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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 29, 1993 - THREE Shadows of a year that’s past While the world was fraught with public scandal, violence and unrest in 1993, things looked pretty good on the home front, a place where we’re on a first name basis with the mayor, the school superintendent and the bank president, a place where we’re proud of our achievements and the achievements of our children. May 1994 be as good as 1993. Happy New Year from Heppner Gazette-Times staff. Following is a look back on the year 1993: January -Jeri Wight received Post Office achievement award; lone youth group assists homeless; Bob Jepsen was sworn in as mayor; Jonas Healy wins geography bee; Heppner Chamber of Commerce installs new officers-Steve Dickenson, Delanne Ferguson, Rollie M ar shall and Sharon Harrison; Bank of Eastern Oregon business o f the year; Maryan McElligott, George Koffler, first citizens, Linda Shaw educator and the Rev. Grace Drake, special award; Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen Elizabeth Doherty and princesses Rondi Robinson and Donita Sharp crowned at banquet; seven Mustangs, Len Brittner, Scott Coe, Ryan Pence, Kevin Kilken ny, T.R. Riehl, Kevin Payne and Rick Koffler make all state football; Elks Hoop Shoot win ners announced-Blake Knowles, Casey Ingraham, Jill Barber, Derek Gunderson, Sara Eckman and Kiel Waterland; local Sears store to close; majority favors indoor swimming pool; new Dollaride van purchased for seniors; bids let on sh eriffs office renovation. ¥ ebruary -County divides up landfill money; lone Cardinals girls’ and boys’ teams ad vance to district tournament; Elks scholarship winners announced-Crystal Minster, Mark Conklin, Laurel Webber-Gray, Ryan Halvorsen, Alecia Tarnasky and Pete Pearson; school board and teachers reach agreement; lady Cards take first place in east division of Big Sky League; Kenn Evans resigns from fair board; April Taylor and Aaron Heideman named to Big Sky first team; Crystal Minster, Jamie Lovett, Melissa McElligott, David Wagenblast, second team; Deacon Heideman, Jim Logan, Ryan Halvorsen, honorable mention; Fillies, Mustangs advance to Class 2A district tournament; Heppner High School students Danie Sunday, Ryan Pence and Tracy Blodgett earn state art awards; Cardinal teams sweep district tournament. M a r c h -C a rd in a ls head to state playoffs; school board hears growth recommendations; Mollahan family to reign over St. Patrick’s Day festivities; Heppner Fillies take first place at district; resolution passed to disburse landfill monies; Morrow County tax levy shows one percent growth; Cards take fifth in 1A basketball tournament; sheep dog trials draw from all over U .S., Canada; no money for Willow Creek RV park campground; medical fund levy $526,316 outside base; luck of the Irish leads Cam Sweeney to treasure; Scott Coe, Ryan Pence and Deacon Heideman named to Shriner’s team; T.R. Riehl alternate; Pat Shannahan wins sheep dog trials for third year; school board interviews candidates for superintendent position; Jim Boor takes first in lamb cook-off competition; Country Club wins Leprechaun’s Choice; Jon DeBo hired as new Les Schwab manager; local pioneer wagon owned by Bob Harrison to be in Oregon Trail; suit against Morrow County Judge Louis Carlson, budget officer LoRayne Bowman and tax collector Margo Sherer filed; Gary Frederickson appointed to school board; teachers sign contract with district; contract awarded to Knerr Construction o f Hermiston for emergency center renovations; city adopts street replacement program; school district hired Chuck Starr as superintendent; school district to lose $582,000 in cuts from Ballot Measure 5; Morrow County levy goes to defeat, 1064 yes to 1093 no; Jerry Anderson and Daniel Creamer win Port o f Morrow positions; sheriff s office hires Mark Miller as deputy. April -Ryan Halvorsen selected one of 10 finalists in Northwest School Sportswriters Challenger; county trims $100 thousand from levy; the Rev. Grace Drake receives Blazer award; Henry Krebs inducted into OSU agriculture hall o f fame; Heppner family tree reaches ‘round the world with visit from Heppners; Traci Dickenson sets new Heppner Junior High high jump record; two dead, four injured in collision outside Lexington; Centennial-Heppner exchange program in 13th year; April Taylor chosen lone Girls State