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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1987)
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Giti w «dM «u>. jui> u . m r r TWO - Heppner GantleTIwi, ■ * ! * f , « Princess Kathleen likes to keep busy "It's only as rainy as you make « , ” Princess Kathleen B nuell. 17, Lexington. responded to an onlooker at The Dalles parade observing that the drizzle hadn't dampened her (pints You have to put up with the rain, the composed princess said, but she doesn't seem to lei it get in her way She enjoys meeting new people and talking with them That's one of the best parts of being a member of the Fair and Rode«) court making pco pie snule or laugh, she said All of the activates of the court are the best pan, the princess amended She admits looking forward to all of the new experiences open to her as a member of the fair and rodeo court, because “ I've never been on TV before or had so many pictures taken, or been interviewed, and I'm really a novice at parades '* Although a novice to parades, the versatile princess is no stranger to horses and riding She has been training her parade horse, an Ara bian marc named G Mistra. since May, 1986. and has trained and sold another horse She has two horses of her own and boards a third She has been a member o f Horse 4 H and was active with Wranglers for awhile The princess doesn't limit her ac tivities to horses She's alvi involv ed with 4 H cooking and clothing clubs and the lone United Church of Christ Youth Group During the school year, she plays with the pep band and is a member of the national honor society, and the Society of D istin gu ish ed A m erican High School Students Monday, she had just returned from a 10 day Summer Honors program for which she received on hour o f college credit She has earned several 4-H and music awards including the Reserve All Around for 4 H Horse last year, a county medal for her 4-H records, a student hand director award, and a 10th place in statew ide piano com petition when she was in ninth grade She started playing piano eight years / *• •»% ¿.î L* ;» * f '¿¡j‘ \ f b . I *»• * ’ #•* Lr • «**'•• ^ r / ' V v • :• • •;» v ' »5 * - * ■ . » ■ v *. j , I», -.1. .- t ' i* . W* V . ^ V J HE ;■ P rin c e s s ago, added the clainet when she was in fifth grade, and last year extend cd to the alto and tenor sax and the flute She fills in as pianist at morn ing worship services for both the Hcppncr Methodist Chruch and lorn' United Church o f Christ A senior at Hcppncr High School who writes poetry, whe is now con sidering an education major with combined minors in finglish and music at cither the University o! Portland or the l niversity of Oregon Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Hesse r* £ is \> nd Mr and Mrs. J Cleo B. Childers ^ invite you to share in the joy of ... the marriage uniting their children Barbara Ann and Roger Clen This celebration of love w ill be on Friday, August 7, 1987 lie,. at seven o’clock lone United Church of C h r i s t lone, Oregon .'■ 1 * i. , t * * ... r O » . p » I » ^ t . I’ <7 ■ . * » %■■ » V , •; S * V. ;v«*v *,»• , ► ;> / v v X :* 1 ♦r Vvt V i • K ty i f ; ' !• HWf ■ !.. : ‘ • v •t ‘ V*’ *■ * • . ■ : : i V V ■ . a r • . * . L • •••■ : i j ' We ended the year in better finan cial condition than we expected. Superintendent Doyle McC aslin told the school hoard Monday night "As vihj know, we were simply attempting to maintain our cash posi tion in order to avoid borrowing heavily in November." he said We expected to have about the same amount of cash to begin the year as we began with in July. 19Kb Because of unusually good tax col lections, and with the additional revenue we will receive before November, we should be able to pav all ol our bills through that period W e probable won't need to borrow . he said In addition to the linanc lal report, the school hoard considered a lengthy agenda of routine business Her many activities arul riding at matters, including elected of Dwayne Carroll as new least two hours cuv.li day are "enough to keep me busy," the hoard chairman to replace Joe diligent princess said. "I like to be Stevens who has served two con sccutiv c terms Re elected of Jerry busy and do a lot ot everything Princess Kathleen is not the only McHligott as vice chairman heard that the A ( Houghton member of the family who has suttuncr library program is a success become involved with the court ac tivHies Her brother. Hrwin. IV has from Principal Mick lolar and become a pennant bearer, and Mom. library aide Karlcen Trucax heard from insurance agent of Jean, helped with sewing the