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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 9 .1 9 9 7 Big celebration planned for OTPR's 75th anniversary This year a big 75th celebration is planned for the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRC A) shows in Heppner, scheduled for the third weekend in August. The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo will bring all the fast action events the crowd loves such as bull riding, barrel racing, calf roping, team roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronc nding, bareback nding and mutton bustin’. This year’s stock will be provided by Big Bend Rodeo Company. The announcer is Steve Kenyon, Adams. Bullfighters will be Danny Newman and Mark Nichols. Entertaining the fans with his "Elvis" impersonations this year will be Rodeo Clown Flint Rasmussen from Stevensonville, Montana. Also featured for the 75th year celebration will be "a very impressive" specialty act, "The Olsons" with their trained buffalo and horses. The Olsons are from Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and they are known for the unique tncks and stunt work their animals perform. The Morrow County Fair/Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen Dawn Boor, Princess Maci Childers and Princess Kara Miller will be on hand to assist and greet guests. A new added attraction this year is a "Mini-Vacation Package" which includes the pro rodeo, fair and livestock auction, three dances, a "bank robbery" and "gun fights", tours and wagon ndes, the parade, two cowboy breakfasts, a private cowboy barbecue and rodeo demonstration, chili cook-off competition, antiques, arts and crafts, wheat harvesting, haying, cowgirls and cowboys and cattle ranches and horses. For more information about this package call (800) 541-7798. Other added attractions are the Morrow County Fair, Aug. 13- 16; the Heppner Main Street parade on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 10 a.m.; the Morrow County Team Ropers’ Cowboy Auction, Saturday, Aug. 16, at 8:30 p.m. with live music and buffet dinner available at the Elks Club. For more information regarding the parade, call 676- 5876. For information about the auction, call 676-5876. The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo takes place on Friday, Aug. 15, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 16, at 1:15 p.m.., with slack held at 8 a.m. Saturday. The Morrow County Jackpot rodeo will also be held on Sunday, Aug. 17, at 1:15 p.m. for Morrow County cowboy and alumni competitions. The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo committee presents brand new stadium seating for the fans this year. The prices are 8$ for adults and $5 for children seven-12 years old $5. Children six years and under are admitted free. For VIP seating or to purchase tickets contact Nicole Mahoney at (541)676-5157. For further information about above events, contact Marlene Currin at (541) 676-9711. Students named to college honor rolls BMCC Blue Mountain Community College has announced its spring term president’s list, dean’s list and honor roll. To qualify for the president’s list, students must at tain a grade point average (GPA) of 3.85 or higher. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must re ceive a GPA of 3.4 to 3.84; and honor roll, students must have a GPA of 3. to 3.39. Following are the local stu dents who qualify: president’s Iist-Chung-Chin Liu, 4., Heppner; Joseph Lindsay, Lexington; Ryon Johnson and Mark Medel, both 4., Imgon. Dean’s list: Chung-Wen Liu, Heppner; Tamar Nolan, Lexing ton; Becky Greer, Boardman; Lon Bulow, Andre Gonzales, James Lunders, all Imgon. Honor roll: Jossie Evans, Casey O ’Brien, Heppner; Trent Hughes, Jessica Sumner, Lexing ton; Loren Dieter, Jose Monge, Adria Parker, Albino Quansa, all Boardman; Stacy Suchy, Irrigon; Kim Bedortha, Pendleton; Mel issa Hedman, Pilot Rock. EOU Eastern Oregon University has announced its 1997 spnng quar ter dean’s list. Students must achieve 3.5 grade point average or greater to be on the list. Fol lowing are local students who qualify: Sara G reenup and Mark Moeller, Heppner; Heidi Orem, lone; Becky Wagenblast, Lexing ton. In The Service Army Pfc. Kenneth K. Johnson has entered basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. Johnson is the son of Dennis Johnson of Boardman. Army Pvt. Scott A. Gray has arrived at Fort Sill, Lawton, OK, to begin One Station Unit Training (OSUT). The training includes completion of basic military training and advanced individual training (AIT). His wife, Dominique, is the daughter of Regis Germain of Boardman. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy R. Twidwell, a 1984 graduate o f R iverside High School in Boardman, recently completed a six month deploy ment to the Persian Gulf aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton as part o f the Middle East Force. Twidwell re turned to his home port in Pearl Harbor, HI in May. Twidwell joined the Navy in August 1987. 