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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.
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“ 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.
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Win Silver Medallions
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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
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2. A total of five clues will be given up to March 10.
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or moving of objects, dirt or other material is necessary to find the
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