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Teen leader Judy Jepsen helps Dawn Boor in the cooking
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By Merlyn Robinson
A lifetime lone area resident,
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
Queen Judy Jepsen, 18, is the
vivacious blond daughter of John
and Jean Jepsen.
Judy, a 1990 lone High School
graduate, has one brother, Jim, now
at home working with the family
business, Dobyns Pest Control. Her
grandfather, Walter Jepsen, is a
98-year-young long-time lone
resident.
Queen Judy has been an active
4-H'er with a special interest in help
ing others while serving as a junior
and teen leader. She has been a 4 LI
camp counselor and has taught
horsemanship to beginners and
others.
“ I enjoy working with kids of all
ages,” Judy says. She plans to pur
sue that interest by enrolling in child
development courses at Portland
Community College.
Dancing, skiing, camping, singing
and sports are some of her many in
terests, she says. She has en
thusiastically trained and shown her
horses during her 10 years in 4-H.
Capping her 4-H years was the high
point award received by Queen Judy
MCRS plans dunk tank Sat.
VOL 108 NO. 33
Wednesday, August 15, 1990
Heppner 25c
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New signs welcome visitors
Everyone is invited to ‘‘dunk your
favorite official” and help benefit the
Morrow County Search and Rescue
at the same time.
Morrow County Search and
Rescue is planning a dunk tank at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds Satur
day, Aug. 18, from 11 a m. to 7
p.m.
Scheduled for a dunking are Dick
Reid, Paul Sumner and Billy Joe
McMinn, Kinzua; Pat Sweeney of
Sweeney Mortuary (Merle Cowett,
Heppner Police Dept., alternate);
Renee Devin, Heppner City Hall;
Cara Costa, Heppner mayor; David
Archer, M.C. Sheriffs chaplain;
Terry Harper, M.C.S O. deputy;
Lisa Willman and Marsha Kemp.
U.S. Forest Service; Steve Rhea.
Van M arter& Kahl Insurance; Ron
Bowman, Heppner Auto Parts;
Louis Carlson, Morrow County
Judge; Jeff Wallace, M.C. district
attorney; Carl Martin. Oregon State
Police; and Bill Kuhn, Heppner ci
ty attorney.
All Saints barbecue Saturday
Kinzua Corp general manager Frank Pear-
son (left), Columbia Basin Electric manager
Fred Toombs, chamber of commerce
Heppner has put out a new
welcome mat-three of them as a
matter of fact. Three wooden signs,
over two years in the planning, have
been erected at the entrances to the
city, one near the golf course, one
near the fairgrounds and one near the
Willow Creek turnoff.
The three signs, all saying
welcome to Heppner, were design
manager Claudia Hughes, and chamber
president Cliff Green.
ed and constructed by Ron Forrar.
The wood was donated by Kinzua
and holes were drilled and the signs
erected by Columbia Basin Electric.
Heppner Chamber of Commerce,
St. Patrick's Committee and the ci
ty planning commission donated
toward the cost of the signs. Space
for placement of the signs was
donated by the Willow Creek Coun
try Club, Mrs. Clarence Warren and
Fred Hoskins.
One of the signs is painted with
shamrocks and trees, one with the
Willow Creek Dam and trees, and
the other with mountains and trees.
Planning for the signs spanned two
Chamber of Commerce presidents,
Forrie Burkenbine and Cliff Green,
said chamber manager Claudia
Hughes.
Central Market opens Friday
The newly completed Central
Market will be open for business Fri
day, Aug. 17, with a new deli, ex
panded summer hours, added inven
tory in all departments, additional
staff and 50 percent more selling
area, according to owners Gail and
Forrest Burkenbine.
The Burkenbines say that they
have added five new employees for
a total of 22. Friends and relatives
have also volunteered their time
stocking shelves and pricing to gear
up for the opening Friday. ‘‘Right
now it’s very hectic, very
disorganized, total chaos," said
Gail.
Gail said that 9,000 of the bricks
from the old store, which burned in
a fire Feb. 7. were salvaged to use
for the exterior of the new store.
Summer hours will be 8 a m to
8 p.m. Monday through Saturday
and 10 a m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Weather Report
at the recent 4-H Horse Show. She
has also had cooking projects and
given demonstrations at fairs. Her
involvement in 4-H has resulted in
her selection as one of the state’s Na
tional 4-H Ambassadors.
