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Junior High band entertains downtown
The Heppner
Band teacher Bob Isted leads the Heppner Junior High students through some Christmas
music on Main Street last Thursday in preparation for their upcoming Christmas concert to
be held this Thursday, December 20 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Junior High School gym. The
public is invited to attend.
lone plans music concerts
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VOL 108 NO. 51
Wednesday, December 19, 1990
The lone Middle School-High
School concert will be held Wednes
day, December 19, in the lone High
School cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. There
will be traditional band and choir
music as well as jazz, rock, and rap.
The Elementary concert will be held
Thursday, December 20, at 7 p.m.
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jo_pages Christmas music will be heard
Loren Unruh hired as district conservationist
Loren Unruh has been hired as the
new district conservationist with the
Soil Conservation Service office in
Heppner. He replaces Sharon
Schneider, who resigned in August.
Unruh, 30, comes to Heppner
from Republic, Washington, where
he was also district conservationist.
As district conservationist Unruh
will assist the Morrow Soil and
Water Conservation District in plan
ning and implementing the 1985 and
1990 farm bills.
Unruh attended Washington State
University at Pullman and graduated
Loren Unruh
with a degree in range management
in February 1984. While attending
school he worked with the Soil Con
servation Service as a cooperative
education student and as a volunteer.
Following graduation Unruh was
employed at Ritzville, Wash., and
then at Davenport, Wash., before
moving to Republic.
Unruh and his wife, Kathryn, have
three daughters, Em ily, six,
Meaghan, five and Anna, seven
months. The Unruhs are currently
living in an apartment, but are in the
process of looking for a home in the
Heppner area.
Include whole family in Christmas
How often have you heard people
say, “ Christmas is for children?”
Although we sincerely intend this
occasion to be for our children, quite
often we exclude them from the
preparations for the event. As adults,
we become so involved in the hustle
and bustle, that we don’t realize how
easily children get lost in the
excitement.
Quite unintentionally, we ignore
or exclude children from many
Christmas activities. We have a
tendency, when trimming the tree,
to think that expensive baubles
should be kept away from clumsy lit
tle fingers. Children are only allow
ed to watch, not participate in the gift
wrapping, so as not to break any
precious items. Card writing is done
by parents, as children might leave
fingerprints all over the expensive
greeting cards. Do we involve
children with the Christmas baking,
shopping, or other holiday
festivities? Less polish and more par
ticipation may be in order.
The best part of Christmas is
preparing for the event, not just the
gift opening. There are a number of
things you can do together to share
in the fiin and joy of Christmas. As
a family you could:
Make paper chains or string pop
corn and cranberries for the tree.
Make your own gift wrap. Brown
paper and potato prints are easy for
children to handle. Make special
Christmas cards for grandparents
in the High School cafeteria
Students will present a one-act music
melodrama called ‘The Case of the
Counterfeit Santa’. Santa will also be
there after the program.
“ The public is invited to attend,”
said Geneva Mathews, director of
music.
from pictures, cutouts, ribbons, and
other trims.
Bake Christmas cookies. A plain
sugar cookie dough is quick and sim
ple to work with. Children love to
make colorful trees, stars, etc., with
candied sugar sprinkles.
Create simple decorations for the
house. Spray paint pine cones for a
basket or make a styrofoam tree as
a centerpiece.
Have an afternoon Christmas par
ty and invite the neighbors.
Whatever the activity, make an ef
fort to include the whole family.
Start some new traditions.
Remember, it’s the simple, fun ac
tivities that children appreciate and
cherish the most.
Yes, Virginia, there really will be
Christmas music on the streets of
Heppner this year.
Mike Mills, attorney with Kuhn
and Spicer Attorneys in Heppner has
contacted BMI, the company that
threatened Gardner’s Men’s Wear
with enforcem ent o f B M I’s
copyright agreement. Mills said that
BMI verbally agreed not to attempt
enforcement of the agreement when
music is played outside during events
such as the rodeo, St. Patrick’s Day
and Christmas.
Gardner's Men’s Wear owner Roe
Gardner had been forced to discon
nect his speaker system, which
usually broadcasts Christmas music
throughout the downtown area for
the enjoyment of Christmas shoppers
and passers-by.
Gardner received two letters from
BMI Licensing threatening him with
a lawsuit if he continued to broad
cast music in his store-unless he
signed an agreement with them for
payment of royalties.
