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f S S I ~ ’J OF C R " ; NE WS P A R E R LI B B Local firefighters help in Calif, blaze 7 E Ü a E N’ E OR 9 7 -1 heppner 35C îmes VQL. 112 NO. 48 6 Pages Wednesday. December 1, 1993 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon School district considers placing grades 7-12 together at all schools The Morrow County School D istrict is co n sid erin g the possibility o f changes in student grade configuration at schools in Heppner, Irrgion and Boardman. The proposal being examined involves moving grades seven through 12 to a single school site in each community. In Irrigon, all students in grades 7-12 who live in the Irrigon attendance area would attend school at a remodel ed Columbia Junior High site. In Boardman the same would be true at the Riverside High site and in Heppner, 7-12 would attend at the Heppner High site. If these changes are adopted, the new configuration would be implemented in the fall o f 1995 according to school superinten dent Chuck Starr. The school board is encourag ing public input on these poten tial changes and has scheduled the following public meetings: Tuesday, Dec. 7, Boardman- Chamber lighting contest Dec. 19 Heppner Chamber o f Com merce will sponsor a Christmas lighting contest for residences and businesses within the city limits. Judging will occur after dark on Sunday, Dec. 19. by Santa’s helpers. Awards will be given for first. second and third places in out door lighting; first and second for indoor lighting as viewed from outside; and special recognition to the local business with the most festive lighting display. Judges have the option o f judging the following evening should fog roll in. Financial aid workshop slated A financial aid workshop for parents o f all high school seniors who plan to attend a university, college or other training school after graduation is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. in the H eppner H igh S ch ool cafteria. Dana Young, financial aid director for BMCC will present the workshop. All Heppner and lone area high school seniors' parents are en couraged to attend. Parents o f this year's high school juniors are also invited. For further information contact Barbara Hayes at Heppner High School 676-9138. Irrigon advisory com m ittee meeting. Riverside High School, Boardman, 7 p.m.; Monday, Dec. 13, Heppner- Lexington advisory committee meeting. Heppner High School, 7 p.m.; Monday, Dec. 20, school board meeting. District O ffice, Lexington, 7:30 p.m. For further information contact superintendent Chuck Starr 989-8202. Fighting the recent fires in the Malibu, California, area was ‘‘quite an experience,” says Heppner Forest Service fire figh ter M ike C orrea. Correa was part o f a 20-person crew from the Umatilla Ranger District (five from Heppner) who recently spent 11 days in Southern California helping fight the huge brush fires that destroyed homes and burned thousands o f acres. Used to fighting forest fires, Correa said it was quite different in Southern California. ‘‘There were fires all around Ventura County. We stayed a lot in San Bernadino.” He said that the crew dug fire lines and spent quite a bit o f time on standby. Correa said the crew slept in some strange places. ‘‘We once slept on the pavement o f a park ing lot, and another time we stayed on a horse ranch, right in the arena.” He said they also stayed on the beach a couple o f nights. Most o f the major firefighting was done by helicopters, which couldn’t operate at nighttime, and the ground crews were used mainly to dig fire trails through eight to 10-foot-high brush. “ The Firefighting crew from Umatilla Ranger Distr. Mike Correa is standing in the back row, left. terrain was real steep, and we saw flames 150 to 200-feet high.” Correa said. He said the people in the area w ere “ real g re a t” to the firefighters, with the restaurants and grocery stores providing "lots o f food and drinks. We got lots o f compliments from the peo Chamber seeks nominations Heppner Chamber o f Com merce is looking for nominees for the annual man, woman, business and educator o f the year awards. Applications are available at Kuhn, Spicer & Mills Attorney at Law office or at the Chamber of fice and need to be returned to the chamber office no later than January 3, 1994. To have a form mailed call 676-5536. Those selected will be honored during the annual Town and Country Day, Wednesday, January 12, 1994. Selection is based on direct community service, civic in volvement, philanthropic and church work. Business nominees are considered for community in volvem ent, contributions to employment or economy and in novation in customer relations. These awards serve to recognize those in south Morrow County who step forward to lend a hand, take on leadership roles and go that extra mile. Nominations are not lim ited to cham ber membership. Businesses to be