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Heppner High School
announces honor roll
Academic awards have been an
nounced for the third nine-week
grading period at Heppner High
School.
Named to the honor roll by earn
ing a 3.33 GPA or above were:
Seniors: Carri Brownfield. Angie
Currin. Jennifer Currin. Mike Gor
man. Dan Lindsay. Dean Munkers,
Jody O'Donnell, Casey Pedro. Lana
Schmidt. Kim Stookey and Kevin
Tucker (4.).
Juniors: Nikki Brisbois, Melanie
Gates. Amy Greenup, Scott
Johnston, Jacob Maben. Jeanie Pat
terson and Shannon Zumwalt.
Sophomores were: Kim Johnston
and Nina Tucker.
Freshmen included: Kathy Ander
son. Sherry Bingham. Jeremy Clark,
Mark Conklin, Shawn Cutsforth,
Lance Marvin, Peter Pearson (4 ),
T.R. Riehl. Alecia Tarnasky and
Laurel Webber-Gray (4.).
Honorable mention (3. to 3.33
GPA) included:
Seniors: Brian Brazell, Eric Con
nor. Kelly McLaughlin, Ryan
Miller, Teri Piper and Cory Rill;
Juniors: Rosalie Breidenbach. A1
Burt, Tricia Coe, Bill Hays, Bob
Krein, Jay Michael, Rick Osmin,
Ken Wallace and Becca Wicklund;
Sophomores: Christy Corwin and
Hiroki Tanaka;
Freshmen: Dean Handbury,
Jeremy Maddem, Shane Munkers
and Stephanie Wright.
Improvement awards were given
to seniors-Brian Brazell Niki Ham
den and Chuck Peck; juniors-Ted
Brittner, A1 Burt. Larry Cecil, Tim
Davidson, Shawn Eng, Melanie
Gates, Tiffany Harrison, Jacob
Maben and Jodi
Wilson;
sophomores-Jason Britt, Charlie
Rathbun. Rhonda Rhinehart, Stacy
Wilson, Kirsti Winters and A.J.
Wright and freshman-Kathy
Anderson.
lone schools announce honor roll
lone Middle and High Schools have
announced their honor rolls for the
third nine-week session:
Sixth grade A Honor Roll:
Melissa McElligott, Lynde Minster,
Marie Tworek. Becky Wagenblast.
B Honor Roll: Kevin Casey and
John Doherty .
Seventh grade A honor roll:
Bridge» McElligott. Tammy Nolan
and Cynda Stevens.
B honor roll: Kim Bedortha. Sean
Casey. Willie DeBoer, Jason
Halvorsen. Becky Picknell. Casey
Spivey and Jessica Stefanl.
Eighth grade A honor roll: Truitt
Greenup. Heidi Orem and April
Taylor.
B honor roll: Micheál Green and
Jason Proudfoot.
Freshmen A honor roll: Jannie
Cupps, Ryan Halvorsen, Crystal
Minster and David Wagenblast.
B honor roll: Danielle Stefani.
Sophomore A honor roll: Nancy
MOrter (4.) and Amy Pointer (4.)
B honor roll: Kristine Bedortha,
Travis Greenup. Heidi Nelson, Eric
Orem, Brent Sheirbon and Chisana
Warren.
Juniors B honor roll: Fumika
Matsui.
Seniors A honor roll: Jo Cupps,
Linda Morter (4.), Melissa Rowell,
Renee Van Leersum and Amy
Wagenblast.
B honor roll: Bryan Basford and
Mary Cupps.
The Adventures of
Grazelda & Clem
(After Hours)
5:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Grazelda jumped out o f bed,"It’s five
o'clock Clem, I'm running down to
> l i l l e r ‘ *< > l i n i > l ; i r t & C h e v r o n .
I'm going to pick you up some fishing
stuff, gas, snacks and beverages so
you can go fishing today ."Clem
i pondered Oh, oh. this is spooky. How
' come you're gonna be so nice to me
Grazelda?"
i As she planned her two day shopping trip to Portland, Grazelda
\ crooned, "No reason my love, you just deserve a fun fun day.”
GoasttoGoast
TO OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS
WE APOLOGIZE
For the outages and backorders you may
have experienced in our store lately.
Although this situation was beyond our con
trol. it hurts us to be unable to service your
needs.
THE GOOD NEWS
The situation has been resolved and we ex
pect to see our fill rate improve to normal
by the end o f April. Please be patient with
us a little longer and we will both benefit.
