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VOL. 114
NO. 34
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
6 Pages Wednesday, August 9, 1995,
Princess Stefanie enjoys life as court member
Princess Stefanie Skultety of
the 1995 Morrow County Fair
and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo is
an Eastern Oregon convert
who has attained the status of
a true ranch hand.
Born in Portland, 17 year-old
Stefanie is the daughter of
Chris and Judy Skultety. She
has an older sister, Cynthia, in
Phoenix, and older brother,
Bobby at home and a younger
brother, Tommy, a pennant
bearer for this year's court. Five
years ago, the Skultetys mov
ed to a ranch near Heppner.
They are now living on a 28
acre mini-ranch near Stanfield.
Princess Stefanie has been in
volved with horses since she
was very young. With her
natural ability and by working
with trainers, she has attained
the skill of training horses in
cluding her own young Ara
bian mare and her court horse,
"Double Doc Frost", a five year
- old bay quarter horse.
"Eastern Oregon is more
relaxed and comfortable, but
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there's a lot more work," says
Princess Stefanie, a four year
4-H member. That work in
cludes her Romagnola cattle,
horses and a Saler crossbred
steer that she is preparing for
this year's fair. She has shown
the 1994 Grand Champion
Romagnola calf at the Califor
nia State Fair and the Junior
Pacific
International
in
Prineville. As an assistant, she
has gone to the Northwest Na
tional Livestock Show in
Denver and other livestock
shows and sales where she
says she has gained experience
to help her with her own cattle.
When at home, she can be
found irrigating, painting and
making repairs to upgrade their
present holdings, a job shared
with her brother Tommy. Her
brother Bobby and her father
are truck drivers who spend
long hours on the road. And
it's not unusual for this
fastidious, pretty princess to be
on the receiving end of an un
wanted baptism while helping
work cattle behind the chutes.
However, her philosophy is
that "if a person doesn't want
to do a job well, then they
shouldn't be there in the first
place."
And that theory seems to
serve her well in life as well as
a court member. She says she
has attained a comfort level in
learning to speak in public,
meeting new people and re
ceiving public recognition.
When asked about her ready
smile, she quipped, "that's my
job". Highlights of this sum
mer, Stefanie says, are the
friendships developed with
Princess
Not too many eighth graders
know what they want to be
when they grow up...and ac
tually carry through with it.
But, Paul Marshall, is an
exception.
Marshall, now 27, knew
before he was in the eighth
grade that he wanted to
become a dentist.
He indeed fulfilled that
dream and is now in practice at
the Heppner Dental Clinic,
replacing Dr. Blair Smith.
Health district officials original
ly intended that Smith and
Marshall share both the Hepp
ner and Boardman Dental
Clinic practices, but unusual
circumstances prevailed. On
the day Marshall arrived, it was
discovered that he is left hand
ed, so all the equipment for the
chairs, geared for right-handed
Smith, had to be reversed.
Since Smith speaks fluent
Spanish, it was decided that
Smith practice at the Boardman
clinic and Marshall at the
Heppner clinic.
The Morrow County Health
District hired an additional
dentist to cope with the
burgeoning practices at both
north and south county clinics.
Patients at the Heppner clinic
now have a two-month wait for
non-emergency appointments.
The Heppner Dental Clinic
will be open four days a week.
Office hours at the Heppner
clinic will be Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays
and alternating Mondays and
Fridays 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with
a short lunch break.
Dr. Marshall was bom in Van
Nuys, California, but also spent
time in Richmond Virginia. The
family moved back to Califor-
Paul Marshall
nia and Marshall spent much of
his youth in a town around 30
minutes east of the Pacific
Ocean.
Marshall attended UCLA,
but graduated from the Univer
sity of California at Riverside
with a degree in biology in
1989. While California has five
dental schools, Marshall says
that they just weren't right for
him and, instead because of the
people and the beauty of the
Northwest, chose to attend
dental school at Portland. He
graduated from Oregon's den
tal school in 1994.
After graduation Marshal
decided to enroll in a dental
residency program in Connec
ticut which would provide ad
vanced education in general
dentistry. Dentists are not re
quired to complete a residency
program.
Marshall said he enjoyed the
four seasons in Connecticut,
but "for the second time in his
life, was drawn back to
Oregon". Marshall said that his
decision to come to Heppner
was partly because of the
"tremendous need" for an ad
ditional dentist in Morrow
Stephanie Skultety
Height: 5 '6 "
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond
Parents: Chris & Judy
Age: 17 yrs, Senior
Stanfield High School
Activities: 4-H member,
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senior at Stanfield High School
this year. But she still has an at
tachment for the Heppner
school, where she participated
on the dance team for two
years, played golf for two
seasons and played volleyball.
She was a member of the Out
door Club, FFA and the Wild
Horse Club, while taking her
academic level seriously as an
honor roll student.
This well-rounded young
lady seizes every opportunity
to enhance her life. She has
gone to various clinics and
mini-schools to receive training
for horses, cattle and dogs.
And although she leans
towards the animal world, she
is also very active in her church
and youth group. She par
ticipated in World Youth Day
at Denver during the Pope's
visit there.
Focusing on her current role,
Princess Stefanie says she is
looking forward to her
"adopted" hometown fair and
rodeo that is well supported by
the comm unity. " I t 's an
honor," she exclaims, "to be
center front."
The Morrow County Court
will hold a public hearing Tues
day, August 15, 7:30 p.m. at
the Morrow County cour
thouse on petitions filed by lan
downers to withdraw from the
Willow Creek Park District.
Many of the landowners
have filed the petitions claim
ing they gain no benefit from
being part of the district, which
has financed an RV park at
Willow Creek Lake, and recent
ly received voter approval to
sell $975,000 in bonds and levy
$36,000 for construction and
operation of a swimming pool
in Heppner.
