thews. Hlaikhe Ransom Helen Mar tin. fa ith Jordan. Dianna Hams. Jeanne Allen and fv a Hamlett Graveside services were held frid a y . November 28 at Gotcher Cemetery in Williams. Oregon, in memory of Peter Marlin Haucrn tcind Martin Haucmlcind was horn in Salem on March VI 18*44 and passed away on November 2 '. I*48b. at (irants Pass He look over the grocery store ami post office at Morgan around 1*422 which he operated until his retirement in 1*434 when the store was dosed, and the building sold / ox* barrens came to Morgan to teaxh school it was there she met Martin and thev were mar TOWN HALL MEETING J a n u a ry 7, 1987 7 p.m . Heppner Cirade St ( t o o l M ulti Pur|x>se Room Representatives from the following groups will he present: Morrow County School District adhoc Health C are Committee Dort of Morrow Morrow County City of Heppner The reason for this meeting is to invite all citizens of Morrow County to meet and discuss current issues of concern. Sponsored by Heppner-Morrow Co Chamber of Commerce a u i t i n i n m ii n i i m a m Heppner Happenings By Mary Bryant. 676-9493 their first, son of Steve and Susan I-anktord born at G cnn ) Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston Florence and Cornett Green spent Christmas with their sons Steve jn d Bonnie Green o f Pendleton and Marion and Marly v Green Mrs I uc II j Harris and Mrs Hotly Tanner spent Christmas with their children. Mike and Sherry Christmas fv c was reserved tor din ner and gifts and Christmas day lor dinner and relaxing Mrs Tanner's former son in law was present tor Christmas dinner Mr and Mrs f red Hoskins were Christmas hosts to their children, (tail Rowell and children. Mr and Mrs Mac Fioskinsot Hepp net and Marie Hoskins of Heppner Frances M itchell, sister ot Mrs Marsha Sweek has tjken over the Hoskins, spent part o f the week Blue Mt Community College area here On Sunday, the Christian coordinator's position Irom Marie Church had a farewell dinner tor lane who is moving from the area their minister Rev Don Shelton and Sweek will have up^to date infom u By Eva Hamlett 422-7557 hiv family ITiey were presented lion on all classev offered through with a gilt and a money tree ried around 1*423 They had a von the college in the Heppner area Fveretl Keithley was honored and a daughter who attended lone She and her husband. Morrow with j no host 73th birthday dinner schools Martin Buucmtcind iv \ur County Assessor Greg Sweek. hjvc at the Bowling Aliev on Friday The vised by his wife. /«>e. von. (*cne. two children. Ian. b. and Talia. 4 Keithleys daughter. Janet was a and daughter f live It anyone would A graduate o f Heppner High visitor tor approximately a week time like to contact /o c . her address is School, the forrik-r Marsha Sowell, Mrs Hetty Pfeiffer had her son Her daughter fx-c.ink- engaged to Zoc Bauerfctnd, P.O Bra 131 attended Blue M l Commumtv Col and his wife, her grandson, and two la rry Palmer while here W illiam s. Oregon *47344 lege tor one year and graduated Irom Mr and Mrs Jim lankford granddaughters tor Christmas din Member»of the l'nited Church Pacific Cmvcrsity in forest Grove ner Also, her daughter Julie and spent Christmas F.ve in Pilot Rink of Christ Choir held a politic k din She worked at Kinzua tor seven with his parents ( )n Christmas Dav her daughter ner and party December 18 at the years and as a legal secretary in the Mr and Mrs Claude Graham Mrs l leanor IVHok m otherolP.il home of Harold and Sharon Reil area tor three years spent Christmas with their daughter ty I .inklord and bet son were guests matin Dicy had choir practice and son in law and fam ily in ot the Lankfords before the dinner Mr and Mrs Harlan Smith and fugcnc The Damons brought them Ihe cooks at lone High School sons o f Seattle were Christmas home hostexf a dinner for the senior citizens I he Morrow Countv C lerk’s Ot David and Forrest (ira v . visitors ot Mrs Hazel Mahoney and in Ihe area on December 18 at II the Bob Mahoneys Mrs Smith is children o f Harold (irav are spen ficc reports issuing a marriage a m During the dinner members of ding their Christinas vacation with the daughter ot Mrs Mahoney and lie neve to the following the grade school entertained by sin sister ol Bob their grandparents Merritt and Mas Iro n a rd H Collins Sr . 44. and mg carols and Christmas songs On Christmas I vc M t and ine Gray The Grays are also Deborah Joyce A knun. 28 both of The l'nited Church of Christ welcoming a new grx-at grandson. Mrs I Van Connor. Penny and I tic HcrmiMon held their annual Christmas program had dinner at I incoln and Bernice on Sunday. Dec 21 at 3 p m The Nash s alter which they all attend W*« * •.!