Kinzua here to stay
Story contest
starts Friday
HEPPNER
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VOL. 116
NO 44
8 Pages
Wednesday, October 29,1997
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
HHS athletes named to All-Conference
Heppner merchants are
sponsoring a Halloween creative
writing contest for youth
kindergarten through high school
In the writing contest, youth
will
enter
participating
businesses and locate the
"scavenger" item located in the
store. They will write down the
items and then include all of
them in a story in 250 words or
less. The stories should be
Halloween stones and will be
judged 50 percent on creativity
and interest and 50 percent on
correct grammar (depending on
age).
The
age
groups
are
kindergarten-second grade; third-
fourth; fifth-sixth, seventh-eighth
and high school.
Each age group will have a
winner receiving a $25 gift
certificate redeemable at any
participating business. The grand
prize winner will have his or her
story published in the Gazette
Times. All stories will be
displayed by the businesses.
Deadline for stories is Friday,
Nov. 7, by 6 p.m. at the
following merchants: Gazette-
Times, Shoe Box, Gardner’s,
Coast to Coast, Northwest Motel
and Murray Drugs. Winners'
names will be posted in the
newspaper the following week.
Haunted House,
carnival on Oct. 30
Everyone is invited to
experience the "warped mind"
and imagination of Merry
Brannon at the annual Heppner
Elementary School Parents Club
Haunted House and Carnival this
Thursday, Oct. 30, from 6-8:30
p.m.
Carnival chair Kaedene Bailey
says that Brannon's haunted
house is "all new" and adds that
the evening will feature "some
great prizes".
Besides the haunted house, the
carnival
will
have
golf,
basketball, goldfish, bingo and a
cake walk, in addition to
concessions, which include
hotdogs, nachos. pie, popcorn
and hot cider. Tickets are 25
cents each. The haunted house
will cost four tickets and some
games will take two tickets, said
Bailey.
The book fair will also be held
that evening and all day Monday
and Tuesday, Nov. 3 and 4.
In the past Parents Club
proceeds from the carnival have
gone toward computers, books,
playground equipment and other
items to benefit the school.
Darcy Coil is co-chair. Tami
Rietmann is treasurer.
BEO offers local
Heppner High School Varsity Volleyball CBC Champs (left to right): front row- Jaci
Hughes, Jill Barber, Brooke Boyer, Amber Peck; second row- Janelle Healy, Annie Hisler,
Jayme Hansen, Linsey Ropp, Kathleen Greenup, Casey Ingraham; back row- coach Terri
Gentry, assistant coach Susan Hisler, Jessica VanWinkle, Mindy Binschus, Lexi Matteson,
Petra Elguezabal, assistant coach Dana Reid, stats, Maci Childers.
Weston-McEwen got by both
Umatilla and Wahtonka in the
Saturday,
October
25,
tournament to earn second place
in
the
Columbia
Basin
Conference.
Directly following the three
match tournament, the Heppner
Mustangs were awarded the CBC
championship trophy and the all
conference
teams
were
announced.
Heppner athletes named to the
all-conference team were senior
Annie Hisler and junior Jill
Barber, first team; senior Mindy
Binschus, second team; and
senior Lexi Matteson, honorable
mention.
CBEC annual
meeting Nov. 6
The 53rd annual meeting of
the Columbia Basin Electric
. Cooperative, Inc., will be held at
the Gilliam County Fairgrounds
in Condon on Thursday, Nov. 6,.
The evening will begin with
registration at 5 p.m., followed
by dinner at 6 p.m. and the
business meeting at 7 p.m.
The business will include the
election of two directors for a
three-year term and one director
for a one-year term and other
business,
including
the
president’s and the manager's
reports. Guest speaker will be
Sandra Flicker of ORECA.
The evening will also feature
door prizes, along with the
"antics of Herb Wright”.
Annla Hlalar
Mindy Blnachua Laxi Matteson
shopping
incentive
A new loan program from the
Bank of Eastern Oregon will
offer no fee, no interest loans for
people to shop locally.
The program, called
"Christmas
Cash",
will
encourage residents to shop at
home for Christmas purchases,
says Darrell Raver, loan officer
at the bank.
The program will begin in the
middle of November, and will
offer up to $1,000 per family in
no interest loans. Borrowers will
have up to 10 months to repay
the loan, and the only stipulation
is that the money be spent at
participating merchants.
There will be a minimum of
$200 on the loans, and the loans
will be available at all of the
bank's branches.
