Gary Marks, who will speak
about on-going projects in the
city.
AH business people are invited
to attend the no-host noon
luncheon.
Local girls perform in ‘Cirque Ballet’
L-R: Allison Sykes, Stephanie Clough, Brooke Boyer, Camille Sykes
Local students performed in the
Carlson School of Dance produc
tion of ‘Le Cirque Ballet’ on June
9 and 10 in Hermiston.
Performing in the ballet, which
had a circus theme, were Brooke
Boyer, Lexington and Stephanie
Clough, and Allison and Camille
Sykes, all of Heppner.
The Carlson School of Dance
is operated by Bonney Jo
Carlson. The ballet was held in
cooperation with the Friends of
the Hermiston Public Library.
Volunteers get rodeo grounds ready
Rebuilding a permanent rodeo
facility at the fairgrounds in
Heppner in time for the Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo August 21 and
22, got a major boost this past
weekend. In two days, over 20
volunteers using donated equip
ment hauled over 1,900 yards o f
base rock and sand.
This modem all-weather 150
by 300 foot arena floor has been
upgraded by the use of over 1,000
lineal feet of base rock placed in
four foot deep trenches for im
proved drainage. The surface o f
the arena floor will be two feet
deep in sandy loam soil that has
been hauled from the Barry
Munkers farm near Lexington.
Rodeo Committee chairman
Jerry Gentry said that although
the project was held up by wet
weather this spring, there have
been over 1,000 donated man
hours to date since the old
facilities were completely tom
down.
Plans are to rebuild a perma
nent facility with bucking chutes
and corrals. Bleacher seating will
WHY WE NEED TO PASS THE
COUNTY OPERATING LEVY
St. Patrick’s
Senior Center
Bulletin Board
There were 106 people present for the senior dinner June 9. Four
dinners were taken out. Members of the lone United Church of Christ
served. Bud Batty won the meal ticket, Ed Dick and Callie Huddleston
won door prizes. Stan Foster director of CAPECO was a guest. He
met with the senior board and meal site committee following dinner.
The menu for June 23 will be chicken and rice casserole, mixed
vegetables, jello salad, rolls and apple crisp. Members of the Mor
mon church will serve. Following dinner there will be a half hour
slide presentation by Simmons Insurance and Marlene Barnett on an
nuities as an investment alternative. Door prizes will be awarded.
A group of volunteers folded newsletters for the extension service
in the office Monday afternoon June 14.
The senior bus will be going to Leavenworth, WA. Saturday Jun
e 19. Departure time is tentatively set at 5:45 a.m .. This is a one day
trip with four hours driving time each way. Suggested donation per
person is $8 for the bus. To sign up call 676-9030 or stop by the
senior office. The bus will also leave for Milton-Freewater Sunday,
June 20 at 10 a.m.
The county tax base dates back to 1908 and only pro
vides $784,892 in revenue to support county services.
The balance of taxes necessary to maintain county ser
vices comes from the annual operating levy.
We all use county services in one form or another.
These services range from county roads to the
Neighborhood Center’s assistance for the needy and
from police protection from the sheriff’s department
to the county health nurse.
Local trust awards eight scholarships
port of community organizations
and individuals and a matching
grant of $2000 from the state of
Oregon Scholarship Commission,
the board of directors were able
to award eight $500 scholarships
this year. The board of directors
include Rev Stan Hoobing, presi
dent; Bill Rietmann, vice presi
dent; Roger Helmer, secretary;
Bob Kahl, treasurer; George Kof-
fler, Dana Reid and Jim
Swanson.
Citizen’s Scholarship Founda
tion of America Inc, is a national,
nonprofit organization, commit
ted to expanding access to educa
tional opportunities by involving
and assisting the private sector in
the support of students and in the
encouragement of educational
achievement. In 1992 over
27,500 students received over
$26 million dollars in financial
support through program s
m anaged by CSFA or its
“ Dollars for Scholars” affiliates.
“ Dollars For Scholars” is a
program of CSFA to provide in
terested communities with the
tools and support for the
establishing and maintaining
volunteer operated, community
based scholarship foundations.
Today, Dollars For Scholars is a
network of over 630 cities, towns
and neighborhoods meeting the
challenge of rising educational
costs head on.
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County services are vital to the continued economic
growth of our county. Without these services it will be
virtually impossible to attract new business and jobs
to the area. Plus, it will make it extremely difficult to
recruit and retain people for our existing businesses.
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South
M orrow
County
Scholarship Trust has awarded its
first year awards to Sherry
Bingham. Mark Conklin, Peter
Pearson, Alecia Tamasky and
Melissa, Wallace, all Heppner
and Ryan Halvorsen, Crystal
Minster and David Wagenblast,
lone.
South
M orrow
County
Scholarship Trust, officially
organized in Janury of 1993, is
an affiliate chapter of the Dollars
for Scholars program. For an an
nual fee of $100 per year, South
Morrow County Scholarship
Trust gets professional assistance
and resources to establish and
maintain the program.
The goals of South Morrow
County Scholarship Trust are
three-fold. First, organizers plan
to work over the next 30 years to
build a 4.5 million dollar trust,
using only the interest for
scholarships. Organizers hope
this will be well in place when the
Carl W. Troedson Educational
Fund dispenses its assets to
various medical organizations in
the state of Oregon in the year
2023. They also plan to give an
nual scholarships to Heppner and
lone High School graduates as
money is made available and they
intend to work with local scholar
ship committees to develop a
common application form.
Because of the generous sup-
The county operating levy will cost the owner of a
$50,000 home $18.62 per month compared to $19.29
per month last year.
Remember 65% of county taxes are paid by utilities.
However, these payments are only made if we, the
voters, pass the operating levy.
For all these reasons and many more, we need to
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be added on the south side, with
long range plans to include a mid
dle section o f covered seats. Total
seating will accommodate around
2 ,0 0 0 people. Last year’s
estimated head count was around
1,500.
“ There has been tremendous
support from everyone involved,
we will have a rodeo in Heppner
this y e a r ,’’ Gentry said.
“ However, the committee is still
encouraging support from the
community to finish the project,”
he said.
Rodeo tickets will soon be on
sale, Gentry said. And the fair
and rodeo court have been busy
traveling to other areas to pro
mote this event.
Some of the donors who pro
vided equipment and operators
this past weekend were the Port
of Morrow, Kinzua Corporation,
Morrow County Grain Growers,
Roger Britt Excavation, Miller
and Sons, Umatilla Ready Mix,
VanArsdale Construction, John
Britt Logging, Don Barber,
D evin Oil Com pany and
Mahoney Ranches.
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ON THE COUNTY OPERATING LEVY
Heppner Chamber of Commerce
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The Heppner Merchants Com
mittee will hold a meeting this
Friday at 12 noon at Kates Pizza.
The program for this month's
meeting will be City Manager
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Heppner merchants to meet
Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 16, 1993 - SEVEN