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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1989)
*• : . • •’ * i ■ •-* •• i » t » •»'*'*• • • - •■ "> . .................. * • ; . . • • • _ ■ ' • ; / / r - **. r t • * - » ; » - *• T W O - H cppner ( î u r i ^ T i m r s , H rp p m -r, O regon W ednesday, O ctober 25, IW V S e c o n d g ra d e rs to u r e m e rg e n c y Fall v e h ic le s leaves, air crisp * « # W '- • % • < ‘ . % Em ergency medical personell (L-R) Carl Lauritsen, Rusty Estes. Mike Berry. Greq Sanders and Elmer Dodge transport o f the critically ill and in H cppner E lem entary second graders were treated to a lour o f emergency vehicles Oct 18 at the Lexington Airport Rusty Estes and Carl Lauritson demonstrated the Pioneer Memorial Ambulance. Sherifl Roy Drago and T erri Denton, the M orrow County S h e riff s patrol car, Glen Anderson the Irv in g to n fire truck and Greg Sanders, EM T P. Elmer Dodge. E M T III ami M ike Berry, pilot o f Blue M o u n ta in A e ro m e d ic a l tlemonstrated the Cessna 4 2 1 air am bulancc planes , B lu e Ml A e ro m e d ic a l, a laG randc company providing air ambulance service to Hcppner an m hi need the dedication o f a new fixed-wm g air ambulance to their * ; i -, 1 • *.» • r A ' ’ ft* * . F : * . • H • 4 K *• V • ' ' ? , * J * , ✓ •; * , ' v ' > , •< • # ,« * ,» • • ... j.m & 4 • r ■rfr < • v ‘¿ *. , • i v - /> i a r . v . : ‘ * ‘ ' ; * lone Garden Club celebrated its 4<)th anniversary on Wednesday, Oct I I at the lone United Church Helen M artin presented statistics about the forty years of the club The club was organized October. 1944, at the Masonic Hall by the Blue Mountain D istrict Director, Mrs Harry (Veda) Andrews o f the Echo Hcrmiston area The main object of the club was civic beautification, especially W oolery Park which was established in the IK90s Over the years there have been 107 different members Charter members were Mrs W H Went worth. M rs Omar Rictmann. Mrs E.W Bristow, Mrs Walter Dobyns. M rs Robert Seaton. M rs Gordon W hite. Mrs Echo Palmatcer, Mrs (iordon Fletcher, Mrs Gottfried Hermann, Mrs Roy l.indstrom and M r* . Fred N icho son M rs Nichoson, the longest active charter member, was honored during the an mversary celebration Projects o f the club inc luded con ducting public flower shows for nineteen co nse cutive years, Christmas shows and displays. T w e lfth N ight burning of the Christmas trees each year on Jan b. à received since 1954. promoting jun ior ac tiv itie s such as flow er chows, sunflower growing contests, poster and essay contests and anti-litter campaigns, planting o f trees along all the city streets in 1962 64. con ducting an annual spring plant sale; visiting and entertaining (salients at the nursing home, preparing booths for the county fair and participating in the flower show and vegetable divisions, preparing a display and flower arrangements to celebrate Oregon Garden W rrV in June, honoring w mere of the "Y a rd o f the M o n th ", making corsages and designs tor community occasions and many other activities Special guest for the day was Mrs Henry Grogan, Blue Mountain District #10 Director of M ilton Freewater Other guests were Mar jo ric Hahn and Anna Hall of Um atilla, former members Wilma M artin o f Condon, Mrs lva Bishop o f Echo and Elsie (Huston) Elliott of Eugene Other former members sending greetings included Esther Anderson o f Dallas, Doris and Ed Cutting o f M ilw au kie, Nadine Johnson of Salem, Jeanie Beeson of Kanorado, Kansas and Fllsie Jones o f Athena Former members from lone w ho at tended were Margaret Akers.Birdine Tulhs. Katherine L.indstrom and Dianna Hams Special music was presented by the Rev Caroline Zaworski on the flute who gave a medley o f songs relating to gardens Slides o f tlte many activities o f the forty years o f the club were show n by Helen M artin from her collection and from the collection o f Vida Heliker Club members acting us hostesses were Ic ila Palmer. Joyce Buchanan. Ijorrainc l^ukl, Delpha Jones. Helen M artin. Phyllis Anderson. Caroline Zaworski, Lorcc Hubbard and presi dent Jean Nelson Members not pre sent were Delta Huber and Pal Pet tyjohn who were out o f town and V irginia Peck who was ill Follow ing the program coffee and punch was served with a beautifully decorated cake Delpha Jones serv ed the coffee. Helen M arlin cut the cake, and Jean Nelson served the punch FENCIN G S A L E . i V , • ■ . jured since 1979 The experienced crew consists o f advanced life sup port personnel, critical care nurses or respiratory therapists as the need or request dictates The flight team is A c t S and P H I I s trained ami certified In addition, they have extensive training in flight physiology and assume duties in the Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Room when not on flights Pioneer A dm inistrator Ernest W ick stresses that Irv in g to n and lone "F irs t Responders" emergen cy treatment team is functioning The volunteer "F irs t Responders" arc first aid and EM T trained "W e encourage the use o f 9 | I for the fact that the response would be faster." said W ick • ' L fleet o