TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, October 25, 1995
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Riders hold third annual trail ride Pumpkin patch provides lots of Halloween pickings
A trail ride sponsored by the
Morrow County 4-H Leaders
Council was held recently.
Thirty-four horse riders started
at Cecil, headed west to the
Four Mile Canyon historical site
and then looped back across a
different route north of the
Oregon Trail back into Cecil for
around a 12 mile ride. Riders
traveled over portions of the
original Oregon Trail.
Riders represented the com
munities of Heppner, lone,
Boardman, Irrigon and Her-
miston. Stephanie Lemieux, a
foreign exchange student who
is a guest of Cleo and Marilyn
Childers, represented Quebec,
Canada. Riding clubs present
included Hermiston Arab Club,
Desert Pegasus 4-H Club and
Martingales 4-H Club. Several
breeds of horses were repre
sented and Jim Brewer of
Boardman rode a mule.
The Clint Kreb family hosted
the ride and provided transpor
tation for the Emergency Med
ical Technician (EMT), guid
ance as to direction and provid
ed water for the livestock. The
Krebs, Heidemans, Phillippis
and Weiglands allowed the
riders passage across their land.
After the five hour ride, a
meal of combread, stew and
apples was prepared and serv
ed by Karen and Jim Lunders of
Irrigon.
Others present were EMT
Steve Myren and registered
nurse, Glaya Baker. Trail boss
es were Ron Baker, Ron Beem-
er, Mim Myren and Baker, all
from Boardman.
Make it with Wool contest set Nov. 4
The District Five "Make It
Yourself With Wool" contest
and style show will be held
Saturday, Nov. 4, at the lone
High School cafeteria, beginn
ing at 1 p.m.
All entrants will model their
garments, and winners will be
announced. Maureen Krebs,
District Five director, notes that
contestants will be coming from
Morrow, Umatilla, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Wasco, Sherman and
Hood River counties.
Contestants will begin their
day early in the morning, first
modeling their garments as
they are judged on style and fit.
The outfits will then be examin
ed for quality, construction and
durability.
Winners in the junior and
senior age groups will advance
to state-level competition to be
held in conjunction with the
Oregon Sheepgrower's Cen
tury Convention to be held in
Pendleton Dec. 9.
The public is invited to attend
the style show. Refreshments
will be served.
Pesticide container recycling scheduled
The Oregon Agriculture
Chemical and Fertilizer Asso
ciation is again sponsoring the
pesticide container recycling
day on Tuesday, Oct. 31, from
9 a.m.-3 p.m. The site this year
is the Crop Protection Service,
321 Fifth Street, Umatilla, ac
cording to Mike Stolz, Oregon
State University extension
agent.
All containers must be triple
rinsed and dry. Five gallon
metal containers must be punc
tured top and bottom and
crushed; metal drums should
have the top and bottom cut
out and the barrel flattened.
Plastic containers should have
the plastic sleeve and cap
removed and discarded.
The recycling day was the
idea of Luther Fitch, retired ex
tension agent in Hermiston and
it has been carried out for years
by the Ag. Chemical Associa
tion as a voluntary environ-
mentally-friendly project.
"The metal containers go in
to steel posts and concrete
rebar. The plastic is used to
make new pesticide con
tainers," said Stolz.
All Saints' Episcopal Church
We wish to welcome you
as a part o f our Church family
Worship is at 10:30 Sunday mornings
Child care is provided.
Corner of Church & Gale Streets
Heppner, Oregon_________ 676-9970
Lacey Thompson, 1V 2 year old daughter of Leslie and Kim Thomp
son, lone, picks out a pumpkin at the Palmateer pumpkin patch.
Little Halloween "trick-or-
treaters" could bring home a
heavy armful of booty if they
visit the Palmateer pumpkin
patch near lone. Colorful
gourds and pumpkins are
abundant from this two-acre
patch.
"Pum pkins are easy to
grow," claims Ron Palmateer.
But come October, it is a two to
three week job of cutting them
off the vines and packing them
out of the patch.
Palmateer is the Oregon
supervisor of the Rain and Hail
Crop Insurance Company, so
he logs many miles for his com
pany. His wife, Terri, works at
Wheatland Insurance in lone.
So how did this insurance-
Rebekah Lodge holds annual meeting
By Delpha Jones
The NcNary District of the
Rebekah Lodges of Oregon,
held their yearly meeting at the
Oddfellow Hall in Heppner
with chairman Delpha Jones in
the chair.
The meeting started with a
coffee hour at 9 a.m., with Hol
ly lodge opening in the
Rebekah degree with the noble
grand Kathy Clark residing.
The introduction of the
assembly state marshal and
president was held with Holly
seating the distinguished
guests.
The meeting was then turn
ed to the district meeting of
ficers: chairman Delpha Jones;
vice chairman Betty Schubert
secretary Marguerite Maz-
naritz; treasurer Marj Keller;
warden Marlene Grey; conduc
tor Geri Martin; chaplain Freda
Wolverton; R.S. chap Pauline
Barton; L.S. chap Mary Link-
lighter; past chairman Barbara
Zink; O.S. guardian Donna
Blades; ISG Merle Green;
musician Vivian Larson; R.S.
chairman Bertha Blades; LS
chairman Virgina Peck; R. altar
bearer Dorothy Wilson; and L.
altar bearer Isabelle Jones.
The address of welcome was
given by Clark and response by
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Integrity lodge of Milton-
Freew ater. Integrity was
chosen as the next meeting
place. A tribute to the president
of the State Assembly, Marilyn
Walter, and the nomination of
ficers were held.
A dinner was served at noon
by Holly, with a program by a
women's quartet from Her
miston and Irrigon. When the
meeting reconvened, a tribute
to the past chairman was given
by Pauline lodge. The tribute
included two "cowboys" rid
ing their stick horses, roping
the ladies and presenting them
with gifts.
