A backward glance
TWO - Heppner (iurtlr-T im n, Hrppnrr. Oregon VNrdnevday, December 27. IW
A ugust 1989 - Steve Dickenson hired as Heppner High School prin
c.pd. Michael WMaki hired as Morrow County School District director
of curriculum instruction. Danny Coiner. Jerid Ployhar. Pat Birkby and
Derek Gunderson receive first place trophy in Young American Bowling
Association championship at Milwaukie. Luke Swanson takes IOth in high
jump in National Junior Olympics competition, petitions turned into cour
ihouse for recall of school board members Marcia Kemp and Bill I>»herty.
Paula Anderson enters “ no contest " in deaths of two babies. Jim lamders
wins Kin/ua Morrow County calf roping saddle. Bank of FO wins parade
sweepstakes with King Kong float, new teachers welcomed to district.
Cancer Society Jail and Bail fund raiser brings over J5 thousand. School
starts on Aug 29
Septem ber 1989 - Memorial dedicated at Irrigon Park to Sharon
Weber and Reynold Bovent. Jim Farley of Farley Motor Co sells last Ford.
Farley visits Ireland. Huston and Mane Lesley celebrate 70th anniversary.
Paula Anderson sentenced on two counts of criminally negligent homicide
in deaths of babies
October 1989 - Opposition to state prison location in Boardman sur
faces at Chamher of Commerce meeting. Employment Relations Board rules
in favor of M
County Education Association; Shaun Hisler wins third
place in Oregon State Fair drawing contest. Ontario named number one
site for state prison. Ducks Unlimited banquei grosses over S10 thousand.
Melanie Gates wins big buck contest; Pro and anti prison picketcrs greet
Governor Neil Goldschmidt at Boardman. Judy Jcpsen is 1990 Fair and
Rodeo queen, the state rejects Mormw County privw conditions
N ovem ber 1989 - Jodee Ashbeck is Heppner High School homeconi
mg queen. Tom Kenny is king. Riverside High School Pirates claim Col
umbia Basin Conference title, lone Cardinals volleyball advance to state.
Jered and Tom Wicklund each bag a sit point elk. Riverside High School
moves up to the AA League. Morrow County voters vote 1210 to 105b
against Boardman prison siting, lone High School takes second in Class
B tournament. Christmas tree erected in downtown Heppner. Kathy
Tcllechea is new day care director. Mary Jean McCabe retires as city
treasurer. Three hundred sheep, owned by William Rill. Heppner, die in
Walla Walla. Co . Santa visits Heppner
December 1989 - Man dies from self inflicted wound Pat W right
wins SI(XX) in lottery. First Interstate Bank honored by Livestock Growers.
la>g truck loses brakes, hits auto in downtown Heppner. Deaths of three
horses in Irrigon remains a mystery. Ernie and Mary Jean McCabe. Seth
and VoJean Forqucr and Gardner's Men's Wear win Christmas lighting
contest. Riverside High coach named Shrine Game coach. Bill Lowe
celebrates 9<>th birthday. Five Morrow County officials elected presidents
of their state professional organizations
And this was 1988
Dr Wallace Wolff is 1988 man of the year, Justine Weatherford is woman
of the year, construction begins on St Patrick's Senior Center. Harry Ken
mson retires as Kinzua general manager. Jim Farley and Kathleen Monahan
Hisler are St Patrick's celebration grand marshals. Drs Jeanne and Ed
Bcrretta arrive in Heppner. Bob and Josie Kmdsfather are conservationists
of year. Maders are OWGL conservatfbn farm of the year Mayko Buchanan
is homemaker of the year. Dr Wolff retires. Heppner High boys wm Class
A state track meet. Dot and Lewis Halvorsen arc lone Fourth of July grand
marshals. Bethal Heinrichs retires as city librarian. Rachel Harnett retires
as Morrow County Museum director; Willow Creek Dam claimed unsafe.
