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Jerry Healy appointed CBEC general manager
The Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative Board of Directors
has appointed Jerry Healy of
Heppner to fill the position of
general manager.
Healy, who was raised in
Morrow County and has resided
here most of his life, is active in
community affairs.
Presently, he is a commissioner
for the Port of Morrow, a
member of the Air Life
membership committee and has
been a member of Morrow
County School District budget,
growth, technology and other
committees over a number of
years.
He also served with the Peace
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Corps
in the
Dominican
Republic, where he met his wife,
Carmen.
They have three
children,
Joseph,
who is
attending college, Jonas, who
graduated from Heppner High
School this year, and Janelle,
who will be a senior at Heppner
High School this fall.
Healy has been an employee of
Columbia Basin Electric Coop as
office manager for 17 years and
has been involved in the majority
of issues to come before the
board of directors during that
time.
Healy will take the reins
sometime this fall upon the
retirement of Fred Toombs, who
has been manager for 20 years.
Jerry Healy
New amphitheatre sets stage for biggest Blues bash ever
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VOL. 117
NO. 24
10 Pages
Wednesday, June 17,1998
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Vandals destroy windows at Heppner High School
Shelly Rietmann in front of new amphitheatre stage
Front entrance windows broken at Heppner High School
HHS classroom windows vandalized
Vandals went on a rampage
Saturday
night,
breaking
numerous windows at Heppner
High School and on district-
owned vehicles.
According to school district
officials, vandals broke five
windows in the front entrance to
the school, a side door window, a
large window in the school
No estimate of the damage
was available by presstime.
The district is offering a $100
reward for information resulting
in the conviction of persons
committing the crime.
According to the district, HHS
Principal Ron Anthony was
notified of the damage Sunday
morning.
library, two large windows in a
classroom, a gym door window,
a windshield and side window in
a Chevy Luv pickup and a
windshield and side window in a
Dodge Diplomat. The Dodge also
had a dented hood.
The district said the windows
were broken by rocks or kicked
in.
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community who more than
matched the grant. The project is
expected to overrun the initial
cost estimates,
but,
says
Rietmann, the community has
been so giving, they were able to
raise extra funds.
"People were very generous and
very excited about the project,"
she said. The whole project is
expected to come in at aboi t
S I3,000. "We're going to je
coming in real close," .aid
Rietmann. "Down to the pe’.ny,"
A handmade wooder sign
listing project sponsors -vill be
erected at the site.
Rietmann says that the Arts
Council of Morrow' County and
the city of lone have been real
partners in the project. "It was a
real collaborative effort. We
wanted to build a stage, so the
city of lone decided to build a
park around it," she said.
She said that in addition to the
second annual Red White and
Blues Festival, which draws big
name blues groups from all over,
community
use
of
the
amphitheatre is encouraged.
Rietmann says that schools are
invited to use it for plays and
concerts and suggests perhaps it
could also be used for weddings.
"We want people to know they
can use it," Rietmann said. "We
want everyone in the county to
know it's available. We're
already planning another concert
later in the summer, maybe
country western."
This year the Red. White and
Blues Festival will feature Blues
artists Linda Hombuckle, Lloyd
Jones, Bugs Henderson and the
Doug Rowell Band. "Each one of
the Blues bands is different." said
Rietmann. "All three are top
bands in the Portland area. All
are on the Blues charts."
And. because the Morrow
County
Recreation District
provided funding to pay for the
bands, the band concerts are free
to the public. Rietmann said that
they were able to get a discount
on the bands because the groups
had already been booked for
Portland shows.
The lone community Red,
White and Blues Band will kick
off the Blues Festival with a
performance at 6 p.m. on Friday,
July 3, followed by the Oregon
East Symphony's "Bonneville
Brass" quintet. Those planning to
enjoy the music are invited to
bring their lawn chairs, blankets
and picnic dinners.