According to Gardner, BMI had
signed with various composers, so
that any time music is played in a
commercial setting, such as a store
or mall, they receive royalties.
Gardner said that BMI set up
several payment categories, depen
ding on business square footage: up
to 1,500 feet, $60 as year; up to
2,500 feet, $120 yearly; up to 5.000
feet. $240; and over 5,000 feet
$480 Each business level, such as
a department store with more than
one floor level, is assessed separate
ly, at $60 a floor after the first floor.
Heppner TV seeks
input on scheduling
A request has come before the
Heppner T.V. board for Blazer
Cable or games played but not
shown on the national networks. The
Blazer channel is being offered to
basic subscribers in Hermiston,
Pendleton and The Dalles, said a
Heppner TV spokesperson.
The TV board said they would like
to know how much interest there
would be to put the remaining games
for this year on the system. Interest
shown would decide whether it
would be feasible to sign a five-year
contract with Blazer Cable, they
said. The channel requires all cable
companies to sign a five year con
tract at a fee each month for service.
Heppner TV is also financially
responsible, cost wise, for all the
equipment to receive the games, in
cluding the satellite dish antenna.
If you are interested and willing to
pay for an additional channel fee.
please call the TV office at 676-9663
or stop by the office to sign a
request.
Workshops to help say no to drugs
Jennifer Currin
chosen 1991
Round-Up
Queen
lo n e students win reading contest
Photo by Pam Minster
Jennifer Currin
Jeri McElligott (I), prepares children for drug free years
Jennifer Currin, daughter of Ron
and Judy Currin of Heppner. has
been chosen as the 1991 Pendleton
Round-Up Queen.
Jennifer follows a long family
tradition of 80 years of Round Up
and rodeo involvement. Her mother.
Judy was Round Up Queen in 1958
and her three brothers are profes
sional rodeo cowboys. Two of her
great aunts were onthe rodeo's relay
team in 1910 and 1912. The family
has also been active in the Morrow
County Rodeo.
A 1990 Heppner High School
graduate. Jennifer attends North
Idaho College at Coeur D'Alene and
participates in basketball. Jennifer
plans a career in nursing.
Round-Up princesses are Tonya
Johnson o f Hermiston, Diana
Erickson and Sara Hendrix, both of
Pendleton, and Lois Ward of
Lostine.
If you have young children, ask
yourself: “ Are they really equipped
to say no to drugs?”
Research indicates that it’s no
longer a matter of " i f ’ your child
will be exposed to drug use. It's a
matter of “ when.”
The best protection your child has
against drugs is you. “ My Parents”
is the number one reason children
give to explain why they refuse drug
offers.
Join with other Morrow County
families in the "Preparing for the
Drug (free) Years” program This
special program for parents and their
children-under age 13-is comprised
of a series of five workshops. The
workshops equip families with prac
tical knowledge and skills that ac
tually help prevent their children
from using drugs.
The program begins Sunday,
January 6, 1991 at 4 p.m. The series
will take place at the lone High
School Library The program is free
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lone third and fifth graders were regional winners
The lone third and fifth graders
were regional winners in the
“ Reading Fitness” segment of the
Blazer/AVIA Scholastic Improve
ment Concepts (BASIC) program.
Each class received a plaque, special
recognition certificates
and
bookmarks.
Winning classrooms were selected
based on the average number of
leisure reading hours logged per stu
dent. Bonus hours were credited to
students who made the effort to visit
their community library or complete
the special Oregonian reading
project.
Each student competing in the
contest spent an average of 13.4
hours reading. Top readers in the
third grade were Elizabeth Allen,
35.75 hrs. Miranda McElligott, 29.5
hrs.. Andrew Vosberg 21 hrs., Erin
Photo by P«m Minstei
Crowell 16.25 hrs., Cody Bellamy
13.75 hrs., Nikki Snow 13.5 hrs.,
and Nathan Nolan 13 hrs. The third
graders read an average of 14.75
hours per student
The top readers in the fifth grade
were Nathan Reitmann. 63.75 hrs.,
Kara Miller 31.25 hrs., and Megan
Proudfoot 25 hrs. The fifth graders
read an average of 13 hours per
student
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to parents, but there is a $10 charge
for workshop materials.
Enrollment is limited, but there is
room for a few more families. To
enroll your family, contact Carol
Bennett, Morrow County Extension
Agent at the Pettyjohn Office
Building. 430 Heppner Lexington
Highway. Heppner 676-9642.
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