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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
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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.
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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
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