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• *• • . V • . >v «* • ; • « *. • ' -i« * - . .. •* • ’ 140 play in 2nd annual alumni tournament » ,v • - *' * * ’ V s' f S . », j . * - V 1 • ‘IV . W K ", « ' • r ' v - j «**«' . • '■» i y. The Heppner Morrow County's Home Owned Newspaper 8* K ^ I Photo by Joyce Hugh«* a zette VOI. IOH NO. I W ednesday, January 3, I WO New cook hired at Elks Club ■4 11 V< . Cindy Breidenbach Cindy Breidenbach i\ O r - new cook at the Heppner Flks Club Breidenbach, 37, (and going on 21. she says), began working at the Elks on Nov. 20 Before loosing to Heppner from Estacada, Breiden bach worked as a cook for the American Restaurants Association at Boeing Co. for two years The American Restaurants Ass«* i at ion is a chain that provides cooking ser vices for institutions *Tve always been a c«xik," she says. Cindy, whose home town is Spray, and her husband, John, have four children. I.ela Peterson, Payette. Idaho. John, Eruitland, Idaho, and Rosalie and Howard at h«>me John is retired from the U S Forest .Service He has had a house in Heppner since 1974 Gail Hughes has resigned after 15 years at First Interstate Bank of Heppner Gail. wh«> is looking for ward to having "tim e to explore." was honored Dec 2H at a retirement breakfast at the bank and was presented with an engraved locket. among other gifts Guests included present bank employees ami special guests. Mary Eleanor Gilman, Con me Padherg and Judy Eckman. all of whom worked at the hank with Gail • i 1 'A ; imes Heppner 25‘ Chamber lunch to kick off Town & Country week *'Into the 90's With Pride and Cooperation” will be the week long theme for Town and Country Week Heppner Chamber ‘'o o p e rates” by holding the annual chamber lun cheon Tuesday, January 16 at noon at the Elks Agenda for the event will include the presentation of the Business of the Year Award and installation of I WO officers Guest speaker will be Joe Bums of Hermiston, who will address, ’ Pride, Cooperation and Economic Development ” The an nual luncheon will end at 1 30 p m All businesses, including ranchers and individuals interested in the growth an*i progress of the Heppner community and surrounding area, are encouraged to attend die lun cheon A VI luun dinner will be sen cd An RSVP to the chamber office (676-9220) on Tuesday. January 9, would be appreciated. I WO Heppne r Chamber board members arc I)oug Dubuque. Hank IVnnis. Meg Murray. Bob Kahl, Cliff Green. Doyle McCaslin, l oRaync B*>wuun, Bill Kuhn. Larry Mills and outgoing presnJent Home Burkcnbine Fred Lundin completes his term as a board m ender Of ticers will be elected from the board at the 10:30 a m board meeting, Tues«lay, January 9 at the Heppner Flks Air Life helicopter to be dedicated Jan. 9 Dedication ceremonies for Air Life «if Oregon’s new helicopter, a Bell 222 UT, will be held in Hcpp ncr at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital helipad on Tuesday, January 9 at 1 30 p m The public is invited to attend The new aircraft will replace the Bell 206 L«>ng Ranger helicopter which has served central and eastern Oregon since 1983 Follow ing the dedication ceremony, landing /one safety train ing and medical orientation to the helicopter will be provided by the Air Life pilot and (light nurse Public views of the helicopter will also be available following the dedicatmn until 3:30 p m. Air Life of Oregon began service lo central and eastern Orcg«>n in August 1983 Since that lime it has Gail