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VOL 108 NO. 52
Wednesday, December 27, 1990
Heppner
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8 Pages
Winter brings snow and cold
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A fire believed to have been
started by electrical heat tape, burn
ed a home to the ground in Heppner
early Christmas morning.
The home, occupied by Jim and
Barbara Judd, and their four
children, 235 W. Baltimore, and the
family’s car were totally destroyed.
The home is owned by Jim’s
parents, Wayne and Glenna Rollis,
who live next door.
Three fire engines and 12
volunteer firemen responded to the
call at 8:15 Tuesday morning. Ac
cording to a Heppner Volunteer Fire
Dept, spokesperson the fire became
so hot that it was necessary to hose
down neighboring houses to prevent
the fire from spreading. The house
was still burning at 2:30 p.m. that
day, said the fire dept, spokesper
son. According to owner of the
house, Glenna Rollis, the house was
valued at $18,000 but was insured
for only half that amount Mrs.
Rollis said that they hope to be able
to put a mobile home on the lot so
that her son and his family will have
a place to live.
Mrs. Rollis said that her son was
in the hospital at the time of the fire,
and was expected to remain there
three weeks, but that her daughter-
in-law woke the couple’s children
when she smelled smoke and
brought them to her house. Mrs.
Rollis said that by the time Mrs.
Judd returned the home was in
Photo by Joyce ^Hughes
flames. She said Mrs. Judd suffered
bums to her hands.
An account has been established at
the Bank of Eastern Oregon to
receive donations for the Judd fami
ly. Donations of clothing and
household items may be dropped off
at the Neighborhood Center. Jim
Judd wears a 15 ‘A (medium) shirt
and 32-30 pants; Barbara wears a
size 12-14; Matt, aged 10, wears a
size 16; Cheri, eight years old.
wears a size 8 or 9; Tim, five, and
Cody, 41 h . both wear size 6-8.
This is the second home in Hepp
ner destroyed by fire this month. The
home occupied by Paul and Margie
Hendricks and their four children on
Water Street was destroyed Dec. 6.
Heppner Alumni Tournament to
get underway Friday
The third annual Heppner Alum
ni Basketball Tournament has add
ed a number of attractions for
basketball fans according to
organizer Stuart Dick.
A men’s and women’s alumni
team from lone will be featured in
Saturday evening’s action against
Heppner teams. A special awards
presentation in honor of Heppner's
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New snow blanketed the
area Christmas Eve and Christmas
day with sub-zero temperatures of
the previous week warming to the
plus side of zero. Another Artie cold
front, however, is forecast later this
week, brinking more snow and
plummeting mercury.
Jo Pettyjohn of H & J Plumbing
reported 12 calls of frozen and
broken water pipes in the Heppner
area before Christmas.
While shoveling snow might be
a chore for Howard Bryant (above
photo), Paul and Stacy Lauritsen
(left) take full advantage of the
snow and their Christmas vacation.
1990 farmers tax
guide available
Designate a driver this New Year’s Eve
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For millions of adults across the
nation, New Year’s eve is a joyous
and festive event. Drinking to excess
this one night of the year is perhaps
a foolish endeavor, but is a prevalent
one as well. “ If you insist on going
out and having a few drinks this New
Year’s Eve,” reminds Morrow
County Sheriff Roy Drago, “ please
have enough sense to designate a
driver to remain sober for the night
to drive you and your friends home
safely.”
While football games and a day off
from work on January 1 bring
pleasure to a vast majority of
families, reports of traffic accidents
and fatalities from the night before
ruin the holiday for several other
bereaved ones. Over 50 percent of
all fatal traffic crashes involve a
driver who is under the influence and
New Year's Eve is usually the most
lethal night of the year in that
respect.
The sheriff also cited our state's
tough anti-drinking and driving laws
as another reason for a designated
driver. “ These tough laws are here
to protect motor vehicle operators
and passengers, not to hassle them.’’
National, state-wide and local
campaigns have spread the word
against drunk-driving over recent
years yet so many lives are wasted
anyway on our highways. Everyone
should know that alcohol relaxes in
hibitions, slows reactions, decreases
coordination and impairs judgement
and vision.
“ You can help reduce traffic ac
cident statistics," stated Sheriff
Drago. “ Promote the designated
driver program , respect the
designated driver and don’t let
friends drive drunk."
“ Remember," concluded sheriff
Drago, “ drive your friends home
and be the ‘life’ of the party.”
Road Dept, reminds of local limits
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Winter is here and with it comes
the freezing and thawing of the roads
and the need to impose the load
limits on the county roads in order
to prevent road damage from heavy
hauling. Once again the Morrow
County Road Department is asking
for your cooperation when these
roads are posted with the load limit
signs. The road department will do
everything possible to keep the in
convenience minimal, according to
a Public W orks D epartm ent
spokesperson.
The “ Farmer’s Tax Guide” for
the 1990 returns are now available
at the Morrow County office of the
Oregon State Extension Service,
located at the Pettyjohn Building in
Heppner, according to Fred Lundin,
Extension agent.
The publication explains how the
federal tax laws apply to farming. It
is used as a guide to figure individual
taxes. It is an excellent reference for
farmers and tax advisors, said
Lundin.