Dam event held people pose for photo on top to show confidence. Nancy
Bailey 198s* Morrow County Fair and Rodeo queen. Medical Board
members resign in wake of Morrow County St Anthony 's Hospital con
tmversy, lone girls take second in state volleyball tournament. Mustangs
are second in state football tourney, teacher negotiations at an impasse
December 31. 1989 will mark the end of a year and the end of a decade
While the homelcc», pollution, the war in Panama, the fall of the Berlin
Wall and the collapse of many communist-ruled countries will affect u* on
a global scale for years to come, krcal events of the past year touch our
lives no less
A backward glance
January 1989 - Teacher negotiation* reach strike Mage Dot
Halvorsen and Bill Kuhn are named citizens of the year by the Heppner
Otamber of Commerce. Cara Costa is citizen educator of the year. Nancy
Bailey is crowned queen of the I «#89 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo, over
120 teachers march at the Morrow County School Board meeting
February 1989 - Residents begin moving into the St Patrick's Senior
Center, The Heppner Fillies clinch first place in the Columbia Basin Con
ference. J J Shaw. Angie Rudistll. Benji Pearson, Barney Lindsay. Sean
Warren and Jill Conklin named F.lks Most Valuable Students; Meg Mur
ray attends President George Bush's inauguration, Craig Angell named to
Fast West Shrine game. Morrow County teacher strike vote set for Feb
15. Ann Spicer elected chairman of Heppner Economic Development Com
mittee. Body of infant found in Heppner apartment
March 1989 - Teachers dear out desks in preparation for strike. Hcpp
ner Fillies advance to regional tournament, fall to Grant Union, schools
kept open with replacement teachers, enrollment at 83 percent, Gordon
O'Brien selected grand marshal for Heppner St Patrick's Day celebra
tion. Bredc O'Brien Lyons of County Lietram. Ireland, chosen queen of
St Pal's celebration, body of second infant found in lone. 22 year-old
mother indicted by grand jury. Faster bunny comes to town. Morrow County
operating levy, medical fund levy. Port of Morrow bond issues pass. Scott
Bauska elected to school Kurd
April 1989 - Marlene Currin named Morrow County Homemaker of
the Year. Dale Conklin selected Class AAA AA AB track coach of the year.
Henpncr Chief of Police Doug Rathbun suffers heart attack
slay 1989 - Mabel French celebrates 99th bitlhdav; Heppner High
School boys advance to state track meet, the Rauch family is chosen Mor
row County Conservation Family of the Year. J J Shaw receives Eagle
Scout award, the McFlligott family hosts the Pioneer Picnic. Bryan Padherg
wins 1,5<X) and MX) meter runs at state for his third and fourth state cham
pionships. Sisty graduate from Riverside High School, 11 from lone High
School and 32 from Heppner High. Wright ranch wins century status. Bryan
Padbcrg is National Scholar Athlete
June 1989 - Phyllis Payne is Health Educator of the Year. Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo Court to ride in Portland Rose Parade, former State
Representative for District 5‘) Raymond French. Heppner. injured in trac
tor accident. Morrow County School District Assistant Superintendent
Chuck Starr submits resignation. Jim Bier resigns as Heppner High School
principal. Petitions circulated to recall Morrow County School B»>ard
members Jerry McFlligott, Bill IXiherty, Bob Mahoney and Marcia Kemp.
Gladys Drake chosen grand marshal of lone's Fourth of July celebration,
Mike Mahoney is third child of Bob and Sherrce Mahoney to win Oregon
State High School Rodeo all around. Morrow County School District
operating levy passes, 895 to 79ft, city of Irngon three year serial levy fails,
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July 1989 - Longtime Heppner physician Dr Wallace Wolff passes
away June 30 at the age of 72. a lawsuit is filed against Morrow County
School Board over the hiring of replacement teachers. Terrie Cutsforth is
elected assistant vice president of Benjamin Franklin Savings & Loan. Dick
Devin selected to play on Shrine team
The Adventures of
Grazelda
& Clem
(After Hours)
5:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
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should consider yourself the luckiest
women alive "
(Iruzeldti quizzed "Why is that Clem?’
Clem itched. "Because you have me. my love "At that moment
a lucky thing happened to Grazelda She made it to the bathroom
before she threw up!!____________________________________
by
Joys 9 Mogtv*^
BMCC winter registration
Winter term registration for
classes ai Blue Mountain Communi
ty College will be held January 3 and
4 Evening classes will start Tfiurs
day. January 4 with day classes
beginning Friday. January 5
BMCC is continuing to expand its
course offerings to accommodate the
needs of the public One change to
this end has been the addition of a
variety of Saturday classes Two
Saturday classes to note include
Desktop Publishing, offered from 9
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to 11 a ill . taught by business in
structor Lucy Smith, and Introduc
lion to Imaginative W nting. offered
11 a m to I p m . taught by English
instructor Grey Elliot These classes
will he offered January ft. IV 27 and
February 3.
For more information on winter
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Alumni tourney
gets underway
The Morrow Co Alumni Basket
ball tournament will get underway
this Friday night
Games and other events arc
scheduled tor Friday. Saturday and
Sunday (See ad for game times)
Team members are coming from as
tar away as Alaska and San Diego
Team pictures will also be taken
Friday night before the games and
Saturday morning Cost of the 5 x
7 is 57 and will be passed out Sun
day during the championship game
From our house to yours....
