SIX- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 27, 1995
By April Hilton-Sykes
What was the essence of the year 1995? The Million Man March?
Blacks vs. whites. Democrats vs. Republicans? Liberals vs. con
servatives? Bill Clinton vs. Newt Gingrich? Or was it a little closer
to home—North Morrow County vs. South Morrow County?
Whatever the mood of '95, the events close to home always
shape our lives.
Following are just a few of the events that shaped history during
the past year in South Morrow County.
JANUARY: Vietnam veterans are honored at an Alumni
Association banquet; the class of '89-91 win alumni tournament
for the second year in a row; lone Youth Group helps Portland
homeless; County court resolution paves way for county-wide
park and rec district; Morrow County School superintendent
Chuck Starr answers questions about grade 7-12 configuration;
Concerns raised about moving grades seven and eight to Hepp
ner High School; Allstott and Gentry win business of the year,
Ken Turner, man of the year, Helen Crawford, woman of the
year, Barbara Hayes, educator of the year; Del's Market opens
for business after fire; JoyceKay and Jerry Hollomon, Bob Kahl,
Heppner Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine and the Heppner Fire
Department receive Chamber of Commerce Hats Off awards;
Morrow County School Board to seek bus transportation bids;
Marilyn Garcia named First Interstate Bank manager.
FEBRUARY: New museum in south Morrow County
could spell relief; Hill House adult foster care facility fills need
in community; Rondi Robinson crowned Morrow County Fair
and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen, Stephanie Skultety, Michelle
Meakins, princesses; Rec district begins formation; Bank of
Eastern Oregon opens Condon branch; Bill Schlaich, Jared Ash-
beck named to East-West Shrine team; Huston Lesley celebrates
99th birthday; Mike Armato to head up BEO Mortgage; Snow
falls heavily in south Morrow County; School board takes no ac
tion on request to reverse 7-12 configuration; Jessica Stefani,
Bridget McEUigott receive Soroptimist International Youth Citi
zenship Awards; Cardinal girls end season with 30 consecutive
wins; lone boys and girls head to district; Union Pacific begins
liquidation of Condon-Heppner branch line property; Cut of 25
teachers recommended to balance school budget; Artist's con
ception of swimming pool revealed; Lady Cards capture district
crown; lone boys defeated by Wasco, but claim spot in state tour
nament; Fillies earn spot in playoffs; Elks Scholarship winners
announced-Jenny Krein, Dani Hill, Kelsie Evans, Chris Dicken
son, Mark Moeller, Brent Wright.
MARCH: Sara Adkins celebrates 100th birthday; School
district outlines cuts in teachers, programs; Brosnan Family, St.
Pat's honorees; Court OK's recreation district; Jenny Krein chosen
for Coca-Cola scholarship; Lexi Matteson, Tiffanie Munkers place
in Roseburg rodeo; Columbia Basin All Star team announced-
Trent Hughes, Kelsie Evans, Char Coe, Jenny Krein; Oregon
Together donates $1,500 to area groups; School district to con
tract bus services; Heppner celebrates St. Patrick's Day; Home
Rule proposal in final stages; Gary Marks finds hidden shamrock;
Willow Creek Park dedicated; Josey Sue Taylor, 21 months, dies
in tragic wagon accident during St. Patrick's Day festivities; Lynde
Minster selected Girls State delegate; Jeri McEUigott, Cathy
Halvorsen win Trail Blazer/Budweiser All Star honors; First In
terstate donates $2,500 to rodeo bleachers; Deane Seeger, Jerry
Healy, Larry Lindsay win Port of Morrow positions, Russ Mor
gan, Morrow County School Board director spot; County
operating levy, school district bond levy, Willow Creek Park
District bond and serial levy all pass.