Hughes retires from First Interstate Bank Gail Hughes Second year champions front row left to right Class of 1980-82 Harry Groshens, Doug Holland, Don Lott, Dale Holland Back row Gene Heliker presents trophy to team captain Dorian Forrar, Curt Day, Ken Stookey. Larry Palmer and John Murray " It's really hard to lose someone you're close to ," said First Interstate Branch Service Manager, Jackie Allstott Gail began as a pnxif operalor at the bank in 1973 She then moved into a teller's positKin. progressed to become a new acciRints represen tative and then a personal service consultant She ended her banking career as a personal banker and was able to process loans Gail, 33, came to Heppner when she married her husbarxl. Allen, in 1933 Allen recently passed away Gail lived most of her life in Milton Freewater before moving to Hepp ner She has three children. Patricia Peck, Valby; Carolyn. Newport, and Jennifer, Corvallis; ami two grandchildren. Christopher and Amher Peck Mown over 1100 patient missions, lairly equally diviilcd between inter hospital transp«>rts and accident scene response where coordinated care is provided by Air Life ami local emergency medical service crews Pioneer Memorial Hospital m Heppner became an Air Life affiliate h«>spital in October. 1989 Air Life provides air transport ser vice with both helicopter and airplane Both aircraft are dedicated to aeromcdical use and are licensed as advanced life support air am bulances Airline transp«>rt certified pil«Hs and registered nurses with ad vanced (raining in trauma, heart, and perinatal care (for imuhers and babies) are available 24 h«>urs every day. lues. W«fs Ihurs fri. Set. Sun. M«*. Saturtiay winners 1980 82 (97) vs 1987 8 9 (’78), Semi finals 1972 73 (37) vs 1904 67 (33). Saturday consolation 19 8 ' 80(82) vs 1970 79(79); 1908 71 (38) vs mm lettering alumni (40) Sunday consolation 1983 80(71) vs l9o* 'l (7(i) Heppner alumni |9M 07 (plus David Allstott and I ».isid SKI .lughlini, (64) vs ( 'ondon alumni 1900 79 (4 'i Women s Even '7 vs i*l«l 44 ( 'hampionship game 1980 82 1 8 1) vs 1972 73 (O') The classes of 1980-82 have won the title both years of the tournament Special aw ards were also presented three point contest John Boyer, slam dunk contesl Wayne W ilgers. )*-si legs Gene Heliker ami Nam \ W einke, traveled tarthesi Carl Bauman. Anchtiragc. Alaska uni \n n e M urray. Si Louis Missouri, besi shoi in tournamrnt- Gcnc Heliker, best shorts Ken Gricb. oldest-Cecil Rill al 39 and Susan Hislcr. class of ‘74 " 7 6 79 has to be the hard luck team," says Dick " Ihcy l«ist on the last sh«8 by Ken Stookey (1980 82) It was the closest game that the «letending champs ha«l. but there were many close games dccnlcd by a basket or tw o." Dick a y s that preparation for next year s tournament is underway and is tentatively scheduled for Dec 28 3(), 1990 This year’s team cap tains arc next year’s tournament committee 1987 89 Duane Ball. 1983 86 Jeff Orr; 1980 82-Dorian • ...