Curb creates problem for residents
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HEPPNER
Dispute over curbs
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VOL. 113
NO. 32
6 Pages Wednesday, August 3, 1994_________Morrow County Heppner. Oregon
Princess Char loves horses
Princess Char Coe of the
1994 Morrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Court, is the stately daughter
of Tim and Jan Coe, Heppner.
For as long as she can
remember her love affair with
horses has been one of her
main interests, she says.
Gone are the days when she
'fast-tracked' on a slim pony
while the family lived on
Hughes' Buttercreek ranch.
Now she pursues schooling
bigger and more challenging
mounts.
Those efforts resulted in her
winning the 1991 Champion
Junior Performance Horse,
the 1992 Reserve High Point
Rider award and the 1994
Reserve Senior Performance
Horse title at Morrow Coun
ty Open Horse Show s-ju st a
few of her horse awards.
Princess Char follows in the
footsteps of her older sister,
Tricia, who was a princess on
the 1990 court of Queen Judy
Jepsen Julio. Like other horse
enthusiasts, she has partic-
pated in 4-H horse shows and
the Wrangler playdays and
she has carried a sponsor flag
during rodeos for the past
three years.
Princess
Char Coe
Height: 5 '9 "
Eyes: Blue
Hair.Blond
Parents: Tim & Jan
Age: 17 year old sen ior
Princess Char plays with dog Max and works with her sheep
Princess Char enjoys par
ticipating with her sheep and
horse projects during the
week of fair. In 1991 she won
the master showmanship con
test, an event where top
showman are judged on the
ability to show each animal
breed including a horse.
This y e a r's court has
garnered many first places in
the m ounted court in
num erous parades. This
means that Princess Char has
had many busy weekends.
They recently stayed over
night at Wallowa where they
participated in the Chief
Joseph Days parade and
grand entries. Char's mount
for these court appearances is
her six year old gelding nam
ed 'ZI Five.'
Meeting people and visiting
new places has been a blast,
Princess Char says. But she
hasn't been sitting around
waiting for those weekends.
Summer weekdays have been
spent 'sweating it out' in hay
fields as an employee of Mac
Hoskins.
Future plans for this hard
working young lady are in
definite, she says. For now
she is concentrating on court
duties while preparing a
sheep for the fair and par
ticipating in the 4-H Horse
Show this Sunday, August 7.
Open house
Lightning causes fires at fire hal1
Two big field fires were bur
ning out of control Tuesday
night fanned by high winds.
Highway 74 mile post 7-12,
which is the road from lone to
the freeway, was closed at
presstime Tuesday night. A
sh eriff's
departm ent
spokesperson said that the road
would be re-opened soon.
Another fire was burning out
of control near Cecil.
The
Sh eriff's
office
spokesperson said at the time
no structures had been burn
ing. "Everybody's out there,"
(to fight the fire), she said.
around a foot above the dirt or
gravel in some residents'
driveways. Even when the pro
ject is com pleted, some
residents believe that the
driveways will be too steep to
get their vehicles, especially
recreation vehicles, out.
Residents also complained that
they were not notified ahead of
time so that they could get then-
vehicles out before they were
trapped.
Marks says that the situation
"is not what it appears" and
says that it looks worse than it
is because the project is not
completed. "W e need people
to give us a chance to finish the
project," he said. "W e're go
ing to make sure people have
access to their property. The ci
ty's trying very hard to address
the problems on Gilmore
Street. We're willing to work
with any adjacent property
owner to make sure their pro-
perty is not obstructed. Please
have patience.” He said that
the area behind the curb will be
backfilled and he has been
assured by the engineer that
the Gilmore Street project will
work. Marks added that
residents on Church Street w'ill
have the same temporary
problems.
He said that the street project
should be "wrapped up and
done" before fair week.
Marks asks drivers to be
careful and take it easy on the
new city streets at least until fall
when the new' surface has a
chance to firm up. He cautions
that people skidding, making
fast U-turns and squirreling
around could tear the new sur
face which will be pliable for a
while, especially in the heat.
"The community has a lot in
vested in the project," he said.
Schools begin 4-day week
Activities: 4-H Horse &
Sheep, varsity volleyball,
basketball & track, Wran
glers, FFA, '93 Home
coming princess
Princess Char will be a
senior at H eppner High
School this fall. Like her older
brother, Scott, a former high
school athlete, she enjoys
sports including basketball,
volleyball and track. Char was
also chosen as a member of
the 1993 homecoming court.
As a active Heppner FFA
chapter member, she has top
ped judging contests at shows
in Tygh Valley, Hermiston
and elsewhere.
