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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 2, 1992 Hope, Valby to recognize vocations Researcher seeks flood info, finds relatives tion” , has turned out to be pro phetic, foreshadowing the fall of the USSR. The game came out in November 1991, the week the first real auction was held in Moscow. The object of the board gam e, which features a geographically correct layout of Moscow, is to privatize owner ship of property by auctioning off the city piece by piece, and beating the KGB to the commis sion. Porter has been to the Soviet Union twice, once in 1990 with a group of students and again in June. Porter has incorporated the name of his 12-year-old son, Izach, into the game, but players must look very carefully to find it. Porter says that the game is as popular with junior high school and college students as it is with high school kids. The game was selected as one of the top geography games of the National Geographic Alliance this year, was featured in the May ‘92 edi tion of Auction World and will be featured in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance as a financial game. Plans are to market the game under the name “ Absolut.” Already involved in marketing the game. Porter and his wife. Jovana, attended a toy and game show in Las Vegas Aug. 16-21. They traveled by car from Pennsylvania to Las Vegas and then to Sacramento where his wife flew back home. He con tinued on to Heppner via Prineville and Spray. The game may be purchased for $28.50 plus $3 shipping by direct mail: Planet-3 Games, P.O. Box 773, Smethport, PA 16749. Ross Porter and Cork Norene, Russ Porter of Smethport. Pennsylvania, population around 1,800, came to Heppner looking for information about the 1903 Heppner flood. He found the in formation all right, but he also found something else. Porter, a 20-year teaching veteran who is on sabbatical, ar rived in Heppner Aug. 27, “ strictly to do research.” He called his parents, who told him that he had relatives here. “ In Oregon?” he asked. “ No, in Heppner,” they replied. It turn ed out that Porter’s father and Jim Norene, local veterinarian, are cousins. Porter then contacted the Norenes, who persuaded him in to staying an extra night and ar ranged for a mini-reunion with Jim and his wife. Cork, and their daughter and family Tracie and Mike Bunch and daughter Audra. A high school teacher with a bachelor of arts degree in political science and history. Porter is researching floods all over the world. Besides Heppner, he plans to research a flood in the San Fran Quito Canyon, CA. in 1928; the Teton River dam collapse in 1976; a Massachesetts dam col lapse in 1876; a South Dakota flood in 1963; a Kentucky flood around 1968; the Johnstown PA flood in 1889; an Autin, PA dam collapse in 1911; two floods in A England; a flood in the south of France and one on the west coast of Spain. Porter said that the Johnstown flood, attibuted to An drew Carnegie, was the result of a dam, which was created to enclose fish for a hunting and fishing club. That flood left 2,200 dead. Porter said. Porter says that all of the floods have several things in common. In every town so far, he says, an attempt was made to notify peo ple down stream from the floods In most of the dam bursts, the people were assured by the Ar my Corps of Engineers, that the dams were safe. However, he added, in most cases, the dams were not built to bedrock and were eroded from underneath. He said that a dam near his home is very similar in structure to the one now in Heppner, but the Smethport area dam has 126 miles of shoreline, compared to only around two in Heppner. At this point, Porter is not sure of the outcome of his research, but says he may write a magazine article. Something of an entrepreneur. Porter is also an auctioneer, and has devised an auction game about the former Soviet Union. Designed as a way to help his high school students learn geography. Porter’s game, cur rently called “ Moscow, Auc- A .A * * * * if * if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if * if if if * m iv T Cherry W eb ber has kindergarten kids. Morrow County students went back to school on Monday, August 31. Total Morrow County School enrollment is up by 85 students, from 1,897 last year to 1,982 this year, mostly due to in creases in enrollment in North Morrow Schools according to figures released by the Morrow County School District. Heppner Elementary registra tion on the first day of school was 337, down 12 from 349 last year; Heppner High School registration was 155, up two from 153 last year; lone registration is 183 up nine from last year’s 174; Sam Boardman Elementary at 362, is up 28 