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Honor Society and the many fund
raising projects being carried out by
the senior class. Krein plans to at
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His parents are Bob and Joy Krein
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The Heppner
Jeanie Patterson
azette
VOL 109 NO. 6
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Wednesday, February 6, 1991
Heppner
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Navy man returns from war in Gulf
The first area serviceman has
returned from war in the Persian
Gulf.
Cam George, son of Kit and
Shirley George o f Heppner, arrived
^ack in Heppner Monday, Feb. 4,
after serving in the Gulf since
December.
George, who is in electronics
served aboard the Navy amphibious
assault ship the USS Anchorage
which carried 360 Navy men and
600 Marines. While he is not allow
ed to say much about the war, he did
say that the whole amphibious fleet
o f 30 ships was in the Gulf. On
board ship. George’s job was to fix
radar system s and any other
communications-radios, telephones,
and closed circuit television. George
said that he worked 18 hours a day,
seven days a week, on the ship.
“ There’s no perception o f time
while you’re over there,’’ he said.
“ You just work and sleep, work and
sleep. No weekends. It’s hard at
first, but you get used to it.” He said
that the men on the ship aren’t be
ing told where exactly they are or
what's going on and the only enter
tainment they have is movies on
closed circuit telev isio n . No
newspapers or television were allow
ed on the ship and radio frequencies
were blanketed out, so there was no
radio either. Mail from home was in
frequent or non-existent. “ The mail
is terrible,” added George. “ We
hadn't had mail in 30 days.”
George’s mother, Shirley, said that
when Cam came home he brought a
big bag of letters from servicemen
in the Gulf to mail to their friends
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D.C. his sophomore year. He
received the ‘I Dare You’ award his
junior year. His leadership and com
munity service activities earned him
the designation as the outstanding
student leader in Oregon’s class AA
schools this year. He is alst active
in sports, outdoor club, and is a
member o f the yearbook staff. He
plans to study elementary education
at Western Oregon State College. In
preparation for a career in education
he has been a Pipeline peer teacher,
a teacher's aide and a summer school
aide. Johnston is the son of Rick and
Susan Johnston of Heppner.
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Tricia Coe
Second place was won by Tricia
Coe and Scott Johnston of Heppner
High School. Coe, who is the presi
dent of the senior class, has been ac
tive in a long list of activities during
her high school years. She is active
in the 4-H program. Last year she
was a princess on the Morrow Coun
ty Fair and Rodeo Court. At Hepp
ner High School she has served on
the student council and participated
in regional and state leadership
workshops. Her sophomore year she
was selected to represent Heppner
High School at the Oregon Hugh
O'Brien Leadership seminar. Her
junior year she received the ‘I Dare
You’ award for her leadership poten
tial. Coe has been a member of the
National Honor Society, dance team
and currently is a member of the
yearbook staff. She has served on the
Pipeline peer education team. Coe
plans to attend Western Oregon State
College and major in elementary
education. Her parents are Tim and
Jan Coe of Heppner.
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Third place was awarded to Amy
Greenup and Ken Wallace. Greenup
is an outstanding athlete at Heppner
High School. She has lettered in
volleyball and basketball. She is the
current ASB business manager and
a member of the student council. She
has been active in class and student
body activities and in regional and
state leadership workshops. She has
been a member of the Pipeline peer
teaching team. Greenup was the
1990 Homecoming Queen and has
been a princess o f the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo. She plans
to attend Oregon Institute o f
T echnology
and becom e a
radiologist. Her parents are Greg
and Janet Greenup o f Heppner.
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and families in the states.
George left his ship in the Persian
Gulf on Feb. 1. From there he went
to the island of Bahrain, then to Ita
ly, Spain, a small Portuguese island
and then to Dover, Delaware and
Philadelphia before arriving on the
west coast.
He said that in the Gulf it was hot
and he wore shorts, but upon arrival
in Spain the temperature was 17
degrees.
George said that his next plans are
to go to Nevada to go Cougar hun
ting and visit a friend. He has a
month’s leave before he reports to
Chicago for radio and television
broadcasting school. After schooling
he will film aircraft take-offs and
and $3 for children. Door prizes in
cluding an afghan, will be presented
during the afternoon. This is a
benefit for the Grange.
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landings on the Navy aircraft carrier,
the USS Nimitz. He said that the
Navy is not holding anyone in the
Gulf, unlike the other areas of the
service. Committments for school
ing, such as his broadcasting school,
are still being honored.
His mother says that he has now
traveled around the world, traveling
to Hawaii, the Phillippines and the
Far East on his way over to the Gulf.
