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I A • f ' •••* ! . •* 1 ■ • - J , • 1 J • c / •• V v ' H '•*. • « . . . , . r t National Little League week is June 6-11 S t £ A P The Heppner Horrow County's Home-Owned Newspaper a zette VOL 106 NO. 23 Wednesday, June 8. 1988 lines Heppner 25* The week of June 11 marks Na tional t.mle League Week t arl Eishhum is the new president ot 'k illow Creek l.ittle l eague He has been involved in l.illle League tin nine years, pari of ihe tune which hix von Mark wax a member Hix von continued to play hasehall in Hahe Ruth and then on into high vchoot Little league ix growing very fact in thix pan ot the xtate In 1981) there were 4 l ittle league teamx in Heppner 1 »»day. there are eighteen teamx. conxixting of xeven major teamx. six T hall teams and five minor teams Approximately 230 kids participate in this special pro gram Ihe ages range from 7 years through 12 years of age Lach team consists of about thirteen players, two koaches and many helpers Ihe selection tor the majors begin the first of April, playing their first game the first weekend in May They play fourteen games Minors and T ball select their teams the first of May and begin playing the first ot June They play 10 games The towns participating in this program arc lone. Arlington. Con don. Fossil and Heppner Lverywhcre you lix*k, you will find teams practicing for their games Ihe new park under the dam will be under lease by September lor Little Leaguers to play on by next spring The park will be fenced and 16 Pages - • ‘VVC- , IlilLLOUJ CREEK l it t l e 1 LEAGUE ■ t • I ♦ . -» * - *>. Jtj Earl Ftshburn, President of Willow Creek Little League is stan ding by the outfield fence at the fairgrounds June 6-11 is Na tional Little League Week backstops put in place Money for these projects have been gathered by fund raisers for the last several years "A lot of good help jik ! hard wt»rk has caused this project to become a reality." says l ishhum This year at the fairgrounds, the dugouts have been re done jik I new covers put on them At the end ot the season. All Stars w ill he chosen as a team to go to the district tournament the end ot July "Little League is very successful here in Heppner, and continues to grow. thanks to the- help ot all of the volunteers." says J-ishburn He is *ery proud of the program that has evolved here and it is very worth the effort it has ins» * > '• M , * “ r • - * 4. - ’« ' » The winners there w ill go on to state State w inners in turn w ill advance to rrg tonal* ami if successful there, will advance Ix* the Little League World Series > « '"v; . ‘ * * .* > • » *.• .. _ \' J ' * . «V S « . * -7 -1 \ i y 4 I »' . > Wheat growers sponsor tour and barbecue Drilling has begun on Hanna place 1 • A *#, , - 4 *v ' T *:.; . • o . « t .•/ _ * — * V , * * y J V \ - - * 2 > J ■ - , .V ; • • - 1’ v XX» . ' 1 ’ Photo Parker Drilling #92 was constructing the drilling rig last week on the Hanna place Arco is looking for natural gas Bob and Josie Kindsfather will host the Morrow County Con- servation Tour June 17 beginning at 4 p.m • The Morrow County Wheat Growers Conservation Tour of Bob anti Josie kinxlsfather farm will be June I7 af 4 p m A family steak barbecue will follow at 6 p m The Kmdslathcrx farm is located 9 miles south of Lexington on Social Ridge Road The Kindsfather s farm, )7SS * V» + acres of xiwned and leased land in a 12 inch rainfall area They moved to Morrow County in 1979 from Montana and since their arrival have installed 12 miles of terraces and use a variety of minimum tillage opera tions to control erosion Ihe public is inv nest to both the tour and barbecue See page 6 for more pictures. ARCO Oil and Gas has contracted Parker Drilling Company #92 from the Tri-Cities to start dnlling on the John Hanna place They have a 15.(MX) foot rig and arc looking for natural gas They will dnll to see what they get and then test Ihe rigging was moved in starting on Tuesday last week on fifty three truck loads, from Bakersfield. California ¡»nd the Tn-Citics Getter Trucking brings ihe rigging in and serves the Rocky Mountain area The rigging was put up last week and drilling was to begin on Monday or Tuesday of this week The rigging was built in 1981 and is winterized for cold weather drilling It is 163 feet high According to Gary Creamer, dnll mg foreman, the rig is run by three Waukesha diesel motors of 566 horsepower each. Creamer says it takes 40 men to "n g up" an operation and when they get started into the every day opera lion, it will take about 25 men per day. depending upon the operation, and run 24 hours per day for 9 0-120 days. The crews come from Richland. Hernnston, Pendleton and Heppner Most of the men live in town, others commute from Hermiston and the Tri-Cities Creamer, a native of Texas, lives in Bakersfield, California His con sultant, Orvin Pickett, Paige, Arizona, comes in every two weeks and relieves Gary for two weeks Creamer goes home to Bakersfield at this time "M r and Mrs Hann.i have been exceptionally nice," says Creamer, "and we have the best view in the country from this site " Van Arsdalc Construction and Lacy Way Construction did the dirt work in preparation for bringing in the drilling rig The hole they arc drilling is from 20 W to 8 Vt inc hes in diameter Ihe drill pipe weighs 19 'A pounds per fox»t and Ihe drill collars weigh 156 pounds per fox« The rig uses 1 .