APRIL: Heppner FFA Chapter well represented at state;
Kelsie Evans, Mandi Gutierrez selected as 4-H amabassadors;
Eric Rollis qualifies for state Geography Bee; Playground and
restroom to be installed at Heppner City Park; Ethan Burnside,
Jenny Krein nominated as Tandy Scholars; Mardeen Patton nam
ed Bank of Eastern Oregon lone branch supervisor; School board
approves teacher layoffs; Forest Service donates pagers to EMT
Association; School district loans rec district funds for fall sports;
City breaks ground for new restroom; Shorty Peck named fair
and rodeo grand marshal; Guy Van Arsdale, county public works
director; Shrubs, trees planted at Willow Creek Campground;
HHS selects prom court-king and queen Brent Wright, Jenny
Krein, court, Char Coe, Chris Dickenson, Rondi Robinson, Trent
Hughes, Chad Skroch, Kelsie Evans; Roger Cash named to fair
board; St. Patrick's Committe presents $2,000 to South Morrow
County Scholarship Fund; John Moffit promoted to Bank of
Eastern Oregon assistant vice-president; John Qualls, Dani Hill
win Cargill scholarships; Elementary math contest winners an-
nounced-Nick Armstrong, Shelly Rietmann, Joshua Reeve; Hepp
ner Police Chief Doug Rathbun wins Oregon Association of Chiefs
of Police award; Telemetry system failure results in water
shortage.
MAY: Russians visit Heppner High School; HHS golf team
sets new record; New records set by HJH track team; HJH-
Centennial annual student exchange held; HHS investing team
earns top honors; HHS golf team takes second in state playoffs;
Ethan Burnside, Dani Hill, Mark Moeller, Jenny Krein win South
Morrow County Scholarship Trust awards; City acquires new
sludge truck; John Qualls wins BEO scholarship; Rain greets Roll
ing Hills runners; Stan Kemp Conservation Farmer of the Year;
School district raises lunch prices; Rain, runoff raise Willow Creek
Lake, creek reaches flood proportions; Grandview couple buys
Office Tavern; Bonnie, Noel Bunch, new managers at North
western Motel; Mustangs head to district playoffs; Thierrv Delbart
wins district tennis title; Traci Dickenson, David Michael, Nicole
VanEtta qualify for state track tournament; Cardinals win Big Sky
Conference District 3 1-A track and field meet; Trent Hughes,
Chris Dickenson, Rod Zumwalt, Chad Skroch named to first team
CBC baseball all stars; HHS students improve mini-park; Trent
Hughes, Chris Dickenson named to All State 2-A East baseball
team; Hospital Foundation awards scholarships to Amy Osmin,
Mark Moeller, Laura Muir, Jenny Krein, Christian Shultz, Ahna
Lietke; lone hosts bike racers; Colin McEUigott, Randi McEUigott,
Ahna Lietke win district spelling contest; New x-ray equipment
installed at Pioneer Memorial Hospital; Mark McEUigott, Tim
Dickenson win junior high math contest; Sale of Bristow's Market
brings and end of an era.
Come Share With Us
at
W illow Creek Baptist Church
Bible Study for all ages 2 p.m.
Worship Service 3 p.m.
Meeting in the
7th Day Adventist Church
560 North Minor
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JUNE: Heppner, lone hold graduation ceremonies; Little
League field dedicated in memory of George Waterland; Dave
Gunderson named state coach of the year; David East wins gold
medal in 3-A, 2-A, 1-A state golf championships; Sixty-five kids
attend Willow Creek Lake fishing derby; Leah McCarl opens hair
salon; Teachers-district reach contract agreement; Sheridan Tar-
nasky wins $1,500 career enhancement scholarship; Norm and
Barbara Zeller buy Bristow's Market; City council adopts $2
million budget; Boardman Council approves first reading of an
nexation to city; New physician, Dr. Ernie Atkins, hired at Pioneer
Memorial Clinic; Classified union charges bad faith to Morrow
County School District; Exchange student,'Ice', returns to lone
for visit; Rodeo Club members, Lexie Matteson, Annie Hisler,
Katie McCoin, Tiffany Munkers, Justin Matteson, to go to na
tional high school rodeo finals; Boardman annexes Port of Mor
row property to city; Redmond man injured by bull at rodeo
grounds; George Koffler elected to state bankers' association
board.
