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The Heppner
Morrow County's Home Owned Newspaper
left to right assisiant football ctwches Steve Brownfield, l es Payne. Head Crutch Jay Tillery and assistant Dave
Presley began two a day workouts for the Heppner football team Mondav
Tillery. HI. is the new head coach at Heppner. taking oser the helm from Tim Birkhy, who left the district
and moved to Prmcvillc
Tillery has held assistant football coaching positions at b»*th Corvallis. Wuodhum, ami Ncwherg, however,
this will lx- his first head coaching job
VOI |07 NO. 34
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Lunders is Kinzua saddle winner for 1989
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New Hear! (iv c h lav I illery runs three Heppner Mustang liMball players through defensive drills during practice
Tuesday The Mustangs started practice Monday in preparation lor their lust game of the season Sept I at John
Day I he Mustangs open at home against Weston M il wen Sept 22
Japanese students like
“ very m u ch ”
visitin g A m erica
Prato by Joyc« » u q f t
Jim Lunders claims the Kinzua Morrow County Calf Roping Saddle at the rodeo this weekend
Lunders, who lives in Irrigon accepted the saddle from Queen Nancy and her court
Park District sets public hearing Sphaghetti feed
Sat. at Hardman
A public hearing is being held
Thursday, August 31 al 7 p m by
the Willow Creek Park District to
discuss funding of the proposed
R V park
The Park District committee is in
tercstcd in getting positive input in
favor of the R V park for the
meeting
The park district has applied tor
community facility grant monies in
the amount of $135,000 to help w ith
the funding of the park
lhc park district is working with
the County Court, Port of Morrow
and is working with the Corps ot
Engineers on the the design ot the
park
The engineer for the project is a
local man. Jim McF.lligott who is
working with and following Corps
guidelines.
"W e would like to encourage poo-
ple to come and give their input on
this project," said Park District
member. Nancy Brownfield
l hc Hardman Community Center
will sponsor their annual Spaghetti
Peed and Bingo Night Saturday,
August 26 at the Community Center
The dinner will be from 5-8 p m
with Bingo beginning at 8 p m One
of the prizes tor Bingo is a compact
microwave oven
The price for the dinner is adults,
$4. seniors, $ t 50. children $2 50
The proceeds from the evening
will go towards purchasing the
siding on the hall
Bank of EO is Parade Sweepstakes winner
Floats Commercial business first
Bank of Pastern Oregon, second
Heppner Day Care
Community first Heppner Garden
Club, second-Hardman Community
Center, third Heppner Pool
Special awards Touch of Blue
Mountain Dance Club
Sweepstakes Bank of Paistern
Oregon
Marching groups first Ciass ot
2000.
second-H eppner
Cheerleaders; third Color Guard
Bands Heppner Community Band
first
Autos; first G ary W atkins,
second Mike Kindle, third Blue
Mtn A'scluh. fourth Darrel Vinson
Mounted groups family first Ken
Pckman family, second Tara Doutre
family; third Jay Papineau family
Organizations
first Pendleton
Directors; second Umatilla Sage
K lers
Individual riders Outstanding
fem ale rid cr-M arlen e C u rn n ,
youngest female rider I .assy Davis,
oustanding m ale rider Ralph
Beamcr. youngest male rider Devin
Doutre
Courts and queens mounted first
Umatilla Sage Riders, second Spray
Rodeo C o u rt, third Pendleton
Round-Up Vehicle first Happy Ca
nyon; second Umatilla County
Characters, clowns and comics
first-Soroptinust International ol
Heppner. second Bank of Pastern
Oregon
Individual clowns and comics
first Ricky Worden
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Bank of Eastern Oregons King Kong float won grand
sweepstakes at this years Fair and Rodeo parade
Parade winners in this years Mor
••County Fair and Rodeo "Stars
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arm and w agons first-
Clydesdalc horses from larfirandc
Livestock, second Minnie McVay;
third McGruff
Board o f D irectors: first -
Pendleton Round Upffcvird. second
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
Roard: third Mam Street Cowboys
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Mas.ishi Inagaki, 14. is from
Putaba. Japan, which is a suburb ot
Yamanashi He has been in Heppner
lire lust month as a Japanese ex
change student staying with the
f rank Pearson family
While he has been here, ‘Mast*
was able to do some traveling with
the Pearson family They took some
time and traveled to Bend, Grants
Pass ami up the coast to give him an
idea as to what Oregon is about
Also, while here, M . isi was able to
ride a horse ami combine The fami
ly took him shopping where he was
able to purchase one ot the many t
shirts he bought to take home He
also bought a deck ol UNO sards,
which arc very jvopulai with the
Japanese, vitamins, which are very
costly in Japan and candy (par
Ocularly red hots)
Masi has one brother, age I I His
tathcr is a Chiel Priest ol Buddhism
His mother works as a teacher,
teaching Japuncsc writing, flower ar
ranging and the Japanese Tea
Ceremony
He attended the tair and liked the
cooking contest very much Masi
entered Haiku la Japanese Poem)
ami Origami, which is the art ol
paper folding, receiving a blue rib
bon on each
He found he likes all American
food, especially hamburgers anil Jo
Jo’s Masi likes to golt ami does ’a
little’ at home
"People are very kind to we (us)
here. I like America very much." he
says
Toshiinichi Nonaka. 11. is in the
eighth grade and comes from Kofu,
Japan, which is also a suburb of
Yamanashi He was staying with the
Ramly Hughes family ol lxxington
‘Toshi V father is the general
manager of the Nonuka Timber
Corp which he says is the same as
Kinzua Corp His mother is a clerk
there
While he has been here, Toshi has
been able to go shopping in the Tri
Cities, where he bought t shirts, u
Seahawks hat and toothpaste, which
is very expensive in Japan He aKo
bought a cowboy hat His favorite
store was the Shoe Box/Talk ’n l ops
in Heppner He visited Wet and
Wild, viewed the printing ot the
newspaper in Pendleton and went to
the Hermislon l air, where he rode
several of the carnival rides He ’no
like rides,’ "squish". He also rode
a combine and truck in the wheat
field and horses He especially lik
cd ruling the 4 Wheeler Toshi likes
7 Up. popsiclcs, watermelon and
steak
Masashi says Toshi is ‘number
one swimmer’ in Yamanashi
The exchange students lett Hcpp
net Saturday morning lor their trip
back to Japan They will spend a
night in Corvallis before they begin
their long trip home, hopefully with
some very g»x*l memories ol their
stay in the IJ S Their families were
sad to see them go alter being a part
of their family for the past month
Main ot the students expressed a
wish to come back in the tulure to
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A Heppner High School scrim
mage football game has been
scheduled lor Saturday. August 26
at the fairgrounds at 7:30 p m,
Everyone is invited to come and
meet the new coaches and players
lor the 1^84 football season
Admission is free.
An icc cream mkiu I has been
planned for after the game The
public is invited to attend
Bareback rider
improving
Johh Schroal. 30, Ontario, wav in
jured Sunday at the Heppner Rodeo
while bareback riding
He was hucked off his horse and
landed on his hack
He was taken to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital where he was stabilized and
then tlown out of the larxington air
port to St Alphonse Hospital in
Boise. Id
Surgery was performed on his 6th
vertebrae at the base of hiv neck
Monday and he was taken off the
critical list Tuesday, according to a
family trierul
He has some teclmg in his left leg,
but no movement at this lime
John is currently leading three
nxleo iisxoc i.itions in barebac k ruling
and was to have ridden next week
end at the ICA finals in Idaho
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Toshi Nonaka enioy elephant ears al the Morrow County Fair
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