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Carley Drake wins Make It With Wool contest
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VOL. 111
Adult winner Carley Drake (left), junior division runner-up Mandi Gutierrez and junior winner
Heather Ennis model outfits they entered in the Make It With Wool contest.
NO. 40 10 Pages Wednesday, October 14, 1992 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
By Anne Morter
Fourteen contestants modeled
their wool outfits at the District
11 Make It Yourself With Wool
Contest, held October 10 in lone.
Jimmi Kaye Alexander repeated
as the senior division winner,
while a second year seamstress
from Boardman, Heather Ennis,
took the junior division title. Both
will advance to state level com-
Native
Basket
Weaving
petition to be held Saturday, Nov.
14 at the Lloyd Center Red Lion
in conjunction with the Oregon
Sheepgrower’s Convention.
A lexander,
of
M ilton-
Freewater, continued her reign in
»he senior division, modeling a
striking taupe evening suite. The
above-the-knee skirt and short
dinner jacket featured extensive
hand beading of glass beads and
pearls.
In the junior division. Heather
Ennis won with her two-piece suit
made of teal blue wool. The skirt
was above the knee and the
jacket’s yoke was subtly gathered
to bring her look together.
Heather is a junior at Riverside
High School.
Mandi Gutierrez, an eighth
grader at Heppner Middle
School, was the runner-up in the
junior division. She modeled a
straight red crepe skirt that hit her
just above the knee. She topped
it with a black and white tweed
jacket. She accessorized her outfit
with a red felt hat with black trim.
Tapia Hanson of Parkdale won
the pre-teen division with her
show-stopping navy blue jump
suit. The jumpsuit buttoned up
the front with handmade square
clay buttons in primary colors.
She had earrings to match and
coordinated the outfit with a
turtleneck featuring squares of
primary colors. She topped the
outfit with red shoes and a perky
red wool baseball cap.
Joni Hedman of Pilot Rock was
the runner up in a hunter green
jumper, belted at the waist, with
a coordinating blouse.
Carley Drake of Heppner won
the adult division in a royal blue
dropped shoulder dress with gold
buttons at the cuff. A coor
dinating scarf accessorized her
outfit. Carley's dress and a pic
ture of her in it will be sent on
to state competition where one
adult competitor is selected to ad
vance to nationals.
District director, Maureen
Krebs, noted that the number of
contestants was down this year,
but she was pleased with the
quality of work and also with the
attendance at the fashion show.
She also noted that the judges,
Elva Madden of Fossil, Marlene
Pointer of Lexington and Becky
Wolfe of Wallowa, were im
pressed w ith the contestants and
their ability to model and present
themselves well.
Women’s salad supper planned
All women are invited to at
at no charge.
Those planning on atteni
should contact Marcia Ander
676-5182.
Beth
Bry<
676-9411. or their local churc
the committee may get a fi
count.
The annual Christian Women’s
Autumn salad supper, hosted by
many area churches, will be held
Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. at the
St. Patrick's Senior Center.
Guest speaker will be Lea
Mathieu. pastor at lone United
Church of Christ.
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American Legion flea market Sat.
The American Legion Aux
iliary flea market will be held
Saturday. Oct. 17 at the Legion
hall in lone. Doors will be open
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “ There
Photos by Joyce Hughes
(Left) Beulah Ogletree works on her latest basket. (Inset)
Beulah’s baskets have lots of intricate weaving: (right) a variety
of baskets she has ready to sell Nov. 6 & 7 at the art show.
A local woman is keeping a
Native American art alive.
Beulah Ogletree of Heppner hand
crafts pine needle baskets.
Ogletree has been making
baskets and other pine needle ar
ticles since she took a class in
Grant’s Pass 10 years ago. When
she lived in Grant's Pass, she was
able to get the long pine needles
from a tree that grew in her yard,
but now sends away for the
needles from dealers in Georgia
and other places in the Deep
South. Ogletree sews the needles
together with raffia, a fiber made
from a palm leaf. The raffia is us
ed like thread and is sewn with
a darning needle. Rene Devin,
who has learned quite a bit about
the art of pine needle basket
weaving, says the craft began in
the Eastern part of the U.S.
where Native Americans used
sugar pine needles and grasses in
stead of the raffia. Devin, who,
along with Marsha Sweek, at
tended a program on pine needle
basketry last year, says that pine
needle basketry classes have been
available through the High
Dessert Museum in Bend.
