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Darlene Lovgren wins Vegas trip in Central Market grand opening Darlene Lovgren won a nip to Las Vegas at the Central Red Apple Market grand opening in Heppner Aug. 29 through Sept. 8. Lee Winters and Rita Hill each won a gift certificate for $100 of groceries during the store giveaway. Osmin resigns By Anne Morter Judy Osmin resigned as the mayor of lone at the last town council meeting, leaving the position vacant. Anyone who is interested in running for the position must organize a write-in campaign since the filing deadline has passed. The town council is also encourag ing interested parties to organize write-in campaigns for the three council positions that will be voted on in the fall. The Heppner Winning $25 gift certificates were: Merle Cowett, David Allstott, Ilene Laughlin, Jenny Bingham, Bill Nichols, Lorena Shuman, Marj Gardner and Florence Holt. G eorgia VanW inkle won a barbecue; Ruth Nutting a TV; Cyde Estes a bike; Shawna Wilson a Nintendo; Pam Minster a squirt truck; Randy Lott and Rose Marie Buschke each a 34-quart cooler; Molly Rhea a Nintendo Game Boy; Karen Thompson and Mike Proctor each a Magic Johnson basketball. Heppner Day Care enjoys end-of-summer picnic Vets service officer attends workshop Morrow/Gilliam Co. Veterans service officer Rita Hedman will not be in Heppner office Sept. 20. She will be attending training workshops in Salem and Portland Sept. 18-20. Grange to honor members imes azette VOL 108 NO. 37 Wednesday. September 12, 1990 Heppner 25c______ 6 Pages Lexington Grange has planned a reception on Sept. 17 to honor all 60. 55, 50 and 25-year members, begin ning at 6:30 p.m. with a potluck. Speaker for the evening will be the State Grange Treasurer John Cameron. care kids celebrate with picnic. On August 30 the staff and children of Heppner Day Care had an end-of-summer vacation picnic at Hager Park. Town bands together to welcome Cycle III bicyclists “ 1 think they’re going to be on Main Street again,” said Hughes. “ So many said they were coming back.” “ 1 thought it was a good experience. Someone said something about ask ing them back again, but I think it’s a little too soon,” said Marianne Kahl of VanMarter & Kahl In surance.” Heppner Mayor and co-organizer of the event, Cara Costa, said that after being up for 36 hours and just settling down for a nap around 3 p.m. Monday, she got a knock on her door from someone inquiring about scheduling a three-day bike race in Heppner. Costa and Hughes, in addition to organizing the whole event locally, also sat up all night at the Heppner Elementary school so that bicyclists could use the showers and restrooms at the school. Some bicyclists camped at the school grounds and others were situated at the fairgrounds. Dinner was also serv Bicyclists look through mountains of bags at fairgrounds. It was a whirlwind weekend romance-but what a romance it was- -when nearly two thousand bicyclists swept into Heppner Sept. 9 on the first leg of their journey with Cycle III, a bicycle tour across Oregon. And “ seldon was heard a discourag ing word,” to quote an old cowboy song, from either bicyclists or townspeople. Geoff Kronick The first cyclist to arrive in Hepp ner was Geoff (pronounced Jeff) Kronick of Lake Oswego, who ad mitted to leaving Pendleton, the star ting point of the tour, before the Cy cle III opening ceremonies. Kronick, who left Pendleton at 6 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, and arrived in Heppner at 10:15 a.m. (yes, the same day), said that he received a T-shirt, a button and “ lots of applause" for his ef forts. Kronick, 35 and single, said that he also participated in Cycle II and has had “ a great time" on this tour. Judie L aughlin. H eppner. homestay organizer for Cycle III, said that around 108 were schedul ed to stay in local homes. Laughlin said that everything went well, “ ex cept for the fact that the ones that didn’t show up didn't call their hosts.” Duffy Nabholtz of Dallas, Texas, stayed with Steve and Molly Rhea and family in Heppner. Nabholtz. 