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. -W N f ...» •% » • . L_ 1 . ■ : I _ • - . « •#_ • • ¿v • . • % • • * • , . • . _______ ___________________ ‘ v * fV • • J* •». « ' ^ _ Ä •• .-• '•:,•• . •, * > . — '» • M v: " • ■ • • • -.•-. .. - - . - . - ■• :— r. . - . t’g y j r • r Many attend Pioneer Picnic è* “ r* . \ sZ l * » - ■ I • . *# • % • # *♦ • . I • m C .-’ « \ > ■ 4 - . * ■' f «V ,*. 4 . • • > V l * I * 5 • t • » • . *v T , ’ V ' -V A* Morrow County's Home-Owned Newspaper T h * • » H rp p n e r ' -. . *• N . - 1 • 1 • • 1 1 ' k «* . , . » « • • 1 i •i «V . »•.. I », V .V >v. • */• » ,«• . r azette VOI. I » NO 21 Wednesday. May 27. IM7 7h# Olden tom ily en p y s p<cn< imes The 34th annual M e m o ria l Day Pioneer Picnic was attended by 24» people at the Morrow County F air pounds Sunday The Olden McCabe family pioneers in Morrow County, hosted this ye ar’s event Heppner 25 rents R PAGES Retires after 34 years with city LI * f\ n '4 • t ! I I i f 7 tt Poiver Outage A circu it breaker burns near B oardm an Tuesday, causing a power outage in Ihe Columbia Basin K le elric Cn op region E le ctricity was o rigin ally out in the Heppner area al 11 20 a m Tuesday when (lower poles horned near Hhea Creek Power was turned back on about 4:15 p m and im m ediately caused the 1 15 .000 volt breaker near Boardman to blow out and burn Power was out in B oardm anforashort tim e, but asol press tim e Tuesday night, s till had not been restored to Heppner, lone and l.e xin g to n Illegally introduced fish will reduce trout at W illow («reek Lake Mike Black, assistant E'ishery Bi ologist from Pendleton, and Dick Her rig . E a ste rn Oregon W a rm w a te r Fishery Biologist from O ntario sam pled the fish species in W illow Creek lake Thursday, May 21 Using an elet trofishing boat, they collected Smallmouth Hass, White C roppie. P u m pkinse ed (a s m a ll, warm water species that attains an T'FTï _____ T w V I G eorge Eldon Tucker lone city council sponsored a retirement dinner tor George 11«Ion l in k e r on Sunday, May 17 at l«»nc C ity Park Tucker worked tor the city !«»r U years About 75 pe»>ple attended including .>ui «>1 town relatives Ins daughter Tam m ic and her husband Jac W illiam » ,. ik I their three children Jesse. Nola. and G uy. from llla h . and their children Heidi and H olly o l Canhy. and his sister in law Delores Turner o f V a rxm ivcr. Wa his daughter l.in y u Tiegs and her children Robbie and Steven o f Polouse. Wa. his daughter Teresa K ing, her husband M ark, and their children Sabrina Brian, and Patricia and his son D avid, all o f lone and his mother M ildred Padberg o f Heppner also attended His sister Mary Evelyn Ross and her husband Gordon. M ayor Judy Osmm read a proclam ation from the city council and presented him w ith a money tree adult length of 3-4 inches» and Kain how trout. The illegally introduced fish Small mouth Bass, Croppie and Pumpkin- seed, w ill eventually reduce the trout population and production and w ill also override the planned introduc tion of l.argem outh Bass and Black Croppie, said a spokesperson from the Dept of Fish and W ildlife rr Methodist end Sunday school year lt> Justine Weatherford On Sunday. May 31, balloon« holding Bible verses memorized by the child ren of the Sunday School of the Hep poor l lilted Methodist Church w ill be released after the church service Thiscolorfulevent n th e c lim a * of the c h ild re n s Sunday school ye a r on their last day of classes until Septem her 6 As Ihe balloons d n fl away, <be co n g re g a tio n w ill g a th e r in the church basement to honor it» three 1987 high school graduates. Trent H arrison. Troy H y a tt, and Cindy Stro c I mt at the after -church coffee tim e On Sunday, June 7, the Methodist* w ill change tosum m er hours for three months From that firs t Sunday in June through Sunday, August 30. Sun day morning services w ill begin at 9 a m instead of I I a m Former ambassador to speak John l l oeb Jr f orm er ambassador to Denmark JohnL I.orb, Jr w ill he guest speak er at the lone graduation ceremony Thursday night Six seniors w ill be graduated at the 8 p m ceremony in Ihe lone gym Diehis a cum laudr graduate of Parks open for season The county's parks are now open lor the tourist season Earl Papineau w ill assume caretaker duties at Cutsfnrth Park and Kathy Rankin w ill