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Kathryn Kettel, Oregon State University Extension agent, has a number of hints for entering produce at local fairs this summer. Get a copy o f the fair exhibitors’ handbook. This will contain the exhibition rules for fruits and vegetables - the "who, what, when, where and why" of your particular county fair competitions. Choose a group of fruits or vegetables as closely alike as possible in color, shape and size. Judges prefer uniformity. Entries should be free of blemishes. Do not enter produce scarred by garden pests. Discard vegetables marred by disease, rough handling or careless cultivation. Select normal-sized vegetables that are ready to be consumed or cooked, at their best and most flavorful. "Vegetables and fruits should be what’s excepted by industry," said Kettel. "Just go look at what is sold in the grocery stores and then pick your produce for contests accordingly." Choose specimens typical for the variety in shape, color, and size. For example, tomatoes are expected to be evenly round - don't select oblong tomatoes that look more like squashes in shape. Save the strange specimens for the "weirdest vegetable" contest. For more information about entering produce for competition, contact the local county fair office, 676-9474, or Morrow County Extension Service, 676- 9642 or 1-800-342-3664. Sportsman's Assoc, to meet in Heppner The Eastern Oregon Sports man’s Association (EOSA) will meet Saturday, July 12 at 2 p.m. at Yaw’s Restaurant in Heppner. Residents o f Heppner and sur rounding areas are invited to at tend and give input on their views of “multiple use of public lands.” The speaker for the meeting NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE will be Warren Plocharsky of the 0-7-97 Heppner Ranger District, USDA On the 23rd day of July, 1997 at Forest Service. The association the hour of 10:00 o'clock, A.M. will also be distributing question Standard of Time in accordance naires asking for input on the sub with ORS 187.110, at the front ject of multiple use. The informa door of the Morrow County tion will be sent to senators and Courthouse, in Heppner, Oregon, representatives in Washington I will sell at Public Auction all DC. The EOSA is a non-profit or the right, title, claim and interest ganization dedicated to protection of Morrow County to the highest of habitat for huntable wildlife bidder for cash, the parcels of and fishable waters, promotion of real property located in Morrow cooperation between private land- County, Oregon, described in owners and public land manag Exhibit "A", which is attached ers for recreational access for the hereto and by this reference public and promotion of multiple incorporated herein. use of public lands, said a press Said sale is made under an release. Order issued out of the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County to me directed: ANNOUNCEMENT OF CALL In the Matter of Real Property FOR BIDS: owned by Morrow County and Sealed bids for the asphalt con Directing Sheriff to Conduct Sale crete paving at A.C. Houghton dated June 4, 1997. The mini Elementary School in Irrigon, OR will be received by Morrow mum price which may be County School District at the accepted for the property is fixed District Office, 270 W Main, by order of the County Court and Lexington, Or 97839 until 2:00 is set forth with particularity with p.m., August 6, 1997. At this each parcel described in said time, all bids will be opened and Exhibit "A". publicly read aloud. Bid docu DATED this 10th day of June, ments may be obtained at the 1997. District Office in Lexington, OR. ROY L. DRAGO, Sheriff Monday through Friday from Morrow County, Oregon 8.00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Scope By: (s) Pauline Winter of work called for in this project Chief Civil Deputy shall include, but is not limited to NOTE: At the time of sale, the all necessary crafts required by County will collect fees for the nature of the specific project. recording the Deed in the Clerk's Morrow County School District deed records. Recording fees are may reject any bids not in $35.00 for the first page, plus compliance with all prescribed $5.00 for each additional page. public bidding procedures and Publishing Newspaper: Heppner requirements and may reject for Gazette-Times good cause any and all bids upon Publishing Dates: June 18, 25, a finding of the district that it is 1997 July 2, 9, 1997 in the public interest to do so. Charles D. Starr EXHIBIT A Superintendent, Parcel No. 1 Legal Description: Lots 1, 2, 3, Morrow County School District 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8, all in Block 1 of Published: July 9, 1997 PUBLIC NOTICE St. Patrick's Senior Center ________ Bulletin Board There were 87 present for the zenior dinner July 2 and 19 meals were home delivered. Members of the United Church of Christ, lone served. Those barbecuing the steaks and hamburgers were Paul Breeding, Glenn Cooper, Tom Sly and Cory Breeding. There was a bit of excitement when smoke from the barbecue set off the smoke alarm. Forrie Burkenbine came over and shut off the alarm and Dave Winters came in the afternoon and got the elevator going again. A Nutrition Site Committee meeting was held at 1 p.m.. The new members elected officers for the coming year are as follows: Anna Schwarzin, president; Paul Wemer, vice-president; Eleanor Gonty, secretary; and Daisy Collins, treasurer. Other members are Sylvia McDaniel, Sue Cooper and Rose Marie Buschke, who represents the Senior Board. Hearing aid assistance was given and blood pressures taken before the meal. The menu for the July 16 meal will be ham slices, macaroni and cheese, beets, peaches, rolls and cookies. Members of the Christian Missionary Fellowship will serve. The menu for breakfast July 11 will be breakfast biscuit (eggs, cheese and Canadian bacon), fruit, hot and cold cereal, orange juice, milk, tea and coffee. The breakfast menu for July 18 will be ham and eggs with grits, fruit, hot and cold cereal, orange juice, milk, coffee and tea. The office was closed for the 4th of July celebration. There was no card game that afternoon. Four ladies watched the Sunday movie, "Fluke". Carl Rhea, father of Steve Rhea moved into an