court outfits Her dad. Al Brazcll, is her record I im Mabry of Schroth In Horse 4 H leader and encouraged surancc that the district will benefit by changing its workman's conipen her to try out for the court sation insurance carrier to Liberty Northwest heard that the district is in com pliancc with all current regulations for asbestos approved a tentative agreement on salaries and benefits for district k principals I he contract allows the Wednesday afternoon's power principals one additional holiday. outage was caused when a portion ol (President's Day) but no pay raise the line under construction came in for next sear decided to review and prioritize contact with the old line causing a district goals at the August meeting short (called a faultl in the line. Col accepted resignations from Kav umhia Basin I lectric Co Op Manager Fred Toombs said The Tracy Columbia Jr High language power had I** be shut down until the arts teacher. David I .arson A t fault could be repaired, he said The Houghton fifth grade teacher Mol outage began at 7 OH p m and lasted ly I at land Sam lioardman third grade teacher. Margaret W ish ) less than an hour Riverside language arts teacher, (i Ann Thomas lone language arts teacher, and Maria Kendall north end bus driver approved hiring the following ( arma Barron kindergarten at Sam Boardman I Icmentary. Jennifer Byron first grade at Sam Boardman. Beth Crcason kindergarten al A C Houghton, Raymond Davis art at A C Houghton ami Sam Boardman. W inston Raw business education at Riverside. I isa Sharkey language arts at Riverside. Karen Smith Griffith spec ial education at lone and Heppner. Cindy Sutherland third grade al Sam Boardman. Pam IX k ken secretary at Riverside, and Mike Royer head coach of girls basketball at Heppner ajvproved an easement for the Ci ty t»l Irrigon to cn»ss Columbia Jr High grounds to connect the school to the city sewer on condition the school’s drainfield is not disturbed appointed the Superintendent Clerk Doyle McCaslin as budget ol ficcr for the coming year appointed the Gazette Time« newspaper of record re appointed lour banks as depositories of school district funds authorized the superintendent to apply tor federal funds authorized selling lwo district vehicles, a !9f>7 pickup and a 1980 Omega, which have been replaced by recent purchases •approved next year's board meeting calendar approved an agreement with Outage started when new met old A ll frie n d s In s ile il Shop At The Morrow County Grain Growers & Save At The, Fair & Rode \ i i Several irrigators taking water from W illow Creek were told to shut off their irrigation pumps or close their headgates last month because a landowner near the mouth o f the creek was not getting his share of creek water Walcmiaster Michael Ladd ex plained that his office works on a complaint basis When he receives a complaint from an irrigator with an old water right, he must try to get water to him by shutting off the newer water rights His office sent letters to irrigators on Hinton Rhea and Willow Creek with water rights newer than IHW asking them to shut off their pumps anti close their In support of the 1987 Morrow County Fair & Rodeo, the Morrow County Grain Growers will give you a special certificate good for MONEY OFF during Fair, August 19 - 23. For each $100 in merchandise* purchased, you will receive one $5 certificate good towards the purchase of: ★ Fair Buttons ★ Rodeo Admission ★ Family Fun Night fcy c»sii ) (a rp o l Rein h a it Is Values to ns I Not • IsMmt m*Kli l»fW.»f clw***c»tt wW u* mm Morrow County Grain Growers INC. Phone 989 8221 1 800 452 7396 LEXINGTON OREGON 97839 headgates When water relumed to the Dave Cheney and Krebs ranches, water rights older than 1908 were allowed to irrigate, but were shut off again when the complainant's water supply was cut off I .add and Tony Holcomb, one of two assistant watermasters in the Umatilla County office (Morrow County pays Umatilla County for use of one parttime walcmiaster) began checking the three creeks after the complaint was filed and found some irrigators using water without rights, and some who were using more water than their right allowed We had to shut has k those headgates Schools end year in better financial position than expected % f i c i v p t i o n f o l i o wing ( eremony * .