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Ione gears up for 32nd auction/bbq
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By Anne Morter
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Saturday, June 4, marks the
32 nd annual lone Auction and
Barbecue sponsored by the lone
United Church of Christ. Located
at the Willows Grange Hall in
lone, this yearly tradition serves
as the main fund raising activity
for the RJCC as well as providing
an exciting and fun day for the
town.
The day kicks off promptly at
10 a.m. with the opening of the
Country Store. Held inside the
grange hall, the Country Store
features handmade crafts and
sewing, homemade baked goods,
the popular “ New to You” selec
tion and a fish pond for kids.
At 10:15 a.m. the silent auction
begins outside on a large assort
ment of glass items including
vases, dishes and knick knacks.
Bids are opened at 12:15 p.m. for
that event.
The main feature of the day,
the auction, gets underway at
10:30 a.m. Highlights of this
year’s auction list include a 1991
A laskan Telescopic variety
cam per equipped with a
refrigerator, stove and toilet. The
camper has never been cooked in
and is in like-new condition. It is
scheduled to go on the auction
block around 2 p.m. Other auc
tion items include a beautiful
hand-pieced quilt and a large
assortment of antiques. Smaller
items of interest include an 18”
child’s doll with seven outfits and
shoes made by Judy Rea, special
ty items like gourmet meals and
other food items as well as a large
selection of pre-owned goods.
The antique list includes a
wooden ice box, several dressers,
a treadle sewing machine, a piano
Bonnie Grant opens shop
stool with glass ball feet, a cou
ple of fancy gold picture frames,
some harness pieces, several milk
and oil cans, a cross cut saw, two
irons, a chamber pot and an
assortment of chairs and small
tables.
The quilt, an auction tradition,
features a hand pieced top
originating in Missouri. The quilt
committee of Ruth McCabe, Lpla
Ann Pettyjohn and Judy Rea add
ed two borders and hand quilted
it. The quilt and the doll are on
display at the Bank of Eastern
Oregon in lone.
At 12:30 p.m. the auction ac
tion halts when the pit barbecue
beef dinner is served. Dinner,
which costs $5 for adults and
$2.50 for ages 6-12 includes
barbecued beef, salad buffet, bak
ed beans and French bread. An
outdoor snack shack will feature
snow cones and cold drinks for
the duration of the auction.
Rape reported
in Heppner
Heppner Police Chief Doug
Rathbun said that the Heppner
Police D epartm ent is in
vestigating a reported rape that
was said to have occurred Satur
day, May 21, around 11:50 p.m.
at the Heppner City Park.
Rathbun said that the alleged
victim was an adult woman.
Stress, depression
workshop offered
Bonnie Grant checks appointment book
Bonnie Grant began operating
“ The Hair House” , formerly
-known as Chen’s Hair and Nails,
at 124 Church Street in Heppner
this week.
Grant purchased the hair salon
from Cheri and Red Lovgren,
who moved to Dutch Harbor,
Alaska, where he has a job work
ing at a co-gen plant.
Grant, who opened the shop
Tuesday, May 24, will offer hair
cuts, barbering, nails, manicures,
A design has been chosen,
price estimates completed and
plans laid for construction of a
new pool in Heppner. The only
thing missing is the money to
build it. T hat’s what Skip
Mathews of the Willow Creek
Park District pool committee told
the Heppner Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday.
Mathews said if funding is ob
tained the pool probably will be
built at Hager Park, have an in
door wading and therapy pool and
cost around $1.2 million.
He said the park district is con
sidering asking voters for a bond
issue to finance the pool on this
November’s ballot. And if the
voters say yes “ we could have
people swimming by next sum
m er,” Mathews said.
People for the pool, a local
group formed to push for con
struction of a new pool, has rais
ed about $12,000 so far, and that
money will be used in construc
tion, Mathews said.
Heppner’s old pool, located
near the south end of town by
Shobe creek, was closed down by
the city several years ago because
o f m ultiple stru ctu ral and
mechanical problems.
The park district had an
engineering firm conduct a study
to determine best design and loca
tion of the pool.
According to the study the best
design would include an enlarg
ed bath house and small indooor
therapy and teaching pool which
is a maximum of four-feet deep.
