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« - * ; . • I - . ** .«• r .s v . -» 4 # -im * * é *• * ' HP" • v .1 '> M. y.-,* J ’L.v* » r e vT-Vili » .' • A*1» . » <\> . - -V •’ V J • Boardman makes first round prison list BBSS ! V : - • • t- j HEPPNER 50 < Two sites in Boardman have made the first of two rounds of nominations for potential pri son sites. The nominations were made to the Corrections Facilities Siting Authority (CFSA), a five-member panel appointed by Governor Kitz- haber. The CFSA will hold public hearings and evaluate each nominated site, finally selecting and ranking sites that will be submitted to Governor Kitzhaber for his approval. A second set of nominations will be made on or around Tues day, Oct. 22. Besides the Boeing site and Kunze Road Pasture site, both Boardman; other nominated sites for medium security com plexes include: Bootsma site in Baker City; Dover Lane site and Meeting set imes VOL 115 NO 42 6 Pages Wednesday. October 16. 1996. Morrow County Heppner. Oregon lone sale to benefit scholarship fund Cathv Halvorsen (left) and Jannie Allen show some of the handmade items available at the ’Fall Into Winter Sale’ A lot of "good stuff' is aecumulating for the second annual 'Fall into Winter Sale' to be held this Saturday. Oct. 19 at the lone Legion Hall, beginning at 11 a.m. In addition to the "Around the World" quilt made by Dot Halvorsen. this year's sale will include: door prizes, outdoor decorations (a family of carolers. Santa and reindeer), Halloween decorations (candy com treat jars, decorations, trick or treat bags, scarecrows. painted pumpkins and a of witches). Thanksgiving pilgrims and wooden turkeys, a Christmas tree full of ornaments, Chistmas stocking holders, pillows, fabric wall hangings, sweatshirts and tree skirts, jumpers and vests, knitted baby sweaters, hats and booties, baby clothes, angels, aprons, scroll saw clocks depicting basketball and football, potholders, dish cloths, homemade wrapping paper, greeting cards, big scarecrows, pumpkin, ghost and scarecrow cans of candy, Halloween luminaries (candles in painted cans), cakes pies, cookies, candies and "treats variety Wool contest set for Oct. 26 The District 5 "M ake It With W ool" contest and style show w ill be held Saturday, Oct. 26, at the lone High School cafe teria, beginning at 1 p.m. All entrants will model their garments, and winners will be announced. Refreshments will be served. Maureen Krebs, District 5 director notes that contestants wil be coming from Morrow, Umatilla, Gilliam, Wheeler, Wasco, Sherman and Hood River counties. Contestants w ill begin their day early in the morning, first modeling their garments before a panel of judges on style and fit. The outfits will then be ex amined for quality of construc tion and durability. Winners in the junior, senior and adult age groups will ad vance to state level competition to be held in conjunction with the Oregon Sheep Growers convention in New port, in ear ly December. The public is invited to at tend. Men's breakfast Willows Grange slated for Oct. 20 plans dinner A men's breakfast will be. Willows Grange will have held at the Nazarene Church their annual turkey dinner and on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 8 a m. bazaar on Sunday, Oct. 27, The breakfast is sponsored by from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Christian Church, Christian Willows Grange Hall in lone. Life Center and the Church of Cost is $5 for adults and $3 the Nazarene. All men in the for children ages six to 12, com munity are invited to with preschoolers admitted free. attend. ■ .1 . f ; » » •> * 4 > - 4 , - „ 1 . » • ■ •• • - .i • Vi. " ■**-..* - «• ■ • v - - . • . “ • * .‘„-.i ; - • • 1 . -, •••.“ \ • .T > . Y v ... • -• - - yr-v - N - ..... 