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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.