JULY: Father Gerry Condon celebrates 40 years in the
priesthood; Randy Anderson to manage Les Schwab; Mike
Sweek sworn in as new policeman; Charity McEUigott named
1-A volleyball coach of year; Senior apartment complex propos
ed; lone celebrates the Fourth of July; School district loses un
fair labor practices suit; Morrow County Grain Growers pur
chases Lexington baseball field; Hail storm devastates area wheat
ranchers; Medical district to hire physician's assistant for Irrigon;
Meeting set on park district withdrawal; Rev. A1 Trachsell, new
United Methodist minister; Rev Andrew Johnson hired at First
Christian; Park district hears withdrawal petitions; Summer
Youth Program underway; Wheat harvest begins with average
yields; David Green buys Heppner Garbage Disposal from Cliff
Green; Lowell Gribble demonstrates lubricating invention; A.J.
Tarnasky earns BEO scholarship; Annie Hisler places well at
Falon, Nev. rodeo; IHS coach Charity McEUigott, player Mary
Jane McCarty participate at all star match; Jossie Evans wins Mor
row County Horse Show champion senior performance horse,
Char Coe, reserve, Sybil Krebs, champion high point rider, 13-17,
Evans, reserve, Nonnee Walters, high point 12 and under, Katie
Bacon, reserve.
AUGUST: First stage of proposed museum on display;
Mike McGuire, Tim VanCleave, Tom Norton, Sam Myers, Bill
Jepsen, Matt Jepsen attend Promise Keepers events; Youth foot
ball program to be organized; Matt Chetwood, Randy Van Etta,
Corey Sweeney, David McCurry save Mike Hammons from
drowning at Willow Creek Lake; Health District rejects Dr. Boss'
offer; Football camp opens; Dr. Paul Marshall, new dentist at
Heppner clinic; Japanese exchange students embrace life in
America; Jeannine and Ernie Dilley rescue boy from Penland
Lake; Mary Goheen attends San Francisco Soroptimist conven
tion; Doug and Kathleen Lowe sell Bucknum's Tavern to Jana
Lee and Ray Musgrove; Tim Coe opens The Woodshed wood
craft shop; lone residents walk in 'Human Race' in memory of
Jason Halvorsen; lone students earn state's best marks; 'Look
What Kids Can Do' at the Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo; US West customers to be transferred to PTI; Chuck
Matteson wins calf roping saddle; Stanfield cowboy wins all
around; School computer network funded; County school enroll
ment up; Jim Hankins named to health district board; Minster
family of lone all enroll in college; New area code to begin Nov. 5.
SEPTEMBER: Kyle Robinson has grand champion heifer;
Ken Smouse wins state wheat awards; Youth football program
underway; Steve and Linda Yaw buy Cal's from Buzz and
Kathleen Lynch; Rural residents propose livestock district; Han
dicap access to be installed at dam; Tom and Helen Riehl sell
R&W Drive In to Patty and Alex Rystedt; Ron Currin wins steer
wrestling at Round-Up; Mike Beers wins Mike Currin Memorial
saddle; High school sorts out new dress code; City of Heppner
wins street improvement grant; Recreation district budget passes
1609 to 1035; Marilyn Garcia resigns from First Interstate; Tom
Springer to retire.
