Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 13, 1994 - THREE
Engagements
Melissa Cutsforth sets new record
Burnside wins essay contest
Heppner High School language
arts teacher Linda Dutcher has
announced that Ethan Burnside
has been selected as the first place
regional
w inner
in the
Blazers/AVIA “ Write-On” essay
competition.
Dutcher said that over 48 thou
sand students participated in the
contest.
Ethan submitted an essay on his
future career as a computer pro
grammer. He will receive a cer
tificate and an AVIA bag.
Ethan, a junior at Heppner
High School, is the son of Laura
Burnside-McElligott and Tom
McElligott, Heppner.
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Ethan Burnside
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Hall — Brown
David E. and Nancy E. Hall ot State College, PA, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Jodi Lynn, to George Robert Brown,
son of George A. and F. Colleen Brown of Dauphin, PA. Jodi is
the granddaughter of Gene and Harriet Hall of Heppner.
The bride-elect is a 1991 graduate of State College Area High
School and is currently a junior in agricultural education at Penn State.
She works as the student supervisor in the College of Agricultural
Sciences computer laboratory.
Brown is a 1991 graduate of Central Dauphin East High School
and is a junior in administration of justice at Penn State. He works
as a supervisor of records with the student auxiliary of the Penn State
Police Services.
A June 11, wedding is planned.
Efforts to keep Kinzua operating are on the wrong track. Front
page headlines should read “ Mill Closure Threatens Owl Habitat” .
As creatures seem to be more important than humans these days,
it’s time to get the ‘animal rights’ people involved.
It doesn’t matter that it was a horned owl that caused head wounds
to a security guard at the mill. It should be no problem to get one
more bird on the endangered species listing, even one minus spots.
If this owl prefers his timber domain neatly stacked, let’s keep those
logs rolling in. It’s about time that an owl aided timber workers.
This story isn’t a figment of my imagination. This man was taken
to the emergency room of the hospital to staunch the flow of blood
from talon wounds. Probably he at first thought he was being at
tacked by an unidentified flying object while keeping the darkened
log yard under surveillance. Afterward I can imagine that his friends
are having a heyday razzing him about being a meathead.
Seriously the mill situation is a precarious time for workers in
volved and the subsequent impact on the area. But blown out of pro
portion is the idea that south Morrow County towns will no longer
exist if the mill is shut down. It’s time to give some positive vibes
about these small towns that have been in existence before the turn
of the century.
Before there was a rail line, modem roads and transportation, there
were grocery and hardware stores, doctors, schools, churches and
other amenities. Society is more mobile now and grain and cattle
i are mostly trucked from this area. But think of having to run to Her-
'.niston or Pendleton for a few nails, a vehicle part, a haircut or a
jug of milk. People here need these services. Dollars spent elsewhere
’ for things that can be bought locally undercut the local economy.
However Willow Creek towns have survived catastrophic fires and
floods. Fortunately we don’t have earthquakes or tornadoes and en
joy a moderate climate. Years ago when the mill’s plywood plant
closed it took away many jobs. Merchants were also affected when
the Conservation Reserve Program ended some farm labor jobs about
10 years ago. And property values dropped when publicity about the
Willow Creek Dam’s safety was exaggerated.
Bad news is reported and sensationalized over and over as rumors
and innuendos persist. Good news is quietly noted and forgotten,
it seems. Closing the mill would be difficult for many families. But
some workers may choose to commute to new jobs. One aspect is
that more retired people are choosing to move to less stressful rural
areas.
Job losses in an area also affect taxation, health services and schools
that are stretching limited operating dollars. Increasing state and
federal mandates put expensive operating costs on land users mak
ing it more difficult for farmers and ranchers to survive. However
people here usually find a way to cope and we don’t see homeless
people living in cardboard boxes.
Perhaps we need to turn some ranch homes into guest houses for
those that want to turn the west into a playground. Former loggers
could become tour guides to view the deer and owls that flitter about.
And idle land could become government property to escape taxa
tion. Realistically, our way of life means we’ve got to hang in there
and hopefully pull together.
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Melissa Cutsforth set a new school record in the discus
The Heppner Ponies held their
first track meet of the season at
Blue Mountain Community Col
lege in Pendleton on Friday,
April 8. This was an all-league
meet.
Melissa Cutsforth set a new
school record in the discus for
first place with a toss of 73’4 ” .
The old record was 72’7” set by
Lori Moeller last year. Cutsforth
placed second in the shot at
26’9” .
Other finishers were:
Andy Sykes, third in the shot
35’2” , fourth in the softball
179’9” and sixth in the discus
85’7” .
Jill Barber placed second in the
200 dash 30.25; sixth in the 100m
14.59; fourth in the long jump
13’4 ” and first in the medley
relay 3:28.
Annie Hisler took a first in the
100m hurdles 19.0 and the
medley relay, and second in the
400m.
Mindy Binschus placed third in
the discus 66’2” , fourth in the
shot 24’ and fifth in the 4x100
relay 1:03.
Janelle Healy placed fifth in the
softball 130’8” .
Katie Nichols placed fifth in the
4x100 relay, and first in the
medley relay.
Julie Watkins placed sixth in
the 400m dash, 1:16.
You are cordially invited to a reception
to celebrate the 90th birthday of
Ida Coleman
Saturday, April 1 6, 1994 1-3 p.m. at
the Heppner Elks Club dining room
No gifts please
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A reception honoring the 50th wedding anniversary of Mary
Eleanor and Dean Gilman will be held Saturday, April 23 from 2
to 4 p.m. at All Saints’ Episcopal Church parish hall in Heppner.
The Gilmans were marreid April 10, 1944 in Lewiston, ID.
Both the Gilmans grew up in the area and graduated from Hepp
ner High School. Mary Eleanor worked 42 years at First Interstate
Bank and was bank manager before her retirement. Dean Gilman
was in law enforcement for 37 years serving as Heppner’s police
chief for 32 years. He also spent two years in the Marines during
World War II.
After a lifetime of serving the public, they now spend their retire
ment years by traveling during the winter months. This couple also
enjoys golf and attending to their yard and home at Fairview Way
during summers.
A special person at the reception will be Mary Eleanor’s mother,
Beulah Florence, 86. Florence and her husband Norman, now deceas
ed, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1965.
Mary Eleanor grew up on her parents’ upper Willow Creek farm
that remained in the Florence family for 110 years. Dean Gilman
is also the son of a pioneering family, Walter and Viola Gilman.
The reception is hosted by relatives and close friends. The couple
requests no gifts.
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Brooke Boyer took fifth in the
1500m and first in the medley
relay.
Jessica VanWinkle and Jaclynn
Hughes were both a part of the
fifth place 4x100 relay.
Tyson Palmateer placed third
in the high jump and softball
throw, fourth in the 100m and
sixth in the 100m relay.
Brian Knowles placed sixth in
the 4x100 relay and fifth in the
100m hurdles.
Tim Dickenson finished first in
the 1500m and fifth in the 800m.
Casey Evans and Danny
Coiner were the rest of the 4x100
relay sixth place.
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