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-I • i .a.,;— . - . ti.ii. 1 . 1 .. — ___ -- . — a .« . ■ . ’t i - - •- • - . " - - • . - Winds cause minor damage and power outage in area fi es s I e u or orr • ¿ ,. * * « ’ . s'* > • * i % - . , , * « « • ». > i ‘ ' ‘ • • *• * : 1 • • , - 3 vV * ' 4 * OR <2 -* * • . • ] • ' The Heppner ■ - r * W E T Z E L NEWSPAPER EU f :: - Morrow County's Home Owned Newspaper Ptxrto by Joyc# Mug**« Vern Batty ended up with a tree in her yard after storm early Monday a zette v o i. itm NO. 2 \\ .d m sd .u . Junuury IO, I WO lines 8 Pages llr p p n r r 25* Pranger, Bennett hired by SVVCI) Dave Pranger Dave Pranger is the new weed supers isor for the Morrow Counts Weed Control District, replacing Jim Van W'inkle. who is now employed by the U S. Forest Service Dase graduated from O regon State University with a H S degree in ag engineering technology He worked as a lawn care specialist in the Portland Metro area before coming to Morrow County Dave and his wife Anita are living outside o f lone " I am looking forward to working with the people ot Morrow County and 1 encourage anyone with ques tions or ideas to call or stop in the o ffice,” said Pranger The phone1 number is 6 7 6 S4^2 and the office is located at 430 Heppner l.cxington W^p»*ay in Heppner Tom Bennett joins the Soil Con sc rv at ion Service staff in Heppner as the new soil conservationist Tom was raised in western New York and graduated from Cornell University College of Agriculture with a B S degree in agricultural technology in IV77 Before coming to Heppner, lom worked in Sherman Counts tor A wind storm caused a power outage in Heppner, blew several trees over and did other minor damage to homes amt businesses Bill Gentry at Columbia Basin l lcctric said that the wind blew "a lot of power lines together We lost nine poles (throughout the service area) " Power went out in Heppner at ' 20 a m on fan 7 for one hour and t■ ’rts minutes Gentry said that everyone is back in service, but the last to he reconnected in G illiam County, fm.illv received f»>wer on lues " W e were more fortunate than other utilities, said Gentry •\ tree was uprooted at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner and blown Irom the hospital to the hell pad. hut Pioneer Memorial ad nutmtralor Frncst Wick said that there was "very minimal damage W ick said that some tiles were also blown off the hospital root Heppner resident V em Kitty ot Ctxirt Street said that a tree tell on her house, but ")ust one hoard was split ” " I was fortunate," said Bat ty Batty said she now |ust has a yard full o f clutter A tree also tell on the home of David and Rhonda Winters on Church Street in Heppner Rhonda said that the tree branches cushion od the tree’s tall sothat "onlv a eor Tom Bennett eight years and Hood River (. ounty tor one year as a technician lo m and his wife Bonnie, have three children. Chris. I V Rebecca. 11 and Jon. ' and arc living in Heppner Town and Country week begins next week, starting on fu c v la v , Jan 16, with a noon luncheon jnd con tinues through the week, ending with wrecks to stray bulls and artificial in semination He otten ends up roll ing on the floor or flying off the stage to illustrate wliat happens when cowboy s try to rule outlaw horses or milk a halt wild cow on the open range a prime rib banquet on Friday begin nmg at 7 p m Following is the week's schedule ot activities “Into the 90's With Pride and Cooperation _ k 12 N tx in January 23 - 26. 1990 Heppner, Ore (All m eetings are open to the public) Tuesday, Jan, 23 Chamber installation luncheon ($5) Heppner Klks Club 5 pm Thurs.. Jan. 25 Kri., Jan. 26 All meetings at the Klks Club Wmctasting. Elks Club Soil and Water Conservation District Business Meeting 10 a m. SVVCI) annual meeting 11 a m. Small Woodlands Association meeting 12 n«x»n Luncheon, Panel discussion featuring Teresa Taafc, Frank Pearson. Ktn/ua Corp. General Manager. Joe M iller, Gary Neal. Port of Morrow director. Roger W illiams, IJ.S Forest Service and Bill Jepsen, Wheat Producer Wheat League Meeting Cattle Women's Association meeting Livestock Growers meeting. Presentation by M ike Mehrcn "B eef Cow Nutrition” Presentation by Bill Broderick "Tractor Safety for Minors Presentation by Wale«» C«> 6 p.m. Social Hour, compliments of the major chemical comp, ntes Prime Rib Dinner (SI I each) with Jon Bower 7 p m. man. Cowboy Poet, as featured speaker Live music and dancing will follow dinner with music by Rubicon 8 am 4 pm 4:IS p m. ♦V ii ... * * « v B * r «É v . . • . A y ./, *. .. . . * * «Ä • A. *- *s * * ' . ; • Jackie Bergstrom (I) Morrow County Medical Board Chairman receives wind sock from Vern Bartley program director of Air Life i.iiiiv h . h giouiui piov ui 11 io mele aie no trees Barilev s.nd tli.it the service also has a lived wing aircratl available 24 hours a dav I his .merail would land .a I exington and patients would be transported troni Heppner lo I ex ington bv ambulance He said that tiis service w ill respond to doctors and agencies such as law enforce ment and hospitals, bui the'v will also respond to individuals. although a more caretul sc reening is done in the latter case W e're here to compie ment (lie local (ambulance) crew We relv on them Bartley said th ir primary role is as second responder we're an air ambulance service, not an air