'V -T _ * _ **i •- ‘ ...... . « . «%. ■ >. Kathryn Kettel, Morrow County Extension crops techni cian, began her assignment at the Heppner Extension office in early October. Kettel has been out in the fields planting winter wheat variety trials with Mike Stolz. Stolz, Umatilla County crops agent, will super vise Kettel’s work with a varie ty of cereals projects. Kettel has a full schedule of wheat seminars and work shops on her agenda, but is looking forward to meeting and visiting with cereal clientele. She plans to be in the Heppner Extension office on most Mon days. Kettel's position is a half-time assignment, and is funded jointly by Oregon State Univer sity (OSU) college of agriculture and Morrow County Court through June 1997. She is still working on the final stages of her master's thesis and says a half-time position w ill allow her time to complete the degree, a requirement for permanent assignments with OSU and most other extension systems. Sign up It's time to sign up for Thanksgiving baskets at the Heppner Neighborhood Center. Those wishing to sign up should bring proof of their income and address to the center. The deadline for sign-ups is Friday, Nov. 8. - % • » Kim (left) and Cam George of Lott's Electric with TV to be raffled A drawing for a television will be one of the highlights of the Heppner High School Booster Club's annual steak dinner and auction planned for this Saturday, October 19, at the Heppner Elks Club. Those purchasing tickets for the dinner will be eligible to win a 20 inch Crosley television set. (Must be present to win.) The auction will also feature a Black Hills Gold ring, fishing trips, 50 gallons oi gasoline. Trail Blazer tickets, a set of four tires, high school sports season passes and a Heppner High School Mustang belt buckle. The steak dinner, served from 6 to 8 p.m.. will feature barbecued New York steak, baked potato. salad. homemade bread and dessert for $7.50 each. Dinner tickets may be purchased early at Ployhar insurance. Morrow County Grain Growers, Bank of Eastern Oregon and Murray Drugs. The auction will follow the dinner. During the past year the Booster Club has sponsored the baseball bleachers, basketball jerseys, player buttons, the Centennial student exchange, a chili feed, a field liner, golf tournament. Heppner High School cheerleaders, F F A, homecoming, step ropes, junior high school drama, a pencil dispenser, premier school agendas, scholarships, sports desserts, steak feed and auction, a tailgate barbecue, volleyball equipment and Wild Horse Club merchandise. elephants" they might have to sell for the benefit of the club. The event will run from 9 a.m .-4 p.m. Sale items and two dozen cookies donated by club members are to be at the church by 8 a.m. Vote both sides of ballot Morrow County Clerk Barbara Bloodsworth reminds voters to vote both sides of their ballot in the Nov. 3 general election whether they vote absentee or at the polls. / p»f. *’ 1 v \ » * . ■ ■ '■ } V ' ' i • ' C. ^ . > . y - • ; - - . Steak feed in lone this Friday $7.50 for adults and $3.50 for children six to 14. Children five and under will be able to eat free with a paying adult. All proceeds go to the International Club of lone and 1 leppner to support their trip to Italy in March of next year. For more information concerning the dinner or the International Club, call Kelley Swarat. 422-7131. at lone High School. This Friday's homecoming football game at lonelligh School will feature a steak feed, sponsored by the International Club of lone and Heppner. Dinner . which will include steak, potatoes, rolls and a salad, will be served from 6 p.m. until after the game. Drinks will be available for purchase from the concession stand. Cost for the dinner will be Hearing screenings planned at schools Arts and Crafts club Plans activities items and bring any "white The recent watercolor work shop sponsored by Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts (MCCAC) was suc cessful and informative, and other classes may be schedul ed in the future, said MCCAC club secretary Leggy DeZoete. The club will have the fair ground annex building open Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m .