delegate; Grieb Farms win 1993 conservation farm of the year; school district cuts over $79,000 from budget; Carl Christman receives no jail time for death; break-in at Bristow's Market; Pinewood Derby winners announced-Justin Nelson, M iff Devin, Brandon Young, Kelly Paullus, David Norton, Sam VanLiew, Adam Bergstrom, Douglas Orwick, Ben Turrell, Adam Wight, Matt Young, Kyler Howell; Patrick Kenney, Brian Koffler, Tony Beckett win district spelling contest; budget com mittee passes $14.5 million school budget; Dutch exchange student Rob van‘t Ent enjoys U.S. visit. May -Terrie Cutsforth winner o f best packaging award at the joint meeting of Oregon, Washington and Idaho Gourmet food associations; Queen Staci O ’Brien, King Tony Burt, reign over HHS prom, princesses were Danie Sunday, Jenni Ashbeck, princes Ryan Pence and Shane Munkers; Aleida Goodyear honored for achievements in math, science, and computing; Star Greenhand award presented to Tina Kemp; star chapter farmer awarded to Dwayne Dunaway; district math contest winners announced-first Lara Fritz and Shannon Benjamin; Mike McGuire named Heppner Postmaster; Pat Edmundson ends 21 year teaching career; Morrow County Health Dept, expands services; Lori Moeller sets new record at track meet; district Pinewood winners announced-first-Ben Turrell, second-Adam Wight, Douglas Orwick; third-Adam Bergstron, Justin Nelson and Matt Young; Mark Moeller named U.S. National Achievement Academy Award winner in mathematics; over 1,000 motorcyclists pass through town; turnout lane at Kinzua completed; Jonas Healy, Brian Koffler and Shannon Benjamin selected for U o f O TAG program; Ten HHS athletes qualify for state track meet-Jessica Sumner, Jossie Evans, Char Coe, Kelsie Evans, Jenny Krein, T.R. Riehl, Len Brittner, Ryan Pence, John Qualls, Shane Munkers; lone girls run away with district track championship; Linda LaRue promoted to Bank of Eastern Oregon vice president; Oregon Trail kiosk dedicated; Mustangs win Col umbia Basin Conference baseball league championship; county operating levy fails 1123 no to 1029 yes; Mustangs dominate all star baseball team-Trent Hughes, Kevin Payne, Jered Wicklund. Steve Wilson, Jim Tellechea, Chris Dickenson, Sam Sumner, Rick Koffler, Jason Hanna, Scott Coe; district math contest winners announced first place-Tim Dickenson, Katie Tworek, Eric Roll is, Joshua Reeve; American essay contest winners announced-first Erin Crowell, Jessica Stefani; Gerald Pierson retires from the Bank o f Eastern Oregon; Mustangs defeat Duftir Rangers for district 7 2A baseball championship; nine Heppner High students named to honor team-Laurel Webber-Gray, Ethan Burnside, Ryan Pence, Lynn Setness, Mark Conklin, Jenny Krein, Jered Wicklund, Shawn Cutsforth. Ju n e -M u s ta n g s continue drive to state championship, beat Knappa; county cuts $37 thou sand from budget; Del LaRue named 1A overall coach o f the year, track and field coach of the year; tippage fee grants announced to Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Board, Heppner baseball field Committee exploratory swimming pool commission, Heppner Parents’ Club, Neighborhood Center, Heppner Day Care, Morrow County Coordinating Council; Laurel Webber-Gray awarded $15,000 in scholarships; new video arcade opens in Heppner; Chuck and Lisa Nelson host crowd for state conservation tour; county plans layoff if budget fails; lone and Heppner classes of 1993 graduate; weather cooperates for annual lone United Church o f Christ auction; Greg Grant named 2A state football coach o f the year; Sean Warren receives WOSC student of the year award; Cecil store opens; county conservation tour held at Grieb Farms; Martha Doherty files suit against council; Joe Yocom to ride in Sesquicentennial wagon train; county employees receive pink slips; Rev. Grace Drake and Linda LaRue receive Sorop- timist “ Women of Distinction’’ award; Laurel Webber-Gray named Oregon Scholar; Rietmann family to preside over lone’s Fourth o f July celebration; groundbreaking ceremony held for Heppner fire hall. July -Heppner Fire Dept, gets new tanker truck; Dr. Ed and Jeanne Berretta honored at appreciation dessert; new priest A! Miller to serve All Saints; fund raisers planned to help Board- man boy, Javier Hernandez; little league all stars Danny Coiner, Jason and Jeff Sallee, Cody Bellamy, Michael Schonbachler, Derek Gunderson, Travis and Brad Camine, Jeff Waterland, Shane Matheny, Tim