TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 23, 1994
Heppner at 30 thousand
UCC women’s
meeting held
A silver arrow appears to be
pointing to a river of rubble,
dwarfed by rolling hills, in this
aerial photo taken by Lowell
Turner. Turner is a former Hepp
ner resident and member of the
HHS class of 1956.
The photo of Willow Creek
Lake and the city of Heppner was
taken at 30,000 feet while
Turner, a professional pilot, was
en route to Tokyo, Japan on Jan.
22 .
“ I'll bet this picture is one of
the more unique of our home
Curiosity draws Heppner to town
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Lee Heppner
Curiosity finally got the best of
Lee Heppner. He had passed the
Heppner sign on the freeway
many times, but never had time
to check out the town that was his
namesake. On March 2, travel
ing to see his children. Taylor and
Victoria, in North Bend, Hepp
ner passed the turnoff and drove
30 miles before turning back and
finally taking that turn.
Heppner, 30, of Moses Lake,
WA, was bom in Abilene, Texas.
His father. Robert, who was in
the Air Force, was originally
from New York. He now lives in
Moses Lake. Lee's grandfather,
William, was born in New York
around 1898. William’s father,
who came from Prussia, is
believed to be the brother of
Henry Heppner.
Lee said that his father brought
his grandfather to Heppner in the
60s, but since it was a weekend,
everything was closed and they
were unable to learn more about
the town. Lee says that he plans
to return to Heppner and this time
bring his father.
Gun Club list shoot winners
Nineteen people attended the
trapshooting at the Morrow
County Gun Club annual 100
target shoot last Sunday. Each
person shot 50 targets from a han
dicap distance equal to the
shooter’s skill.
Curtis and Jeff Cutsforth tied
at 48 targets to win the 16 yard
A class title. Brian Thompson
won the B class with 46 and
Tyson Palmateer won the C class
with 37.
Thompson won the handicap
event with a perfect 50 straight
and Jack Hentges placed second
with 46 targets broken.
After the 100 bird shoot, four
Annie Oakleys were played.
Steve Ball. Mike Adams, Jeff
Cutsforth and Mick Sharp each
took a win.
The shoot concludes the
regular shooting season at the gun
club. A ladies shoot is scheduled
for March 27 beginning at noon.
ATisket, ATasket,
Time To Fill Up Baskets!
T h re e Sizes,
T h ree L ittle P rices
town,” wrote Turner. Turner
enclosed a flight plan which
details his journey from
Dallas/Fort Worth to Boise, Seat
tle, Vancouver Island, Kodiak,
Alaska, Pribilof Island and
Tokyo.
The regional spring meeting for
women in the United Church of
Christ was held Thursday, March
17 in lone. Twenty-eight women
attended, from churches in The
Dalles, White Salmon, Condon
and lone.
“ Women of Wisdom’’ was the
theme. The Rev. Lea Mathieuof
lone gave a presentation on
women in New Testament times
and Jean Thomas of The Dalles
summarized the history of the
Deaconess Movement in the
UCC. Each church then spoke of
a woman from their congregation
who had “ made a difference’’.
Marilyn Rietmann, the church’s
late pianist, choir director and
treasurer, was honored from
lone.
lone’s deaconesses, under the
organization of president Helen
Crawford, gave the luncheon.
Coffee hour was prepared by Lisa
Rietmann. Musicians were Helen
Martin, Frances Smouse and
Cherilyn Smouse.
lone Legion Post celebrates 75th
By Anne Morter
Forty-one members and guests
of lone American Legion Post
#95 celebrated the Legion’s 75th
birthday with a special dinner and
program on March 7. The lone
Post is 73 years old, organized in
January, 1921, with 16 members
signing the charter on February
8. 1921.
The program followed dinner
which was held at Beecher’s Cafe
in lone. District Six Commander
Ed Baker of Heppner, gave a
brief talk followed by Charles
Doherty, post historian, who
presented continuous member
ship pins. Bill Rietmann, John
Jepsen and Lloyd McNary
received pins for 40 years of
membership and Pete Hams
received a pin for 35 years. The
group was also informed that both
the post and the unit have reach
ed membership goals set by state
headquarters.
lone Post Commander, Wayne
Rietmann, presented special 75th
anniversary cups to past com
mander, Conrad Tworek, past
adjutant, Lloyd McNary and
historian Charles Doherty.
The lone American Legion
Auxiliary provided birthday cake,
served by H^len Crawford, Lucy
Tworek and Vera Rietmann.
Irene Holtz and Vera Rietmann
of the Auxiliary were in charge
of decorations.
Local church ready for
Japanese
visitors
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Lutheran Parish. The girls will at-
T h e congregations of Hope and
Valby Lutheran Churches are
gearing up for the arrival of 10
teenage girls and their teacher
from the Kyushu Jogakuin
Lutheran Women’s School in
Kumam oto, Japan. These
students, along with 10 other of
their classmates will arrive in
Portland March 25 for the
Oregon Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America.
They will spend five days in the
Portland area and then half of the
group will travel to the Eugene-
Springfield area and the other half
will come to south Morrow
County.
During their stay in Morrow
County, the students will visit the
Lindsay Farm. Oregon Trail Site
at Well Springs, speak to the
Japanese Language class at Hepp
ner High School and visit with
Vicki Broden’s middle school
students. They will also take in
the Heppner community Easter
egg hunt as well as see other sites
in and around the county.
Although the girls attend a
Lutheran school that has been
founded by L.utheran missionaries
and is now run by the Japanese
Evangelical Lutheran church,
many are not Christian. They
will, however, take in the wor
ship service of the Hope-Valby
tend Maundy Thursday, March
3 1 with a potluck dinner and Holy
Communion at Valby. During the
dinner they will share some
Japanese culture with the con
gregation. Dinner begins at 6
p.m.
