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Princess Stormy enjoys cam araderie w ith other courts U OF n e ws p a p e r LI B EUGENE 97403 OR VOL. 115______ NO. 32______6 Pages Wednesday. August 7, 1996,______ Morrow County Heppner, Oregon Football camp underway If it’s football season, school can’t be far behind. Area boys began practice at the South Morrow Coun ty Football Camp held Aug. 5-9 at the Heppner High School. The camp, for boys in g ades i.ve-12 is organized by HHS coach Greg Grant. Health District gets go-ahead on Irrigon Clinic The Morrow County Health District (MCHD) Board, at its regular meeting Monday, Aug. 5, learned that the Irrigon Plan ning Commission gave unani mous approval for MCHD's plan to begin construction of a medical clinic in Irrigon. After formal approval by the Irrigon City Council, MCHD plans to go out for bid for con struction of the clinic. In other business, the board: -learned that physician, Dr. William Bitsas, will begin work H H S class of '46 reunion H epp ner High School graduating class of 1946 will celebrate their 50-year reunion on Friday, Aug. 16 at the Hepp ner Elks. A cocktail hour is planned for 5 p.m., with dinner served at 6 p.m. This will be the first reu nion ever for the 1946 class alone. A full evening of ac tivities is planned with catching up and reminiscing about the classmates' lives. Those attending are asked to bring any memorabilia they may have for show-and-tell. Guests are invited to attend. at Pioneer Memorial Clinic (PMC) in Heppner starting Tuesuav, Sepi ’ Dr Fd and Jeanne Berretta, who had worked at the clinic for several years, have moved to Walla Walla. Dr. Ernie Atkins re mains as physician at PMC. -learned that the Pioneer M em orial N ursing Home (PMNH) received a "deficien cy free" rating for their last survey. "T h is shows why w e're really th e r e ," said MCHD administrator Kevin Erich. "W e really do care about CBEC power outage on Aug. 16 All Columbia Basin Electric Co-op customers receiving elec tric service from the Bonneville Power Administration's Board- man Substation will be without power Friday, Aug. 16 from 2-4 p.m ., for BPA maintenance. people." Erich credits Marj Kenny, resident care manager, and PMNH and hospital staff. -approved a five percent in crease in the nursing home's private pay rate. -learned of approval of a grant written by Morrow Coun ty Public Health administrator Laura McElligott, R.N., for fun ding of breast and cervical cancer screenings for a certain number of low income women in Morrow County. -approved a 2Vi percent wage increase for employees. Blood drive in honor of teens The Heppner Community Blood Drive, scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 24, will be held in honor of Brian Knowles, Bill Schlaich and Adam Doherty. Donors will be provided note cards to be able to address a personal message to the young men. "Unfortunately, American Red Cross Blood Services can not directly "cre d it" the blood collected to these young m en," said Nancy Adams of the Tri- Cities Donor Center. "Blood donors will provide lifesaving transfusions for other people The Heppner, lone and Lex ington areas will be affected, as well as Ruggs, Olex, Cecil, Morgan, Hinton Creek, Willow Creek, Rhea Creek, Rock Creek, Shutler Flat, Lower Willow Creek, Mikkalo, Clem and Ajax. Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Prin cess Stormy Howard, the 17- year-old daughter of Kenneth and Maureen Howard, is the Eyes: Dark Brown youngest in her family. She has lived in Heppner all her life. Hair: Light Brown Five brothers, three sisters and Parents: Kenneth & several nieces and nephews round out her immediate fami Maureen Howard ly. She also enjoys spending Age: 17 years old time with nieces and nephews Ryan and Taighler Dougherty Senior at HHS of Heppner and Makenna and Activities: H onor RJ Ramos of Stanfield. The princess has dark brown Society, Wild Horse eyes and light brown hair with Club, basketball, volley blonde highlights. She will be ball, drama, cheerlead- a senior at Heppner High ing, 4-H.______________ School (HHS) this fall. Stormy was also a princess on the 1995 HHS Homecoming Court. Princess Stormy is a member of the National Honor Society and the Wild Horse Club. She participates in varsity basket ball and made the second team All-Star volleyball team last year. She has acted in drama club productions. She also re ceived the M ost Valuable Cheerleader Award last year when the Heppner squad earn ed the District Cheerleading Award. She has three years of 4-H ex perience in a cooking club and modeling her favorite outfit at the 4-H Fashion Revue. This summer, Princess Stor my has held various jobs and now has a rodeo princess's dream job-riding horses. It's not as simple as that though, she explains. The four horses she rides need exercise every day to stay in shape for barrel racing and roping, so she rides Stormy Howard poses for the camera in her cheerleading attire in them through the hills around the gym where she also plays volleyball and basketball. Heppner. "Thanks to my sister, Tammy the worst part about being on on me, the floor, my shoes. It Hentz, who gave Keno to me the court is getting up early. looked disgusting, but was as a Christmas present," Stor "A t Sisters, we had a 3:15 a.m. really fu n ny," Stormy