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Snoda Blake celebrates 95th birthday Eps s f P H' CT U O f ORE _N k * 3 f A P E R L U G ¿ N £ OR f LL t I 8 6 7 4 o 3 HEPPNER 35C azette imes VOL. 112 NO. 7 8 Pages Wednesday, February 17, 1993 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon Not many people get a mar ching band to celebrate their birthday. Snoda Blake of Heppner was surprised with a band concert on the occasion of her 95th birthday Friday, Feb. 12. The Heppner Junior High Band, with director Bob Isted, serenaded her as she stood on her front porch, surrounded by a host of friends. Her friend Donna Roy arranged the concert. Snoda was bom on Feb. 12, 1898 to Allen and Lucy Cook at Lingo, Missouri. The family moved to Kansas and lived on the Kansas plains until Snoda was around eight years old. Snoda says that she has vivid memories of living in a sod house and gathering buffalo chips on the plains for the family to use as fuel. When Snoda was around eight years old they moved by wagon train to Sibert, Colorado. When she was 10 years old they moved to Gresham, this time by railroad. They lived in Gresham for around five years until they moved to lone where Snoda graduated from Bethal Heinrichs, who lives in high school. She had two sisters. Heppner. She has eight grand Marguerite and Loretta. children and nine great In 1918 Snoda married Ken grandchildren. Her husband pass neth Blake at V ancouver ed away in 1965. Washington. They had three Snoda worked at the variety children, Darrel and Bill, both of store in Heppner and at the Red whom have passed away, and & White Grocery owned by Roy and Melba Quackenbush. Although Snoda has been homebound the past several years with severe arthritis, her friends remark on her upbeat personali ty and sense of humor. Kenn Evans resigns from fair board Elks scholarship winners announced The Morrow County Fair Board accepted the resignation of Kenn Evans of Irrigon at its regularly scheduled board meeting last week. The Fair Board and Evans had been subjected to considerable public pressure as a result of an Cards take first place Crystal Minster The Heppner Elks club has an nounced the annual Elks Scholar ship winners. Crystal Minster, lone, and Mark Conklin, Heppner, are the first place winners; Laurel Webber-Gray, Heppner and Ryan Halvorsen, lone, second place and Alecia Tarnasky and Peter Pearson, both Heppner. third place. Crystal, the daughter of Rick and Pam Minster, has been in volved in volleyball, basketball and track at lone High School. She is student body secretary. National Honor Society presi dent, Future Business Leaders of America president and editor of the school paper. Crystal says she plans to attend college majoring in corporate fitness. Crystal advanced to the district competition, held in Hermiston and received fifth place. Mark Conklin, is National Honor Society vice president at Heppner High School. He is the senior class representative on the student council, is in the Talented and Gifted program and was chosen for the Citizen Bee team. Mark, the son of Dale and Lin da Conklin, is also a member of the football team, the golf team and the Wild Horse Club. Mark Conklin Mark says he has plans to at tend the University of Oregon, majoring in accounting and m inoring in business administration. Laurel Webber-Gray, is a member of the National Honor Society, co-president of the In- tergenerational Thespian Society, and is a member of the Talented and Gifted program. The daughter of Cherry Web ber and Tim Gray, Lexington, Laurel is a member of the Oregon Students for Safety on the Move, a member of the high school yearbook staff and has been in volved in senior class fund rais ing. She is also a Sunday School teacher at Hope Lutheran church. Laurel plans to major in English literature and creative writing in college in hopes of becoming an author and possibly an English teacher. Ryan Halvorsen is IHS student body president and Letter Club president. He was selected for the Knowledge Master Open. The son of Frank and Cathy Halvorsen, Ryan was chosen for the Big Sky second team in foot ball and was co-captain of his football and basketball teams. Ryan is also a member o f the lone Youth Group. He plans to attend Eastern Oregon State College, majoring Laurel Webber-Gray in engineering. Alecia Tarnasky is president of HHS student body, president of the National Honor Society and was selected for the Talented and Gifted program. The daughter of Ed and Sheridan Tarnasky, Heppner, Alecia is captain of the high school dance team and was on the volleyball team. She is a member of 4-H and is a member of the St. Patrick’s Church youth group. Alecia plans to attend either the University of Oregon or Oregon State University, majoring in fashion merchandising. Peter Pearson, the son of Frank and Chloe Pearson of Heppner. is HHS student body treasurer. He is president of the Oregon Stu dent for Safety on the Move, is vice president of the Outdoor Club and is a member of the Na tional Honor Society. Peter is a member of the HHS varsity basketball team and the varsity