Fair and Rodeo court raffle afghan
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VOL. 111
NO. 18
14 Pages Wednesday, May 13, 1992
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Ranger District open house well attended
The Morrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Court
will again be raffling a beautiful
knit afghan this year. The afghan
was made and donated to the
court by Queen Jenni Ashbeck’s
grandmother, Dolores Ayres of
The Dalles.
Tickets will be on sale from
each of the court members and at
Gardner's Men’s Wear in Hepp
ner, for $1 each or six for $5. The
afghan will be on display at Gard
ner’s. A lucky winner will be an
nounced at the Morrow County
Rodeo on Friday, August 21,
1992. Jeanneine Pettyjohn of
Heppner was last year’s winner.
PT kxo by Joyc* HughM
L-R: Princess Angie Partlow, Shelly Ashbeck, Staci O’Brien
and Queen Jenni Ashbeck display afghan to be raffled.
Library district-park bond
on ballot May 19
Voters will decide the fate of
several ballot measures when
they go to the polls Tuesday, May
19.
Boardman and Heppner voters
will vote on formation of a library
district with a $140,684 tax base
and on library board members, all
of whom are unopposed.
Proponents of the district say
that local libraries will close
unless a district is formed and that
some district tax payers will pay
less for libraries than they had
previously.
Boardman voters will decide a
10-year $100,000 Boardman
Park and Recreation District bond
issue for improvements including
electrical
and
irrigation
improvements.
A state measure, if passed, will
amend the Oregon Constitution
so that future fuel taxes and vehi
cle registration surcharges may to
go police for the policing of
roads.
Kindergarten registration scheduled
Children in the Heppner school
area who will be in kindergarten
next fall are encouraged to attend
a visitation/registration day
Thursday, May 21 at Heppner
Elementary School.
Parents should call the school
office at 676-9128 to set up a time
for the visit. Kindergarten
teacher, Cherry Webber, will
spend about 20 minutes with
I mail groups o f children
throughout the day. There will be
a story, a simple craft to make
and plenty of conversation so that
children might feel more comfor
table about coming to school in
the fall.
Parents will need to spend that
time taking care of registration.
Parents need to bring a birth cer
tificate as proof of birth date and
an immunization record.
Children must be five years old
by September 1, 1992 to register
for kindergarten in Oregon.
Thee will be no regular
kindergarten class on that day.
Oregon Trail grant deadline extended
Photo by Joyce Hughes
L-R: Former Ranger Roger Williams, chamber president LoRayne Bowman, present Ranger
Delanne Ferguson, mayor Kay Robinson, city adiminstrator Gary Marks and building owner
Ruby Shears all help with the cutting of the ribbon.
Over 200 people visited the
new Heppner Ranger District of
fices on their open house held
May 6 in Heppner.
On hand for the dedication
ceremony was former Heppner
Ranger Roger Williams, who had
a part in planning the move from
the previous district offices.
Williams now works at the Fre
mont National Forest super
visor's office at Silver Lake. Bet
ween 50 and 75 people attended
the dedication.
Other speakers included cur
rent Heppner District Ranger
Delanne Ferguson. Chamber of
Commerce president LoRayne
Bowman, who also read a letter
from Morrow County Judge
Louis Carlson, Heppner City ad
ministrator Gary Marks and Ruby
Shears, building owner.
The district provided punch
and cookies and tours of the new
facility and also held a tree
give-away.
In addition to the 200 in
dividuals passing through the new
offices, first, second and third
grade classes, Camp Fire Girls
and Boy Scouts toured the new
building.
The building allows all 45 per
manent district employees to be
under one roof and will ac
comodate the anticipated influx of
temporary help in the summer.
Office space has been increased
from around six thousand square
feet in several offices scattered
around Heppner to nine thousand
square feet. The new facility also
has a large conference room. The
Forest Service previously had to
rent a building for large meetings
or conferences. Offices had been
located on Willowview Drive up
towards the high school, the
Coast to Coast Building and the
Pettyjohn Building.
John Prag named realtor of the year
John Prag attended last week’s
Columbia Basin board of Realtor
of the Year luncheon.
As it turned out, Prag was
honored as the year’s top Realtor
for his many contributions to the
industry including a role organiz
ing the group that honored him.
Prag, who had owned Mt.
Valley Land Co. in Boardman
until recently, helped recently,
helped organize the local board,
according to Linda Seavert, who
presented the annual award to
Prag.
Prag was involved in real estate
soon after graduating from the
University of Oregon when he
started working for a title com-
pany. He developed buildings in
Gearhart and the Portland area
before moving to Joseph where
he was involved in farming and
real estate sales.
Prag was growing potato seed
in the Joseph area and selling the
seed in the Hermiston and Board-
man area. When collecting for
some sales became difficult, Prag
traded seed for land rent and
moved to Boardman to farm in
that area.
He became involved in real
estate sales, helped create a title
company and has been instrumen
tal in many development projects
in the Boardman area, Seavert
told the luncheon audience.
H ep p n er TV to air com ic relief
Heppner TV Inc. is opening
Channel 14 to bring all their
subscribers an event that is one
of the cable industry’s most im
portant charitable causes of rais
ing funds for A m erica’s
homeless.