Wire is used to make different
shaped baskets, most of which are
10 to 12 inches across.
Some of the baskets have
handles and some have lids.
O gletree, who also makes
placemats and holders, says she
does “ whatever sends me.” The
prices of the baskets vary, depen
ding on difficulty and size. Some
of the baskets take as long as two
weeks to make. Ogletree belongs
to an arts and crafts club and sells
the baskets at various arts and
crafts shows.
A longtime Morrow County
resident, Beulah came to the area
as a child when her parents. Joe
and Jessie, bought a ranch at
8-Mile. She and her brothers.
Bud Batty of Heppner, Gilbert of
«it
V
Brookings, and Kenneth and
Lewis, who have passed away,
grew up there.
Beulah’s husband Douglas,
who passed away in 1984. was an
engineer at the town of Kinzua
and then at Kinzua in Heppner.
She taught school in Heppner for
around 10 years. In 1956 they
moved to Brookings where she
Wallace wins state bar poll
District Court Judge candidate
Jeff Wallace w as the winner in a
recent Oregon State Bar poll con
cerning nttorneys’ preference for
the department 2 position.
Wallace received 30 votes and
incumbent Judge Peter Fels
received 27.
Members of the bar are
routinely polled on upcoming
appointments and elections for
judicial positions. This poll was
conducted for informational pur
poses only and does not constitute
an official position of the Oregon
State Bar.
Voter list available for ASCS election
Pool Calcutta brings $1,000
tow ard sw im m ing pool
A swimming pool for Heppner
is $1,013 closer to happening.
That is the amount raised by Peo
ple for the Pool from their pool
Calcutta, auction and spaghetti
dinner held Oct. 11.
A Montana Silversmith jewelry
set, donated by Green Feed, is on
display at the Bank of Eastern
Oregon and raffle tickets for it arc
being sold for $1 each.
I^ipel buttons showing support
for the pool are available for $2
each at Heppner TV. Murray's
Drug and the Heppner Gazette-
Times. Donation jars are still out
at local stores.
Cash register receipts from
Central Market Red Apple
brought in $92 in September
taught for 20 years. She lived in
Grants Pass and Salem before
returning to Heppner two years
ago. Her son, Vern Bell, has a
barber shop in Heppner.
Beulah will have a table at the
Arts and Crafts fair held Nov. 6
and 7 at the St. Patrick's Senior
Center sponsored by the Morrow
County Creative Arts and Crafts.
will be lots of goodies for
everyone.” said a spokesperson.
Crafts, food and lots of other
items will be for sale. Lunch, pie
and coffee will also be available.
through Red Apple’s cash-back
program. Receipts are still being
collected and may be dropped off
at city hall, said organizer Kay
Proctor.
Material for the purchase of
laser-printed bricks is expected
soon and will be put out at local
merchants. Bricks will sell for
$30 for one line or $45 for two
lines and will be built into the new
pool facilities. Park benches and
bike racks will be available for
larger donations.
To date. $4,020 has been taken
in towards a goal of $40.000
cash.
The next meeting for People
for the Pool is Nov. 9 at 7:30
p.m. at Kate's P’zza.
A list of the names of all know n
eligible people to receive ballots
in the upcoming annual
Agriculture Stabilization Conser
vation Service committee election
is available at the county ASCS
office, reports R H. Matthews.
CED.
Farmers will begin nominating
candidates for the ASC election
on October 8.
ASCS. an agency of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, is
responsible for farm program ad
ministration. On the local level.
ASCS operates under a farm-
elected committee system. This
year’s election will be by mail
ballot between November 27 and
December 7. Voters may also get
ballots at the county ASCS office.
Anyone who meets the follow
ing requirements is eligible to
vote in these farmer committee
elections: any individual of legal
voting age with an interest in a
farm as owner, operator, tenant,
or sharecropper who is eligible to
participate in any ASCS program.
Presenting..
Several general provisions
relate to ASCS voter eligibility.
A w ife who operates a farm with
her husband can vote if her name
is on the deed of conveyance.
Any person under legal voting
age can vote if he or she runs a
farm, and a legal guardian who
runs a farm for a child can vote
for the child. No person can be
denied the right to vote because
of race, color, religion, national
origin, age. sex. marital status,
or handicap.
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