A four-year honor roll student at
lone. Queen Judy was also a year
book staff member Besides being on
the dance team, she participated in
four years of volleyball. She was a
member of lone’s winning volleyball
team that become state runner-ups in
1988 and 89
“ We try hard to’ be a winning
court,” Judy says. And this court’s
weighty scrapbook, with many blue
ribbons, attests to their winning
parade performances. The biggest
coup for these girls, however, was
placing third at Portland’s Rose
Festival Parade, chosen from among
many mounted court entries.
“ It was a thrill just to be there. So
many people on the streets during the
parade knew where we were from
and that we had traveled a long
distance,” Judy says.
Queen Judy has been busy shuffl
ing court activities and working this
summer as an assistant secretary for
B & C Repairs in lone. But this
week, she and her court are busy
handing out awards, meeting people
and participating in all the fair and
rodeo events. As official hosts, they
are preparing an after-parade lun
cheon for visiting courts and officials
at the Heppner Senior Center.
“ It’s like we are part of history in
the making, with a professional
rodeo this year. And we are looking
forward to seeing a large attendance
for these performances,” Judy says.
Sunscreen cause
pool’s cloudiness
Heppner City Pool manager Sarah
Carlson said that tests have shown
that sunscreen and not algae nor
bacteria has been the cause of the
pool's cloudiness and numerous
closures.
Carlson said that sunscreen par
ticles which are small enough to pass
through the filters, are accumulating
in the water. She is asking sunscreen
users to apply their sunscreen at least
20 minutes before entering the pool
and to shower before getting into the
water.
Carlson said a chemical is also be
ing added to the pool water which
causes sunscreen particles to clump
together so that they may become
large enough to be caught by the
pool filters.
The pool, however, is scheduled
to be closed. Aug. 26 for the season.
All Saints Episcopal church is
again preparing their annual
barbecue beef dinner for Saturday,
Aug. 18, 4-7 p.m., following the
rodeo. Menu includes pit barbecue
beef, garlic bread, baked potatoes,
coleslaw, warm or cold beverages
and ice cream. Prices are-adults $7.
senior citizens (60 years and older)
$6, children 6-12, $3.50.
The early dinner hour will allow
people to eat after the rodeo and
before the livestock auction. The
public is invited to take a break from
the fairgrounds and visit with friends
and neighbors in a cool setting and
enjoy a delicious meal. All Saints
Episcopal is located on the comer of
Church and Gale streets.
Cycle stories
welcome
Kids’ carnival earns over $150
to benefit Cheryl Ripple
Over 1700 people with the Cycle
Oregon 111 bicycle tour will be
traveling through Heppner on Sept.
9 and will be eating dinner and
breakfast here. The Gazette-Times is
planning a special publication to
welcome the bicyclists and as a
souvenir of Cycle III.
Anyone with advertisements or
stories about events, activities, ser
vices. food, booths, etc., must have
them into the G-T by 5 p.m. Friday,
Aug. 24. The special tab-sized
new spaper will be published
Wednesday, Sept. 5.
Seniors special day
Special recognition of senior
citizens is planned for Fair and
Rodeo week. All day Thursday is
Senior Citizen Day.
Tables and chairs will be available
in an area near Shorty’s Cabin for
visiting while dining or relaxing.
Admission price for seniors on
Thursday are reduced from $3 to $2
per person.
Market Report
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Cheryl Ripple Kaylee Zumwalt, Casey Zumwalt and Niccole
Porter. Not pictured is Melissa Zumwalt.
What started out as a fun way for
four kids to spend a Saturday after
noon turned into a fund raising pro
ject earning over $150.
Kaylee Zumwalt, 8. Nickole
Porter. 9, Casey Zumwalt. 5 and
Melissa Zumwalt, 12, thought they
would have a little fun putting on a
neighborhood carnival. As an after
thought they decided to put the
money to good use. The kids decid
ed that the money earned from the
carnival would go to Cheryl Ripple,
a Heppner woman
recently
discharged from the hospital after
being in critical condition with
kidney failure. Cheryl had no
medical insurance to cover her
hospitalization expenses.
The kids, their mothers. Barbara
Zumwalt and Susan Porter, and
neighborhood kids who helped man
the booths, sold tickets at a dime
apiece and earned $153 60, which
they presented to Cheryl this week.
Cheryl, who says she is doing
" g o o d ,” said that ‘‘the best
medicine is coming hom e."
Sidewalk Sale
The Heppner merchants' sidewalk
sale will be this Friday, Aug. 17.
Look inside the G-T for those
special bargains.
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