open on Sunday Beginning this week for shop pin g c o n v e n ie n c e , local businesses will be open on Sun- days from 12 to 4 p.m. The Sunday opening will con tinue until Christmas. ple. They were really happy we were there.” There were lots o f media in the area too. Correa said the crew was filmed and interviewed by CNN . Fox and CBS. Other members o f the crew from Heppner were: Larry Aragon, Charlie Grabeel, Craig Gutierrez and Candy Amy. Lunch with Santa Dec. 12 The Heppner Chamber o f Commerce will sponsor Lunch With Santa” on Sunday, Dec. 12 from noon until 2:30 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge. Children will be able to have hot dogs, chips and punch from noon until 1 p.m. followed by photos with Santa and watching movie videos. Cost for lunch and photo is $2.50. The event allows parents to drop their children o ff for a few hours and get in some Christmas shopping at local merchants. Merchants will be open from 12 to 4 p.m. for extra shopping opportunities. Punch card winners drawn Livestock Growers plan annual meeting The Morrow County Livestock Growers will be holding their an nual meeting Dec. 10 at the Elks Lodge in Heppner. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. Speakers for the afternoon pro gram will be Frank Mader, Shan non Rust, Fred Obermiller, OSU Extension. Pete Talbott and Fred Otley. Retail/Food Service Coor dinator, OBC, Wayne Philen, will provide hors d’oeuvres. Din ner will follow with Fred Ober miller being the after dinner speaker. “ Fred’s talk may not be humorous but it will be a positive enlightenment about the public lands situation that producers face at this tim e,” said a livestock grower spokesperson. The afternoon agenda will begin with the annual business meeting at 1 p.m . followed by Madder and Rust speaking at 2 p .m . T heir to p ic w ill be “ Alliance For America” . At 3 p.m. a public lands panel discus sion will be held with Obermiller, Talbott and Otley. The tentative evening agenda includes a happy hour at 5:30 p.m. followed by hors d’oeuvres o f beef, fruit and wine; dinner at 7 p.m. with Ober miller scheduled to speak at 8 p.m. Those planning to attend must RSVP by December 7. Call the extension office 676-9642 and leave your name and how many will be in your party. Blood drawing set Dec. 9 A blood drawing will be held at the St. Patrick’s Senior Center. 182 N. Main, Heppner, from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9. The drawing is sponsored by the U .S. Forest Service. Alumni tourney meeting slated It must be Christmas if the Christmas tree is up on Main Street. This year's tree is a 22 year old spruce donated by Clyde and Jackie Allstott. The magestic looking tree was grown from a seedling by Jackie's mother, Christine Schmidt, and given to the Allstotts when it was about a foot-and-a-half tall. The alumni basketball tourna ment organizers will hold a meeting on Thursday, December 9 at 7 p.m. at the Columbia Basin E lectric C oop board room. Anyone interested in helping with the basketball tournament to be held Dec. 31, Jan. 1 and 2, is urg ed to attend. Les Schwab manager Jon DcBo and bookkeeper Marcy Bacon draw the first week's win ners in the Christmas punch con test. Six lucky people won $25 gift ce rtifica tes to local businesses. The punch card contest con tinues for three more weeks, and shoppers may pick up their punch cards at participating businesses. This week's winners are: Jim Campbell (Murray Drugs gift certificate), Jim Cooper (Coun try Rose). Darcy Haun (Peter son’s), Kathy Carlson (Court St. Market). Kirsten Harrison (Gard- n er's) and C hristal Shank (MCGG). Pick up your punch cards at any o f these businesses or from Green Feed, Central Market, Les Schwab. Coast to Coast. Petty johns, or The Shoe Box. All entries in the four-week contest will be eligible for the final grand prize drawing o f $600 in gift certificates to be given away to one lucky winner on Dec. 21. Exploratory swimming pool committee to hold important meeting The Exploratory Swimming Pool Commission invites the public to attend an important meeting with the com m ission’s swimming pool feasibility study consultant. Tim Rundquist o f Rundquist & Hard o f Spokane. W A ., on Friday. Dec. 3 beginn ing at 1 p.m. at the Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative board room. Rundquist will be gathering in formation and seeking input on expectations and insights related to a new swimming pool. The commission believes the public’s input is important to the pool planning process. A second meeting will follow on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 10 a.m. at Heppner City Hall at which time the consultant will give a preliminary presentation and feedback session on the pool bas ed on the input given at the Fri day meeting. The result o f this process will form the basis o f the feasibility study. The public is welcome to attend.