OCTOBER: Ida Farra and Sandra VanLiew win 1995 Mor
row County Fair Creative Hands awards; Marjorie Worden
celebrates 100th; Elizabeth Allen honored; Gingerbread House
fills community need; lone High School crowns homecoming
court-Stephanie Lemieux, queen, Rob Crum, Roseanne Baker,
Cory Baker, Kara Miller, Petr Hybs, Dawn Sheirbon, Andrew
Anderson, Angie Ball, John Doherty, court; Heppner High School
homecoming court crowned-queen Jessica Sumner, king Shaun
Hisler, court Stormy Howard, Eric Schonbachler, Renee Devin,
Ben Ewing, Jossie Evans, Chris Sykes, Traci Dickenson, Jim
Schlaich, junior court Robert McEUigott, Jessica McKinney; Laurel
Webber-Gray wins Lexington scholarship; Enoch and Bernita
Hickey lease Lexington Service Station from Buck and Joanne
Morris; 1995-% Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Court announced-Queen Brenda Holtz, court, Dawn Boor, Beth
Hermanns, Stormy Howard; Parents upset about Heppner
Elementary School first grade class size; Rondi Robinson wins
Morrow County Fair, Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo scholarship; Bond
levy funds improvements at Heppner Elementary, High School;
Jim Farley honored by OSU; Jane Rawlins tells of visit to Poland;
Pickups, tools stolen from Morrow County Grain Growers.
NOVEMBER: Stormy Howard, Annie Hisler earn CBC
second team volleyball honors; Outreach Ministries banquet
dedicated in memory of Jason Halvorsen; Geri Grieb elected Mor
row County Wheat League president, Craig Miles, vice presi
dent; lone School has special stamp cancellation; City of Hepp
ner receives $49,500 street light grant; District Attorney Earl
Woods foils escape attempt; Morrow County Grain Growers
burglar apprehended; Landowners denied park district with
drawal petition; School bus drivers, district still at odds; Ron Cur
rin wins Columbia River Circuit Steer Roping Finals; John Bristow
resigns from Port of Morrow Board; John Qualls wins scholar
ship; HHS FFA officers, Josie Proctor, Tina Kemp, Frank Mar
tin, Mandi Gutierrez, Toni Kemp, attend Kansas City national
convention; Heppner Mustangs go to district playoffs; School
district, drivers deadlocked; lone Youth Group helps with com
munity projects; Voters approve livestock district; Sheena
Christman wins Make It With Wool pre-teen division; Mustangs
grab six first team CBC positions-Shaun Hisler, Chris Sykes, Brent
Gunderson, Jim Schlaich; four second team-Sykes, Ben Ewing,
Rod Zumwalt, Brian Koffler; honorable mention-Schlaich;
Mustangs lose heartbreaker to Nyssa, 34-26; City of Heppner
receives awards; Marvin Padberg appointed to Port of Morrow
Commission; School district turns down request to hire first grade
teacher; Agreement reached on HES first grade; HHS National
Honor Society, Wild Horse Club athletes help with food drive;
Carl Martin honored by Marine Board; Neighborhood Center
distributes Thanksgiving baskets; Christmas tree erected on Main
Street; Kent Goodyear to resign from Port of Morrow; Lutheran
churches donate to Neighborhood Center; School Board approves
bus service contract; HHS Drama Club puts on play.
DECEMBER: Drs. Berretta may not renew contract;
Lawsuit filed against school district; Artifactory ushers in
Christmas season; Willow Creek Baptist sharing tree to help cheer
area children; Friday School kids present Christmas program;
JoyceKay Hollomon becomes real estate salesperson; Toni Kemp
selected for writing contest; Ben Hubert wins VFW contest; BEO
marks 50 years of service; Heppner Council gives green light to
housing program; Townsend family face tough times; Cindy
Osterlund honored by Extension; Stan Hoobing new Heppner
Coordinating Council chairman; Local ministers offer inspirational
messages; Area churches schedule Christmas services; Virginia
Grieb, Mark Miller, Clinton Krebs elected to Farm Service Agency
positions; lone Legion Auxiliary, 4-Hers, students assist women's
shelter with donation; Heppner FFA chapter members act as San
ta's helpers at Lunch With Santa; Mid Columbia Bus Company
to begin Morrow County service; Ron Brisbois, Randall Peter
son, Shoe Box win lighting contest, Richard Paris, Joyce Hughes,
second; Ernie McCabe, third.
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE GAZETTE-TIMES!
