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VOL. 110
NO. 28
8 Pages Wednesday. July 10, 1991
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A community project, three years
in the planning is nearer to fruition
this week as demolition on the
Fulleton building in Heppner is near
ing completion.
The building was destroyed in
order to make way for a new U S.
Forest Service office building. Ruby
Shear, owner of the property, says
that construction of the building,
which has already been set back two
weeks because of regulations and
other delays, is expected to begin in
two weeks, barring any more delays,
and completed by the end of
December or the first of January.
According to Shear, the single
level building will have wood siding
and an awning and the site will in
clude room for 60 parking spaces.
The building will be 11,500 square
feet, compared to 9,900 square feet
of the Fulleton Building and 10,500
square feet of the Columbia Basin
Building for example. The project
will also occupy the neighboring
house owned by the Lauritsens,
Queen Jodee
injured in
accident
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Marvin “ Saddam” Padberg wheels his SCUD launcher in lone’s 4th of July parade last Thurs
day. Padberg used a squirt gun to urge parade watchers to the dunk tank later in the day.
By Anne Morter
The annual lone Fourth of July
celebration was highlighed by Cap
tain Leland White’s breathtaking
B-52 Fly-By and by the Boardman-
based Port of Morrow's bed racing
teams stunning upset in the highly
competitive bed race.
White, son of local ag pilot, Tom
White, maneuvered the mammoth
B-52 past the crowd four times.
Conversation between Leland in the
air and Tom on the ground was
broadcast over the PA systgem,
allowing the crowd to eavesdrop.
Leland radioed from 14,000 feet
over Arlington at 5:15 p.m. and ar
rived in lone within minutes. On his
first pass, he opened the bomb doors
as he flew over. After turning
around somewhere over Heppner,
he flew over as slow as he could get
the plane to go, approximately 165
miles per hour. On the next trip, he
tipped the plane up on a wing, enabl
ing the crowd to see the top of the
plane. On his final pass, White
brought the B-52 in from the east at
full power before turning the nose
skyward over the football field and
heading home for Fairchild Air
Force Base in Spokane, WA. Accor
ding to organizers, the B-52 Fly By
was a hit with the crowd and will
probably not be repeated since
Leland White is leaving the Air
Force.
In the dog-eat-dog bed race, the
Port of Morrow team from Board
man clawed their way to victory over
several local teams including the Cir
cle W Flying Pigs The Flying Pigs
were disqualified for blatant cheating
and the International Bed Racing
Federation (IBRF) is considering of
ficial sanctions and possibly a
lifetime suspension for the “ Pigs'
outrageous disregard for official
rules. The “ Pigs" were caught us
ing twice the allowable number of
team members, hindering other
teams, and generally disrupting this
highly structured com petition.
Organizers noted that the Port of
Morrow team's win obligates them
to return next year to defend their
title.
The Parade honoring all veterans
kicked off the festivities. About 30
veterans acting as Grand Marshals,
rode on the lead float. The parade
also featured the Morrow County
Rodeo Court with a full battalion of
pennant bearers, several antique and
restored automobiles, the Mar
tingales 4-H Club, the Smoke-Free,
Drug-Free class of 2000, Smokey
the Bear who is helping the forest
service celebrate their 100th anniver
sary, (with the spotted owl con
troversy in full swing, Woodsey Owl
was notably absent) and many
others. The crowd’s favorite had to
be the Bristow’s Bag Ladies. The
staff o f Bristow’s Market were
dressed in their best house coats,
support hose, army boots and curlers
and pushing shopping carts. At fre
quent intervals, they strutted their
stuff much to the delight of the
crowd.
At the parades end. the veterans
were honored. Dustin Padberg led
the crowd in singing “ America the
Beautiful" and then provided a
musical background as Rich Harper
read excerpts from John F. Ken
nedy’s 1961 Inaugural Address.
Shortly after the ceremony, two F -15
Eagles from the Portland Air Na
tional Guard did a Fly-By, an exhibi
tion that had been confirmed the day
before at 4 p.m.
Contests ran throughout the warm
and breezy day. Brent Sheirbon won
in the singles division of the tennis
tournament and then teamed up with
Rich Harper to take the doubles ti
tle. Jeff Orr, Dorian Forrar and Tim
VanCleave of Heppner defeated
Gregg Rietmann, Joel Peterson and
Dennis Stefani of lone for the three-
on-three basketball tournament. On
the women’s side, Lana Orr, Missy
Cutsforth and Dana Reid took the
title.
The Padbergs. Darcee. Dustin and
Darren won the volleyball tourney.
Marie Rudisill of lone won the
women’s cow chip toss. She said
she’s always been good at slinging
the bull and it was about time she
won something for it. Jeff Orr won
on the men’s side.
Sam Bellamy won the horseshoe
toss, becoming a repeat winner as he
had tossed his way to victory several
years back.
Hailey Barger, hot shot frog
jumper from Sitka. Alaska, coach
ed her big bullfrog to a win in the
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frong jumping contest. Hailey, who
celebrated her first birthday as well
as her first big win on July 4, is the
daughter of former lone resident
Deena (Hams) Barger. Over 90
youngsters participated in the
popular frog jumping contest.