(MM) to l,2(X) gallons of diesel lucl |x-r »lay W hen ihe air compressor is working. H uses 5<X) gallons of diesel per dav Ihe fuel is purchased and hauled locally The drilling company used as many of the local resources as they can. such as welders from Heppner, buy ing of supplies in Lexington and Heppner and the rental of a garbage truck from Heppner Ihcy have drilled a water well 805 lect deep for drilling and drinking There are three mobile housing units set up on the site, one for the foreman, one lor the geologist and the other is lor communications A telephone line with live lines is l»eing installed under the direction of John Stanley II gas were to be found, one op lion of transfer would be a pipeline for distribution Wallace Security of Portland is in charge of the security at the gate This organization seems to be run very professionally. with little room for error «■Hi Maiuui Conn, *> iisonville. Harold and Carol Kerr, Corvallis, and Ted Ferguson, Gold Beach. Bill and Bonnie Barratt, Spokane. WA. Wilbur and Rita Worden, Heppner. Walt and Dorothy Skuzeski. Yamhill. Gail and Jean (Hays) Groncwald. Vancxxivcr. WA. Scott and June McMurdx*. Corvallis. Tad and Melha Miller, Heppner. and Ken and Jean Ann Turner, Heppner and others Other items to he auctioned off in elude a half beef (cut and wrapped!, a pair of Red Wing hxxXs (donated by the Shoe Box), a white water raft trip for two on the Deschutes River, four cords of firewood, a chain saw (donated by Morrow County Grain Growers), a kitchen center and a flight for four around Mt St Helens provided by John Boyer Several gallons of Roundup and I and master have hcen donated by area farmers and will be put up for th e O regon High School Coaches' Association named Bob Davidson, I .a Salle High School goll couc h. as Us |9K7 A A ( iolt Coach ot the Year at its awards banquet in I-ugcne Saturday night Davidson's golt team at l a Salle recently won the I9HH AA Stale 1 1 tic for the first time His teams have placed second in the state tournament tour times in the past live years, finishing third the other year Davidson, who also assists m basketball, has been the golt coach at La Salle tor 13 vears. and has auction as has a ton ol hay . provid cd by Ken Wright, a trip for two to Reno, two t**kcts to a Portland Trailblazcr basketball game, passes to Heppner High School home s|*nr ting events, an all-expense paid golt ing package to the Tri Cities and a hx*st of other items Money raised from this benefit event will he used by the Booster Club to finance various activities at Heppner High Schoxil and for scholarships for the 1988 89 school year This past year, the boosters Club awarded four $2(N) scholar ships to HHS graduates The organizational group that has been putting the final touches upon this year's Reno Night include I arl and Peggy Fishhum. Archie anti Diana Ball le e I’.uttxrg M.ittki Dick Sargent displays the chainsaw donated by Morrow County Munkcrx. Rick and Susan Johnston. Gram Growers to be auctioned off at Reno night Bx»hbi Angcll. Dale and l.irxla Con klin and Boh and Sharon Harrison Tim and Lucille Juett of Ashland. Kentucky, former elementary pnn ctpal and Home Economics teacher from 1949 52 will he in Heppner ear ly in June They would like to see as many former students and old friends as px*s*ible Please give Paul or Claudine War ren, 676-9760 a call and they will get your phone number to the Juettx when they arrive taken eight teams to the state tour nament He has been teaching and coaching lor 24 vears He was a I960 graduate of Hepp tier High He graduated from I astern Oregon in 1964 and has a Master's degree from Portland State University in 1968 R e tir e * Shrine tickets available Shrine tickets may he purchased frwn Lucky Felt at 676 5574 The Shrine game is August 13 in Baker iii c Honoring retiring direc tors, Howard Bryant and L. E. Dick, Jr. June 10 1 - 5 p.m. Heppner Branch f r ■ t * I * - ‘ * ’ • - w • XT X x” * ^ * * V u t - ■'■T/' • •« * • • A* «:•* , - t>y C#y a# May 31 Juin- 6 High 1 im1 Prrx Ml 47 :i F>5 46 IM Ml 47 l»9 59 45 .04 46 X8 nt 51 45 21 M 45 1 urs. Wrxlx. 1 hnrs. In Sal. Sun. Mon. Market Report Cnmpbm#rv«* a# m * W * ' • C ount* O rgm M onday. June 6 M 7‘» »3 82 »3 84 M 86 »3 8« M *01 »3 93 Ju in* July Aug Sept Barley ♦93 T *95 T T 98 *6 % June July Aug Sej*t PIK 7 * y t - / V f 7 * -.ri '.y * / ’ .7 . A ‘ • ** V ■ . 4 s i P a r t> MF MBF « F 0 1C r \ f •> f •/ "Your Moru \ Helping Your Neighbors" , ^ ’max. - Arlington • H eppner • lone * . • M **' > «, i •N ■ ■. * * ,• J -k -» F • 1 •• > X .S -V *». D /Z a s te m Oreqon f , • Weather Report S fc . Former teachers to be in Heppner • Former HIIS student honored as golf coach of the year Pac-10 Tournament tickets are special items for Reno Night Bidders at the third annual Hepp ner Booster's Club Reno Night will have many interesting items upon whic h to bid The bidding follxiws an evening of game playing scheduled to begin at 7 p m Saturday. June 18 at the Heppner Elks Lodge One of the featured bid items will be an all expense paid trip to the Pax 10 basketball tournament in Los Angeles in M a a h , 1989 This packaged trip has been put together by Jim Barratt Tours of Corvallis through the cxxipcration of several Heppner High Schxx>l alumni and has a retail value of approximately $ 1.000 The all-expense PAC-10 tixima- ment package has been donated by the following HHS alumni and friends Jim and Domtha Barratt. Corvallis; Bill and Shirley Blake. M onm outh; Bill and Annctta Padbcrg, Irvington. Ken and Mary Kay Singer, Scottsdale. Az,; Phil d by Joy»« Hugh«« k-/ « * I * f ' _,7 * r. • *