An impressive tribute to the
American Flag was enjoyed by
all and given by Sunbeam
Lodge. Afterwards, Walter
gave the group a most instruc
tive talk and answered ques
tions.
Then the lights went off in
the building and candles were
lit. Each lodge gave a report on
pet projects of their lodge with
much emphasis on communi
ty service. The seating of the
1996 officers was given by
Pauline with the meeting being
closed by Holly.
McNary District consists of
Integrity lodge; Sunbeam lodge
of Hermiston; Pauline lodge of
Pendleton and Holly lodge of
Lexington. All the committees
gave reports. The chairman
presented noble grands of each
lodge a rose in appreciation of
the work they had done in
helping their members prepare
for the day. There were 37 peo
ple present.
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oriented couple get involved in
pumpkin propagation?
Several years ago, Palmateer
says that their children wanted
him to grow pumpkins for
Halloween. Since that time, his
pumpkin patch has grown in
to a sideline that now helps to
support that family's recrea
tional interests which include
boating, camping, waterskiing
and snowmobiling.
On a peak year, this patch
has yielded about 80,000
pounds of pumpkins-the main
ingredient for an enormous
amount of pumpkin pies. In
addition to site visitors looking
for the perfect pumpkin, Pal
mateer transports loads of
pumpkins to independent
stores in nearby towns. Un
doubtedly, many of those pum
pkins take on some interesting
features as funny or scary
jack-o'-lantems.
The disastrous July hailstorm
that raised havoc in lone also
pounded the Palmateer pum
pkin patch. However, these
hardy members of the squash
family bounced back to pro
duce what Palmateer estimates
to be around 30,000 pounds of
pumpkins of assorted sizes.
That is a lot of pumpkins from
$150 worth of seed.
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At the end of the season,
Palmateer says he does not
want to ever see another pum
pkin. But come spring, he
remembers the smiles on the
faces of children and he has
forgotten his work-roughened
hands and tired back.
After cultivation and seed
planting, irrigation continues
until the end of July. Stressing
the plants causes them to use
their remaining energy to
mature existing pumpkins
rather than produce more vines
and blooms.
But it is difficult to see if there
is a crop until the first of
September, Palmateer adds.
Underneath that mass of vines
and hidden by weeds are stag
gering numbers of pumpkins.
Herbicides for weed control
would also kill the pumpkin
plants. And although weeds
distract from orderliness, they
do provide shade to keep the
pumpkins from sunbuming.
Palmateer does all of his own
"pumpkin work". Sometimes
his high school age sons, Tyson
and Treve, are available to help
after attending school at Hepp
ner. But Palmateer laughs
about their family joke that
school homework sometimes
has priority over packing pum
pkins, which are cut from the
vines, sorted and washed.
However, the two younger
Palmateers, Kyle and Kaylee,
can choose favorites for their
jack-o'-lantems. And it never
ceases to surprise Palmateer
what some people select when
it comes to picking out their
own pumpkins. One of the best
of this year's crop is a sym
metrical 50 pound beauty sit
ting squarely upright, just a lit
tle bit heavy for small children.
School positions announced
By April Hilton-Sykes
Heppner Junior/Senior High
School Principal Steve Dicken
son has announced that Barney
Lindsay has been recommend
ed for the vo-ag position at
Heppner Junior/Senior High
School.
The position became avail
able mid-term upon the resig
nation of teacher Dave Umbar-
ger.
Dickenson said that Lindsay
will start Oct. 30 assuming ap
propriate certification is
received.
Dickenson also announced
that a full time aide position has
been awarded to Pam Piper,
who transfers from her position
as a bus driver, and a three-
hour position with a mono
lingual Spanish speaking stu
dent was offered to Pam Wor
den.
Head high school girls bas
ketball coach is John Boyer.
Dickenson said that the assis
tant girls' basketball coach's
position is open and the other
head coach applicants will be
considered for that position.
Winter sports will start Nov. 6.
Dickenson said that there
were still openings in the
following positions: high
school JV girls' basketball
coach; junior high school
seventh and eighth grade girls'
basketball coach; high school
boys' C-team basketball coach;
cheerleader advisor; and dance
team advisor. Dickenson said
that the activities will be
cancelled if coaches or advisors
cannot be found.
Port of Morrow receives funding
The Port of Morrow in Board-
man has received $186,790 for
infrastructure development
from the North Central Oregon
Regional Strategy Board
(NCORSB).
NCORSB, representing com
munity and economic develop
ment interests in Morrow,
Gilliam, Grant, Sherman,
Wasco and Wheeler counties,
approved funding for four pro
jects, including the Port of Mor
row, totaling $511,790, in a
meeting at Condon, Thursday,
Oct. 19.
The other funded projects in
clude: runway reconstruction
at John Day State Airport in
Grant County, $85,000; Biggs
wasterwater treatment project,
located at Biggs Junction in
Sherman County, $100,000;
and solid w aste transfer
facilities in Wheeler County,
$140,000.
NCORSB received 20 project
funding requests for a total of
$ 1 ,1 7 3 ,6 8 8 from Regional
Strategy. The Regional Strategy
program is funded from
Oregon Lottery proceeds.
M CGG annual meeting Nov. 6
The Morrow County Grain
Growers annual meeting will
be held Monday, Nov. 6 at 6:30
p.m. at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds in Heppner.
Dinner will be served by the
Willows Grange.
The featured speaker will be
Linda Greep, director of com
m unity relations for the
Evergreen School District in
Vancouver. She is also a
motivational speaker and en
tertainer.
Also on the agenda is elec
tions of directors and reports
from company officers.
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