The dunk tank was a new event
this year, added to raise funds for the
Mike Matthews Memorial Scholar
ship. Dunkees were lone mayor,
Mark Tullis, city council member
Linda LaRue, IHS coaches Gregg
Rietmann and Del LaRue, and most
popular of all state trooper Carl Mar
tin. Martin, dressed in full uniform
played his role perfectly, even
holding a sign that said “ $50 fine for
fuzz-dunking.”
“ It was a heck of a day,” said co-
chairman Marvin Padberg. “ It was
a great day of family fun, just like
we advertised.” said the other chair
man, Frank H alvorsen. They
reported that everything came off
relatively smooth and the weather
couldn’t have turned out much bet
ter. They felt that the B-52 Fly-By
was a very enjoyable addition to the
festivities. They also reported that
the day was successful for the local
groups and clubs who used booths
to raise funds.
which will be moved, and the apart
ments nearby which will be torn
down, said Shear.
Miller and Sons Excavation has
been contracted to do the demolition,
Bruce Sinkey, of Design Studios of
Eugene is the architect, and Pacific
Construction and Development Inc.,
of Eugene is the building contractor.
“ I’ve encouraged them to hire as
many locals (for the subcontracting)
as they can,” said Shear. "Because
this is the community's building, not
mine.”
Shear said that she will have four
five-year leases with the Forest Ser
vice. with a guarantee of 10 years of
occupancy. “ The Forest Service
main office has worked really well
with me,” she added. Shear began
working on the project in Nov.
1988.
The buildings on the site have
evolved from a saloon to a livery
stable to a gas station and then to an
automobile sales garage first owned
by the Fergusons, then by Charlie
Hodge and then by Roice and Betty
Fulleton. Ruby's parents who bought
it in 1952. Ron McDonald leased the
building as Ron M cD onald’s
Chevrolet until they left to move to
Madras in 1984. Ruby and her hus
band, Tom, bought the building
from her parents that year.
Ruby and her parents and sister,
Diana (Ball), moved to Heppner in
1952. A third daughter. Becky (Can
non) was bom in Heppner. Ruby
graduated from Heppner High
School in 1968. She taught fifth
grade at Heppner Elementary and
her husband taught art at the high
school and junior high from 1968 to
1977. The Shears, who now live in
Eugene, own two retail nurseries,
Reed and Cross Nursery in Eugene
and Springfield N ursery in
Springfield, and a wholesale
nursery. Shears Nursery. They also
do landscaping at the Lane County
Fairgrounds in Eugene. They have
two children. Ann. 8 and Ryan, 11.
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Midge spraying planned
The City of Heppner will be con
tracting fogging for midges (a small
insect swarming at Willow Creek
Dam) in the areas in town around the
dam.
City officials say that a malathion
insecticide will be uscdarr) resident'
1991 Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo and Oregon Trail Pro-Rodeo
Queen Jodee Ashbeck was injured
early Saturday morning July 6, in a
one-vehicle accident on Coombs Ca
nyon Road near Pendleton. Accor
ding to police reports, Timothy
Hamilton, the driver on the 1972
Bronco, failed to make a curve on
Alkili Canyon Road around 2:30
a.m. Saturday. The vehicle rolled
once and ejected all of the
passengers, none of whom were
wearing seatbelts.
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are advised to stay indoors for 30
minutes after the spraying.
When the city receives complaints
about the insects it will begin spray
ing Rene Devin, city recorder, says
that a list of people requesting prior
notification of spravinp will be kept
at city hall.
Jodee, who was transported to St.
Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, sus
tained multiple fractures of her up
per arm and shoulder. She was ex
pected to be released from the
hospital Tuesday, July 9. Hamilton
was treated at St. Anthony Hospital
for a skull fracture and then transfer
red to Walla Walla where he under
went surgery. He is in serious
condition.
Two other passengers in the vehi
cle, Christine R. Duggan, 19, and
Richard J. Sanford, 20, both of
Pendleton, were treated at St.
Anthony.
According to Jodee’s mother,
Julie Ashbeck, Jodee plans to carry
out her court activities by use of an
immobilizer for her arm and
shoulder and will use a calmer horse
for parades. She will also limit grand
entries for awhile said Julie. Jodees
recovery is expected tb take six to
eight weeks.
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The questionnaire was designed to
find out who is unable to hear. read,
or understand emergency messages,
and who needs extra help if they
have to leave their home in an
emergency.
The survey includes boxes to
check off if you cannot hear, cannot
see. cannot move around well, can
not understand English or Spanish
and have no one to translate, whether
you need an ambulance or medical
care to leave home, special medical
supplies, a special vehicle to leave
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County to mail questionnaires
Morrow County is conducting a
survey to ensure that everyone is
able to get the help he needs in the
event of an emergency. Question
naires are expected to be mailed on
Monday, July 15. to some county
residents. The questionnaires will be
printed in both English and Spanish
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home or a ride to leave home in the
event of an emergency. All informa
tion will be confidential.
Colleen King is the coordinator for
the M orrow-Um atilla counties
emergency management programs.
The program was developed in con
junction with the proposed destruc
tion of chemicals at the U.S Army
Depot in Umatilla.
Harvest Time - Dean Munkers watches the unloading
of a wheat truck at the Morrow County Grain Growers lone
elevator. Harvest is now underway in Morrow County. Heidi
Nelson from the Ken Nelson farm is driving the truck.
Computerized Bookkeeping
Saving the farmer ami rancher time and money
BEO’s Agridata
See your branch loan
officer for details
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