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National Little League week is June 6-11
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The Heppner
Horrow County's Home-Owned Newspaper
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VOL 106 NO. 23
Wednesday, June 8. 1988
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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
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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»
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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
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Wheat growers sponsor
tour and barbecue
Drilling has begun on Hanna place
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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
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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
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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
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Shrine tickets
available
Shrine tickets may he purchased
frwn Lucky Felt at 676 5574 The
Shrine game is August 13 in Baker
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Honoring retiring direc
tors, Howard Bryant and
L. E. Dick, Jr.
June 10
1 - 5 p.m.
Heppner Branch
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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
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