42, a real estate investor with a wife and two children, nine and six years old, at home, said that the tour was “ good, except the third hill kind of wore me down. ’' Nabholtz said that he averaged around 13.7 miles an hour, while a friend of his had a 15.7 mile-an-hour average. Although it was Nabholtz' first time on Cycle Oregon, he had been to Oregon before, back-packing on the Pacific Crest Trail in the Three Sisters Wilderness. He also has relatives in the Eugene area. Nabholtz said that he runs around 600 miles a year and plays raquetball to keep in shape. “ If you’re not in good shape, you’re hurting. A lot of people were strug gling on that last hill.” While the temperature was around 90 degrees on Sunday, Nabholtz said that, com ing from Texas, the heat didn’t bother him as much as the hills. C laudia H ughes, H eppner Chamber of Commerce manager and ramrod for Cycle III arrangements in Heppner, spoke to a chamber meeting Tuesday, saying “ I’m so proud of this community. The organizations that volunteered work ed so hard.. you were all in there pit c h in g .” Enthused about the bicyclists and the response of the townspeople, Hughes was however, disappointed in the state’s role in the bicycle tour. “ The state (Oregon Tourism Division) was no help at all,” she said. “ It was a tough job. If we did some things wrong.' we're sorry." Hughes went on to thank Cara Costa, Heppner mayor and co-organizer along with Hughes. Marlene Currin, committee chairperson in charge of food, Ter- rie Cutsforth. who arranged enter tainment. and Judie Laughlin who shares Heppner TV office space with the Chamber and was also home stay coordinator. Many of the townspeople were im pressed with the friendliness and cleanliness of the bicyclists. Jerry Hollomon of the Shoe Box shoe store in Heppner said, “ I had a gal (cyclist) come in and say good bye to me and my wife. She said ‘If we get to vote on this next year we're going to vote to come back to Heppner ” ’ “ They’re really a clean bunch,” he added. “ They really left the town pretty clean." Meg Murray of Murray Drug said “ We had lots of people in the store, everyone who came into the store was really pleased at the reception, and not one negative comment." It turns out that one of the cyclists was her husband Rod’s second cousin The Murrays also hosted several people at their home. Jenny Bingham, Murray Drug employee, said “ Wonderful. I thought it was great. Everybody was very friendly. I didn't see anybody who was obnoxious.” Heppner Police Chief Doug Rathbun said the weekend went “ real good,” with "no problems” during Cycle Ill’s visit to Heppner. a town with a population smaller (at 1,485) than the number of cyclists on the tour (1,900 at the last count.) Rathbun said that all three Heppner Police worked over the weekend, compared to the two usually scheduled. Chamber of Commerce President Cliff Green said “ It’s (Cycle III) a positive experience for the town. It showed once again what we can do when we work together.” But he also added, “ I think Cycle III management people have something to learn when dealing with small towns.” Renee Devin, office manager at Heppner City Hall, said that 240 people swam at the Heppner swim ming pool Sunday. The pool was open from 3 to 9 p.m. at a cost of $2 per person. In charge of the local booths. Devin said "Some did okay. Some didn’t.” Some of the local stores and restaurants, anticipating iarge crowds, weie disappointed in the numbers of cyclists patronizing their stores. “ They (the cyclists) were very nice people," said Ruth Maben. owner of Court Street Market in Heppner. “ They didn't buy as much as expected I'm glad we didn't stock a lot.” The bieydists seemed as pleased with the townspeople with many in dicating that they would like to come back. “ A lot of them asked me, ’What other events go on here? ” said Doug Dubuque, Kinzua Corp. pro duction manager. American Legion-watermelon; and Central Market-frozen yogurt. Handling breakfast Monday mor ning were: the Heppner Masonic Lodge-French toast; Willow Creek C ountry Club-condim ents; Episcopal and Lutheran churches- bran muffins; Methodist Church- cantaloupe; Nazarene C hurch dispensing cold drinks; and Neighborhood Center-hot drinks. Many other groups