TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 15, 1991
H eppner diam ondm en headed
into district playoffs
The district baseball tournament
will get underway Monday, May 20
at the Bob White field in Pendleton
Umatilla, the number one team in
CBC. will play either Sherman or
Wasco at noon Heppner, going in
as the number two team will play
either Sherman or Wasco around
2:30 p.m. Loser of that game is out.
If Heppner wins they will play the
loser of game one around 5 or 6 p. m.
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lone woman fulfills life
long derby dream
By Anne Mortar
An lone woman who dreamed all
her life of spending her birthday at
the Kentucky Derby had that wish
come true earlier this month.
Tamara “ Tammy" Holtz was there
in an official capacity, working as a
groom for the Carl Nafzager Stable.
Her stable did not have an entry in
the Derby but had horses running in
other races held that day at Churchill
Downs. The Kentucky Derby fell on
May 4 this year, which just happen
ed to be Tamara’s 27th birthday.
Tamara has been working with
thoroughbreds for about three years
and she has been w ith the Carl Naf
zager Stable for 1 Vi years. She is
responsible for the overall care of
three horses. One of those horses is
none other than “ Unbridled," last
y ea r’s Kentucky Derby and
Breeder's Cup winner. Tamara
followed her life-long love for horses
Morrow County Historical
Society makes annual trek
By Delpha Jones
Thirty-eight people joined with the
Morrow County Historical Society
for the three-day yearly outing.
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This trip, sponsored by the socie
ty each year, was taken on a Mid-
Columbia bus. Leaving Heppner at
7 a.m ., the group was joined along
the way with passengers from Lex
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The first stop was a wayside park
where the group enjoyed a breakfast
of fruit juice, coffee and sweet rolls,
and a short relaxation. The next stop
Gardner's W M E E A N R ’S was the Western Culinary Institute
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in Portland, where they had a love
ly five-course dinner, mostly foreign
foods, served by the students there.
After several stops, the groups
was received at the Wolf Creek
Tavern, which is listed on the Na
tional Register. The original was
believed to have been built in 1873
and was an inn for the stagecoach
stopover. Jack London, the famous
author, is rumored to have been one
celebrity staying there. Others in
clude Mary Pickford, Clark Gable
and President Hayes.
After this evening the groups
rested and visited at Nendel’s Motel
in Medford. Saturday morning after
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area. En route the group stopped for
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Jacksonville was a most in
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in the gold country with a big history
of gold mining.
Saturday evening the group spent
the evening at the Touch O’ Gold
Motel. The surprise of the evening
was a visit to the Pine Mountain
Observatory 25 miles east of Bend
and 6360 feet high. This is the
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to at stable management and horse
training school in Indiana after a
short, conventional college career.
From there, she started work with a
trainer in Kentucky. She started at
the bottom of the stable ladder,
working as a "hot walker" and
eventually moving up to a groom.
Tamara and “ Unbridled" are now
in Baltimore, where “ Unbridled”
ran in the $750,000 Pimilico Special
on Saturday. The race was a rematch
of last years Preakness Stakes where
Summer Squall upset Unbridled.
The two horses were co-favorites in
the race. After that race, Tamara and
Unbridled will go to Chicago where
they will spend most of the summer,
with the exception of one quick jaunt
to Hollywood Park in June.
Tamara is the daughter of Harold
and Irene Holtz and a 1982 graduate
of lone High School.
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At the present time the facilities
are rustic, but there are great plans
for the future as money will permit.
The group was entertained by slides
of the planets, but because of unex
pected weather conditions, there was
not much to see through the
telescopes.
Sunday was a fun-filled day with
a stop at the High Desert Museum
where there were slides, art,
sculpture and many things of nature,
animals and plants to enjoy. From
there they traveled to the Peterson
Rock Gardens, which proved to be
an interesting place, with some new
creations and many lovely birds to
see-peacocks, bantams, and others.
Later in the afternoon they en
joyed a stopover at Shaniko, where
they enjoyed lunch and a visit of the
town. The group then started home,
tired but happy to be on the way.
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Guess what cows, termites and rice paddies have in common.’ The answer
is that they all give off methane gas, a product of natural biological activities.
So what? Well, even though about 50 percent of the so-called global war
ming trend is blamed on carbon dioxide emissions, another 18 percent ot
that greenhouse effect is also caused by methane gas, scientists say.
Researchers spent thousands of dollars studying the termites in the Boola
Boola Forest in Australia. (Fact, not fiction.) Fortunately cows aren t re
quired to wear gas-filtering devices yet. Nor has there been a more prac
tical effort at the federal level to push for the nationwide use of ethanol
to cut carbon monoxide pollution that would also lower our dependency
on oil.
The cattle industry gets hit from all sides. Animal rights activists are
disturbed when livestock are raised in confinement and vegetarians would
be happy if there were no critters to roam.