An extra room is incorporated in
the bath house as a recreation
room or meeting space. The pool
itself would feature a four-lane
25-yard lap pool, a deep end with
a slide, a fan shaped shallow end
that starts with zero feet and ex
tends out for handicapped access
Mustangs play at home Friday
Survey included in G-T
The Oregon State Legislature
has directed each county to
develop a comprehensive plan
that will allow communities to
achieve conditions that protect,
nurture and realize the full poten
tial of children. The Morrow
County Commission on Children
and Families is currently develop
ing the plan, but they need help.
Inserted in this week’s Gazette-
Times is a survey to help the
C om m ission discover the
strengths of the county, potential
risks to families and any ideas or
suggestions that might help them
formulate the plan. “ Without
your input, the plan will not be
as effective,” said Dar Merrill,
executive director of the Morrow
County Commission on Children
Accident occurs near Tupper
Four people were transported
to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner following a two-car ac
cident around 5:53 p.m. Tues
day, May 24.
According to a Morrow Coun
ty Sheriffs spokesperson none of
the people involved were believ
and small children swimming.
The pool would also have a sun
deck, m en’s and w om en’s
showers, toilets and changing
rooms, plus a central control area
and lifeguard station.
M athews said the report
estimated operation of the pool to
cost $10,000 per month (it would
be open only three months dur
ing summer) not including en
trance fees paid by users.
perms, colors and tanning. Grant
has been in the hair dressing
business since 1983 and worked
for five years for Cheri Lovgren.
Hours for “ The Hair House”
will be Tuesday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Satur
day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tann
ing hours will be 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Tentative phone number is
676-9667. Those unable to reach
Grant during regular hours may
leave a message on her answer
ing machine.
Morrow County Mental Health
and Morrow County Medical
Services will co-sponsor a com
bined “ Coping with Depression”
and “ Reducing the Stress in Your
Life” workshop. This workshop
will be held on June 2 at the home
health conference room at
Pioneer Memorial Clinic in
Heppner. The workshop will
begin at 5:30 p.m. and end ap
proximately at 7 p.m. It will give
an overview of depression and
anxiety as well as offer coping
skills to assist people in resolv
ing these issues.
The program is free and open
to the public. For more informa
tion contact Kelly Sager at Mor
row County Mental Health,
676-9161 or Pam Sagely at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
676-9133.
ed to have been seriously injured,
but were kept overnight for
observation.
The accident occurred on Road
21 near Tupper.
No further information was
available at press time.
and Families. “ You know your
individual strengths and the
potential risks to your family bet
ter than enyone else."
The commission asks that peo
ple fill out the survey and return
it by June 8 to: the Morrow
County Health Department/Mor-
row County C hildren and
Families, Murray Drug or Cen
tral Market in Heppner; Del’s
Market in Lexington; Bristow’s
Market in lone; Sentry Market
or the U.S. Post Office outer lob
by in Boardman; city hall, coun
ty annex building in lone; or mail
it to: the Morrow County Com
mission on C hildren and
Families, P.O. Box 544. Hepp
ner, OR 97836.
Additional copies may also be
obtained at those locations. For
more information call 676-9675.
No Memorial day
picnic this year
Jean Nelson of the Morrow
County Historical Society has an
nounced that the annual
Memorial day picnic has been
cancelled this year due to lack of
interest in finding a family to host
it.
H eppner High S chool’s
baseball team will give the
hometown fans a chance to see its
district-champion skills, in action
when it squares off against Elgin
this Friday at 4:30 p.m. at home
Price for first round action in
the OSAA-US Bank state 2A
baseball championships will be $4
for adults, and $3 for students.
The game will be played on
Heppner’s new baseball field next
to the high school.
If the Mustangs win they will
face the winner of the Knappa-
Sheridan game on Monday, May
30. Should Knappa win (the
number two team from District
1), Heppner will have to travel to
Knappa. If Sheridan (the number
one team from District 2) wins.
Heppner will have another home
game on Monday.
Good Luck
Mustangs
in state baseball playoffs,
first round Friday in Heppner, 4:30 p.m.
M orrow C o u n ty C ra in G ro w ers
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