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. . - V -------- I 3 O 5 R 1 E p jj * ^ 0 F E U r r PAPrR U8£NE 0« LaRue’s lead Fourth of July parade w ï t z r i l t n 97403 35C azette imes VOL. 111 NO. 26 8 Pages Wednesday, July 1, 1992 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon Lightning storms cause over 15 fires The Morrow County Sheriff s office received over 15 reports of lightning caused grass fires bet ween June 24 and 29. Fires were reported in Hepp ner, lone, Lexington, Condon. Blalock Road near Arlington, Spray, Boardman, Cecil, John Day River, Scotch Canyon and the Army Depot. Heppner Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine said that the volunteer fire department put out three fires between Heppner and Clark’s Canyon Saturday night, June 27, and the rain put out several more. He said the depart ment was out around three hours. He had no estimate of how much area burned or the amount of damage. By Anne Morter Activities get underway this Friday evening to kick off lone’s annual gala Fourth of July celebration. ‘‘The Biggest Celebration in the Littlest Town Around” will start with a three- on-three basketball tournament and the opening rounds of the Ken Snider Memorial Tennis Tournament on Friday night. On Saturday, a full slate of events is scheduled to take place providing fun and plenty of good eating for the entire family. One of the big attractions is always the parade and this year should be no exception. Grand marshals for this year’s events are Del and Linda LaRue, 21 year residents of lone and active sup porters of the town and its youth. Del has been in the teching pro fession for 31 years and has also been active in coaching. He has been the head basketball coach for all of his 21 years at lone plus 18 years of assistant football coaching and various stints as head baseball, and head track. He has also coached pee wee basket ball for 21 years. In community activities, he has served on the lone TV Board for six years and is currently president, as well as serving for the past two years on the lone United Church of Christ Council. Upon arriving in lone, Linda got involved with 4-H, first with an outdoor cooking club for 21 boys and later with a horse club. She drove school bus before securing a part time job at the Bank of Eastern Oregon, and continued to do both until she went into a full-time position at Linda and Del LaRue the bank. Even when working full time, she still found time to drive activity bus for a few years. She has worked at the Bank of Eastern Oregon for a total of 18 years, the last 11 being fulltime. She has been active in city government, sitting on the coun cil two different times and serv ing as mayor for seven years. She also taught Sunday school and served on the United Church of Christ Council. lone Fourth of July Fires double yearly average H e a v y r a in s caused flash flooding on Black Horse Canyon Sunday evening in Lexington. One bridge and several roads in the area were washed out. Road crews were called out to block off Black Horse Canyon Road. There were no injuries reported. M.C. Arts and Crafts donates Cause of fire undetermined to kids summer program ; !l The cause of a grass fire that burned over 800 acres near Hepp ner on June 4 is “ officially undetermined.” said Heppner Fire Chief Forrest Burkenbine. Burkenbine said that officials will not investigate the fire further. Tom Jones, assistant fire management officer with the U.S. Forest Service, Heppner Ranger District, said that between Fri day, June 26 and Tuesday, June 30, the district responded to 14 fires. Jones said that most were spot, with the largest consuming 10 acres. Damage was “ insignifi cant” he said, even on the 10-acre fire, which consisted of grass and pine. One hundred people from the district and 10 from the Ukiah district responded to the fires, along with two engines from Ukiah and two from Walla Walla. The wildland fire four wheel rigs carry 200 gallons of water. Jones said that so far this year the district has responded to around 30 fires. The high number of fires is unusual, he said, because the yearly average is usually around 25 Fires don’t usually begin until the end of Ju ly, he added. The district has also respond ed to almost 100 fires on land sur rounding the district. The district has a cooperative agreement with the Oregon State Department of Forestry and landowners with property adjacent to the district pay a fire suppression tax for fire control. The upcoming forecast is more favorable, said Jones, with damp conditions, lower temperatures and higher humidity. Antique aircraft group plans fly-in at Lexington airport Photo by Joyce Hughes Pauline