The “ Farm er’s Tax G uide"
highlights a number of changes in
the tax law for 1990. For example,
if you received payments in 1989
under title 1 of the Disaster
Assistance Act of 1989, and your tax
year ended before April 1, 1990, you
may file an amended return to defer
these payments until 1990.
There is a new self-employment
tax rate of 15.3 percent this year,
and the two percent credit for 1989
and prior years has been replaced by
two deductions.
Another change is a new social
security tax rate and new wage max
imum for payment of social securi
ty taxes.
The standard mileage rate for
1990 is 26 cents per mile for all
business miles in 1990, and you are
not subject to the 15,000 mile annual
limit that applied in earlier years.
There are many other changes,
suggestions, and administration
changes in the 87 pages of this docu
ment. It is available free of charge
at the Extension office in Heppner.
“ faithful supporters" will be made
prior to the championship on
Sunday.
The Alumni committee and the
Michael Currin family have initiated
a scholarship for a scholar athlete
from Heppner High School with a
portion of the proceeds from the
tournament.
Also this year for the first time the
PACT team readies parent-
adolescent program
L-R: George Izzett, Marilee McDowell and Kathy Clark.
The Morrow County PACT
(Parent & Adolescents Can Talk)
team is ready to deliver the com
munity based program, beginning
January 16. Since October, seven
south county residents-health profes
sionals, educators, counselors and
concerned parents have been
organizing, promoting and preparing
for their role in the PACT Program.
The major purpose of PACT is to
help adolescents build positive self
concepts, improve their interper
sonal communication and decision
making skills; to enable them to ex
ercise greater responsibility over
their behavior; and resist media and
peer pressure to become sexually
active.
Because the focus of the program
is on communication between
parents and youth, it has implications
and benefits relating to many other
youth and parent issues, said Mor
row County Extension agent, Carol
Bennett.
There are seven workshops in the
series. W orkshop topics and
facilitators include:
* Parent-Youth relationships,
changes and adjustm ents of
adolescence, by Father George Izzett
and Carol Bennett;
* Strategies for parent/adolescent
communications-Liz Curtis and
Kathy Clark;
* Physiology, maturation and health-
Kathleen Lowe, R.N. and Father
George Izzett;
* Keeping sex in perspective-Betty
Carlson and Carol Bennett:
* Decision making and problem
solving-Merilee McDowell and Bet
ty Carlson;
* Adolescent relationships-Liz
Curtis and Merilee McDowell;
* Values, communicating about
limits, goals and expectations Father
George Izzett and Betty Carlson
The series will be held from 6 to
8 p.m. on Wednesdays at the All
Saints Episcopal Church parish hall.
A light supper will be available from
5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Child care is
available. The cost for the series is
$5 per family. Inform ational
brochures are available at the Hepp
ner Extension office, and from
facilitator team members.
men’s tournament championship
round game will be officiated by
OSAA qualified officials from the
Hermiston area, according to Dick.
A free throw contest for women
will be included Sunday as well as
a slam dunk contest and three-point
contest for the men.
According to Dick, the purpose of
the tournament is three-fold: “ to
provide a reunion and opportunity
for ex-players to return to their home
town and enjoy the game of basket
ball with ex-teammates; to provide
an opportunity for fans to enjoy
some outstanding basketball from the
past 30 years; and to provide funds
for deserving Heppner athletes and
sports programs.”
“ The purpose of the tournament,”
continued Dick, "is not to determine
which community had the best
basketball team from the past. The
alumni committee expects all teams
to demonstrate the kind of sport
smanship, good conduct and good
will that will be exemplary for the
youth of our communities.”
Dick stressed that children must be
supervised at the tournament and
balconies will be open for adults.
Tournament schedules are as
follows:
Friday. Dec. 28: 6 p.m .-‘76-'79
vs *83-‘87; 7:30 p.m.- ‘64-67 vs
‘68-71; 9 p.m - ‘80-82 vs ‘88-90.
Saturday. Dec. 29: 11 a.m. ‘72-75
vs non-lettering alums: 12:30 p.m.-
winnersof Fr. 6 p m. game vs win
ners of Fri. 9 p.m. game; 2 p.m.-
losersofFri. 6 p.m. game vs. losers
of Fri. 9 p.m game: 3:30 p.m.
losers of Fri. 7:30 p.m. game vs
losers of Sat 11 a m. game: 5 p.m.
winners of Fri 7:30 p.m. game vs
winners of Sat 11 a.m game; 6:30
p.m. Heppner women vs lone
women; 8 p.m. men s three-point
contest; 8:15 p.m. losers of 12:30
p.m. game vs lone men.
Sunday. Dec. 30: 1 p m.-
consolation finals; 2:30 p.m. Con
don alums vs Heppner men’s semi
finalist loser lower bracket: 4 p.m.-
women's free throw contest; 4:15
p.m.-Heppnet women's odd vs
even: 5:45 p.m. slam dunk contest;
6 p.m. awards presentation; 6:30
p.m championship game.
Cost for the tournament is $3
adults and $1 children per day.
The women's volleyball game will
be Saturday at the Junior High Gym.
Players need to be there by 10 a.m.
game time is at 10:30.