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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
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Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington 989-8221
1-800-452-7396