lone Fourth dawns bright for festivities
By Anne Morter
HEPPNER
imes
VOL. 112
NO. 27
6 Pages Wednesday, July 7, 1993
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
The Fourth o f July dawned
bright and clear for the annual
lone celebration, providing
almost ideal conditions for a day
o f family fun. Good crowds en
joyed the two days o f events and
all of the vendors reported record
sales.
The celebration kicked off on
Saturday evening July 3, with a
junior three-on-three basketball
tournament. Seven teams par
ticipated in the new event, won
by Steve Allen, Kelly Morgan
and Luke Swanson. “ I was real
ly pleased with seven teams (in
the tournament) and a good tur
nout of people to watch,” said
organizer Jim Swanson. “ But
best o f all, the kids loved it,” he
added.
In the tennis tournament, Stuart
Dick won the men’s singles while
G ail G utierrez and Cathy
McCabe took the double’s title.
The first annual Ken Snider
Memorial Fund Auction featured
33 items, making about $2000 for
the Ken Snider M em orial
Scholarship Fund.
The main event of the night,
the three-on-three basketball tour
nament, was hotly contested with
the team of Hoffert, Miller and
Miller of Condon taking the title.
Twenty teams participated in the
tournament.
The morning of the Fourth
featured another new event, The
Dawn’s Early Light Fun Run,
Walk and Kid’s Dash. The event
drew 10 runners, 40 walkers and
four kids in the dash. Local run
ning star A1 Beck of Heppner,
was first across the line in 16.13.
Heppner Fire Dept gets new tanker truck
Photo by Joyce Hughe*
Steve Rhea (I) and Forrie Burkenbine display new tanker truck
The H eppner Rural Fire
Department is the owner of a new
tanker truck, thanks to the Hepp
ner Rural Fire Protection District.
The truck was purchased this
spring after a search by members
o f the Rural Fire District and the
Heppner Fire Department.
The 1972 Kenworth truck is
equipped with a 318 Detroit
Engine and 13 speed Road
Ranger. It carries a 4,300 gallon
aluminum tank and has the
capacity to drop load or pump
off.
The Rural Fire District also
purchased a 4000 gallon folding
tank which will allow for a dump-
and-run tactic. This procedure
will allow the tanker to drop its
load into the folding tank while
the smaller trucks are filling. The
tanker can be away to refill in the
meantime. With other units re
sponding the fire department will
have a minimum response of
5,000 gallons of water to be on
the scene immediately.
The department had
previously been plagued with the
problem of insufficient water
supply at the scene of structure
fires and large range fires in the
rural district. “ We have had to
transport water several miles
from the fire with smaller
vehicles that are just not efficient.
Now the fire trucks can be used
solely to fight fire without hav
ing to run miles back to water,”
said Steve Rhea, fireman. The
truck was used as a tank transport
orginally and has an aluminum
chassis. With the 318 engine this
truck has ample power to climb
the hills out of town.
The Fire Department has been
fortunate for the past years of
drought o f not having any
catastrophic fires. However, with
this year’s ample moisture, grass
and other fuels are excessive.
This points to a higher hazard
than in the past years. The hills
around Heppner are turning from
green to gold and with the tall
grass and weeds and thunder
storms, this tanker may be in
valuable, Rhea noted.
Fire Chief, Forrest Burkenbine
advises, “ The purchase of the
Tanker Truck by the Rural Fire
District Board shows their com
mitment to the rural fire members
and our department. The joint ef
fort of the Fire Advisory Com
mittee, which has members of the
city council, fire department,
rural fire district and the city
manager, are to be commended.
Not only will this addition make
fire response and attack better, it
also has possible financial
benefits to the community,” he
said.
“ Now that we have a minimum
o f4,000 gallons response by our
fire department, many of the out-
of-town landowners may find a
significant reduction of their pro
perty insurance rates,” says Bob
Kahl, Van Marter & Kahl In
surance in Heppner. Kahl said
that homeowners within five
miles of a fire station with a
tanker response may receive in
surance premium savings. He ad
vises that homeowners check with
their insurance agents.