rescue service Another service ottered bv Air I ile isa subscription plan wherebv families or individuals subscribe to the air ambulance service lor S 40.i year Barilev savs (hat it a suhscritvr uses the service. Air I ite bills the subscribers insurance, and Air I ite accepts the insurance payment as payment m lull A power outage in liourdman caused schools to close Several trees blew over and area businesses lost sums Flks Hoop * ; t j •, J ;- ' * *s ~ J V . ' ' . »•> : 'V ■ ^ •• ‘ - > », ^ ** , ' 0 # 2 Shoot Jan 13 Competition tor the I Nth annual I Iks Hoop Shoot, the national tree throw shooting contest tor youngsters age H through I \ w ill be held ai Heppner High School Satur day. Jan M at ' p m and lone High School at 10 a m Over three million youngsters from throughout the country entered last year's competition tor boys and girls in age categories H 0. | 0 - | | , and 12 I ' Ages are determined as ot April I F.ach contestant has 2 ' shots at the hoop rhe hoy and girl m each age group with the best scores advance through four tiers ol competition to qualify for the na tional finals Local winners w ill compete against other contestants m the district event at Hermision. Jan 27 Names of the national winners will be inscribed on the Flks National Hoop Shoot plaque, on perma nent display in the New Natsmith Memorial Basketball Hall ol I ame in Springfield. Massachusetts For further mtormation call Dave Gunderson at 676 ' 4 2 ' or Dick Allen at 422 7*6.1 - - v ,• Josh Winters helps his dad cut up trees that fell in family's yard during storm ncr of the shingles was tom off ” " It was just a lot ot work getting the tree cut up and out ol here.” she said " W e lost a nice shade tree, but I'm glad no one was hurl . . • a r ! •V new Bell 222 A ll I lie helicopter made a visit to Heppner Jan l> I tic twin engine helicopter with two 7N) hp engines, replaces a I ong Ranger 2iv< n 't) hp single engine cratl Vern Bartley, program director toi Air I ilc ambulance service says that the new helicopter w ill enable the service to i.irrv iwo passengers and three care providers instead ot one passenger and two care pro vidors as in the olck'r helicopter Ihc new ci'ptei will ir.ivel 160 miles an hour 4il mph faster than the I ong Ranger Baitlcy said that heavy patients w ill not be a problem in the new vehicle and that winds "d on 't real |y slow us down He said that the arrival time Irom Bend (where the an ambulance service is based) l«> Heppner is around an hour, hut the service w ill II y the patient "wherever the doctor wants to go He s.ivs that the helicopter can land am where with a 100 toot circle ot o J, * . * * è*#.* • a y ) ' . . 4a* » A • V * • . * . * * 4 A T tm ** % - ' K . • *. rhe Cascade Horseman" states, "Anyone who ever thought of poetry as a placid and dignified art hasn't heard or seen Jon Bowernutn in action Bowerm.ni is a tilth generation Wheeler County, Oregon cowboy He has written dozens ol poems, most ot them humorous, from his '■xpcrienccs working on the ranches and on rode«» circuit "1 was lucky in rode»»,” he says, " I broke mv neck |ust before I starved to death Bowcrman writes a monthly col umn o f humor and satire tor "Cascade Cattlem an" magazine His poems and stones frequently ap pear in such publications as " W e s te rn H o rs e m a n ", " A g r i I imes" ami " ( ’. isc . k I c Horseman He has written two books His most recent "Mustang Bulls and M ilk Snakes." is devoted to poems and stones about the cattle business Die first book. "Cowkids. Colts and Peanut Butter Bulls, was publish ed in IVH6 amt is one ot the lew books ot cowboy poems written ex elusively tor children li contains tw enty six illu s tra te d nursery rhymes, one for each letter ot the alphabet Jon lives with his wife. Candy, and daughters. I izzie Beth and Becky, on a small ranch on the breaks ot the John Day River M l cow work is done with horses amt horse breaking provides .iddition.il income and constant source ot new material for poems and stories Ihc Bowermans are members ot the Oregon and National Cattlemen's Association, the American Quarter Horse Association and the Cowboy Chapter. Fellowship of Christian Athletes Jon Bowcrman is the guest speaker at the Town and Country banquet January I*) The prime rib dinner banquet is the final event in a week of activities and meetings Tickets arc V II and arc available at local stores .» /•* , * 1 •*» p * •« > !•“ Air Life visits Heppner with new twin-engine helicopter Town and Country speaker is ‘Outrageous and hilarious’ “ Outrageous and hilarious" is how one reporter described Jon B o w c rm a n '* p erfo rm ance of cowboy poetry at a recent livestock meeting He keeps his audience entertained with poems and stories that range from runaways and rodeo Eü*: 1. - ■ « % » . ’ 4 * • ' v, < *< 'v . - -y I Os ‘ j ■ * s. • I « ' W ' -ir » •. sy*- ‘ h J Fire burns in chip pile A Jan 6 fire at Kinzua Corp in Heppner was started bv "spun tancous combustion." according to Heppner F ire C h ie l F o rn c Burkenbine Burkenbine said that the lire had been smoldering in saw dust and bark itups at the mill and burst into (lames at *» 2 ' when tanned by the wind Seventeen firemen and lour lire engines extinguished the blaze with no serious losses " W e had a lew problems in the grassy area," said Burkenbine. 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