« » » • ... * * j * * V . . * . . - > - F S * . « . «*: M - ‘S . , - , -• ‘ *• 9 • * y « -V- •, -9>. * ’ : ;> > s ^ - ? :••** * • ;;1 - 1 '4 " - - J l omu. 1 9 '(> 19 David Allstott; 1972-73 Iota Boyer; l t d 71 John ' McCabe, 1964 67 (»cnc Heliker, non lettering alumni Rick Johnston; inlaws Arvhir Ball; outlaws Hat icy Sager, women's even I .ana (Reid) Orr. women's «*ld Lyndce Devin. This year's finance commute members were David Allstott, Rick Johnston. Pal Sweeney, Stuart Dick and Dorian Forrar Tournament chairm en were: supervision C arl C h ristm an; equipment Dorian f orrar. sc«>rc keepers Rjndy Hughes and Charlie Sumner, announcers Stuart Da k and A rchie Ball; aw ards S herrie Mahoney and Dianna Ball, rctcrecs Steve Rhea, tickets Julie Dick and chairman Stuart Dick • . . * ; * ' - ” t ‘7. . - « i^ , * •• » , « ■ ^i .1 More pictures page 2. •V MMN bni JL ? f * „ i < V *" ML>. The South Morrow County Com munity Cfrnir will he singing in con cert on Sunday. Jan 7 at 7 30 p m al Ihe Heppner Elks l.«idge Ihe ch«ur will present a holiday concert with Boh Istcd. director Everyone is welcome to atlcml Parents club meet Jan. 10 A m eeting o f the Heppner Elementary School Parents Club will be held Wed . Jan 10 at 7 p in in the junior high sch«iol cafeteria Plans will be discussed for the sch«i«>l carnival set for Sat Feb 17 ^ » ■:;C • Photo by Joyce H ughe» Future Cheerleaders do a yell for their dad's team' (1972-75) during a time out at the cham pionship game Sunday Left to right Angela Munkers, Tara Adams. Sarah Eckman. Macy Rhea. Tiffanie Munkers. Brooke Boyer Julie Watkins and Jaclynn Hughes - '> V " V *v J ,» Jan. Feb. M arch »4.63 *4 t>4/»4.65 •4 66 *4.67 A - St<>p by and find out about our ¡CHRISTMAS CLUB ACCOUNT Bariev Jan. Frh. M arch Pik New C rop *115.50 1 •115.50 T •115.50 T *93 <4 *4.10 A great wu\ to save tor the holidays i c O F a ste rn O regon A rlin g to ion n • • M«oon«r H « p p n o r • Ion« lo n e •/ Your Inilrprihlrnl ! It »nt I hoir«/ Bunk M«*mber 1 F Q IC .. \ * ' Market Report Oowi Tuesday, Jan. 2 S»»n White .c ¡T *;j .. . -, T . .7 *s T , V( Convtmar« ol thm Morrm» Coumy B» c*v o* Mapcw IK-. 2* Jen 1. 1990 H.Kh l«m Pr« Kn-sn 28 .0 18 36 20 Vi fr 32 37 0 26 41 28 .0 4.3 25 0 45 25 .0 48 26 0 tr the Morrow County Fairgrounds Dick estimates ihat arouml I . HR» to 1.20*) people attended "There was tremendous community sup port." says Dick "People really got into the spirit He savs that around 60 people assisted with tic kel sales, concessions, anmnincing. keeping score, equipment, maintenance, supervision, cleanup, presentation of awards and refereeing We even had little kids cheerleading and 30 alumni cheerleaders," he a«ldcd ‘Cheerlea«ling has such a significant impact on the games.” Ihe tournament was lurid to pro mote the sp«Mi. ihe spirit and cn ihustasm in the community," said Dick W inners tor the tournament are as follows I rklay 1987 89. (81) vs 1983 86. (78). 1972 73. (70) vs 1968 71. (32) Saturday 1980 82. (80) vs 1970 79 (78); I‘>04 07 (34) vs m>n lettering alumns, (33), ' l« > Community choir to perform Weather Report ■...... ' One hundred forty Heppner High Sch«*il alumni played in the 2n«l an nual alum ni tournam ent held December 29 through 31, and I k ket ■ales for the three «lav event gross cd in*iml 32.1*10. according lo tour nament organizer Sluart Dick Dick said that attendance was up 30 percent over Iasi year’s tourney and ticket sales increased from 31,300 last year A 31 .OOOcontrihu twin last year brought ihe total to 32.-301) in 88. a 3200 contribution in creased this vear s gross to 32.200 Proceeds from the tournament will tie earmarked tor the Colt Raskc ball. Little League, Babe Ruih and youth s«icccr programs Dick says that tournament organizers also want to continue to work on two projec ts resurfacing the tennis courts at Heppner Junior High School, ami. • iti am pcm tvn with the Morrow County hair Board, develop a baseball, football ami rixleo arena at .* • . i ■. < ^ «