The process of getting the
tanker ready for service has
meant a lot of time and money
donated by several people. Monte
Evans of the rural fire board spent
a lot of time in searching for and
finding the tanker. The
Tumer/Schultz ranch allowed the
use of their shop in preparing the
truck. Miller and Sons Welding
built the portable tank rack and
Jay Coil Fabricating built the
storage compartments. Morrow
County Grain Growers supplied
the expertise on the hydraulic and
pump installation and Kelwayne
H aguew ood
and
M ark
Schlichting painted the truck and
chassis. The fire department crew
has spent many hours in clean
ing, sanding, replacing missing
parts and preparing the truck for
Deputy involved
in accident
A Morrow County Sheriffs
Deputy, Mark Calbick, was in
volved in a three-vehicle accident
in Boardman on July 3 around
10:05 p.m.
According to a state police
dispatcher Calbick, who was
driving a 1992 Chevrolet Capri,
was westbound on Kunze Road
approaching Main Street in
Boardman when he was struck by
a vehicle driven by Mari Lunn
Hurd. Boardman.
Hurd, who was driving a 1981
Ford Van, was east bound on
Kunze Road when her vehicle
veered into the west bound lane
and sideswiped Calokk’s vehicle.
Hurd's vehicle was then struck
by a third vehicle, a 1979 Ford
driven by Alvaro Orrala-Herrera,
also of Boardman.
Hurd and Orrala-Henera were
transported to Good Shepherd
Community Hospital in Her-
miston where they were treated
for minor injuries and released.
response.
The tanker will be housed in
the new fire station after its com
pletion along with the new
pumper upon its arrival. “ With
the addition of the tanker and the
new pumper to arrive within the
year, our hopes are to have a
reclassification in fire protection
rating from the Insurance Service
Offices,” said Rhea. “ lone has
just successfully completed their
reclassification process which has
been a benefit to their communi
ty. Even though this process is a
lengthy and complicated one, we
are confident we can pass the
testing process and meet the
equipment requirements, this is a
good start,” Rhea adds. “ Our
department along with the city
and the Rural Board are commit
ted to providing the best fire pro
tection possible.” Besides the
volunteer time in preparing the
tanker, working on the new fire
building and acquiring the new
pumper, Rhea said the depart
ment has spent a lot of time in
training. “ We just received a let
ter of accreditation from the state
o f Oregon. This has been the
result of a very active training
program and team effort on
behalf of the firemen. Not every
department is accredited in the
state,” he added.
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Dressed for the occasion, one of the things people enjoy dur
ing the lone 4th celebration is visiting with friends
Steve Cooper of Portland was se
cond in 23:00 and Karen Beck
was the first woman in 23:07.
Organizers, Jim and Michelle
Raible, were very pleased with
the turnout and the enthusiasm for
the event. Runners and walkers
listed addresses of San Jose, CA.,
Auburn and College Place, WA.,
as well as Tigard, Corvallis,
Portland, LaGrande and many
from Heppner, Lexington and
lone.
The parade was, as usual, a
popular feature. Crowd favorites
included grand marshal Betty
Rietmann and her family in Bob
Harrison’s authentic covered
wagon, the Morrow County
Court, antique cars, and a com
bine with a 30-foot header.
The afternoon was filled with
many events for kids of all ages.
In the frog jump, Kayla Long
coaxed a 91” series of jumps
from her frog. Tyson Yeigh was
second and Thomas Evenson was
third. Matt Starr got the max
imum jump out of the small frog
in the lot and Victoria Jones took
the hard luck award, when after
her frog jumped three times, had
only covered four inches.