-4 p.m. for artists and crafters to get together to finish old projects, start new' ones and exchange hints and ideas. The club will break at 1 p.m. for lunch in the coffee room at Yaw ’s, with a meeting to follow at 1:30 p.m., before returning to their work at the annex. Guests are welcome and in vited to stop by for a cup of cof fee and a visit with fellow ar tist and crafters. An arts and crafts sale will be held by the MCCAC club at the Episcopal Church, Saturday, Nov. 2 and members are re minded to ready their sale .» . Booster Club dinner to include tv raffle The U.S. Army Corps of En gineers and the Reservoir Con trol Center (RCC) will host an open town hall meeting on Monday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge to pro vide information about Willow Creek Dam and reservoir con trol policies. The RCC is the branch of the Corps of Engineers that con trols the level of water behind the dam. " If you participate in recreational activities on Willow Creek Lake or use water from Willow Creek for irrigation, the level of the reservoir concerns vou," said a Corps spokesper son. RCC and the Corps will have representatives available at the meeting to answer ques tions or concerns. Technician begins galore". A luncheon of homemade chicken rice or beef barley soups and bread will be available, along with pie, coffee and cider. For the younger set, teenagers will be on hand to provide entertainment in the form of balloon creations and hair wraps. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Jason Halvorsen Memorial Scholarship Fund, which awards cholarships each year to graduating lone High School seniors. For more information concerning the sale, contact Jannie Allen. 422-7563. or written testimony to the CFSA Affected local governments or persons may propose condi tions to the authority for a par ticular site, according to the law (ORS 421.623(2)). Conditions are due and must be physical ly received at the Dept, of Cor rections at the address listed below no later than 10 days before the hearing for a par ticular site. Proposed condi tions may be forwarded to the CFSA in care of the Dept, of Corrections, Facilities Division, 470 Lancaster Drive N.E., Salem, OR. 97310, or they may be faxed to (503) 378-6536. For information regarding the submission of conditions, con tact the Facilities Division at (503) 373-1572, ext 221. Zemke site, Madras; and Port of Umatilla site. The nominated sites for mini mum security work camps in clude BLM site, Mitchell, and the Airport site, Redmond. Existing institutions nominat ed for expansion include: Pow der River Correctional Institu tion, Baker City, and South Fork Forest Camp, Tillamook County. A public hearing for the Boardman sites is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. at Riverside High School in Boardman. The hearing for the Umatilla site will also be held on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 2 p.m. at Umatilla High School. Interested persons and local government representatives may attend and/or submit oral ■ The Umatilla-Morrow Educa tion Service District (ESD) will provide hearing screening to public elem entary school students in Heppner and lone, Monday, Oct. 21. Screening will be done at 8:30 a.m. in lone and 9 a.m. in Heppner. The screening will include all kindergarten, first and third grade students, new students to the county, and parent, teacher or principal referrals of students in the other grades. Children who fail the initial screening will be re-screened. Rechecks for both Heppner and lone students will be held on Monday, Nov. 4. Parents who do not want their child’s hearing to be screened should notify the school as soon as possible. For more information regar ding the hearing screening pro gram, contact the school prin cipal, or contact the speech, language and hearing depart ment at the Umatilla-Morrow ESD, 276-6616, ext. 141. The hearing screenig is done by the Umatilla-Morrow ESD for public school students of Umatilla and Morrow counties and is cooperatively sponsored by local school districts. v - - • s ■ - ■ * V .v*- . < • . ' ‘ ■A . ^ ^ ■ - <« • .• ‘. .*•.'• - . ■ . ' r\ - ' V v * \v • <■ , v Ï& Â U-A •v ■ ■ . • ' V-. X ' • * - - .' .*. . , * * ' » :.• . ■> v * . ■ r " J r ~ jr - Ring raffle to benefit lanes Peterson's Jeweler's in Heppner has donated a Black Hills Gold ring to be raffled oft December 20 to benefit Willow Lanes bowling alley. Proceeds from the raffle will go towards a clean air system lor the lanes. The ring will be displayed at Peterson's. 1 ickets are now available at Peterson's, Willow l ,anes or from bow lers for $ 1 each or six for $5. November I — February 28 10% OFF PARTS S LABOR SHOP Morrow County Grain Growers ______ Lexington 989-8221 . .. ~,4. v>. '*■!*>? --S. 1-800-452-7396______ — .«r**»1* • Irafllf r;., I ■ . .. ■ • ■ •'* < ' * W - :- . $ / ' ■ v - . c v? à * V • . 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