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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1987)
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V v r* ; '*• • * •*, I* • . \ Pancakes for an Apple azette VOL 105 N O 36 The Heppner Masonic Lodge sponsored a pancake breakfasnast spring when a motorcy cle road rally came through Heppner Money earned from sale of the pancakes was donated to Heppner Elementary school for an Apple lie computer Heppner Elementary School Principal Don Cole receives a check for $828 75 from the Hepp ner Masonic Lodge President Bill Smith The computer will be used in the school’s Education Resource Center With the computer drill and practice skills become a game for the students Chmen said imes Teachers recognized for achievements 10 Pages W e d n e s d a y , S e p te m b e r 9 .1 9 8 7 At the annual Morrow County School District inservice day held August 28. at Heppner High School, a number of teac hers were rccogmz ed for spec ial achievements and for community serv ice The categories and teachers recognized were as follows Masters Degrees and New Ccr tification Jan Sharp Sam Boardman Elementary sixth grade Masters Ikegree from Portland Stale Umvcr sity. August 1987 and Ad Forest fire burns 48 acres at Fairview Fairvicw campground is open and a forest fire that humed 4H acres in e luding an edge o f the campground is out and over vs ith . a spokesperson for the Forest Service said Tuesday A 23 person cress vsnh the help o f 15 local district personnel fought the fire for tsso days last sscck The third day. only part ol the cress was need ed Cresss have moved on to fight fires in Southern Oregon The area is being patrolled for any hot spots that might flare up again, John Kcersemakcr. ssho ssas last week s acting forest ranger, said The fire ssas fought mostly from the ground after the first day when a helicopter stationed at L'kiah drop ped scaler on the blaze The cresss The jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict following the trial of Jon Thomas Starke. 36. Boardman, on charges ol Attempted Rape I. Assault IV. and Burglary I Trial began Thursday morning. September 3 with the selection of a jury I he |ury was seated at 2 30 p m Thursday I he state presented its case Thursday afternoon and Frt day before court was recessed for the three day weekend The defense presented us case Tuesday Starke was arrested near Board- man by the M orrow County S heriffs Office on May 18 Jury divided following trial of Boardman man w orked from the ground. Kecrsemakcr said, with some con traded help from J»>hn Britt's timber tallers, Len M orlcy's caterpillar tractor which built a fircline. and John Britt's water truck The fire started at the highway. the acting ranger said aldunigh its cause is not known MORROW , I •} LU Z English-speaking Canadian notes language difference Everyone talks so American. Kimber Lee Howell, a 4 H ex changec from Fruitvale. B C . Canada said about her visit to Hcpp ncr. ‘ ‘ I just laugh,” the language is so different, the English speaking Canadian said She spent the week o f August 31 September 5 with the Bob Mclaiughlin family ot Heppner and visited Heppner High School for a day before returning home where school started after Labor Day Her school is larger, about ‘881 students in gravies 8 12 and more formal she said. "Wc try to dress up for school." She was enjoying her busy week Kimber Lee Howell in Heppner however She herded cows for the first time ever, before stopping by the Gazette l imes office to talk about her trip "I liked it . " she said of the herding experience " I w ill encourage other 4 H ers to come here because of the great ex pericncc At home K'ruber l.ce lives on a hobby lann with her parents and two younger brothers Her dad works at a smelter where he earns the fa mi ly s living, but the farm boasts a cow for m ilk, chickens tor eggs, rabbits tor meat, and three horses for nding Fruitvale is about the same size as Heppner, but has more trees and mountains and colder winters, she said It's not so dry there Just before heading toward Hcpp ncr. she competed with 27 other 4 H ers at Vancouver, B C She sewed a top and skirt for the clothing construction competition and earn ed a spot as one ot 10 finalists but tailed to place in the finals This, she explained was her second year of competition, and her third year in 4 H clothing club Through her 4 H club, she learn ed o f the opportunity for different 4 H sponsored trips At a spring conference, she was one of 32 (out ot 72 attending) chosen to go on a 4 H trip ( Xhers went to Toronto and Montreal, three came to Oregon " I wanted to team more about the U S in general and about the 4 H pro gram in the