m aintain Anson Wright Park Fees for tra ile r pads and campsites are Ihe same as they were last year H arvard College and earned a Mas ters degree in business a dm in istra tio n fro m the H a rv a rd G rad ua te School of Business He served as a first lieutenant for two years in the United States A ir Force lamg active in public affairs, he was the Am erican Ambassador to Den m ark from 1981 83 and subsequently was appointed United States Dele gate to the 38th Session of the United Nations General Assembly He was sp ecial a d v is o r on e n v iro n m e n ta l m atters toGovernor Nelson A Rock- efeller of New York He is on Ihe Harvard Board of Overseers Visiting Committee to the John F Kennedy School of Government and is a m em ber of The Executive Committee of theN ationalC om m itlreon American f oreign Policy He is President of The Winston C hurchill Foundation of the United Slate« Dr . Thiessen to leave Heppner D r Curtis Thiessen said Tuesday he w ill tie cloning h u practice in Heppner on June 22 He gave no reason and said only that he was going to Portland All Aboard Chuck Nelson waits lor kids to pile into tin Model I tli.it has become a tradition al the annual liis i Saturday in June lone l lilted ( hutch o l Christ auction and barbecue This year’ s event gets underway at 10 a m June 6 Tickets for the pit barhecucd beef dinner w ill be on sale ihe day o f the event al the W illo w Creek Grange Hall Nelson inherited the rcpsonsibility o f giving rides io children during the auction from his dad Norman who started the tr.idilion Itra t’ s the way it has gone w ith several ileparimontv o l the 25 year «»Id event. Nelson said, because Ihe kids arc now the parents, and have taken over the responsibilities The first auction Nelson he was hi ju n io r high and his Sun day school class’ contribution was a slave sale ll may have been 25 years ago, bul white washing a fence fo r eight hours takes a long tim e to lorget I Alena i R edding1 Anderson »son a prize for being the l-ongest Resident of Morrow County M arvel Jone« was honored as the Oldest Woman pres ent G ene Ferguson of H rrm istonw ax the Oldest Man present The youngest person at the picnic was Andrew Mason son of Meg and Jerry Mason of fo r i land (Jerry is the grandson of Bert Mason of lone Erm a S«-olt of Pasco. Washington won the drawing lor an alghan Board leans toward Clinic lease The N«»rth M orro w M edical Board had begun steps to lease the N«»rth M orrow Medical C lim e t«> a health care provider whether it be a corporation or a private individual The decision was announced at a special meetng called by the board last Tuesday A motion was approved to begin the necessary xicjk to lease the clinic to a medical service provider w ith p«*s\ible subsidies Irom the county l«» help finance the operation Hie M orrow County Me« 17 a I Bo.ir«l met May I I and l> m I |>| k ii ba«h, chairman «»I the N orth Mor row Medical IV u n i anil a in c m lv r o f the new county board, asked members’ help with a rough draft on the direction the existing board sh«»ul«l take it it decided to lease the clim e The hoard «(rafted a paper listing the m inim um standards it th«>ught would have to be met in the event o f leasing the clinic Kpprn bach presented that draft at the board s May 14 meeting The draft cited leaving the clinic to a second party as Ihe preferred d irretion Operating the Clime with county paid ju-rsonnel wax the second choice A th ird choice lisled operating the clinic with a private physician with an income guarantee Dean Mason, a member o f the au dicncc, objected to the meeting held by the new medical board and ob jected to Eppcnbach's request o f the board to set standards for leasing the c lin ic without public notification in accordance w ith the Open Meetings L aw B oard m em bers T im McCreary an«l C lif f Beck also id> jected to the meeting Hppcnhach said he did n«>t attend ihe meeting o f the new hoard, o f which he is a member, w ith the in tent o f outlining standards lo r leas mg the clinx He wik I that during the meeting he mentioned that he had and another member. Bob M ille r, were uncomfortable making decisions about Ihe clinic that would be implemented after the current hoard dissolsed w ithout input from • s -tp- *'. . - . *• « . 