We Appreciate Your Business
Cliff and Cindy
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W e Know O ur STUFF 676-9961
The Sheriffs office at the cour
thouse in Heppner reports dispat
ching the following business during
the past week:
March 27: Morrow County depu
ty began investigation of a theft of
services in the Democrat Gulch are
south of Heppner;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to assist with a juvenile problem
in Irrigon.
March 30: Morrow County
Sheriffs office responded to the
Boardman area to assist Boardman
Police department investigate a
report of a burglary in progress. No
further action was taken;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
dispatched the Heppner fire depart
ment to the St. Patrick’s Hotel for
a fire alarm that had gone off. It was
a false alarm;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Heppner ambulance
to the St. Patrick’s Hotel for an 81
year old male with an unknown
illness;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Heppner ambulance
to a residence three miles east of
Morgan for a male with an unknown
injury;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Irrigon area for a report of
dogs killing sheep. Investigations are
continuing;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to the Irrigon area for a report of
a juvenile problem.
March 31: Morrow County
Sheriff s office assisted Oregon State
Police with a one vehicle accident in
volving an animal on Hwy 730;
Morrow County deputy began in
vestigation of a burglary in the Ir
rigon area. Investigation is
continuing;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
responded to a dog problem in the
Riverview Park area in Irrigon. Pro
blem was resolved;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
dispatched the Heppner fire depart
ment to an alarm at St. Patrick’s
Hotel. Turned out to be a false
alarm;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Boardman ambulance
to a residence in Boardman for an 80
year old female with an unknown il
lness. Patient was transported to
Good Shepherd Hospital and then on
to Pendleton.
April 1: Morrow County deputy
responded to the lone ajea and began
investigation of vandalism in lone.
Graffiti was painted on the school;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
dispatched Heppner ambulance to
the lone area for a male with an
unknown illness. Patient was
transported to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
assisted Oregon State Police in a
traffic problem.
April 2: Morrow County Sheriff s
office dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to a residence on Kunze
Road in Boardman. One male was
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital with an unknown illness;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched a semi truck was on fire
on 1-84 at mile post 165, westbound
near the Port of Morrow exit. There
were no injuries;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
dispatched the Heppner fire depart
ment to an alarm at St. Patrick’s
Hotel. False alarm;
Morrow County deputy respond
ed to a residence outside the city
limits to investigate a report of shots
being fired. Problem was resolved.
Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex in Heppner reports
handling the following business dur
ing the past week:
Alan Lee Roberts. 28, Echo-No
Helmet. $16 fine;
Michael D. Lynch, 31, Heppner-
Operator’s License Suspended. $441
fine;
Kimberly Sue Hendricks. 21,
Lexington-O perator's License
Suspended. $141 fine;
Michael Lee Stookey, 29,
Heppner-Violation of the Basic
Rule, 41 mph in a 25 mph zone, $65
bail forfeited;
Gary Michael Monaghan, 41,
Carson, W ash.-No Fire Ex
tinguisher. $65 bail forfeited;
Timothy John Hays, Prineville-
Minor In Possession. $197 fine;
Craig Angell. Heppncr-Theft 11,
$590 fine, six months in jail. ($300
and six months in jail suspended) one
year probation with no further viola-
tions. attend mental health program;
Carl Richard Bork, Heppner-
Theft II, Criminal Mischief II,
$983.30 fine. 90 days in jail ($250
and 90 days in jail suspended) one
year probation with no further viola-
tions of the law;
Troy Dunaway, Heppner Theft II,
365 days in jail (360 suspended) one
year probation with no further viola-
tions of the law
Innuendo
Obituaries
Sheriff’s Report
Eula Bloodsworth
A graveside funeral service for
Eula Bloodsworth was held at the
Lexington Cemetery on April 1.
Mrs. Bloodsworth, 85, of Lex
ington, died Tuesday, March 27,
1990, at Pioneer Memorial Nursing
Home in Heppner.
She was bom Jan. 29, 1905, near
Lostine to Edward and Fodia Bright
Crossler.
She married Charles H.
Bloodsworth on June 22, 1929, in La
Grande. They spent many years liv
ing on farms in Wallowa County and
in 1944 they moved to Touchet,
Wash. A year later they settled on
a farm on Willow Creek between
Heppner and Lexington. Mr.
Bloodsworth died in 1969. Mrs.
Bloodsworth continued to live at the
home and was active with the Lex
ington Christian Church and the
Rebekah Lodge.
Survivors include a daughter. Iris
Campbell of Lexington; sons Jim of
Lexington and Bill of Hermiston;
sister Irene Lathrop of Lostine; 10
grandchildren and 20 great grand
children. A brother, Melvin and a
sister, Marie Woods, also died
earlier.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, was
in charge of arrangements.