U S ” she said was why she was chosen for this particular «rip Oregon Slat« r*n Pnolo/by Timoth* Hand»« Selling Morrow County Jane Rawlins waits for visitors to come by the Morrow County Booth at last week's Oregon State Fair in Salem • Morgan. Line, for a yeast bread. Blue Christy Slroebcr and Benji Pearson o f Heppner, for interna ti«>nal ftxxls, Blue Judy Jepscn. lone. l he tund raising phase ot the pro ject is winding down and wheat farmers s«x>n will see their own pro gram at Oregon Slate l mversity We have raised more than $5(8)388) from the wheat industry . and the state Emergency Board ap proved $500.000 as matching monev I hat means wc re now able to establish a $1 million endowed chair in the College ot Agricultural Sciences at Orcgtm State, which was our goal,” said Eric Anderson, lone wheat grower and chairman o f the wheat industry s "Selecting tor I x cc II cikc committee I he commit tec is made up ot volunteers from the wheal industry Anderson and tcllow committee members have been working among wheat growers because research results in increased profits, he said Although these are lough times, people though not as many are still making money farming Most wheat farmers with any money to give did so as s«H>n as they f«>und out what wc were Joing Dicy realize that at least for advanced to«ds Additional awards will be reported as information is received from the state extension service part ol the r«-as«>n they are making money is the 8 It) bushels per acre more we are getting from the < begun Stale developed varieties ol Stephens wheat than ihe yields growers in neighboring slates are getting from other varieties ol Stephens, he said Much of the $VS) (8)0 vc.is raised in M «irrow County with large dona turns Irom the Bank ot Eastern Oregon Morrow County Grain Growers and the Port ot Morrow Ihe largest amount, though came trom growers juukets in Morrow and surrounding counties, he said Bob Buchanan town Umatilla county was «.«> «.hair of the commit tee before he was named Oregon Director ot Agriculture He was mainly resp«insihle lor convincing the legislature to come up tor mat dung lunds tor the endow mem. Anderson said In the beginning Anderson admit ted he was n«>t sure where the $5(8).(88) would come from, but he was sure they would be able to raise it Ihe endowment w ill use only the interest each year to fund a project or a pers«in in addition to the regular staff at Oregon State Univcrsitv The guidelines tor using the endowment arc broad enough to allow it to be spent for research marketing plant breeding, or whatever other needs Speech and hearing program accredited Umatilla ESD Speech. Language, and Hearing Program has recently been awarded accreditation o f its speech-language pathology and audiology services hy the American Speech Language Hearing Associa tio n The Am erican Speech Language and Hearing Association is the nationally recognized profes sional association for Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists and accredits training programs, personnel, and service programs throughout the United States Achieving national accreditation demonstrates that the Umatilla ESD D irk Dirksen Riverside High School Mathematics Masters Degree from Eastern Oregon State College. August 1987 T e rri Franks N orth End Speech language Therapist Masters ITegree from Eastern Washington University. August 1987. Liz Curtis Heppner High School Counselor New Basic Counselor Certification from Oregon State University. August 1987. Brenda W cygandt Heppner Elementary School Counselor New Basic Counselor Certification from Oregon Stale University. August |S»87 Community Service Awards Cara Costa Heppner Elementary School Mayor ol Heppner Marvin Peters«>n lone Schtxil* Conuurnunity Signs. Del l aRuc lone Schools PceWcc Basketball. Ron Prindle Sam Boardman Elementary volunteer Fireman in Umatilla tor tour years. M ilt Reynolds Sam Boardman El ement ar y vol unt eer Fireman EM I in Boardman tor six years, Dean Robinson lone Scho«»lx volunteer Fireman Ambulance in Heppner tor six years, also, advisory Committee in Heppner. •anc Dean Sam Boardman Elementary Ekiness Club. Grange, Garden Club, many years of wrrv ice Permanent Status Awards The following people have c«»m plcted three probationary years with ihe District and have now reached the status of permanent teacher as of August 28. 