Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. October 5, 1994 - THREE
Historical Society enjoys speaker
By Delpha Jones
The Morrow County His
torical Society met at the Lex-
tington Grange Hall Sunday,
Oct. 2 for their yearly meeting.
Preceding the business meeting
a bountiful dinner was enjoyed
with turkey, dressing, potatoes
and gravy, salads and desserts,
brought by the members and
guests.
The meeting opened with the
flag salute and singing led by
Don Eppenbach accompanied
by Kathryn Hoskins of Hepp
ner. Minutes of last meeting
were read and com mittee
reports given. Reports on the
trip to Blake Island this year
and the planned trip to Salt
Lake City were heard. These
trips are planned for the enjoy
ment of members and triends
of the society.
Jerry Peck and Ray Michael of
Boardman reported on the
moving and restoration of the
Sam Boardam n rest area
gazebo. Plans are to finish this
project before another winter
has passed. It will be placed
near the boat the “ Captain Earl
Jam es" at the Port of of Mor
row. Don Eppenbach reported
that more remodeling is being
done to the boat which is now
in place at the Port.
A report on the activities of
the Morrow County Museum
was given by Marsha Sweek.
Sweek reminded people of the
need of pictures of the past
rodeo courts for a permanent
display at the museum.
Barbara Bloodsworth gave a
report on the Morrow County
Historical Sociey Essay contest
held each year. Fifty dolars are
awarded to the winner of the
best essay written of memories
of their family or someone they
knew. Merlyn Robinson was
the winner this year.
The president announced
that railroad crossing signs
have been obtained for the
three towns. One is to be plac
ed in lone, one at the county
road shop in Lexington and
one at the site of Shorty Peck's
museum in Heppner.
Special music was provided
by LaVelle Partlow and Don
Eppenbach followed by the
election of four directors for
three year terms. Those elected
were Kathryn Hoskins, Hepp
ner, Barton Clark, Rhea Creek,
Jerry Peck, Boardman, and Bar
bara Bloodsworth, Heppner.
Numbers were drawn for door
prizes throughout the day.
Receiving prizes were Mr.
Truman E. Messenger and
Charlotte Crum who were
oldest in attendance. Mrs. Bet
ty M cK ennan and Carol
Messenger traveled the far
th est. C arol M ichael had
brought several pictures of 4-H
clubs and members for a much
needed identification which
was interesting and sparked
memories. Dallas McKennon,
well known comedian and ac
tor from Portland, gave a fun
filled program with the
children of Burl and Susie
Stillman helping out. McKen-
non's program was on the ear
ly days of hardships and fun on
the Oregon Trail with the
assistance of the young people.
He has been in several movies
and T.V. programs, imitating
animals and birds such as
roosters and dogs etc.
The meeting adjourned about
4 p.m. with about 90 people
present for the day.
The kitchen committee con
sisted of Bob Reaney, Barbara
Bloodsworth, Sue Vinson and
other helpers. The tables were
loveley with dahlias and anti
ques on each table, done by the
Heppner Garden Club. A
thank you was given the kit
chen crew and the Garden
Club.
The 1994 Chronicles are now
available and committees as
well as directors were recogniz
ed. Pens, Morrow County pins
and note pads are available.
Membership dues are now
due.
Garden club learns about flowers
Following a guided tour of
Jame Rawlins' flower garden,
17 members of the Heppner
G arden Club held their
meeting Sept. 12 at the Rawlins
home.
The program topic was "All
About Tagetes" (botanical term
for Marigolds). Rawlins told the
group that marigolds are now
the number one annual in the
USA, outranking zinnias and
petunias in combined bedding
and seed packet sales. These
easy-care flowers are adaptable
to varied soils and elevations
and provide brilliant color over
a long blooming season.
Originating in Mexico, Cen
tral and Sou th A m erica,
marigolds are of three main
species: "A frican" erecta, now
called "A m erican", the tall,
larger types; "F re n ch ", the
smaller, lower growing types in
bi-colors; and "S ig n e t", little,
dainty, single blooms.
Plant
b reed ers
have
developed F -l Hybirds of
"A m erican " marigolds that
produce large, deep, beautiful
blooms. Seeds of these my be
ordered from catalogues such
as Parks or Harris. "O f course,
seeds of the open-pollinated
types such as "Crackerjack" or
use of the "volunteer" plants
is less expensive, but the only
way one can be sure of the size
and beauty of the F-l Hybirds
such as Climax, Jubilee and In
ca varieties is to grow them
from seed. They are seldom
available from bedding plant
stands in this area," Rawlins
said. Seeds planted about an
inch apart in March in a con
tainer of potting soil placed on
a window sill will produce
plants ready to transplant in
your garden in May. They also
do well in planters.