The money will be issued in
the form of script checks good
only at participating businesses.
Local businesses who wish to
participate in the program must
sign up at the bank.
"It is our goal to provide
approximately
$50,000
in
Christmas cash loans," said
Raver.
Anyone wishing to apply for
one of the no interest loans can
contact the Bank of Eastern
Oregon.
Jam es Salyers
"We are here to stay," says
new Kinzua Resources General
Manager James Salyers on the
future of the mill in Heppner.
Salyers said the mill has a
future in Heppner and will be
proving that by soon adding a
small log mill representing an
investment of between $5 and $7
million dollars.
Speaking to the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce last week
Salyers showed a videotape of
the proposed new equipment and
spelled out Kmzua's plans for the
future.
Kinzua also owns a sawmill in
Pilot Rock, and Salyers said the
two mills would be set up to mill
different size logs, with Heppner
taking the smaller logs, and Pilot
Rock, the bigger logs.
He said the Heppner plant
would eventually phase out its
large log operation and, with the
Guess the Ghoul!
A Marilyn sighting?
First you see Elvis at the
checkout counter at the local
grocery store reading "The
Enquirer". Then it's an alleged
Marilyn sighting at another
Heppner business. But, before
the observer could join in singing
"Happy Birthday, Mr. President",
she's gone. But this time we have
proof--a
G azette-T im es
paparazzi snapped this pic in
Heppner on Tuesday. Is it the
real MM or is it silicone? Maybe
it's a ghost. . . or possibly
someone who works at a local
business.
So you think you know
everybody in town? Well, here's
your chance to prove your
expertise and maybe win a gift
certificate. Look for various
Halloween characters on page
three of this week's Gazette.
Match up the person with the
right business, deposit your entry
at any participating business and
you will be eligible to win a $25
gift certificate.
The contest runs through
Saturday, Nov. 1, and the w inner
will be drawn Monday, Nov. 3.
The first correct entry drawn will
be the winner. The contest is
only open for those 18 years and
older.
"Laughing Stockbroker" MCGG guest
speaker for annual meeting, Nov. 3rd
David Goldman
David Goldman, 'The Laughing
Stock Broker" will be the guest
speaker at the Morrow County
Grain Growers annual meeting
planned for Monday, Nov. 3, at
the Morrow County Fairgrounds
in Heppner.
Dinner will be served at 6:30
p.m. by the Willows Grange
from lone. In addition to dinner
and the speaker, the evening will
also include officers' reports and
the election of directors.
Babysitting will be provided in
the fairgrounds annex building.
Goldman, "blending his years
of experience as a professional
humorist and his work in the
corporate arena. . ,shows you
how to enhance your work
environment with humor and
cheer" and "create a healthy
balance between work and
humor."
Goldman has a bachelor of
science degree in business
administration,
was
a
stockbroker for a major wire
house, has had 12 years corporate
experience with "Danskin” and
"The Sharper Image" and has
spent nine years as stand-up
comedian He has appeared on
the "Oprah Winfrey Show",
"Night Shift", the "Emerald City
Comedy Hour" and "Chicago
Tonight" and has recently been in
concert with Gary Shandling.
Jerry Seinfeld, Paula Poundstone
and Ellen Degeneres. Goldman
lists Microsoft among his clients.
Jill Barbar
In Shop Parts &. Labor
Church bazaar slated for Saturday
The United Methodist Church
holiday bazaar will be held
Saturday, Nov. 1, at the United
Methodist Church from 10 a.m.-2
p.m. The bazaar will feature
crafts, baked goods and "much
more”.
proposed new mill, concentrate
on the smaller logs.
Salyers, who along with his
wife Teme, a real estate agent, is
moving from Portland into Dr.
Wolfe's former house, has 38
years experience in the timber
industry, most recently with
Roseburg Lumber.
An avid golfer, Salyers is a
Vietnam veteran and says he
plans to become more involved
with the community.
"I didn't move here for a two
year job," he said, reemphasizing
his faith in the future of Kinzua
in Heppner.
Both the Heppner and Pilot
Rock mills require three billion
board feet of timber annually to
operate, have gross revenues of
S46 million, and put out $4.6
million in salaries and benefits
annually, Salyers said.
"If I were a betting man I would
bet on Kinzua having a presence
in this valley for a long time to
come," he said.
A lunch of chicken casserole
will be served from 11 a m.- 1
p.m. Cost for the lunch will be
$5 for adults; $2 for children
under 12; and preschool children
will be admitted free.
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