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VOL. 113
NO. 8
16 Pages Wednesday, February 23, 1994
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Wilkinsons receive ODFW award
Dick and Virginia Wilkinson
Dick and Virginia Wilkinson,
Heppner, have been selected as
the Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife First Annual
Wildlife Landowner of the Year.
The Wilkinsons will be honored
at a banquet and an overnight stay
at the Portland Red Lion on
February 25.
Bob Krein of the ODFW, who
nominated the Wilkinsons for the
honor, said “I couldn't think of
anyone more deserving than
Dick.” Krein said that the
Wilkinsons have been par
ticipants in the ‘welcome to hunt'
program since 1967 and have
kept their lands open to hunters.
The Wilkinsons say that they
have enjoyed working with Krein
and Glenn Ward, who recently
retired from ODFW, and try to
cooperate with the game commis
sioners. They say that they pro
vide habitat to maintain the elk
herds and in return receive help
in controlling weeds.
“We were really pleased
(about the award),” said
Virginia. “It’s really kind of a
nice honor.”
Eugene based company reportedly
involved in Kinzua purchase
The McDougal Brothers of
Dexter near Eugene are reported
ly involved in the pending pur
chase of Kinzua Mill in Heppner.
When contacted Tuesday , Feb.
22 by the Gazette-Times, Mel
McDougal
of
McDougal
Brothers, would neither deny nor
confirm his company’s involve
ment in the purchase.
He said only that it was too ear
ly to discuss any involvement on
behalf of his company, but that
when it became appropriate it
would be discussed.
The McDougal Brothers are
owners of a Dexter-area logging
company, as well as mining in
terests and timberland in Montana
and near Baker. The McDougal
Bros, were last year involved in
a land swap with the Forest Ser
vice The swap saw 80,000 acres
of timberland near Yellowstone
Park, owned by the McDougals
and Portland timber trader Tim
Blixseth, traded for 70,000 acres
of other federal timberland in
Montana.
Blixseth and McDougal Bros,
acquired the mostly roadless
acreage adjacent to Yellowstone
as part of a 174,000-acre pur
chase, which also included a
Belgrade. Mont., lumber mill,
from Plum Creek Timber Co.
The mill later was sold to
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
The Plum Creek timberland
was reportedly purchased for $27
million. Blixseth and the
McDougals then resold 25,000
acres to a Cleveland-based
developer for $6.5 million.
Kinzua announced the pending
sale of the mill in Heppner to
Pioneer Resources on February
1. At that time, in accordance
with the plant closure law, all 125
employees were given layoff
notices. Since the announcement,
mill employees and Heppner
townspeople have speculated over
the fate of the sawmill which has
operated continuously for the past
40 years.
The proposed sale involves all
Mustangs/Fillies head to district
The Heppner Mustangs and
Fillies made it to the district tour
nament as the number one and
two teams respectively.
The Mustangs will play Sher
man County in the district cham
pionships Friday. Feb. 25 at 3
p.m. at the Pendleton Convention
Center.
The winner of that game will
play on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 3:15
p.m. for the District 7 2A cham
pionship and will enter the
regional tournament as the
number one seed the following
weekend in Pendleton. If Hepp
ner should lose Friday they would
play the loser of Saturday’s game
on Monday at a sight to be an
nounced. to determine the second
team at regionals.
The Fillies will play Pilot Rock
on Friday at 7 p.m. at the
Pendleton Convention Center
with the loser out. The winner
will play on Saturday at 1:30
p.m. for the number one Regional
Tournament spot.
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the mill property and assets, as
well as 180,000 acres of
timberland.
The price of the proposed sale
has not been disclosed, but the
deal was expected to close in
April.
McDougal Bros, are reported
ly part of Pioneer Resources
L.L.C., a Eugene-based corpora
tion formed in January of this
year.
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Both lone basketball teams ad
vanced to the State IA Basketball
Tournament as the Big Sky
District champions after exciting
wins last Friday, Feb. 18 in
Hermiston.
The girls came from behind in
the closing seconds, thanks to a
three pointer by April Taylor and
a basket at the buzzer by Kim
Bedortha to take the 44-40 win
over Wasco County.
The boys also defeated Wasco
but trailed for most of the game
before tying at the end of regula
tion, sending the game into over
time. Crucial free throws made
the difference in the extra period
as the Cardinals won the district
championship for the third year
in a row.
The lady Cardinals, ranked
number two in the last coaches
poll, will play the opening game
of the State Tournament, which
is held in Baker City March 2-5.
The Ione girls meet Pine Eagle at
1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March
2. This will be the girls' third trip
to the state tournament under
coach Dana Heideman.
The Ione boys, will be making
their third appearance in as many
years and will play the final game
of the opening round against
Powers on Thursday. March 3 at
8:45 p.ip. The Cardinals were
ranked fifth in the last coaches
poll. The games will be broadcast
on KQFM 99.3 Hermiston. Ad
mission is $4 adults, $3 students
or $25 adults season pass, $15
students pass. Championship
games are $5 adults and $4
students.
Find The Hidden Shamrock
Win Silver Medallions
The St. Patrick's Day treasure hunt is back again. Each week
until March 16 a clue for the treasure hunt will be printed
in the Gazette-Times. If followed these clues will guide
treasure hunters to green plastic shamrock hidden somewhere
in the city limits of Heppner.
The first person to find the hidden shamrock will win a set
of pure silver Oregon Trail commorative medallions, worth
nearly $90. The coins are donated by the Bank of Eastern
Oregon and are on display at the bank.
Find This
Shamrock.
Hospital staff completes
pediatric care course
A two day training class was
held in Heppner last December
for the members of the medical
communities of Ione, Lexington.
Heppner. Boardman and Irrigon.
The class, put on by the Oregon
Research and Education
Foundation, an outreach program
of Emanuel Hospital of Portland,
covered pediatric emergency care
in the pre-hospital and emergen
cy response setting. Along with
lectures and practical stations,
participants received hands-on
training
in
emergency
procedures.
The Oregon Pre-Hospital
Pediatric Advanced Care Course
was open to all the emergency
medical technicians, nurses, doc
tors and physician assistants of
Morrow County at no cost. The
class was beneficial to the 22
EMT's. eight registered nurses,
two physician assistants and two
doctors who attended, enabling
them to provide a higher quality
Photo by Wayne Hams
lone Cards win championship bracket for third year in a row
By Anne Morter
and win
These Silver Coins
RULES:
1. A new set of clues to guide you to the hidden shamrock will
appear in each edition of the Heppner Gazette-Times.
of care to the pediatric patients of
Morrow County.
The class was paid for with a
grant from North East Oregon
Area Health Education Center
(NEOAHEC). The grants for the
course were made available to the
area counties to assist in pro
viding continuing education to
volunteer EMT's. Donations
from Columbia Basin Electric.
Kinzua and Pioneer Memorial
Hospital were also received. The
facilities were provided by St.
Patrick Catholic Church.
2. A total of five clues will be given up to March 16.
3. The hidden shamrock is not on private property and no digg
ing or moving of objects, dirt or other material is necessary to find
the shamrock.
4. The first person to find the shamrock should bring it to the
Heppner Gazette-Times office to claim the commemorative silver
medallions
Clue Number Two
Down a street and park the same
to the right always remain
seven tenths of mile will lead
unscramble this, nusaytrsb
is where you’ll be
if you’re lost don’t be blue
lea below starts next week’s clue
Follow the clues and may the luck of the Irish be with you. This con
test is sponsored by the Bank of Eastern Oregon and the Heppner
Gazette-Times.
Good Luck Heppner & Ione
at the
Basketball playoffs
Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington, OR