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Vern Batty ended up with a tree in her yard after storm early Monday
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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
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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.
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Jackie Bergstrom (I) Morrow County Medical Board Chairman
receives wind sock from Vern Bartley program director of Air
Life
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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
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Shoot Jan 13
Competition tor the I Nth annual
I Iks Hoop Shoot, the national tree
throw
shooting
contest
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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
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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
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•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
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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
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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
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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. "but we kept it Irom
spreading
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