Lexington News
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-:- Mr. and Mrs. Ned Clark
recently entertained with a sup
per and bunco party at their
home. Present were Wilbur
and Dorothy Jackson, Lyle and
Virginia Peck, Cecil and Delpha
Jones, Carl and Geri Martin,
Clarence Buchanan and Barton
Clark. Bunco was won by the
Joneses. The host and hostess
gave each guest a Christmas
remembrance.
-:- Lexington Grange met on
Monday evening for the regu
lar meeting. A turkey potluck
dinner was enjoyed. The lec
turer's program was followed
by Christmas music by some of
the Sunday School children of
the Christian Church, accom
panied by Betty Marquardt.
The prize for the Christmas
game was won by Karen Tem
ple.
The next meeting will be
Monday, Jan.15. Pomona will
be held Saturday, Jan. 27, at
Lexington Grange Hall.
__By Delpha Jones
-:- Luella Taylor and Delpha
Jones entertained the P.N.C. of
Holly at the Jones' home Tues
day evening. Dinner was at 6
p.m., followed by a secret sister
party. Secret sisters were re
vealed and names were drawn
for 1996 sisters. Those atten
ding enjoyed an evening of
visiting. Geri Martin won the
door prize. Those present
were: Virginia Peck, Dorothy
Jackson, Leila Palmer, Kathy
Tellechea, Luella Taylor, Geri
Martin, Annetta Padberg and
hostess Delpha Jones.
-:- Gary and Martha Munkers
have returned from Portland'
where Gary recently under
went knee surgery.
-:- Florence Grey has moved
from Hill House to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital.
-:- Lois Hunt is a patient in
the hospital in Portland. She
traveled to Portland on Wed
nesday.
Take care when purchasing
Cotton Bowl packages/tickets
Oregon Attorney General
Theodore R. Kulongoski has
warned University of Oregon
(U of O) football fans to use
caution when purchasing travel
packages to attend the Cotton
Bowl in Dallas, Texas on Jan. 1.
"W e are all excited that the
University of Oregon is playing
in its second consecutive New
Year's Day bowl game," Ku
longoski said. "But we cannot
let the excitement get in the
way of our better judgment.
While most sports package of
fers are legitimate, past expe
rience indicates there are
fraudulent operations that pro
mise services they never intend
to provide."
When selecting a travel
agent, consumers should in
quire whether agents have a
history of handling sports pack
ages to attend major sporting
events and whether agents are
registered with the state and in
sured. The official U of O Cot
ton Bowl travel package is on
ly available through its Alum
ni Association. Travel agents
claiming any "official" connec
tion with the University should
be reported to the Association
office at (541) 346-5656 or the
Attorney General's consumer
hotline, (503) 378-4320 or
229-5576 (Portland only).
Additionally, consumers
should call the hotline to check
for consumer complaints. Tra
vel agents also are required to
register with the Department of
Consumer and Business Ser
vices, (503) 378-4140.
After selecting a travel agent,
consumers should maintain
communication with the agent
and, if time permits, obtain all
tickets, including those for the
event, before departing on their
trip. Buyers of the official pack
age through the Alumni Asso
ciation will receive a confirma
tion letter but won't be able to
pick up the package until the
day of departure at the airport.
As an extra precaution, con
sumers working with out-of-
state companies on packages
that include tickets to the game
should ask the company to fax
a photocopy of the actual
tickets before sending a check
or providing a credit card num
ber. Consumers should never
pay cash, as consumers using
cash instead of credit cards lose
their rights to dispute fraudu
lent charges under the federal
Fair Credit Billing Act.
One last area of concern for
Kulongoski involves scalping of
tickets. While Oregon has no
state statute making it illegal to
scalp tickets, there are local or
dinances that prohibit scalping
in certain areas. In general,
scalping is prohibited within a
certain distance of an auditori
um or stadium. Regardless,
consumers need to be very
careful when purchasing tickets
from a scalper as it greatly in
creases their risk of being scam-
med.
For information on purchas
ing tickets from U of O, con
sumers may contact the U of O
Cotton Bowl Ticket Information
Line at (541) 346-4461 for a tape
recording on how to purchase
tickets.
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