1 *. ! :> V ’• • ' i • • • •* *9 * ' • : the new hoard Ed Glenn, a member o f ihe new county medical hoard apologized l«»r the unpuhlici/cd meeting Glen said as a member o f the new board he would insist k ( >pcn Meetings I aw be follow ed in the future ii* all«»w public attendance and public par licipotkin ” k legalities arc not the issue," he said, " i t 's just plain bad m anners." The advantage the hoard sees to leaving the clinic iv it would insulate the board and ll*c county from in terstaff squabbles and transfer ihe d im e lo a positmn where it could \ \ • • • * «i * . / .V •. \ J « • ' T • y *] y « (I - -t 7’L * H - most lik e ly become a p rivate business w ithout tax support m the future "My feeling on the direction we take is we've got lo do something diHerent than in the past, it hasn't been successful We need to ensure the pimple ih c y ’ rc going lo have a doctor lor more than a year «*r tw o ," said b«>ard member C liff Peck Pec k also presented the hoard w ith a K-ttrr o f Interest in Iraxing the dim e from Dr Steve Z ielinski One o f the requirements «*! a lease agreement the hoard agreed musi be met is fu ll link* medical sctvices. p rc fe r ra b ly w ith a re sid e n t physician The hoard plans t»* advertise for bids to lease the c lin ic w ith a clos ing date o f June 15 Ed Glenn aikl Mary M ichael w ill represent the N orth M orrow Medical Board in n e g o tia tio n s w ith p ro s p e c tiv e leasees The hoard met in executive sex sum Monday to begin outlining the spccific requirements needcxl to lease the clinic No Trader this week • • -» -• •• -- ‘f t - ■ V' " W •: • 1 é s. • V * . V • * • s **. « *5*r^ %V, V * ^ - *v • vy,« ■ . , ' • lv \ * ' i* '% • i'V k c < *** 1 r Conservation tour/harheeue slated inovative ideas theSixly-Six is just a tew hundred yards past Butter Creek Junction on highway 207 Turn left at the mailbox with "M a d e r" on it The lour w ill include a look at Ihe Mader fa m ily 's new yielder d rill at the crops it seeded last fa ll and this spring, and at a hooded sprayer, a necessary piece of equipment m Ihe windy area of the Sixty-Six There w ill tie a steak barbecue at 6 p m The M orro w County Wheat Growers la-ague is the sponsor and everyone is invited Blue Mt. musicians to perform The vocal music students at Blue M ountain C o m m u n ity C ollege w ill present a free concert Monday. June 1. at Heppner High School The c o n c e rt, an e xtension of BMCC'a aiiver anniversary, w ill lie gin at 7 .10 p m The c ollege's vocal music efforts have been honored with exceptionally high ratings al adjudi rated performances David M iller. HMCC music inslruc lor. is director of the groups slated to perform The BMCC Choral and Blue Jazz w ill present a m ixed program of clas steal and contemporary music Clas sical pieces by V ivaldi and Ellers are <0- K - • ■ ’ » • . scheduled as are c o n te m p o ra ry w orks by M an ha tta n T ra n s fe r, James Taylor and Chicago Hayes named to OSU honorary •r l.o ra n Hayes, a pre e n g in ee rin g student from Heppner is among 122 Oregon S la te U n iv e rs ity students honored fo r scholastic achievements They have been announced as new members of Alpha Lambda Della, fre sh m a n honor so ciety M e m b e r ship represents lop scholastic recog nttion for firs t year students at the U niversity i J . Face Lift «/ » - 1 glass Workmen from Herm islon (ilass Co ensure Ihe safely of a new clock face whieh was lifted in place alop the Morrow County Courthouse la st week Coat of Ihe replacement glass and the crane was approxim ately « according lo M<«rrow ( 'ounly Judge I xhjis Carlson The count V» Insurance paid the replacement cost, he said Vandals shot at the clock earlier this year necessitating replacement of the clock face - - 'S . s “ ’ * 1 V »V Due loan all day power outage Mu- Morrow County Trader w ill not lx- |mt>lishedlhis week D«»k for it on the newstands next wer-k * remembers, The Morrow County Conservation Man of the Year tour is scheduled for May 30 al 4 p m w ith a barbecue d in n e ra t6 p rn The dinner is free and everyone is invited The Conservation Man of the Year award is given annually to the Mor row County fa rm e r w ho uses the best co n s e rv a tio n p ra c tic e s and equip ment This year's recipient is The Sixty Six ranch at Butter (’reek June tion. farm ed by Frank Mader and his fam ily The tour al 4 p m w ill look al the Sixty Six ranch and at many of its • -T f r