The next day, on the Fourth of
July, Blues bands will begin
playing in the park at 2 p.m. with
the Doug Rowell Band. Linda
Homhurkle will perform at 3:30
p.m.; Lloyd Jones at 7 p.m. and
Bugs Henderson and The Shuffle
Kings at 9:30 p.m.
The lone Fourth of July
Festival will be bigger and better
this year also, with more
fireworks in celebration of the
50th anniversary of the fireworks
display. Fireworks will begin at
dusk.
On July 3, the 5th annual lone
Fourth of July Best Ball Golf
Tournament will get underway at
10 a.m. at Willow’ Creek Country
Club in Heppner.
On July 4, go-carts, children's
activities and "great food",
including
homemade
pies,
German sausages, ribs, chicken,
hot dogs and a beer garden, will
be available all day.
At 8:30 a.m. the Dawn's Early
Light Walk/Run will begin; at 10
a.m., the horseshoe tournament
and at 11 a.m.. the parade, which
will include the Northw est's Best
Classic Antique Car show; free
swimming will be offered at the
lone Pool from 2-4 p.m.: and at 3
p.m. Anne-Louis Sterry will
provide "storytelling for the
young and old" with "Simply
Songs & Stories", sponsored by
the Arts Council.
Camping is available at the
lone School Football field.
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Accident
results in
minor injury
A motor vehicle accident
between an empty log truck and
a station wagon on Highway 207
at Hardman Tuesday resulted in
only a minor injury, according to
the Morrow County Sheriffs
Office.
The injured person was
transported by private vehicle
according to MCSO.
No further information was
available by presstime.
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BMW rally
The Morrow County
Fairgrounds will be closed to the
general public from June 18-20
during the BMW motorcycle
rally.
The closure will include the
arena.
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The hole-in-one prize will be
an "Inland Passage" cruise to
Alaska.
Sponsors this year are Joel
Peterson and Jim Swanson.
Sign up by contacting Swanson
at Wheatland Insurance, 422-
7410, by Friday, June 26.
A $25 tournament entry fee
will include lunch.
The fifth annual lone Fourth of
July golf tournament will be held
Friday, July 3. at Willow Creek
Country Club in Heppner starting
at 10 a.m.
This year proceeds from the
tournament will go to the Jason
Halvorsen
Memorial
Scholarship, awarded to lone
High School seniors.
A beautiful new covered
amphitheatre will set the stage
for the biggest Blues bash ever at
the lone Park during the second
annual Red, White and Blues
Festival over the Fourth of July
weekend.
The new stage, which will be
completed just in time for the
festivities at the newly-named
lone Amphitheatre, will not only
provide a safe place for
musicians to play, but is also a
real esthetic addition to the lone
community.
According to Shelly Rietmann.
who spearheaded the project, the
original stage, which was
completed in time for the lone
Fourth of July last year, required
a cover for musicians to be able
to perform and a floor for them
to be able to roll their equipment.
They initially thought about
buying or renting an awmng,
and then considered buying a
permanent awning. But, says
Rietmann, most were "too
modem, too ugly and too
expensive."
Then Rietmann. a member of
the Arts Council of Morrow
County, came across a grant from
the Oregon Arts Commission
which seemed ideal for the
project. The grant specified that
the project had to be a
community improvement project,
involve art and have artists
contributing, lone artist Mark
Bruno also fit the bill. He is not
only an artist, but a carpenter.
"He w as just w hat w e needed,"
said Rietmann. So, the Arts
Council, with Rietmann, Joyce
Graff, also of lone, and Bruno
collaborating, wrote the grant
which, to their surprise, was
awarded to them.
"We were
thrilled," said Rietmann. "They
don't give a lot to this part of the
state."
Bruno designed and is building
the covered stage for the
amphitheatre. Interlaying bricks,
like cobblestones, which make
up the floor of the permanent
stage, will be installed by Thadd
Nelson of Pendleton.
"We are really proud of this
project," said Rietmann. "It’s
kind of a dream come true."
Because the Oregon Arts
Commission required matching
funds for the $5,000 grant, the
local group went to the
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