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.
Howard also said that unless
negligence on the part of the lan
downer is shown, the state does
not charge landowners for
fighting fires. "The first 24 hours
of any fire are not billable,” he
said. “ If there are lightning fires
on your property or hunting fires
there is no billing on the fire. If
there
is
negligence
or
maliciousness on the fire you will
be billed.”
Both state and federal
firefighters said although they
hope this area does not have a
major fire, conditions are such
that this could be the year.
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