* !* MVXOMTY Suiklay school classes assisted by (be ed Church tin Christmas Day the teachers, put on a program which Connors were hosts, with the was followed by a pot luck dinner Nash's. Steve and I Jeanne Hickey. Alter O h - dinner a group went around Greg Connor, his tricnd. la in . Pen town cinging Christmas Carols and nv Connor and I ric Connor present By County Ag Agent Fred Lundin leaving loaves ot bread at the senior Ida I vnn. Mr and Mrs Jim citizens homes Cason Jimnn Cason. Bert Cason. Ashes trom wish ! burning stoves However, soils in parts of eastern Anna Morford and daughter Scott Cason. Frank Cason. Shawn will begin piling up sum. and many Oregon arc of volcanic origin As Virginia left December 24 to spend 33 1 1 son Renee le w is and Adrion. holm- gardeners, in Ihe belief that such, many of these wills contain an Christmas with her parents at John Cason and Mars Bryant shared these ashes contain gt»kl things tor ahuiklant suptplv of potash naturally 131110111.1111 Anna has hx-x-n a business Christmas Dav garden soil, w ill begin spreading In addition, rainfall in eastern teacher at lone High S ch o o l tor the C hristm as was belatedly them on garden plots ( Jrcgon is small compared to that of last three and one half years aikl her celebrated in honor ot Scott Barnett, There have been manv articles in many other areas of the Pacific Nor daughter was a fourth grade student recentls inducted into the A rim He garden tssiks and newspapers pro thwest As a result the washing, or (hi Saturday. December 27 they is stationed at Ft Benjamin Mar moling this . k I vicc . but is it go«*! ad leaching, of potash from eastern flew out of 1‘ortlund lor New York rtson. Indiana, and was unable to vice lor every garden ’ Ihe answer Oregon soils has been very slow C ity . where Anna lias a position as reach home until Sunday Dinner in.iv be "n o lor most of eastern The majxirtty of soil tests indicate Assistant to the (¡ener.il Secretary of was held at Darrell and Sue 3 arson's Oregon gardens an adequate level of potash lor the World Division ot the L'nited home on Butter Creek Present were I be element important to gardens healthy plant growth According to Methodist Church Board of Glohul Dave and Fran Barnett trom lone. contained in ashes is |s>tassium or research findings, the presence ol Ministries at 473 Riverside Drive Stephanie Brian, and < Irani 33 light ' potash Since |k>tash is moderate IK0 200 parts potash |k-r million New York City, N Y from Medford. Pete and Anna Iv v>luablc in water, large amounts parts ot vul is usually vullicient lor A rriving on friday IV-c 2b for Schwarztn from Hcppner and a dog of water can dissolve potash and giHkl plant growth Many eastern a tew clays visit at the Sam Byrne's natik'd "Ja ck" carry it deep into the soil, often Oregon garden soils tests have home were his wile. Grace, two IFic Pionect Memorial Hospital below the root zone of plants revealed |»>tash levels ot several gtanddaughters. C olleen and Auxiliary is in the prtness ol in th e t long periods ol link- this has thousand parts potash per million Kristine Anderson, his brother triNlucing a new community involve hjppcncd to soil in areas ol high parts of soil George By ine ol Mt View Wyom men! ptogram lor the Nursing Honk' rainfall causing the soils to beconk- It you've noticed plants often mg. and his mother I rone Byrne ol residents The program w ill he call low or even deficient in potash struggle when planted on soil where I v man 33 coming ed Foster a Friend For those who l nder these conditions, application a pile ot brush or wimk I has been choose to take part in this program of wish ) ashes to garden soil can help burned Ihe problem is caused bv will be lim ited to |oin in celebration restore its potash content high concent rations ol potash left bv of birthdays, the Jov of Christmas the lire consumed material Adding wimh I ashes to soils high and each special day as it conic» As we discover more about tins Ihirts one counties in ( >regon and in potassium content and in areas ol land une c harges on the 1**1 million program we shall add more It is a 27 counties in 33 ashington received acres ot national forest system lands low rainfall can raise potash program that can add much |oy to a total of S144 4 million as their amounts to levels that could become The money is to be used lor public nuns lives sc h< Nils and roads share o f revenues from the sale and harmful to plants rather than helpful John ( ason Scott Cason, and use o l national forest prikfucts and I'ndcr theve conditions winn I