A seven year 4-H member,
Heppner city manager Ga y
Marks says that construction on
Gilmore Street w'ill ke?p
residents out of their driveways
for the next couple of weeks.
But, some residents fear that
the Gilmore construction will
prohibit access to their proper
ty permanently unless the pro
ject is changed.
Construction crews laid a
concrete curb which was in
tended to help solve the
drainage problem on Gilmore.
Marks said that before, the
water not only seeped through
the cracks in the street, but
overflowed down the hill and
flooded basements. The new
curb should channel water
down the gutter, into a catch
basin and into new storm
drains.
But, at the present time the
back side of the "rolling" curbs
ranges from several inches to
The Heppner Volunteer
Firemen will hold an open
house Friday, Aug. 19 between
1 and 5 p.m at the Heppner
Fire Hall located at the corner
of Gale and Willow Street
During the open house the
public will be welcome to tour
the new fire hall facility and
view the new pumper truck as
well as other equipment.
Morxow County School
students will have new hours
when they start school this fall.
Heppner High School students
will begin the school day at 7:55
a.m. and will be dismissed at
3:36 p.m. Class periods will be
57 minutes long. Heppner
Elementary and Middle School
students will also begin at 7:55
a.m., but dismissal times had
not been announced at
presstime. lone students in
kindergarten through second
grade will attend school from 8
a.m. to 3 p.m. Hours for lone
students in grades 3-12 will be
from 8 a.m. to 3:32 p.m.
Registration for all Heppner
High School students will be
Monday, August 15, from 9
a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3:30
p.m. HHS fees are as follows:
all students-student body card.
$8, computer lab fee, $5; PE
students and athletes-towel fee,
$3; optional-yearbook, $20, and
padlock, $3. For the first time
students will also be «charged
for participating in sports. Cost
is $50 per sport per student
with a maximum of $200 per
family for the school year.
lone Schools have not set
registration day, but school of
ficials encourage new students
to come in the office to enroll
before school starts.
The first day of school for all
Morrow County students is Fri
day, Aug. 26. Teachers will
begin with a district-wide inser
vice day on Aug. 23.
This year, also for the first
a five-day work week, with
time, Morrow County students
Fridays reserved for planning,
will have a four-day week, at meetings, etc. School officials
tending school Monday said that they hope to schedule
through Thursday, with a few games on Fridays as much as
exceptions. When Monday is a possible, so that classroom time
holiday, students will attend is not interrupted.
Friday. Teachers will still have
Football camp set Aug. 8-11
The Third Annual South
Morrow County Football
Camp, for boys in sixth
through 12th grades, has been
scheduled for Monday through
Thursday, Aug. 8-11, from 5:30
to 8:30 p.m.
Cost for the camp is $20
which includes a team hat. Ex
tra proceeds will go to the
Park commission may
put pool issue to voters
l he monthly meeting of the
Willow Creek Park District
Board is scheduled for Wednes
day, August 10 at 7 p.m. at
Kate's Pizza.
At this meeting the ex
ploratory swimming pool com
mission plans to ask the park
board to endorse the pool pro
ject and put proposed funding
measures on the November
ballot.
Heppner has been w ithout a
Deadlines set for rodeo entries
Morrow County Rodeo
Secretary Marlene Currin will
accept entries and entry fees for
the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo to
be held August 19-21, beginn
ing August 12.
The Morrow County Rodeo
entries can be called in to Cur-
respective school football
teams.
The camp will be held at
Heppner High School.
Coaches will be the Heppner
and lone middle and high
school coaching staff.
Signup sheets will be at Mur
ray Drugs and Heppner High
School. For more information
call Greg Grant, 676-5257.
rin at 676-9711 on Aug. 14,
beginning at 9 a.m. Entries will
close 6 p.m. August 15. Entry
fees must be paid by Thursday,
August 18. Mail your entry fees
to Marlene Currin, Rt. 2 Box
2290 Heppner, Oregon, 97836.
pool for the past three sum
mers. In the meantime many
volunteer hours have been
spent researching ways to con
struct and operate a new’ pool.
A site and pool design have
been chosen. Hager Park was
selected as the most feasible
site. At a construction cost of
around $1.2 million, the facili
ty would include an indoor
therapy pool. It was estimated
that it would cost around
$10,000 per month for pool
operations during summer
months.
In the meantime 'People for
the Pool' have acquired over
$12,000 in support of the pool
project.
Whether voters will have a
chance to determine the fate of
a city pool depends on the vote
of the park district board. This
meeting is open to the public.
H A R VEST HOURS until Monday
August 8th we’re back on
Regular Hours
August 15th Wasco Parts Outlet
Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington 989-8221
1-800-824-7185