Environmentalists are proposing that all public land be cattle free by
’93” and people in arid places like Palm Springs think water should be
reserved for aesthetic reasons like people pleasing man-made lakes.
Few people, except the ranchers that are affected, seem to be bothered
by congregated herds of wildlife: particularly the protected so-called wild
horses known for environmental damage. Animal rights people have
prevented humane methods of reducing those herds in the most efficient
way, but damage to riparian zones is targeted mainly at livestock herds.
Ranchers are criticized for giving antibiotics or additives to cattle to in
crease profitability and benefit animal health. But human drugs that cause
side effects and birth control pills containing estrogen are O K.
Now we have professionals from the Physicians Committee for Respon
sible Health saying that meat should be more of a garnish or flavoring rather
than the main entree of a meal. And they have kicked off a lobbying cam
paign to convince the Department of Agriculture to change recommended
food groups of meat, dairy, fruits and vegetables and breads and cereals
to that of daily dietary consumption of whole grains, vegetables, legumes
and fruit.
Physicians should use their knowledge confirmed only by research, to
convince people that over-consumption of food is a health risk. Obesity
contributes to heart problems and other illnesses. The consumption of sugar
and fats is far too high, but a large portion of the daily fat intake comes
from vegetable oils not solely from well-trimmed meat.
We’re told that leaded water pipes can kill, that the soil is contaminated
with herbicides, that pesticides are hazardous to humans and that the foul
ed air is our own undoing. However people seem to be living longer and
enjoying better health than ever before.
Cattle provide leather tallow, many types of medicine and other by
products. The industry is one of the few non-subsidized agricultural com
modities. And United States livestock producers compete against foreign
imports and the free-trade market from Canada. These animals consume
crops and by-products not suitable for human use as well as grazing land
unsuitable for cropping.
But urban dwellers seem to think that all rural America should be a giant
playground for recreational purposes. So perhaps instead of thinking about
economic development we should push towards turning the West into a
tourist attraction-such as dude ranches and frontier towns. If the proposed
measures brought about by the endangered species act are implemented it
could help push us back into the past century.
If the drought years continue, be sure and pack up your old canteen. And
then you can lay back and listen to the coyotes howl as tourists enjoy a
catered bean barbecue by a roaring briquette campfire as the sound of jingl
ing spurs and mooing cattle disappear from the western scene.
Perhaps that’s the type of problem-solving scenario envisioned in the
minds of educated people living in higli-i ises in the heart of our big cities.
So it’s a good thing that the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association is helping
develop a Portland museum called "Cowboys Then and Now” as the future
of the cattle industry looks a little “ iffy.”
Hope-Valby to
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Pentecost
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Senior Center
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St. P atrick’s Senior C enter had a good crowd W ed. May 8 at their
noon luncheon. T here were 114 dinners served and seven take outs.
The menu on May 22 will be chicken rice casserole, peas and car
rots. apple-raisin salad, rolls and pudding. The Baptist C hurch will
serve the dinner.
The quitters have decided on a quilt to make. They meet on M on
days from 1 to 4 p.m .
Exercise class is held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-10:30 a.m .
Hobby time is Tuesdays from 1 to 4 p.m .
Barbara and Ralph Struthers have gone on vacation and will be
missed.
The senior bus is going to Herm iston, T h u rs., May 16 and will
leave at 10:15 a.m .
The Senior Center activities committee has been busy planning a going
away party for Vojean and Seth Forquer to be held Sunday, May 19, 2
p.m. The community has appreciated their work and support throughout
the years. They will be missed. Friends and relatives are welcmoe to stop
by and wish them well.
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It’s Pentecost, the birthday of the
church. It is the day we mark the
beginning of the Christian Church
movement from the sacred city of
Jerusalem to the known world. It is
a day to celebrate the coming of the
Holy Spirit into the hearts and minds
of the followers of Jesus.
The congregation of Valby
Lutheran church will celebrate the
day of Pentecost at 9 a.m. with a ser
vice of Holy Communion and a
public reaffirm ation o f Kyle
Carlson’s baptism. Kyle is the son
of Phil and Kathy Carlson. Sunday
school will begin at 8:15 a.m. This
will be the last Sunday of Sunday
school until the fall.
Sunday school at Hope Lutheran
Church will begin at 9:30 a.m.
followed by service of Holy Com
munion at 11 a.m. There will be
special recognition of graduating
seniors, Doug Devin, Jim Holtz,
Rachel Hoobing and Rick Osmin.
Following service Hope youth will
have a special outing at the park with
games and other activities.
“ Like a Mighty River” will be
pastor Hoobing’s theme at both
services.
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Lexington Grange will meet for
the regular meeting Monday, May
20 The program will be slides and
talk by Russell Morgan of the
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife on introducing big horn
sheep into Oregon and especially in
to this area.
The meeting will start with a
potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the
program at 7:30. the public is invited
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