May this celebration of the
season Jill your hearts with
joy. And may the new year
bring you every happiness.
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SCARVES AND
The nation's most widely used Gl
Bill education benefits are coming to
an end After nearly 24 years of
helping some 8 2 million Vietnam
era veterans, including over I .(XX)
veterans at Blue Mountain Com
munity College, with school and
training expenses, the Department of
Veterans Affairs i VA) will be mail
ing the program's final checks at the
end of December
Seven of thirv one Blue Mountain
Community College students cur
rently receiving VA assistance have
been notified that their payments will
be stopped when the Vietnam Fra
Veterans Gl Bill expires on
December 3|. 1989 The program's
termination date was mandated
through legislation passed in 19"^
Educational benefits tor Post
Korean Conflict and Vietnam Era
veterans were earned bv serv ing ac
live duty between January 3|. |9SS
and January I. 1977 The benefits
were available tor 10 years alter
discharge, but no later than
December. 1989
However, many of these veterans
will be eligible to begin receiving
benefits starting January I. 1990.
under the Montgomery Gl Bill
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Expert climbers from the United
States. China, and the Soviet Union are
for a joint assault tin
International preparing
29.028 foot high Ml Everest early this
spring, according to information from
Climbers To the
L L Bean Company. a major vf*m
Attempt Everest « « -*nd «««fitter for the climb
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The expedition, led by Seattle,
Itl \ a t n e O f Washington. mt*untaineer Jim Whit
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taker, the first American to conquer the
summit of Everest, is dubbed the
Peace
"1990 Ml Everest Earth Day 20 In
tcrnational Peace Climb " The quest
has been carefully planned so that the climax of the |ourncy the summit
attempt of the world's highest peak -can take place on April 22. 1990,
the 20th anniversary of Earth Day. to symbolize world peace and a clean
environment
"There have never before been climbers from The Soviet Union. China
and the U S that have roped up together to climb Everest.' said Beth
Chase. spokesperson for the L L Bean Company
Chase said five three man climbing teams will ascend Everest, offering
the possibility of five separate summit attempts " ( >nc team of a Russian,
a Chinese and an American climber will nuke an attempt (on Everest's
summit), and if they don't succeed, then the next team will go
"And if. for example, one climber in the team of three can't go on.
then the enure team will turn back," Chase continued "They won't let.
say, just the American and the Chinese (climbers) go
The American and Soviet Union expeditioners arc to depart Seattle this
¡February 24 for Beijing. China, where they will meet the Chinese
climbers and travel to the l7.1(X)-fo*K Everest Base Camp in Tibet
Also departing Seattle for China, according to Chase, arc 25 2 tons of
supplies needed for the three month adventure, including the 20.IXX) jviunds
of food and 4.(XX) pounds of propane (for cooking) required to sustain the
15 climbers and some 35 support personnel
After arriving at Base Camp from China via army style trucks, more
than half of the gear is to be hauled by bO yaks to Advance Base Camp
at 21.(XX) feet More than 20 yak packers will load and lead the Asian
oxen on the week long. 24-mile round trip between the two camps, resulting
in 240 individual yak trips a feat which should give our own eastern
Oregon outfitters and packers plenty to yak about
Although the physical exertion, high altitude and bitterly cold
temperatures often require climbers to consume three times their normal
amounts of fixxl each day, a weight loss of 15 to 30 pounds per person
is expected before the expedition ends
Since the venture is. in part, an appeal for improving global environ
ment. Chase said a special, aggressive effort will be made to remove all
signs of the Peace Climb's ascent, as well as the decades of gear remanent
of previous assaults.
"There arc teams of support climbers that are going along w ith the Peace
Climb, and their major function is to clean up the mountain They've add
ed about two extra weeks to the expedition solely just to clean up
everything."
While this column traditionally deals with outdoor topics relative to
eastern Oregon rather than those quite literally halfway around the world,
it seems as good a time as any to announce such a refreshing show of in
ternational teamwork This, especially at a time when the bu// is "Peace
on Earth and Goodwill Toward Men" as well as about the recent activity
in Panama which, hopefully, is also working toward that end
Says Beth Chase. "Sending a message of peace is certainly appropriate
m ihi« rim* "_________________________________________________
Vietnam-era GI benefits to end Dec. 31
The Cub Scouts took time to sing Christmas carols ana aeiiver
their homemade gingerbread houses 'in appreciation' to people
in the community that have supported them this past year
We owe our past success to you!
A very special thanks to all
our customers and friends
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