1987 Karen Clough- Heppner Elementary School, Geneva Mathews lone Schools, Sharon M o rris lone Schools. Katherine Hoskins Sam Boardman, Elem entary School. Theresa Proctor Sam Boardman Elementary school, Terry Starr Sam Boardman Elementary school, Phillip White Columbia Junior High School, ami Jay Hunnan Riverside High School School enrollment expected to increase The first «lay o f school enrollment figures were 50 pupils less than for the first day of schtxtl last year, the district office reports However, enrollment lor this year was ex pected to pick up alter the I ahor Day weekend District wide 1741 attended Ihe Ijrst day y l s«h«xd th t> .ic * i w 'm pared to 1791 last year lone school showed the largest increase with 28 Two other schools with increased at tendance on the first Jay were Hcpp ncr Elementary and Ji High with an inc rease of eight and A C Houghton Elementary m Irrigon with three more pupils attending Attendance at Sam ihiardnuin was 43 less than the first day last year. Riverside High Schixil in Boardman was a close sc cond with 42 lewer students alien ding Columbia Jr High in Irrigon and Heppner High Scho«>l each had four fewer pupils attending the first day o f classes Wheat growers raise money for research Free ad to promote Heppner Y M : \ vou deserve a Jgj|]CHANGE OF PACE , MjV, J\ Morrow 4-H’ers earn awards at state fair Many 4 H ers from M orrow County qualified and entered their projects at the Oregon State Fair The following awards have been reported to the Gazette Times Tolc painting Championship Erin F ishbarn. Heppner. Reserve Championship Kara Ansotegui. Heppner. Blue Alecia Tarnasky. Heppner; Blue Shanna Evans. Im gon A rt C ham pionship Swayne Evans. Irrigon. for a bronze casting o f a coiled cobra; Blue-Swayne Evans. Irrigon Pho»ography Blue Hud W ilkins, lone Foods Blue Andrea Miles, Hepp ner fo r cookies; Blue A lison Sullivan, lone, for cookies. Blue- Peter Pearson, Heppner. for a quick bread. Blue A I and Alecia Tar naaky o f Heppner. for an uniced cake. Blue-Shanna W ilkins, lone, for an umced cake. Blue-Kart ministralivc Certification completed. August 1987. Sarah Carlson Heppner Flemen tary School seventh and eighth grade Science Masters Degree from Oregon State University. August Program is committed to the concept that qu a lity speech language pathology and audiology services must be available to children in Mor- row and Umatilla County schools Fewer than U8) o f the nation s Continued P 2 County Court and schools join to celebrate Constitution’s 200th The County Court w ill celebrate die Constitution's bicentennial Tues day. Sept 15 with tJie help of pupils from Heppner Elementary School A similar celebration is planned at the Courthouse Annex in Irrig o n Wednesday. Sept 16 The commissioners w ill plant a tree on the Courthouse lawn in Heppner. Tuesday, read a p rue lama tion and the preamble to the comtitu- lion, and release helium balloons w ith messages from Heppner Elementary students Two pupils from each grade at A C Houghton will cap a morning s program by attending the tree plan ting and balloon release at the Imgon county offtces the changing industry has, Anderson said V ' y <*¥ rex In H u p p n e r in c ite s y o u t o v is it r u r a l A m e r ic a ...... v ** «*5 *'■’ ** l our o u r unique M useum and picturesque C o u rth o u se ; , fish in W id o w C re e k L a k e . > 1 , ( We are 20 minutes from the Blue M ountains; hun-' ling, fishing Inking, csnip^ mg. snowmobiling, w oud-i culling, cross country I skiing , 1 <. ** Play a challenging V hole# at W illo w C re ek C o u n try ( Inti. W illo w l reek. O jie n, Couples’ TournSjed mem. cm U G A rated, £ , . . * . f iz ■«»«-• «sv« i t a r«*Mi The Heppner area w ill receive some tree a«lvertismg this month thanks to a I i k . i I businesswoman who got lucky at a recent convention in Portland Joyce Holloman, co owner ol the Sh««e Box shoe store in Etcppncr. was attending a seminar on downtowns when she got lucky and won a $214 quarter page ad in The Downtowner Magazine She decided to donate the ad to he used for promotion of Hcpner. and with the help o f Gazette Times graphics specialist Marie Struthen and Chamber Manager Claudia Hughes came up with die above design The ad w ill feature information about various events and points o f interest in Heppner and the surmun ding area, and hopefeily be publis h i V isit the- m any m u ll businesses which K iv e Ihe area w ith a wide variety ot m crvlu u id U c and service». • C e le b ra te S t P a tric k 's W M v n d h e re e a c h M a rc h "A v v e b it o ' Ireland in O re g o n " • • CSn t* n * t r\ ~ \ — --y / * , 1 Oll^O ll ( , / . <>■ " - V* \ f 1 I < c«l close to Pendleton RoundUp tune Ihe Chamber of Commerce paid lor my way to the conference,” said Holloman, "so I thought it ap propriate to give the ad to promote ihe area.” Weather Report »T C* * 0» M«een«r September I - 7 High la i» Prec. Tues. Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun Mon 96 78 75 81 85 88 89 60 42 48 SI 51 55 54 0 0 0 0 0* 0 0 r • 3 wm \ t »>•