The hoop shoot was divided by
grade. In the first and second
grade, Nick Christman was first,
Billy Gates was second, Natalie
McElligott was third and Johnnie
Collin was fourth. In the third and
fourth grades, Jessie Gutierrez
was first and Kyle Miller was se
cond. In the fifth and sixth grade,
Nikki McElligott was first and
Dan Scott was second.
In the baseball throw. Matt
Sharp won the
tne 4-5
4-!> year age
group. Tony Bowen was second
and Cameron McCurry third. To
claim your prizes contact Arlyn-
da Gates. In the 6-7 year age
group. Tanner Britt was first, Bil
ly Gates, second and Nick
Christman third. In the 8-9 year
age group, Travis Bellamy threw
110’11” for first, Cory Marick
was second and Bud Drummond
third. The 10-11 year olds threw
for accuracy. Mitch Matthews
took first, Dustin Haguewood,
second and Alan Gribskov, third.
In the volleyball tournament the
team of Melissa McElligott,
Brent Sheirbon, Sam Sumner and
Ryan Halvorsen defeated Dustin,
Darcee an Darren Padberg and
Nancy Morter.
The “ H” team featuring Dana,
Loren, Suzie and Nathan
Heideman and Darcee Padberg
edged out the defending champs
in the bed race to claim the title.
The evenjng, hours featured a
packed house for bingo, the
barbecue chicken dinner feeding
over 400 and a spectacular
fireworks display. This year the
fireworks were dedicated to the
late Bob Rietmann, for his years
of dedication. The American
Legion, the group in charge of the
fireworks, paid tribute to Bob
Rietmann and Kristine Bedortha
sang the National Anthem to kick
off the display.
“ It was a very successful fami
ly day,” said chairperson, Jim
Swanson. He was pleased with
the crowds and, of course, the
weather that had been most
unsettled during the week.
Noon dessert to honor Berrettas
A noon dessert in honor of Drs.
Jeanne and Ed Berretta will be
held next Tuesday, July 13 at the
Heppner Elks Club. The public
is invited to attend.
The dessert is hosted by the
Heppner Chamber of Commerce
and will honor the fifth anniver
sary of the Berrettas’ practice in
Heppner.
There will be a short program
and the dessert will last from
noon until l p.m.
Heppner Library presents ‘Storyman’
As part of its “ Wild About
Books” summer reading progam,
Oregon Trail Library will present
professional storyteller, Tom
McCormack.
McCormack, or ‘Storyman’ as
he likes bo te called, loves to tell
tall tales. He takes the thread of
a story and exaggerates, punc
tuates, overinflates and then com
municates it to an audience using
character voices, sweeping
gestures and when the story calls
for it, even somersaults.
Many of the stories McCor
mack tells comes from his own
childhood when he imitated car
toon characters such as Yogi
Bear, Bugs Bunny and Astro,
George Jetson’s talking dog. For
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the H eppner perform ance
McCormack will also draw some
stories from the history of the
O regon T rail. A form er
marketing and sales professional,
M cC orm ack
now
travels
throughout the west performing
at schools, libraries and festivals
and on radio.
Storyman’s performance in
Heppner will be held on Tuesday,
July 13 at 1:30 p.m. in the city
park beside the library. Admis
sion is free to the public.
Applications for scholarhips open
The South Morrow County
Scholarship Trust has announced
applications are being accepted
for five $500 scholarships being
awarded to college sophomores,
juniors, seniors and graduate
students for the 1993-94 school
year.
The awards, the result of an
anonym ous donation, are
available to graduates of Heppner
and lone High Schools.
Selection criteria include
scholarship, citizenship, financial
need and potential for success in
the given field.
Applications may be picked up
at Heppner High School, lone
High School or the Morrow
County School District office.
Applications must be delivered
to the Morrow County School
District office by 5 p.m. August
20 .
If you are looking for an alternate investment, a small
number of Bank of Eastern Oregon shares of stock have
become available for pur
chase. Please inquire at the D A g K O F — r — ___ Member
Bank of Eastern Oregon.
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