His service in the Gulf is the second
deployment in two years. His first
was to Thailand, Korea and the
Phillippines. Now 24 years old,
George has two years, four months
left of active duty. He says that when
he gets out of the Navy he will pro
bably go back to school.
Valentine’s
storytime topic
The topic for the Monday, Feb. 11
story time at the Heppner Public
Library will be Valentine's Day.
Story time will be held at 10:30
a.m. and will feature face painting
and stories by Pam Sagely.
Bob Krein
Bob Krein is an honor student at
Heppner High School and is the cur
rent president of the National Honor
Society. He is active in the outdoor
club and is the president of the group
this year. Krein is an avid athlete
who has lettered in football, basket
ball and baseball. This year he was
named to the CBC conference all
stars in football. Krein finds time
from studies and athletics to be in
volved in the community service
projects performed by the National
Scott Johnston
Ken Wallace
Scott Johnston is the ASB presi
dent of Heppner High School He
has been elected to the student coun
cil all four years of high school. Dur
ing that time he has been active in
regional and state leadership ac
tivities in student government as well
as Oregon Student Safety on the
Move. He was selected to represent
eastern Oregon at the national
MADD conference in Washington.
Ken Wallace is an outstanding
math student at Heppner High
School and has been a member of
Who’s Who in American High
School students. He enjoys sports,
in particular football and track and
has lettered in both sports. He is a
member of HHADD (Heppner High
Against Drinking/Drugs and Driv
ing) and attended last year’s Oregon
Student Safety on The M o\e con
ference. Wallace wants to become a
nuclear engineer He is considering
attending Oregon State University
although he has been accepted to at
tend Rose-Hulman Institute o f
Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana.
His parents are Gene and Chirella
Wallace o f Lexington.
MCGG holds annual customer
appreciation day this Saturday
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Parents Club
Carnival
Feb. 9
Free pancake breakfast is popular at customer appreciation
day.
The Morrow County Grain
Growers will hold their annual
customer appreciation day this Satur
day at the main office and store in
Lexington.
The day will start off with the
traditional free pancake, ham and
egg breakfast starting at 8 a m and
served until noon.
Lots of free door prizes will be
given away, and there will be fac
tory representatives from 11 com
panies on hand with displays and in
formation.
Everyone is invited to attend the
customer appreciation day.
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Heppner Elementary Parent's
Club annual fundraiser carnival will
be held Saturday, Feb. 9 from 6 to
8 p.m. at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds. Porceeds will benefit
kindergarten through eighth grades.
In the past the Parent's club has pur
chased VCRs, playground safety
mats. PE equipment and a donation
to the Missoula Children’s theater.
Carnival activities include bingo,
with prizes donated by merchants, a
goldfish toss, face painting, a fish
pond and many other booths. Con
cessions will be available.
VISA CARDS
Local Camp Fire Girls will begin their an
nual door-to-door candy sale this Friday, Feb.
8 .
The girls will sell boxes of mint patties, al
mond roca and caramel clusters for $2.50
each.
Camp Fire girls pictured are back row L-
R: leader Mary Vandenhaak, Kenna Jones,
Heidi Turrell, Abby Kahl, Amy Papineau, Amy
Burkenbine, Michelle McCloskey, Pam Sage
ly assistant leader.
Center: Crystal Baker, Jenni Patton, Ron-
di Williams, Beth Baker, Brooke Boyer,
Monica Burkenbine.
Front: Kaitlyn Sagely, Shelbi Padberg,
Paula SpicerKuhn, Olivia Sagely, Molly
Turrell.
Bank of Eastern Oregon
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Bob Krein and Jeanie Patterson of
Heppner High School are the win
ners of the Heppner Elks Club Most
Valuable Student competition. The
two will participate in the district
Elks contest in Milton-Free water
February 10.
Patterson ranks first academical
ly in her class. She has been a
member of the National Honor
Society and Who’s Who in America
Student's since her sophomore year.
She has been involved in service pro
jects to the Heppner community
through her membership in the
Honor Society. Patterson, who says
she would like to major in accoun
ting at Portland State University, has
filled the treasurer’s position in 4-H
groups, her class, Honor Society and
is the current ASB treasurer at Hepp
ner High. As a member o f the stu
dent council she has attended
regional and state leadership
workshops and was a key worker for
Cycle Oregon. Patterson has been
one o f the leaders of the Heppner
High School dance team. She has
played volleyball and is active in
4-H. Patterson’s parents are Guy and
Kay Patterson of Heppner.
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Grange Valentine dinner set Feb. 10
A Valentine dinner will be served
at the Lexington Grange on Sunday,
Feb. 10, from 12:30-2 p.m. follow
ed by pinochle. Cost is $7 for adults
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