f aircraft The new plane is a dual-engine Cessna 421 with a pressurized cabin that has been com pletely retrofitted for air ambulance operations It has a crusing speed o f 220 mph and has been outfitted with a communications system enabling the crew to have phone patch capability as well as two-way com munication with ground ambulances or hospitals via the HEAR System T his p la n a llo w s Blue M l Aeromedical to land on the smaller rural airstrips but aflords the larger cabin space and (light speed to meet time constraints for optimum patient outcome The flight services division of Grande Ronde Hospital (now known as Blue Mtnmiain Aeromedical) has been p ro v id in g a ir ambulance lone Garden Club meets 4 i ,/• ■ V , I M > :. : B uy Now And Save SSX ■ ___ I I Barbwire ¿ Î V A t .IV.**-* ' Tubular Steel Gate ? r p t. . ü “Î 1 I . 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Dana, who is a sophomore at the U niver sity o f Washington at Seattle, and a seven-year old daughter, Megan, who is a second grader at Sam Boardman Elementary Chaffee attended Ferris State Col lege in Michigan, majoring in educa tion. and studied computer irnforma- tion systems at Ventura Community College at Ventura. Ca HAPPY H 40th Al Vinson. O ct. 19th For 'LisalWilsonlGreen} i Alma ( Gail Chaffee H ealth W ithin Offers Your Physician's Answer lb Weight Control* For Free Consultation Call 276-7024 H o u :; Mon -Fn., 10 a m -6 p m Thur»., 10 a m. to 8 p m. Robert J. Boss, M.D Michelle Schwanz, R.N. 1708 S.W. Frazer Pendleton, OR. We Stand Behind Our Motto YOU CAN'T BEAT OUR DEAL Find A Better Price • We’ll Match It LINUX l ANDO l AM S th ru 28th L iV - V ■V >■ » -■ ' $4*4 •• Ä I nv* Prices ■ 25th SHERRELL CHEVROLET .S * Chaffee hired in G-T graphics department PO BOX 209 Morrow County Grain Growers • ■ » •* Field Fencing; .25 2.03 have visited several National tourist attractions, such as the Henry Ford Museum, the home place Estate o f Pres Eiscnhour They have made the trip through the tunnel under the Great For Fencing * Landscaping CD *- f..« / 2 ’ Recent guests o f George and An na Mae Steagall was f-rnie Allen, who flew in In>m Chicago for a visit This was F m ie 's first visit to the Northwest and he had never watch cd a rodeo The Steagall's treated him to Wednesday's Round-Up. barbecue and Happy Canyon On Thursday, they drove to Wenatchee, W A for the annual reu nion o f the *71st Army Engineer Battalion o f W W II who served in Europe W hile in Wenatchee the reunion group chartered a bus tour to Levan worth Bavarian Village, which wav beautiful with thousands o f bloom ing flowers throughout They con tinued their tour to Rocky Reach Dam to view the Indian artifacts museum and fish ladder with view ing windows where large salmon and steel head and other fish swam by. The tour then visited i J k - apple fac lory (packing) and the applet-code! factory w ith lots o f delicious samples Sunday morning the group went to Wenatchee (*o ll and Country Club for .1 buf fet brunch before departing Iherc were three members o f the reunion from the northwest, one in Wenatchee, one in San Francisco and the Steagalls from Oregon Ihe toliowing week, the Steagall's were surprised hy a \ isit from Frank and NaiKv Npahn from Hartford. W in who drove to Wenatchee for the army reunion Since this was their first visit to the northwest, they decided to tour Oregon while here Ih e Spahn's and M r Allen were both impressed with the rolling hills hut was surprised to find no trees locally as they know eastern Oregon is noted for their lumber m ills and logging I he Steagall's drove each party up W illow Creek into Ukiah to show them the beautiful forest They were very impressed but sur prised to see the waste left behind hy clearcutting Fhcy said Wisconsin laws would demand that every lim b would be removed, so they allow people to go into the area and take the down trees and lim bs for Firewood Fach year, the army reunions are hosted hy different members which takes the group to different states and cities Dus year was the eleventh reunion and the Steagall's have attended nine o f them Chicago, Milwaukie. Wis . D ix o n . M n , Sherm an. T v . Madison. W is. San Francisco. Ca . Detroit. M i. Nashville. I n . Wen.it chce. a Next year it w ill be held in Marietta. Ohio and |4 4 | in Madison Wis lfiesc reunions have been exciting experiences lor the Steagalls as they Detroit River into Canada, attended Chicago Cubs baseball game at V5 riggly Field, the Grand Ole O p ry. Riscrboat Cruise Highlight o f the trips hack east is the side trip the Steagall's take to Tulsa. Ok to visit their daughter. V icki before they return home », 950 »2 CT> ; * , 101 T-Posts Steagall's have visitor Railroad Tii C O 00 »• Steel Posts 5 1 ’i H * y/ Autum n is definitely here as Heppner kids. Cameron Sweeney, Frankie Ledford and Annie Clark play in fallen leaves and temperatures dipped to a crisp 28 degrees Saturday night Low temperatures were 31 degrees on Sunday and 32 on Mon day High tem peratures plumm eted from 76 degrees on Oct 10 to 56 o n f le t 15 HERMISTON.OR 97838 567-6487 X Oualitv Service For Over 40 Years r f