On Good Friday, April 1, the
girls will attend the soup supper
at Hope in Heppner. They will
also participate in the Service of
Darkness. Easter Sunday they
will provide special music during
the festive communion services at
both churches.
Palm Sunday. March 27, the
congregations of Hope and Valby
will reinact the triumphal entry of
Jesus in Jerusalem with special
blessing of palm crosses which
were made by a village in Tan
zania, East Africa.
There will be a reading of Palm
Sunday text from Mark 11:1-10.
In place of the sermon, a dramatic
reading of the Passion of our
L ord, according to St.
Mark (Mark 14: 1-14; 47) will be
read. Dave Barnett will be the
reader at Valby and Vicki Broden
will read at Hope.
Services at Valby begin at 9
a.m. Easter Sunday service will
begin at 8 a.m. Services at Hope
will begin at 11 a.m.
V isitors and friends are
welcome to attend.
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or Merlin LaChapelle
Days: 503-573-5281
Evenings: 503-573-6875 (Merlin)
or-503-573-6128 (Lindsey)
Lots of Easter specials!
Easter is only 2 weeks away! (April 3)
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Bull riders went for $9,000
Forty PRCA bull riders com
peted for $9,000 in purse money
at the first St. Paddy’s Bull
Busting event held Saturday,
March 19, during Heppner’s St.
Patrick’s celebration. This event
was sponsored by the Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo Committee of
Heppner.
Announcer Bob Tallm an,
Baker City and clown Ike Pryor,
Yakima, WA. kept a large crowd
of spectators laughing while
cowboys made wild rides on bulls
from the Beard Rodeo Contrac
tors string. Assisting in the arena
were bull fighters Bruce Kimsey,
Chelan, WA., and Mike Gotham,
Colville, WA.
Brian Barker, Nampa, ID.,
came up the big winner with a
purse of $4,400 after winning the
first section and placing first in
the average. Clint W affle,
Lewiston, ID., took home $1,250
placing third in the short go and
winning the second section of bull
riding. Waffle was also awarded
a $50 raffle ticket on a 1994
pickup for being the most Irish
looking cowboy by sporting
green chaps and green shirt.
Todd McKay, Fossil, was third
in the average and second in the
short go to win $580. Tying for
fourth was Dusty Arzino, Molalla
and Cody Balwin, Granger, WA.
While stick horse racers, ages
six and under took their turn in
the arena, spectators were award
ed prizes donated by RJ’s
Steakhouse in Lexington,
Pendleton Underground Tours
and the Golden D ragon
restaurant, Hermiston.
Sponsors who contributed to
the added purse money included
Morrow County Grain Growers,
Lexington; Wheat Growers of the
Lexington area; Les Schwab,
Paul Hisler Jr., Heppner Elks
Lodge, First Interstate Bank, all
Heppner, Pepsi Cola Bottling
Company
and
G raybeal
Distributing, Pendleton. C & C
Truck
P arts,
H erm iston;
Jamieson & Marshall Plumbing
and H eating, Condon and
Damerow Ford and Fleet Sales,
Beaverton.
Heppner area winners of the
cowboy auction held on Friday
evening at the Heppner Elks
Lodge were Mike Huddlestonv
first; Kathy Cutsforth, second;
and Diana Hoeft and Mary Ann
Munkers tied for third.
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It’s spring, according to the calendar, the meadowlarks and the
ground squirrels. Yet March seems determined to go out like a lion
with snow squalls and frosty nights.
However, it’s a definite turning point from winter’s bleak days
to witness many people enjoying the St. Patrick’s festivities this past
weekend. It’s amazing the efforts put forth to sponsor this event,
particularly this year in the face of an uncertain economic future.
The number of out-of-town folks attending this event seem to in
crease each year. A record attendance for the breakfasts and dinners
was noted. Many local people work quietly behind the scenes to
prepare food in order to accommodate so many. And the undefeatable
auction crew deserves a big hand for lugging, moving, rounding up
items and clerking this event. All items offered seemed to rapidly
become someone else’s treasure.
Judges said they had a difficult time selecting parade winners. It
was a delightful combination of floats, marching units, kids and pets
and everything in between. Geneva Mathews deserves a great deal
of credit for combining band students from Heppner and lone to give
the parade a proper atmosphere.
A large crowd of spectators enjoyed a new event this year, the
bull riding, put on by the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Committee. The
chilly air was reminiscent of a late fall football game. And the sheep
dog trials continues to be a major part of this weekend event,
regardless of wind, snow or rain.
It was a rare treat to hear a Long Island opera singer give voice
to the familiar strains of Danny Boy. And without the lively singing
of John Doherty and the Scott Sager family and friends, the coffee
hour just wouldn’t be the same. Needless to say, there were other
impromptu song fests when these Irishmen all get together.
Familiar figures like Willie Mitchell, San Francisco, CA., and Scot
ty McDonald, the Scotch-Irishman from Canada, add to the occa
sion with their vibrant personalities. Let’s hope we never run out
of Irishmen who always rise to the occasion.
It’s been a busy month with local schools making a great showing
in the state basketball playoffs and the St. Patrick's celebration. Now
we’re into spring break from school as we anxiously await more
favorable weather for yard and gardening work.
But along with the day-to-day life and it’s chores here’s hoping
a lucky leprechaun is still with us and we await the fate of the Kin-
zua Mill and the outcome of the levy and bond issues on the March
ballot.
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