Dickenson, Jared Eckman, Seth Boyer, Cameron Stinchfield, to compete in all star tournament; Soroptimist install new officers, Bettie Doherty, Barbara Bloodsworth, Ann Spicer, Marlene Gray, Carol Michael Bennett, Vi W ilgers, Marianne Kahl, Nancy Brownfield; Morrow County budget down $500,000; John Moffit named Bank of Eastern Oregon Arlington branch manager; Mike Mills joins Spicer and Kuhn attorneys; area children experience Native American tradition during summer recreation program; Sean Warren featured in Western Oregon State College newspaper; Jossie Evans takes top awards at Morrow County Open Horse Show; Heppner Elementary principal Bryan Traylor resigns; Tony Becket selected for Oregon Shakespeare Festival Summer seminar; over $8,000 committed to pool; new loan officer Richard Wood, hired at Bank of Eastern Oregon; Lisa Currin hired as Morrow County accountant; Heidi Orem returns from year in Germany as exchange student; new rodeo arena to be ready in time for rodeo Aug. 20-22; Cecil plans oasis for Sesquicentennial Wagon Train; Kelsie, Jossie Evans take top 4-H horse honors; Carl Martin retires after 24 year career with the Oregon State Police. A u g U S t-P rin cess Sara Greenup continues family tradition; ethics complaint filed against Morrow County Judge Louis Carlson; city o f Heppner receives $300 combined grant and loan for sewer project; George Koffler named Bank of Eastern Oregon president; 72 kids participate in south Morrow County football camp; riding way of life for fair and rodeo princess Rondi Robinson; official wagon trains to stop at Cecil; William Karwacki hired as Heppner Elemen tary School principal; city sewer bids way over budget; Kathy Cutsforth hired as new Heppner Pre-school teacher; past fair and rodeo queens including 1923 rodeo queen Eva Padberg G rif fith to be honored in the Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo parade; 1992 world champ Joe Beaver to compete at rodeo; Suzanna Heideman makes top 12 in Miss Teen Oregon pageant; wheat crop one of best ever, but price falls to $3.40 a bushel; new school lunch program instituted; city of Heppner purchases new fire truck; Queen Elizabeth Doherty reigns in ‘93; rodeo parade largest in years; Joe Yocom leads wagon train into Cecil; Jim Ward wins Kinzua calf roping saddle; Joe Beaver wins all around honors; Pat Cutsforth dies in auto accident; Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo and Morrow County Rodeo post record sales. S e p t e m b e r - E i g h t new teachers hired for Morrow County; school enrollment down from last year; four RHS teenagers charged in school bus melee; Barbara Bloodsworth wins Wheat League cake contest; new playground equipment installed at Heppner Elementary School; trek to see Pope exhilarating for local teens Phillip SpicerKuhn, Joe Lindsay, Ryan Munkers, Cyn thia and Stephanie Skultety, Tina Chinen, Chuck Bowman and chaperones Martha Munkers and Bill Kuhn; lone to be featured on Channel 2; Trust scholarship winner announced: Carrie Brownfield, J.J. Shaw, Lana Orr, Scott Johnston, Chisana Warren; lone man, Kenneth Jones, inducted into trapshoot hall o f fame; 2,000 cycle Oregon bicyclists pass through Heppner for lunch lone for dinner and overnight stay at the lone city park; new school lunch menu draws complaints, praise; school board drops cheerleader/dance team issue; new street signs install ed in Heppner; Ron Currin Jr., wins all-around honors at Pendleton Round-Up; career comes full circle for local designer Kimberly Wright Trotter; Staci O'Brien selected rodeo queen; Kimberly Bedortha, Jossie .Evans aijd Char Coe,,princesses; new gift shop Day’s Unique Boutique jto open in Heppner; Frank Anderson honored at OSU; Richard Ladd resigns from Fair Board. Octobcr-Mary Goheen visits Kenya, Africa; Columbia Basin Electric to raise electricity rates; Boardman man arrested for rape of eight year-old; Historical Society honors Century Farms, A1 and Donna Osmin family, Delpha and Charles Jones and Oregon Trail descendents Kathryn Hoskins, Marlene Barnett, Lindsey Kincaid, Fred Martin, Frances Griffith, Jean Nelson, Dorris Graves, Betty Carlson, Vern Batty, Edith Matthews and Jodee Carlson; massive street reconstruction project to begin next year with no new taxes; LoRayne Bowman resigns from city council; Fillies take second in Columbia Basin tournament; Sara Greenup crowned HHS homecoming queen, Jodi Johnston. Holly Eckman, Char