supplied ser vices, food and support. Hughes said that the funniest situa tion they encountered was w hen they ordered a quantity o f large institutional-size cans of vegetarian beans for vegetarian cyclists and received only smalt cans “ Gwen Healy. Cara Costa and I hit Central Market and started throwing cans of beans into carts-anything with no meat in it,” said Hughes. "The fun ny thing was. we had cyclists at the table asking for the recipe. There was no recipe.” Costa and Hughes wouldn't reveal Cara Costa (I) and Claudia Hughes ‘alright, good job Heppner’ ed at the school grounds and breakfast at the city park. In charge of the dinner Sunday evening were: Cattlemen and C attleW om en-steak; Senior Citizens-baked potatoes; Heppner High sophomore class-cleaning and sorting potatoes; Elks club- marinated salad; lone United Church of Christ-condiments; St. Patrick s Altar Society-vegetarian beans and dinner rolls; Nazarene Church dispensing cold drinks; Heppner Day C are-m onster cookies; their worst situation but said anotner funny experience in addition to babysitting the school building all night, was "crawling around the steep road that climbs up to Condon at midnight, putting up signs with the Irish blessing-to greet the bicyclists Monday morning. ‘May the road rise up to meet you. the wind be always at your back. May the sunshine warm your face, the rain fall softly on your fields. Until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand." Cross-country tournament Sunday Men’s play at Willow Creek Golf course Sept. 16 will be the annual cross-country tourna ment. The course design is changed and par now becomes 68. Some plans have been changed due to the ex- pected power outage, but organizers still hope for a good turnout. Trophies and prizes will be award ed for gross and net The cost is $3 and the shotgun start will begin at 8:30 a.m. Children and care-givers walked through town to the park carrying balloons with the names of the children who attend day care. Over 50 balloons were released. Anyone finding a balloon with the children’s names in it is asked to please write and let day care know. Twenty-six children and three staff members enjoyed the picnic lunch and the fresh summer air. The older children spent the aftemon playing at the park. Grain growers take prizes at state fair Eric Anderson and Kenneth Smouse. both of lone, and Chuck Nelson of Lexington each won first place at the 1990 Oregon state Fair for their grain exhibits. Anderson took first and an OSU Foundation project award for his soft white wheat seed grain. Nelson’s first pla>.c soft white wheat commer cial grain entry also won a Harvest States award. Ken Smouse took first place for his six-row barley and also received the Pendleton Grain Growers award. Columbia Basin announces planned power outages Columbia Basin Electric Company has announced that Heppner, Lex ington, H ardm an, Ruggs, Blackhorse, Parkers Mill, Upper Willow Creek, Hinton Creek and Blakes Ranch will be without power Sunday Sept 16 from 6 to 10 a.m. On the same day, lone, Olex, Rock Creek, Mikkalo. Clem. 8 Mile, Shutter Flats and Lower Willow Creek will be without power from 6 a.m to 2 p.m. According to Columbia Basin, this outage should be the last needed this year in order to make connections to the new line, unless something un- forseen occurs. Justin Nelson reading program winner Justin Nelson has been announc ed the winner of the Heppner City Library summer reading program. Justin is the son of Chuck and Lisa Nelson. Lexington. Story hour will get underway at the city library on Monday. Sept. 17, from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. All pre schoolers and their parents are in vited to attend Regular library hours are 1:30 to 5 p.m. Monday. Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday and 1:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. CONGRATULATIONS CYCLE III HELPERS! Your complete and untiring efforts to make the CYCLE OREGON III riders welcome and comfortable was great and well noted by many bikers K of G.H. Pierson Pres.. Bank Of E.O. FO.I.C. Arlington ' --------- "Y o*r Im lrpm drnt Home O w n td Bank è