apartment here at St. Pat's last week. We welcome him and wish him well. The bus driven by Gerald Bergstrom will leave for the Milton- Freewater nutrition site at 9 a.m. Friday, July 11. There is also a trip planned to the Imgon Nutrition site Monday, July 21. Departure time is 10:30 a.m. Seats are available for both trips. Sign up at the Senior Center office. By MariynH Fact-some of us never grow up, even when we grow old. It’s also true that anyone can say anything, but it’s wrong when so-called ex perts promote guidelines not based on fact. Talk about confusing policies. People whose experience is that of tending gardens rush off to critique the flora and fauna in unculti vated areas. They suddenly become experts on how natural resources should be managed. Yes, I’m ready to hang out the red, white and blue flag (made in China). I just don’t think that giving away our natural resources and putting those assets under foreign control is what our forefathers had in mind when they dumped tea in the Boston Harbor. Conflicting statements also impact our daily lives. Scientists take opposing views on whether decaffeinated or regular coffee is more harmful. Now we’re a society hooked on espressos or lattes laden with sugar, flavorings and cream. That’s a slam-dunk without the doughnuts. But maybe you’re a health seeker who drinks only water instead of starching your socks. Hopefully that clear H20 only has fluoride and lacks all the minerals that will rust your innards. Humpty Dumpty producers took a fall much like what happened when apples were declared unsafe due to Alar. Experts claimed that “hen fruit” contributed to high cholesterol levels. Now they declare that eggs are good for you even though I was never fond of cleaning out the chicken house residue. They now blame saturated fats. Yet it seems that everything edible is lard-producing (on my body, that is). The self-imposed work of tending a garden comes from a natural survival instinct, I suppose. One can slave over long weedy rows as radishes grow hot and produce big tops. In spite of efforts of a green, weedy thumb, sometimes there are more salad ingredients in a 99tf head of lettuce than in a garden. However, my feet prefer this type of exercise to pounding the pavement while jogging. There’s all the talk about the bad effects of unlimited computer time for children. Kids today are miles ahead of their parents. They are now creating their own Web sits while parents wish kids would unweb their bedroom sites. Clicking used to be something you did with your mouth when things didn’t go right. And a mouse was some thing you hoped to catch in a trap. While the Internet is supposed to help children communicate, every parent knows that verbal commu nication often falls on deaf ears. Adult gamblers were once considered second-class citizens. But everything is a gamble-like that garden, tomorrow’s weather and the state of the union. If we can’t think of a more suitable way to share assets, than it’s but a short drive to a legalized gambling casino. However, if you don’t spread your wealth, the government will do it for you. Taxpayers have already footed the bill of millions of dol lars to defend Timothy McVeigh. Even though he was convicted, they want to try him again. And there will be lengthy appeals. Mean while, someone will get rich from writing a story about his life. Whether as criminals or politicians (often interchangeable), being in the public eye has monetary rewards. Meanwhile, ordinary people often air their mistakes in yard sales. There one can find practically-new exercise equipment, a funky hat still carrying the store tag or the hardly-used golf shoes. Just don’t ask why I own a pair of short shorts that I wouldn't be caught wear ing in a total blackout. PUBLIC NOTICE Hillview Estates No. 2 in the City of Boardman, Sec. 17 BA in T4N, R25, E.W.M., Morrow County, Oregon; SUBJECT TO any and all encumbrances of record. Minimum Price: $400.00 Market Value: $400.00 Terms: Cash in full at time of sale. Disclosure: THIS PARCEL IS SUBJECT TO BPA TRANS MISSION LINE EASEMENT; ITS SUITABILITY FOR OR DINARY USES IS SIGNI FICANTLY RESTRICTED. Parcel No. 2 Legal Description: 4.44 Acre "Park" tract under transmission line in Hillview Estates No. 2 in the City of Boardman, Sec. 17BA in T4N, R25, E.W.M., Morrow County, Oregon; SUBJECT TO any and all encumbrances of record. Minimum Price: $180.00 Market Value: $180.00 Terms: Cash in full at the time of the sale. Disclosure: THIS PARCEL IS SUBJECT TO A TRANS MISSION LINE EASEMENT; ITS SUITABILITY FOR ORDINARY USES IS SIGNI FICANTLY RESTRICTED. Published: June 18, 25, and July 2, 9, 1997 Affid Congratulations to the Recre ation District, Arts Council and the lone 4th of July committee for the excellent lone 4th of July celebra tion! _____________________ 7-9-lc We want to thank everyone for all the cards, calls, visits and food we received after Dick’s acci dent. Your thoughts and prayers are helping us through this diffi cult time. We also want to thank everyone who responded at the time of the accident. It will be a long recovery, but Dick is doing well. Dick & Margo Sherer & Family _____________________ 7-9-lp HELP WANTED The Willow Creek Park and Recreation District is taking applications for assistant Waterpark Manager. Applicants must be 18 years of age and have a high school diploma or equiva lent. WSI and LGI certification preferred but not required at the time of application. Send a resume to WCPRD, P O. Box 311, lone, OR 97843. Salary will be depen dent upon experience and qualifi cations. The WCPRD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 7-2-2c
