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Only one more week of campaigning
Voters will go to the polls next
Tuesday, Nov. 3, to decide, na
tional, state, county and local
issues. Inserted in this week’s
Gazette-Times is a sample ballot.
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VOL. 111
NO. 42
MCGG annual
meeting
Nov. 2
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The polls will be open from 7
a.m. to 8 p.m. Several polling
places have changed, so county
clerk Barbara Bloodsworth ad
vises voters to check their poll
ing places ahead of time. Follow
ing is a complete county list of
polling places: 01 North Board-
man. Greenfield Grange; 02
South Boardman, Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church; 03 Hardman,
Morrow County Courthouse; 04
lone, lone City Hall; 05 North Ir-
rigon. North Morrow Annex; 06
South Irrigon, Irrigon City Hall;
07 Lexington, Mormon Church;
08 NE Heppner, St. Patrick’s
Senior Center; 09 NW Heppner,
Pettyjohn Office Building; 10 SE
Heppner. Morrow County Cour
thouse; 11 SW Heppner, New
Forestry Building.
Don Van Polen
The 62nd annual meeting of
Morrow County Grain Growers
will be Monday, Nov. 2 at the
fairgrounds pavilion in Heppner.
Dinner will be served at 6:30
p.m. by the Willows Grange with
the program to follow.
The program for the evening
will include reports from officers,
a financial report from the com
pany auditor and the election of
directors and associate directors.
Entertainment for the evening
will be internally acclaimed out
door photographer, Don Van
Polen, who will present a
multiscreen narrated slide pro
gram entitled "The Land We
Inherit” .
Using three banks for large-
format projectors and three giant
10-foot screens, together with
stereo music and vivid narration.
Don brings a meeting room alive
with scenes that depict the
American countryside at its best.
Strains of patriotic music and the
text of American poetry and pro
se form the background for this
nostalgic exploration across the
American continent.
From the covered bridges of
New England to secluded hollows
deep in the rural south to the
grandeur of the high-country
west, the beginnings of pioneer
settlements are visited, recaptur
ing the vision of early Americans.
Photography and commentary are
typical of Don Van Polen’s pro
ductions which have received
standing ovations, and invitations
for repeat performances for more
than 22 years.
Elizabeth Doherty 1993
Fair and Rodeo queen
16 Pages Wednesday, October 28, 1992 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Work on third lane near Kinzua
Princess Rondi, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Donita
(L-R) Jerry Healy, baseball field representative, Frank Pearson, Kinzua Manager, Fred Toombs,
CBEC manager, Kent Goodyear, Port of Morrow chairman, Louis Carlson, county judge and
Steve Dickenson high school principal discuss road widening project.
Dirt from road project being dumped at new baseball site.
Work began Tuesday adding a
third lane to the state highway in
front of the Kinzua Corporation
in Heppner. in preparation for the
construction of an industrial park
near the mill.
Mill manager Frank Pearson
said the state gave the go-ahead
for the project, which will add a
middle turn lane the length of the
mill, increasing safety on the road
which sees quite a bit of truck
traffic.
The industrial park has been in
the planning stages for some
time, and the widening of the
highway is the initial phase of a
project local people hope will add
eight to 10 new jobs within the
next three years. The park will be
located across the highway from
the sawmill and East of the Kin
zua main offices. Improvements
will be made to the property in
hopes of attracting some light in
dustry to the area, says Kent
Goodyear, Port of Morrow
Chairman.
‘‘Our goal is to bring in eight
to 10 new jobs to the park in three
years.” Goodyear said.“ It may
not be wcxxl products related, but
we hope to bring in a light in
dustrial plant,” he added.
The highway widening project
came about, thanks to quite a bit
local effort Pearson said. He said
Kinzua donated the land. Morrow
County offered use of a dump
truck to haul dirt, US West mov
ed the phone lines. Columbia
Basin Electric Co-op moved the
power poles, and the Port of
M orrow is providing ad
ministrative services on the pro
ject. “ It really is a local effort,
and it shows what people can ac
complish,” Pearson said.
Goodyear said the total cost of
the road widing is $223,000 with
$97,000 coming from local in-
kind donations and the rest from
the Oregon Department of
Transportation.