ashes Oregon leads the nation in its Mary Bryant visited with Pete and services in fiscal year l*48b should he applied sparingly it at all ihare of $262 18s ■ I - \1arv Haynes in Baker on Saturday Ih e Oregon amount totals A si h ul test to determine the potash distributed to 41 states and Puerto SI 17.20b *448 91. and the level ot garden soil inav be- the best Rico Washington ranked third with 33 ashington amount totals way to determine whether adding California second i ji im n S26.2.4 4,960 I I , according to winn I ashes to the* garden is a gisnl M o rro w County received C O M IN G SOON Regional forester Jatik-s f Tor 2 lb .02*4 40 tor fiscal year l*4Kb and idea 247.1VU 88 lor 1*483 according to rence. I NDA forest Service last year's totals were $94.366,443 1*4 the forest service and S2I..472.2I 8 4 4 Ihe counties Salm on re turn received approximately three finirths fo r the first link- since George ol the I ‘48b amounts at the end of the 33 ashington was president, an Allan fiscal vear. Sept 40. and the re tic salnkin has migrated 233 miles mainder was disbursed Dec 1*4 Irom I ong Island Sound to historic spawning grounds in 3’cnikint s Die monev returned to the states and in turn the counties, represents 33hlte Rivet According to Interna tional W ildlife magazine, the salmon 2 ' percent of the money collected bv disappeared from New England the I orcst Service Irom the sale ol rivers in the 1800 s as a result of timber, and from grazing, recrca lion, mineral extraction and other pollution, overfishing and dams along the migration routes High school basketball games for Columbia Hasin Conference schools have taken on a new twist this season According to Hcppner High School Athletic Director Dale Con klin. high school basketball games involving both varsity and tumor varsity teams w ill begin two hours earlier on Saturdays this season With this change, junior varsity girls basketball games w ill begin at I p m rather than 4 p m . junior varsity hoys games w ill start at 2 4 ' p m instead o f 4 43 p m . varsity girls games have hern slated for 4 U) p m instead ot b Ml p m . and var sily hoys games w ill lip off at b I 3 as opposed to 8 13 p in The change w ill only he in effect on Saturdays when all four teams ptay fo r example, vhould only the varsity teams he scheduled to plav on a given Saturday the varsity girls game would begin at the customary b p tn and the hoys gjm e at 7 V) p rn with the late lip o ff not needed in the absence o f the junior varsity games The new rule w ill also not be in ctlcct on Friday. jn d as a result the games will start at 4. 4 43, b V) and 8 13 p m respectively The first games Hcppner will play under the new rule change w ill be this Saturday when it hosts the Sher nun County Huskies with the action starting at I p m tor the junior var Mty girls game Blue M t. names area co-ordinator Hear ’n Their r m m r t « i s s r i i s bb ï i » b s b î n ï r ! s m i s s r s s t u i i u i u a u u m i m Times change for Saturday basketball games Mrs Mary Gohccn spent Chrisinus in Portland with Lynn Carter and her children B illy. Michael and Trina Mrs Carter's mother and father. Pat and Bill Anhorn came from Salem They arc Mary's niece and nephew I win s sister Kim. came from San Iran cisco for the holidays and her brother Chuck who also lives in Portland as well as triends from Portland On frid a y . she shopped and n>in cd triends lor lunch at Henry Thiele's to indulge in (heir tamouv German pancakes for the last link- The w ell known landm ark restaurant, is being closed after opening in 1*4)8 Many Portland residents and visitors arc sad about Ihe building being demolished and a high rise commerc u l building built on the lot Mrs Tom Chittv of Citrus H eights. C a lifo rn ia and her daughter, fv a Marie, have been visiting triends and relations in the area for approximately a week M rs Snoda Blake x p e ^ Christmas Eve in Oregon City aflH Christmas day in Salem She saw all o f her family and had a wonderful Marriage licenses EXTENSION SERVICE County Agent’s Corner Forest revenues returned to counties I ts ili o d IN I I Coin p iller Supplies X If Santa had a Computer on his Christmas list for you we have some accessories you'll need Disks Paper Labels Cards Plus we can order personalized or business com puter products. The Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner 676-9228 X X X X For Morrow County Schools & Community H appy N ew Year VOTE YES A s the clocks ch ime in yet another New Year, may we be the first to say... enjoy it to the fullest! x x x x x x x x Paid fo r by M C E A Peterson’s Jewelers ‘
