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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 22, 1992 Junior g olf classes planned Sign-up for junior golf classes for kids nine years and older has been scheduled for this Saturday, July 25 from 8 to 10 a m. at the Willow Creek Country Club golf course in Heppner. The classes will consist of four lessons followed by a mini tour nament and barbecue in August. ■Class times and dates will be an nounced later. There is a $5 charge for the lessons but students do not have to be members of Willow Creek Country Club. Clubs and balls will be provided, but if students have their own clubs and balls they may bring them. Classes will be taught by George Waterland and other WCCC members. Waterland said that anyone interested in teaching a class for younger children should contact him or a board member. Sisters reunited at birthday Caroline and Vern Heppner Vern and Caroline Heppner had seen the Heppner exit sign from the freeway on their trips from Pendleton to John Day, but were never able to take the time to stop. This time, however, they made a special trip to see their namesake town. The Heppners, who are from Reno. Nevada, arranged to spend two days in Heppner on their way to Calispell, Montana, where they will attend Vem’s 50th high school reunion and a family reunion. While in Heppner they played golf at Willow Creek Country Club, toured the town and museum and visited with the Chamber of Commerce and Gazette-Times. Vem’s grandfather emigrated from Germany to Canada when he was in his late teens sometime in the late 1800s. Vem’s father, who was bom in Canada, mov ed to Montana in the early 1900s. Ironically, Vem’s father had a brother named Henry, the same name as the founder of Heppner. Harald Heppner from Germany came to town in June of this year. Vern is a retired CPA and Caroline is retired from First In terstate Bank. Lexington News ________ By Delpha Jones -:-M r. and M rs. D arrel Bigelow from Prineville were Lexington callers Sunday. -:-Floyd Lantis from Condon was a visitor at the home of his daughter, Ellen, and Larry Ken nedy on Friday. -:-Josh Peck spent the weekend with his parents, Raymond and Debbie Peck from his work in Bend. -:-Dick Ruhl is here from Roseburg to help with the harvest and visit his mother, Faye Ruhl. -Philip Tellechea is spending the week with his uncle, Mike Burcham in Pendleton. -:-Visitors at the Joe Yocom home on Sunday were his daughter and family Mr. and Mrs. Leland Jones, a daughter Millie West and children from Pendleton and son Jack Yocom and family from Heppner. The families enjoyed dinner and pinochle. vided her with a stable family Shirley Haugen had a very life. But Jerry was returned to special birthday on Sunday July relatives in the Medford area and 19. In addition to a birthday “ bounced” from one family to celebration at Kates Pizza and another. recognition at Heppner United The two saw each other occa Methodist Church, Shirley had a sionally, perhaps once a year special visitor, her sister, Jerry. through the years, but it wasn’t Shirley and Jerry’s relationship until the two were in their late 20s is all the more special because the and both had their children, that two were separated as babies by they really started visiting. Each tragedy. The girls’ mother died of them had four children “ right in 1936 when she was only 20 in a row” . The two have kept in years old. She left two little contact over the years, resolved blonde girls, Geraldine “ Jerry” , who was three years old, and a lot of problems together and Shirley, who was l Vi. Their their bond has grown even father was unable to raise them, stronger. Jerry, who is celebrating her so the girls went to live with a “ shirttail” relative, Gladys Cor- 40th wedding anniversary on rigal and her husband who lived Sept. 13, now lives in Portland. on Buttercreek. Sadly, Gladys’ Shirley, who has been widowed husband died shortly after she three times had been away from brought the girls to Buttercreek the area for 45 years until the to live and she too, found herself death of her foster mother unable to raise both girls. Shirley brought her back three years ago. remained with Gladys, who pro She and her husband Don, have lived in Heppner since: W A L L P A P E R SALE Impact of forest fire explained What would happen to Hepp ner if there were a major forest fire and we ended up with 1,000 firefighters camped near town? Representatives of the US Forest Service and the state of Oregon held a town meeting last week in an effort to answer that question. The meeting was organized by Heppner District Ranger Delanne Ferguson. Forest Service officials say drought conditions, combined with a 70 to 80-year build-up of fuel in the mountains, could mean the Heppner area is due for a “ really big fire.” Government firefighting ex perts say the town could expect to have its grocery store stripped of drinks, ice cream, bread and many other items when the big firefighting camps are set up nearby. And although the camps are set up quite a distance from town, “ You will see lots of equipment, buses and people moving through,” said John Robinson, fire management of ficer with the Umatilla National Forest in Pendleton. Robinson said in any given year there will be 18 to 28 fires in the forest, but most are small and under 10 acres. Before the government began agressively putting out fires about 80 years ago, large fires in the woods occurred every 10 to 14 years. The fires served a purpose by clearing out brush, killing in sects and certain species of trees. The Forest Service now recognizes these good aspects of fires, however, a large buildup of fuel in the woods the past 80 years makes fires bigger and more damaging than in the past. Controlled bums of up to 4,000 acres are being tried by the Forest Service. Officials say the state of Oregon firefighters are responsi ble for private lands, and ques tions were asked about Blake Ranch in the event of a major forest fire. “ We use the Cat more than the Forest Service,” said Mike Howard, state district forester from Prineville. “ People on private land are less concerned with disturbing the land. They just want the fire out.“ Howard said if a major fire were to threaten Blake Ranch the sheriff would be notified to warn residents. “ The landowners have responsibility to set their own evacuation plan,” however. And the state does not fight structure or house fires. “ We’re trained to fight forest fires, not structural fires,” Howard emphasized. 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