students from last year’s 334; A.C. Houghton Elementary is at 375, up 21 from last year’s 354; Colubia Junior High is at tr W 1 7 £ 3 rill Si New Movies Now In: Rush Bugsy My Girl Prince of Tides Wayne’s World Wild Orchid 2 Medicine Man Buffalo Jump Fern Gully Fried Green Tomatoes Kates Pizza G75-5017 194 N. Main, Heppner Rent a movie tonight! A Garden Club meeting has been scheduled for Monday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Senior Center. Sign up deadline for the Sept. 22 bus trip to the Oregon Trail In terpretive Center in Baker is Sept. 16. There is room for 18 people on the bus. Call Pat Brindle 676-9684 or Bebe Munkers 676-9677 to sign up. We Will Be Closed Labor Day H a v e a S a fe a n d H a p p y W e e k e n d MlMUj'J DjUU) 21 7 N orth M a in CL September’s Birthstone 0. 0 0 Sapphires have been valued for a long time. CL The legends behind Sapphire are many. Kings in ancient times believed it pro- q " tected them from harm and envy. The Persians believed that the earth rested on a great Sapphire. The color of which was reflected to give the sky its blue color. It is also the symbol of truth and constancy. Come See Our Selections Today. Take Home AMovie! Sours Sun.-Thurs. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fri. 5 Sat. 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. if if if if if if if if if if 0 205, up 18 from last year’s 187; and Riverside High School is at 365, up 19 from last year’s 346. Peterson's / Fa '¿ S Jewelers/ 676-9200 Heppner _o, CASE LOT SALE KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION & MORROW COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS LEXINGTON, OR 97839 ORDER BY THE CASE SALE PRICE PER CASE PER AVERAGE OUR CASE RETAIL RETAIL SAVING PRODUCT * ! * 1 if O ^ D * 1 *s * Î i ! if if if if if if if INC 676-9158 H ep p n er Sapphire up school HI-DRI TOWELS JUMBO 30/ls 17.70 (] White [] Tan [) Recycle .89 . 59 9.00 DELSEY BATH TISSUE 4-PACK 21.36 [] White 24/4s 1.49 . 89 14.40 KLEENEX FACIAL TISSUE 175ct 39.24 (] White [] Assorted 36/175s 1.59 1.09 14.40 KLEENEX FT FAMILY SIZE 250ct 33.36 [] White (] Assorted 24/250s 1.99 1.39 14.40 KLEENEX BOUTIQUE FACIAL 32.04 [] Prints (] Colors 36/95s 1.39 .89 17.50 KLEENEX DISPENSER FACIAL 100s 33.12 [] White 48/100s 1.09 . 69 19.20 1.59 1.09 9.60 11.49 9.99 6.00 24/50S HUGGIES BABY STEPS DIAPER 39.95 []Wht. Med.4Oct (jWht.Lg 30ct Total Total Cases HOW DOES A CASE-LOT SALE WORK? 1. BRING IN THIS SPECIAL ORDER FORM BY SEPT.10 2. MERCHANDISE 18 SOLD BY THE CASE ONLY. 3. PICK DP YOUR ORDER STARTING SEPT. 18 NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP Morrow County Grain Growers 1-800-452-7396 Lexington, Oregon 350 Main 989-8221 Q -5' o c Q. CX > O KLEENEX DINNER NAPKINS 26.16 * K Garden Club meeting Sept. 7 (A >s - ■ # * By A nne M orter The September 26 registration deadline for the District 7 “ Make It Yourself With Wool” contest is approaching fast reminds district director, Maureen Krebs. The contest will be held on Oc tober 10 in lone. Contestants must have their completed registration forms returned to Krebs no later than the September 26 deadline. The District 7 contest is open to residents of Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, Wasco, Sherman and Hood River Counties. Con testants may enter in one of the following categories: Pre-teen ( 12 & under), Junior (13-16), Senior (17-24), and Adult (over 24)). The category is determined by the contestant’s age on December 31, 1992. Winners in the junior and senior divisions will advance to state-level competition. Garments are judged initially on the entrant with appropriate accessories. Judges look for cur rent fashion, appropriateness of fabric and style to the entrant, fit, poise and presentation, and con struction. After m odeling, garments will be judged on inner construction and durability. Entry forms are available from local county extension agents, many local fabric stores or from Maureen Krebs, Cecil Star Route, lone, OR 97843. Addi tional contest details may be ob tained from Krebs at 422-7548. ship. Worshipers are encouraged to wear the clothes of their voca tion. Pastor Stan Hoobing will preach on the theme ot ‘ ‘O Lord, Why Did You Do This To Me?” based on the assigned lesson from the letter to the Hebrews 12: . 1-13. Service of Holy Communion at Valby Lutheran church will be at 9 a.m. Valby is located on the Ione-Gooseberry Road. Service of Holy Communion at Hope, located near Willow Creek Dam, will be at 11 a.m. 0 A tr Wool contest deadline nears School enrollment HAPPY BIRTHDAY GERÌ • # GRIEB . Sunday, Sept. 6, the congrega tions of Hope and Valby Lutheran Church will recognize the various chosen vocations of the member- 3