HBO signal of the fifth Comic
Relief original program will be
carried on Channel 14, Saturday,
May 16. at 9 p.m. for four hours
of comedy with Billy Crystal,
Robin Williams and Whoopi
Goldberg as hosts, live from Los
Angeles.
In addition to local involvement
in the real estate profession, Prag
has been involved at regional and
state levels of the profession and
active in several community
organizations.
“ John believes that we should
all be involved in our communi
ty affairs,’’ said Seavert, “ and his
civic mindedness has led him to
be involved with ECOAC,
GEODC, the Morrow County
School Budget Committee,
Boardman planning Commission
and other local concers.”
Prag went ahead with the
speech he had prepared discuss
ing his campaign for Morrow
County Commissioner after ex
pressing his complete surprise
and appreciation for the honor.
In his remarks, Prag listed
three major issues he is taking to
the race in Morrow County. Pay
ing for needed government ser
vices under the restrictions im
posed by Measure 5, maintaining
the viability of local communities
in the mid to late 1990's and
beyond, and the erosion of
private property rights by state
and federal restrictions.
The Morrow County Oregon
Trail Task Force has extended the
deadline for project proposals re
questing funds from the Oregon
Trail Coordinating Committee’s
grant program for the 1993 ses-
quicentennial celebration.
The original local deadline was
May 1, but significant response
and the desire to encourage
county-wide participation has
prompted the Task Force to ex
tend the deadline to May 15.
Anyone with questions concern
ing the procedure or criteria for
applying for funding assistance
for Oregon Trail Projects is en
couraged to contact Marsha
Sweek at the Morrow County
Museum.
lone High
baccalaureate
service set
The lone High School senior
class Baccalaureate service will
be held on Thursday, May 21 at
7 p.m. at Valby Lutheran Church
located on the Ione-Gooseberry
Road.
Members of the senior class
will participate in the service,
singing special music, leading
responsive readings and reading
scripture. Pastor Stan Hoobing of
the Valby congregation will
preach on the theme: “ What is
Truth?” based on the scripture
reading of St. John 8:31-38.
A coffee hour will be held in
the fellowship hall following the
service.
Deputy treasure
qualifies
M orrow County Deputy
Treasurer Marilyn A. Childers
has qualified for a certificate of
professional qualification from
Marylhurst College under a pro
gram established jointly by the
college and the Oregon Associa
tion of County Treasurers and
Finance Officers (OACTFO).
To qualify for the certificate,
county officials must update their
knowledge of current trends in
technical, managerial and com
munication skills and become
familiar with changes in Oregon’s
finance statutes, said Dr. Mike
Burton, assistant to the president
at Marylhurst and director of the
certification program. The cer
tificate is valid for two years and
is renewable under OACTFO
guidelines. The Marylhurst pro
gram is the only one of its kind
in Oregon.
W eed crops tour planned May 19
A county-wide weed and crops crops such as “ canola’’ grass chers and agricultural industry
tour will take place on May 19 seed, triticale, and peas. The tour representatives.
starting in Heppner. This tour will concentrate on the south side
“ The tour is being held on
will be sponsored by the Morrow of Morrow County for 1992.
primary election day and will be
County Soil and Water Conser
Participants are asked to over in time for everyone to
vation District, Morrow County assemble at the Morrow County vote,” said tour sponsors.
Weed Department, Morrow fairgrounds in Heppner at 9 a.m.
Farmers who have pesticide
County Soil Conservation Service on Tuesday, May 19. Orientation licenses can get credit for three
and the Morrow County Exten and coffee will last until 9:30 hours of instruction by attending
sion Service. Jerry Anderson, a.m. The group will board
the tour.
Dave Pranger, Loren Unruh and vehicles for the tour. Guests will
For more information contact
Don Rydrych will be in charge. include dealers, farmers, resear- the Morrow County Extension
Tour stops will highlight
office, 676-9642.
agricultural interests in Morrow
County. Topics will include com
mercial cheatgrass control in
winter cereals, herbicide trials for
broadleaf and grass weed control
in wheat, biological control of
Voters will go to the polls City Hall; 05 North Irrigon-North
perennial weeds using natural Tuesday, May 19, to decide the M orrow Annex; 06 South
predators, straw and residue fate of national, state, county and Irrigon-Irrigon City Hall; 07
management in cultivated and ir local issues and candidates.
Lexington-Mormon Church; 08
rigated wheat fields, and
NE Heppner-Old City Hall; 09
Polls will be open from 7 a.m.
hydroseeding for the establish to 8 p.m. at the following NW Heppner-Pettyjohn Office
ment of permanent grass cover in locations:
Building; 10 SE Heppner and 11
disturbed soil environments. In
01 North Boardman-Greenfield SW Heppner-Morrow County
addition, the tour will include a Grange; 02 South Boardman- Courthouse.
For information on candidates
weed identification contest for Good Shepherd Lutheran
farmers and visitors. The tour Church; 03 Hardman-Morrow and issues look in this week's
will drive by many established County Courthouse; 04 lone-lone Gazette-Times.
Voting places announced by clerk
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