Public testimony on the pro
posed withdrawals is being en
couraged by the county court
either in person or through let
ters to the Park District
secretary at P.O. Box 263, lone
97843.
The hearing next Tuesday is
part of the process the county
court will use in deciding
whether to grant withdrawl
from the district to the
petitioners.
Withdrawing from the
district will not necessarily
relieve those property owners
from obligation to pay con
struction bonds on the Hepp
ner pool, however, it would
alleviate their paying the
operating costs. The operating
costs would then be shifted to
property owners still included
in the park district.
Formation of the park district
and approval of the bonds and
operating levy have been ap
proved by voters, even though
the lone precinct voted heavi
ly against it.
At a public meeting in lone
July 17 many voiced objection
to the park district and the
money being spent on the
Heppner pool. When told by
the Morrow County school
district that major repairs need
ed by the lone pool, whose
operation is paid for through
the school district, could cost
$324,000, money the school
district says it doesn't have,
many at the meeting both
disputed the figures and in
dicated the park district wasn't
needed to provide funding.
They said repairs to the lone
Rodeo entry deadline set
The local entries for the
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo need to
be in by Friday, August 11, at
5 p.m. The Procom number is
1 800 234-PRCA (7722).
Marlene Currin, rodeo sec
retary, will accept entries and
entry fees beginning Monday,
August 7.
The Morrow County Rodeo
entries may be called in to Cur
rin at 676-9711 beginning on
Sunday, August 13, at 9 a.m.
Entries will close on Monday,
August 14 at 6 p.m. Entry fees
must be paid by Thursday,
August 17. The mailing address
is: Marlene Currin, Rt. 2, Box
2290, Heppner, OR. 97836.
The rodeo office at the
fairgrounds will accept pay
ments after 5:15 p.m. until
August 17.
Juveniles injured in auto accident
Five
juveniles
were
transported
to
Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Heppner
following a one-vehicle acci
dent on Sunday, August 6
around 9:20 p.m. The accident
occurred on Highway 207
south of Heppner.
According to Sheridan Tar-
nasky, director of nursing at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
there weren't any serious in
juries, but two juveniles were
kept overnight for observation.
Volunteers sought to paint fair booth
Members of the Morrow
County State Fair Booth Com
mittee are looking for volun
teers to assist in the painting of
a large 8' x 15' mural of Mor
row County. Volunteers of any
age are welcome and all sup
plies will be provided.
"The Fair Booth Committee
really needs your help. If we
don't get assistance soon, we
may be forced to take Dave
Green up on his offer to paint
the mural him self," Greg
Smith joked. "Please don't do
this to Morrow County."
Anyone interested in helping
out on the project should con
tact Smith at 676-5343 or
676-5154. Those assisting the
project will receive two free
passes to the Oregon State Fair
and a "pat on the back".
Now available 1 gallon container
Vitavax - RTU - Thiram
Smut Control 3 oz.’s to bushel, 21^ gal. units
O n e of the m any court duties is to hand out aw ards and rib
bons before and during fair. P rincess S tep h an ie gives aw ards
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pool could be financed through
community donations.
The Morrow County court
has the final authority to grant
withdrawals from the park
district, and a decision on some
of those withdrawal petitions is
expected Tuesday night.
Another hearing on a second
batch of withdrawl petitions
will be held Sept. 18.
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D ecision expected on park w ithdraw als
FFA, Outdoor Club, Wild
Horse Club, Sports, dance
team
other courts and meeting the
current Miss Rodeo Oregon
and Washington.
She admits that there are
more conveniences available as
a resident of the metro areas.
But the change in lifestyle has
given her an "unforgettable ex
perience as a court member'' at
which she excels as an am
bassador for the county. Court
members have handed out
brochures, put up posters and
participated in parades all sum
mer. Attendance at the Sisters
and Joseph rodeos stand out
among these events, she says,
as well as manning a booth as
a fund raiser at a livestock
seminar in Hermiston.
Court members have visited
the Pioneer Memorial Nursing
Home and paid a visit to the
Day Care Center, taking along
a horse for the children to pet.
Court members have also
worked individually to finance
additional court wardrobe
items including jeans, skirts
and blouses. A Black Hills Gold
ring, as a fund raiser, will be
awarded during the rodeo.
Princess Stefanie will be a
County and partially because of
the people he met here.
Marshall says that he thinks
his residency will be a great
benefit to him. He adds that he
was able to learn about new
materials and new methods
and also because it gave him
experience. In other words, he
isn't "fresh out of dental
school". Marshall believes that
preventative dentistry is the
key to successful dentistry.
"W e want to show you how
help yourself," he said. "We
also want to really make an ef
fort to get patients to a relaxed
and comfortable state when we
work," Marshall added.
Marshall says that being a
Boy Scout and an Eagle Scout
were a big part of his growing
up years. Now he enjoys hik
ing, camping and "a little"
fishing and says that he is anx
ious to get to know outdoors
around this area. He also en
joys bicycling and running and
ran cross country in high
school. He likes to do five and
10 k runs.
Multi-faceted, Marshall also
enjoys model trains and has an
interest in music. He played the
trumpet in a marching band at
UCLA and took drum set
lessons at UC at Riverside. Dur
ing dental school he put
together a band with friends.
One of his brothers (Marshall
is the oldest of four children),
Brian, is a guitar player in a
band, called Tex Twill, based in
LA, which is starting to tour.
An open house reception,
which will provide area people
an opportunity to get to know
Dr. Marshall, is planned for
this Thursday, Aug. 10, from 6
to 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to
stop by.
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