golf team. He was selected to be a member of the HHS Knowledge Master Team and the HHS Citizen Bee team for the past three years and has contributed to his class fund raising projects. He attends the First Christian Church. By Anne Morter The lone Lady Cards wrapped up first place in the East Division of the Big Sky League with two wins last weekend defeating Con don 53-25 on Friday, Feb. 12 and Cascade Locks, 69-32 on Satur day, Feb. 13. The Cards finished the league season with a 12-1 record and head to this week’s district tour nament where they will face the West’s number one team, Wasco County, Friday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. in Umatilla. On the line is a state berth to be held March 3-6 in Baker City. The lone Cardinals lost to Con don 52-47 Friday night, Feb. 12, but held on to first place in the east division of the Big Sky League by Azzi points. A lopsid ed win over Cascade Locks finished out their season with a 12-1 league record. The Cards now prepare for the district tournament, to be held this weekend in Umatilla, lone will take on Dufur, the West Division’s number-one team on Friday, Feb. 19, following the girls’ game which starts at 6 p.m. With a win on Friday, they ad vance to the state tournament in Baker City to be held March 3-6. If they should lose Friday, they still have another chance on Saturday, where they would face the winner of the number two team s, Condon or Wasco County. Shrove Tuesday supper Feb. 23 All Saints Episcopal Church will hold its annual Shrove Tues day Pancake supper on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at the church parish hall from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $2.75 for adults, $1.50 for students and $8 for a family.- Everyone is invited to attend. Ryan Halvorsen Alecia Tarnasky Pete Pearson School board, teachers reach agreement The Morrow County School Board and teachers union reach ed tentative agreement Tuesday night on a two-year contract retroactive to July 1992. “ We’re pleased the teachers agreed to our offer,” said Dwayne Carroll, board member. “ The salaries our teachers will receive are competitive with teacher salaries in the surroun ding districts.” The board plans to ratify the agreement following ratification by the union. The teachers are ex pected to meet within the month. The contract will be made public following contract approval by the two parties. B£TO F :astern Ort/yon 4*000 1234 5678 cr “ irregular sale” of a 4-H lamb in a Benton County Washington sale last summer. According to Morrow County Judge Louis Carlson, the lamb had been previously shown and sold at the 1992 Morrow County Fair. Evans chose to resign from the board to put an end to the deadlock but denied any wrong doing other than co-mingling lambs in a pen, said Carlson. The five-m em ber board chaired by Richard Ladd of lone, is responsible for the operation and production of the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo. Carlson said that board members should represent each of Morrow County’s five com munities. Anyone from the Ir rigon or Boardman community who is interested in filling Evans’ unexpired term is invited to apply. Applications of interest will be accepted by the Morrow County Court until March 10. Applica tions should be sent to Morrow County Court. PO Box 788. Heppner, 97836. Find The Hidden Shamrock Win Silver Medallions This week a new St. Patrick’s Day activity begins. Each week until March 10 a clue for the St. Patrick’s Day treasure hunt will be printed in the Gazette-Times. If followed these clues will guide treasure hunters to a green plastic shamrock, hidden somewhere in the city limits of Heppner. The first person to find the hidden shamrock will win a set of pure silver Oregon Trail commemorative medallions, worth near ly $90. The coins are donated by the Bank of Eastern Oregon and are on display at the bank. and win These Silver Coins Find this Shamrock... RULES: 1. A new set of clues to guide you to the hidden shamrock will ap pear in each edition of the Heppner Gazette-times. 2. A total of five clues will be given up to March 10. 3. The hidden shamrock is not on private property, and no digging or moving of objects, dirt or other material is necessary to find the shamrock. 4. The first person to find the shamrock should bring it to the Hepp ner Gazette-Times office to claim the commemorative silver medallions. Clue Number Two A fowl’s winter course you need to take Don’t make a turn for heaven's sake Mark your distance, four city’s measure Now turn left to seek your treasure Walk, don't run - straight ahead Don’t cross the water just look overhead 8:45 tells you where to go If you seek your treasure trove Follow the clues and may the luck of the Irish be with you. This contest is sponsored by the Bank of Eastern Oregon and the Heppner Gazette-Times. The Bank of Eastern Oregon VISA CARD j cABOMOLoen •Low Annual Fee •Low Rate *ATM Access DAhJK OF — ----- D IZ astern Q r e q o n Arlington • Heppner • lone *7 I, »nr l i t i l i - f x i i i l i i i l H m iii' r lu I l l ' l l Hunk Member F D I C
