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Irrigon seniors complete Walk-in freezeer
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The dark burned out shell of this mobile home shows no proof that Rob and Lynnea Meakm
were sleeping here just twelve hours earlier An over heated wood stove was the cause of
the blaze to this Irrigon couple's home
Joyce
H e n s le y
scene after receiving the call from
were not in the mobile home at the
Prayers went up in Irrigon chur
che\ lor an Irrigon family who lost
their mobile home and everything in
it to an early Sunday morning fire
Roh and I ynna Meakm. Eighth
Street West, woke up to the sound
Of their smoke alarm Roh. alter
opening his bedroom d*»or could see
the dining table and couch abla/e
The Irrigon Rural l ire District
dispatched three fin - trucks to the
the Meakinsal I 5V a m. Eleven Ir
rigon volunteer firemen fought the
fire, but couldn't save the dwelling
“ W c think the wo * h ! strive over
heated and caught the table on fir e " ,
said f ire C h ief Don Adams “ That
is where the fire was the hottest".
The Meakm 's three children.
S«.ott. 12. Michelle. 10; and Eric, 5,
were staying in W asco with their
grandparents tor fhanksgivinc and
I h i t mher 7 -11
Wednesday grilled cheese sand
wich. tomato soup, vegetable sticks,
pickle spears, apple sauce, graham
crackers, milk and sandwich bar
I hursday potato skins, (taco)
green salad, jcllo, cake, cherry top
ping, milk and sandwich bar
Friday chicken nuggets, tartar and
sweet sour sauce, buttered nee.
rolls, honey and butter, apples and
milk
Sam Hoardniun
M onday ham burger later tot
casserole, green beans, cheese stix.
fruit, cake and milk
Tuesday -chili, cnmhrcad, honey
butter, vegetable stix, applesauce
and milk
Wednesday little sausage, hash
browns, orange slices, cinnamon
rolls and milk
Thursday-pi//a. green beans,
pears, graham cracker and milk.
F riday beef gravy, potatoes, car
rots, rolls, fruit and milk
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Chester W ilson. Irrigon. shows
o ff the recently completed $7,000
walk in frcc/cr installed in the Ir-
ngon Stokes landing Senior Center
"T h e free/cr was planned as part
o f the b u ildin g," said Wilson,
secretary for the Stokes taunting
Senior Center Board, "hu t. wc had
to wait to complete it "
Contributions from all directions
came in to finance the project The
Columbia junior high students from
Gary Hunt's home room had a car
wash Community Service Day and
donated the receipts. Morrow Coun
ly United W ay gave $1,000. and a
fund in memory o f W avne Bivuns
was set up by the Bivans family for
the frcc/cr. according to Wilson.
"besides our regular fund raisers "
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The center, completed in the
spring o f IVHb. is planning a stew
an«.l pic feed for their next fund
raiser, December J ,5 p m t o 7 p m
according to chairman o f the board.
Ruth Bentley
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Lottery winners
The Boardman Tillicum Club is
having their Annual Christmas
Ba/uar to be held Friday, December
4, 10 a m to 5 p ni at the Inland
Empire Bank in Boardman
A large number o f baked goods
and homemade craft items w ill be
available tor sale
laHtery winners from November
7 through Novem ber 20, include
theve people
Richard Barber,
Boardman. $50 from the Nomad
Revtaurant. Patsy Fredrickson.
Boardman. $50 from the Nomad
Restaurant, Rafael Serralo, Her
miston. $50 from East Stop, and Jim
J Kitchin, Irrigon, $50 from Board
nun Texaco
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Chester Wilson stands in doorway of walk-in freezer
Irrigon scholars will compete in
National Knowledge Master Open
Know ledge Master competition
Academic coash. Sally Id in gcr, an
ticipates her students w ill meet this
challenge with eagerness and high
expectations
O ver 2.(MX)middle schools, junior
high schools, and senior high schools
are expected to enter the upcoming
edition ot this biannual meeting o f
(he minds Ihe eighth running o f the
event was held last April and involv
ed about 27,(XX) students represen
ting 1,8l>6 schools in all 50 states and
The excitement and satisfaction o f
a good performance in competition
aren't reserved for athletes at C o l
umbia Junior High School in Irrigon
A learn o f ihe school's scholars,
along wiih those from hundreds of
other sch ools, w ill face 2(H)
challenging questions from all cur
riculum areas December 2 in the N.i
tional Knowledge Master OjK-n
academic contest
Ihe contest is sent to each school
on a special computer disk so teams
can compete without the expense ami
disruption o f traveling to a central
site The computer compiles the
students' scores on ihe base o f speed
and accuracy
Ihis is the first time that Colum
hia Junior High has entered the
Eric Jorgensen 11, left, and his sister Stephanie 8. prove you
are never too old to sit on Santa's lap and give him your
Christmas list at Irrigon's Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Party
Sunday night
Canada.
Ihe results o f the contest are
tabulated into national, state and
en ro llm en t si/c
ran kin gs
by
Academic Hallmarks, ihe software
publisher which coordinates the
event
Santa attends Irrigon’s
Christmas tree lighting party
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He couldn't resist (hitting o ff his
diet lor another day. Santa had a
yummy pastry
After waving a jolly good b y. San
(a admired the brightly In nativity
scene in the miniature manger,
donated by Betty Wadkins o f B and
J Ceramics, as he jogged by to find
hiv sled and eight tiny reindeer
O ff and away he went, down Main
street, follow ing the guiding lights
o f (he newly completed set o f
Christmas decorations, twinkling
their full *5.000 worth raised by the
community through the Irrigon
Watermelon Festival
He sailed
through the air toward children in
another town waiting to whisper in
his ear their many wants o f
Christmas
Happy New Year
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by Joyce Hensley
Little eyes lit up when the exciting
moment arrived Santa Claus jogg
cd into ihe midst o f the Irrigon
Christmas Tree Lighting Party in the
city park while a combined com
munity choir sang " H e r e Comes
Santa Claus” .
Santa didn't get there in time to
enjoy the Living Christinas Tree
light up as M ayor Don f-.ppenbach
plugged in the cord, or to enjoy the
old fashioned community Christmas
carol sing, hul he did spread plenty
o f cheer, not to mention candy
canes, donated by Browns' T a n k
Stop, to the anxiously awaiting
children
Santa's mouth watered as he ho
ho'd his way through the crowd as
they nibbled on doughnuts, donated
by the churches, businesses and
organizations o f the community. and
sipped on hot drinks, served by the
regular price
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School Lunch
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M onday sca llo p ed
potatoes,
wciners. peas and carrots, vegetable
stkkS, bread and butter, (run and
milk
Tuesday sloppy Joes, cheese
sticks, carrot sticks, green beans,
fruit 'and milk
Wentesday stew, pour and cottage
cheese salad, crackers, pickled
beets, * cookies and nulk
Thursday-chicken and noodles,
blbi^en y muffins, peas, vegetable
sfilks. fruit and milk
I «das'- vegetable soup, tuikev or
peanut butter and honey sandwiches,
crackers, pickles and milk
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M onday ham slic e s ,
baked
potatoes, cheese sauce, peas,
peaches and milk, sandwich bar
Tuesday-taco's, lettuce, meat,
cheese, rolls and butter, oranges,
tapioca pudding, milk and sandwich
bar
time o f the fire
As all o f the belongings o f the
Meakm family were wiped out. the
Irrigon Rural Eire Department is
asking the community to pitch in and
help the family. Donations o f any
kind, clothing, bedding, furniture,
kitchen equipment, toys and money
will be collected at the fire hall or
city hall
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