Marigolds are seldom used as
cut flowers because of the
heavy odor of their foliage due
to glandular hairs on the
underside of the leaves. Strip
ping the foliage permits the use
of odorless blossoms in ar
rangements that last two or
more weeks in your home.
At the business meeting
members answered roll call by
completing the sentence "Now'
is the time to ..."
M em bers discu ssed the
club's participation in the coun
ty fair flower show and the
treasurer reported that checks
had been sent to the winners:
Tonya Jones for sweepstakes
(most blue ribbons), Cathy
Dowrey for best arrangement
and to Jane Rawlins for best
horticulture exhibit. Bebe
Munkers reported that the an
nual welcome baskets for new
teachers and clergymen have
been delivered. Plans were
made to decorate the tables for
the anual din ner of the
Historical Society.
The president distributed
club program year books for
1994-95 showing informative
and workshop-type programs
for each month. Guests were
Georgia Rathbun and Cathy
Jones.
The next meeting will be Oc
tober 3 at the St. Patrick Seniior
Center. The program will be on
home landscape design and
will include a video and plan
ning guide by the Minnesota
Landscaping
A rboretum .
Members are asked to bring
samples of dried materials that
could be used in the workshop
meeting in November. Guests
are always welcome to attend.
Commission to hold meeting
The Oregon Grains Com-
missin will hold a regular com
mission meeting on Monday,
October 17, beginning at 8:30
a m. in the OGC Conference
Room, located at 1200 NW
Front Avenue, Su ite 520,
Portland.
Commission meetings are
open to the public and anyone
wishing to attend is welcome to
do so. The Oregon Grains
Commission complies with the
Americans With Disabilities Act
(ADA). The ADA prohibits
discrimination against persons
with disabilities. Anyone who
would like to attend the
meeting, but who needs special
accommodations, contact the
commissior 48 hours in ad
vance at 503-229-6574, TDD
503-373-7776.
HHS hosts JV tournament Fillies beat Sherman Co.
By Donna Moeller
On Saturday, Sept. 24, the
Heppner coaches and players
hosted a JV tournament at the
high school. The teams played
using the side courts (Blue and
Red) so that two games were
going at all times. Heppner's
junior varsity and C team both
played in the tournament.
JV players are: Traci Dicken
son, Stormy Howard, Annie
Hisler, Toni Kemp, Jessica
Sumner, Tina Kemp, Renee
Devin, Angela DeBo, Mindy
Qualls, Jossie Evans, Heather
Ripple, Mindy Binschus, Lori
Moeller and Beth Cookston.
Strong serving performances
by Howard, Hisler, and the
Kemp girls helped the Fillies.
C teadTplayers include: Cim-
mie H uth, Josie P roctor,
Jay len e P apin eau , Katie
Nicoles, Jessica VanWinkle,
Jayme Hansen, Linsey Ropp,
Melissa Cutsforth, Katie Ken
ny, Mandi Gutierrez, Alisha
Marlatt, Lexi Matteson and
Sherry Sieler. Coach Terri Gen
try stated that her C team's per
formance showed vibrant team
spirit and that the team is work
ing hard on fhe basic skills of
bum ping,
settin g ,
and
spiking .
Other teams in the tourna
ment included: lone, Umatilla,
Sherman County, Hermiston
C, Imbler and Condon.
On the Blue Court, lone beat
Heppner JV, 16-14, 15-12; and
Heppner JV beat Umatilla, 15-2,
15-4. lone split with Sherman
Co., 12-15, 15-3; while Sher
man Co. went on to beat
Umatilla, 15-8, 15-4. lone beat
Umatilla, 15-11, 15-4; and
Heppner JV split with Sherman
Co. 11-15, 15-8.
On the Red Court, Hermis
ton C team beat Heppner C
team, 15-13, 15-7; Imbler beat
Condon, 15-11, 15-4 then
downed Hermiston C 15-12,
15-4 and Condon beat Heppner
C 17-16, 15-4. Hermiston C beat
Condon 15-9, 15-8 and Imbler
beat Heppner C, 15-7, 15-8.
lone and Sherman Co. Ad
vanced into afternoon play
from the Blue Court with Im
bler and Hermiston C advanc
ing from the Red Court. In the
semi-final games Hermiston C
beat lone; lone won game one
15-6, with Hermiston coming
back to take the next two
games, 15-8, 15-13. lone played
sound volleyball all day. Imbler
beat Sherman Co. in two
games, 15-10, 15-12.
In the championship game
Imbler beat Hermiston C in two
games, 15-10, 15-8.
Six players from the tourna
ment were selected for the All
Stars by the coaches. Annie
Hisler, Heppner, Kara Miller
and Jenny Sullivan, both lone,
Robin Dodge, Imbler, Miranda
Shull, Sherman Co. and a
player from the Hermiston
team.
