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VOI. I » NO 21 Wednesday. May 27. IM7
7h# Olden tom ily en p y s p<cn<
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Morrow County Trader w ill not lx-
|mt>lishedlhis week D«»k for it on the
newstands next wer-k
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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
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