Matheny (left) presents Gladys Drake with check for $200 for children’s summer program. The Morrow County Creative County Fair. Peggy DeZoete and Arts and Crafts group donated Mary Ella Moyer will be $200 to help fund the summer assistants. recreation program for area Members voted to cancel July children. and August meetings and resume Local artists will also par on the fourth Monday of ticipate as teachers for the pro September. gram. Sandra VanLiew will The Harvest Festival of the demonstrate weaving. Carol Arts will be held on Nov. 6 and Atherly will teach painting. Ron 7. Kathy Ferge will coordinate Forrar, working with clay and the event again this year and the Cindy Sumner, movement Morrow County Museum and At the group's meeting held Heppner Elementary will again June 22 at Kate’s Pizza. Ruth sponsor a display. Locations and Nutting and Beulah Ogletree times for festival events will be were elected chairpersons of the announced later. building display at the Morrow Between 40 and 50 antique planes will arrive at the Lex ington Airport for a fly-in on Ju ly 10. The fly-in is part of the “ Oregon Air Tour ‘92,” spon sored by the Oregon Antique and Classic Aircraft Club. The com munity is invited to view the planes at the airport. Local coordinator John Boyer said that around 75 people will fly in between 2 and 3 p.m. and will spend the night in the area. They will leave the next morning at 10 a.m. for Hood River. Boyer said that some of the people will stay at the local motel, while some will camp out at the airport and other locations. A tour of the Oregon Trail may be offered but otherwise the pilots are on their own for meals and other ac tivities. he said. A tour of around 40 people riding vitage motorcycles is scheduled to arrive in Heppner the following week, July 16. A steak feed for the motor cyclists will be held Thursday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hepp ner city park. The steak feed is open to the public. Tickets will be pre-sold at $10. The menu will include steak, baked potatoes, French bread, watermelon and beverage. felS f T / A She was active in a philan thropic Sorority, which later became the Extension Club, ser ving as an officer at the local and state levels. She has been active in the Cardinal Club and served as the boys basketball scorekeeper for the last 16 years, missing only five or six games despite her busy schedule. The LaRues have three grown children. Robin, Shawn and Michelle, and four grandsons. “ The Biggest Celebration in the Littlest Town Around” 6 p.m. 9 a.m. 11 a.m. 12-4 p.m. 12:00 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 1- 5 p.m. 2- 5 p.m. 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. Afternoon 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Dusk Friday, July 3, 1992 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament-lone High School. Contact Greg Rietmann at 422-7243. Ken Snider Memorial Tennis Tourna ment-lone High School, Contact Betty Gray at 989-8161 Saturday, July 4, 1992 T e nnis to u rn a m e n t co n tin u e s Parade-Main Street; activities in city park immediately following parade. Food booths open (cookies, hot dogs, elephant ears, drinks, hamburgers, snow cones, root beer floats) face painting. Pie & Coffee-St. Williams Catholic Church Horseshoe Tournament, sign up early at pits. Contact Jim Boor. Chalk Drawing Contest, Catholic Church sidewalk. Fly Bye sometime during day. Volleyball Tournament, lone City Park, Contact Barbara Peterson at 422-7047. Frog Jumping Contest, lone City Park, (frogs provided) Children’s games, City Park (straw money pile, baseball throw, 3 legged race, sack race, etc.). Historical Tour of lone, Load at City Park. Cow Chip Contest, Football Field (chips provided). Winetasting, Woolery House Bingo, Legion Hall Free Swimming, lone High School Tug-of-war, lone Rural Fire District, Main Street. Dunk Tank, lone City Park Historial Tour of lone, meet at City Park Beer Garden, across from Post Office Bed Races, lone Ball Field, Contact Marv Padberg. Softball, lone Ball Field, Bring your gear. Chicken Dinner by lone Cardinal Club, School Cafeteria. Adults $5.00, ages 6-12 $2.50, five and under free. Menu: chicken, hot dogs, coleslaw, French bread, baked beans, ice cream bars, drinks. 234th Army band Oregon National Guard-40 piece full concert band, school ball field Fireworks, immediately following the fireworks will be a dance at the Legion Hall until 2 a.m. Music by I 4 Nl (previously The Jim Ackley Band) 13 & over $2.50 12 & under free Loans For All Reasons Loans For All Seasons S ' " R A N K OF U jË a s fe m O re g o n A rlin g to n • H e p p n e r • lone > I" II. : Member F D I C li.,. *