The next two week the Fillies
travel to lone, The Dalles,
Athena and Pilot Rock. The
next home game will be against
Weston-McEwen. October 20.
By Donna Moeller
The Fillies beat Sherman
County in three hard fought
games for their second CBC
Conference victory on Thurs
day, Sept. 22, 15-13, 7-15,
15-11.
In game one Jenny Krein had
excellent sets to connect with
front row player Char Coe for
13 successes out of 16 attempts
and seven aces. Coe complete
ly controlled the net. The final
score was 15-13.
Coach Terri Gentry took ad
vantage of the win to play
reserve players in game two.
Coe was still the main intimida
tion at the net, producing three
stuffs. Annie Hisler had a good
game, displaying her quickness
in the back row with her sets
and excellent serving. Jessica
Sumner was 100 percent at the
serving line. Lack of com
munication on the court and in
experience played a factor in
the game resulting in a loss,
7-15.
In the third game the Fillies
had a difficult time receiving
and struggled in their passing.
Krein's second time at serve led
a Heppner comeback. She serv
ed eight straight points to bring
the score from 0-8 to a tie,
creating a do or die situation
with both teams back on track.
Hisler served six straight points
for the Fillies. Sherman Coun
ty was called for an illegal hit
for game point and the Fillies
won, 15-11.
Krein continues to be a full
court player with excellent
serves and is also a threat at the
net with 12 of 13 attempts.
Kelsie Evans and Hisler both
added stability in the back court
to move the Heppner Fillies to
a 2-0 league record.
The Junior Varsity won in
three games, 5-15, 15-3, 15-4.
The C team won in two games,
15-9 and 16-14.
Cardinals lose to Dufur
By Anne Morter
The team that clicked so well
Tuesday stuttered on Friday,
Sept. 23 while hosting the
Dufur Rangers and lost the
match 14-16, 9-15. Luckily for
the lady Cards the match was
a non-counter in league stan
dings but the Cards may see
the Rangers again at the District
Tournament.
In the first game, the lady
Cards jumped to an early lead
and stayed in front, all the way
to game point. Then "for some
reason, we started missing
serves," said coach Charity
McElligott, and the Rangers
rallied to the win.
The Rangers kept the
momentum going in the se
cond game, taking the lead at
point four. Communication
problems kept the lady Cards
out of the game as Dufur went
on to capture the match.
Parenting class Union Pacific rejects county rail line request
Morrow County has received with a St. Louis company to
branch line for a Rails-to-Trails
to be offered
word that the county's bid for dispose of the land through
A parenting class is being of
fered this fall for parents,
teachers and other adults who
are living or are working with
children two to 10 years of age.
The class is entitled the
"Parents and Children Series",
a video-based program by Dr.
C arolyn W eb ster-Stratton ,
director of th^ Parenting Clinic
a tL<fii th e
U niversity
of
Washington. The program is
designed to help parents and
adu lts
develop
positive
behaviors in their children and
develop positive and effective
ways of interacting with their
children.
The course is being provided
by a grant from the Morrow
C ounty
C om m ission
on
Children and Families and the
Heppner Oregon Together.
The goal is to learn strategies to
help reduce misbehaviors that
can cause problems for the
child and family.
The course will be held on
Monday evenings at the Hepp
ner Middle School Library at 7
p.m. beginning October 17.
There is no fee for the class.
Those who are interested or
have questions may call Barb
P eterson at 676-9128 or
422-7047.
acquisition of the Heppner
branch line of the Union Pacific
Railroad has been denied, ac
cording to Morrow County
Judge Louis Carlson. Union
Pacific discontinued use of the
branch line July 1.
An interstate commerce com
mission decision dated July 29
acknowledged that Morrow
County had applied for a Rails-
to-Trails conversion of the
abandoned branch line.
However, Union Pacific ob
jected to the "trails condition"
as well as the "public use con
d itio n " requested by the
O regon
D epartm ent
of
T ran sp ortation . A lthough
directed by the ICC to negotiate
with Morrow County within 20
days of the date of the decision,
Union Pacific is not required to
seM its property to the county
involuntarily, said Carlson.
In a telephone conversation
w'ith Doug Rice, chief of the
real estate division of the Union
Pacific, Rice informed Carlson
that the railroad simply did not
want to dispose of the land
through either the rails-to-trails
conversion or the public use
condition. According to Rice,
Union Pacific has contracted
Cheerleaders raffle
HHS cheerleaders L-r: Mandi Gutierrez, Traci Dickenson, Stor
my Howard, Toni Kemp and Cimmie Huth, display a hand
quilted navy bluerctipber 26ueen size quilt made and donated
by Joyce Hostetler, cheerleader advisor Darcy Robinson's
mother. The quilt will be raffled. Tickets are $1 each or $6 for
$5 and may be purchased at the Bank of Eastern Oregon,
Gardner’s Men’s Wear or from any cheerleader and advisors
Darcy Robinson, Dawna Doherty or Judy Eckman.