Coe and Jenny Krein princesses; coun ty’s assessed value increases; sheriff s office moves to new facilities on Willow View Drive; school board discusses high schools in Boardman and Irrigon, new Heppner Junior High building: school board rejects HHS dance team request; Scott Johnston named to Western Oregon State College homecoming court; lone Body Repair shop opens; new sign commemorates Heppner flood; new deputy police dog, Dax, joins sheriff s department; vandalism at dam could en danger town. N o v e m b e r - W a lte r Jepsen celebrates 102nd birthday; TigerScots claim league champion ship, end Mustang winning streak; lady Cardinals head to state; Heppner Fillies take second in district playoffs, head to state; three Boardman area men arrested on rape o f 12 year-old and kidnapping charges of 12, 14 and 17 year-olds; county hires new public works director Paul Christensen; county medical fund to purchase dental offices in Boardman and Heppner; city o f Heppner awards sewer contract; construction begins on new Heppner fire hall; county court to investigate home rule charter: Heidi Orem crowned lone High School homecoming queen; Marie Tworek, Mary Jane McCarty, April Taylor and LaRee Anderson princesses; Heppner Junior High art class wins Portland Art Museum Northwest Film Center animation award; Booster Club Reno Night raises over $3,000; Walter Jepsen honored for World War I service; lady Cards advance to state; Mustangs to play Vale in first round of the state football playoffs; county defeats state five percent tax measure; Greg Smith joins GEODC office; Gret- chen Berretta awarded 1993 National Council of Teacher of English award in writing; HHS players named to all conference football team-Rick Koffler, Joe Lindsay, Kevin Payne, Leonard Brittner, Dwayne Dunaway, Ryan Munkers, Kevin Scott, Jeff Botefuhr; Make It With Wool contest winners announced-Marianne Kahl. senior division runner-up, Mandi Gutierrez, junior runner-up, Shelby Krebs, pre-teen winner; lady Cards defeated at state 1A tournament; Vik ings end Mustang playoff hopes; First Interstate Bank files lawsuit against Miller and Sons and Thomas and Ruby Shear in connection with gasoline leak; school bond estimates reach over $19 million; medical fund hires dentist T. Blair Smith to serve entire county; incumbent Earl Woods. Jr., files for election for DA’s position; city of Heppner recipient of 1993 Cities Award for Excellence from League of Oregon Cities; Sam Bellamy appointed to fair board; Fillies Jodi Johnston, Holly Eckman and Sara Greenup selected to CBC all star team; ethics complaint dismissed against Judge Louis Carlson; city of Heppner receives $170 thousand grant from Oregon Economic Development Department for wastewater improvements. D e c e m b e r -S c h o o l district considers placing grades 7-12 together at all schools; local firefighters, Mike Correa, Larry Aragon, Charlie Grabeel. Craig Gutierrez and Candy Amy fight California fire; Christmas tree donated by Clyde and Jackie Allstott placed on Main Street; construction to begin on new sewer system; Santa comes to town to Soroptimist artifactory; three options presented for pool design; Bill Broderick receives Extension diversity award; Mark Conklin competes in U of O college bowl; Canadian exchange student, Eric Fournier fits in with host family, community; Morrow County Livestock Growers hold annual meeting; Vernon R. Burke arrested in connection with shooting of Gerald J. Buckmaster, both Hepp ner; vandals strike Willow Creek Park again; Heppner area advisory committee supports 7-12 school in Heppner; Mike McGuire appointed to city council; school board says yes to 7-12 configuration in Heppner; no for Boardman and Irrigon; Mike VanArsdale wins $600 in gift certificates in Heppner merchants’ Christmas punch; Victor and Jane Yahr and Randy Samples to operate Heppner Bowl; infant death attributed to unknown causes; McCabes. Petersons win lighting contest; live nativities planned at Hope Lutheran and Willow Creek Baptist; county students selected for W ho’s Who-Crystal Minster, April Taylor, Dani Hill, Donnie Pointer, Missy Wallace, Troy Wilson, Ryan Munkers. Jim Tellechea. Laurel Webber-Gray, Patty Ander son. Tony Beckett. Josh Clark. Kelsie Evans, Erin Fishburn, Aleida Goodyear. Jenny Krein, April Rollis, Brent Wright. Kara Ansotegui, Jeremy Clark. Shawn Cutsforth. Ben Ewing, Shawn Foster, Ryan Pence. Alecia Tarnasky. m b