It has been interesting to watch the
unfolding scene of the Neighborhood
Center. A great deal of public exposure
has been devoted to the financial plight
of the center, which by some accounts
has been aggravated by the reduction
in the County’s contribution.
As County Judge Louis Carlson has
pointed out, the Neighborhood Center
is not a branch or division of county
government. It is instead an indepen
dent agency with a variety ot sources
of funding of w hich the County is on
ly one.
In the annual budget process, which
begins sometime early in the calendar
year, Morrow County proposed to
reduce funding from $10,000 to $8,000. That decision was prompted, in
part, by a request from the Irrigon-Boardman Emergency Assistance folks
for some funding of their own.
While the two organizations are ditterent, and do things ditterently, they
do provide some of the same social services. The Neighborhood Center
primarily serves the south part of the county and the Irrigon-Boardman
Emergency Assistance primarily serves the north part of the county.
So in the budget process, the county decided to increase its funding for
these kinds of social services from $10,000 to $13,000 and then change
the allocation from $10,000 for the south end and -0- for the north end
to $8,000 in the south and $5,000 in the north.
That meant for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990, the county s con
tribution to the Neighborhood Center would be reduced from $10,000 per
year to $8,000 per year. The $ 10.000 budgeted for the current year which
does not end until June 30, 1990. was not changed nor was there any reason
to think it would be changed.
In response to that change in funding for the next fiscal year (that doesn t
start until July 1) the Neighborhood Center threatened to close April 1,
giving the impression that the closure decision was in some way related
to the county’s plan for funding next year. The further impression was
that it was because of the upstart Irrigon-Boardman Emergency Assistance
program that the closure was necessary
With the threatened closure April 1. and the public fervor that that an
nouncement must have caused, the County Court changed their budget from
$8,000 to $9,000 and now, almost miraculously, we hear that the
Neighborhood Center will not only operate beyond April 1, but will operate
all next year as well.
I must compliment the folks at Neighborhood Center for creating the
innuendo that the upstarts in the north were getting their money so that
they would have to close. It was a further coup to create such an emergen
cy over an April 1 closure that funding for the year that doesn't begin for
another three months was adjusted upward. Somebody knows a lot about
how to create and apply policital pressure
I can’t believe that whatever financial problems might have prompted
the threatened April 1 closure were even remotely related to the change
in funding for the next fiscal year. If there were such serious problems,
it does not appear the whole story has been told.
I can’t believe that financial problems leading to an April 1 closure would
be cured by an increase of $1.000 for the next fiscal year. Maybe all of
that story hasn’t been told either.
As I see it, it was quite a snow job.
Fay K. Ashbaugh
Fay K. Ashbaugh of Southeast
Portland died Thursday, March 21,
of congestive heart failure at a
Southwest Portland care center. She
was 88. Private services were held
at the Portland Memorial
Mausoleum.
Mrs. Ashbaugh was born October
5, 1902, to Mr. and Mrs. George
Kirk at Hardman. She attended
grammar and high school at Hard
man. Her father was a blacksmith in
Hardman and the surrounding area.
She married her husband Clair
after graduating from high school.
Clair was in a retail business at the
time of their marriage and they were
working at the store when their home
caught fire and burned. They lost
everything before they even had a
chance to live in their home.
They moved to Vancouver,
Washington in 1922, back to Hard
man and then to Heppner in 1934.
They moved to Portland in 1941
where they resided since. They have
been married for 72 years.
She is survived by her husband
Clair (Dutch). 93; three children.
Lois Redding, Lowell Ashbaugh and
George Ashbaugh, all of Portland;
five grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
Loa McElligott is St Jude
bike-a-thon coordinator
Coordinator for this year’s St.
Jude’s bike-a-thon is Loa
McElligott. The bike-a-thon will be
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_____Births
Andre Julian Rauch-a son. An
dre, was born to Chris and Kathy
Rauch, Lexington on March 29 at
Vancouver Memorial Hospital in
Vancouver, Wash. The baby weigh
ed 8 lbs. 3 ozs. and measured 21 in.
long.
Grandparents are Irv and Millie
Rauch, Lexington and Jim and Bar
bara Andre, Vancouver, Wa.
Katie Jo Stanger-a daughter
Katie Jo was bom to Christopher and
Toni Stanger of Irrigon on March 14
at Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston. The baby
weighed 6 lbs. 11 ozs.
Amber Rose Tryon-a daughter
Amber Rose was born to Johnnie L.
Tryon of Boardman on March 23 at
Good Shepherd Hospital in Her
miston. The baby weighed 6 lbs. 7
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