Crop insurance date extended
Agriculture Secretary Mike
Espy has announced that the
sales closing date for crop in
surance has been extended
from Sept. 30 to Oct. 31.
This action gives producers
an additional 30 days to pur
chase 1995 wheat insurance.
Farmers should contact their
crop insurance agent to deter
mine if they are affected by the
action and to discuss their
options.
"Because many farmers are
already planting next year's
crops, I also encourage Con
gress to move quickly and send
President Clinton his request
for a new crop insurance law.
My decision to extend the sales
closing date will give farmers
the time necessary to evaluate
the new program and make in
formed risk management deci
sio n s," Espy said.
In addition, the secretary an
nounced his intention to make
regulatory changes in the crop
insurance program to help pre
vent any interruption in the
program due to the delay in
enacting the reform legislation.
private sale.
" I f Union Pacific expressed
its willingness to negotiate
within the 20 days the pro
ceedings could have been con
tinued," Carlson said. " I am
very disappointed that we have
not received any direct com
munication from the railroad
on this matter. Many of us, in
cluding business people of the
com m unity
as well as
agriculturists along Willow
Creek, can see many advan
tages in acquiring the abandon
ed lin e ," he added.
Although there has been
some dissent expressed concer
ning the county or the Port
district assuming ownership of
the abandoned line, Carlson
believes that the people of Mor
row County have lost a great
opportunity.
Last spring, Morrow County
applied through the ICC for ac-
quisiton of the abandoned
conversion, anticipating that
the line could serve a dual pur
pose as an undergound utility
corridor.
"M a n y
of
ou r
local
developers, utility companies
and irrigators have been very
interested in the county or the
Port of Morrow acquiring this
corridor from the railroad.
Many of these people believe
that in the near feature there
will be a need for the
underground corridor for
transport of natural gas, irriga
tion water from the Willow
Creeek Reservoir or for a possi
ble telephonic cable," Carlson
explained. "A ll of these uses
would be compatible with a
trails u se ."
C arlson
hopes
that
easements could be acquired
directly from landowners for
the purpose of establishing a
utility corridor in order to meet
future needs.
Concert at A .C . Houghton
Bill Staines, a New England
folk singer and song writer, will
be in concert Wednesday, Oct
12, at 7:30 p.m . at A.C.
Houghton Elementary School
in Irrigon. Tickets may be pur
chased at the door and are $7
for adults and $ 2 .50 for
students.
Staines is in his fourth
decade as a folk performer with
an international reputation as
an artist. In addition to his 17
recordings, he has written a
number of songs which have
been recorded by other artists
including Maken and Clancy,
Nanci
G riffith ,
M ason
W illiam s, G randpa Jones,
Priscilla Herdman, Jerry Jeff
Walker and others. His three
song books contain over 80 of
his songs.
Radio and television ap
pearances have included "A
Prairie Home com panion",
"Mountain Stage", "The Good
Evening Show " and a host of
local programs on PBS and net
work TV.
Proceeds from the concert
will go to A.C. Houghton stu
dent body.
Club hears program on China
"M y View of China" was the
topic presented to the lone
Topic Club by Donna Bergstom
at their
meeting.
Margaret Morgan and Rikka
Tews acted as hostesses.
Donna and her husband,
Roland, made the trip with 39
others under the supervision of
Grand Circle Tours. Impres
sions of China that she brought
back included: history is impor
tant to the people; there is lots
of pollution of air, water and
land; th ere is not much
unemploment because most
work is done by hand; sanita
tion is a problem for
Westerners; people were cheer
ful in spite of the crowded con
ditions; and there were a lot of
bicycles. The Bergstroms spent
four days on the Yangtze River
which will be dammed in 1997,
flooding out many of the scenic
gorges and also some of the
historic places. Some of the
places they visited included the
Great Wall, a cloisonne factory,
the Terra Cotta warriors, a silk
factory, pagodas and many
museums.
A short book review of "A n
drew, You Died Too Soon "
was given by Rikka Tews. This
was an account of the effect on
the community, family and
friends of the suicide of a youth
as told by his mother.
Guest for the day were
Deena Starr and Helen Martin.
Kerry
R ietm ann,
club
librarian, reported on summer
reading program with 35
children participating. A story
hour for three and four year
olds will continue on Tuesday
and Wednesday mornings.
Kathy Morter reported on the
fall money maker for the
library.