* • Irrigators stop pumping creek water PO B oi 367 S ave*$ S 8 NOW! |G ^ Market Place Connections, a non profit organization which the superintendent said might assist the district in getting competitive bid ding for sonle of its buying re appointed Morrison and Fife as auditors of record awarded bids for servicing automatic heating controls to Benz Air Engineer, a maintenance con tract for district typewriters and calculators to Thom's Office Pro dusts of Walla Walla, tor regular gasoline ami vehicle diesel fuel to Morrow County Grain Growers tor diesel furnace fuel to Heller and Sons, tor PS ltd fuel to McCall Oil. tor motor oil and anti freeze to iX-vin Oil for Propane to Heppner Nor Gas. cafeteria equipment to Smith and Green ot Seattle, lor cafeteria storge equipment to Boxer Northwest tor dairy products to D.usv Milk ( o . tor bakery gisnls to Snyders lor the north end and to Adams lor the south end. roofing ot Heppner elementary to Ackerman Rooting ol Hernnston and tires to Hernnston lire rejected bids tor copy machines, copy machine maintenance, and sewing machine service water right The problem comes when a water master and tw o assistan ts in Pendleton try to oversee distribution of water in 4500 wjuarc miles, ladd continued A landowner may have an old water right on land not in crop and a newer water right (that has been shut off) on land needing water The watermasler's office needs to have some way to ensure that the landowner does n«»t try to use water from the older right on the ground tied to the newer right, he said Irrigation water right holders seem further confused by the lack ot water in the creek because Willow Creek ilam was built for "flisd control and irrigation" purposes they were told Its use for recreation, they were assured was secondary and would not interfere with irrigation pur poses It the creek is dry . why isn't more water let through the dam. so all water right holders can have their share, they wonder It doesn't work that way, I add ex plained Water rights the irrigators hold apply only to the normal (low ol the creek To get the water stored behind the dam. they must file for supplemental rights and then have a contract with the Bureau ot Reclamation who owns the water G I Jaws free woman after w reck Heppner firelighters used the i.iwsot lile to free Alice McCabe from her v.ii following an accident on Hcppncr's Mam St Ihursdav afternoon Met abe was coming out ot a drivewav and couldn't see any cars coming lor the hedge She hit a c ar driven In Catherine Pointer The force from the two cars colliding lorccd Met abe s ear into the back ot |)r Wallace W olffs car which was parked al the curb by hi» office McCabe was cited by Heppner Police lor Failure to Yield ~Cà to iV fit (*V;S) Jewelry Fashions. Facts. Fiction IH l ( (H O R 0 7 DIAM ONDS A lew t olumns . ik ’ o , the ,irti( le fbdf appeared here de s< ribeii the rt*i (m l hri'.iking tion of the lewvlry estate ol the Din he ss ot Windsor. Not long after the a tit tion. another was held that brought seven times (he previous rei orded per carat sale of a diamond. Jhe dia mond. whu h was .i< tualh a ‘Ji < jr.rt diamond, was sold for $880,000, at a < arat pm e of ShJh.OOO. What madt • this single diamond so t osllyt It vvds red And it was naturally red, meaning the red '(()/(ir exhisted in the diamond when it was mined i l\'rhaps one in 100.000 diamonds are fancy colored 1diamonds Their rarity makes them extremely valuable The »Duchess of Windsor s jewelry brought a high price at 'aur tion in part because of thi' romanc e assrx lated w ith [Edward abdic ating the throne of England for love of her. 11 he sigrvfu ant pm e at auc tion ot this fancy colored red !diamond w.ts fiaid h\ a gem men hant and was apparent ly pun hased tor the Sultan of Brunei. Earn \ ( olored diamonds may lx> yellow blue, orange, y ellusvish-green, brownish-yellow, .is well as red Bec ause they are so rare, Ux atmg a fane > < olomd diamond may take some time. The fancy t olored diamond had bt'en part of a private estate in Montana and had been fMrt of that estate since the llb()s To the new owner, this diamond was worth waiting for. C« h ' « lia*!»« Tmtmtrm « C miih T.l# l.KkM r.k.«.*. floor Covering and irrigation pumps to the amount the right specified. I .add said. Irrigation water right» can he exm fusing and much time is required to update record» and oversee distnbu lion. I add continued Water rights specify an amount o f water allowed to he pumped from die creek, where it i« to be taken, and where it is to be used The office has record» of more than 150 rights issued on Hin ton. Rhea and Willow Creeks The confusion come», he explained, because a landowner may have more than one water right issued at dif ferent times for the same piece o f land Or. since water rights are sold w ith the property. a piece of land may be divided and sold to two or more owners who then share the Peterson’s IL t - 4 vtSA " d — & Heppner ■ ■ ■■■■