"There was a large match with
the community effort. About 44
percent of the project,” Pearson
pointed out.
Another benefit of the road
widening project is that about
12,000 yard of fill dirt is being
trucked to land behind Heppner
High School, in preparation for
construction of a new baseball
diamond. The new baseball field
is part of the fairgrounds renova
tion project, which called for
relocating the existing baseball
diamond at the fairgrounds to the
high school site. The large
amount of fill dirt was needed to
level the ground and make it
usable. Using the fill from the
highway project saved over
$10,000. about what it would
have cost to bring in that amount
of material.
The industrial park should be
ready for a tenant in three years,
says Goodyear. “ And the port is
looking for tenants."
■Elizabeth Doherty, Butter-
creek. was selected queen for the
1993 Morrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo. Her
princesses are Rondi Robinson,
Heppner and Donita Sharp, Lex
ington. The new court members
were selected at court try-outs
Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Morrow
County fairgrounds. Morrow
County Fair and Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo will be held August
18-22, 1993.
Queen Elizabeth, 18, is the
daughter of Buttercreek ranchers
John and Doris Doherty. She is
a senior at Pilot Rock High
School and was a princess on the
1991 Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo Court.
At school. Doherty has been
involved in student government
for four years. This busy teenager
has been active in drama, the pep
club. Order of the Rock and the
Future Business Leaders Associa
tion and has time for drama and
cheerleading. In sports she par
ticipates in volleyball, gymnastics
and she has lettered in track.
Topping her long list of in
terests is horseback riding for
both 4-H and ranch work. She
also likes running, working with
animals, rodeos and church
participation.
Queen Elizabeth has carried a
pennant for the Pendleton Round-
Up shows and she has been a par
ticipant in the Happy Canyon
pageant.
Princess Rondi Robinson is the
daughter of Kirk and Delia
Robinson. She is a sophomore at
Heppner High School. As an ac
tive 4-H’er she has held offices,
been a junior leader and a 4-H
camp counselor. In addition to
showing sheep and steers at fairs,
she has won many awards at 4-H
and open horse shows.
Robinson holds the office of
FFA reporter, is a member of the
advanced judging team and she
was a chapter representative at
tending the state FFA convention.
As the sophomore class represen
tative for student council she also
attended leadership camp. School
sports include track, volleyball
and basketball, where she plays
on both JV and varsity teams.
Racing, rodeos and riding club
playdays are a way of life for
Princess Donita Sharp, 17, who
lives with her grandparents
Wayne and Patsy Papineau of
Lexington. A senior at Heppner
High School, she was recently
chosen as homecoming queen.
Sharp has been on the school
dance team for four years. She is
active in drama and cheerleading.
She has also been an OSSOM
Pipeline anti-drug counselor. In
sports, she has been involved in
volleyball, basketball, track and
golf. She regularly participates in
the Hermiston Barrel Club and
the Heppner Wranglers Riding
Club and Pendleton Mustanger
playdays. She is the daughter of
Mick Sharp.
People for the Pool plan bake sale
People for the Pool have plann
ed a bake sale to be held in front
of the Heppner Post Office
Thursday, Oct. 29 during the
moonlight madness sale from 5 to
8 p.m.
They will sell caramel apples.
popcorn balls and baked foods to
raise money for a swimming pool
in Heppner.
Raffle tickets for the Montana
Silversmith jewelry set will also
be sold as well as lapel buttons
showing "Support Our Pool” .
Four directors will be elected
for three year term s. The
nom inating com m ittee has
selected the following members
to be nominated for the director
positions: Charles Anderson.
Virginia Grieb, Dave Matheny,
Keith Rea and Bob Rietmann.
Those unable to attend the annual
meeting may vote prior to the
meeting by coming into the office
and ask for a ballot.
The nominating committee has
selected the following members
to serve a one year term as
associate directors: Tony
Ashbeck, Doug Drake, Barry
Munkers and Tim Rust.
Merchants
Moonlight
M adness Sale
Thursday
The Heppner downtown mer
chants will extend their hours this
Thursday. Oct. 29, from 5 to 8
p.m . for their Moonlight
Madness sale.
Everyone is invited to take ad
vantage of the special bargains.
Some of the area business people
will participate in a costume con
test sponsored by the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce.
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