said, my will be riding the dark bay wake up call, and since "especially the look on our eight-year-old quarter horse (Princess) Dawn and I didn't go moms' faces when they saw us. gelding for all mounted ap to bed until midnight the night I guess you had to be th ere." Like the rest of the court, pearances. "K eno does every- before, it made a really early m orning." Princess Stormy is looking for thing-he loves to barrel race, Thus far in the season, her ward to the Morrow County pole bend, and has been ridden most memorable event was the Fair and Rodeo. "W e can show in the m ountains," she said. motel stay at Sisters and the everyone that we have worked The royal learned to enjoy fun she and Princess Dawn had hard enough as ambassadors to the competition of barrel racing at the Dairy Queen. They earn their support," she con and pole bending at an early age when she participated in ordered banana splits to take cluded. " I would like to extend Wranglers Riding Club events. out to the motel next door, but an invitation to everyone to She will ride Keno in the Sun the weather was so hot that by come and enjoy our fair and rodeo. It promises to be a fun- day Morrow County barrel rac the time they got to their room, the ice cream had melted. filled weekend with never-end ing competition. Dawn managed "to spill hers ing excitem ent." For fun and relaxation, the very active princess likes to sleep until noon or "chill in mentioning the Bob Jones front of the t.v ." with friends: M orrow C ounty G rain ranch on Heppner Hill and the Princess Stormy says she Growers manager Larry Mills Bill Kenny ranch. tried out for the court because reports a "pretty good" wheat Bob Ployhar of Ployhar in she thought it would be good crop this year. surance said that his clients suf experience, and since she Mills said that the harvest fered around $35,000 in relates well to people, she was probably not as good as in damage resulting from the knew she could do a good job itially anticipated, but was still storm. rep resen tin g th e Morrow about 20-25 percent above Steve Rhea of VanMarter and County fair and rodeo. average. Kahl Insurance of Heppner "It has definately been worth "Everyone is pretty pleas said that he estimates "w ell the time and effort," she said, e d ," said Mills. He said that over $100,000" in damaged "but without my parents, I harvest was going well and ex crops, but added that he has wouldn't have had the chance pects that it will be completed not completed his assessment. to enjoy the summer that I've some time next week if the " I t's not as widespread as had. They have given me all weather remains good. last year," added Bob Kahl, the love and support I could Mills added, however, that owner of VanMarter and Kahl. have asked for, even at 3:15 in some of the spring grain wasn't "B u t it's as devastating as last the m orning." as good as expected because of year, if you happened to be in The best part about being a the "backward spring". the wrong place." princess, she said, has been the Crops saw some damage Nancy Snider of Wheatland opportunity to become close from the hail storm last Tues Insurance in lone said that their with the girls on the Chief day, July 30. "Som e folks got clients reported no losses due Joseph Days court. "Since both significant damage," said Mills, to the storm. courts have been at several of the same parades and rodeos, we have ridden together in the arena while warming up for grand entry, sat together at the Heppner High School prin Molalla. luncheons and visited. They The Reverend Stan Hoobing, cipal Steve Dickenson has an have made us feel comfortable; pastor at Hope and Valby nounced that he has resigned they are so easy to get along Lutheran Parish, has also ac as principal at Heppner and w ith," Princess Stormy con cepted a new position in has accepted a position at Col tinued. "W e (the Morrow Colton. ton, which is located near County court) are all hoping that they will be able to over come a scheduling problem The Morrow County Fair and The Heppner Gazette-Times and come to our fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo will be Fair and Rodeo Special Edition rodeo." held August 14-18 at the Mor will be included in this week's The princess agrees with the row County Fairgrounds in newspaper. other members of the court that Heppner. Princess Stormy Howard ORE needing blood. Because of blood donors like you, blood was available for Brian, Bill and A dam ." Red Cross will schedule donors for the drive, but other donors not on the lists may call American Red Cross at 1-800- 868-9057. The Heppner Lions are spon soring this blood drive. Call Rollie Marshall, 676-9884, or any Heppner Lion, to sign up. Eligible donors may walk in, but appointments reduce the time spent waiting to roll up their sleeve, said Adams. Adams said that the Red Cross "appreciates Heppner's ongoing commitment to the Red Cross Blood Services and their concern for Bill, Brian and Adam, and any of the other pa tients counting on blood trans fusions. Every day, one patient every 12 seconds in the United States needs blood.” Harvest 20-25 percent above average Heppner H S principal resigns Fair and Rodeo tab in this week's G-T A L L C O O LER S 10% O F F Sale ends A ugust 1 7 Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 1-800-452-7396